Modcast 125: Mod Essentials II - The Revival

Welcome to Mr. Suave’s Mod Mod World. This is a
special episode of the modcast, the second in a series I call Mod
Essentials. The first one, Mod Essentials: In The Beginning
premiered last summer and featured my take on the most essential
mod tracks of the 1960s. As you can imagine it was hardly
definitive. And this one likely won’t be either . This is Mod
Essentials II: The Revival. You will see that while there are
some fantastic songs here, there are a number of key artists
missing like The Crooks, Squire, The Amber Squad, Long Tall
Shorty, The Cigarettes and lots more. From 1977 to 1981 mod was
reborn in the UK, which sparked mod revivals around the world.
For a few glorious years the energy and angst of punk was wed to
the rhythm of soul, the pulse of power pop, and the fashions of
the sixties. The Who release Quadrophenia at the height of the
revival creating even more interest in all things mod. Inevitably
the mod scene became overexposed, it went mainstream briefly, and
that more than anything else killed it and drove the remaining
mods back to their soul clubs to await the movements next revival
-- still more than a decade away. Here then are the songs that I
think epitomize the wide range of sounds in the mod revival. So,
what are your essential mod revival tracks? I'm dying to find out
from people what they see as the quintessential mod revival
sound. Leave a comment and let me know what you think of my list
here, what you would have added, or what you would have scrapped.
Don't be shy.