You've Been Into Northern Soul Too Long

[Dean]

When you buy records you've already got....................and not always in error.

When you scour designer luggage for anything that holds 7"x7"

When, as 50 approaches, your new potential life-partner has just made the error of saying "You seem to go to a lot of soul nights - couldn't we..................Dean, Dean, wait a minute!"

[Guest WPaulVanDyk]

When you go to work sing some Northern soul in your head and want to start dancing amusing to customers who may come in asking what is he doing and managers moaning your not working

[Guest in town Mikey]

..........you say, 'Quite a few of my mates are irons'

And you arent talking West Ham.

[Jerry Hipkiss]

...when you keep a NS cassette in your old Walkman and always put it on when passing through Yate on the train (Guilty as charged m'lud )

[Pat]

Haven't laughed so much in ages as I've read all these posts.

I get strange looks in shoe shops as well as I'm always rubbing the soles and saying"Wonder if I can dance in these". The shop assistants give me funny looks and I can almost hear them thinking"What's that white-haired woman want with a pair of dancing shoes?" Once someone asked me if they were for ballroom dancing!! My friend Anne bought a pair of boots in the sales and she tried them out on the carpet in the store. The staff thought we were absolutely bonkers.

[chrissie]

You get funny looks in shoe shops as you go around feeling the soles

Karen

can definately relate to this one

QoFxx

[Guest]

That's me alright...

We must be related then , Mel .....

Malc Burton

[Guest]

We must be related then , Mel .....

Malc Burton

I forgot about this gem ......

" You've been on the scene too long when ..... "

I was in Doncaster recently , when someone passed me , did a double take , walked back and said ....

" Didn't you used to be Malc Burton ? "

Malc Burton

Edited March 7, 2007 by Malc Burton

[Guest vinylvixen]

your postman knows your name...and stops to chat about these cd's!!! that he delivers....

cookie

So Eddie Hubbard lives near you then He was Mark Bicknell's postman....can you believe that?? Always chatting about rare vinyl LOL More things...

• Checking out the London BR stations for lift access to platforms for ease of movement for girlie with record boxes on wheels
  
• Swearing loudly about how crap British Rail is when there aren't any lifts and I have to carry the bastard boxes
  
• Re-arranging the soul compilation sections in HMV so all the NS ones are at the front
  

Ain't life wonderful Jo

Edited March 7, 2007 by vinylvixen

[Guest nubes]

[*]Re-arranging the soul compilation sections in HMV so all the NS ones are at the front

Jo

Cripes!!! I thought i was the only one who did that....also...placing the NS compilations in the sections

marked Northern Soul...when someone places it in another music genre....best thing is...i do passionately luv all things soulful..but get a bit miffed when the NS CDs are placed somewhere different....delxx

[good angel]

Driving along in your car with N/Soul on and clapping

Kev

[Jerry Hipkiss]

Re-arranging the soul compilation sections in HMV so all the NS ones are at the front

Jo

Jo, that's brilliant! Bet most of us have done that!

Jerry.

[Guest in town Mikey]

Posting on a thread about Ian Levine even though you know you shouldnt!

[Guest]

All of the above....plus:

When you're out and about and start sizing up the place thinking 'this would make a good venue for a night' the cafe at the end of Bournemouth Pier springs to mind....

When you buy shoes and think 'I wonder if they'll be ok for dancing in'...

Great thead....and I know what you mean about Ikea units, Rob Jo

I love all the above and agree with them too!!

But yes Jo, I do exactly the same!!! Even if buying high heels, I have to dance in them when trying on in the shop to see if I can dance in them or not, of course, never go back into the same shop again cos I know they will remember me as the batty old cow!

[Slippers]

Driving along in your car with N/Soul on and clapping

Kev

Yeh, good one

I've done this many times and it must look very odd to other motorists

k

[Guest vinylvixen]

Jo, that's brilliant! Bet most of us have done that!

Jerry.

Jerry, it's all part of my subtle NS world domination campaign....but there are higher forces at work - NS being played in M&S; KFC campaigns using 'our' music; Dale Winton playing Darrell Banks on Radio 2.... Who is behind this? We simply clap our hands in the car or shuffle in the men's slacks department but what about the effect of this subliminal musical brainwashing on the masses? Mark my words - you'll hear faint snatches of 7 Days Too Long being whistled by young spotty Emo Goths or You've Been Away being hummed by yummie mummies pushing prams in Primrose Hill...It won't be long before soul is taking over........

