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Was Chatting to Chris when we first arrived and IIRC he did a cracking Oldies spot in the downstairs room on the last night....

I don't know the 'exact' reasons - I can only give a IMHO, but the people I knew from local venues of circa 10-15 years ago I only tend to see now at Prestatyn or similar 'big' events, maybe it's time, money or just a general apathy with the scene that stops them going out as much, but I know in our case we've gone from attending 2 venues per week to around 2 venues per month... Maybe I'm just getting to old now but SIS has much more appeal to me than standing around in a run down working mens club moaning about the playlists and freezing my little nads off every time I want a Ciggie..... The names Paul and Sandra Green ring a bell - but can't put faces to the names...... any pic's?...

I'm from the N/W and have been to most of the venues listed above over many, many years - Lowton, Cala-Gran, BTH, Middleton, Prestatyn etc, etc, as well as most of the other smaller venues around the area. but recently I've just restricted myself to supporting one local event and attending just a handfull of others as and when the mood takes... There are lots of 'ex' regulars from our area who I very rarely see these days or if I do they tell a similar tale to me, ie are very selective about which venues they attend. Perhaps because we've all been going for so long round these parts and have had such a massive choice of venues it's just a case of 'Soul Overload'.... Interestingly I've just got back from Lanzarote and the NW was VERY well represented in both punters and Jocks...

A little random, but........ The Vid below from 80's Lock, Stock and Barrel group 'Mel and Kim' contains a bit of 'Stomping', but where did they get this part of the dance routine from I wonder?... Instro break about halfway through ---> https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmy2fCuTjs Don't think Waterman could have taught them that!..

I would tend to agree......... 'Stomping' was very different to the usual NS type dance and was much harder to do (Properly) many 'tried' to stomp but just ended up looking like Tigger on whizz.... Few decent stompers on the end of this Casino outakes clip.... https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQ-bqU_9y4&...feature=related#

Was quite enjoying that until fooking Muriel Day started!...

Your First mistake..... sadly!. They are YOUR ears, if you like a record then dance to it, don't let other peoples preducaces spoil your enjoyment of the music...... no matter WHAT it is In some ways we should all envy you as you don't have 30+ years of politics and crap clouding your judgement of a track, some played out oldie thats hated by the 'purists' can sound fantastic to 'fresh' ears...

Apologies if a repost (Mods please feel free to delete/move/set fire to as you see fit) Just watched 'Stephen Fry in America' on Beeb2, where he follows the Mississippi from Delta to source and some interesting footage of the 'Delta' Blues in a Mississippi club with Morgan Freeman and a short interview with the great Buddy Guy in Chicago... Anyway, for those that haven't seen the prog..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00f7...ca_Mississippi/ And any excuse to play Buddy Guy.. https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRhaDrnlWo

Couldn't agree more.... awesome "It takes a man with insight yes it does - to truly understand" Intersting lyrics with regard to this thread me thinks...

We're there as well (first week) Been to Tenerife a few times but this will be our first in Lanzarote...

So this isn't the Celine Dion forum then?.........

There are 2 possible answers to the above Mick....... 1: Have you been at the Sherry again? 2: Has this guy stolen your password?...

I still like the Nightwatch also (Long Long way - 'The Elingtons' was the cover IIRC) Interesting thread TBH as some of the 'great' tracks listed above had me heading for M's.. A perfect example of 'each to his own' me thinks

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEejEQx1fAE One of those tracks that got hammered over a very short time then seemed to disappear of the radar.......not heard it in years..

When people try to pigeon hole it into 764 different sub-genre based on year, production, label and artist - then divide this again into another 498 sub-sub-genre based on rarity, value, overplayed, underplayed, in-be-tweeny-played and how good it will look in their record box if they have the only copy (MUST be original, not pressed, issue, re-issue, booted etc) *Important Note* The above sub-genre are VERY subjective and depend on who on this board you are trying to impress (or number of pints consumed) and your newly aquired £15 ebay ultra rare 'Northern' Soul record from the 'windy city' is not in fact just another overplayed 'Pop' record......... or vice-versa.

No contradiction there then?........

Just goes to show what you mean....... How anybody (IMHO) could list those above tracks with such records to choose from as that fookin Reptile or Tribute to Betty Swallocks, not to mention 'Just lovin you' which makes even Frank Wilson look like an underplayed rarey.....

I recall a few years ago at a venue 'trying' to dance to 'Trouble' The Agents - and about halfway through thinking to myself "I'm realy not keeping up here", but you don't want to look a complete tw*t and walk off half way through - so I stuck at it!.. By the end I looked like a baby Giraffe in Diving boots......

.......along with The Triumphs 'Comin to your Rescue', a certain amount of chemical assistance helped I think..

Quite simple..... With Northern soul you wear the 'Bags' - With Southern soul you dance round them.....

Absolutely Orgasmic Dawny......... but more importantly How are you?... Interestingly they were advertising for 'soulies' (Don't you hate that term!) to be extra's for this film on the radio last week, but they stipulated you needed to be under 50 and of a certain size to fit into the 'costumes' (their words - not mine) Must admit to being a little concerned about them refering to bags and an Adiddas top as a "costume".....sounds more like they intend everyone to look like an Extra from a cheap 70's porn film.......... A sort of 'Debbie does Wigan'.....

Please Mrs Dawny Woods can I come into the Casino?, I know I look 50 but I'm only 18...... Honest. (The bald patch is just alapecha and the beer gut is to many of my mummys pies)

When was this Garv?... Used to travel up from Runcorn with Dusty (Pete) and Libby (Les) most weeks.....