I have always completely failed to see the entertainment, or even the point, of taking a specific sound and style of music, and orchestrating it.
For me, the entire point of Northern Soul - and I live less than two miles from the site of the Golden Torch - was the visceral excitement of the music, and the underground status, that bound enthusiasts together in a secret society.
To take that, water it down beyond parody, and then dress it up for a bunch of dinner-suited Prom fans who wouldn't know Gloria Jones if they passed her in the street, is a compete and utter waste of time.
OK, rant over.