what makes this music so wonderful, is, and i quote from that paper i added - "dancing was a spiritual connection with the music, not trying to establish a relationship with a woman:
It can be a personal experience that’s just between you and the music and it has nothing to do with anybody else. And I think that [being told] “I’m sorry, but I can’t speak to you because I’ve got to go and dance”—is because it’s the personal thing. I want to dance. And I want to dance to the sound of that music. And that music has got me dancing and I just want to be alone with that music, with that record, with that dance. And I don’t want to share it with anybody else. I want to share my dance with the music….There’s just such a strong bond, there’s such a strong feeling, there’s such intensity” - now, if only my ex would be able to understand this....

http://flatsoulspreading.blogspot.com/2008/06/northern-soul.html