A Questionnaire About "soulboy" - Please Help

[shuggie61]

Hi I'm Hugh McGuinness. I'm a Popular Music Studies student at Liverpool University - and a soulboy. I'm interested in examining representations of Northern soul dancing and Northern soul culture within the film, "SoulBoy". As SB is set at Wigan Casino in 1974; it would be great to get responses from people who were at Wigan at that time.

All (any!) responses will be treated in confidence. With an eye to anonymity, your first name and your age will suffice. Thank you!

Please fill the following in and send it to shuggie61@yahoo.co.uk

Name:

Age:

Did you attend Wigan Casino in 1974?

If not, did you attend Wigan Casino at any other time?

If so, in what year(s) and for what duration?

I'm of the opinion that there might be problems and/or issues with the representation of Northern soul dancing in "SoulBoy" and I'd be grateful for your thoughts

Firstly, I'd like to focus on three examples of Northern soul dancing within the film. My approximate timings are taken from the "SoulBoy" dvd.

Example A

At around 20 minutes - during the song "Too Late" by Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson - a male dancer is seen performing a forward-facing jump/splits in mid-air.

Do you have any opinions about this representation of Northern soul dancing?

If so, what are your opinions?

Example B

At around 1 hour and seven minutes - during the song "I'm On My Way" by Dean Parrish a male dancer is observed spinning on his back.

Do you have any opinions about this representation of Northern soul dancing?

If so, what are your opinions?

Example C

At around 1 hour and eight minutes during the song "Breakaway" by the Steve Karmen Big Band featuring Jimmy Radcliffe - there's a "dance off" between the two main protagonists, Joe and Alan.

Do you have any opinions about this representation of Northern soul dancing?

If so, what are your opinions?

Additionally, do you have any opinions about the depiction of certain other elements of Northern soul culture within the film?

In particular,

1) Drug-taking?

2) General "scene" behaviour?

3) Clothing?

Thank you for your thoughts and your time!

Hugh

Edited April 26, 2011 by shuggie61

[Pete S]

Hugh, the answers to all of your questions can be found in the long-running and gigantic Soulboy The Movie thread elsewhere on the site, the general consensus is that

a) no one ever did that

b) no one ever did that

and

c) no one ever did that

hope you get a good response

[Douglas]

Hugh, the answers to all of your questions can be found in the long-running and gigantic Soulboy The Movie thread elsewhere on the site, the general consensus is that

a) no one ever did that

b) no one ever did that

and

c) no one ever did that

hope you get a good response

Short, sweet and so true.

[Bully Boy]

I take it that your answers are to questions A, B & C Pete................................!

Hugh, the answers to all of your questions can be found in the long-running and gigantic Soulboy The Movie thread elsewhere on the site, the general consensus is that

a) no one ever did that

b) no one ever did that

and

c) no one ever did that

hope you get a good response ?

Cause everybody certainly did at least one of 1,2, & 3...............LOL

[Ady Croasdell]

How do we know you're not squad?

[Ernie Andrews]

What are you really asking here?

Are you trying to compare the content of the film with what we remember it was like because im 53 and cant remember every nighter I went to and what went on and I was one of the Jam butty brigade so no substances were used on my part to cloud my judgement.

Good luck with whatever you are trying to achive but agree that the Soulboy thread would give alot of what you are looking for.

By the way - The film is PISH!

[Guest alison]

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Edited April 27, 2011 by alison

[Guest alison]

How do we know you're not squad?

Is he wearing a leather safari jacket ?

[Guest Dan]

I just saw Scouse drop his adidas bag and walk off whistling.

[Chalky]

Stick to the topic please. Either answer the questions or if you think he is the squad or have no interest then don't.

[Koolkat]

There were certainly "dance offs". Certainly. Im 54 and can remember guys who tried to outdo each other at dancing. Certainly in the older guys who are 57ish. Especially at The Mecca.

[Guest Brian J]

There were certainly "dance offs". Certainly. Im 54 and can remember guys who tried to outdo each other at dancing. Certainly in the older guys who are 57ish. Especially at The Mecca.

We never called them 'dance offs.'

It was called 'burning' or 'burning someone off'.

Last time it happened to me was at the Monaco in Hindley around 6 years ago.

3 young lads decided to try and burn me off, one of them was right in my face.

I stopped for a minute, outstretched my arms and shouted 'come on you fuckers,'

then stomped over all 3 of them.

Fuckin' kids....been there done that!

[shuggie61]

Hi thanks to those of you who tried to help me with a response - particularly Andrew. As a few s-s'ers pointed out; the answers to my queries might be found in the other thread about the "SoulBoy" film. I'll use those comments for my essay. Ta.

I don't quite understand why some of you might think that I'm "squad" - why on earth would the police be interested in drug-taking that took place 37 years ago? Unless, of course, you're still dealing! Mind how you go...

[stomper45]

lotsa paranoid people here Hugh but maybe first should have done a search of site, anyways have fun, most of the 7ts a bit hazy for me, but then again so is today

[Paul-s]

Hugh, the answers to all of your questions can be found in the long-running and gigantic Soulboy The Movie thread elsewhere on the site, the general consensus is that

a) no one ever did that

b) no one ever did that

and

c) no one ever did that

hope you get a good response