So I'm 62yrs young ha! And let me tell you never ever will there be great times like this again ever,first time around mods,all nighters,great music,great fashion,and most of all great friends.
I can only imagine, I was around 9 when it came back in the 80's, I'd never seen young people look so cool, I went to school with sta press, Hushpuppies, a boating blazer and a cravat, at 9 and started looting 60's music
I’m the same age and I agree we were and are totally blessed to have lived thru the beautiful times!!! Nth London was a great place to be with great times and great mates, the music bound us all together even at our reunions in our later years!! Mods, skins , soulboys ….. loved every minute of it!!!
I did all this in the late nineties, same music, same clothes (second hand), all nighters at the same clubs, good deodorant, better dental health and we had ecstasy on top.
@@kimsutherland977 yeah, I listened to the sixties all through my life. The best clubs I went to played plenty of music you would never have even heard back then. Rare and unsuccessful but superb. Add the ecstasy on top and it’s pure heaven.
Im 66 just got into Northern soul back in 2017 when i was 59 went to my first Aldayer in 2019 i was into Motown back in the 70s i was a smoothly thats what we were class ourselves as because i was into all types of music but i did have a chance to go alnighter when i was 17 in 1975 but i turned down the offer because i was told there was dope involved so i never went i class myself a Northern soul girl now im glad i had a second chance of getting into Northern soul and i love it although Motown will always be my favourite music and part of me is still that smoothly back in the 70s been 17 and dancing to Motown was absolutely fantastic we did dance like the Northern soul dancers but we didn't do back drops or spins or high kicks but the moves are very similar beween the both styles of dancing im glad im part of Northern soul now
At 61 I've been through so many styles of fashion and music . Loved my journey and can't beat the oldies. Brings me back to life and have to dance......hear it drop it and move. Brilliant
Wow! This reminded me so much of my later teen years. I had my Lambretta, girlfriend on the back, and just having fun! The days have long gone but some fond memories remain. Thanks Jill for some wonderful times I will always cherish.
And who can resist getting up to move, or to start toe tapping and head moving when this is played , wherever its played. Its got a rolling tempo, that heightens to drive the beat down into your feet... Ah,yay I'm a fan of this man....KTF
Spot on Farweasel. As well as The Wheel, there were places in Manchester like Takis, Top Of The Town, The Oasis (later Sloopys) playing soul back in the mid-late 60s. Stuff like Willie Mitchell, Otis, Sam and Dave, The Temps plus slightly rarer stuff like Major Lance, Billy Butler, Shorty Long was being played all over the place (Browns in Stretford, The Locarno in Sale etc) before NS was even a twinkle in Dave Godin's eye. We were leaping all over the place to it in our Ben Shermans, Lee Riders and brogues from '66 onwards and only ever referred to it all as soul. I don't recall knowing the term Reggae back then. We always knew it as Ska or Bluebeat. We sort of regarded ourselves as mods but later preferred the soulboys tag!
Yes, just the right tempo for an owd fat lad to still manage a dance and a bit of hand clapping too!! :o) There used to be a version of this with film taken at Lowton showing dancers but it seems to have been removed :o(
Loved it lived it I'm 69 and all I do is play Frank Wilson dobie gray and a lot of tamla can't walk but put the music on and I will dance my kids have disowned me but I just put my music on and dance
Find the former High Times editor, Steven Hager, on youtube and fb and ask him if he knows who started breakdancing. Northern Soul also had great jitterbug dancing. Privelaged as I was in that era, I did not encounter Northern Soul until youtube. Eddy Grant and the Equals played Wigans, youtube has it but I can't find it.
Scrolling through, it's sad to see so many petty comments - what year, where, who, how blah blah blah... FFS..... we obviously all enjoy it, so let's just do that, even get up and dance wherever you are.... Peace, Love and KTF People.... 👍
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Great selection of footage there Mike. Wonder how long you spend looking for footage to use for these vids. I recognised a lot of stuff including some clips from the Lambeth Boys before the dance hall scene.
