barney

I wonder why the majority of British skinheads adopted Jamaican music as theirs with no connection geographically or cultural?

the plane boss

never went but clapping to the music and applauding at the end to me is part and parcel of the scene and long may it continue it adds to the atmosphere at venues and as been said gives one a sense of belonging

love to clap and always applaud records that I dance to but think its not considered cool now.. too retro and we dont want to become a retro scene do we

wonder how many dealers declare their income from sales to the IRS

gettin a whiff of paranoia

deffo dancer

simon owd luv you started this post and now you are chickening out a post like this was bound to cause robust arguements and polarize people but hey thats because some are passionate about our scene, some of the music you post on facebook is diabolical simon , but can say that to your face we can still be mates though, think we can all agree on more things than we can find to disagree on , as been stated we are a broad church and most people on here who know you can put up with your squaddie mentality and barracks humour and remember a friend is for life not just for christmas

now now chorley lets not be disrespectfull every faith has its evangelists

the 80,s were a bit of a lean time for me worked abroad and when returned to uk went to local venues ,tracky club, catholic club and a few pubs and clubs which did motown and soul nights didnt do the niters usual stuff marriage family and so on was fortunate enough to have a good mate who I worked with and went to places where he dj,ed unfortunateley he is no longer with us bub bless him,and thru him heard most of the then contemporary sounds and heard people like dek greenhough play some great sounds,, really started back in the early 90s went to a good number of niters at stoke and after an acrimonious divorce in 94 got seriously back into the scene . am willing to listen to all kinds of our music and am quite open minded but if Im honest a lot of rare and underplayed leaves me cold, modern turns me off and my bet noir is disco . but hey ho some like it , what gets me is , why do people accuse me of being blinkered or stuck in a time warp when along with a good many people just want to go out have a good time ,listen to good music and dance yes classic oldies in the main but appreciate some of the newer , or revived music . I dont wear baggies but dont sneer at those who do' . the soul scene is only part of my life its not the be all or end all. I do other things , but go out most w/ends to soul do,s and do travel and have many friends in the scene even that dipstick imber in answer to your remark about the last line of mine , my own little world encompasses a large number of different venues and events,as well as many events in the scootering scene which has its own in house arguments about the music

kinnell this as moved on a bit and yet got nowhere why do people have such negative views about our scene and some of the people in it, someone said the scene is going tits up , all I can say is your going to the wrong places , have been to many different events this year and have had some crackin nights,the w/enders have been brilliant , was at skegvegas last w/end it was great , locally the regular venues I go to ,,attendances are on the up, new venues seem to be flourishing, highlights of the year so far for me have been the brid w/ender,, riley smith hall and the metrodome not forgetting the brilliant soul cruise on the trent organised by our good friends from the east midlands, personnaly dont think the scene is in decline from my standpoint, maybe others should address their position and take a look round maybe upfront and progressive has run its course as a separate entity and should get back to basics and deliver music that we can all dance and listen to , or has the wannabee dj generation got stuck in a rut and got to keep playing the latest monster awesome sound regardless of merit

chorley you have eloquently wrote something in your posts on here which describe what I and no doubt many others feel , who have been in the scene since the early days and as for progressive would ask that you read the goodtimes-brookfields thread in events lookback thankyou for your honest commonsense approach cheers barney

there seems to be a lot of venemous ridicule posted on here towards the baggy trouser (nostalgia) brigsade by it seems progressive upfront posters, there is a certain paradox here. that is in my view strange , why is it not ok to wear baggy trousers and listen only to music from a certain period,, but to a man or woman most people on here insist on their music being delivered on obselete outmoded no longer produced technology ie antiquated vinyl discs

but sara women can multi task where as we blokes have to concentrate your spot on though

nice try trev but its hardly northern is it

very intrestin trev but you seem to be equating the oldies crowd with a middle class sitcom dont think there are many parallels in this analysis dont think nostalgia comes into this , the majority of people I know just want the scene to continue for them for as long as it is physically possible and in the main are quite happy to go to their local soul night and listen to mainly classic oldies and whatever they find acceptable from the person behind the decks . hereby lies the crux of the argument a good dj should be able to gauge what the punters will accept at a venue and be willing to change tack if what he is playing isnt working

simon owd luv personally as with scooters I have a varied taste in music and come on here just to wind some of the sanctimonius f**kers up are you still wearing that tartan skirt

simon your anology with the scooter scene is very apt because as we are both into scooters and northern soul ,can see very similar arguements in either scene. but in a nutshell scooterists all ride two (small) wheeled machines and soulies listen and dance to mainly black american soul music the arguements are just irrelevent in the great scheme of things,

thats so profound wished I had said it well done that man

hope we are all a bit older ,wiser and have a bit more compassion now , wish I were his age though , he really is a crackin young man

thats fair enough

good post and some good pointers

youve lost me there mate will get the wife to have a dekko at this she went to uni and is a social worker

so is your spelling