Steve S 60

I've actually hung up my saw after witnessing that, Barry. F#cking sell outs!!

Incidentally, I think I've gained a bit of street cred with my 19 year old daughter after the appearance of the NS dancers last night, although she keeps correcting my pronunciation of Pharrell.

I can remember a few of my mates travelling down to Southampton back in the late 70s to appear on Saturday Banana at the Southern TV studios. Not up there with the Brits, but they all had a great time as young teenagers. I think Vernon was among those that appeared on the Saturday morning show.

Don't know if this has already been posted, but if anybody is interested, Craig Charles interviewed the two male leads from the film on his Funk & Soul Show on Saturday night...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vkts3

In no particular order... Show Me The Way I Gotta Let You Go In My Lonely Room Come And Get These Memories Nowhere To Run

Listen to the interview...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s6vw1

Mary Love - "You Drank My Bitter And Ate My Sweets"....... https://youtu.be/uJDJ4rNxtIc

Jackie Wilson "The Who Who Song".....you need fast feet to stay on the beat.

He's looked after himself if he can still fit into it.

The Yum Yums - "Gonna Be A Big Thing"

The Supremes - "He's All I Got" is a firm favourite with the girlies.

I know it was the 70's, but didn't you feel a little bit self conscious dressed in a bright orange polyester suit.

Was The Wrong Side Of Town video filmed in Ian Levine's back garden? https://youtu.be/UIlEiPU5PWQ "There's Four Vandals in next door's back garden". "Don't worry Missus, we'll send a car round straight away".

To be honest, I turned it off shortly after the bit about the film. It's certainly not going to fill the gap left by Jazz FM.

No 15 in the Pop Charts, No 3 in the R & B Charts.

Totally agree with you Dave. The collaboration brought him to a lot more people's attention and certainly did his career no harm. It's actually an interesting story on how the collaboration came about. U2 were in the audience at one of BB's concerts in Dublin, and they met up backstage. When they said they were fans, BB asked Bono to think of him sometime when he was writing a song, and WLCTT was the result. I think the recording came out of mutual admiration. Might be a good topic for a new thread, soul artists who have benefitted from collaborations with pop / rock artists.

Depends on what you term reality, Dave. BB King is certainly acknowledged on the single and album track, he appeared on stage with U2 performing the hit, he appeared with U2 on the music video (which incidentally won the MTV Video Music Award for best video from a film in 1989), and more tellingly, he continued to perform the song at his own concerts long after U2 had dropped it from their live performances. On the back of this he went on to record an album with Eric Clapton, and launched a chain of night clubs in the States. I've walked past the one in Orlando. Don't know if any of his contemporaries consider that he has 'sold out', but a hit is a hit, whether it's a collaboration or not.

It'll be the latter, I suspect Dave, U2 supposedly being the biggest band in the world at one time.

BB King had a pop hit when he recorded "When Love Comes To Town" with U2.

I think Levine was "Skating On Thin Ice" with this, which incidentally is the title of another dodgy Levine production. Let's hope "You Reap What You Sow", Mr Levine, which incidentally is yet another Levine production. I wonder where he gets his song writing inspiration from?

Probably trying to keep their carbon footprint low.

The main thing to come out of the programme was the free preview screening of the film as part of the 6 Music festival in Manchester. Stuart Maconie did mention he would be interviewing Elaine Constantine on the night.

Free tickets to preview screening..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nj164/profiles/northernsoul

News about the film on BBC 6 Music today, Tuesday the 11th of February , on the Radcliffe and Maconie show between 1-4pm.

Here's a recent interview with our Lisa about the album, from a couple of months ago..... https://youtu.be/7GPEdkRw_1M