If I had to describe his voice I would say it is a mixture of james brown and david ruffin. What is it about Europe that has the best blue eyed soul singers. The melody sounds a little bit like get ready by the temptations written by smokey robinson.
None of them 60s mods in that footage had ever heard this record. It was a northern classic. Played in northern all-nighters. When this was being played those mods were bring babies up. It was played in M's without a scooter in sight
@@dominichetherington2287 Hallo Dom . Ok then , well , if what you say is true and as you say, you were there , can you tell me in what year and at which venue was Lonely for me first broken? Ste. Honest question .
Hallo Dom . After doing some research , I have to admit , I 'was' talking shite when I said that this record - Sam Dees , Lonley for you baby - was played in M's , it wasn't . My memory was playing tricks on me. A good mate of mine who used to DJ at the VA VA 's ,the Casino , the Ritz ,Top of the world Stafford, Morecambe pier and every other major venue since 1972 , and who worked for RCA records , who instigated the Grapevine label and founded Expansion records and who to this day promotes the biggest Northern soul and Modern soul events on the Soul Scene calender , and who still broadcasts soul music shows on several radio stations , and who has also wrote several books on the UK soul Scene.........reminded me that this track , and I quote , "only came to prominence after the casino closed (in 1981) . It may have been Stafford where it finally broke through " (1982 to 1986) . So Dom , you didn't hear it in the Flamingo club nor the Twisted Wheel or any of Mod Clubs of the 60s , "when mods (ravers) ruled " did you ? Although it was first issued in 1968 on the American SSS lable , as anyone with the most basic knowledge of the soul scene knows , thousands of tracks that were recorded by obscure artists in the US lay dormant utill they were "unearthed" by Northern soul DJ's and collectors in warehouses in Detroit and Chicago and were then brought back to the Uk and played on the Northern Scene , in the 70's and 80's . "Lonely for you baby " wasn't played until Stafford in the 80s - I was there too - it has never been considered a Mod record by knowledgeable soul fans , as , say Mitch Ryder and the Detroit wheels is , IE, played in the Mod clubs in the 60s , ......Trust me , I was there , since 75 in the casino ,actually. And I've obviously forgot more about soul music that you'll ever know . Like I said , the Mods in the footage of this video would have been in thier 40s when this track was first played in the soul clubs in the 80s - trust me, I knew some of them. I think that the person who linked this track to this Mods footage comes from the scooter Scene (no problem with that) but it's creating a false narrative . It is a Northern soul record originally. " Talkin' shite eh ?" You dropped a bollock there , pal didn't you ? Keep the faith , Ste.
Wow just fabulous, great tune and a nice video to add to my collection I wonder where some of these guys are today in the video clip's, looks like Brighton, thank you Mike.
So I'm 62yrs young ha! And let me tell you never ever will there be great times like this again ever,first time around mods,all nighters,great music,great fashion,and most of all great friends.
I can only imagine, I was around 9 when it came back in the 80's, I'd never seen young people look so cool, I went to school with sta press, Hushpuppies, a boating blazer and a cravat, at 9 and started looting 60's music
I’m the same age and I agree we were and are totally blessed to have lived thru the beautiful times!!! Nth London was a great place to be with great times and great mates, the music bound us all together even at our reunions in our later years!!
Mods, skins , soulboys ….. loved every minute of it!!!
I did all this in the late nineties, same music, same clothes (second hand), all nighters at the same clubs, good deodorant, better dental health and we had ecstasy on top.
@@Theactivepsychos back in our day the music was our ecstasy....
@@kimsutherland977 yeah, I listened to the sixties all through my life. The best clubs I went to played plenty of music you would never have even heard back then. Rare and unsuccessful but superb. Add the ecstasy on top and it’s pure heaven.
Best clothes, best 2 wheeled bikes, best girls, best attitude, best music. We are the Mods..............
Has there ever been a look that stood the test of time like the Mod look! Bloody fantastic!
Quite simply, no.
i dont see many that new understood the blues and soul divide with nort and sout more than the midlands lol
The best style Britain ever had.
