Interested to know if people on the rare soul scene are full on 365 days a year 24/7 when I say that I mean do you play records every day? is the scene and the music constantly in your thoughts? does it tend to take a front seat in your every day lives? although I don't attend that many venues these day's the music, records etc. is alway's there, it's like no matter how hard you try to do other things and interests the Northern thing never let's go, it's been said before that it get's in your blood, becomes very obsessive which I feel that people become very protective of it resulting in the politics, heated debates etc.

I reckon we are all on this scene for life, the passion and love for the music has to be with us all forever....... nothing quite like it is there?

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Interested to know if people on the rare soul scene are full on 365 days a year 24/7 when I say that I mean do you play records every day? is the scene and the music constantly in your thoughts? does it tend to take a front seat in your every day lives? although I don't attend that many venues these day's the music, records etc. is alway's there, it's like no matter how hard you try to do other things and interests the Northern thing never let's go, it's been said before that it get's in your blood, becomes very obsessive which I feel that people become very protective of it resulting in the politics, heated debates etc.

I reckon we are all on this scene for life, the passion and love for the music has to be with us all forever....... nothing quite like it is there?

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I'm probably not typical in that I'm not "on the scene". I do, however, play vinyl most days when I'm at home and listen on the iPod when I'm out and about.

Phil

I'm probably not typical in that I'm not "on the scene". I do, however, play vinyl most days when I'm at home and listen on the iPod when I'm out and about.

Phil

Still with you then Phil, I guess the music is King then?

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

GET OUT BOUT 10 NIGHTERS A YEAR BUT YES NOT A DAY GOES BY WHEN IM NOT THINKING,COLLECTING,PLOTTING,SCHEMEING,AND LOW DOWN DIRTY DEALING LOL

BAZ A

BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE 78 NOT MANY BREAKS EITHER!!!!

Still with you then Phil, I guess the music is King then?

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I have my moments , usualy knackered from work (Monday/Tues) and weekend boozing but come wed/thursday start getting a bit twitchy (for Music )

and the missus loves playing stupid games on the PC , then I say I'll just pop a couple of records on , then 3 hours later (& a couple

of bottles of Red) we end up having an embarrasing dance (not at the time!) then wake up in the morning and pick some of the records up

(not in covers!!) and think did I really like that but I will never get bored or tired of it (and the Records !!!! )

Swifty

Ooh, can feel the heated passionate debate starting already ! Think this is very much down to personality traits. I love soul music and enjoy going to venues etc when I can but enjoy lots of other stuff and dont want it to be my whole life . Not all my friends are soulies and it can be boring for them! My hubby on the other hand is what I`d refer to as a purist. He eats sleeps and s**ts soul . Got to be ovo only, refuses to go to anything thats not soul based and is obsessed with matrix numbers (or something like that). My attention span is do I like it and can I dance to it . This has caused many heated debates in my own home and I was almost divorced on the grounds of wiping one of his records on my sleeve . When I was in labour with my oldest child I had to wait for him compiling a wants list to somebody before we could leave for the hospital !

Just realised he might pick up on this. Better start a new thread, soul widows anyone

This is me to a T.

I listen to Northern and Motown every day without fail. At least an hour, sometimes 2 or 3. I read about it, study it, its my major passion after my family, and on a par with mountain/hill walking.

I don't like any other type of music, or watch tv, I just don't listen to it, and am just not interested in it.

A bit sad I suppose really?

Ooh, can feel the heated passionate debate starting already ! Think this is very much down to personality traits. I love soul music and enjoy going to venues etc when I can but enjoy lots of other stuff and dont want it to be my whole life . Not all my friends are soulies and it can be boring for them! My hubby on the other hand is what I`d refer to as a purist. He eats sleeps and s**ts soul . Got to be ovo only, refuses to go to anything thats not soul based and is obsessed with matrix numbers (or something like that). My attention span is do I like it and can I dance to it . This has caused many heated debates in my own home and I was almost divorced on the grounds of wiping one of his records on my sleeve . When I was in labour with my oldest child I had to wait for him compiling a wants list to somebody before we could leave for the hospital !

Just realised he might pick up on this. Better start a new thread, soul widows anyone

Can relate to this a little, sometimes find myself for no reason in the middle of watching television or doing something blurting out some nonsense to my wife about something to do with a record or the scene lol don't get me wrong I can and do other things non soul related but love the tuneage...tut tut fancy wiping one of his records on your sleeve disgrace lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

This is me to a T.

I listen to Northern and Motown every day without fail. At least an hour, sometimes 2 or 3. I read about it, study it, its my major passion after my family, and on a par with mountain/hill walking.

I don't like any other type of music, or watch tv, I just don't listen to it, and am just not interested in it.

