Steve G

great record.....way too good for hand bagging..... Yum Yums "It's gonna be a bag thing"....

Point is at most weekenders people have a choice of rooms - so they vote with their feet and the biggest room by far is always the oldies room. Prestatyn a few years ago got a good modern vibe going as well, rammed. Sorry didn't go last year to the new Prestatyn, so can't offer a comment either way, and don't tend to go to the other big weekenders anymore except pop in at Cleethorpes. Weren't two rooms created because some people were moaning about "across the board" - get this "sh*te off play something we know" etc? And just for the record, I am not a "soulie" I am a free man! :lol:

Not scary at all Bob...just on a very different scene....Now might I be so bold as to suggest that you venture back to Skeggy and the original weekender there in a couple of weeks time. There are four rooms of soul music, and a great friendly crowd who all get along. And you won't have to dance next to a bunch of Kermit the Frogs.....or p*ssheads waving blow up bananas etc. And the music will be great too. Had to chuckle at the Butlins poster.....

Both posts nail on the head.....

Yup closed it down as it was merely about the attendance so am trying to adhere to the keep it current theme, we got enough threads running about ns....handbags, poll thread etc...Steve

Hardly a new statement Andy, it's at least 5 years old

I agree Dean Parrish, Sidney Barnes, Tommy Hunt etc. are all top fellas!

OMG Sooty - the first sign of madness! - replying to your own posts!!

Great Ady, your street cred has just shot back up!! :lol: BTW like Brownie, they can't spell your name correctly either....

Yep, remember Jo Wallace telling me she had some soul people in one of her venues once but they didn't like what was being played. They were moaning about the music I think, and so she went marching up to them, gave them all their money back and politely told em to fook off as only Jo can! :

I agree and putting aside the whiff of contrvoversy that follows Ian about, there is a wealth of fascinating stuff on that DVD set. It wasn't always balanced but it is the best we have by a long way. And in fairness while I don't always agree with Ian, he isn't wedded to the nostalgia thing. But...SWONS was 10-12 years ago now, and there are new and important turns and developments since then - Lifeline, funky northern, the growth of the scene outside the UK, the effect of the internet / Ebay etc.

...I still think you are fighting an old battle. Hello, we lost years ago! The coolness, underground mystique (now there's a record to get stuck in to on the dancefloor!!) has all gone from the mainstream NS scene. It's all about that 1970's period for the majority of people. As long as the music is something they know, nothing else matters. Persionally I'd never be seen dead at a Butlins Skeggy event. Whilst I am amazed that they got 7,000 in, it's just a commercial moneymaker like a mini V-Festival. Even worse now since some arguments have broken out between the NS scene people and the Civilians who found themselves wrapped up in it all.... A: "We loved it was brilliant!!" B: "Them NS people are so rude! They pushed us off the dancefloor" C: "No love you must understand us soulies are passionate about our music. When we hear "Ski-ing in the snow" or "Night owl" we just got to dance" B: "You are all very rude can't we enjoy the music too without being pushed about?" D: "No duck you got it wrong, soulies are all very nice friendly people, anyway why come to Skeggy when it's billed as a NS event?" B: "We'll go to Butlins when we like thank you!" etc etc. It's all there to see.....a three ringed NS circus! The Teddy Boy scene never got this commercial!!! But you ain't ever gonna change it now folks....

Hi Brett, if you look at the Butlins weekender page on FB you'll see that many people enjoyed themselves there and had a good time....some complained about n/s dancing lessons others thought them a good idea, a few complained about a sticky dancefloor, and a couple complained about n/s being played off CDs..... I keep saying it, but "this thing of ours" is totally mainstream! KTF buddy O'Keh? "It'll never be over" eh! etc etc...

Quite. I was seriously impressed by the number at Butlins, and looked at some of the 7,200 who were posting on FB about the weekender. There were some people from these parts (which is not a soul area by any stretch) posting up "can't wait for a weekend of NS" etc. Funny thing is I have never seen them at a local soul night, a Niter, a London event, or even the local Mod do's which I have been to and occasionally D.J at. It's like "Who are these people?". Another parallel universe.....It's certainly not underground....

Hey, northern soul has been overground for years. Look at the endless tat on ebay, Johnny Vaughn, Frank Wilson played in me local bank, and the commercialism of it all....anyone that thinks that northern soul is an underground scene is having a giraffe,,,or has been asleep for 20 years. If you want underground it's Rare soul. Completely off the radar of the commercial wiggas. I don't know why northern soul continues to be this battleground.....It's obvious it went mainstream.......and denying it, well it's a bit like revisiting the Battle of Naseby every week to see if any of King Charles's troops are still there.....

None in August last time I was there.

Agree Roburt, would have loved to have gone after a weekend with parents etc. but a 5 a.m start Monday morning is a killer......How many were there roughly? How small a crowd? What about Blackburn and Derby? Reports please. Hope he got a big British soul welcome at those venues.....

Hi Andy, I am sure you're 'sposed to put a smiley after that comment like one of these or this :

You've just given me an idea Ted - Hot boxers! - new male underwear featuring scans of your favourite records all set against a black and white backcloth of WIgan Casino and a Hillman Imp and people doing V signs.....job done. Watch out for them on Ebay soon and if I can get a stall, at "Russfest 2014".....

I'm Spartacus!

2 identities? Maybe I'll try that Ted....Watch out for a new user called "Trophy hunter"

I do not regret it for one minute Macca......If you are going on national TV etc....you look your best then you have to take the pluses and the minuses I'd have thought....I haven't commented on anything about them other than them bloomers. Don't know them, will take others views about them being a nice couple etc.....but them pants no way Jose!

Hi Pete, It's also possible he's gone to "Russfest 2013" for the weekend ....who knows, who cares.....

Hi Len, think he deleted his own post when he realised how daft he was sounding......Move along nothing to see here!

It's a TV programme by a guy who was on the scene in his teens and has come back to find it still going. It's always going to try and have mass appeal. It's always going to focus on people that the producers think are "interesting" - going out clubbing in yer 50's, special clothes etc. etc. That's what keeps the viewer interested. We mustn't forget the programme wasn't made for us...As such I still think it was good.