When yardman just wanted to work during the week and bubble at weekends, the police called them 'trouble-makers'. 20 years later, their own children started copying 'soundman culture' but they called it ACID house...
Well said, especially white working class youths and young people, clothes, music and the females, bottox, , fuller lips, bigger butt's, hair extensions., funny in one way but disrespectful to black females, oh well at least the carribean culture is still influencing white society, I find that quite interesting....
Blues parties were awesome where man and woman used to meet. Back in the day when I was in my teens I remember going to a Fatman blues in Richmond road in Dalston with my school mate Denly Nyack what was funny is that we took the 30 bus to the blues from Fulham. We were both 14 year old school kids who were adventurous West London at the time had sounds like Count Steve and Jesus but we didn't like staying in our area we found it boring . Our next adventure was going to Brixton a total different atmosphere completely very tense and much more aggressive and that area seemed more forward in terms of the fashion and swagger. Then a sound from Battersea came to West London and blew everyone away the sound was called Sufferer sound who played in Ladbroke grove a club called Metro which was on every Friday night. It was packed every Friday night. Sufferer was a great sound and Sufferer used to play in awesome blues dances in and around Ladbroke grove and the surrounding areas like Kensal RIse and Paddington. Fast forward to the early 80s Frontline played in nuff blues in Brixton Railton road wicked blues parties but you had to be diligent. Then in the middle 80s a sound from Wandsworth came out which was a combination of school mates from South and West London called Diamond the girls best friend who played like a party sound in a blues dance. Those blues dances were legendary as the selector played a lot of high grade soul music and top reggae music . At the time I would say Diamonds blues dances in West London were so popular that people from other areas began to follow the sound in droves. Specifically the women there were no major incidents in those dances because the men were too busy trying to check the women and man and women were also busy scrubbing down in the dark rooms .
Check out Finborough Arms, Earls Court every last Friday of the month. Next one on 31st January 2020 with Cabbage Man and other djs playing the best of revival, lovers rock, soul etc.
Back then we smoke ganja bud weed herb not DOPE ❗️ you silly billy 😂 my era got the last of the shebeens, afters, blues to drink two two peach canie n bun two skliff 😀💯
I’m a white woman and married to a Jamaican man in the 80s. We visited Birmingham Blues all over. I loved it. We go to dance and dress up. The good old days.
My aunt and uncle always had blues parties in the 80s and they were always ram..everyone was happy just enjoying the music/dancing drinking smoking Having a good time..as a yute man I would sometimes sneak down in my Pjs until I got caught..good times 🔥👑
I was around 10 years old then and I really miss those times. I love watching these documentaries. There's a saying 'you don't know what you have until it's gone'.
THE BEST TIME IF MY LIFE. THAT'S WHEN A YOUTH WAS A YOUTH. YOU NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH MUCH RESTRICTIONS? THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE WERE MORE CARING. THAT'S WHEN MEM AND WOMEN COULD FIND EACH OTHER. MEET ABD GREET. I REALISED THE MODERN DAY YOUNG PEOPLE CANNOT DANCE TOGETHER. THE MUSIC WAS BASED ON GETTING TOGETHER. NIW THEY ARE SPENDING TIMES CUTTING AND STABBING. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE. ?
Similar for me. BUT one of the reasons was that if you were lucky enough to have a taxi driver stop to pick you up, as soon you mentioned your destination - such as Brixton in Sth London - they'd drive away.
Thank you for uploading and sharing a rich slice of Londons black social history and Club culture, this contains some rare and unique interviews and footage. It's easy for others here to be critical of this film, as they have the luxury of viewing it through the eyes of someone living in 2021, but I'm sure this fine journalist documentary had good intentions when it was made back in 1980. Will this documenaty satisfy everyone? No! Is it a perfect piece journalism? No! But in my opinion we should value the fact that this rare documentary was even made back then and that it still survives all these years later.
