Mid Tempo, Will It Ever Return?

[JIMMY SOUL]

And this one....

 

And most of the other ones posted in this marvelous thread 

 

BTW my names Jim and I'm a midtempo addict, I admit it lol

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQQdfju1ogg

[JIMMY SOUL]

Tal Armstrong & the Escorts - give it up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU9lTHEp6nI&feature=player_detailpage

 

Great record!

[Guest gaz thomas]

I suppose it depends where you go still to an extent, but these days if you hear a half dozen mid tempo numbers all night, you're doing well.

 

So what happened to this wonderful genre that played such a big part at Stafford and the 100 Club in earlier years? And of course, would folk like to hear more of that sort of thing again these days?

 

i am a bit weird

 

i love obscure rnb, which eventually gets popular apparently, but i also appreciate the classics, and realise there is a whole world of rnb out there

 

i love the big boogaloo tunes that have been accepted on the northern scene, but realise that  there is a whole world of boogaloo out there.

 

same goes for all vintage music, dig deeper

 

the big city new york 60s productions are amongst my favs

 

The northern soul by numbers djs will always play "the drifter"

 

I think a bit of imagination could be added

 

there are fantastic uptown 45s out there to collect

 

will this genre of music become popular again on your scene

 

I could not give a shit,

 

i never stopped loving it in the first place

Edited August 23, 2013 by gaz thomas

[Guest gaz thomas]

Of course! BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL! - always reminds me of Ion this..........I 'did a Moses' at a local Soul Night a few years back with this - I tried to 'skilfully' splice it in, but 'parted the seas'! .....Then lies the question of should I have played it of course - I think so, or some would never get to hear such lovely stuff (I 'pulled it all back' ok)

 

Len  

 

At the risk of people attacking me for not knowing this

 

A great 45 that  I will get, weather its a fiver or 500

 

love it

 

thanks

[Guest gaz thomas]

If you are running a soul night, i.e. 8 till 2 then you can get away with more slow tempo mellow sounds because most people there will be drinking alcohol, and that makes people mellow. Especially towards the end of the night.

 

If it's an allnighter, then most will be on gear and you've no chance of getting away with anything less than mid tempo. And not many of those.

 

Anyone trying it when I ran Burnley would soon be visited on stage and would hear the immortal words " if you don't pick it up we're f***ing off" no names shall be mentioned, you know who you are. 

 

we never used to complain in the 80s

 

i dont remember the old boys complaining

 

it must be part of the scene now

 

we used to be happy listening to and dancing to vintage tunes, newies, oldies, rnb, early 70s, boogaloo, bloody everything

 

perhaps that's why i just collect now

 

what happened ?

 

again, it depends on what yo were playing

 

if you were shit, then you need some shiit

 

but somehow in your case  i dont think so

Edited August 23, 2013 by gaz thomas

[Guest gaz thomas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKCgRf11u_8

 

 

so perfect, and so overlooked

 

i got a issue from someone on this site about 8 years ago

 

i could not believe how cheap

 

such a fantastic and rare 45

 

i will never sell this 45

 

just listen

Edited August 23, 2013 by gaz thomas

[Dekka]

 Hi Dekka see you on Saturday at York, best stay away then when I'm on in the 2nd room........

 

Hi Barry, be good to see you mate, Kev knows me too well methinks, he knows i'm always on a wind up,

 

I agree with Phil though, Everything in it's rightfull place, across the board soul nights then yes mix it all up

 

but allnighters, bloody hell NO,NO,NO and especially NOT as someone as indicated at 4 in the morning.

 

So in essence mid tempo - down tempo has it's place in the right place and at the right time.

[Chalky]

Hi Barry, be good to see you mate, Kev knows me too well methinks, he knows i'm always on a wind up, I agree with Phil though, Everything in it's rightfull place, across the board soul nights then yes mix it all up but allnighters, bloody hell NO,NO,NO and especially NOT as someone as indicated at 4 in the morning. So in essence mid tempo - down tempo has it's place in the right place and at the right time.

