#Northern soul film young souls soundtrack movie
#Northern soul film young souls soundtrack mod
#Northern soul film young souls soundtrack mods

#Northern soul film young souls soundtrack movie

The first act is where all the fun is to be had, but once we reach the long, LONG second act stretch of countless dancing montages and increased drug usage, the movie ditches itвЂ™s big names вЂ“ Steve Coogan, Ricky Tomlinson and, eh, Lisa Stansfield all mostly disappear before the half hour mark вЂ“ and weвЂ™re left with the two leads and a motley crew of all dancing, all fighting drug-dealers. What starts off as a warm and fuzzy bromance set against the least warm and fuzzy town in England soon loses its way when it quickly becomes apparent that Northern Soul has blatantly no story to tell. Perfectly dredging up the 1970s aesthetic, when Bruce Lee was the height of fashion and music was mostly something to vaguely sway to, oddball recluse John (Langridge) first comes into contact with Matt (Whitehouse), who introduces him to the world of soul music, high-kick dancing, new hairdos and recreational drugs. This long, drawn-out, apparently pointless description of the movieвЂ™s dancing is a pretty apt metaphor for Northern Soul on the whole. Before long though, everyoneвЂ™s doing it, and doing it over and over again. They jump on to the dance-floor, bopping from side to side, hips sashaying and having a ball while falling between the chairs of trying to be sexy and just having a good time. The worst thing thatвЂ™ll happen is youвЂ™ll end up stumbling upon pictures of his Mrs, and believe you me sheвЂ™s something quite spectacular herself.ДЄnd so I raise a glass to the Chanson Superstar that is Jacques Dutronc unquestionably one in a million, and undoubtedly a #125cc Inspiration.Throughout this movie, whenever people get up to dance, what at first seems a bit haphazard but fun soon turns monotonous and clichГ©d. So if youвЂ™ve never heard of him, stick on one of these tunes and whack his name into Google Images.

#Northern soul film young souls soundtrack mods

His impeccable style has rarely been rivalled since, and French fashion has always been credited with being a strong influence on Mods as they asserted their own individual styles and identities.

#Northern soul film young souls soundtrack mod

And the bastard is still going now!Д«ut the fact is, whilst he might not be an obvious choice, Jacques Dutronc for me is a Mod icon.

He then went and married FranГ§oise Hardy. Some would label listening to a French pop star as being pretentious, but at the end of the day, itвЂ™s being open minded to continental culture and experimenting with different styles and influences that led to the whole Mod movement being born in the first place.ДЄnd letвЂ™s face it looking at the guy and listening to his music, itвЂ™s almost irritatingly impossible to deny how incredibly cool he is.ДЄgain, not willing to rest on his laurels as a global icon with his take on French psychedelic/garage rock, he decided to become a film star. And my personal favourites, 'Le ResponsableвЂ™ and 'Et Moi, Et Moi, Et MoiвЂ™ would be a welcome soundtrack on any Mod inhabited dance-floor. Tracks such as вЂIl Est Cinq Heures, Paris S'Г©veilleвЂ™ and 'L'OpportunisteвЂ™ posses a strong lyrical prowess as well as being musically fantastic. He then embarked on a solo career that found him worldwide fame.

Not content with being lead guitarist in the rock group El Toro et les Cyclones, he started writing songs for the infeasibly attractive FranГ§oise Hardy. Now as somebody who places massive importance on lyrics, there arenвЂ™t many singers that IвЂ™d excessively listen to if I couldnвЂ™t tell what on earth they were saying.Д«ut for every rule there is an exception, and Jacques Dutronc is quite the exception. #125cc Inspirations: No.2 - Jacques Dutronc