Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

Never tell em how much you spend on vinyl....

Never tell em how much you spend on vinyl....

Too fooking right.........

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

the majority of my male friends are in the same position as you - they need to earn brownie points to go soulin at the weekend!

its the other way round in our house - its me that collects and wants to go out every weekend...

my hubby is into soul as much as me though - hes just not as sociable

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

Love em and leave em!

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

yes me she hates the stuff just have to work round it and only go out a couple of times a month.

mark

My wife actually likes soul music, but hates me spending time and money on it.....

Mine likes Len Barry and thats it !!

And the only person I know who likes Edith Piaf ( is that spelt right )

Hates me buying vinyl and does not understand ( tough im buying it anyway )

But there are heathens everywhere yep to me soul music is a religion!!

PS dont tell her ive said this want to keep my goolies

Steve

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

When i first got with my partner Rob...he absolutely hated the music...he told me in no uncertain terms that he wouldnt ever go to a soul do with me....when he realised that i seemed quite gleeful about that...he got very curious and wanted to find out about the music for himself...now...he spends more time on the dancefloor than me ...at first i was really glad...because it meant that i would be able to go out more and he could look after our Son ....because he knew that the soul scene wasnt like your chicago's type night out....but every freecking time i want to go somewhere ..he wants to come out with me...how selfish!!!!!! ... Delxxxx

My wife actually likes soul music, but hates me spending time and money on it.....

was buying records and going to football before we met 28 years ago and ive never changed but sometimes she has a little dig at how much i spend on this wonderful music i give her sweet lovin and then its all sorted well she is my soul mate

Love em and leave em!

done that got the t-shirt and the csa bills got a one who love the music as much if not more than me.

chris

well she absolutely hates it & accuses me of dancing like a homosexual , when i met her i hadnt been out or involed for 4yrs or so so she didnt have a clue , so now she just has to put up with it & get the hump when im off out to a niter

YOU'RE DEFFO NOT THE ONLY ONE JESUS KNOWS WHAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO ANY DO AT ALL. SHE JUST DOES'NT GET THE WHOLE THING AT ALL . SHE ONCE ASKED ME "AND WHO THE BLOODY HELL DOYOU BE DANCING WITH" . HAD TO SHOW HER FOOTAGE FROM YOUTUBE TO PROVE I WAS'NT OUT DANCING WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX .

well glad i'm not the only one.............my gal ain't jealous...........just don't get it..........which to me is the strange part.........how can you not like Yvonne Baker............The Majestics............etc........but she loves Barry White???............I should be grateful for that eh!!!!!!!!

my wife used to listen to soul music. after 7 years (living together with a nerd like me) she can't stand it anymore. what a pity cheers, matt fox

Edited May 31, 200817 yr by matt fox

well glad i'm not the only one.............my gal ain't jealous...........just don't get it..........which to me is the strange part.........how can you not like Yvonne Baker............The Majestics............etc........but she loves Barry White???............I should be grateful for that eh!!!!!!!!

yes mate and remember the words in the song "my girl is the sweetest girl in the world"

In fairness to her......she loves Jackson Sisters......Miracles...........and Esther Williams ..........Last Night............more of a rare groove disco diva than Northern fan...........but how can you not like the whole cross spectrum?????

Yours still wondering

Rob

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

No mate your not on your own, my girlfreind is 10 years younger than me and likes all the new RnB and funky house stuff.

I have to tell her allsorts of bullshit as to why we are skint again!

Nothing in life is perfect...........but she's a great shag

I took her to Prestatyn last year - she stayed with me for the first allnighter on the friday untill 06:30 in the morning - but flopped out on saturday night about midnight - leaving me buzzing off me nut till 08:00 on Sunday morning !!!!

Bloody 10 years younger !!

Edited June 1, 200817 yr by mossy

No mate your not on your own, my girlfreind is 10 years younger than me and likes all the new RnB and funky house stuff.

I have to tell her allsorts of bullshit as to why we are skint again!

Nothing in life is perfect...........but she's a great shag

LOL well seems i'm not the only one who thinks like i think..................though as for a great shag........well yes, but always room for improvement..........lol

MY MISSUS AIN'T INTO SOUL MUSIC AT ALL , WHEN WE FIRST MET 20 ODD YEARS AGO...TOLD WOT SCORE WAS, SHE SAID. NA....... SOUL RECORDS ARE TEN A PENNY, LOOKING BACK, I THINK SHE PROBABLY WERE RIGHT JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF STUFF TURNING UP OF LATE .

BRI PINCH.

