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Northern Soul
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yesthewolfboy said:Must check out my old singles...Sugar Pie Desanto - was that her name?0 -
but what do good sounds have to do with fancy dress ?Solidgone said:Still dads dancing to good sounds.0 -
A throwback to the 1960’s and wearing Looms.charltonbob said:
but what do good sounds have to do with fancy dress ?Solidgone said:Still dads dancing to good sounds.0 -
One of my favourite all time tracksHastingsaddick said:
Great track.Addickted said:0 -
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I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music3
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always been a fan of N S .. generally smoother, gentler than the 'soul music chart toppers' like Aretha, Otis the Isleys etc .. was the precursor in my opinion to Ibiza style dance/trance .. repetitive paced music and rhythms to keep the dancers on the floor0
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Really ? They'd look pretty silly wearing one of theseSolidgone said:
A throwback to the 1960’s and wearing Looms.charltonbob said:
but what do good sounds have to do with fancy dress ?Solidgone said:Still dads dancing to good sounds.
https://www.woolcouturecompany.com/product/woolly-weaving-loom-kit/?attribute_kit-type=Loom+Only&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4KCt_NiU5AIVhrHtCh3NogGYEAQYBSABEgK56vD_BwE
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No doubt you meant loons :-)
Loons are totally different from the bags favoured by Northern soulers of the 70s & the Northern scene being a progression (musically) from the mod thing they wouldn't be seen dead in the hippy loons. A lot of the kids started wearing bags as they were easier to do back drops, splits, general floor work in & they became a uniform in the 70s (& of course in the early 70s bags were fashionable nation wide ) & that's where they should have stayed. Fat 60 year olds in bags above their ankles for fuck sake. Dear oh dear0 -
Oi one day you will be 60 ! Don't knock people who get out and have a life, instead of sitting in acting their age. They are to be admired not ridiculed.charltonbob said:
Really ? They'd look pretty silly wearing one of theseSolidgone said:
A throwback to the 1960’s and wearing Looms.charltonbob said:
but what do good sounds have to do with fancy dress ?Solidgone said:Still dads dancing to good sounds.
https://www.woolcouturecompany.com/product/woolly-weaving-loom-kit/?attribute_kit-type=Loom+Only&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4KCt_NiU5AIVhrHtCh3NogGYEAQYBSABEgK56vD_BwE
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No doubt you meant loons :-)
Loons are totally different from the bags favoured by Northern soulers of the 70s & the Northern scene being a progression (musically) from the mod thing they wouldn't be seen dead in the hippy loons. A lot of the kids started wearing bags as they were easier to do back drops, splits, general floor work in & they became a uniform in the 70s (& of course in the early 70s bags were fashionable nation wide ) & that's where they should have stayed. Fat 60 year olds in bags above their ankles for fuck sake. Dear oh dear1 - Sponsored links:
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I suppose it’s good arobics.RaplhMilne said:
Oi one day you will be 60 ! Don't knock people who get out and have a life, instead of sitting in acting their age. They are to be admired not ridiculed.charltonbob said:
Really ? They'd look pretty silly wearing one of theseSolidgone said:
A throwback to the 1960’s and wearing Looms.charltonbob said:
but what do good sounds have to do with fancy dress ?Solidgone said:Still dads dancing to good sounds.
https://www.woolcouturecompany.com/product/woolly-weaving-loom-kit/?attribute_kit-type=Loom+Only&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4KCt_NiU5AIVhrHtCh3NogGYEAQYBSABEgK56vD_BwE
:-)
No doubt you meant loons :-)
Loons are totally different from the bags favoured by Northern soulers of the 70s & the Northern scene being a progression (musically) from the mod thing they wouldn't be seen dead in the hippy loons. A lot of the kids started wearing bags as they were easier to do back drops, splits, general floor work in & they became a uniform in the 70s (& of course in the early 70s bags were fashionable nation wide ) & that's where they should have stayed. Fat 60 year olds in bags above their ankles for fuck sake. Dear oh dear0 -
I'm 65 & fat & I go to Northern Soul events as I have ever since 1972 but don't feel the need to wear fancy dress when i go out. It doesn't make me a better dancer, it doesn't allow me to enter a time warp & return to Wigan Casino. it would just make me look like I shop in the dark.RaplhMilne said:
Oi one day you will be 60 ! Don't knock people who get out and have a life, instead of sitting in acting their age. They are to be admired not ridiculed.charltonbob said:
Really ? They'd look pretty silly wearing one of theseSolidgone said:
A throwback to the 1960’s and wearing Looms.charltonbob said:
but what do good sounds have to do with fancy dress ?Solidgone said:Still dads dancing to good sounds.
