Northern Soul

[carrust]

11:30am BBC R4 this morning. I wont be listening cos it's *****, but I think tonytav will be tuning in.

[Tilly2]

...he'll be dancing!

[carrust]

Would that be line dancing tilly? :-)

[emmie]

not all Northern soul was, some very good tunes out of that neck of the woods

[tonyav]

Thanks for the heads up, rusty. lol.

[Tilly2]

Yont's much too 'cool' for line dancing, aren't you, Yont?

[carrust]

He's looking for his stetson & cowboy boots:-) Female falcon on sheff platform tilly

[tonyav]

Looking for my chaps and pair of colt 45's, right now !.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, rusty. A lovely close up that. (How do you know it's the female without seeing them both together for size comparison, rusty?)

[tonyav]

Didn't know that dragon flies are into northern soul !.

[Tilly2]

Yont, you don't need any chaps. You don't need a partner at all.

[emmie]

one of my all time favourites, and i don't live north of Watford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_1s2UFc_z8

[tonyav]

Well, looks like the Japanese have discovered northern soul !.

[andy-hughes]

Looks intriguing carrust - how do you know it's lousy - have you listened?

Was shouting at my car radio this morning - Richard (if i had a personality I'd still be this boring!) Allinson was blethering on about snow, so he played Skiiing in The Snow - a northern classic.

Did he play the appropriate fave stomper by The Invitations? No, he played the snivelling copycat crud that is a 'version' by Wigan's Ovation, which sadly was the chart hit.

The original version's fame was based on one lone copy which was found in an American Woolworth's remainder bin by a collector buying razor blades while waiting for his trip home. The single was driven from club to club, such was it's demand, especially at The Torch (northern legendary club and about two miles from where I sit writing), but tragically it was destroyed in a fatal car accident.

True northern fans spurn the Wigan's Ovation version, and remain true to the underground sound of the original.

[tonyav]

My favourite O' Jays record, emmie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4hnH1tSmzg

[tonyav]

Exactly the same with Footsie, andy.

[carrust]

I've tried listening to loads of it Andy. The problem with northern soul is; there's no soul comparing it with some of the Atlantic artists such as Otis, Aretha, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floydd etc

[emmie]

O'Jays were popular north and south,
i heard another great record in a shop the other day, i didn't have time to stop and ask what it was, it wasn't a record store, but i have been trying to remember some of the lyrics.

[emmie]

don't you think that Northern soul fans loved Aretha, James Brown as much as down south,

[andy-hughes]

carrust - The 'soul' in Northern Soul is the black music connection, but as you know, it is all about the beat and dancing, rather than listening to the vocals.

It's not better or worse that other soul genres - just different.

[carrust]

I'm no dancer that's why it's probably lost on me. I'm not that keen on Tamla as well.