Edited June 1, 200817 yr by bri pinch

I have friends who don't like Northern soul or wouldn't have a clue what it is but would know of some soul music.

as for dad he would say his wife dosen't really know so much or is hardly into Northern soul. so i would say my mum knows obvious stuff like Tainted Love and some Motown and she is not a massive fan but likes a little ordinary soul. So at least we not all alone in that we have partners and friends who are not much into

Mine likes Len Barry and thats it !!

And the only person I know who likes Edith Piaf ( is that spelt right )

Hates me buying vinyl and does not understand ( tough im buying it anyway )

But there are heathens everywhere yep to me soul music is a religion!!

PS dont tell her ive said this want to keep my goolies

Steve

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I like her as well

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

Bloody hell are you married to my wife . She's exactly the same...she's a rockabilly girl , nowt wrong with that , ive a big collection meself. She just likes the cheesy & cheerful stuff with a bit of crossover / modern thrown in for good measure.

My wife has no interest in the stuff we all listen to although she will get up at weddings and dance to M People and Candy Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (she'd probably love King's Go Forth). She refuses to come out with me, even local soul nights, because she says she can't bear the embarrassment of seeing me dancing...

Having said that we were watching that ITV preview of their summer stuff with the California Soul music and she turned to me and said 'who did you say sang this again...?' Maybe there is hope after all.

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

Thats is not a problem if she respect your way of life... but the best is don´t tell never how money you spend in records...

PD: My baby thinks I pay 50 GBP by Ronnie Mcneir - Sittin in my class...

hehehe

I've contributed to a similar thread before and it's well posted that I live with a musical philistine, (I've had a pint or two this afternoon so I'm feeling dead brave)!!!

She is into The Scissor Sisters, Prince and of course the music she grew up with, (a tad younger than me and she still loves the music of her pre-teens), God dam Glam Rock!!!!

Hence, she is the Gary Glitter Fan!!!!

Will occasionally come out to do's as long as there are other girlies to talk the hind legs off!!

TGGF's not a bad dancer when the beat takes her!!

However, she's corrupted our son who shouts "dads listening to his sad soul music again".

KTF.

Drew.

Edited June 1, 200817 yr by Drew3

In fairness to her......she loves Jackson Sisters......Miracles...........and Esther Williams ..........Last Night............more of a rare groove disco diva than Northern fan...........but how can you not like the whole cross spectrum?????

Yours still wondering

Rob

Ah, you've got it easy mate!. I know of one woman who eventually divorced her husband, one of the reasons sighted in the divorce petition was that "he is obsessed with Northern Soul"!

true story...

Jayne.x.

Ah, you've got it easy mate!. I know of one woman who eventually divorced her husband, one of the reasons sighted in the divorce petition was that "he is obsessed with Northern Soul"!

true story...

Jayne.x.

My ex hated northern. Suited me fine as it ment i could go out without him!

I went out with someone for 12 years who wasn't into the scene at all - very very difficult. I met someone (nearly a year ago) down the 100 club and our eyes met across a crowded dancefloor! I haven't looked back since lol!

I went out with someone for 12 years who wasn't into the scene at all - very very difficult. I met someone (nearly a year ago) down the 100 club and our eyes met across a crowded dancefloor! I haven't looked back since lol!

Aw!

I think it's probably a smidge easier if you're both into it but then if everybody was the same it'd be a very boring world!

As has been mentioned, no reason that things won't work out...as long as you keep how much you spend on vinyl under wraps!

Hahaha just re-read what I typed - pass me the sick bucket purrrrrllllease!!!!

I went out with someone for 12 years who wasn't into the scene at all - very very difficult. I met someone (nearly a year ago) down the 100 club and our eyes met across a crowded dancefloor! I haven't looked back since lol!

I suppose it would be quite an achievement to keep it going with someone who's not as into anything as you are. This could apply to any hobby if you're

really into it to the same degree as many soulie's on here or that we know are into their northern.

'Staying single - it's the future!. '

Jayne.x.

Aw!

I think it's probably a smidge easier if you're both into it but then if everybody was the same it'd be a very boring world!

As has been mentioned, no reason that things won't work out...as long as you keep how much you spend on vinyl under wraps!

Replacing family stuff with lost weekends at nighters might get you in the bad books too if the bank statement doesn't..

Jayne.x.

My wife (a bit younger than me ) used to like 70's stuff when i dj'd early in our dating days and she showed some interest in the music, 6 years later she hates 60,s soul and hardly likes any modern stuff she thinks it is cheesy!! One time i dj'd and i could not see her anywhere in the crowd, after i finished i got a girlfriend to check the ladies and she was asleep in one of the cubicles, she said she was bored and went for a sleep.

