Is The Northern Scene Falling Apart?

[Soulsmith]

"The usual slow build up after Christmas seems to have culminated in a more wide spread Christmas depression than in past years. I have been spoken to by many people in the last month or so asking me what is happening to the northern scene. Is Northern Soul falling apart? Is the scene dying? are just a couple of the questions...."

Frank Elson, Blues & Soul Feb 1977.

[mischief]

I had my first beer in 1977 it was at the silver jubile party... bottle of light ale all to me self .. aged 9... thanks dad

[Billywhizz]

"The usual slow build up after Christmas seems to have culminated in a more wide spread Christmas depression than in past years. I have been spoken to by many people in the last month or so asking me what is happening to the northern scene. Is Northern Soul falling apart? Is the scene dying? are just a couple of the questions...."

Frank Elson, Blues & Soul Feb 1977.

Must admit its not the same since kev roberts started to grow a beard.

Billy

[Soulsmith]

"The report of my death was an exaggeration."

Mark Twain.

[Simon T]

I had my first beer in 1977 it was at the silver jubile party..

Four cans of Special Vat cider from Tommy Upsalls, sick as a dog all over my brother's bedroom carpet. He cleaned it up and I've been repaying him for it ever since!!

[Soulsmith]

I had my first beer in 1977 it was at the silver jubile party... bottle of light ale all to me self .. aged 9... thanks dad

Around that time you could have also ordered a 'Lumber Check Poodle Jacket' for £7.95 plus 25 p+p from Black Music magazine. How cool would that have been a beer and a Lumber Check Poodle Jacket

[mischief]

a bottle of light ale in one hand, a plastic union jack in the other whilst wearing a Lumber Check Poodle Jacket... I may have looked the dogs bollicks.. depending on the colour of jkt of course

[Simsy]

I had my first beer in 1977 it was at the silver jubile party... bottle of light ale all to me self .. aged 9... thanks dad

I hear that, street party (don't have those anymore) Sawbridgeworth 1977 aged 11. Not much soul about, had to settle for listening to me dad's O C Smith, Lou Johnson and Brook Benton records. Not bad though.

A lot of this that year ...

[pikeys dog]

I may have licked the dogs bollicks..

Ooh I Say!

Sauce Pot!

[Guest andrew bin]

Around that time you could have also ordered a 'Lumber Check Poodle Jacket' for £7.95 plus 25 p+p from Black Music magazine. How cool would that have been a beer and a Lumber Check Poodle Jacket

some homo tried kissing me at prestatyn never happened in the wigan days

[mischief]

some homo tried kissing me at prestatyn never happened in the wigan days

thats sick bet he had been on the light ale

he never tried he did

[Winnie :-)]

"The usual slow build up after Christmas seems to have culminated in a more wide spread Christmas depression than in past years. I have been spoken to by many people in the last month or so asking me what is happening to the northern scene. Is Northern Soul falling apart? Is the scene dying? are just a couple of the questions...."

Frank Elson, Blues & Soul Feb 1977.

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When the "Many" asked you Col, what did you tell them??

Winnie:-)

[SteveM]

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When the "Many" asked you Col, what did you tell them??

Winnie:-)

Surely this should be in the 'all about our yesterdays' section. I can't be the only one to notice. Where is Shane etc etc.

I think the Northern scene is falling apart. This would NOT have happened in 1977 etc etc etc.

Comments only from those who were there please. (Everybody )

[Winnie :-)]

Surely this should be in the 'all about our yesterdays' section. I can't be the only one to notice. Where is Shane etc etc.

I think the Northern scene is falling apart. This would NOT have happened in 1977 etc etc etc.

Comments only from those who were there please. (Everybody )

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Stop plagarising me

Anyway, if we play new sounds, we'll attract new people and they'll be young and etiquette is a just a tradition, not a way of life

Think that sums up both sides of the argument Steve?

Still interested in how Col answered the questions though........Col?

Winnie:-)

[Guest rachel]

Still interested in how Col answered the questions though........Col?

Winnie:-)

And when he changed his name from Frank?

[Guest ShaneH]

anyone going to have a go at rescuing this thread and adding some quality soul chat content?

otherwise it's going to the far and distant land that is the 'all our yesterdays' section

cheers

Shane

[Gene-r]

"The usual slow build up after Christmas seems to have culminated in a more wide spread Christmas depression than in past years. I have been spoken to by many people in the last month or so asking me what is happening to the northern scene. Is Northern Soul falling apart? Is the scene dying? are just a couple of the questions...."

Frank Elson, Blues & Soul Feb 1977.

29 years later and, on both counts, the answer is still a resounding NO!

[Soulsmith]

anyone going to have a go at rescuing this thread and adding some quality soul chat content?

otherwise it's going to the far and distant land that is the 'all our yesterdays' section

cheers

Shane

Hang on for a couple of hours mate.

I'm currently hatching a thought provoking comment.......

[Winnie :-)]

anyone going to have a go at rescuing this thread and adding some quality soul chat content?

otherwise it's going to the far and distant land that is the 'all our yesterdays' section

cheers

Shane

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Thing is Shane, it looks like it will go in the direction oldies/newies/youngsters etc etc which we're doing to death at the moment. If Col takes the lead and voices his thoughts on the subject perhaps we'll have more to work with?

Winnie:-)

[Soulsmith]

If I had of been Frank Elson, the world would have been a better place.

For a start I wouldn't have written negative, disparaging comments about the northern scene whilst bigging up the jazz-funk scene. I'd have written more balanced articles like this one on the history of jazz.....

Jazz was a revolutionary new kind of music. Monopolised at first by people with stupid names - there was Dizzy Gillespie, Falling Down Gillespie, Totally Paralytic Gillespie & Bix Beiderbecke.

The Gillespie clan's great rivals were the Mortons. Notorious among them were Jelly Roll Morton, Marmalade Roll Morton, Jam Sandwich Morton, Hostess Cup Cake Morton and Spotty Dick Morton (later known as Figgy Duff Morton after his sucessful stay at Lulsgate Hospital).

All this feuding came to a sudden end in 1928 when jazz was over taken by the aristocracy. it was now the property of Duke Ellington,Count Basie, Earl Mountbatten, Lord Longford and Kaiser Wilhelm.

Not bad eh?

[Soulsmith]

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Thing is Shane, it looks like it will go in the direction oldies/newies/youngsters etc etc which we're doing to death at the moment. If Col takes the lead and voices his thoughts on the subject perhaps we'll have more to work with?

Winnie:-)

Cheers mate, just trying to put an entertaining spin on it.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

And when he changed his name from Frank?

My parents always encouraged me to be Frank......at least I think that's what they said.