Okay folks, we've all done it & it happened to me yesterday, iPad is on shuffle & a true shocker comes on.

For me it was yesterday I had the misfortune to listen to DEAN BARLOW THIRD WINDOW FROM THE RIGHT, this is a dire record & it kills me how it ever got plays.

Also another track that it utter drivel, CHARADES, YOU'D BETTER BELIVE IT, this is astoundingly bad. Full of U.S patriotic nonsense, starting with a daft bugle call, think this is worse than Dean Barlow & that's saying something.

Just a bit of fun, don't get offended if you like, or even worse actually dish out hard earned money for any of these.

Okay folks, we've all got our pet hates, what other dross kills you when it comes on the turntable?

I could have written all of that myself!

Excellent choices Steve.

Paris had a record as "Mr tears Paris" and that's equally as bad if not worse.

Maybe its the wrong thread but .... Say something nice .... love it!!!

Maybe its the wrong thread but .... Say something nice .... love it!!!

Thats one record which doesn't have much middle ground, people seem to either love it or hate it.

can only think of two that i really detest and they are Mickie Champion What good am i...and Dee Clark Thats my girl both bilge of the highest order

At the time I always hated Michael and Raymond......

I know an answer to all your dislikes.

Drop 15 green and clears and SUDDENLY YOUR WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH SUNSHINE.

Ooops, shame they don't exist anymore.

You could take them and even Abba KNOWING YOU KNOWING ME sounds like f******* dynamite.

I should know cos I done it.

On the other hand take a few tuinal and drink a few pints and you'd not only hate all the above records but every other one you ever heard and your mates and your family AND ANY OTHER F**** WHO WANTS TO TO HAVE A F**** GO!

(Tuinal don't exist now either. Thank GOD!).

As I said before, it's all relative to company, gear and time and place.

OH YES IT IS!

Of course that is just my opinion. Give me 20 blueys and I'll just agree with you. Honest, no problem.

Oh and by the way I love STEMMONS EXPRESS with or without stimulants. How can SUCH MISERY be better or worse when they are both the same record with different words?

Someone kindly explain

Thanks..

Edited August 31, 201113 yr by Swish

Oh and by the way I love STEMMONS EXPRESS with or without stimulants.

but is that with or without benzos?

Benzos?

OK...... Mel Britt (She aint going to come running back if that's the best you can do Mel)

I hate it and I think a lot of other people do as well, it's just that they ain't got the minerals to admit it.......

It's become a sacred cow and it's about time it was culled ....

Oh and by the way I love STEMMONS EXPRESS with or without stimulants. How can SUCH MISERY be better or worse when they are both the same record with different words?

Someone kindly explain

Thanks..

Can't explain-it's all personal...but

You may as well ask why Can It Be Me is so much better than that feckin Aspirin thing....

ATB

Tony

Most stuff by Terry Callier dont know why though , Millie Jackson - House for sale what a misserable dirge , Colour him father - propper finger in throat get me a bucket please sentimental crap .

I feel like I'm on the wrong website. I thought this was a place for fans of, amongst others, Northern Soul?

Can't explain-it's all personal...but

You may as well ask why Can It Be Me is so much better than that feckin Aspirin thing....

ATB

Tony

Same thing with "Prove Yourself A Lady" and "Permanent Injury"

Same thing with "Prove Yourself A Lady" and "Permanent Injury"

Kinnell Dave-I was hoping to keep that b*stard well off the Radar

T.

Kinnell Dave-I was hoping to keep that b*stard well off the Radar

T.

You started it Tony, with the aspiran THING.

The joke's on you.

I cant believe Kenny Gamble did something this awful ! Stunningly lame plodding rubbish !

OK...... Mel Britt (She aint going to come running back if that's the best you can do Mel)

I hate it and I think a lot of other people do as well, it's just that they ain't got the minerals to admit it.......

It's become a sacred cow and it's about time it was culled ....

See post #31

another shout for just loving you /ruby andrews BORING!...always sends me to the bar and still played out WAY TOO F******* MUCH!!

dean

another shout for just loving you /ruby andrews BORING!...always sends me to the bar and still played out WAY TOO F******* MUCH!!

dean

There's loads like that which have just been hammered so much that they've turned into 'handbag' records. Because Of You - Jackie Wilson is another one.

Everytime this topic arises the same 2 records spring to mind, after a quick look through this thread I don't think either have had a mention, so it could just be me, but I find these 2 tracks teeth itchingly dreadful, bearing in mind they have been and still are in some cases immensely popular

Holly St James - That's not love

Dee Clark - That's my girl

Edited September 1, 201113 yr by Pete60

To me the Jewel's is one of the best records ever,or at least the best record from 1964 ever. oh I'll hold you frankie and johnny as well as picture me gone bobby bennett are scraping the barrel

agree with you there Ken, sounds great loud over a good system, but may make other peoples ears bleed.

heres a few 'can't stand' from me...

awful instr.of 'Im Coming Home In The Morning' (vocals not much better either)

Jackie Wilson - Because Of You

Ace Spectrum - Dont Send Nobody Else

Four Perfections - Im Not Strong Enough

and that feckin Salt & Pepper thing of recent times

j

RE Tunes you used to love but cant bear anymore due to overuse

O'Jays - I'll never forget you

and

Metros - Since I found my baby

More 'played out' than any typical played out oldie IMO

ive always disliked yvonne baker didnt say a word, cant stand her singing, also dislike bobby kline, also dislike gladys knight no one could love you more, the starts brilliant then it just goes on and on, and i dont like sam dees lonely for you, horses for courses as they say......

oh and love jo jama, both versions !

