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Ok guys (and Renee)

What is the most stupid request you have ever had when DJing?

Apart from the usuall. "can you play something i can dance to"

Daz
 
Mensajes Wed 08 Jul 09 @ 5:39 pm
"Dude, can I get you to play Willie Nelson" This was at the Warehouse on Chicago's south side @ 20 years ago. The cat was dead serious.....One of house music's birth places...and this yutz wants country...go figure...
 
On more than one occasion I've had someone come up to me (always a girl) and ask me to play a song, and I point at the speaker because the song has been playing for the last 2 minutes.
 
+1000! or can you play (reggae) and your rocking some sean paul or some shit. that kills me EVERY time.
 
Oh shit another topic already covered on the forum!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes its true

But......That was a time ago and we know the search engine is like a maze and we also recognise and welcome new members. Sorry guys I am gonna dip out on this one.

However, did I ever tell you .......................

Seriously, Last Friday I did a 80s gig consisting of 20 to 40 year olds. Amongst the crowd was a guy who is 79 he came up to me and requested Native Newyorker he told me it was from 1983, please don't quote me as I haven't checked. When I played it I was astounded to see this guy dance with such energy as normally he is treated to be very feeble and helped across the road.

My belief is in the power of music and entertainment whether it be by Song, Disco, Karaoke and even introducing new formats to entertain like the Nintendo Wii . I work with the elderly, wheel chair bound, blind, able bodied. I turn venues around when they are sinking whether it be Clubs or Pubs. I learnt the hard way from kitchen sink cleaner to wiping the arsing of old follk to working in a mortuary and realised one thing through out ! you care they care. I have never advertised since the last recession but here we are again and business as never been better. A word of advice don't put your eggs in one basket with one company whom you feel you have to be loyal to Why? they will take you for all your worth, a lesson I learnt in this business.

What was the original question ?

No I don't have a Stupid request Lol

This is one of the greatest businesses to be in as part of the entertainments world but it also can be the loneliest. To be a member of this site as some what saved my sanity after a gig.

On that I will close

Chris
 
I had a guy request Karma Chameleon once, lol. and I have had several times when they request what is playing (gotta love short attention spans, lol). I am sure there are more that I am not thinking of at the moment.









Michael
 
What about the guys who ask you to play one more song? I do a regular slot every fortnight in a small boozer in town...and the SAME GIRL asks for the SAME f*cking SONG every time after i've finsihed my set. And to top it all off it's Mariah Carey's Hero. Nothing wrong with the song...just not really an 'end of night-er'. You know...not the high note finish to send them home with!

Get the picture love...bar's closed!!!

(",)

P
 
Last nigth a girl came with this question with a serious looking face and told me... Could you play Hip-Hop we can acctually dance ? you mother/&%$)= .... I was Playing Flo-Rida song LoW ... So WTF ?

P.D.

She was a Blond of course !
 
i like it when they do no tknow the name of the song and they stand their- buzzed and singing a hook to a song i have no clue about.
 
I love it when they cant remember the song title or artist and expect you to read there minds.
My current fave was a girl who spent half the night trying to remember a Bob Marley song. She was asking her mates and texting everyone she could think of. Finaly she came up 15 mins before I was due to stop. All pleased with herself she said "I remember, it was Red Red Wine".

Daz
 
Karaoke request for Rodney Carrington - Letter to my Penis. Actually Sang it to.
 
I cant recall the exact history of this list but believe it came about in the seventies - a timeless collection which still holds true today...


DJ RULES – Things NOT To Say…

1. PLAY SOMETHING GOOD...SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO !
The DJ has to play for more than one person...so what you hate may be another's favorite song and EVERYTHING played here can be danced to one way or another.

2. WOULD YOU PLAY SOMETHING WITH A "BEAT" !
BE SERIOUS! We know of NO songs played in a club that don't have some sort of BEAT!

3. I DON'T KNOW WHO SINGS IT AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG, BUT IT GOES LIKE THIS....
PLEASE don't sing for the DJ. They have to put up with dangerous decibel levels all night long...Do them a favor and DON'T give them a karaoke rendition of your favorite song.

4. EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT !
Oh, sure... you polled everyone in the club and, as their spokesperson, you're requesting the song.

5. EVERYBODY WILL DANCE IF YOU PLAY IT !
The DJ won't. I guess that blows a hole in that theory!

6. I CAN GET LAID IF YOU PLAY IT !
Why settle for one night? Buy the album and get laid for a whole month!

7. I WANT TO HEAR IT NEXT !
The ONLY people who can get away with that statement write the DJ's paycheck!

8. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ?
It's a lot easier for you to go have another beer and figure out what you want to hear than it is for the DJ to recite the name of every record in the booth!

9. HEY, MAN, NOBODY CAN DANCE TO THIS !
It's NOT advisable to say this when the dance floor is packed (but some people do anyway) ! HOWEVER, even if there is only ONE person on the floor, it STILL contradicts the statement!

10. PLAY IT SOON, BECAUSE WE'RE LEAVING !
If your gonna leave after he plays it, why shouldn't he wait till the very last song so you stay all night!
 
 
I was doing a catholic school dance back in the early 90's and one of the nun's came up and asked for "Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa". My jaw dropped, turned out she was the sex ed teacher. Played it anyway...packed the dance floor.
 
Dazmax wrote :
I love it when they cant remember the song title or artist and expect you to read there minds.
My current fave was a girl who spent half the night trying to remember a Bob Marley song. She was asking her mates and texting everyone she could think of. Finaly she came up 15 mins before I was due to stop. All pleased with herself she said "I remember, it was Red Red Wine".

Daz


Oh my god! That story takes the cake. Someone should have slapped her.
 
Dazmax wrote :
Ok guys (and Renee)

Thanks Dax, I have noticed 99% of all the posts begin with "Hey Guy's".....gender bias is rampant here in the forum. :^)

I can't tell you the name of the most stupid song requested because the guy didn't know the name but he had a plan. He brought me a "burned copy" of a CD with no label on it and asked me to play track #4. I told him the first problem is I don't play "DJ Russian Roulette" and must hear a song before I play it. The second problem was I don't have a CD player, 8-track player, or a Slinky, sold it all on E-Bay. (Yes I could have played it through VDJ but he didn't need to know that)

He asked me if I could get someone to "watch my system" while we go outside to his car and listen to it on his car CD player. (Sure I will, when pigs fly) I told him I had a better plan. I suggested he GO HOME and put the CD in his home stereo and then call me on my cell phone and I would listen to the song via phone. He loved that idea and took the number and went home.

I gave him the number to our local POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'm sure the desk sergeant was amused with the 2:00 AM music trivia challenge.
 
Just had a guy request a song by "Gene Autry".
Then he proceeded to tell me how he was the best singer he heard.
OK!!
 
this post is great.lol. some people are just too retarded for their own good......i love hearing about stupid people, it makes me realise im not so dumb afterall.lol.

being quite new to the scene and not doing sets in a club the lamest request ive ever had was probably a request for a TAKE THAT song when i was most obviously cranking out happy hardcore....go figure??????
 
 
i had a guy give me a list with about 10 songs on a napkin,and asked me if i could please play them in order.
then he gave me a dollar :D
 
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