Theresa

Alright Dopey, and, er, Foetus?

Ah bless, who says romance is dead? Hey GF, I always get a shock when I see pics of people on here, as in my head I always associate them with their avatars. So even though I know it's not you, you'll always be a footballer to me! I've never ever been out with anyone who isn't a soulie. And to be honest, I've never fancied anyone who isn't either. Don't you guys miss that saucy Sunday morning speedsex? Best part of a niter!

But was she with you when you saw the (alleged) Lion?

Ahhhh Baz, so many men, so few who can afford me...

Don't know what you mean Baz How Does My Other Half View......... Soul? Mainly through his little glasses, bless him. We met on the dancefloor at Keele.

Thank God Webby's away Kylee, else you'd have a pirate thread before you know it!

Exactly. When we're skint, we cut down on the number of events we go to, rather than pick the cheap ones though. And Cleethorpes was our main holiday some years!

Hiya Kev, after a good niter I don't normally feel like eating for a couple of days - does the breakfast offer still stand on a Tuesday morning? On a more serious note, whatever my financial status at the time (and it has been varied), the price on the door is never a factor when I decide to go somewhere. I can honestly say that in over 25 years I've never thought 'Ooh couldn't possibly go there, even though they've got the best tunes, because they're 2 quid more than the less superior do down the road'. Just doesn't happen. I couldn't care less if a soul night was a tenner. Normally costs us 50 quid just in petrol to get anywhere & back, so the door tax is the least of our worries.

Obviously us girls on the SSLAAS have discussed it months ago, lol. Doing it for my niece's 18th in a couple of weeks time - at least there's no noise pollution for the neighbours round the venue! Eddie Piller's done a few silent disco gigs - said there's nothing quite like the despair you feel when you spin a wrong'un and you see everyone switch their headsets over to the other DJ (they have coloured lights on the headsets to indicate who's listening to which DJ) but how great it is when you pick it back up with a blinding tune and they all come back to you in a wave of little green lights... In my professional humble opinion, I reckon it's just a flash in the pan that'll last a couple of years, unless the noise Nazis ramp up the laws against loud music at public events, in which case we might all be doing it. Luckily on the northern scene it's often impossible to determine which tune a lot of people are dancing to anyway And Pikeys Dog, you can actually talk as much bollox as you like to everyone, as you can hear normal conversations for a change. No more spitting in peoples ears

Ahh Simon, know just what you mean - you and me still like some of those cheesy scooterist 70s oldies. I can remember being at Fleetwood and being pretty much completely alone on the floor for 'Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me', 'Am I Cold Am I Hot' & 'Heaven In The Afternoon'. But I don't care!

Nice gesture AND good marketing - hardly anyone goes out on their own for their birthday, so you send them a nice email, and they bring a busload of punters for you. At least I do anyway You're not just pretty slippers Sian...

Don't think loyalty cards as such would be operable, as the principles they're based on don't translate well from the retail industries to the soul scene - the main reason supermarkets have them is to profile their customers and what they're buying, so they can alter their marketing strategies accordingly at very short notice, and also sell you other stuff like financial services. Your average supermarket customer is a bit of a tart and is happy to go to Sainsburys OR Morrisons, so they're always dreaming up schemes to tempt you through THEIR doors that week, and spend a bit more than you would normally ('Try Something Different' etc). Don't know about you, but I've got lots of different loyalty cards in my wallet - it's what's on the shelves that brings me in, rather than how many Nectar points I'm gonna get. However, BOGOF or something along those lines is a much better idea. Still amazes me that a lot of promoters don't use other free and cheap marketing ideas & incentives - some use the internet to great advantage, like Neil Self at Soulfusion, others hardly at all. If you're running memberships & regular newsletters, which is a great idea for keeping your do uppermost in the minds of your punters, how about if a member brings 3 new non-members along to your do who sign up, and then gets a free CD or gets in for free themselves? Of course I wouldn't personally travel unless I thought there'd be pies or doughnuts available

Ahh, off topic I know, but have you got the girls over on holiday so they get a break from the radiation? I was thinking of doing that and wondered what it was like. Send me a PM x