I'm Your Pimp-Skullsnaps.....dated badly.. pimps just don't do it anymore

I Can't Help Lovin Dat Man-Ila Van.........It's the boobity boops that grate

I've Got To Have Your Love-Pierre Hunt....the backing singers sound like they have just finished singing The Generation Game

"One bad apple" - Osmonds,never did like this at Wigan.

"One bad apple" - Osmonds,never did like this at Wigan.

lol

Skiing in the snow - Wigans ovation - Oh dear! and oh why???

Cant stand : Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl - Dreadful record, never liked Mind & Matter - I'm Under You're Spell, French Fries - Danse À La Musique, not that I take it seriously, The Cammotions - Motown is very bad, and one track I really cant stand that seems to be recognised as a big sound, The Inmates – This is the day ...

Mal.C

The worst northern soul record is still a country mile ahead of any other genre imo

The worst northern soul record is still a country mile ahead of any other genre imo

Apart from Wigans Ovations - Sking in the Snow.....pure pop.....and many others in the 70s of that ilk .... otherwise agree entirely

Apart from Wigans Ovations - Sking in the Snow.....pure pop.....and many others in the 70s of that ilk .... otherwise agree entirely

Pop music exactly, Wigans Ovations could never be classed as northern soul

'some things are better left unsaid' KETTY LESTER

Twee, nightmarish record...

This post should be titled WHAT DO NORTHERN SOULIES ACTUALLY DO LIKE.

Born a Loser - Don Ray

This love of Mind - Carole Waller

I've Got to Have Your Love - Pierre Hunt - if only for Pierre's shocking vocal performance!

Thankfully I haven't heard these played out for a long, long time.

Barbara Redd - I'll Be All Alone.

Utter clip clop dog turd. She'll very certainly be on her own with that toilet performance. Even just writing this is bringing me out in a cold sweat. Dreadful dreadful record.

Rich

Always hated the Shakers ' One wonderful moment ' = bloody awful, and played to death multiple times at Cleethorpes, Peterborough, etc in the late 70's, also always disliked Terrible Tom, Nolan Porter ' Only be sure ', Benzine ' Village of tears ' . - could probably compile a list as long as an arm if i had the time and inclination !!

I'm shocked at some of the records mentioned being 'hated'.

Not judging at all, just shocked.

Manifesto? Eddie Foster? Carstairs? Montclairs? Must cover 90% of what NORTHERN SOUL IS ALL ABOUT!! What DO YOU RATE!!

Maybe the next thread is:- Linda Jones, Just cant live my life, is a great Northern SOUL record, does anybody disagree?

Ed

Edited September 4, 201113 yr by tomangoes

Busy signal..............utter pants

Liking soul and liking northern are two very different animals, if the two meet bingo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mhPohonM5I

YUK!!!!!!!

Useless records which should never have been played:

miss dee dee philips - hey little girl

mike mcdonald - god knows

king errison - zola

montclairs - hung up on your love

carstairs - it really hurts me girl

jc messina - time won't let me

ellingtons - destined to become a loser

happy cats - these boots are made for walking

baby dolls - got to get you into my life

the ellingtons - destined to become a loser? Good record IMO

Loads of people really like it and it gets played alot but I really dont like majestics-i love her so much it hurts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mhPohonM5I

YUK!!!!!!!

That,s Pish.

Time to "play my joker" ala Stuart Hall.....

ruby andrews just loving you drive's me up the wall should be banned and never played again heres hoping

I think overkill did this record IN good writers producers(bridges Knight and eaton)

Scratchy! can't stand it, cheers Jim.

Same as that. Used to bring me down immediately - cheaper than sodies!

Pete has anyone mentioned Joe Jama

Cats eyes life......what was that all about!!!!!

Billy kennedy if i was a kid, just grates on me horrid intro..just fking horrid

eli bonaparte - never and everyday thing, i will snap every one i ever come across

Geeoooordie

Wade In The Water........& every version...utter drivle

KTF

Baz

Wade In The Water........& every version...utter drivle

KTF

Baz

I hate Marlena Shaw's vocal to / of " WITW " with a passion .

Benzos?

benzdrine inhaler ?.......

Beat this for a pop tune Young Hearts Run Feckin Free our Candi (Who has made some decent tracks) played out at a venue near me only last week in the next room couldn't believe my ears Sad, Sad, Sad must turn my hearing aid off next time I go to the bar!

Oh & the dance floor was rammed how sad is that.

Derbys Mr Roberts has got to get a grip