Soul Train music was on the fringe of top 40, many times you'd hear the song here first. Same for the clothes you'd be wearing those clothes....a year later. I was never going to dance like that, so wouldn't even try. Loved the animated train opening. It was American Bandstand with attitude and vibe. The best.
I loved Soul Train but maybe being only a couple of years older than you it kind of already existed in my world before I actually saw it so it didn’t have that impact. But you touched on something again emanating from Lee Williams. That’s a longer story of course.
Soul Train music was on the fringe of top 40, many times you'd hear the song here first. Same for the clothes you'd be wearing those clothes....a year later. I was never going to dance like that, so wouldn't even try. Loved the animated train opening. It was American Bandstand with attitude and vibe. The best.
Almost 60 years ago, I got on board the Soul Train (not the show … I hadn’t seen it yet). I never got off.
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I loved Soul Train but maybe being only a couple of years older than you it kind of already existed in my world before I actually saw it so it didn’t have that impact. But you touched on something again emanating from Lee Williams. That’s a longer story of course.