The narrator/reporter sounds like a "bootlicker." I'm not liking his tone at all. So very negative in every aspect, almost as if he scorns our culture and the concept of blues dances.
Yes cuz! Plus he is unaware that there were Black clubs in the West End from the 1920s onwards. Still useful archive footage but my man had identity issues clearly.
@@africangodman6145 best years of my life going in a cellar from 12AM until 7AM. I enjoyed it so much that the owner used to ask me if I didn't, have a home to go to. It used to make my blood boil when the police raided and took the drinks, but more importantly stopped the music and made everybody leave. They were better than any night clubs my friends had told me about. Some stayed open for years if the owner paid the police to leave then alone.
Those blues party, was were African Carribbean youths were, able to go and socialize, make new friends, and reconnect with their culture. Unfortunately the police would target, many, of the young black men, after closing, beat them up and arrest them on trumped up charges. Sad to say, but that was the reality.
@@babytt8487 foolish....how we get to the Caribbean? On a ship filled with enslaved Afrikans transported to the Americas... listen Peter Tosh... if you are black you are Afrikan... learn your history... racial pride... I am black... therefore I am Afrikan... Marcus Garvey.. "A people without knowledge of their past is like a tree without roots" stop the ignorance... if u are black... if from Ja... St Lucia... Barbados... Grenada.... Antigua....parents black... grandparents black... you are Afrikan.... I traced my ancestors to Ghana... proud Afrikan....
Man, this reporter in black skin is the most annoying person I have heard in a longtime. He uses the language that his paymasters want him to use without a single thought towards its impact
I remember bk in the 80's/90's going to lime grove blues in Birmingham, ley hill blues but my favorite was George St in handsworth getting a peach cani at bar n rubbing off the wallpaper with some guy lol smoking resin mmm I loved that stuff, I used to stand by the speakers half the time u didn't have to dance the speakers would move u, come out there 7 in morn go the dumpling shop over the road and go home get some sleep and do it all again, best days of my life.
Awesome video. I was born the late end of the 70’s. And remember these blues at my cousins. I also remember my cousins trying to steal Cani & baby chams at all the family blueses. This is a great documentary but also sad. As yet again, everywhere plays out music but yet we don’t have our own ones.
Thanks. I jus think its central middlesbrough near ironopolise club. i actualy think the stabbing of lee duffy got the place shut down but dont quote me on that but the rastas where allways well behaved i went late eighties early nineties i think the building is still up with sign "Afro Caribbean centre" but yeah good times at them blues parties. it was allways simple isolated things what got them shut down. Decent channel by the way Safron Safron. Thanks
I used to go to Blues Clubs in Hackney 84 and the Jah Shaka gig in Leyton/Leytonstone and as a white northerner, my mates and I never saw or had any trouble, totally blew me away 😁💙🎸🎶🥁🎹🎛️🎤
Best years in hackney not now to much stabing from black drug idiots,and when I say this it's not racist because the young boys now are being used and are vulnerable..all so Pakistanis suppose to be peaceful but are selling heroin in London too no respect for the country they live in ....them days only Jamaica weed.
