DROP 5

It's about time for a drop of soul, don't you think? There may be those of you who doubt that soul has very much to do with the very middle-class and very white genre (if you will) of indiepop, or simply independent pop music. You couldn't be more wrong. The influence of the 60's weighed heavy on the shoulders on all your early indie bands. From the TVP's (who were esentially a psych-pop band) and everything released on Dan Treacy's label Whaam!/Dreamworld, to Orange Juice (mixing The Byrds with stomping soul), to the whole early Creation era (named after one of the greatest british acts of the 60's) and associated bands like Hurrah! who were kind of the The Action of the 80's. The whole formation of what we call 'indiepop' happened very much in tandem with the 60's revival (labelled the Paisley Underground in the States) and several bands landed somewhere in-between, like The Times, The Groove Farm or 14 Iced Bears. End of rant. What it comes down to is that it's the same sort of feeling you get from holding a copy of The Clouds' "Tranquil" 45, as from holding a copy of The Brogues "I Ain't No Miracle Worker", as from holding the fine northern soul 45 from which this tune comes. You can't feel any better about yourself than while listening songs like that. This one was released in 1966 and if you're not in a space where people might look at you curiously, try sliding your feet to this blistering tempo!

DROP 5
The Orlons - Spinning Top