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Mods Vs. Rockers: Five Mock Battles

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Brigitte Bardot vs. Lotti Golden

Both women were the queens of the cat-eye make-up. Just look at Golden's twig-like mascara on the cover of her LP Motor-Cycle. Bardot was more famous for being naked (and beautiful) all the time than her vocal stylings, while Golden recorded two psychedelic revivalistic soul-rock albums and then promptly disappeared. What happened to Bardot? She got old, lost her looks and turned into a hardcore xenophobe.

Score: Mods 2, Rockers 1

The Jam vs. The Clash

The Modfather is a music and style icon, but Joe Strummer has the cooler name. Strummer loses punk authenticity points since his dad was a diplomat, but nobody's sampling songs from The Jam like M.I.A. did on "Paper Planes" with "Straight to Hell." And who's gonna argue the Jam are better than the Clash? Not us. Clash win.

Score: Mods - 2, Rockers - 2

Sting vs. Sting

In Quadrophenia, Sting plays Ace Face, the coolest Mod in London, who loses street cred when his friends find out he's a bellhop at a hotel. In Dune, Sting plays a diaper-clad Harkonnen hell-bent on ruling Arrakis with an iron fist of spice.

Score: Mods 2, Rockers 3, meaning the Rockers win this round.

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