Call out for dancers / original Northern Soul fans

Best of luck with the club Maryam. Don't be put off by all the negative comments - I'm sure they mean well! If they're worried about the BBC putting a different spin on things how did they all feel when the BBC put Wigans Ovation on TOTPs, making complete twazzacks of us all!

Is a vox pop a new type of time release spansule that uses a non gelatine coating for the more ethically minded? Sorry. 

I suspect you may get those seeking the camera will be tempted to attend and those who are camera shy will give the venue a wide berth. 

 

Ok I see where you're coming from, but it's hardly underground anymore,  .

I'm really surprised at how well this club has gone, along with Second City Soul crew, I grew up in Birmingham and it was devoid of anything really bar the Rigger and one or two small do's in Digbeth on occasion... I wish all this was going in the eighties and nineties, would have been great... as for the BBC, well that makes it a great night to remember for all that attend.

Good luck with Friday, the picture you have used looks great btw..

Malcolm

They usually mean Wigan & Wigan & Wigan .................. nothing before or after is considered "interesting" enough ..... or indeed actually existed !!!

 

You know what, its stuff like this, that has recently made me think very seriously about ending my asscotiation with the so called 'scene'.  I could never stop enjoying Soul Music, but I have always debated rigourously with anyone who will listen, that the 'scene' is a very important part of enjoying the music, particularly as we are talking about dance music here predominantly & IMHO opinion, its best enjoyed with like minded people in dark, sweaty clubs, with full dance floors & preferably off ya t*ts, talking bollox....

The fluffy, namby pamby, KTF returnees, wannabes, hand baggers & those that dont give a f*ck, so long as theyre making a few quid, have absolutely raped the real scene of any credibility & made it a laughing stock, something to be poked fun at & leaves those of us that do care about the REAL scene, if there is such a thing left now, cringing with embarrassment, has no one got any integrity left what so ever ???....you've virtually destroyed everything I loved about this scene & we're left with a pastiche of what was a great & respected music culture.....ironically you dont even realise what you have or are doing & will justify & defend your crass actions until you are blue in the face, re writing history to suit your own ends & disrespecting anyone who tries to make a stand.

You've made phrases like Rare Soul an insult, people who defend the original ethos are slagged off & ridiculed, calling them amongst other derogatory terms the 'Soul Police'.  I'm almost ashamed to be part of what you call Northern Soul, something I was once proud to be an advocate of.  I thought that eventually, you would all crawl back under the stones that you emerged from, after your 20 - 30 year breaks, with your pathetic excuses of why you abandoned this once beautiful thing, but it seems to be getting worst....

There are still some pockets of real Rare Soul left, but its getting harder to justify seeking them out & travelling the distances that are involved.....35 years plus of pure unadulterated passion, supporting Soul Music venues, dancing, collecting, promoting, DJiing.  I have given up a lot of my life to this music one way or another, I have spent thousands of pounds, probably tens of thousands of pounds travelling, collecting, promoting venues etc, etc, just to see it plummet to the depths of lowest common denominator sh*te & to be laughed at by so called Soulies & the divs that will never actually get it....

I have had broken relationships, family rifts, been arrested,attacked & spent time in cells for numerous minor offences whilst travelling to & doing what we do, I've made & lost fortunes on record deals, travelled thousands & thousands of miles to venues up & down the country & internationally & you know what, I loved every bloody minute of it, it was all worth it, cos that is what we do....now because of what you have done & are continuing to do, I feel dirty to be asscotiated with it....

I'm not sure what I will do now, I need to reflect properly on everything, I was thinking about selling up & f*cking the lot of you off, let you get on with destroying everything that was once special, but maybe I will just take a sabatical until I feel a bit better about things, never thought it would come to this, you aint won, you will never win, because you are not what this scene is about, you are fake, the great pretenders, you know who you are & you should be ashamed of your selves....

Keep the Faith....what a joke, KOKO suckers lol...if there's owt left when you've finished, I may be back, until then I will be hiding in me rekkid room, you were right Dave, its still 1976....      

You know what, its stuff like this, that has recently made me think very seriously about ending my asscotiation with the so called 'scene'.  I could never stop enjoying Soul Music, but I have always debated rigourously with anyone who will listen, that the 'scene' is a very important part of enjoying the music, particularly as we are talking about dance music here predominantly & IMHO opinion, its best enjoyed with like minded people in dark, sweaty clubs, with full dance floors & preferably off ya t*ts, talking bollox....

The fluffy, namby pamby, KTF returnees, wannabes, hand baggers & those that dont give a f*ck, so long as theyre making a few quid, have absolutely raped the real scene of any credibility & made it a laughing stock, something to be poked fun at & leaves those of us that do care about the REAL scene, if there is such a thing left now, cringing with embarrassment, has no one got any integrity left what so ever ???....you've virtually destroyed everything I loved about this scene & we're left with a pastiche of what was a great & respected music culture.....ironically you dont even realise what you have or are doing & will justify & defend your crass actions until you are blue in the face, re writing history to suit your own ends & disrespecting anyone who tries to make a stand.

You've made phrases like Rare Soul an insult, people who defend the original ethos are slagged off & ridiculed, calling them amongst other derogatory terms the 'Soul Police'.  I'm almost ashamed to be part of what you call Northern Soul, something I was once proud to be an advocate of.  I thought that eventually, you would all crawl back under the stones that you emerged from, after your 20 - 30 year breaks, with your pathetic excuses of why you abandoned this once beautiful thing, but it seems to be getting worst....

