For me it has to be "The constellations - I don't Know About You"

 

How I hate that record  

 

Bazza  

Just one? I live in the East Mids as well you know and could write a rather long list

Just one? I live in the East Mids as well you know and could write a rather long list

I know Steve ,there are many ,but The constellations, I am really sick to death of hearing

 

Bazza   

Mel Williams. BUDDAH

Paul Thompson. VOLT

About 500 that I"m  sick of  @ last count

 

Cheers Paul

Edited September 17, 201411 yr by soul shrews

For me it has to be "The constellations - I don't Know About You"

 

How I hate that record  

 

Bazza  

I'm going to be tired of hearing it now because it's going round and round in my head since I read your post.

Just one? I live in the East Mids as well you know and could write a rather long list

I live in the East Mids and don't get to nights much currently, but there seems to be a fair selection of do's on - are they all that bad?!

Lou Pride.....

April bloody Stevens - every. single. time. I. go. out. 

RnB

RnB

Bearsy .don't start lol

you can't beat a few from the darker side 

 

Bazza 

flower of scotland

kev

I live in the East Mids and don't get to nights much currently, but there seems to be a fair selection of do's on - are they all that bad?!

Apart from a couple ,they are ,and some are packed 200 - 300, I honestly get bored to tears with em

 

Bazza  

I walked away

 

 

 

  arrgghhhhhh

all of em! there all doin my head in at the mo!

i keep buying the bugga's though! no hope for me..haha

Ruby Andrews ! Played to death !

Ruby Andrews ! Played to death !

 

There are probably as yet undiscovered tribes of pygmies deep in the Amazonian rain forest who could recite the lyrics to Ruby Andrews.......... AND Moses Smith!.

I live in the East Mids and don't get to nights much currently, but there seems to be a fair selection of do's on - are they all that bad?!

 

All (well most) playing the same records as they were 15 years ago when I first started getting fed up with hearing them

I go occasionally, hoping something might have changed……….. it hasn't

For me it has to be "The constellations - I don't Know About You"

 

How I hate that record  

 

Bazza  

Yes all the records played  at local do's ' the list is endless 

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You

 

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another shout for ruby andrews-just boring you..never liked it tbh

 

one I did like but im bored with is Nolan porter-if I could only be sure...great record but please give it a rest!!!

Epitome of Sound! ZZZZZZZZZZ - somebody play the other side for a change........

For me it has to be "The constellations - I don't Know About You"

 

How I hate that record  

 

Bazza  

 

8 years back I was sick to death of it but then one day I gave it the attention it deserved and I realized how dam good it is and now look forward to the next time its played

Probably most of the "Top 500"...

 

After 30+ years of hearing them.....I wanted to discover the thousands of other lesser known recordings out there.

 

Defo worth a look.

If only there was only one !

Scenario at a lot of venues is DJ comes on plays a couple of unknown/semi known tunes & empties the floor - he then sticks on Moses Smith/Rufus Lumley etc. & fills the floor - so it all goes round in circles again.
 

The people who go to a lot of gigs don't want to listen to anything new to their ears - they are too busy going to dance classes, flash mobbing or attending venues in shopping centres !!

Charles flipping Sheffield................I'd work my voodoo on that git, given half a chance...........and the bigger git playing it.

Charles flipping Sheffield................I'd work my voodoo on that git, given half a chance...........and the bigger git playing it.

 

Funny how R&B which to me sound too near Rock and Roll (no harmonies )is excepted on an oldies/local night.

But mention a little funky soul (unless its the crow) and they light torches and grab pitch forks and its "quick to the windmill"

 

Records nominations are the Virbrations - Cause your mine  and Jackie Wilson's -Because of you

I don't like these negative topics!    Which record do you hate the most type of thing!

 

So depressing to read a lot of people critizing and disrespecting the music!

Edited September 24, 201411 yr by Guest

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You

 

  :dash2:    

 

Have to agree .

 

And every soul documentary has to mention ......... Hey ! Its the worlds rarest record .

 

If it wasn't for the notoriety it would never be played .  

Epitome of Sound! ZZZZZZZZZZ - somebody play the other side for a change........