Paul Whiteman the old front line was on Amhurst Rd with Sandringham Rd Hackney by the shops, £10.00 of Lambs Bread or Sensi and like I said I never saw any trouble, lived down on Kingsmead Estate had a few squats one with equipment in so we could play music, a reggae band called The Elevators used to jam there, great days man 😁💙
@@theblurredcrusade.2557 went there many times....then they started selling rocks in the Caribbean food shop ...but yes no trouble them times I lived in hoxton...my best days ...I even saw Dennis brown at the studio out side...rip mr brown.in dalston
Oh those were the real times , the real way of community one year after this was the 1981 new cross fire in which 13 dead nothing said , communities changed after that oh how I long for those days again .😍💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💥💥❤️
thankyou for this footage, many a sunday ngt @ the Q club, but alway's went to a blues after, they were still rocking, Columbo's was a nice club too, but again there was alway' blues party to follow on, oh how i would love to go back for just for little hours ♥♡★★★★★
anthony russell i see you have this is lovers rock in your playlist, i own one on the 12" b side is grt too :-) so, please feel free to be nosy too, & check out my lovers rock playlist, i only went four aces once, & i remember the song that my late man & i danced to, Nina Simone, my baby just cares for me :-)
Excellent footage back in the day. Phebes, Four Aces, Columbos,Chicken etc enjoyed every minute. Good memories❤ Shame about the commentator though!! Bless up💚💛❤
NUFF BLUES WE KEEP AND ATTEND REGULAR TING AND NUFF PROBLEM WID POLICE BUT HAS DEM SEY EVERY MAN HAVE A PRICE PLENTY BLUES DANCE COULD'NT KEEP IF YOU NEVER WORK WID DI AUTHORITIES YEA MAN WHOLE HEAP AH RECORD GET BUST AND NUFF SOUND MANIFEST OUT A DEM DANCE GOOD OLE DAYS RASPECT
This brings back so many childhood memories, Church rd NW10! Knock knock, hello darling is your mummy or daddy in, me...no... what it tis is we is having a party and they are invited ok darling, I as a child attended and seeing the speaker boxes loaded with 12 inch speakers and not failing to hear the music, the bass line...the people were really nice and the rasta sound man showed me around his decks and equipment and from there I created my own sound system but with less speakers and reggae music was imprinted into my DNA. 55yrs old and still have a sound system and deck to play my old school tunes :)
I used to go to Blues in North London, even though I am white I was never unwelcome. Usually in kitchen 2 enormous pots on cooker, one with rice and the other with goat curry, paper plates and plastic cutlery, although there was a small charge for cans of (mostly) red stripe beer, the delicious food was complimentary, and it WAS delicious. Of course there was always the aroma of weed/cannabis, it is part of Jamaican culture. I smoked dope long before I was old enough to be permitted in a blues. Smoking weed and enjoying the party atmosphere, all ages and lots of dancing to great Jamaican records everyone was happy, never saw any fighting, not even arguments. What is wrong with that, a time before blacks got involved with freebase coke, crack, ruined everything.
Such a negative narrative... nothing good in it... not surprised... my exp of blues was everything positive..Thurs...Fri...Sat night was almost a permanent fixture in my diary... from blues to the 2nd round of black clubs...i remember winding down the window to listen for the bass line and finding a blues any Sat night...was always full of good vibz and my presence was for the great reggae music....most of my great nights were in London SW and East...and later clubs in N London or East... those days were the best days... precious memories...
5:16 'From coast to coast, the sound of now' comes from Tommy & The Upsetters - 'Lock Jaw' (1969) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TeXakJbGQuA.html Info about Count Suckle: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10886974/Count-Suckle-obituary.html www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/04/count-suckle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Suckle
I'm so glad I had the experience of blues parties like soul 2 soul, Manhattan, Gemi Magic and of course the one and only Funky Jamaican Express, big up Jarrets, M. Nash, and all the Broad water Farm Massives...
@@tunein8700 yeah, a lot of them I'm sure was in Finsbury park, but they also mainly done warehouse gigs like the C.U.T, Camden United Theatre... What's your memory...
@@tomtom-yj8yq yes i was at most of them, before the warehouse gigs they done nuff blues dances (they called them Soul Party's at that time, although they also played reggae) Finsbury Park in Perth road the two floor blues party, i remember 1 blues in a Hackney estate where a disgruntled neighbour was stopped from setting a fire at the front door, it could have been disastrous cause all windows of the flat were boarded up. Warehouse gigs: Kings Cross in the arches on St Pancras Way, Red Church St - Old street, you mentioned the C.U.T, under the flyover in west london and off course the African Centre (of the World) Just a few memories
Yes sir brings back memories dancing to reggae reggae nice man eating my sugar cane in the corner drinking my redstripe yes having a spliff me remember that bring back memories
I was a student at Leicester university in the 70's which the presenter also attended. His views and attitude does not reflect mine. Where is he and what is he doing now?
