Head Space Daily Words...

I've just watched the Northern Soul documentary on the BBC's Culture Show. I feel quite emotional, because it speaks to me about what music means and makes me remember why I have a love of both Northern Soul and many other types of music besides. Northern Soul to me is to lose yourself. It is passion, belonging, escapism, to be uplifted, to forget, to dance, to share in something that is not mainstream, that feels special to you. One three minute hit after another. I can put a record on my turntable and be instantly transported away from my day to day, of jumping through never ending hoops, to being in a place that feels good and is mine. No one else can interfere or pass judgement. It is me, a tune and my bad dancing, which feels marvellous...