FOR THE LOVE OF GARAGE MUSIC
( and now girls too ) making music that was exciting and joyful . Even when the song was sad the music had backbone . You knew he ’ d be on his feet again soon no matter how badly she hurt him . Before Eppy cleaned them up these guys showed their attitude and defiance in every way . Even in a suit you knew Lennon had it and there was something about quiet somber George . When they reached back to their Hamburg days and let loose you knew they all had it . The Rolling Stones looked like they knew something we didn ’ t .
By Susan SurfTone
The hair was long , the pants were tight and the heels were Cuban . At the first crack of the snare you knew the music was about attitude and defiance . The defiance was personal , not the let ’ s break the law and get locked up type . It was about the personal freedom to be yourself . To like who and what you wanted to like , clothes , music , friends , the list goes on . To present yourself to the world as you wanted to no matter how dire some people told you the consequences of being yourself would be . Through the music you found friends who understood that attitude and defiance and felt it too .
Those four “ lovable ” moptops from Liverpool showed us what a group was . A benign gang of guys