I went to Aba Shanti in the Scala last week..it was boring..no vibes and they just played heavy dub that none of us recognised..times have changed and God has left the building.
Those were the days...didn't go out till gone midnight get home lunch time 😁 eat sleep and repeat 🤣🤣London was the best back then...shame its a shit hole now....with all those empty properties you'd think the council had more important things to worry about...like fixing up those run down empty houses....stokenewington was the best St Marks rise Sandringham road ✌️
We used to have blues bars in Sheffield we used to go to after raves in the early 90s police clamped down on these places because of the criminal justice act used to love them places better then raves at times
Chicken in Hackney was something else,blues got nice from 10 am to 12am,then football in park in the late afternoon.Clubs Aces ,Noyrick,Phebies,were nice no bombo.
Thanks you so much for the video and the memories. We’ve been trying hard to find venues in West London where we can play our music. Blues and clubs have been shut down. At last 31st January 2020 and then every last Friday of the month Finborough Arms, Earls Court, SW10 9ED Dj Cabbage, JB Crew, 24ct Golden touch and different djs every month playing Reggae, Lovers Rock, Revival, Rock Steady and Soul. Good vibes. Small clip of previous dance on instagram Jerktoyourdoorltd. Longer clip in the week.
Iam 66 now back in my day blues was the only place to hear good music. I lived and brought up in high fields leicester. When used to go blues I was one of few white guys that was allowed to go in. All school child hood was highfields. Iroy, uroy, big youth, what a memory good old days.😊
When I was in college back in 1987 the virgin island students had parties like this in the rental houses off the campus of Barber Scotia College in Concord, NC. The virgin island students really know how to party 🎉
Back in a Day Wolverhampton, Front line Birmingham Sheffield, Bristol Manchester, our firm would travel far and wide to rave at shebeens. And yes we smoked weed, and drank excessively. Look out for my upcoming manuscript, "Back in the day" which covers this period? 👍🏿
IT WAS GENERALLY ONE OF THE WORST PIECES OF JOURNALISM AND NARRATION THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME...... VERY ONE SIDED DOCUMENTARY!! PAINTING YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE OF THE TIME AS NOTHING MORE THAN CRIMINALS!!
Yeah just noticed, everytime i distract from the comment section i catch him geting into, or getting out of " they were breaking the law etc etc" ... smh..
When I was an indie kid, I used to go to the after parties that the fanzine I wrote for put on. They were amazing times, as my publisher put on the really good punk , indie, garage and Death rock from midnight until about 4am. Klaxons even had their second gig at one of these, which I was a witness too. There were parallels between this and the blues parties, especially when they were on a DIY basis and held in a house. Different crowd, but the same effect.
Why is it important to capitalize? Everyone that shared their life to create the movement got so much more from this than money. They touched infinity and danced with god. We dont need money, we need God and Love bro.
@88_hon_hon_hon_ 88 So true. In an ideal world & yes there are those of us who persevere. That does not mean that both the historical & present global systemic demonisation, abuse & appropriation of people of colour should be ignored to focus on the utopia you dream of. ✌🏽
@@Sensiking19 Its not an ideal world or utopia. Its called the Kingdom of God, its real and its right now, for those that chose to see they are blessed. You cant enter the Kingdom of God with hate in your heart or chips on your shoulder. So you choose Brother - Gods Kingdom of Love or Babylons a system of hate.
Good times, the only ting mi nuh miss is the big sheckle you had to pay for one dry dumplin ,lickle, lickle rice, and bony piece ah chicken, or a tiny portion of curry goat and rice!! 🤣, sweet memories still.😎
