ambient Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Silvia Bluejay said: I'm guessing it's short for pantaloons? Anyway, these. They sound, erm........interesting 😊. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I was in my early teens in the 70s and remember wearing flares, but not loons, whatever the difference may have been... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I was only wearing nappies in the 70's and even they were cooler that those monstrosities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Silvia Bluejay said: I was in my early teens in the 70s and remember wearing flares, but not loons, whatever the difference may have been... As I remember, loons were more fitted in the thigh than flared jeans, with a narrower waistband too. Often cotton / velvet material, thinner than denim. You could always find them for sale via mail order in the music paper small ads (Melody Maker and NME etc) where the same shops sold long sleeve scoop neck t-shirts , Afghan coats and tall fringed suede desert boots. Groovy... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 10 minutes ago, casapete said: loons were more fitted in the thigh than flared jeans, with a narrower waistband too. Often cotton / velvet material, thinner than denim. I would defy any man to advance a more concise or accurate summary of the loon trouser. It simply can't be done. Nice work, Sir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, skankdelvar said: I would defy any man to advance a more concise or accurate summary of the loon trouser. It simply can't be done. Nice work, Sir Indeed - I would concur - they actually flared from the knee - if you were a Brummie THE place to get them (and afghan coats and all other such period 70s wear) was Oasis. The size of the flare on the loon pants was measured from the front to the back of the bottom of the leg (not around them) and the largest, and one to have was 19" - so about 1.5 or more times the length of your shoe (more likely clog 😏). They came in some wonderful colours - I bought a pair in canary yellow on one occasion - soon dyed bottle green as they were way too much in yellow 😬 owing to their floppiness at the bottom, loon pants were also wonderful, in wet weather, at taking on water from the ground by capilliary action - so when dry they may have a tide mark midway between shoe and knee, and in wet weather a sort of two tone dark/lighter colour transition at some point below the knee, the darker part being soaked 😧 The 70s were great!! I last saw Steve Hillage in 1978 ish in Brum - I was probably wearing loon pants - and his band had a decidedly R and B rythmn section (as seemingly did everyone around that time) - and excellent it was too. Mr Hillage must be getting on in years these days? Edited July 19, 2019 by drTStingray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, drTStingray said: I last saw Steve Hillage in 1978 ish in Brum - I saw him in 1978 at Knebworth Festival (Genesis headlined) although i doubt he remembers me. I'm fairly sure I was wearing flares, not loons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 11 hours ago, casapete said: As I remember, loons were more fitted in the thigh than flared jeans, with a narrower waistband too. Often cotton / velvet material, thinner than denim. You could always find them for sale via mail order in the music paper small ads (Melody Maker and NME etc) where the same shops sold long sleeve scoop neck t-shirts , Afghan coats and tall fringed suede desert boots. Groovy... I also rememeber that most of the loons didnt have pockets anywhere at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Skinnyman said: I saw him in 1978 at Knebworth Festival (Genesis headlined) although i doubt he remembers me. I'm fairly sure I was wearing flares, not loons. I don't recall him playing at Knebworth in '78. (Or did you just mean that you bumped into him?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Regulation loons as described in this thread on display in this circa 1973 picture and before anyone wonders, it'd have been a B and H, nothing more 'herbal' as I was about to drive the car - which was almost new!!! 👍😬 Edited July 19, 2019 by drTStingray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, fleabag said: I also rememeber that most of the loons didnt have pockets anywhere at all. Yup, this ^. It was pretty much the only distinguishing feature between loons and flared jeans (at their most extreme). Obviously they were made of plain cotton rather than denim, too. We were all wearing platforms, and your trouser-bottoms had to hide just how much extra height you'd purchased. I routinely wore boots with side zips, 1" platform and 2" heel. That was pretty conservative in 1975. These were all 'fashion' shoes, made of wafer-thin leather over what amounted to reinforced cardboard. The built-up soles were a honeycomb of cheap plastic. You might get a summer out of a pair, if you were lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Skinnyman Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, MrCrane said: I don't recall him playing at Knebworth in '78. (Or did you just mean that you bumped into him?) I just checked my old program and you're right. It wasn't 78. So where the hell did I see him then? Sometime between 1977 and 1979 at a festival in the UK (I know because i remember driving back from the gig in the Hillman Hunter I had between those dates, playing the Salmon Song on my very much aftermarket cassette player). Research needed, i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, MrCrane said: I don't recall him playing at Knebworth in '78. (Or did you just mean that you bumped into him?) Doesn't the same rule apply here as to the 60s? "If you can remember them, you weren't there" or some such? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Skinnyman said: I just checked my old program and you're right. It wasn't 78. So where the hell did I see him then? Sometime between 1977 and 1979 at a festival in the UK (I know because i remember driving back from the gig in the Hillman Hunter I had between those dates, playing the Salmon Song on my very much aftermarket cassette player). Research needed, i think Take a look in here http://www.calyx-canterbury.fr/bands/chrono/hillage.html Possibly Reading - August '78? Edited July 19, 2019 by MrCrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Oh, Jack! You're such a cutie, there. Your life ahead of you and a full head of wavy hair. Anyway, the sideburns. Were they an homage to Mike Nesmith or a pre-cognitive stab at the Wolverine look as latterly popularised by Mr Hugh Jackman? Joshing aside, that's a lovely picture 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 STILL GOT THOSE LOONS? For a minute, I thought that this was a thread about @Skinnyman & @Ricky 4000 Hehehe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 6 hours ago, MrCrane said: Take a look in here http://www.calyx-canterbury.fr/bands/chrono/hillage.html Possibly Reading - August '78? Thanks! Just spoke to my old mate who was with me and it was Lancaster! Not a festival at all. He did confirm that we went to Knebworth in 78 and 79 though. As someone just said, if you can remember it, you weren't there - turns out i definitely can't remember it 😃 Now, why did i come in here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Teebs said: STILL GOT THOSE LOONS? For a minute, I thought that this was a thread about @Skinnyman & @Ricky 4000 Hehehe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 19 minutes ago, Skinnyman said: Just sayin' innit guv! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Teebs said: STILL GOT THOSE LOONS? For a minute, I thought that this was a thread about @Skinnyman & @Ricky 4000 Hehehe 😃 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Hiya Ricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Teebs said: Hiya Ricky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Nice yacht! I must confess I'd never associated loons with marinas - maybe festivals and urban or rural hippyish hang outs? Nice picture though 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Skinnyman said: He did confirm that we went to Knebworth in 78 and 79 though. Funny, I don't remember seeing you. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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