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Following on from several links board threads regarding 'Celebrity DJs' and my general 'Meh' or 'WTF'ness about them - could someone please explain to me the talent that these people have? As far as I can see they have a certain sense of rhythm and... well that's about it. They play other peole's music in a different order and mix like-keyed and time-signatured stuff together. If anyone can explain this phenomenon to me I'd appreciate it.
Alt: I dunno - plans for your evening meal?
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Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:43,
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latest was 12 years ago)
Some of them manage to turn a poor song to a half decent one, David Guetta's take on 'Sweat' by Snoop Dogg was rather good
Aside from that, they're mostly a waste of time.
Alt: None for tonight, just going to see what's in the freezer. Making a BBQ pork sauce of some sort tomorrow night, not sure yet though.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:46,
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CARL COX IS IN DA HOUSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:48,
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HE CAN PLAY ON TEN DECKS!!!!!!
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:54,
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i learned a levitating card trick at the weekend
was dead pleased with myself
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Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:03,
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It really depends
98% of DJ's are Shitehawks but a good one can moderate the feeling within a club. You could relate how a good conductor can change the way an Orchestra plays.
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Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:50,
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There's a number of DJ's who play a number of different styles on a variety of different mediums to create a whole new experience
You seem to be likening it to changing the playing order on 'Now that's what I call music 16' which is a spastic thing to do
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:52,
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'Celebrity DJs' are gash.
Even the otherwise-entertaining Howard Marks is a fucking sham. Someone else mixes his records whilst he stands there.
Anyone who’s had to endure a shite DJ will tell you that there’s an art to DJing which is not such an easy skill to master. Not even considering technical DJing (or ‘turntablism’)* which can be terrifying in its complexity and easily as skilful as playing a ‘proper instrument’ (it’s like being able to play guitar left and right handed – alternately, switching between them constantly, only a great deal more sensitively than you need to play a guitar), even the ability to select a progression of records throughout a set that works well, is harder than it seems. This must be true as so few people are any good at it. Having witnessed Andrew Weatherall play six-hour sets working through several genres without any noticeable join, I can tell you that when it is done well it can be awe-inspiring.
Hope this helps
*PS to really appreciate how difficult that shit is, you need to have tried it. People like Mixmaster Mike or QBert have a dexterity and musical intuition that is properly jaw-dropping.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:53,
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Why did I bother to compose this detailed reply?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:18,
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Because you care.
I thought you did a good job at your birthday bash BTW. sadly for you I am in a minority.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:19,
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Hahaha ah well. Thanks
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:27,
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I concur
it's not like you're not aware of where you're posting it.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:20,
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Interesting reply!
I can understand the 'running the crowd' and 'making the ambience' in a club setting -however, I can't see the celebrity bit.
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Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:39,
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It's identical to 'celebrity musicians'.
The most famous performers are frequently of v limited technical ability aren't they? As with most artforms the most commercially successful exponents seldom deserve it...
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 18:02,
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I've got a couple of nice sausages
but I might buy a chicken and roast it for sandwiches and rissoto and stuff.
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:55,
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I've not heard his stuff.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:56,
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Tasty beats
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:57,
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Better than those dirty ones Noel used to go an about.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:58,
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No fucking way
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17449465she was on my list for a celebrity wife.
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 16:58,
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you jsut got trolled by the BBC
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Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:00,
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QUICK GET RICHARD BACON ON THE LINE!
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:01,
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NO MI GUSTA RICARDO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:03,
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Bugger me! They kept that out of the media.
They're well suited, though, surely? Both as posh as fuck.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:01,
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I was planning for her to keep me in nice food and beer with her poker money
:'((( another one bites the dust.
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:03,
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so who's left on the list?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:06,
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The entire female cast of Firefly
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:08,
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90% of the Female cast of BSG
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:08,
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7 of 9 and Starbuck
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:08,
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I can see the deal with 7 of 9
(she's one of mr b3th's little foibles) but Starbuck??? Seriously?
She's too annoying to be attractive.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:10,
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She gets better from like series 3
and she's hot in 24
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:11,
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I thought she was *more* annoying in season 4
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:11,
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Don't ask me, it's Chompy's list.
Mine consists of Uhuru, Janeway, the chink off BSG and the Orion slave girl off that episode of Enterprise.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:12,
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I used to like Charlieze Theron until I heard she had 7 dogs.
Thats mental.
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:10,
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What?
Oh, that's her off my desktop slideshow, then.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:14,
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Same as Charlie Brooker and Konnie Huq, really.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:07,
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well, except he's very left wing and she's fairly Tory,
but that's probably no barrier.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:16,
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Oh, I'd heard a rumour they were together.
Good for him, he's punching well above his weight there.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:04,
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i bet theres some crazy shit goes on in their bedroom
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Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:05,
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Being witty gets you a few rungs up the ladder.
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PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:06,
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Most of you are ; )
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:06,
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That is demonstrably not true.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:07,
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Are you calling your missus a minger?
wait, do you have a missus? If not, did you dump her for being a minger?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:08,
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Nope, I am single.
I am going to pretend that having tremendous reserves of chauvinism have nothing to do with it.
No, she wasn't a minger. Far from it.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:09,
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I really am and I am very pleased about it.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:21,
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I'm probably punching just a tiny bit above
but not so far as to be constantly worried about it.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:25,
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i think spinderella was totally underrated
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Lisette von Falcon, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:02,
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She's not a fella.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:05,
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im just joshing monty
I dont actually care=)
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Lisette von Falcon, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:13,
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That was one of their songs
'Spinderella's not a fella'.
:(
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:14,
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These obscure musical reference gags
just get more and more popular, don't they?
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:15,
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They sure do!!!!
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:15,
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Strike lolz
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:27,
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Hahahha that record was made by a mate of mine.
He made a fortune on it and spent it making *slightly* more credible records as The Freestylers.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:30,
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You know, I could have sworn Freestylers were Scandies, or Dutch, or something.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:32,
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Nope, Matt Cantor is from West Hampstead.
You're thinking of a terrible dance tune called ‘Freestyler’ which was indeed by Scandies or Germans or summat.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:34,
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Bomfunk MCs
They're Finns. More great music from the European powerhouse of quality dance.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:36,
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Hahaha
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:38,
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Always used to hear "rocking like a phone"
That's in my head now. Thanks, Monty. Thonty.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:44,
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I'm here to help.
*rocks like a phone*
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 18:03,
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Afternoon link
i.imgur.com/Fmv45.jpg
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:18,
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That's very funny.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:37,
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Haha, flat statement sounds insincere.
I can imagine you saying that with a completely straight face.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:41,
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Crow was sitting next to me and laughed very loudly in my ear for about 10 seconds.
HE certainly enjoyed it.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:43,
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Ahhh, that makes so much sense.
The implied disapproval in your post comes from braying posh boy laughter giving you tinitis.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:48,
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"I do not bray!"
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:48,
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I'll take the pistol on the left.
He can have the first shot.
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:50,
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Oh, very decent of you
Doubtless you've "Scotty" waiting to "beam you up" and out of harm's way before I've had a chance to cock the hammer.
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LongJohnBaldry, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:55,
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Hehaw
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Kroney, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 17:56,
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