[bomp] Re: bomp-digest V2003 #1146 - 20s/30s, etc.

[Lynn Peril <peril@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, folks,

Long time lurker, first time poster (Hi, Dom! Hi, Laurent! Hi, Kim!)

In her 1968 autobio (yeah, like she wrote it), Twiggy talks about her 
great new thirties look, inspired of course by the film, Bonnie and 
Clyde, which came out the previous year.

Also, in the general discussion of 60s nostalgia in the 1920s, I don't 
believe anybody's mentioned the one and only Tiny Tim, whose 
ukulele-playing schtick came straight out of the 20s (via his own 
warped sensibilities, of course).

And who knows what influence any of it has on anybody? I was a big fan 
of Tiny Tim in 1969 (age 8 - mom took me to the bookstore to get my 
very own signed copy of his book, "Beautiful Thoughts"), and now I 
listen to a lot of 1920s/30s tin pan alley and jazz these days. It 
probably has a lot more to do with listening to WUWM's sunday morning 
jazz show, but who knows? I definitely sought out rockabilly's original 
artists from listening to the Cramps in the late 1970s.

Like somebody said, if it's new to you ...

Lynn

On Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 02:00 AM, bomp-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:48:38 EDT
> From: ItsBoss9@aol.com
> Subject: [bomp] the thirties were a hard one to deal with?
>
> And the 70s had VERY strong 50s nostalgia. The 40s
> nostalgia was
> more in the early part of that decade.
>
> Just saw CABARET a few months ago, and there was some looking back at 
> the
> '30s during the '70s... especially when you add the Marx Brothers into 
> the mix,
> who did cut their first movie in the late '20s, though.  They saw a 
> huge
> revival during the '70s.  CITIZEN KANE also had its reputation boosted 
> a lot during
> the '70s... not sure what year that film was from off hand... wasn't 
> it 1939?
>
> Today, of course, everyone talks about "Pre-Code" movies.  THE 
> SOPRANOS also
> did that whole great episode about PUBLIC ENEMY #1 being Tony's 
> preference to
> the kids studying '50s exploitation films in college...  That was a 
> pretty
> twisted episode.
>
> Domenic Priore
+++++++++++++++
Lynn Peril
www.pinkthink.com

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