Geeselad

sorry mate , it wasnt meant ot be personal, but I still cant say how anyone can say he's overated, I dont like Queen or U2, but I'd never say they were overated, they deserve respect as talented musicians and songwritters. I mean the guys never really had a chart hit, and in the grand sceme of things he has a small cult following. Just how is he overated, by whom?

fair do's a was a tad on the grump last night but, pappa bear, really Kev, I know loads love it but it just leaves me cold, some X- over is great but this is pipe and slippers soul of the higest order, coco and leccy blanket soul even.

its a fair point pete, I've just found so many on this scene that are into collecting rather than into music, and it irks me when a guy with so much talent and originality gets stick because his records dont fit the 'northern mold'. To be honest its the ones that dont fit the blueprint I usually like the most, apart from papa bear that is

right here's my current most cringeworthy tune, papa bear and the cubs, its not that its a real dirge, the band are ok, and he can sing a bit but for Christ sake what's that gotta do with the northern scene? how to kill a dancefloor or what? it's the production, absolute pouse.cant belive this has been a big tune for so long, and what a waz name as well!

incredibly narrow minded, imho, i have real problem in respecting the thoughts of people who only like northern/ 6ts/ 7ts/ modern, maybe thats not you but there's certainly a few of them on here.

Steve Cato, Mace, Johnny Beggs, Adam Topping Gumbo George Mahood, I could go on but I dont want to list all the change DJ's weve had in the last 12 months, and I started change partly to hear Dj's that I thought needed to be heard out more often

Great crossection of tunes played throughout the night by all concerned, Superb underplayed straight edged northern from the Wonderful Diva Di and Mister Jones certainly has his own niche sound now. First set of the night from me, played around 7.30 till 8ish, we alternated 1/2 hour sets throughout the night. Gene Anderson- Baby I dig you Ted Ford- you're gonna need me Denise Laselle- The right track Earl Gaines- Soul Children Stone Fox band- Down in a hole Bee houston- Hava a heart Coldblood- i'm a good woman Valerie Simpson- Sinnerman Jonah Jones- What you are Frank Butler- the love I need Bobby fisher and the Bishops- now your gonna cry Dynamites- dont leave me this way.

the Mongo is brilliant mate.

Been spinnin the gene anderson me sen, got played it at the last Bidds nighter too.

5 I've been hammering at wom in preparation for Change this sat, not bought a great deal for the last couple of months so some are things I've dug outta the shelves Valerie Simpson- Sinner Man Black Sugar- Too late Royal Jesters- That Girl Le Grand Melon- Baby pleasse dont go Baby Ray- house on soul hill.

fair do's just checked it again, but its not coming through on this thread sadly, I' have to Add, Ron Hardy, Frankie and levan but all again intonated at least in the article.

you could try contacting the Colema, store in Lima, peru. There very reliable and honest in my experience.

This is a little narrow to say the least, most mentioned so far are all NS DJ's, how about some great straight soul DJ's, Bob Jones, perhaps, Norman Jay and Mr Scruff can all put great soul sets together, and are truely DJ's rather than just great collectors that know how to sequence a set in a passible order.

certainly a fair portion of it is as you described, the new bingo, I dont know about matured, regressed more like, to its most comercial phase in the mid 70's perhaps. It doesnt mean that we have to accept it though, I'm sure there were plenty pissed with it then, like I and others are now. I think really the problems come when its intrusive, in a lobby or foyer area around the entrance to a weekender is reasonable but inside a room where people are tring to dance and enjoy an atmoshere its totally inappropriate for me.

It certainly is on my part, the comercialisation of a once underground scene deserves to mocked. Its all a load of garbage, generally the people who buy it aint got a clue, go make money somewhere else.

sorry chalky I was being naughty and got caught out! Your spot on about it though and If I thought the guests wanted to use one I'd bring one to saturdays Change night, I'm just a vinyl fetishist really, that would be my prime reason for cutting a slate of a CD only track really, I just like to dj from vinyl, cd's are fine at hme for me, but even then, 2nd best.

Your right in principle Russ, but in reality most venues aren't set up to play anything other than vinyl, unless its modern or the dreaded cheesy oldies venue, with perhaps some former big name from the hacyon days, earning a crust on his rep, whilst having sold his collection, and imho, his credibility, but I digress. so if I had something that wasnt availble on anything other than CD, or file, I'd want to get a dub of it cut just for practicality. Do you have a cd player plumbed in at lifeline Chalky?

oops, sorry I though I'd read that it was album only.

Im be trying to get a copy of the lp on vinyl to play at octobers Change night, great cut, wish was on 7 but I cant see why anyone would have a problem with me playing it off the lp, for the sake of OVO.

ther you go

I'm happy about the whole thing on tsop, top notch philly and brillient flip I seem to recall.

Tribute is terrible, but there are plenty of great soulful dance records that use non traditional instruments, and still retain the right sentiment

imho, Funky soul as a concept obviously means several differet things to different people, and its interpritation is probably as varied as the tastes of those have an opinion on it. What concerns me however is that the biggest records to come from the genre will probably be, as with other sub genres of the NS scene, the rarest ones. Saag Warfare is a good tune to me, as is Grey imprint, but I really doubt the're the best, and dont hold a candle to many cheap and common records with a similar feel, but they are undoubably two of the biggest thus far. The problems not a new style of Northern, its a quality contol thats overided by exclusivity and really, ego. Someone told me about one certain 'top NS dj' being desparate to get a copy of the Saag Warfare tune from another 'top NS DJ', why? cause its the best Funky soul tune out there? Bullshite! Cause its realy hard and the other DJ would no longer be able to spin it in his sets, more like. Same senario as crossover 10 of 15 years ago, same old really. What the scene is desparate for in my opinion, and I said it many times before, is some great, relatively cheap tunes of any ilk, that go big nationaly and get played at commercial nights throughout the land, to generate excitement and a sense of progression, whilst scuppering the booters in the process. Or were knackered really.