I though we were talking mid tempo though? Plenty of mid tempo dancers played at every all-nighter at all hours including the likes of Burnley after 4am and including when Phil ran it. I can remember the likes of Lonette and Blue Jeans etc being played and it filled the floor.

I do agree the dance floor is king but there is no need to discard a whole style of music simply for the sake of it. Plenty of dancers that aren't up tempo 100 mile an hour stompers.

Edited August 23, 2013 by chalky

[Dekka]

Yep totally agree Chalky

I guess I was referring to the beat ballads down tempo stuff that's been posted on this thread, I don't think there is any place for them. Ok for your own home or if that kind of music is advertised for the night. Then people like me know to stay away.

Mid to Uptempo, and not particularly 100mph stompers (hope that's clear, i'm getting confused myself now) stuff is what I think goes down well at soul nights and Nighters alike.

[Dekka]

Steve G played this at the 100 club on saturday night

now if he followed it with the C.O.DS id be in stompy heaven

just like in the 80s

A perfect example of the right song and the right tempo for any occasion

[Guest Dave Turner]

Regardless of the occasion, nighter, soul night, sunday dayer, walking down't street, sat in the bath, off me tits or not, whatever, I like to listen to soul across a varying range of tempos. In fact, tempo is not something I ever particularly consider when buying and enjoying records... it seems that often emphasis is placed on tempo above soulful content - good dancers can and do dance to midtempo and even the odd beat ballad, and thankfully there are discerning nighter events that do accomodate the whole musical range ***edit*** but more midtempo please... So in answer to the question, will it return? Absolutely, that's if it ever actually went away...

I'd be happy to hear this midtempo crossover gem any time, any place:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tLnZA9GYf8

 

Enjoyed your post Jim, and agree with ya all the way. Your Earles and Voltaires posts are right up my alley for both listening and shuffling about pleasure.

 

I think we're singing from the same soulful songsheet mate  

 

[Lfcjunkie]

'Kin hell nearly forgot this classic.Oldie from BITD - the dog's midtempo.!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7quUpbXHno

I took this record onto my younger cousins place who had been banging on about his house music that he was a dj on the house scene locally anyway I told him you don't need music to be uptempo all the time etc at his place he had his dj gear set up and told me most house music was 126bpm so image my surprise when he put Darrell Banks on decks with bpm counter .......it came out at 126bpm

great record

Dave L

Edited August 23, 2013 by lfcjunkie

[Pk 22dj]

I think we have a call for a Sunday Afternoon Mid Tempo Northern Soul event, easy on the ear and even to people who have never listened to northern soul would love it. Just a thought. BBTBBB (bring back the big beat ballads)

[Pete S]

How good is this?

 

Not very

[Pete S]

This thread has gone to pot, it's obvious that midtempo records dominate the Northern Soul scene including allnighters so the question should be "will 100 MPH dancers ever return", Fascinators, Johnny Gilliam etc, they've been perfect allnighter records for 30 years so why are they suddenly not perfect?  Not saying they should return (100 mph dancers) - but they must be outnumbered 10 to 1 by classy midtempo's, and I don't mean beat ballads.

Edited August 23, 2013 by Pete S

[Simsy]

This thread has gone to pot, it's obvious that midtempo records dominate the Northern Soul scene including allnighters so the question should be "will 100 MPH dancers ever return", Fascinators, Johnny Gilliam etc, they've been perfect allnighter records for 30 years so why are they suddenly not perfect?  Not saying they should - but they must be outnumbered 10 to 1 by classy midtempo's, and I don't mean beat ballads.

 

I still say that the emphasis is on up tempo at nighters at least and this thread should highlight the fact that it's okay to play more mid tempo, hey and beat ballads!

[Bazza]

Yep its gone to pot ,I can't make head or tail of it now 

 

Bazza 

[Barry]

This board can't half talk a good game.

[Simsy]

Well I'll close it for now then if that's the general consensus.

 

Thanks for all the contributions, most interesting.