Hi all.

Who can lay claim to have first used the phrase "Keep the faith" in regards to the northern scene.

Keep......you know the rest!

Ulyssees.

Hi all.

Who can lay claim to have first used the phrase "Keep the faith" in regards to the northern scene.

Keep......you know the rest!

Ulyssees.

Dunno, but Dave Godin used to sign off his articles with "Keep the faith, right on now!"

That's probably when both phrases became more popularly usd.

Dunno, but Dave Godin used to sign off his articles with "Keep the faith, right on now!"

That's probably when both phrases became more popularly usd.

It's obviously an old American expression, and yes think Godin used it first on the soul scene......

Does it actually mean the same these days as when it was first coined/used?

Time it was binned IMO along with numerous other leftovers from way back.

Its 2010

KTF

yes, our matriarch dave godin, indocrinated lovers of the music he preached about with this mantra, to always believe that it was good and honest, that it was the right way, that race music or black music was telling us the real story of life, love, hurt and pride...and you could dance to it without inhibitions...you could dress cool and talk cool and shake and clasp hands or show a clenched fist in an inverted style to reflect peace brother,. its a negro trait of solidarity that entrenched itself in our fledgling northern soul scene and just to complete the circle, dave coined the phrase "northern soul", so in the long run, you could say he's also initiated our own vocabulary...perhaps even one day there will be a dictionary which will contain all these little adages....knowing my luck, someone will quote me on that!.

rob.h

Think now its 2010 we should delete "Keep" and insert "Spread"