 

Dave West was going to play "You dont love me" Saturday night at Skeggy. I convinced him to turn it over, he did and played "Where were you". 3 people danced to it!!!!!!!!!!   Dont figure.

 

Kev

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You

 

  :dash2:    

 Do I love you "do I FCUK"

Happy...Pharrell Williams!x At one time a couple of weeks back we trawled through 40+ radio stations catchable in the middle of the Med.....and whilst scouring....14 had the tune on....independently! We couldn;t believe it...so went through the channels again...and yup...14 were spinning it randomly out of 40 stations.......wanted to jump in the sea and float away....honest!x I am a happy person....I am....but.....they've deaded it.

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...amazingly folk...as a newbie attendee arriving at the heart of the scene in '93.....the most regular comments I heard was....play 'Where were you'....and....try spinning Nolan Porter If Only I could....as it had been a forgotten oldie I was told! I spun both Nationally...and both went 'massive' for me! Nolan Porter hadn't been spun at major functions I understood and so it got plugged wherever I went! Same with Jimmy Frasier....or the YOPS issue I had! The instru had been done back in the day as such I was told but the vocal had been left behind! Probably the biggest 'revival' record I had success with in the 90's and was demanded at the time! Let Her Go Otis Smith was the other big 'revival' tune I was asked for wherever I went...and...i'm So Happy....which became a signature tune to kick off with at me spot....'93-99.....would I get away with em today??!!! I gather not!!!hehe!x BUT I DID!!!! Last time out...last year....rammed the floor with all 3 still....! Time and place for every tune....just takes a DJ to know when that time is....I reckon!x

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Edited September 23, 201411 yr by SOOTY

Dee Clark - That's My Girl...

Dee Clark - That's My Girl...

 

Ouch.....top ten on the 90's....by demand....generated thanx to Rambler of Cambridge....in his bedroom....1993! !x I took it from him with his advice as an oldie that had never been given 'stick' and raaaan with it Nationwide! Din't play that one last year tho.....gave it away 1999!x

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SOOTY

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one I did like but im bored with is Nolan porter-if I could only be sure...great record but please give it a rest!!!

 

I was going to say it when I finished reading the thread but you beat me to it!  I have been sick of this song for YEARS!

Most of the top 100 are played to death and in need of a rest.

If DJ's removed 50% of the 45's they played from their box and replaced them with different tunes then after they have done several sets their play list may sound very different and keep the sound fresh.  Audiences deserve interesting tunes and should be excited about the next tune belting out of the speakers instead of hearing the same old same old.

Does this topic arise because of the scenes DJ shortcomings. Whether that be lazy DJing, lack of imagination, lack of records owned by the DJ's, insecurity or a combination of these that results in most venues pumping out the same tunes every Friday and Saturday?

Most of the top 100 are played to death and in need of a rest.

If DJ's removed 50% of the 45's they played from their box and replaced them with different tunes then after they have done several sets their play list may sound very different and keep the sound fresh.  Audiences deserve interesting tunes and should be excited about the next tune belting out of the speakers instead of hearing the same old same old.

Does this topic arise because of the scenes DJ shortcomings. Whether that be lazy DJing, lack of imagination, lack of records owned by the DJ's, insecurity or a combination of these that results in most venues pumping out the same tunes every Friday and Saturday?

 

The DJ's are only partially to blame, mostly its the crowd unwilling to listen and dance to anything not in their comfort zone.

Then there's the dreaded spectre of "emptying the floor" which is where the promotors come in

Most of the top 100 are played to death and in need of a rest.

If DJ's removed 50% of the 45's they played from their box and replaced them with different tunes then after they have done several sets their play list may sound very different and keep the sound fresh.  Audiences deserve interesting tunes and should be excited about the next tune belting out of the speakers instead of hearing the same old same old.

Does this topic arise because of the scenes DJ shortcomings. Whether that be lazy DJing, lack of imagination, lack of records owned by the DJ's, insecurity or a combination of these that results in most venues pumping out the same tunes every Friday and Saturday?

 

“What came first, the Records or the D.J?”........Some people accumulated loads of records because they loved them, then decided to share them (D.J)…….Others decided to D.J, then bought the records.....

