By Marke B.
I just came upon this 2k7 vid of the best-club-ever-after-Paradise-Garage Body and Soul tour in Tokyo. And I don’t know if it’s the beauty of DJ Joe Clausell’s knob-tweaking, the pain of the recent Depression, the gay-soul-gorgeousness of Dan Hartman and Loleatta Holloway’s barnstormer duet, or the sight of hundreds of off-their-nut Japanese boppers singing “Relight My Fire” — but I’m bursting into tears.
Body & Soul Live in Tokyo Open Air 2007
Those kids are so amped up that by the time of the breakdown (“I’m strong enough to walk on through the night”) they can’t shout any louder. Srsly, it’s time for a house comeback. There’s already a couple of underground roving house revivals going down in NYC, and Body & Soul itself will rock Webster Hall there this Sunday. Let’s pick it up SF!
We could do worse that pack Vessel on Thursday night for a very rare appearance by way-more-than-legendary Body & Soulmate Francois K.