A bit sad I suppose really?

Why sad Brian.. Just do what you wanna do...

Its there in my life most days in some shape or form...

Can relate to this a little, sometimes find myself for no reason in the middle of watching television or doing something blurting out some nonsense to my wife about something to do with a record or the scene lol don't get me wrong I can and do other things non soul related but love the tuneage...tut tut fancy wiping one of his records on your sleeve disgrace lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Diane sits and looks at me bemused sometimes, your right mark ive just been having this conversation on the phone withg a mate, its what i do and ive allways done, for some reason or other, all my friends either be it from my home town of york or other places are and have allways been soul people, it is as you say a life long thing, i can`t actually think of wanting to do anything else, and yes every day i listen to soul music, ive often wondered if i`ll actually reach the point where i`ll go along to the local wmc and join the domino team

Ask my mrs, she tell you......

God I thought it was only me

I listen to oldies every day. i call it "therapy" . (i need therapy!!!) My top 3 at the moment are:

"Just How Loud"- Joan Regan.

"Go Where The Action Is"- Norris Coilson.

"I'm Lonely"-Martha Starr.

Anything and just about everything monday to friday ,weekends N/soul including R&B

Got to say, my wife is a soul widow, when we first met in 1990 we used to go bradford every fortnight without fail,but i,d be in the main room while she was downstairs in the funky room, i,d been into northern for about 10 years then and she had this idea that she'd get me "off" it and start to lead a normal life , ha ha.we even had barry may for our DJ, 19years later, she's still trying, there is not single day goes by where i am not searchin, buying, selling(not so much) soul music, and i just love it ..i,ve even been threatened with a divorce once, although i think she was joking ..have to say though the kids love it too, especially my daughter, and they all know not to touch dads vinyl. i only get out about once a month these days, sometimes on my own sometimes with my brother, none of my mates are into it and think i'm tapped paying this and that for a little peice of plastic and to be honest my missus thinks all records cost between £10-£20 , ooh is that bad, anyway soulie till the day i die.....northern soul, its my passion not a fashion....phil

Every day in someway my dear lady hates it with a passion but away i go upstairs to savour the sounds of soul , dont get out & about much theese days but nothing diminshes theres still nothing that comes close

No, it's always around in one form or another, to quote a well worn (rather fine) apt phrase 'it's a passion not a fashion'..........''They call me.. Mr Schemer''

Regards

Jim

Totally live and breathe Soul music, every second of every day ...

Got to say, my wife is a soul widow,

All I can say is my wife's name on SS is Soul Widow

All I can say is my wife's name on SS is Soul Widow

I have " knocked around " for 44 years , and have enjoyed / listened to " the " music in various forms for some 47 , my commitment is not the full 24 / 7 these days as it once was , bur I know there is not a day goes by without some " soulful " input or involvement such as SS , other internet media , reading , calling up or being called by friends , and listening to " the " music ........

I blame The Orlons . If I had never heard " The Wah-Watusi " , I might have been a " Normal Norman "

Malc Burton

Edited May 8, 200916 yr by Malc Burton

Record wise everyday.. i'm always looking for some thing to buy.. always getting the buzz from buying new records... very rare I buy cd's..

going out i've cut down on... trouble is, I work harder now then ever before and my wife also works longer hours...

some times we only see each other for a few hours a week...

so come the weekend nice to spend quality time together... not rushing about...

Every day, without fail. I can't rmember the last time I listned to the radio in the car. It is very much a passion. I used to buy and listen to other types of music but I find the older I get the more blinkered I get. I thought it would have been the other way round .

gary

Its always in my mind.

My default when I get to the computer is to click on Explorer & Soul Source without even thinking

about it, when I am supposed to be doing something else!!

P

thing i have a problem with is when someone is talking to you about normal things and im listening but im just not hearing cos i have a tune on my mind and you just stand there grinning and nodding pretending your actually taking notice and are interested in what they are saying then you have a terrets moment and spurt something out about the tune on your mind and you get a proper confused look back

Collection hardly ever. Soul radio never unless happen to be in the car. Internet radio never. Clips I don't know on here or Ebay most days. CDs only in the car sometimes.

As unemployed buying is out the window and I guess I only played my 45s when I got something new to me. A static collection is very boring.

