Answer these questions please and enter the hall of Soul Fame!
1. So, you’re a Soul Fan and collector of sought after vinyl. Just who the hell are you?
2. What was the fist track you ever heard that made you say, fuck, what is this?
3. What did you think when you visited your first soul night?
4. Do you DJ now?
5. Why?
6. What is your all time favourite record that you can quite honestly say you’ll be buried to?
7. In 10 words, depict the current soul scene!
8. In as many words as you chose, tell me anything pertinent to our interview!
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October 27, 2007 at 12:38 am
Paul Bear
1, yes i am and im known as Bearsy to my friends
2, Jackie Wilson – Because of you was the first tune that made me sit up and listen properly
3, mixed emotions as i just sat and stood there all night taking it all in
4, yes i Dj a bit here and there
5, A friend runs an event and asked me to spin a few as he knew i had a few tunes and the rest is history
6, Little Tommy – Baby cant you see
7, I get out of the scene what i need, pleasure
8, where did you come up for the idea of this questionaire thingy, great idea
October 27, 2007 at 12:41 am
Soulgirl
Where did I come up with the idea of this baby? I’m a thinking on my feet gal, I don’t need pointers… oh, ok then, it was your fucking idea, happy now?
October 27, 2007 at 12:45 am
Paul Bear
Im always happy Karen as i have soul in my soul, and no im not an attention seeking w***e, lol
November 11, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Ian Lane
1.Soul fan stopped collecting vinyl 22years ago after birth of 1st child.
2.Dean Parish Im On My Way, heard 1st at the local youth club in Plymouth when in my teens. Blew me away.
3.Pure Magic sent tingles down my spine.
4.No
5.Prefer to listen and dance to it.
6.Carstairs It Really Does hurt Me Girl
7.It will allways be there and stay dear to me
8. How come i never met you before I lived in Bridgwater for 5 years around 89-94 and regularly went to soul nites etc
November 11, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Soulgirl
8: I didn’t find the scene til around 1998
January 4, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Mick Howard
1. Mick Howard & I used to collect sought after vinyl but now I’m just an old cumudgeonly ‘Victor Meldrew’ who thinks that things just ‘aint what they used to be’
2. Footsie by Wigans Chosen Few when it was on TOTP in 1975
3. Went to the Wirrina in Peterborough in the summer of 1976 and thought I’d died and gone to heaven – a full 8 hours of 3 minute tunes that I’d never heard before!!
4. Not any more
5. I sold my collection a few years ago. During my collecting days I DJ’d at various soul nights and a couple of smaller all nighters including Bury Town Hall, The White Feathers (I think thats what the venue was called) near Carlisle and Allanton Miners Welfare up here in Scotland.
6. Very difficult question to ask any music fan (of whatever genre) but I think that it has to be a choice between Frank Wilson’s Do I Love You or the 4 Pros’ Just Another Girl (both being pure slices of Motor City magnificence)
7. I can’t answer that as I don’t go often enough!
8. Try not to slag off other types of music (even within the Soul genre), be magnanimous in nature, love your fellow man and to use a now well worn cliche ‘keep the faith’ baby!
January 4, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Soulgirl
Thanks for that Mick – a nice slice of soul history there
January 7, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Mark O'Neill
1. Yes just love it. Never really collect apart from the 30 40 i used to have during the late 70′s early 80′s ( wish i’d bloomin kept em ).
2. Cant remember but the early ones are probably ‘ The Flasher ‘ and Magic Potion. Then fell in love with Footsie no way i could do that dancing now )
3. I thought i’d gone to heaven.
4. No Never really dj just dance dance dance
5. Coz its what i love in life
6. Dean Parish will sing me behind the curtains, I’m on my Way
7. Although the net and my mp3′s are all I know at the moment it appears then scene is still going well.
8. From a 10 year old prancing around a to the sound of his brothers music watching him jumping out of the window to go to wigan to a 12 year old actually attending his first nighter. To attending many nighters and dancing the night away the thought of how wonderful the scene was and how bloody friendly everyone was. Those memories along with the music is forever young in my eyes. At 43 i am as enthusiastic about popping my cd’s in my car as going to a nighter 30 years ago. Dont you just love it.
January 7, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Soulgirl
Yep, I certainly do love it
You should get yourself out to a nighter near you Mark – you’ll fall in love all lover again – everyone’s still as friendly!
January 8, 2008 at 9:48 am
Paul W
1. Paul. and i’m not a collector of sought after vinyl. i just like hearing the tunes. some vinyl, cds, mp3s whatever. i want the real vinyl at soul nights – those guys have spent thousands, and years, collecting, but i don’t.
2.
My first soul track DR & Supremes – where did our love go, the first track i fell in love with that was ‘soul’ – but i already knew what it was.
3. I don’t know any of these tunes.
4. Very rarely – though i have done in past.
5. Not enough vinyl.
6. don’t know.
7. throbbing, vibrant, populous, brilliant. that will do me.
8. great site soul girl – prob the best ‘individual’ soul site there is. well done.
January 8, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Soulgirl
Thanks for the input Paul W