Simsy

Life story just a PM away mate

Not 'My heart will go on' then Col ...

Capreez - How to make a sad man glad

(wee off topic) She knows er onions Col, be advised And that ain't no generalising. He don't mean nothing by it Sherry trifle he's a good egg honest. (back on) If this thread is nearing it's conclusion, I for one have learnt a few things. There's been some interesting and valid points made by all. I have learnt I must head north soon. Also confirms to me that there is great northern soul being played every week all over the country and aren't we the lucky ones! For as my good friend Smudge said once of the non believers/civilians/citizens call them what you will ... "Simsy they don't know do they". 11.30 got to lay this burden down.

Chill. With you on that bad day at work thing, nearly the weekend bruv Couple of points though; Don't agree with the "stating the bleedin obvious" line as same dj's there and here etc, so kind of a grey are thus far despite discussions. Also not seen anyone say the north has any lesser of a scene. Lastly and got to whole heartedly agree with you on this one, the fashion thing had me stumped n' all. Hope you have a better day tomorrow, don't let the bast*rds grind you down.

I agree.

Your a top man in my eyes Jamie

Nothing wrong with southerner's my best friends are. However (in a lot of cases) they are slower off the mark in the getting to know you stakes.

True But you take my point, never have I heard a stranger say "how are you then" or sim in a tube situ or public place darn sarf. If we are allowed to generalise and I'm not sure it's such a high crime, I think things are slightly different up north.

Without even generalising about rare soul fans be they from the north or south. I have always found northern folk more friendly, simple as that. Take a tube ride for half an hour ... know what I mean?

I'll ave a word with yer when you get back from that mountain biking. Your'e not gonna go on at me about the generalising/confidence thing again are you Col, please. I don't know from your above post whether you think the north/south music difference is tosh, or northerner's being more warm than southerner's is tosh. Do advise. I stand full sqare behind both btw. Lets have some low grade arguing - couple of posts shy of 500, should be good.

I would agree that Northerners are more friendly in respect of being approachable. Southerners are terrified of catching someone's eye that they weren't necessarily trying to and with that rationale, it's tough to make new pals.

Ditto

Not really. Well yes really, but Supercorsa too. Enough off topic Northern, Southern, Soul isin't it ... marvellous ...

Cheers Mikey, you're not so bad yourself

Yes R&B of course! Great post Stevie

I was with you there Stu, then you lost me near the end

Yeah, you mention the Snake Stu. I remember the ill fated Rocket allnighters run by Ian Levine Metro Soul Club, with them playing the Snake and Interplay there one night We were agog. That is a wild exception for the south, he was an idiot and unsurprisingly it didn't last.

Some good points there Stevie Spose it does boil down to what people want to hear. For me, I wanna hear a mixture - new discoveries, current biggies, the occasional forgotten oldie and maybe a wee bit of seventies. Now I'm not sure how that mix spreads across the country, but that's the norm for me and that's what I'm used to hearing round these parts.

Thinking about it you know, I'm not so sure I have seen any 'oldies nights' advertised in London specifically in the recent past. Gonna sound like an argumentative bastidge here, but I still think the emphasis is on breaking new sounds and people demanding oldies? Not so sure about that either

Willie C & the Cobras - Stepping out of your world (Nippy Hawkins & the Niptones - It's gonna be too late) Rex Garvin - Use it before you lose it (Bobby Valentin - Use it before you lose it) Marsha Gee - Peanut Duck (Unknown - Peanut Duck)

That's true Stu, good point. Don't you think the fact that there aren't oldies nights in London tells a story?

Nah not living in a bubble, some are well travelled and think there is a difference in sets between north and south. Must be the more oldies nighters in the north thing.

So are we any further on in finding out if there is a difference in north/south music policy? Not really. What do the dj's think?

I was thinking more of the music policy. North/South divide = Watford Gap. I am that someone. The music is an issue, read first post again mate.