Hooker1951

Anybody want to talk about the Snake LoL,

Hi Bobby Your Grandad was lovely man not a bad bone in his body loved his music loved his friends and was well respected for being such a nice guy, he was somebody that you always felt happy with when you seen him at a venue, I’m sorry for your loss and all your family,s loss , he will be sorely missed and always remembered, keep Strong through this sad Time Mick L

Emperors new clothes springs to mind, but if you like it you like it, it’s just to my ears I can think of hundreds of records more intriguing and appealing and exciting and haunting and better that cost a mili fraction of that tune, it just never made me jump out of the starting blocks or want to and that’s my leveller with Soul music, no offence meant to those who love it, if it does it for you it does it for you good luck with it ML

IHi Sheldonsoul are you talking about MELLO souls or the incredibles? Mello Souls £20,000 not my cup of tea incredibles £6 nice soul sound good harmonies ML

Now that’s a lovely tune, a good sound indeed ML

Hi Soul Salad There,s hundreds of records that have caused even more fuss and debate that’s the beauty of this forum you can get it of your chest and enter your opinion and only the Soul Gods in Heaven know who,s opinion is correct BTW, Right The Antellects Love Slave below average at best that is only my opinion btw LoL, keep on searching you will find a Gold mine of Soul out there trust me, If it sounds good to you that’s what matters follow your Soul nobody Elsies ML

Leave them in the Loft LoL, ML

I’ would have asked for my money back, no offence ML

Hi Dax Trust me there are tens of thousands which are better and millions that are cheaper, I could write you a list but it would take years, buy a John man ship reference book take your time start with artists beginning with A playing their lists of recording on U tube and you will many every time, ML

No offence, it’s ok but nothing special, there are thousands of better sounds out there and a million times cheaper , each to their own but for me it’s one for the Anoraks and virtue signallers, I will now Batten Down the Hatches ML

Driving beat Willie Mitchell Broadway Sissy Roscoe and friends Mick L

( Going to a happening) Tommy Neil ( Going to a Go Go ) Miracles ML

Jimmy Buff RIP, just heard Jimmy has passed away, A lovely guy just hope it’s not true RIP Jimmy Buff Mick L

If the musics good and the people are good you can put up with the rest ML

You want to thank God every morning your still alive ML

That’s a big Maybe Mike maybe to big

We’re all doomed!

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Here we go again ( Some things are better left unsaid) and ( Lots of things are better left alone) ML

The Problem is there are more of them than us, and those who don’t bother with the Scene don’t know the difference between us and them and that’s were it gets frustrating and aggravating , When I used to MC I used to say False prophets , False prophets find a cliff and throw them off it, sometimes I think it applies to the NS scene, it always creeps into most music scenes, Eg The original dance Scene, everything gets commercialised , watered down , main ingredients go missing and are replaced with things to please the masses instead of the dedicated hard core music lovers and Dancers, Maybe it’s time to draw a line in the sand between these Commercial events and the real deal NS events and I don’t mean just rare Soul events I mean in a answer earlier I replied ,advertise as a authentic gritty atmospheric event with dark lighting or none at all, with hard core full on Soul sounds, it would probably frighten most of the pretenders away and make it a risqué scene again without all worlds best dance championship business cheapening and belittling something so strong. ML

It would be a good start at these nighters if somebody switched a few lights out, there is more atmosphere in a Methodist church on a Sunday morning than in some of these venues today, everything is too sanitised and become a parody of what it should be, Back to basics, Good music, Good gear, minimum lighting, DJ.s playing for the floor, less talking on the Mike keeps people moving if your playing good sounds they do the talking for you and at the same time sorts the wheat from the chaff, Mick L

If you’ve got it, get up and do it, don’t force it, you’ve got to feel it, if your a natural mover it will manifest and give an aura of energy and enjoyment to the dance floor and the event, and others dancing will feel it too, it’s a fantastic feeling when you know you’ve got it. Mick L

Let’s just get back to dark dingy clubs with sweat dripping from walls and ceilings , Strong Soul music blasting out where you can just about make out a person if they are directly in front of you when dancing, where you can get lost in the music doing your thing for yourself and not for the cameras, let’s go back and feel the vibe like it used to be and not what it’s now become, a watered down version to suit the pretenders and part timers, let’s get the Soul back. MickL

The best I can remember were black bombers given to overweight housewives at the time, they were very clean and effective at the time in 1969 and 1970 they cost 5 Bob each 25 p in todays money they lasted a full 24 hours full on energy happiness, and euphoria, even with inflation that means todays prices would make them around £5 each what great value for your money, ML

Hi Roburt Yes I knew a lot of people who did that and then the music became secondary ML