ROD

All I can say is my wife's name on SS is Soul Widow

dont think we're married to the same woman, but last night in bed i thought she shouted "dave", then i realised she said "behave"

thing i have a problem with is when someone is talking to you about normal things and im listening but im just not hearing cos i have a tune on my mind and you just stand there grinning and nodding pretending your actually taking notice and are interested in what they are saying then you have a terrets moment and spurt something out about the tune on your mind and you get a proper confused look back

Done that one

listen to northern everyday except when i`m at work but when i come home and walk in the door her indoors will have a northern soul radio station on or a cd or tape LOUD.

chris

I am quite eclectic in my musical taste I like both types of music Northern and Soul 24/7 .

got to be honest i don't listen to soul or R&B at home at all , i used to listen in work on my ipod but health & safety fascists put a stop to that . as for the scene , well i don't give it any consideration whatsoever ...don't get me wrong i used to live and breathe it but realised that i needed to take what i wanted out of the scene and ot allow the scene to run my life , there has to be a balance

got to be honest i don't listen to soul or R&B at home at all , i used to listen in work on my ipod but health & safety fascists put a stop to that . as for the scene , well i don't give it any consideration whatsoever ...don't get me wrong i used to live and breathe it but realised that i needed to take what i wanted out of the scene and ot allow the scene to run my life , there has to be a balance

Bugger me Davie we actually agree on something there's a first lol on a serious note your final comment is pretty much the same for me these day's.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Records...football...sex....sex....records....sex....football....records....reco

rds...football

Pretty much my thought pattern on any given day

Records...football...sex....sex....records....sex....football....records....reco

rds...football

Pretty much my thought pattern on any given day

Your forgot a case of Stella mate in the fridge next to me cooling nicely, can supply that and the record bit but sorry can't help with the sex unless you drink the whole case and then you won't care, see you tomorrow mate.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

nothing quite like it is there?

I think the correct term is "nothing else grips yer heart like soul music does" ..

Now where have I heard that before?

I think the correct term is "nothing else grips yer heart like soul music does" ..

Now where have I heard that before?

Yeh she's stood about four feet away from me, I was gonna state that quote myself but it's Jacqui's not mine lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Your forgot a case of Stella mate in the fridge next to me cooling nicely, can supply that and the record bit but sorry can't help with the sex unless you drink the whole case and then you won't care, see you tomorrow mate.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Hahaha!

My Mrs will be pleased to here that...she'd be out of a job

See you tomorrow with my box of tricks!

Interested to know if people on the rare soul scene are full on 365 days a year 24/7 when I say that I mean do you play records every day? is the scene and the music constantly in your thoughts? does it tend to take a front seat in your every day lives? although I don't attend that many venues these day's the music, records etc. is alway's there, it's like no matter how hard you try to do other things and interests the Northern thing never let's go, it's been said before that it get's in your blood, becomes very obsessive which I feel that people become very protective of it resulting in the politics, heated debates etc.

I reckon we are all on this scene for life, the passion and love for the music has to be with us all forever....... nothing quite like it is there?

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I look for new (to me) records every day, listen to my Ipod or play vinyl / CDs every day, bore my partner with 'facts' all the time - she likes the music just not obsessive - still get very excited when new records arrive (!) through the door, always reading Manifesto or constantly flicking through Manships books etc and generally am pretty obsessed...

DJing tonight, cant wait!

Ste.

Bugger me Davie we actually agree on something there's a first lol on a serious note your final comment is pretty much the same for me these day's.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

it had to happen sometime in fact to prove a point i think me and chalky agreed on something once aswell

it had to happen sometime in fact to prove a point i think me and chalky agreed on something once aswell

You go easy lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I have a tune in my head all the time ( some wag said to me thats an illness and can be treated )

Seriously though if I'm not listening to Soul Music I'm probably in the pub or asleep

Steve

not a day goes by without listening to n soul or motown only wish i could get to more do's family commitments ect,by the way hows the sat nav mark has it stopped telling you chelsea is two minutes from rome

kev

Am self employed so take radio to work, but by about 11am am bored with same drivel and revert to putting CDs on all day, Ipod when cant put Cds on, PC when doing quotes or accounts.

Kev

Am self employed so take radio to work, but by about 11am am bored with same drivel and revert to putting CDs on all day, Ipod when cant put Cds on, PC when doing quotes or accounts.

Kev

No vinyl then Kev.

Hahaha!

My Mrs will be pleased to here that...she'd be out of a job

See you tomorrow with my box of tricks!

et al! x

Well,I get up at six o'clock in the morning, eat a crust of stale bread, play some of my vinyl,then go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out.....But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya!'

not a day goes by without listening to n soul or motown only wish i could get to more do's family commitments ect,by the way hows the sat nav mark has it stopped telling you chelsea is two minutes from rome

kev

Now that's funny lol

I personally listen to Northern everday when i am in the car "no time at home",cds range from All nighter/youth club oldies to up front/ millionaires/ shrine/etc "no politics" in the car .

Thats alot better than listening to mainstream radio who babble on about triviel mundane everday rammel .