Hi Simon I have a friend in the States who I met on a NS site about 10 years ago. He was brought up on the beach music scene in South Carolina, and there are a lot of crossover tracks. He's been over here to visit a couple of times and came to the 100 Club and Bisley, and was amazed when he heard some tunes that are played in both scenes. Their dancing (shagging!) is very different in they dance in couples, but the really good dancers are great to watch. Here are some shaggers on YouTube, ooer matron. Different moves, same trousers And see below a top 100 list of beach tunes, but you have to bear in mind that these are a bit like a Kev Roberts northern top 100, in that they've been played for donkey's years and certainly won't be cutting edge. Beach afficionados seem to be a little more, ahem, open to embracing current soul tunes than a lot of folks in this country. Theresa x 1. Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes 2. Carolina Girls - General Johnson & the Chairmen 3. I Love Beach Music - Embers 4. Ms. Grace - Tymes 5. Summertime's Calling Me - Catalinas 6. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs 7. My Girl - Temptations 8. Cool Me Out - Lamont Dozier 9. Under The Boardwalk - Drifters 10. Myrtle Beach Days - Fantastic Shakers 11. Brenda - O.C. Smith 12. One Mint Julep - Clovers 13. It Will Stand - Showmen 14. Rainy Day Bells - Globetrotters 15. Lady Soul - Temptations 16. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy - Tams 17. You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book - Drifters 18. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel 19. With This Ring - Platters 20. Nip Sip - Clovers 21. Party Time Man - Futures 22. Club Savoy - Rockin' Louie & The Mamma Jammers 23. Thank You John - Willie Tee 24. Think - Five Royales 25. (I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out - Jerry Butler 26. My Guy - Mary Wells 27. Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye 28. You Bring Out The Boogie In Me - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 29. Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis 30. 39-21-46 - Showmen 31. Green Eyes - Ravens 32. It Ain't No Big Thing - Radiants 33. Work With Me Annie - Midnighters 34. Anna - Arthur Alexander 35. Don't Drop It - Wilbert Harrison 36. It's All Right - Impressions 37. Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Four Tops 38. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris 39. I Got The Fever - Prophets 40. Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima 41. Safronia B - Calvin Boze 42. Going Back To Louisiana - Delbert McClinton 43. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Coasters 44. This Old Heart Of Mine - Isley Brothers 45. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye 46. You're So Fine - Falcons 47. Searchin' - Coasters 48. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee 49. The Entertainer - Tony Clarke 50. Lipstick Traces - Benny Spellman 51. She Shot A Hole In My Soul - Clifford Curry 52. Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board 53. Just One Look - Doris Troy 54. But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson 55. What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) - Tams 56. I Need Your Loving - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford 57. Easy Comin' Out (Hard Goin' In) - William Bell 58. Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions 59. White Cliffs Of Dover - Checkers 60. Annie Had A Baby - Midnighters 61. I Do Love You - Billy Stewart 62. A Quiet Place - Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters 63. Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies - Drifters 64. I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops 65. Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On - Gloria Hardiman 66. Something Old, Something New - Fantastics 67. It Started With A Kiss - Hot Chocolate 68. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 69. Shakin' The Shack - Fantastic Shakers 70. I Used To Cry Mercy, Mercy - Lamplighters 71. Walking Up A One Way Street - Willie Tee 72. Surely I Love You - Rosco Gordon 73. Kidnapper - Jewell & the Rubies 74. More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Starecase 75. Across The Street - Lenny O'Henry 76. Mercy Mr. Percy - Varetta Dillard 77. Jamie - Eddie Holland 78. I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris 79. Hold Back The Night - Trammps 80. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions 81. Wee Baby Blues - Joe Turner 82. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson 83. That's Summertime To Me - Dale Van Horn 84. Rub A Little Boogie - Champion Jack Dupree 85. Flamingo - Earl Bostic 86. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 87. Smoky Places - Corsairs 88. Cry To Me - Solomon Burke 89. I Love You 1,000 Times - Platters 90. Searching For My Love - Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces 91. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 92. May I - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs 93. I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - Four Tops 94. Would You Believe - Tempests 95. Candy - Astors 96. The Last Of The Good Rocking Men - Four Jacks 97. I'm Gonna Miss You - Artistics 98. Ocean Boulevard - Band Of Oz 99. Love Makes The World Go Round - Deon Jackson 100. Bless Your Heart - General Johnson & the Chairmen

I got myself into trouble last year suggesting an option for a bloke who had lost his mojo on the soul scene a bit I always forget that it's not just us four or five people posting on the thread that are going to read it! So, no, I've got no idea how to get your brother back interested in the scene, and I'm not a good person to ask. In fact, you never saw me here

Seriously? Sausalito Calling - Camelle Hinds is always a great Summer tune. Non-seriously? George Pepp - The Peeling Is Real

Don't worry, I'm back A little drunk, but here nonetheless... I can't text KevNewry for a pun at this time of night else his wife's going to think we're having an affair, but I'm sure he'll have some corkers tomorrow. I can't think of any Dana Valery permutations - bless her, she usually provides us with a rich seam of nonsense. Frank Wilson - Phew I Love You Diana Ross & The Supremes - Steamy Julian Covey - A Little Bit Burnt Judy Street - WHot Johnny Bragg - They're Scorching About Me Barbara Mills - Queen of Pools Metros - Since I Found My Bathers Millie Jackson - My Tan Is A Deep Tan Mary Love - You Turned My Bitter Into Sweat Eddie Bishop - Scald Me I'll get me bikini & see myself out....