Paul Secular wrote:
> Not quite the same thing....
> (though I understand your point - notice Andy wisely used the term 'most
> Northern Soul' as opposed to ALL of it!)
Not *that* wisely - if he'd said 'some Northern Soul' rather than most
I'm sure there would have been no argument at all
> > Oh, and the fact that most record
> > companies would rather promote a white artists output over a negro
> > anyday.
>
> But isn't some of the rarer stuff by white artists?
> Like that 'Bok to Bach' tune (or whatever it's called) I heard down
> Vincent Van GoGo - that I read's a bunch of white guys funded by a
> priest!?
It's also bloody awful - no soul at all. Goes for the vast majority of
'Northern' instrumentals as far as I'm concerned (although there are
plenty of notable exceptions - I love 'Elijah Rocking With Soul' to bits
for instance). It's also not all that rare and woul;d be regarded as a
played-out oldie at most clubs.
> Well it sounds innacurate from what I can tell. I mean I already
> mentioned the white guys - and you just mentioned the non-uptempo tracks
> that still get classed as northern - and as to 60s... see below...
>
> Northern is definitley a 60's music thing though it's SCENE being
> > a 70's inception.
>
> Yeah I know. But I thought a fair bit of the stuff was recorded in the
> early 70s.
> Wasn't it?! (can't think of an example..... YOU're the expert!)
The scene has always (going back to the early 70's) been split on this
one, so it's easy to get confused. The core of the noerthern scene from
the start was *very* much based on 60's music - anything recorded in the
70's was regarded (and still often is) as Modern Soul and was played in
a different room if at all. There was some crossover, of course. For
example, very few fans of 60's Northern would turn their noses up at
'Seven Day Lover' despite it technically coming from the wrong decade.
Cheers,
Ed...
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