Is or was northern soul a culture, sub-culture or not?

I work with a lad that is adamant that hip-hop is a culture.

So that got me thinking. The following I lifted from another board -

“I don't know if music itself can be a culture, but it's certainly a facet of culture. I can't picture some one saying "I'm reggae", but its a part of Caribbean culture. Country music is a facet of american culture.”

Assuming the above para to be correct maybe then northern soul is just a facet of a culture....but which one?

Col.

Edited October 20, 200618 yr by Soulsmith

Yoghurt is a culture.

And the Northern Soul scene is full of fruits.

So I'd say its a culture...of sorts

  in town Mikey said:

Yoghurt is a culture.

And the Northern Soul scene is full of fruits.

So I'd say its a culture...of sorts

well it made me laugh

QoFxx

A subculture is a group of people with different behavior and beliefs that distinguish them from the larger culture of which they are a part.

So NS is a sub culture.

A very profound thread

  Tabs said:

A subculture is a group of people with different behavior and beliefs that distinguish them from the larger culture of which they are a part.

The relatively few common beliefs shared by people into any genre of music is hardly enough to make it a culture (or sub-culture) is it? Culture is best left to bacteria and ballet.

  Tabs said:

A subculture is a group of people with different behavior and beliefs that distinguish them from the larger culture of which they are a part.

So NS is a sub culture.

A very profound thread

If NS is a sub-culture it has to be a sub-culture of something else so what is it a sub-culture of...............errrr or is it just a culture and therefore yoghurt .................that is worrying, I don't like yoghurt therefore does that mean I don't like NS and have been listening to the wrong music all these years

QoFxx

  Stuart T said:

The relatively few common beliefs shared by people into any genre of music is hardly enough to make it a culture (or sub-culture) is it? Culture is best left to bacteria and ballet.

..................and yoghurt oh and perhaps Boy George

QoFxx

  Soulsmith said:

Is or was northern soul a culture, sub-culture or not?

I work with a lad that is adamant that hip-hop is a culture.

So that got me thinking. The following I lifted from another board -

"I don't know if music itself can be a culture, but it's certainly a facet of culture. I can't picture some one saying "I'm reggae", but its a part of Caribbean culture. Country music is a facet of american culture."

Assuming the above para to be correct maybe then northern soul is just a facet of a culture....but which one?

Col.

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Certainly wouldn't describe it as a culture, cos that implies extremes to me, or a way of life. I would say its part of our social scene, but the be all and end all, not for me. If I've misunderstood the gist of your post, apologies

  Winnie :-) said:

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Certainly wouldn't describe it as a culture, cos that implies extremes to me, or a way of life. I would say its part of our social scene, but the be all and end all, not for me. If I've misunderstood the gist of your post, apologies

NS ... it's a night out ... nothing more

Martyn

  in town Mikey said:

Yoghurt is a culture.

And the Northern Soul scene is full of fruits.

So I'd say its a culture...of sorts

I'm allergic to yoghurt but luckily not to fruits.

Is this irrelevant or is that one of those big fat grey things that live in Africa...errr...an...errr...hippopotumus ?

It's a youth cult.

And it's unusual among youth cults in that it's one chiefly populated by 40 odd year old blokes

Godz

Edited October 20, 200618 yr by Godzilla

  Godzilla said:

It's a youth cult.

And it's unusual among youth cults in that it's one chiefly populated by 40 odd year old blokes

Godz

  Soulsmith said:

Is or was northern soul a culture, sub-culture or not?

I work with a lad that is adamant that hip-hop is a culture.

So that got me thinking. The following I lifted from another board -

"I don't know if music itself can be a culture, but it's certainly a facet of culture. I can't picture some one saying "I'm reggae", but its a part of Caribbean culture. Country music is a facet of american culture."

Assuming the above para to be correct maybe then northern soul is just a facet of a culture....but which one?

Col.

Its a sub culture,and includes all musical tasts and cultures,we not tied into any other culture 100% allthough they keep trying to make it 100% soul,blakc,etc,that what makes it diffrant,and a sub culture,thats n/soul that is,the rare soul scene is another sub culture riding off the bakc of our sub culture,what is n/soul.

  Soulsmith said:

Is or was northern soul a culture, sub-culture or not?

I work with a lad that is adamant that hip-hop is a culture.

So that got me thinking. The following I lifted from another board -

"I don't know if music itself can be a culture, but it's certainly a facet of culture. I can't picture some one saying "I'm reggae", but its a part of Caribbean culture. Country music is a facet of american culture."

Assuming the above para to be correct maybe then northern soul is just a facet of a culture....but which one?

Col.

Its a sub culture,and includes all musical tasts and cultures,we not tied into any other culture 100% allthough they keep trying to make it 100% soul,blakc,etc,that what makes it diffrant,and a sub culture,thats n/soul that is,the rare soul scene is another sub culture riding off the bakc of our sub culture,what is n/soul.

  Godzilla said:

It's a youth cult.

And it's unusual among youth cults in that it's one chiefly populated by 40 odd year old blokes

Godz

Mods were a sub culture,due to the dress code,music and all round mod things

Northern soul doesnt have all the trappings of a sub culture like the mod movement

So i suppose its just people into a certan type of music that get together

A bit like my other passion

people who get together to follow everton