‘People That’s Why’ by
the Idle Few is a perennial Northern Soul favourite, ideal for filling dancefloors
and for home listening. It is a song all about universal fellowship, helping
those less well-off, materially or spiritually. It remains gloriously uplifting,
spirit revivifying. It is a burst of blue-eyed soul, thrilling and arresting right
from the opening attack of drums, the heraldic fanfare of brass, and is at
times a veritable cavalry charge of a track and at others a beautiful piece of sincere
testimony.