Pete Morgan

my first wife hated the music & the scene [then again she hated everything] she agreed to go to an alldayer with me at scarborough, on the proviso i went to a night out of her music, managed to struggle through the alldayer, then the week after was taken to a wmc in york, where guess what? it was fookin country n western night, walked through the door a bloke dressed up like the milky bar kid greeted me with HOWDY PARDNER! n THEN SHOT ME WITH HIS CAP PISTOL, to wich i replied SEE YA`LL straight out the door

Never tell em how much you spend on vinyl....

I know you are an expert at keeping this a secret Paul!

Belle x

she was asleep in one of the cubicles, she said she was bored and went for a sleep.

Pete Morgan

lol - wish I'd done that. good on her Pete!...I've gone and had a kip in the car at many a do, not very supportive but hey I guess I'd make a crap 'DJ wag'..

Jayne.x.

well she absolutely hates it & accuses me of dancing like a homosexual , when i met her i hadnt been out or involed for 4yrs or so so she didnt have a clue , so now she just has to put up with it & get the hump when im off out to a niter

you always seamed like a nice boy hope to see you on friday.... mobbsy

'Staying single - it's the future!. '

Jayne.x.

Can highly recommend it , no one to ask how much I paid for anything, no one to winge if I go out and about too much...................

QoFxx

Ah, you've got it easy mate!. I know of one woman who eventually divorced her husband, one of the reasons sighted in the divorce petition was that "he is obsessed with Northern Soul"!

true story...

Jayne.x.

He he, I read that in Manifesto no names mentioned of course, lol

Can highly recommend it , no one to ask how much I paid for anything, no one to winge if I go out and about too much...................

QoFxx

or about what time you got back from a niter....or who you spoke to....or moan at you

if you sell one of your own records which they happen to quite like but wouldn't dream of buying of you.

yep, I'm with you on this!.

Jayne.x.

He he, I read that in Manifesto no names mentioned of course, lol

lol.... ah yeh, nearly - it was mentioned in an N.Soul article a few years ago.

Jayne.x.

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

Ive got mates that are with women like mine. They go Carp Fishing at night and weekends for a rest ?

I consider myself lucky !

Edited June 2, 200817 yr by mossy

the majority of my male friends are in the same position as you - they need to earn brownie points to go soulin at the weekend!

its the other way round in our house - its me that collects and wants to go out every weekend...

my hubby is into soul as much as me though - hes just not as sociable

Oh yes he is,just not when he's with you

Oh yes he is,just not when he's with you

I used to be with a Girl like that

Have i gone off Topic?

Yep! Last few posts deleted - try and stay somewhat soul-related or will have to move this into Freebasing.

my first wife hated the music & the scene [then again she hated everything] she agreed to go to an alldayer with me at scarborough, on the proviso i went to a night out of her music, managed to struggle through the alldayer, then the week after was taken to a wmc in york, where guess what? it was fookin country n western night, walked through the door a bloke dressed up like the milky bar kid greeted me with HOWDY PARDNER! n THEN SHOT ME WITH HIS CAP PISTOL, to wich i replied SEE YA`LL straight out the door

Harry

is that why you have that picture of The milky bar kid as your avatar

to remind you ,how lucky you are

My missus not really into soul but she occasionally will say oh i like that one while im giving my vinyl a spin ,took her to a soul do once and she couldnt understand how a guy or girl would just get up and dance on there own god love her she does quite like westlife takethat etc were as opposite as they come but opposite attract as they say

p.s we once had a row and she said you would be happy to leave me and go to all the soul dos and spend your money on records etc

pps 11 years together wouldnt change one thing about her though wife first soul second

I went out with someone for 12 years who wasn't into the scene at all - very very difficult. I met someone (nearly a year ago) down the 100 club and our eyes met across a crowded dancefloor! I haven't looked back since lol!

wow, is he still there?

Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who is totally in love with someone who doesn't share their love of soul music.........(well she does like some 70's onwards tracks but hates the 60's stuff) and how do you manage it???

No, you are definately not the only one mate - my Mrs loves Motown, ska and reggae, and really, really well know NS, but as she puts it "I can't stand that shite that you like that no one's ever heard of!" (I was listening to a compilation at the time and the track playing was "If you ask me" Jerry Williams (I kid you not!!) - so I either go with my brother in law or sometimes on my "billy" to Soul Nights

No, you are definately not the only one mate - my Mrs loves Motown, ska and reggae, and really, really well know NS, but as she puts it "I can't stand that shite that you like that no one's ever heard of!" (I was listening to a compilation at the time and the track playing was "If you ask me" Jerry Williams (I kid you not!!) - so I either go with my brother in law or sometimes on my "billy" to Soul Nights

Yeh I know the feeling, by the way......cool name and avatar.............though The Thomas Crown Affair is when he looks the coolest.......those suits!!!!!!!

Rob