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

[Michael Snider <lasciviumdei@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Lynn Peril <peril@pinkthink.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

When I worked at Cinema Collectors, I remember seeing
some pix
of Clara Bow  (from her 20s heyday) that looked VERY
mid 60s (anachronistically speaking). 

> 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).

IIRC Lillian Roxon had a section in her encyclopedia
on 20s/vaudeville/music hall influence on mid 60s
rock, and she mentioned two bands
that are almost too obvious for this thread: The
Lovin' Spoonful and 
The Kinks. 
 
> 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. 

Speaking of which, I always wondered what Jerry Lee
Lewis' 
opinion was of Tiny Tim's "Great Balls of Fire" (from
"Tiny Tim's
Second Album", iirc this was released as a single and
got minor
airplay). Somehow visions of a boozed up, pilled up 
Killer driving around Greenwich Village in his
Continental Mark II with a loaded shotgun looking for
Mr. Khaury come to mind.....

It 
> probably has a lot more to do with listening to
> WUWM's sunday morning 
> jazz show, but who knows?

I love that stuff personally. I listen to quite a bit
of Django Reinhardt, and my friend Todd Homer has
turned me on to a lot of 30s jazz. Also, after seeing
"De Lovely" last year I've had a real jones for Cole
Porter's songs. Let it be said again - there are only
two kinds of music, GOOD and BAD 

 I definitely sought out
> rockabilly's original 
> artists from listening to the Cramps in the late
> 1970s.

The Cramps had a lot to do with turning me on to both 
rockabilly and 60s garage, although Greg Shaw, Lester 
Bangs, CREEM, the zine explosion, the Capitol parking
lot swap meet,
my guitar teacher (in terms of rockabilly and surf
especially)  and older friends of mine also
contributed. Also, the rockabilly revival was
thriving in late 70s LA 

> 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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