 

All the best,

 

Len  

Pyramid - Soul Bros Inc. 
There I said it. Everyone say's they love it because all their mates love it but secretly they all hate the bloody thing & dare not admit it for fear of ridicule & you all hate it too.
Oohh but it's oh so Soulful though. No it's not it's dirge & I'm sick of hearing cock waving DJ's playing it every time I go out.
 

The DJ's are only partially to blame, mostly its the crowd unwilling to listen and dance to anything not in their comfort zone.

Then there's the dreaded spectre of "emptying the floor" which is where the promotors come in

Are you sure it's the crowd, I don't think they are that blinkered.

At the Monaco a few weeks ago Andy McCabe and myself double decked and played a lot of tunes that are outside the top 100 but we kept the floor busy; lots of classic Wigan dancers (which are underplayed these days).  

Why blame customers if the shortcomings are the DJ's, the customers go to dance and its up to those behind the decks to make sure the tunes played are dancers; they don't have to play top 100 to satisfy the customer needs. 

The organiser/promoter was happy with the tunes we played and after the event several people told me it was a bloody good hour's dancing and would like more of the same. 

Every record mentioned on here someone will love someone will hate..........you can't please everyone all the time.

Seriously fed up though of do's where everyone wants the same bloody records over and over again...........even play oldies they don't know and they don't want to know...don't get how people want to listen to the same tunes again and again and then get into what i'm leading on to .... my hate "Tribute - Bob Sinclair"...what thats got to do with northern soul i'll never know!!

Went to a small local do and without a word of a lie i was the only one not on the dance floor at end of night when they played this!!!

Is it me???

If you have a load of D.J’s whose only influence is each other, it stands to reason that you will get similar records played ……..However, if you get a load of D.J’s that collected records first, you will get more of a variety of records played - Of course they will also be influenced by what they hear others play, but this is only part of their résumé.

 

I’m not saying either is wrong, in fact in my experience the type of D.J I prefer who tries to play something a bit unique to the ‘norm’, more often than not gets bad press, which is a shame.

 

Len  

 

P.s - I loved the 'Pyramid Post' btw  

Edited September 25, 201411 yr by LEN

Pyramid - Soul Bros Inc. 

There I said it. Everyone say's they love it because all their mates love it but secretly they all hate the bloody thing & dare not admit it for fear of ridicule & you all hate it too.

Oohh but it's oh so Soulful though. No it's not it's dirge & I'm sick of hearing cock waving DJ's playing it every time I go out.

 

 

Cunnie,bog off.!!  .Great record.

 

Every record mentioned on here someone will love someone will hate..........you can't please everyone all the time.

Seriously fed up though of do's where everyone wants the same bloody records over and over again...........even play oldies they don't know and they don't want to know...don't get how people want to listen to the same tunes again and again and then get into what i'm leading on to .... my hate "Tribute - Bob Sinclair"...what thats got to do with northern soul i'll never know!!

Went to a small local do and without a word of a lie i was the only one not on the dance floor at end of night when they played this!!!

Is it me???

 

 

No its not you.Moth and flame springs to mind. A truly awful tune.

What i can't understand on this thread is the negativity.Same comment keeps coming up - "sick of hearing the same tunes when i go out"......then go somewhere else that's a bit more off the wall,that takes a chance,were the dj's can stretch their proverbials........oh forgot ....there's nowhere like that,,,,, is there.?

Woe,woe, and thrice woe.

Are you sure it's the crowd, I don't think they are that blinkered.

At the Monaco a few weeks ago Andy McCabe and myself double decked and played a lot of tunes that are outside the top 100 but we kept the floor busy; lots of classic Wigan dancers (which are underplayed these days).  

Why blame customers if the shortcomings are the DJ's, the customers go to dance and its up to those behind the decks to make sure the tunes played are dancers; they don't have to play top 100 to satisfy the customer needs. 

The organiser/promoter was happy with the tunes we played and after the event several people told me it was a bloody good hour's dancing and would like more of the same. 

 

There are always going to be folks who don't like certain tunes played.They need to take it on the chin.Good tunes are like London buses,one will be along shortly.What's 2.30secs out of your life.? Ok,it may be a modern tune at 4.90....then you have my sympathy.