Spacehopper

today it was the constellations 'i didnt know how to'...tomorrow i hope it will be mearle speares 'aint no need' if the postie brings it! dean

..sorry going off topic again !

as i understand it billy its the big commercial hits of motown and atlantic etc which 'normal' people know and can sing a long to...and dance around their handbags in their stilletto's...women that is! dean

as i understand it billy its the big commercial hits of motown and atlantic etc which 'normal' people know and can sing a long to...and dance around their handbags in their stilletto's...women that is! dean

ref. ps...if you were serious ? not always,im guesting at a night in bath on friday which is advertised as northern,tamla and i cant talk for the other djs but i certainly wont be playing any handbag soul!...even if i do slip a couple of motown tracks in..for a change.. dean

anyway ...are you mental?...settle an arguement on here???? dean

AND BOLLOX TO IT ALL!!!!

neither cos strictly speaking dave godins term meant the uptempo mid 60s sound that northerners wanted as apposed to the slower maybe more produced and polished sounds of the late 60s and 70s ....nothing to do with which venue it was played at...and not inc mid tempo...70s..modern...rnb...etc...but it all gets played at northern soul nights just like the double barrel tune that sean chapman played keeps getting called ska..it isnt!..musically it reggae ...similiar to ska but ska finished mid 60s...slowed down to rock steady..and then late 60s ...changed again slightly quicker to' boss' or skinhead reggae...but it all gets calles ska nowadays anyway all a load of bollox really dean

in MY history...1978 aged 11 i bought my first northern record...hey little way out girl on grapevine (which i still have)...from a shop that now sells sandwiches! sorry but you did say no rules dean

northern wise probably kanes cousins/take your love and shove it....blue eyed pop with a northern beat?....intro that sounds like the blackadder theme but i like it...at 4 in the mornin!....would never have the balls to play it out though dean

well not in manships book or on popsike and a nice tune so god knows...thats if its been released of course...and if on an auction site probably more now youve put it on here! dean

what a tune! one of my faves...but only a dream for me owning it dean

good idea if you dont know the tune but dont wanna stop dancin to go and ask the dj what it is!...providing you can see it before it starts to spin ofcourse dean

dont wanna tempt fate but ive been lucky enough not to break any rare ones....had a few come in the post broken a mint copy of a need a helping hand in about 50 bits...gutted to see it had lasted 40 years and then a week in the hands of a postie!... when i was djing at a reggae 'blues' in stoke in the early hours and pitch black dropped a 12" of bandelero by pinchers which was massive at the time but no longer available on 12...a huge chunk broke off,not expensive but still gutted ,could only get in on lp by then sean parry a go go children dj came over to mine to make a go go cd with his tunes in an original 60s 7" 'wallet'...looked nice but not secure,a uk copy of helen shapiro's stop and you'll become aware fell out and broke in two...

got dean parrish to autograph my copy of tell him when he played at hemsby scooter rally a few years back....but then he plays over here so much i guess theres plenty people got his ! dean

get yourself to some dos mate,nuffin like hearing this music LOUD and being on a dancefloor full of likeminded people,you'll love it so much choice to find your thing and im sure theres a few near by..soul night or nighter,as weller said of the casino 'cos when you're dancin all night long,it gives you the feelin that you belong!' dean

great track and right for today which i suppose is why its going up...john s plays one at go go children he found a few weeks back in an odd pile of sevens at home..great timing john! dean

absolute KILLER JOHN!

enjoy your weekend!...one for the diary thats not to far away..fri 14th oct 'going to a happening' grand atlantic hotel weston super mare seafront...trobridge matt,pete french and myself with special guest mr ted massey dean

me..as its my gig and i can gaurentee uptempo from the off...do my set and join the dancefloor sean chapman...fro his enthusiasm...playing what he wants...oldies,a couple of newies..mod and even finishing on a ska track! mick lloyd...awesome rnb set at the last go go ted massey...always great des parker...always brilliant mick h...starting to get more unknown tunes now as its getting later! soul sam..had to be in there andy dyson...great at lifeline butch...finishing with the best of today a bit of everything i reckon....more oldies at the beginning...rarer for the die hard niter goers later on dean

i played it at go go children bout a 18 months ago a couple of times but not heard it round these parts since p.s gutted i didnt get to soulfusion nige...still limping around with sciatica..hope you had a good one dean

cant beleive we're talkin bout christmas already!....yes its boring but gotta be done with family,especially as i live 230 miles away from parents and only see em couple of times a year dean

go go children is on the first saturday of every month in bristol and is always well attended and has a great atmosphere,across the board sounds and ages!..always a friendly vibe,northern ,rnb classics and unknown with the odd ska tune thrown in..9 till 2am only £3 guest on the 1st oct is matt from trowbridge who has some big indemanders and put together a great set too on the 24th i believe riverside in gloucester is on which is normally a good little soul night dean

i think people in the 20s are the best we can expect...there will be a few younger (probably who grew up with soulie/scooterist parents) and respect to them for not being swept along with all the bullshit media/music most teenagers are..

i dont think ah alnighter with hour sets of rare and oldies would work,as has been said too many only dance to 'their' thing..personally i like two rooms so i can switch between the two...if only one room i would prefer mainly all unknown/undreplayed to all oldies as would a lot on here but most of us are collectors so still have that desire for sumfin new...as we know their are more who wanna dance to things they know,which isnt exclusive to northern...i did an indie gig for 4 years and started off trying to get them into..well small inderpendant bands.. but it soon become apparent all they wanted was the big hits....at go go children we play unknown and oldies but each dj mixes it up in a 3/4 hour set BUT we have the luxury of being in a big city with a crowd split in the middle with soulies and youngsters who are hearing it all for the first time and just wanna dance to sumfin good so are not blinkered.... the scene may be spilt and may get smaller especially if the recession drags on but is that a bad thing?...there will be those who go to one and those who go to the other and some like me who generally can enjoy both...i suppose the oldies scene although the biggest at the moment is more likely to shrink first because of the average age of the punter ? dean