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Mike Pickering came to Anthony Wilson and suggested that Factory should start a dance label ClubFactory or FactoryDance i think,in 1988. Wilson said its not a good idea and went with Factory Classical instead. This was some 6 years after the Hacienda opened. Pickering went away with his idea-and the record that would of been the first release (Black Box-Ride on Time),and had a hand in DeConstruction Records. Black Box went No.1 for 8 weeks and Factory went bust. Oh and house music has been the biggest sucess in music ever since. Wilson also turned Oasis & The Smiths down.

But AHW has never been a candidate for businessman of the year, has he...!?!!

Chris :)

Wilson's made a career out of making mistakes with his businesses. Let's be thankful that he got a few things right in the early days.

its said he was opposed to the hacienda early on.

Originally posted by Clockwork C its said he was opposed to the hacienda early on.

Pity he got swayed then. That was the biggest disaster to my mind, they should have sold up rather than soldier on when it was going tits up.

What? did you ever go? One night in there would convince you otherwise,ok it got shit around 94/95-too many guns & gangsters,but 1990 was class. First time i ever saw Sasha was in the Hac,his reputation was sealed forever with that Whitney Houston acapella.

If thud thud thud is your bag, then yes it was ok. It isn't mine.

Originally posted by Detweiler If thud thud thud is your bag, then yes it was ok. It isn't mine.

to label all dance music "thud thud thud" is missing the point. unlike most, its true greatness is in the atmosphere in a pill centric club. you could say eric clapton is all "twang twang twang".

beats listening to a technically proficient guitar band around a load of beer swallowing "punters" any day.

To you maybe.

you should try it out. wont look back.

Originally posted by steve52 What? did you ever go? One night in there would convince you otherwise,ok it got shit around 94/95-too many guns & gangsters,but 1990 was class. First time i ever saw Sasha was in the Hac,his reputation was sealed forever with that Whitney Houston acapella.

got to agree with you there stevey boy went many times in 89,there aint been any better club SINCE,you can have your gatecrashers and ministry of sounds,this was the original and best,just a shame that things got as bad as they did! yes we can get all nostalgic about past times but people seem yo forget that the hac was the original rave if you want. there will never be another club which will touch the hacienda,i have been to many of the so called superclubs at home and abroad and they dont hold a candle to the hac!

regards p.s my clubbing days are coming to an end!

i think you are a pig you should be in a zoo

Originally posted by Clockwork C you should try it out. wont look back.

Have tried it for the last 20 years, it's not for me. Been to the Hacienda enough times to know what I like and don't.

Originally posted by Spotnick And I clearly remember M People having 3 hit singles... "Moving On Up", "One Night In Heaven" and one other over here...

And I remember having to play one night in heaven, every night all summer long, in The Shamrock Disco Gumbet ;Turkey, heavenly it was'nt

Is thud,thud,thud and twang,twang,twang how you get Moby ? Ooooooh lawdy

Originally posted by Garymac Is thud,thud,thud and twang,twang,twang how you get Moby ?Ooooooh lawdy

The Darkness surely Gary.

Originally posted by Al Jarvis > Originally posted by Detweiler> If thud thud thud is your bag, then yes it was ok. It isn't mine.

That's like saying Blue Monday is just 'thud thud thud' then, surely? As it is, first & foremost, a dance track.

Actually, Blue Monday is 'thud thud thud', isn't it? Thud thud thud thud thud-thud-thud-thud thud thud thud thud, etc.

It is indeed thud thud thud. Thuds may like us, but me no like thuds !

Thud definition time. At the thud time of asking. I do like some dance music, but the rave/acieed/house scene that the Hacienda was during the late 80s and early 90s was not for me. I think part of my dislike of certain musical genres comes from MTV/NME hijacking of terms/labels etc.

Hardcore = 100mph noisy punk guitar NOT 160bpm thud "dance" Garage = see "low-fi" cheap indie guitar sound NOT plastic soul music R 'n' B - Dr.Feelgood greasy pub rock NOT plastic MTV contrived soul

Hippy John ( not entirely his real name ) was mightily pissed off when he attended an R 'n' B night in M/CR, thankfully it was'nt at the BOTW, that may have killed the poor old soul. Anyway we had to explain it to him very gently. He wont be goin again He isn't aware of the hi-jacking of the Garage label Bless

Originally posted by Clockwork C its said he was opposed to the hacienda early on.

I thought everybody was against it at the beginning except Gretton. Hooky want to buy a Fairlight. Hooky was right.

Thu-thud-thud-thud...mode-mode-mode-mode-sucks-sucks-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud,lame-lamelamelamelame-lame...thud-thud-thud-thud... and it goes on

Didn't Tony Wilson come approach certain people about selling music and songs online a few years ago before the internet became mainstream and his idea was turned down by arrogant execs?

That idea would have made him some money if he wasn't told to "faulk off".

Or so I've heard...

Originally posted by Clockwork C > Originally posted by Detweiler> If thud thud thud is your bag, then yes it was ok. It isn't mine.

to label all dance music "thud thud thud" is missing the point. unlike most, its true greatness is in the atmosphere in a pill centric club. you could say eric clapton is all "twang twang twang".

beats listening to a technically proficient guitar band around a load of beer swallowing "punters" any day.

Spot On! Nothing will ever top the emotion and experience inside Club UK in early 94 listening to Billy Nasty, Justin Robertson, Fabio Paras, Laurent Garnier and some kids called the Dust Brothers amongst hundreds of E-cstatic people. The sense of community, hope and overwhelming emotion matched with out-of-this-world progressive house/techno is still my single most powerful moment in a club or concert. Fuck guitars and the hippy bastards that still think something creative can be done that hasn't already been done before with the dick stick (as i like to call them).

Originally posted by Spotnick And I clearly remember M People having 3 hit singles... "Moving On Up", "One Night In Heaven" and one other over here...

How Can I Love You More?...i've got the 12" with the Sasha mixes.

Originally posted by One Brain > Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63> Wilson's made a career out of making mistakes with his businesses. Let's be thankful that he got a few things right in the early days.

Wilson is still dreaming about having a third major band after New Order and the Happy Mondays. The man lost his touch, I don't think he'll succeed. He doesn't have a fookin' chance. The Happy Mondays were a major band?

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope > Originally posted by One Brain> > > > Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63> > Wilson's made a career out of making mistakes with his businesses. Let's be thankful that he got a few things right in the early days.>

Wilson is still dreaming about having a third major band after New Order and the Happy Mondays. The man lost his touch, I don't think he'll succeed. He doesn't have a fookin' chance. The Happy Mondays were a major band?

America isn't the only market.

Originally posted by Andy > Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope> > > > Originally posted by One Brain> > > > > > > Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63> > > Wilson's made a career out of making mistakes with his businesses. Let's be thankful that he got a few things right in the early days.> > >

Wilson is still dreaming about having a third major band after New Order and the Happy Mondays. The man lost his touch, I don't think he'll succeed. He doesn't have a fookin' chance. The Happy Mondays were a major band?

America isn't the only market. well the only one that matters obviously ;)

I blame the Mondays for unleashing the horrors of Perfecto, aka Paul Oakenfold, unto the unsuspecting masses of this world.