WHAT IS THIS NORTHERN SOUL? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE VERVE? I DO NOT
LIKE THEM. THEY TRY TOO HARD TO SOUND LIKE OASIS.
BYE,
BOBBY
Andy BB wrote:
> Here's what my favourite website says about it:
> Not entirely accurate (Run out of steam!) but a good summation
>
>
> Northern Soul, for many, is a meaningless term because it doesn't refer
> to
> any specific kind of music. For many others, it's a term that means
> everything. Where most soul genres are named for either the region that
> the
> music where the music was created, or for the sound of the music,
> Northern
> Soul is named after where the music was played -- in dance clubs in
> Northern
> Britain. During the early '70s, once the Mods had run out of steam and
> prog-rock was ruling the landscape, there were a handful of underground
> dance clubs that played nothing but '60s soul records and they weren't
> any
> ordinary oldies. Instead, the DJs at these clubs were obsessive
> collectors,
> finding the most obscure American soul singles. Usually, these records
> sounded like Motown, Chicago Soul or New York soul, but they were
> records by
> unknown or under-appreciated performers; Major Lance was one of the
> biggest
> names on the scene. These records were dubbed Northern Soul because of
> the
> clubs. Northern Soul continued to gain popularity until the mid-'70s,
> when
> punk and disco stole its thunder. However, it never really faded away.
> Some
> clubs remained open and there was still a collectors market for the
> singles,
> and many rare singles were going for astonishingly high prices. Most
> importantly, many clubgoers, from Marc Almond to Bob Stanley and Pete
> Wiggs
> of St. Etienne, went on to form their own groups whcih kept the spirit
> of
> Northern Soul alive in some fashion. The north of England continues to
> be
> the focus for this music, helped largely by such luminaries as Matt
> Bolton
> and Mark McNulty who have ensured that the music, and the clubs it is
> served
> up in, maintain their vitality.
>
>
> Andy BB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Lawton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 18 February 2000 12:25
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: someone please explain
>
> > OK this is interesting, can you give me some track
> titles/bands/etc
> > >which
> > might qualify so i get an idea of what it means?
> Given the nature of the beast this would be pretty useless - i.e. if
>
> you've never been to club playing Northern or listened to a Northern
>
> Soul compilation or been accosted by a Northern fan, it's pretty
> unlikely you'd know any of the tracks anyway. Not trying to be
> deliberately useless, it's just the essence of it is on 'non-hit'
> soul
> (and it's very much on the tracks, rather than specific bands or
> vocalists).
>
> Given that Nancy and Greg have left this list onto more purely soul
> pastures, I'd guess Ed and Matt would be your best bets here.
>
> Aren't there sound samples at Night Owl? What's Greg Tormo's site
> address too - I recall that being pretty good.
>
>
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