Im 66 just got into Northern soul back in 2017 when i was 59 went to my first Aldayer in 2019 i was into Motown back in the 70s i was a smoothly thats what we were class ourselves as because i was into all types of music but i did have a chance to go alnighter when i was 17 in 1975 but i turned down the offer because i was told there was dope involved so i never went i class myself a Northern soul girl now im glad i had a second chance of getting into Northern soul and i love it although Motown will always be my favourite music and part of me is still that smoothly back in the 70s been 17 and dancing to Motown was absolutely fantastic we did dance like the Northern soul dancers but we didn't do back drops or spins or high kicks but the moves are very similar beween the both styles of dancing im glad im part of Northern soul now
What you need to do now is vote for a less racist political party.
Great song ,great footage of 60s mods ,the music the style was the real thing ,everything else since imitation.
The music is how we will remember them. PURE CLASS generation.
At 61 I've been through so many styles of fashion and music . Loved my journey and can't beat the oldies. Brings me back to life and have to dance......hear it drop it and move. Brilliant
Wow! This reminded me so much of my later teen years. I had my Lambretta, girlfriend on the back, and just having fun! The days have long gone but some fond memories remain. Thanks Jill for some wonderful times I will always cherish.
that’s beautiful
absolutely love this
@@chanelgez2146 Thanks chanel! I believe I had longer hair than most of these guys in the video!
This is why I’ve loved northern soul for over 50 years. Fantastic tunes to dance to and everyone with a smile on their face #keep the faith
Thank God I was a mod,so lucky to have gone through this era as a teenager.
And who can resist getting up to move, or to start toe tapping and head moving when this is played , wherever its played. Its got a rolling tempo, that heightens to drive the beat down into your feet... Ah,yay I'm a fan of this man....KTF
I got Tingles when I read and liked your Comment 👍...🙏❤✝️
Spot on Farweasel. As well as The Wheel, there were places in Manchester like Takis, Top Of The Town, The Oasis (later Sloopys) playing soul back in the mid-late 60s. Stuff like Willie Mitchell, Otis, Sam and Dave, The Temps plus slightly rarer stuff like Major Lance, Billy Butler, Shorty Long was being played all over the place (Browns in Stretford, The Locarno in Sale etc) before NS was even a twinkle in Dave Godin's eye.
We were leaping all over the place to it in our Ben Shermans, Lee Riders and brogues from '66 onwards and only ever referred to it all as soul. I don't recall knowing the term Reggae back then. We always knew it as Ska or Bluebeat. We sort of regarded ourselves as mods but later preferred the soulboys tag!
In the 60s we always referred the sounds as either wheel tuned or soul ska and mostly blue beat
This has Northern soul written all over it
YES, what a cracking tune this is, it's in my top 50 northern soul playlist and I reckon it's likely to be somewhere in my top 20 🎶🎵👏
Greatest northern soul tune ever made,it's got the lot
Yes, just the right tempo for an owd fat lad to still manage a dance and a bit of hand clapping too!! :o) There used to be a version of this with film taken at Lowton showing dancers but it seems to have been removed :o(
Neil Austin Dam right it is. Take care.
Do you realize there are two kinds of Northern Soul? One Black American, one Northern Irish.
@@vnorris2273 'Fuck you on about, Spaz?
@@vnorris2273 I smell a Taig.
Great song - its been said time and time again, but they really don't make songs like this any more !
our mod mothers and mod fathers of the60s makes me proud to be a mod x
I’m a mod grandfather ! 🤣
My dad my mam my cousins and me
Now I've a daughter 11 and grandsons keeping our generation of mods and northern soul
❤
I was a mod in the 80s absolutely clothes obsessed drove my tailor up the wall .wanted a seude mac and suit made
Always trying to think of something different trying to out do your mates .
