Al Wilson - The Snake Reaction

In this video we're checking out Al Wilson. We're just starting to get into Northern Soul, and we're really excited to here this one. Enjoy!
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[@moogdome2562]

An all-time classic. Such clever lyrics. Thanks for sharing. This was a huge hit over here in UK.

[@JFinSD2]

The song is most definitely a metaphor. Basically...be careful about being tricked by a low down dude ( a snake( bc he is is going to do you wrong (bite you,)

[@glastonbury4304]

Long live Northern Soul....

[@shaunsmith2914]

It is a metaphor. He's a user , probs taken her heart, money and home. But she knew he was a snake !

[@Malfie657]

Thanks for featuring Northern Soul again, and this is a classic - please continue with more because there aren't many other reactors who feature it - an odd track but more often its the danceability which makes a track fit Northern Soul than what the song is about. Some more I'd recommend are "Needle in a Haystack" by the Velvelettes, "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" by Frank Wilson, "Ghost in My House" by R Dean Taylor, "Long After Tonight is Over" by Jimmy Radcliffe and "Better Use Your Head" by Little Anthony and the Imperials.

[@petermizon4344]

ALSO A GOOD FUN REGGAE ONE IS SPECIAL BREW, AND THE CAN CAN

[@salfordsteve22305]

Another Northern Soul track you should listen to is 'Turning My Heartbeat Up' by The MVPs This more than many tracks truly evokes that feeling of euphoria and belonging many of us old Soulies found when first discovering this music scene.

[@timothyallen4267]

You have to check out his song Show and Tell it's my favorite of his. I've heard the snake before but it's been many years ago. Thanks for reacting to this, great stuff 👍

[@neilmurray7330]

What by Judy Street later covered by Soft Cell in the 80’s
Also Seven Days Are Too Long by Chuck Wood which was covered by Dexy’s

[@colrhodes377]

There's still quite an underground following of Northern Soul in its heartland of Wigan. It's only an hours drive from me.

[@kevinjackson6387]

Not just Wigan all over the country

[@TheSissie]

I didn’t know the song yet, love it. The song is from 1969 !

[@btj-oo8xc]

You have to react to Wigan Casino's '3 before 8' played at the end of the all-nighters between 1973 and 1981: "Time Will Pass You By" by Tobi Legend, "Long After Tonight Is All Over" by Jimmy Radcliffe, and "I'm on My Way" by Dean Parrish.. Wigan Council wanted the land on which the Casino was built and it mysteriously burned down a short while after closure

[@bonniebaltz5717]

Ahhh classic tale of a woman that thinks if shes good to this man he wont "bite".But she finds out,as all "tender hearted women" do that the snake has an ulterior motive and hes going to "bite".👿

[@colrhodes377]

Okay, Love man by Whitesnake would fit hand in glove with this

[@perryyoung1712]

The point to the song is . Beware of the people you might think are helpless ! It might come back to bite you? Or the person you vote for?

[@a760541]

Morning C&C
A song definitely with a moral..
Pity you didn't take the original by Oscar Brown Junior
In the same ilk - Try his version of "a ladies man"
Heard the original on radio in 1981 (although its way older) took about 5 yrs to track ot down...
Pre internet days...

[@philiptodd6255]

Check out show and tell and touch and go two classic Al Wilson tunes it’s nice to have a reaction to northern soul a genre I’ve been into since the early 70 s

[@ylt123]

Yup you would enjoy the Northern Soul tunes, lots of classics 👌

[@soulgalorememories9921]

Definitely- a metaphor…..hugely popular in the Northern Soul scene of years gone by…..less so these because I guess it became too popular. Good tune though

[@kevcall]

Really great stuff, takes me back so many years. More NS please 🙂 I've always considered it a metaphor 😊
My Heart's Symphony by Garry Lewis and the Playboys is a personal favourite of mine, but tbh there's so much Northern soul that is worth reacting to..

[@kevinjackson6387]

Love northern have since I was 14 ,managed to get into Wigan when I was 15 lol,but this song ,I hated it ,still do lol,

[@petermizon4344]

THANKS FOR PLAYING MY REQUEST, NORTHERN SOUL CAUGHT ON IN QUITE A FEW PLACES AND CANADA HAS THEIRS WITH 2 BRILLIANT RECORDS BY BOB BRADY AND THE CONCORDS , EVERYONES GONE TO THE LOVE IN , AND MORE MORE OF YOUR LOVE , LOOK UP WIGAN CASINO AND WATCH THEM DANCING , CHEERS 🥂