{"id":9930,"date":"2012-02-26T16:26:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T22:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2012-02-28T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T22:32:22","slug":"afternoon-listening-northern-soul-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2012\/02\/26\/afternoon-listening-northern-soul-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Listening: Northern Soul Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A Detroiter gives you a peek at her favorite Northern Soul sides.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yes, that&#8217;s right I am in fact from Detroit, Michigan. When I tell people where I&#8217;m from and that I love, love, love Northern Soul they usually think I grew up on the stuff. I hate to burst your bubble, but this is not the case. Although I did grow up fully immersed in the Northern Soul music culture (hello, Motown), oddly enough I didn&#8217;t get in to soul until I moved to Kansas.\u00a0How did I stumble back in to the genre? Well, it had to do with a boy, of course. Isn&#8217;t that how these things always work? Although it didn&#8217;t work out with said boy, I did keep his fantastic taste in music (Thanks, B).<\/p>\n<p>Before I share my favorite Northern Soul sides, I should probably explain to you what exactly Northern Soul is. The simplest definition I can give you is:\u00a0American soul music (from major Northern cities ie. Chicago, Detroit, Phily), that gained popularity in Northern England. Northern England? Think Mod Culture, which adopted Motown music as it&#8217;s soundtrack. Northern Soul is also characterized by a heavy beat and fast tempo which make it fun to dance to. If you don&#8217;t like my definition, feel free to browse the inter-webs for your own; there are hundreds of websites devoted to keeping the Northern Soul legacy alive. Sadly, many Northern Soul groups get overlooked if they weren&#8217;t on the Motown Records label. Thankfully we have resources like YouTube to keep these fantastic songs around.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite part about Northern Soul is the raw emotion that you can hear in every song. These songs speak to me; especially the one&#8217;s by girl groups.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the good stuff! Here are some of my favorite Northern soul sides. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. If there are particular tracks you think I&#8217;ve missed feel free to share them in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Jades- I&#8217;m Where It&#8217;s At (1966).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Jades - I&#039;m Where It&#039;s At\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sa8DGjYCaME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Marvellets- Too Many Fish in the Sea (1964). <\/strong>*This is actually a mix with the original backing track!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Marvelettes &quot;Too Many Fish In The Sea&quot;  My Extended Version!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUad0qezphY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yum Yums- Gonna Be a Big Thing (1964).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is probably my favorite soul side of ALL TIME! Fun fact: Yum Yums also went by the name Honey and the Bees for a short time. The Sapphires also did a more up-tempo version of this song, but I still like this version better.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Yum Yums Gonna be a big thing - Northern Soul\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIf4Kve612g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Velvettes- A Love So Deep Inside<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These ladies could have been bigger than the Supremes if they had been signed to Motown.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/s4-YoFL7PiE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Toys- Lovers Concerto (1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard this one. Regardless if it&#8217;s rare or not, I still love it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Toys - Lovers Concerto - HQ\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aGDZc9bdUZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nite-Liters-K Jee (1971)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The perfect end to a soul\u00a0compilation, funk music!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Nite Liters - K Jee\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ChuCYxfF8E4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>by amanda barnes\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Detroiter gives you a peek at her favorite Northern Soul sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":9931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[463,683],"class_list":["post-9930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-amanda-barnes","tag-northern-soul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/northern_soul.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}