I been going to a few Northern Soul Night Events and Northern Soul is Not Listed in your music types? so I have had to add soul in the event page and then it sounds incorrect as its northern soul ... Could you please add Northern Soul as a play list ...
Thanks

isn't that an event, rathet than a genre???

No. It Is A


Genre.

alright alright!!

hoe does it differ from regular soul music?

A large proportion of Northern Soul's original audience came from the mod movement, with their love of soul music. As some mods turned away from these sounds to embrace the psychedelic movement of the late 1960s, many mods - especially those in northern England - elected to stick to the original soundtrack of soul and ska. Some became what would eventually be known as skinheads, and others formed the basis of the northern soul scene. Early northern soul fashion included bowling shirts, button-down Ben Sherman shirts, blazers with centre vents and unusual numbers of buttons, Trickers brogue shoes, baggy trousers or shrink-to-fit Levi's jeans. Many dancers wore badges representing membership in clubs organized by dance halls.

The first club that effectively defined the northern soul sound was Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club. Other early clubs were the Golden Torch in Stoke, Room at the Top in Wigan, Wigan Casino, Blackpool Mecca, The Catacombs in Wolverhampton, North Park in Kettering, The Mojo in Sheffield, Cleethorpes Winter Gardens (still a Northern Soul venue today) and Va Va's in Bolton (where Richard Searling used to DJ).

The music reached its peak of popularity in the mid to late 1970s, when Wigan Casino was voted the world's number one discotheque. Thousands of people visited every week, but the exclusive and underground appeal of the music was lost and many of the hardcore soulies drifted away. In 1981, when Wigan Casino shut down, many feared the death knell had been sounded for northern soul. But the mod revival in the late 1970s and the later scooterboy subculture produced a new wave of fans.

The 1980s, while often dismissed as a low period for the northern scene by those who had left in the 1970s, actually featured almost 100 new venues in places as diverse as Bradford, London, Peterborough, Leighton Buzzard, Whitchurch, Coventry and Leicester. Pre-eminent among the 1980s venues were Stafford's Top of the World and London's 100 Club. Top of the World drew small crowds by Wigan Casino standards, and it eschewed the 'pop' northern soul which had been adopted in the latter days of Wigan Casino. Where once most of the records played had been 100mph stompers, now the DJs also played mid-tempo tunes, ballads and modern soul (new releases of the 1980s).


[edit] Artists and records
Northern soul is among the most expensive of musical genres to collect. Hundreds of 7" vinyl discs have broken the £1,000 (c.$2,000) barrier. Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You" sold several years ago for £15,000 (c.$30,000) (as cited on Ian Levine's The Strange World of Northern Soul DVD set). The value of many discs has appreciated due to rarity, quality of the beat, melody and lyrics (often expressing heartache, pain or joy related to romantic love). In later years, many Northern Soul fans went on to expand their collections and accommodated the richer and more complex modern soul sound in the early-1970s and beyond (tracks such as Garfield Fleming's - "Don't Send Me Away" exemplify this).

Many northern soul artists attempted stardom without all of the necessary ingredients in place. Low-budget independent labels couldn't deliver the necessary promotion and radio play. Many artists had to go back to their day jobs, thinking themselves failures, with their records sinking into obscurity, until they were revived in the Northern Soul circuit. Songs by the Fascinations and the Velvelettes that were released in the 1960s became top 40 UK hits in 1970. The Fascinations made #30 with "Girls Are Out to Get you" and the Velvelettes made #35 with "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You."

Some acts have been over to England to perform their golden oldies at all-nighters, often many years after the original releases. In the 21st century, rare 1960s soul sounds are still being discovered by fans, and Northern Soul is still going strong around the world.


Now could you PLEASE add Northern Soul to you music list genre THANKYOU.

crikey, i will print that all out and read it on the train ;o)

lol there is more if you like pages and pages it's bigger than you know and really good nights with some very cool people...

A large proportion of Northern Soul's original audience came from the mod movement, with their love of soul music. As some mods turned away from these sounds to embrace the psychedelic movement of the late 1960s, many mods - especially those in northern England..............


google is your best friend.

google is your best friend.

You Know That... Now lets see NOrthern Soul Listed With The Rest Of The Genre...

Whilst you're at it, I'd also like to see the following:

Biscuit house (really crunchy, broken beats)
Southern fried Hardstyle
TV Anthems
and French Trance

Thanks.

Biscuit house (really crunchy, broken beats)
Southern fried Hardstyle
TV Anthems
and French Trance

You taking the piss ADMIN...? Northern Soul is bigger than you know...be nice to get an adult reply

northan soul comes from the heart. keep the faith.. you only have to listen to the words of the songs to see how strong the faith is ..

be nice to get an adult reply

Such as posting "No it's a genre" in size 7 text?

L-uk, the world is a mirror; You see in it what you hold up before it.

DaveB is "in charge" of the music types page. He's on holiday at the moment.

He will be back soon though.

i was only taking the piss when i questioned it, then i had Wikipedia thrown at me!!!

unfortunately i am not in charge of DSI, so Northern Soul will have to remain in the mind for now, although i am still pressing for maximal-vocal-electro-funk-with-a-house-twist as a new genre


HBHM :O)

Northern Soul was a UK club scene before Acid House.

You taking the piss ADMIN...?

YES!!

be nice to get an adult reply

Hold on, i'll go and get one *runs off to find an adult*... doesn't come back.

there are no adults at DSI - what do you think this is??!?!?

be nice to get an adult reply

Such as posting "No it's a genre" in size 7 text?

One day Ian you will start using your own words instead of quoting others and rule book quotes. "No it is a Genre" in size 7 bold text is just making a point stand out that little bit more...

You taking the piss ADMIN...?

YES!!

be nice to get an adult reply

Hold on, i'll go and get one *runs off to find an adult*... doesn't come back.


Goes to show what an infintial you are.


i was only taking the piss when i questioned it, then i had Wikipedia thrown at me!!!

I did not throw anything @ you. You aked me a question and I copied & pasted an educational answer in reply which you read on your way to work, so you should be thanking me for such and not posting slanderous words in return. And this post was not sent to you it was posted to DSI management.

Come on DSI why can't you just be nice instead of badgering people all the time looking for arguments swearing @ people ganging up and when you are loosing a thread you just close it and when your winning all you do is let it go and go and threatening us and all that. From day one you been giving me stick and all i do is help you and your site. Getting on with people creates better than it would otherwise. Do you think I want to be on here all day fighting with you all. And be believe me I will defend myself as best I can. I got some good things going on in my life and your included so why not let us stop all this and make a fresh start and be more friendly and positive in our posts. Have a good day/weekend L-uk @ SeOne.tv pop in and say hello one day... I wont tell you to F**K Off...