https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0129fwf/Glastonbury_2011_Plan_B/

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0129fwf/Glastonbury_2011_Plan_B/

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was he talking about the artists or the dancers as influencing his image?

What ever the're sh+te anyways!!!!!

No their not i only saw one song which was on the highlites on BBC2 and the really has soul in him for a white guy

No their not i only saw one song which was on the highlites on BBC2 and the really has soul in him for a white guy

What? as much soul as, say, Danny Wagner, tom jones or James Hunter Ted?

Different era Gess he puts his heart and soul into it, any way if he talks about northern soul and gets some younguns checking it out more the merrier i say

i saw a bit of that and he was talkin about the groups influencing his image ... agree with ted a different era so shouldnt really compare... compare like for like with take that etc then he wins hands down....his tunes maybe pop and wouldnt get played at a soul night but you can hear the soul influence and if it gets youngsters out of hoodies and baggy jeans with no belts and even searchin for the real thing as tunes like some of the tailor made ones in the 70s did then gotta be good hasnt it?

dean

I took it as the artists for the look and sound ala the time period he refers to (which was a tad all over the shop) but also influenced by the dancers at the Casino.

Fair play to him to paying props

I'm with you on this one Geese.

Musically don't compare to some of the other 'modern' artists quoting similar influences e,g Meyer Hawthorne , Eli Paperboy Reed etc

This lot are in the same category as Vintage Tosh or whatever they were called who appeared on the recent Imps concert in Manchester - all flash and no substance soul or music wise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk...ry_2011_Plan_B/

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I was confused by the thread title because I've never heard of a singer named "Plan B" (I'm in the US) and "Plan B" is the name of the "morning after" pill. What a terrible name for an artist.

Bob The term Plan B refers to "Alternative" as in if we dont suceed then go to plan B and this was used back hundreds of years ago before the contraceptive pill had even been thought about. Could just imagine some young virgin losing it for the first time and the guy says if I make a mistake you can always go for Plan B I think the lady in question would be a little confused over here BOB!

Ben is actually a good lad.. he used to come to parties we put on in the east end from around 2000 as a very young lad and MC a bit, was always interested and respectful... he witnessed me playing soul 7's a few times and stopped by my record stall in Spitalfields where our mutual friend Chris used to help out, seems the soul music genuinely has influenced him...

Edited June 28, 201114 yr by Lobster Madras

I'm a bit biased, not a massive fan of his stuff but then again, most retro/modern acts do not impress me at all..

As for the others;

Meyer Hawthorne's version of New Holidays " maybe so maybe no " needs a health warning though..... Made me feel quite sick !

Edited June 28, 201114 yr by Lobster Madras

Sorry to anyone I caused offence to on here, I havent got a problem with the morning after pill guy, I'm just a little disanfranchised from contempory music. I just dont think that many of them can cut it, and of course anyone is gonna compare with the greats, or even the also rans we love so much from the classic era, why wouldnt you? those guys set the bench mark, so if you cite them as an influence your gonna get compared.

I totally agree... most of this "new" stuff is just derivitive without offering anything different at all...

I'll stick with my 60s/70s soul thanks !!

Edited June 28, 201114 yr by Lobster Madras

I Saw the clip whilst getting ready to go out on Sat

Plan B are superb, and the last album The Defamation of Strickland Banks had (i say had as its last years!) to be the best modern Album I' ve listened to

in a very long time, he has a real soulful voice, and I saw them live in Leicester O2 Arena in October, fantastic..

It was nice to get my head out the Northern Soul Sand and the ears perked up to something thats refreshing, and new..

Not the usual b*****cks that is available in the charts.

I suggest you check him out then any comments can be given with thought, whether you like him or not !!!

Regards

Ali

I Saw the clip whilst getting ready to go out on Sat

Plan B are superb, and the last album The Defamation of Strickland Banks had (i say had as its last years!) to be the best modern Album I' ve listened to

in a very long time, he has a real soulful voice, and I saw them live in Leicester O2 Arena in October, fantastic..

It was nice to get my head out the Northern Soul Sand and the ears perked up to something thats refreshing, and new..

Not the usual b*****cks that is available in the charts.

I suggest you check him out then any comments can be given with thought, whether you like him or not !!!

Regards

Ali

I don't think most people have only just discovered him, he's been posted about on here loads of times, from when he did his first Jonathon Ross appearance and maybe before that.

There's also been a couple of promo videos posted up.

So it's not like people haven't heard or heard of him.

like most music today, I find him just okay really

Sorry to anyone I caused offence to on here, I havent got a problem with the morning after pill guy, I'm just a little disanfranchised from contempory music. I just dont think that many of them can cut it, and of course anyone is gonna compare with the greats, or even the also rans we love so much from the classic era, why wouldnt you? those guys set the bench mark, so if you cite them as an influence your gonna get compared.

HI GEESE,

Its difficult to be offended when you are just passing your own personal opinion on this subject but dont lower yourself to cheap jibes by calling him "the morning after pill guy". Taking into context the fact he said he drew his influence from the era of the Casino northern soul years, i would suggest image wise and musically, then we should not really make comparisons with artists of that era.

Being influenced is taking something that has substance and putting your own mark on it. My sister bought the Strickland Banks cd for me back in january and i like it . It does have a soul element

to it and find it refreshing and different to some of the sh*te thats portrayed as soul these days. There are very few creditable soul acts that have records in the charts these days although as stated there are some that given time may make it.

In todays music scene how many artists perform because they believe in their music/lyrics and the message contained within it or do they perform to achieve fame and fortune?. I know which catagory i would stick Lady Ga Ga in .

ROY

I Saw the clip whilst getting ready to go out on Sat

Plan B are superb, and the last album The Defamation of Strickland Banks had (i say had as its last years!) to be the best modern Album I' ve listened to

in a very long time, he has a real soulful voice, and I saw them live in Leicester O2 Arena in October, fantastic..

It was nice to get my head out the Northern Soul Sand and the ears perked up to something thats refreshing, and new..

Not the usual b*****cks that is available in the charts.

I suggest you check him out then any comments can be given with thought, whether you like him or not !!!

Regards

Ali

totally agree with you Ali not seen them live yet (but will soon as they come to Belfast in August) but think they are brilliant as well.

...at 18, feeling uncomfortable with R&B, he turned towards rap and hip hop music...

...Plan B stated that he may do a reggae album in the future, but it was also entirely possible he would do a dubstep album. Earlier on in the very same interview, he confirmed he has not quit hip-hop music, as the Strickland Banks soul album is just a one-off, and that there will be a couple more hip hop albums in the near future. "Just straight forward Plan B hip hop that you're used to, we have a couple of them coming out before I decide to do that" said Drew...