There are still some pockets of real Rare Soul left, but its getting harder to justify seeking them out & travelling the distances that are involved.....35 years plus of pure unadulterated passion, supporting Soul Music venues, dancing, collecting, promoting, DJiing.  I have given up a lot of my life to this music one way or another, I have spent thousands of pounds, probably tens of thousands of pounds travelling, collecting, promoting venues etc, etc, just to see it plummet to the depths of lowest common denominator sh*te & to be laughed at by so called Soulies & the divs that will never actually get it....

I have had broken relationships, family rifts, been arrested,attacked & spent time in cells for numerous minor offences whilst travelling to & doing what we do, I've made & lost fortunes on record deals, travelled thousands & thousands of miles to venues up & down the country & internationally & you know what, I loved every bloody minute of it, it was all worth it, cos that is what we do....now because of what you have done & are continuing to do, I feel dirty to be asscotiated with it....

I'm not sure what I will do now, I need to reflect properly on everything, I was thinking about selling up & f*cking the lot of you off, let you get on with destroying everything that was once special, but maybe I will just take a sabatical until I feel a bit better about things, never thought it would come to this, you aint won, you will never win, because you are not what this scene is about, you are fake, the great pretenders, you know who you are & you should be ashamed of your selves....

Keep the Faith....what a joke, KOKO suckers lol...if there's owt left when you've finished, I may be back, until then I will be hiding in me rekkid room, you were right Dave, its still 1976....      

You know what, its stuff like this, that has recently made me think very seriously about ending my asscotiation with the so called 'scene'.  I could never stop enjoying Soul Music, but I have always debated rigourously with anyone who will listen, that the 'scene' is a very important part of enjoying the music, particularly as we are talking about dance music here predominantly & IMHO opinion, its best enjoyed with like minded people in dark, sweaty clubs, with full dance floors & preferably off ya t*ts, talking bollox....

The fluffy, namby pamby, KTF returnees, wannabes, hand baggers & those that dont give a f*ck, so long as theyre making a few quid, have absolutely raped the real scene of any credibility & made it a laughing stock, something to be poked fun at & leaves those of us that do care about the REAL scene, if there is such a thing left now, cringing with embarrassment, has no one got any integrity left what so ever ???....you've virtually destroyed everything I loved about this scene & we're left with a pastiche of what was a great & respected music culture.....ironically you dont even realise what you have or are doing & will justify & defend your crass actions until you are blue in the face, re writing history to suit your own ends & disrespecting anyone who tries to make a stand.

You've made phrases like Rare Soul an insult, people who defend the original ethos are slagged off & ridiculed, calling them amongst other derogatory terms the 'Soul Police'.  I'm almost ashamed to be part of what you call Northern Soul, something I was once proud to be an advocate of.  I thought that eventually, you would all crawl back under the stones that you emerged from, after your 20 - 30 year breaks, with your pathetic excuses of why you abandoned this once beautiful thing, but it seems to be getting worst....

There are still some pockets of real Rare Soul left, but its getting harder to justify seeking them out & travelling the distances that are involved.....35 years plus of pure unadulterated passion, supporting Soul Music venues, dancing, collecting, promoting, DJiing.  I have given up a lot of my life to this music one way or another, I have spent thousands of pounds, probably tens of thousands of pounds travelling, collecting, promoting venues etc, etc, just to see it plummet to the depths of lowest common denominator sh*te & to be laughed at by so called Soulies & the divs that will never actually get it....

I have had broken relationships, family rifts, been arrested,attacked & spent time in cells for numerous minor offences whilst travelling to & doing what we do, I've made & lost fortunes on record deals, travelled thousands & thousands of miles to venues up & down the country & internationally & you know what, I loved every bloody minute of it, it was all worth it, cos that is what we do....now because of what you have done & are continuing to do, I feel dirty to be asscotiated with it....

I'm not sure what I will do now, I need to reflect properly on everything, I was thinking about selling up & f*cking the lot of you off, let you get on with destroying everything that was once special, but maybe I will just take a sabatical until I feel a bit better about things, never thought it would come to this, you aint won, you will never win, because you are not what this scene is about, you are fake, the great pretenders, you know who you are & you should be ashamed of your selves....

Keep the Faith....what a joke, KOKO suckers lol...if there's owt left when you've finished, I may be back, until then I will be hiding in me rekkid room, you were right Dave, its still 1976....      

You'll never manage to keep everyone happy Maryam, especially in promoting. There are some sharp keyboards and wits on here, but mostly people mean well, even if experience has taught us to be sceptical, or perhaps we started as sceptic and grew into grumpy.

There's no rules, similar to there is not a northern soul dance (I'm sure the BBC would like there to be a northern soul dance to show how to do it!). I think your best advice on here comes from Paultp above.

Be wary of a minibus pulling up that looks like it's come straight from the BBC wardrobe department, as you said above this night is 'out there now', not a night in the 70s. I cringe at the fancy dress portrayal often seen, together with the mock badges that claim membership of something people wish they had belonged to rather than engage with the northern soul scene circa 2015. Or perhaps the retro outfit is the NS scene 2015? 

Take note of Paultp's post above, and get ready for the flack IF it turns into another Oh FFS moment on TV. And please try to ensure anyone interviewed has some teeth in.

I only asked for one thing! is this the video https://www.facebook.com/midlandstoday/videos/10153482759004761/ All I asked for was teeth FFS!!!!

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I think this is the best by far

"Anyone Remember Wigan Pier. The Heart and Soul Venue of Northern Soul."