https://www.woolcouturecompany.com/product/woolly-weaving-loom-kit/?attribute_kit-type=Loom+Only&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4KCt_NiU5AIVhrHtCh3NogGYEAQYBSABEgK56vD_BwE
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No doubt you meant loons :-)
Loons are totally different from the bags favoured by Northern soulers of the 70s & the Northern scene being a progression (musically) from the mod thing they wouldn't be seen dead in the hippy loons. A lot of the kids started wearing bags as they were easier to do back drops, splits, general floor work in & they became a uniform in the 70s (& of course in the early 70s bags were fashionable nation wide ) & that's where they should have stayed. Fat 60 year olds in bags above their ankles for fuck sake. Dear oh dear0 -
Really ??? You're listening to the wrong stuff It certainly can be but by & large it's rougher & a bit raw around the edges. here's the C.O.D's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKM7eCV7TwLincsaddick said:always been a fan of N S .. generally smoother, gentler than the 'soul music chart toppers' like Aretha, Otis the Isleys etc .. was the precursor in my opinion to Ibiza style dance/trance .. repetitive paced music and rhythms to keep the dancers on the floor2 -
Agree. And also disagree about it being a precursor to the Ibiza style dance. The precursor to that was old school house and the precursor to old school house music was disco.charltonbob said:
Really ??? You're listening to the wrong stuff It certainly can be but by & large it's rougher & a bit raw around the edges. here's the C.O.D's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKM7eCV7TwLincsaddick said:always been a fan of N S .. generally smoother, gentler than the 'soul music chart toppers' like Aretha, Otis the Isleys etc .. was the precursor in my opinion to Ibiza style dance/trance .. repetitive paced music and rhythms to keep the dancers on the floor1 -
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music0 -
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music0 -
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music5 -
Northern soul was skinhead wide trousered high buttoned escape from industrial drudgery. They were sober if you can call weekend long speed binges sober and in that they were related to the later rave scene, also all about amphetamine / mdma and rejecting alcohol. For purely practical reasons. you couldn't dance all night if you were pissed.
https://youtu.be/7X2gz62eVx0
https://youtu.be/7Ygo4FbVluI
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Some of the female moves very similar to rockabilly dance movesWheresmeticket? said:Northern soul was skinhead wide trousered high buttoned escape from industrial drudgery. They were sober if you can call weekend long speed binges sober and in that they were related to the later rave scene, also all about amphetamine / mdma and rejecting alcohol. For purely practical reasons. you couldn't dance all night if you were pissed.https://youtu.be/7X2gz62eVx0https://youtu.be/7Ygo4FbVluI1 -
I listen to a lot of Jackie Wilson, strikes me that some of his more obscure stuff would go down well with northern soul crowds, maybe it already does?charltonbob said:
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music0 - Sponsored links:
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Yes, great singer. "Because of you" probably played the most, but you will also here well known numbers like higher and higher.DA9 said:
I listen to a lot of Jackie Wilson, strikes me that some of his more obscure stuff would go down well with northern soul crowds, maybe it already does?charltonbob said:
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music0 -
3 days, 1 hour, 30 minutessouladdick said:
Yes, great singer. "Because of you" probably played the most, but you will also here well known numbers like higher and higher.DA9 said:
I listen to a lot of Jackie Wilson, strikes me that some of his more obscure stuff would go down well with northern soul crowds, maybe it already does?charltonbob said:
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music
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So, the thing that always makes me laugh about "Northern Soul" is that the music wasn't from the north at all.
