The British Mod Scene isnt as huge as it once was but it is certainly as deeply complex and multi-tiered as any youth sub culture with music as diverse as the Who, Ska, Britpop, to name but a few. When the dust from the 1979 Mod revival settled there was a cringe of embarrassment as thousands of lambretta and Vespa riding youths saw their association with Mod as shallow and contrived. This spawned the monster offspring we now know as Scooter Boys that later became Scooterists. Now this phenomenon is well documented but what may not be as well known is how much the Mods and Scooterists supported the northernsoul Scene during the lean years adding their own flavour and stamp of approval to some of the sounds we have on the Northernsoul Scene now. I am convinced that the Mod influence at the 100 Club saved the Northernsoul Scene, strong words but I truly believe that their patronage and passion for the music carried a wounded dove abandoned by most on this list for many a year nursing life until the born again Soulies saw their youngest off to uni. At the same time, and running parallel there where the National Scooter Runs, where large numbers of mid to late twenty some things where meeting to party and enjoy their passion for all things Scootering (former mods). The Run DJs where not bound by any pre conceived boundaries and played good and not so good music to an audience eager to revel in their own scene. High on the menu but not necessarily Dish of the day was, and still is, Northernsoul. Now we are not talking about the latest Northernsoul floor clearers found hidden behind a toilet in a burger bar in Detroit, you will find the Snake, and you will find Frank Wilson being played. I dont think there where any discoveries? I do know there where sounds played that helped prop up the northernsoul Scene, can you name any? Here are a few. Mel Britt - Shell Come Running Back Vibrations - Cause Youre Mine Drifters - You Got to Pay Your Dues Marie Knight - Thats No Way to Treat a Girl Dean Parrish - Determination Doris Troy - Ill Do Anything Nolan Porter - Keep On Keeping On Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:45:32 +0000
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