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27th October, 2007: Who Am I?
Spat by Soulgirl at 12:18 am | Comment here!
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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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
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? :D
Im always happy Karen as i have soul in my soul, and no im not an attention seeking w***e, lol
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
8: I didn’t find the scene til around 1998 :)
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!
Thanks for that Mick – a nice slice of soul history there :)
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.
Yep, I certainly do love it :D
You should get yourself out to a nighter near you Mark – you’ll fall in love all lover again – everyone’s still as friendly!
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.
Thanks for the input Paul W :)
1. Collected other stuff (jazz and reggae). only started soul about 10 yrs ago. Leo.
2. Ikettes "peaches and cream" the yelling parts made me say "what was ike turner doing to those girls?! this is crazy!"
3. Never been to a real soul night. I live in a small college town in california and have tried to create my own wherever i can get in to dj. makes me happy if no one else…
4. used to. took some years off to write my dissertation. now i’m back! (as of next week! have my first soul night scheduled for feb 26)
5. i been in bands and have dj-ed on the radio, but nothing is as enjoyable as turning new people on to amazing soul they had no idea they would dig.
6. "goose pimples" by shirley j. scott. it is other-worldly. genius.
7. don’t know. never been in one.
8. thanks for the great site. it must be a lot of work but we appreciate it. i’m all about always learning and always sharing!
Thank you Leo
1 bin a fan since time forgot .time of the laptop sorry to say not the same without crackles.+keep the faith forever. + love it 2 lou johnnson + satisfied+ absolute to die for 3 what a bunch of weird fuckers. but loved every minute . heaven 4 yea last 10 yrs or more . play what i can . when i can .anywhere just like a martini . tough girl / iceman/romeo juliette . (my god) 5 why ! because the music is in me till i die. ( and i feel like a kid) 6 burn baby burn disco inferno the trammps (lol). not sure to many good tunes . to die for out there. 7 they don’t make them like they used to do they 8 you got a good site baby don’t let the side down carry on doin your thing . oh yes . lovely jubbly
Ahh, Dave! Thanks so much… you sound as passionate as the rest of us
1.ChrisL from Rotherham been out on the floor since 76
2.Better use you head still always dance to it
3.Doncaster baileys 24hr soul marathon i just had to have it
4.Done a little bit for just enjoy collecting
5.Having to more or less sell up whats mine is hers {ex Mrs L}
6.Edward Hamilton Baby dont you weep Maryjayne bought it at thr KGB allnighter in 77 for £7 never fail to dance to it and always sends a chiver down my spine.
7.Its bigger and better love the oldies up to all current sounds so much music not enough time where do they find it all
8.Sorrydont know what that big word means
Thanks Chris :bye:
1 sy Hunt.
2 cocain in my brain by Dillinger
3 God there’s some psychotic looking types here.
4 Yes
5 As a record collector you tend to get dragged into situations.
6 If I’m buried it would be “slowly molding ” if I’m cremated it would be ” burning sensation ”
7 Which one ?
8 We’re both alive.
You’re punky mad LOL
1. I’m a Soul Fan and collector of sought after vinyl.
2. The first track you ever heard that made me say, fuck, what is this was Jnr Walker’s Shotgun played by my big sister.
3. Jesus I know so little
4. Do you DJ now? – Occassionally
5. Why? – Only because I’m asked and to try and bring some new and different sound to the fore
6. What is your all time favourite record that you can quite honestly say you’ll be buried to? – Probably Dean Courney’s Love You Just Can’t Walk Away or Soul Brothers Six I’ll be Loving You
7. A heady mixture of progression and parody in equal measure.
8. I think I’ve said enough I only came to laugh at the picture of Johnny Weston riding a pink elephant, I guess it makes a change from him seeing them :-D .
Thanks Ged … and that pink elephant is the bomb :D
1. Matthew 28 and from Peterborough who collects a bit of music be it on vinyl, CD or MP3 and yes i said MP3 who cares.
2. Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up and it’s still a classic
3. Cool stuff and will be coming again
4. a little but no specific venue
5. What sort of question is this lol
6. Sam cooke – Sugar dumpling and i don’t give a toss what people think cause it’s my choice and i don’t go moaning to others about there fav song
7. one nice big happy family loving Soul music i think
8. this wasn’t an interview cause you never spoke to me personally lol but if you want to think of it like that. it was interesting to fill out for like 5 mins so thank you
Thanks Matthew :)
1. I’m a Soul fan. Just getting into buying 45s
2. The Fidels – Try A Little Harder
3. Well it has been recent with me; within the last 3 years. Before I was into the skinhead/rudie oi!/punk/reggae scene.
4. No…not yet (hahaha)
5. Just getting started. Still have a lot of ‘sticker shock’ of some of the good music that is holding me back.
6. Can’t really say at this point :-(
7. Diverse, non-exclusive, accessible, multi-generational, not easily defined, global, cutting edge
8. I am proud that there are now a lot more dances in the US. Things are looking good!
Thank you Miss Shona :)