Well there was this great movie called The Wild Angels which I saw one afternoon matinee session at the Odeon theatre in Mt Gambier where I grew up. A Roger Corman movie - I know now in my adult brain - that starred Peter Fonda (before Easy Rider) , Nancy Sinatra and Bruce Dern.
There was also a local bike gang a few years later. A person could get their licence at 16 in South Australia so there were people who you saw one summer astride a Dragster bicycle at a teen social event such as a Saturday the swiming pool and the next summer they were astride a Honda 750 motorbike with leather jacket and a sleeveless denim "scunge" over that looking like a warrior from the Viking wars.
Telepathy was involved, images up on the screen and in the songs and on the streets.
https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/11/20/3894955.htm
They were the social lions of the party scene. They did actually have fur covered helmets with fox tails traling out the back.
I knew the Wild Angels
I knew the Wild Angels
I was hangin’ around
not part of the gang
Blue and Nancy – wow!
the girls boosted the boys
talked them into shape
hoisted them onto their feet
picked the hills to die on
and picked the fights
I knew the Wild Angels
I knew the Wild Angels
when they came into town
long fringes over their faces
ruffled shirts, spurs
helmets with fox tails
I knew the Wild Angels
The girls burnished their breast plates
and whistled and cheered
picked the hills to die on
and picked the fights
“c’mon!”
put their feet down
“c’mon!”
I knew the Wild Angels
Everything Was Funny- Dave Graney and Clare Moore album out now
itunes link
https://music.apple.com/au/album/everything-was-funny/1583892134
Bandcamp Compact Disc or digital album link
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