A fantastic track Love ❤ it ❤ many years Ktf to everyone connected to the huge soul scene ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Who are you
Sept 2020 - KTF 👍
@@tracieobrien4647 does it really matter who r u just go with the flow dude
Style was in. Mods smart, rockers smart greasy leather. What fun 🎉
WOW What a truly amazing and powerful song !!! Thanks Mike.
best northern soul tune out there by far.days of good music ended when 2 tone passed on
Omg what an amazing tune and sung at its best
class mod tune pure soul
ce morceau représente d'après moi le maximum du Glamour de notre Mouvement !
Loved it lived it I'm 69 and all I do is play Frank Wilson dobie gray and a lot of tamla can't walk but put the music on and I will dance my kids have disowned me but I just put my music on and dance
They don't know what they're missing! 😮😅😊
God i love Northern Soul. what a tune KTF ✊
Italian style, American soul music, British touch of quirkiness.
Pure class what a track
Excellent footage, sublime tune!
Awesome stuff loving the video KTF
Mike Patterson - You've got some cracking tunes on your play lists
fantastic sound
MORE PLEASE
surely those are mods in film ?
Love ❤️
I've never heard this before and love it.Sounds like you downloaded it from a turntable with the cracks and pops. Superb.Do some more please
norhern soul wigan casino no other barr the torch blackpool mecca twisted wheel MANCHRSTRR MAGNET LIVERPOOL
60s mods look so much better and cooler than revival mods
God l love this one
Mods soul r and b music all worked out Tracie x
keeping the faith till the day I die!
"The shaw must go on"~
Three Lambrettas, numerous pairs of Levi stay prest and Ben Sherman shirts later, and I'm still "there" in spirit, great times.
just class :)
This tune puts springs into your sole so enjoy the walk with your the beat
2.14 Eric burden getting all angry 😂
Top class.
Oh how I miss my Lambretta still Keeping the Faith :)
Sam does pure honest soul enough said
Class tune
Class..
61 lived this dream
Great song love the video
i had forgot how good this is brill tune !!!!!!!!!
The start. Wow
favorite Northern Soul track
GREAT Video. Wander Where They All Are Now.✌🏻
knew Sam as a writer here in LA.. Very talented cat...
Top shelf 🏆👍🎼 cheers 😀
It's got plenty of drama aswell as a ace mint soulful force,spin it.
Best days ever, miss so much all this.👌🇬🇧💥💥
CORCE it all started with the mods!! untold northern tracks were first listened to by the mods YEARS before..!
NOT Sam Dees for starters (first played in the 1980s) and Mods and Northern Soul kids are/were one and the same.
Competition Ain't Nothin'. There's a song in this.....
Dave Thorley at Stafford
Just got in from work, popped on Melba's Magic Touch, followed by this classic beauty. Thanks!
Pure soul nowt else t'day
One of my favourites, reminds me of Leicester allnighter back in the late 80s.✊
It was 1960s
Superb clothing
nice vid.slo-mo stuff at the start is perfect.also,what a 'kin tune.
Sounds like a version of Parliaments “I just want to Testify” circa 1967 with a dash of “Agent Double O Soul”. Golden World production?
Bonito video y bonita canción.
Find the former High Times editor, Steven Hager, on youtube and fb and ask him if he knows who started breakdancing. Northern Soul also had great jitterbug dancing. Privelaged as I was in that era, I did not encounter Northern Soul until youtube. Eddy Grant and the Equals played Wigans, youtube has it but I can't find it.
Scrolling through, it's sad to see so many petty comments - what year, where, who, how blah blah blah...
FFS..... we obviously all enjoy it, so let's just do that, even get up and dance wherever you are....
Peace, Love and KTF People.... 👍
The sea is the one place that is the realist place"
you will ever visit in this world " on the tide when you put your hand in the water,, between water and sand your in the middle of evolution 🙏🇮🇪✌️🦋
One of my Faves..Ace Mod Video Footage
Great selection of footage there Mike. Wonder how long you spend looking for footage to use for these vids. I recognised a lot of stuff including some clips from the Lambeth Boys before the dance hall scene.
pure soul nowt else to say (Magic tune) gud video n all
tune
What a brilliant executive track! The vid with it is a great show of social lives of people of the time. Brilliant!!! Thank you so much!!!
