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Post by saffy on Oct 13, 2007 23:27:36 GMT
I mean ... Northern Soul as in the music ... uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TbEuq54FcBgWatch it ... you might be surprised. You might be horrified aswell .. especially by the fucking accents! |
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Post by saturdayskid on Oct 14, 2007 12:13:52 GMT
i quite like a bit of northern soul, tamla, stax etc
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Post by carolyn on Oct 14, 2007 15:40:43 GMT
This was really popular round by us when I was young.
Carolyn x
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Post by jill on Oct 14, 2007 15:58:15 GMT
My ex-husband's an old Wigan Casino boy. Somebody on Youtube wrote 'I wish it was like that nowadays but all teenagers want to do now is drink'....  No disrespect Carolyn, but by 1977 they'd all gone off to Blackpool Mecca and were dressing like Bryan Ferry (well not the girls) and listening to Jazz-funk. The tune you posted has a bit of a Northern beat at the beginning, but this is disco no?? Anyway, here's a real old classic that I like: uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmzM7yT-9gthough for some reason my computer doesn't want to play it  |
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Post by large michael on Oct 14, 2007 19:49:33 GMT
the best music ever made .this is not a discussion. just effortless. perfection.
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Post by carolyn on Oct 14, 2007 22:11:32 GMT
Jill
Maybe Lovin is Really my Game isn't proper Northern Soul then but it was a classic around West Bromwich and surrounding areas and we classed it as Northern Soul. I thought it was anyway.
Carolyn x
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Post by saffy on Oct 14, 2007 23:41:33 GMT
One of my all time favourites ... Geri Granger and "I go to pieces"
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Post by saturdayskid on Oct 15, 2007 17:23:49 GMT
whereabouts in west brom? Still hold quite a few good northern night round the midlands regurlarly, mate of mines dad DJ's some,
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Post by jill on Oct 15, 2007 17:39:13 GMT
Stoke's still abit of a hot bed for Northern Soul I think. It's a while now since I left there, but there used to be a regular Northern Soul night at the Town Hall and an all nighter at Keele University....think they're still going. The local radion station used to have a Northern Soul slot too.
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Post by carolyn on Oct 15, 2007 17:49:18 GMT
whereabouts in west brom? Still hold quite a few good northern night round the midlands regurlarly, mate of mines dad DJ's some, I'm from Great Barr but living in Bearwood now. Lovin is Really My Game was popular at discos that we went to when I was at school (at the church in Hamstead at the top of the Hamstead Road). Not sure where exactly the Northern Soul nights were in West Brom, but I think near the High Street. I've got a really nice Northern Soul compilation CD but, to be honest, I hadn't heard the stuff on it before. I know that a couple of years ago the 100 Club on Oxford Street was holding Northern Soul allnighters every six weeks. They may still be doing so. I think there is still quite a big following with this music. Carolyn x |
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Post by jill on Oct 17, 2007 22:13:59 GMT
Be a shame if this thread died.....need to get more folks on site on board I think ;D. Here's another one from me. As you can see, I like the real old stuff. The Wigan boys and girls didn't just love his music, they copied his moves too! |
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Post by fatself on Oct 18, 2007 19:27:00 GMT
Got an old Northern Soul LP from the town the other day...''It comprises the lyrical and vocal stylings of The Apollas, Ben E King, Soul Brothers Six, Bill Cosby (yes, THE Bill Cosby)...and many more''
Lovely tunes though.
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Post by pjw on Oct 18, 2007 20:13:26 GMT
bit of a shame that northern hasn't featured more in the soundtracks to shane's films, especially since there's such a big soul scene in the east mids and staffs. seem to remember there's a northern track on romeo brass, forget which one.
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Post by jill on Oct 18, 2007 20:47:28 GMT
P.P.Arnold Everything's Gonna Be Alright:
I saw her back in about 1997/8, appearing with Ocean Colour Scene at Trentham Gardens-still had a great voice. I agree-a few more Northern tracks would be splendid.
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Post by billywizz on Oct 19, 2007 7:54:48 GMT
I'm almost certain I was at that OCS gig Jill - used to go a few at trentham.....great days.....
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