tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post379131826168047287..comments2024-02-28T15:50:11.308+00:00Comments on Five Centres: Funk youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-72260673184090545522009-05-19T11:12:00.000+01:002009-05-19T11:12:00.000+01:00Sadly not - if we knew a boy who had a car, we wou...Sadly not - if we knew a boy who had a car, we would usually sweet talk him into taking us up the West End (missis) rather than striking out along the A13...or up to Toot Hill, which was haunted...Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-71434373856366745172009-05-18T22:36:00.000+01:002009-05-18T22:36:00.000+01:00I'm convinced those croc's were battery operated
...I'm convinced those croc's were battery operated<br /><br />I lived in Billericay back then, so had a few scoops in Fontayne Blew..I used to go there with the chap who cut Depeche Mode's hair (they were only 5 miles away in Basildon)<br /><br />How about the Sam Lord pub in Benfleet another local ledge...did you ever hit that ISB??Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-40904046977062008352009-05-18T17:24:00.000+01:002009-05-18T17:24:00.000+01:00WE (Mondo and me) went to the Pink Toothbrush when...WE (Mondo and me) went to the Pink Toothbrush when it was still Crocs. Complete with live crocodile. Rumour had it the beast would attack a soul boy on sight, but was docile and loving to the Essex punks.<br /><br />I never went to either of those bars, but Fontaine Bleu was a bit of a legend (pron. 'FonTAYYYYYNE BLEW').<br /><br />I've got a Peech Boys 12".Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-24953128513265859632009-05-18T16:59:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:59:00.000+01:00I do remember going to Cinderella's a lot though....I do remember going to Cinderella's a lot though. Didn't people have birthdays there?Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-64942875516535644032009-05-18T16:55:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:55:00.000+01:00How could you say that....I was so sophisticated! ...How could you say that....I was so sophisticated! Really annoying (at the time naturally) that when I was old enough to get in they wouldn't believe me.<br />I also remember going to Cinderella's in Guildford, but I think that was after you'd left. Suze and I shimmied across the floor to 'Heaven Must be Missing an Angel' thinking we were so cool which of course we weren't.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500039944228934716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-59359857270188455702009-05-18T16:08:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:08:00.000+01:00Hels, I know you loved things like this. Didn't yo...Hels, I know you loved things like this. Didn't you put the Peech Boys on? I remember you going to Stringfellows and the Hippodrome at 15. Thing is, you looked 15 too. How on earth did you get in? Did Charles L'huilier bribe the dooman?Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-26632450592289807802009-05-18T16:03:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:03:00.000+01:00That's the one F-C, as sampled the other year by R...That's the one F-C, as sampled the other year by Room 5 for the Lynx ad thingy.<br /><br />The SOS band were marvellous. Try also a spot of Narada Michael Walden or Total Contrast...Matthew Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842392964784000029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-22035441474874622592009-05-18T16:02:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:02:00.000+01:00Oh, don't! I remember getting the whole of the Bl...Oh, don't! I remember getting the whole of the Blackfriars pub in Guildford groovin' (some on tables) to Trapped.<br />Used to go to Stringfellows and The Hippodrome (at the ripe old age of 15) on weekends in London. It was like an Athena poster!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500039944228934716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-33518301433768693772009-05-18T15:52:00.000+01:002009-05-18T15:52:00.000+01:00Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night?
And le...Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night?<br /><br />And let's not forget Change and the SOS Band. <br /><br />Who's coming down the Pink Toothbrush? I know that is/was your neck of the woods PM/ISBW.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-48066856660681506062009-05-18T15:37:00.000+01:002009-05-18T15:37:00.000+01:00ISB - Did you ever go to The Windmill at Hanningfi...ISB - Did you ever go to The Windmill at Hanningfield or the Fontaine Bleue cocktail bar in Billericay?<br /><br />Wall-to-wall jazz funkers in slip on shoes and stretch jeans, or permed girls looking like blonde versions of Angie from Eastenders..Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-83401512794284694742009-05-18T15:17:00.000+01:002009-05-18T15:17:00.000+01:00You've picked some fine choices there F-C, man...You've picked some fine choices there F-C, many of which are in the soul and funk section of my 80s repertoire on Saturday nights. Chuck in Prince, Gwen Guthrie, the Pointer Sisters, the Whispers, Luther Vandross, Club Nouveau, Joyce Sims, Mary Jane Girls, Oliver Cheatham, Odyssey, Bobby Brown, Stacy Lattisaw, Brothers Johnston, Yarbrough & Peoples, Teena Marie.... and any number more.<br /><br />Modern RnB is insipid, self-indulgent bollocks.Matthew Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842392964784000029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-57304781483799064962009-05-18T14:53:00.000+01:002009-05-18T14:53:00.000+01:00I'm from Mondo's neck of the woods so can vouch fo...I'm from Mondo's neck of the woods so can vouch for every word. I did occasionally creep into a few of 'those places' and secretly quite enjoyed some of the music ('Space Base' comes to mind), but it was very tribal and you didn't 'mix'.<br /><br /> I was once bundled out of a 'soul pub' near Romford by my boyfriend, because I had pink hair and he'd noticed I was about to be punched by someone with a wedge and a pair of Farahs. Happy days.Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-18769035924100701842009-05-18T14:28:00.000+01:002009-05-18T14:28:00.000+01:00That has nailed the early 80s experience FC - I wa...That has nailed the early 80s experience FC - I was a student at the time, and a regular at <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/haysifantayzeee/crocs.html" REL="nofollow">Crocs</A>, but had a friend who was a 'Soul Boy'. He would drag us round the chrome and mirrored clubs of Essex - the heartland of 'Jazz Funk' fans then.<br /><br />Epping Country Club, The Goldmine on Canvey, Raquels in Basildon. Zero 6 or TOTS in Southend to hear random crowd chants of "you what, you what - you what, you what, you what" or waiting for the drunken-stumble slowy at the end of an evening.<br /><br />Out and about George Benson, Freeze 'I.O.U' and Rockers Revenge 'Walking On Sunshine' would boom from every XR3 while the smell of Kouros For Men wafted out of the windows.<br /><br />Other delights were the mad 'shaved-sides-permed-on-top' look for blokes or geometric wedges although that was mainly for casuals..<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.divshare.com/download/4239818-3c4" REL="nofollow">Ronni Griffiths - Best Part of Breaking Up</A> was one of the few tunes popular at any style of clubMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859438.post-66087316226757531372009-05-18T11:49:00.000+01:002009-05-18T11:49:00.000+01:00I only ever went into nightclubs on the obligatory...I only ever went into nightclubs on the obligatory goth/indie student night (and even then, very seldom), so I had no concept of what they were like the rest of the time. I imagine a lot of martini glasses and shiny shoes, like one of those 80s airbrush paintings.<br /><br />My own favourite soul one-off of that era is "Ghetto Heaven" by The Family Stand.A Kitten in a Brandy Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193831795902156558noreply@blogger.com