😢😂😥😰c the 😂 in my 👀top tune
Pure class :-)
All time GREAT single
There seems to have been a crossover from the original early to mid 60’s Mod movement into the early to mid original Northern Soul style.
If I had to describe his voice I would say it is a mixture of james brown and david ruffin. What is it about Europe that has the best blue eyed soul singers. The melody sounds a little bit like get ready by the temptations written by smokey robinson.
Best days my life no chance it returning but glad i grew up then seen some things
None of them 60s mods in that footage had ever heard this record. It was a northern classic. Played in northern all-nighters. When this was being played those mods were bring babies up.
It was played in M's without a scooter in sight
You talk shite this was released in 1968 when mods (ravers) ruled the term n/s wasn't used till 1971/72 trust me I was there
@@dominichetherington2287
Hallo Dom .
Ok then , well , if what you say is true and as you say, you were there , can you tell me in what year and at which venue was Lonely for me first broken?
Ste.
Honest question .
Hallo Dom .
After doing some research , I have to admit , I 'was' talking shite when I said that this record - Sam Dees , Lonley for you baby - was played in M's , it wasn't . My memory was playing tricks on me.
A good mate of mine who used to DJ at the VA VA 's ,the Casino , the Ritz ,Top of the world Stafford, Morecambe pier and every other major venue since 1972 , and who worked for RCA records , who instigated the Grapevine label and founded Expansion records and who to this day promotes the biggest Northern soul and Modern soul events on the Soul Scene calender , and who still broadcasts soul music shows on several radio stations , and who has also wrote several books on the UK soul Scene.........reminded me that this track , and I quote , "only came to prominence after the casino closed (in 1981) . It may have been Stafford where it finally broke through " (1982 to 1986) .
So Dom , you didn't hear it in the Flamingo club nor the Twisted Wheel or any of Mod Clubs of the 60s , "when mods (ravers) ruled " did you ?
Although it was first issued in 1968 on the American SSS lable , as anyone with the most basic knowledge of the soul scene knows , thousands of tracks that were recorded by obscure artists in the US lay dormant utill they were "unearthed" by Northern soul DJ's and collectors in warehouses in Detroit and Chicago and were then brought back to the Uk and played on the Northern Scene , in the 70's and 80's .
"Lonely for you baby " wasn't played until Stafford in the 80s - I was there too - it has never been considered a Mod record by knowledgeable soul fans , as , say Mitch Ryder and the Detroit wheels is , IE, played in the Mod clubs in the 60s , ......Trust me , I was there , since 75 in the casino ,actually. And I've obviously forgot more about soul music that you'll ever know .
Like I said , the Mods in the footage of this video would have been in thier 40s when this track was first played in the soul clubs in the 80s - trust me, I knew some of them.
I think that the person who linked this track to this Mods footage comes from the scooter Scene (no problem with that) but it's creating a false narrative . It is a Northern soul record originally.
" Talkin' shite eh ?" You dropped a bollock there , pal didn't you ?
Keep the faith , Ste.
Simply cool as fuck
KTF
Great fashion footage!
some of these plants are burnt all of these plants are wet x
❤❤❤🎶 fantastic tune still x
I darling and. I love northern soul I wish l Cound .fane girl..friend..living. on .my..own OK god be with. yoù maurice xxx
at 0.39 thats one of the best looking mod girls i have ever seen i would think she was a model one lucky lad.
Bloody Hell..... Isn't she just
YEH TINA IM THE SAME AGE AS YOU AND YOUR WORDS SUMMED IT ALL UP. CIARAN PETE NOW IN CORNWALL AND I'VE NOT SURE IF I HAVE GROWN UP.
One Of The Best......x💞x
Tune
on F*king point, that's what's upp
Wow just fabulous, great tune and a nice video to add to my collection I wonder where some of these guys are today in the video clip's, looks like Brighton, thank you Mike.
Enjoy
Awesome video to this tune
I just played this at the peed setting of 1.25 ... Ooosh!
such voice!
northern soul played in the north of england if it was to dance to thats it simple!!!