Yankees – Halbstarke (1965)
Lyrics: They race (biduah, biduah) / through the streets / and the alleys / they are deserted / blonde beehives / with bands in the hair / and on the black leather that they wear.
Posts Tagged: 1950s
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Beat Generation
The origins of the Beat Generation can be traced to a group of students (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, Hal Chase & others) who in 1948 challenged their conservative, formulaic writing professors at Columbia University.
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Seventeen Art Stars
In the 1950s and 60s, Seventeen magazine was staffed by some (not yet) superstar graphic talent including Ad Reinhart, Andy Warhol, Roger Weaver, and Sol Lewitt — who drew the illustration pictured above for the magazine in 1957.
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Everybody’s Gone Surfin’
Surfin’ Aust-ral-ia. Right? Australia is outlined in beaches.
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Chicago Gousters
Chicago’s South Side, 1960– If you were a young, fashionable African American man, you were either a Gouster or an Ivy Leaguer.
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Emma Girls
Emma Willard School in Troy, NY was founded in 1814 by Emma Willard in an effort to provide girls with the same level of education as boys.
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Teddy Boys at the Dancehall
Drape jackets, velvet collars, turned up trousers and brogue shoes — when Teddy Boys go dancing, they clean up nice.
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Teenage Tragedy Songs
httpv://youtu.be/KG_VIcoiCFA
The “Teenage Tragedy Song” is a style of ballad focusing on premature death, usually by automobile or motorcycle accident.
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Hiking Germany
Teenagers hiking across the German countryside is nothing new.
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Mascot Mania
Theatrical, spirited, and oversized—what would high school sports be without their Eagles, Bobcats, or Black Knights?