And another thing:

Naming your cats, dogs or kids after Northern Soul artists/ record labels...what a cracking idea

Jo

Edited March 8, 2007 by vinylvixen

[Guest vinylvixen]

Yeh, good one

I've done this many times and it must look very odd to other motorists

k

I think I should invent a 'Hands Free Northern Soul Clapping' device....it gets a bit dangerous during 'Right Track' Jo

[Slippers]

I think I should invent a 'Hands Free Northern Soul Clapping' device....it gets a bit dangerous during 'Right Track' Jo

Good idea, it's difficult enough to drive, listen, clap and send texts all at the same time

[Pat]

The children in my "Cool Kids" exercise group at school have been exercising to NS for a few months now. At first they called it my old fogey music but now they sing along and ask for the tracks they like best.

I'm guilty of singing along in the car as well.Luckily I'm in the passenger seat but still get odd looks as I'm often trying to dance at the same time .

[Gert Mark]

When your mates introduce you to someone and then fade away (either giggling or tutting) when the subject of music comes up.

When you err away from using the term "Northern" and towards "Rare" to avoid complicating matters.

[Guest]

.... when you're on a Ballroom dancing forum giving advice on upping stamina and energy and you advise that northern soul and beer is all you need

[Guest vinylvixen]

When you remove a weekend's sensible shopping from your basket and replace it with 2 tins of Heinz Tomato Soup and a loaf of white sliced bread...for those 'after nighter' culinary needs

[paultp]

When you think a 50 quid record is cheap .......

(It's all your fault Pete Smith)

Edited March 9, 2007 by paultp

[Guest nubes]

When you threathen a member of staff with a carving knife (I am a Chef)..when they turn Radio 2 off in the middle of Move On Up!!!! as what happenend at work today Delxx

[Guest marge]

your non soulie friends wonder why you havent grown out of it yet

cookie

that's the one

and they look sagely at you as if to say 'you'll learn'.

I hope I don't....

[Guest vinylvixen]

When you think a 50 quid record is cheap .......

(It's all your fault Pete Smith)

When I ring up mates at odd hours of the day or night and turn a deaf ear to their protests like 'Jo, it's 3.20 in the morning - can't it wait' and I say 'NO....You must listen to this....it's brilliant'....and proceed to play heaps of new purchases down the phone Jo

[Simsy]

When entering a 'Help The Aged' shop you still spend fifteen minutes thumbing through 100's of Dooleys and Racey 7"s in the vain hope of dropping on the stuff you used to in the 80's.

And on finding anything of remote interest, it appears that Torvill & Dean have been practicing on it and you feel compelled to advise them that in this condition, it's really not worth anything at all. :fool:

Or the old chestnut "If I can get this £1.50 sticker you've stuck on the label off without damaging it,

I'll give you £1.50 for it! :angry:

[Jim G]

When it is Sept 2033, your 80 year and old listening to The Sherry's "Put Your Loving Arms Around Me" telling your great grandkids 'do you know that 60 years ago tonight this was the first record played at the Wigan Casino', and they say, 'bless him, a record, whats that? and was grandad always a gambler?'

[Pat]

Definitely been into NS too long if I'm sad enough to be online at this time in the morning before I go to work I find I'm saying YES!YES! to all the other posts. We've often said we'll be on the dance floor with zimmer frames preferably with wheels attached.

Must do something sensible now and start getting ready.

Pat

[Len]

...When your trying to plan the family holiday by not clashing with a decent nighter... "Yes I know it's their golden wedding anniverswary, but the 100 Club's on"!!!... :angry: ...Families can be such a bind!!!

[Soulsmith]

When looking for a replacement car & the first thing you check is the sound system.

And the car that you actually buy is the one with the factory fitted uprated Bose speakers.

Happened to me last week

[Ged Parker]

Someone has been into northern too long when they offer you a ticket to Prestatyn which has become available as since they bought it there partner has died and when you say:

"Do you not have any close family that could use it?"

They say:

"Well they would have but they'll all be at the funeral"

[good angel]

When you are decorating a room,and it turns into a Northern fest,with the CD player switched up full, and end up dancing :dance: :dance:

Kev