(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Motown Treasures (HTM) https://motowntreasures.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Jr. Walker & The All Stars ***************************************************** #Post#: 10162-------------------------------------------------- Take Me Girl, I'm Ready By: humboldt Date: March 11, 2023, 4:32 pm --------------------------------------------------------- 'Take Me Girl, I'm Ready' is NS? I'm never ever going to understand what is and what isn't. (HTM) https://youtu.be/qFOT5Bg71CE #Post#: 10165-------------------------------------------------- Re: Take Me Girl, I'm Ready By: Roger Date: March 12, 2023, 1:54 am --------------------------------------------------------- I can't imagine that it got many spins in the Top venues back in '71/2/3 John ... way too slow and not in any way "rare" ... but nowadays on YT etc. the term "Northern Soul" seems to apply to virtually every '60s or '70s "Soul" track ... I think that the term to use is "clickbait". Roger #Post#: 10166-------------------------------------------------- Re: Take Me Girl, I'm Ready By: Paul Nixon Date: March 12, 2023, 4:56 am --------------------------------------------------------- The current trouble with the term Northern Soul is how it is used and how it can lead former stars into thinking they are 'King' of Northern Soul or 'Queen' of Northern Soul. I've tried to explain the situation to the few singers who I've been lucky enough to meet or speak to that having a Northern Soul favourite record in your repetoire does not make you a darling of the Northern Soul scene - its simply means one of your records is a Northenr favourite and they could care less about the rest of your songs. It is very hard for them to take in, that if they do a show at the ****** Regent in the south of England that the audience wont always be chock full of northern soulies and that they should concentrate their act on their hardcore fans and not worry about uspetting the 'zillions' of northeners (that they believe inhabit the UK) by what they sing. It just seems that when they do specific Northern shows they get the mistaken idea that every soul or Motown fan is a Northern Soul fan and obvs it's not the case. #Post#: 10167-------------------------------------------------- Re: Take Me Girl, I'm Ready By: Roger Date: March 12, 2023, 8:27 am --------------------------------------------------------- Interesting comment Paul, and I must admit that I have been known to cringe when visiting US artists have felt compelled to mention "Northern Soul" when playing at events/venues that are anything but "Northern Soul"!! In contrast I saw Bettye LaVette perform in London about three times in the 2005/10 period and she very much stuck to her preferred bluesy/ballad material. My understanding is that when she appeared at "Northern Soul" venues "Up North" she would follow the advice of the promoters and put on a very different show and include more upbeat '60s material like "Only Your Love Can Save Me" and "I'm Just A Fool For You", songs that I never heard her sing in London. If that is true then at least one "Soul" singer understood what was going on. Roger *****************************************************