Thick norvan munkees.1 -
digressing a wee bit.. Last night VERY late on Radio2 (insomniac me) was a bio of Berry Gordy and Motown .. well worth a listen on iPlayer/Sounds .. was narrated by Marshall Chess, son of the Sun Records founder .. or here ..https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007z0x
Radio 2 has a Motown weekend, R4 has a weekend devoted to Marcel Proust .. take your pick0 -
New one to me ?DA9 said:
3 days, 1 hour, 30 minutessouladdick said:
Yes, great singer. "Because of you" probably played the most, but you will also here well known numbers like higher and higher.DA9 said:
I listen to a lot of Jackie Wilson, strikes me that some of his more obscure stuff would go down well with northern soul crowds, maybe it already does?charltonbob said:
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music
does that get a play?0 -
Off_it said:So, the thing that always makes me laugh about "Northern Soul" is that the music wasn't from the north at all.
Thick norvan munkees.
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Legend has it that the term Northern Soul was invented by a record shop manager in Soho. When on Saturdays Northern football fans would come into the shop looking to buy obscure soul records that the Southern Jass Funk and Soul fans were not into. These records were parked in a corner of the shop and the Manger said that's the soul the northerners buy, and the Term NORTHERN SOUL was born.1
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An the baggy jeans that the Northerners wore were called "Skinners" anybody remember those ...0
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I'd be very surprised to hear Higher & higher, more of a 60s club sound than Northern (not saying it's never been played) Things you would have heard would be things like I've lost you, Nothing but heartaches which is the B side of the US release of Sweetest feeling (tho some labels were titled Nothing but blue skies which is what he actually sings) I don't want to lose you (Bell boys did a more uptempo version & you would be more likely to hear that out than Jackie) Whispers getting louder, again another version slightly more uptempo by the Isley Brothers which I prefer but both are brilliant. Certainly others these are just off the top of my head + of course there were different songs of his played on the Belgian Popcorn scene which I'll have a think about when I get back tonight.souladdick said:
Yes, great singer. "Because of you" probably played the most, but you will also here well known numbers like higher and higher.DA9 said:
I listen to a lot of Jackie Wilson, strikes me that some of his more obscure stuff would go down well with northern soul crowds, maybe it already does?charltonbob said:
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music0 -
Just had a listen, can't believe I've never heard that, I would say without a doubt that would of got plays somewhere.DA9 said:
3 days, 1 hour, 30 minutessouladdick said:
Yes, great singer. "Because of you" probably played the most, but you will also here well known numbers like higher and higher.DA9 said:
I listen to a lot of Jackie Wilson, strikes me that some of his more obscure stuff would go down well with northern soul crowds, maybe it already does?charltonbob said:
Ah well times change I guess, back in the mid/late 70s when Caister was probably at it's height with Chris Hill at the helm you wouldn't have heard any Northern & rightly so Caister was a Jazz Funk night & never the twain should meet ...... except one hilarious all dayer at Reading Top Rank about 76/77. Northern was downstairs in the main room & jazz funk was upstairs in a smaller room. Late afternoon Jazz funkers did a conga down into the main room, chris hill took to the stage, took off the Northern record playing (should of been lynched for that) & said over the mic some shit like "we're all into soul lets dance together" (ooh how lovely) & then stuck on not a soul record but Space Magic Fly which as you probably know is some dreadful Euro electro disco record. With this a character known as Cockney Mick (from darkest Windsor) who may have been the DJ whose record was taken off grabbed the mic & said you can fuck right off & grabbed magic fly off the deck & fly it did ............... frisbee like above the heads of a few hundred people across the dance floor. Cue some handbags at dawn type of stuff, pushing & shouting nothing serious & the funkers fucked off back upstairs. Happy days :-)DA9 said:
I can’t comment obviously, as never been, but one of the fellas I am going with is a regular, and he says they play some northern soul and Motowncharltonbob said:
Caister was always jazz / Funk though ? I really can't imagine they will be playing any NorthernDA9 said:I’m doing caister soul Weekender next May with some pals, this old Elvis fan/rockabilly might look out of place, but I do like the music
does that get a play?
Great track thanks DA91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OvaglT9EB4
