Farfisa68: A Mod with Hippie Leanings

New fandom! Outlander. Waited 20 yrs for the book to become a mini series :) I am a huge Monkees fan. The Monkees brought me to Tumblr. I fell in love with the Monkees watching reruns of their show in the early 1970s. I was all of two. I love a swirling groovy 1960s organ which is why choose to go by Farfisa. Farfisa is just a groovy name. I am a MOD with Hippie leanings. I love the 1960s Mod makeup, fashion, music and vibe. I like the Mod and the revival of the late 1970s. I have some hippie some leanings. As an adult . Peter Tork of the Monkees is my favorite Monkee (Davy was my favorite growing up) Peter was total Hippie. I really enjoy the Paisley Underground music of the 1980s and the late 80s/early 1990s Shoegazing, Madchester and BritPop music which had lots of psychedelic undertones. I believe in make love, not war. I love paisley. I pray for world peace. I actually prefer brown rice to white. I ask you that musical question: "What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?" I love music. My musical tastes center around power pop, but I am branching out into classical, folk, blues, 70s British punk and ska. I also like Motown and the girl groups of the 1960s. I have a thing for Ricky Nelson which I blame on my mom. And of I love Elvis. Who doesn't? According to Mojo Nixon, the one person who doesn't is the Anti-Elvis. Michael J Fox has no Elvis in him. Elvis is in Joan Rivers, but he's trying to get out. Everyone needs some Elvis. I even like Big Band Orchestras from the 1940s and some Do Wop tunes from the 1950s. Oh and Johnny Cash. How could I forget Johnny Cash? Because I had to switch to decaf that's why. Did I mention I love music? Here's a partial list of some of my favorite bands: 1960s: The Beatles The Monkees The Byrds The Turtles Paul Revere and the Raiders Herman's Hermits The Lovin' Spoonful The Beach Boys The Liverpool Five Peter, Paul and Mary The Mamas and the Papas The Seekers Petula Clark Dusty Springfield The Hollies The Who The Rolling Stones The Kinks The Troggs The Flamin' Groovies The Box Tops etc., etc.,etc. The 1970s: Badfinger Sweet T-Rex Bay City Rollers Fleetwood Mac ELO ABBA Blondie The Cars Nick Lowe Elvis Costello The Ramones The Jam Dave Edmunds Sex Pistols The Clash Cheap Trick B-52's 1980s: Duran Duran INXS Echo and the Bunnymen The Cure Aztec Camera The Plimsouls The Close Lobsters Jellyfish The Posies The Stone Roses Hoodoo Gurus The Mighty Lemon Drops China Crisis Inspiral Carpets The Go Gos The Bangles The Connells Voice of the Beehive The Primitives REM The Jesus and Mary Chain The Bluebells Texas The Specials The Smiths Madness Adam and the Ants Adam Ant The Housemartins OMD Sqeeze Split Enz Crowded House The Wonderstuff etc., etc., etc. 1990 to Present: Barenaked Ladies They Might Be Giants Collective Soul Oasis Teenage Fanclub Bowling for Soup Green Day Weezer Blur Snow Patrol The Killers Travis Keane Vetiver Mumford and Sons The Black Keys Adele Foster the People Of Monsters and Men Pink etc., etc. etc. I love discovering new music and by new, I mean new to me. I just discovered The Liverpool Five in the last couple of months. Huge find! Love it! Right now I think I am starting to really seek out The Seekers. I am an older mom with a VERY active young son. I will be following other blogs more than I will be posting lots of stuff on mine. Following requires less brain power which I have less and less of these days. I would love to get messages from you suggesting other music I should check out! If you would like to suggest other blogs to follow, I would appreciate a message about that too. In case you are wondering, yes I was a total Duranie in high school. My favorite Duran Duran guys are John Taylor and Simon Le Bon who are both still pretty darn hot. I also think Michael Hutchence was hot. And Mark Lindsay was hot. And Les McKeown was hot. Ed Roland is still hot. Feel free to message me if you agree. If you don't agree then please just respect my opinion and go bother somebody else instead of messaging me. Okay? Thanks. Peace y'all!