Rubber Soul started with a bang in the mid Eighties with the first few weeks being completely packed out. Then it kind of tapered off. Other clubs like Shout on Mondays were opening up and stealing our thunder. For a while we even played a few modern tunes until we realised we had to stick to the original vision. We used to get together at my flat and discuss what we needed to do. And then we came up with the Theme night. Our first was The Doors which packed in 800 in a club that held maybe 150. After that it didn't let up until the end of the Decade. we were the sixties club.
Ironically the song that sums up the club for me is Rocks Off by The Rolling Stones. Which is 1972. But we also decided the sixties didn't ft neatly. It went from The Beatles to Exile.
Maybe it's the image of Ronny putting the needle on the groove and then running onto the dancefloor. Or how we'd end the night early by todays standards 1pm and then stay out the whole night feeding on the buzz of spinning discs at a packed club. Onto the Club or The Lounge. Or just those lyrics.
| The sunshine bores the daylights out of me. |
| Chasing shadows moonlight mystery. |
| splattered on the dusty road, |
| kick me like you've kicked before, |
| I can't even feel the pain no more. |
| But I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming, |
| I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping. |
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