This is my view for whats it worth,suppose its been well stated on here anyway,the scene is so a far cry from what it was that my appetite has way gone im afraid.Egos,backstabbing,fall outs,overrated venues and over play of records that have had the arse spun outof them are the turn offs for me,I just cant be arsed to dignify anymore.
Secondly everyone has a personnel relationship with the music thats what makes it so special imho,ive used alot of my time away and believe me I was proliffic for venues in the eighties and early nineties to discover gospel,sweet soul,deep,modern and lots of funk!I am now a proud soul collector and my only interest is black music ,northern soul is part of that but so is the other genres also.
I had an awseome time at petes memorial in away it was sad that to get that spirit back again we had to celebrate the life of someone far gone [god bless him]my view of the state of the other stuff is that the passion for the scene in many quaters had been diluted by the absolute amount of bullshit that seems to fly out of peoples mouths and ears when the word northern soul is mentioned.
Just my view folks!
BAZ A.