Do you "watch" a DJ or "listen" to a DJ, I'm not sure which is right.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:28, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Either is appropriate
It usually depends on the DJ's level of fame and proficiency. Your average local club night, people are going to listen to the music. If DJ Cashmoney was doing a night in your town you'd go to see him, much as with a band.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I like him a lot.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Depends if you're a Japanese hip hop fan or not.
Whenever my old chums the Scratch Perverts used to play, there'd be a five-man deep ring of Japs around the decks, silently and motionlessly staring at their every move. It used to drive them nuts - it's a fucking nightclub, this is music being played, why are you just standing there gawping?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:33, Reply)

That's so weird that I'm not entirely sure you didn't hallucinate it
I remember once when I was DJing spotting this bloke staring impassively at me from the side of the room. It freaked me out so much that I didn't notice the girl dancing like a total slut and apparently trying to give me the eye just a few feet in front of (and below) me. His girlfriend, as it turned out.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:38, Reply)

I've seen it dozens of times
with everyone from Mixmaster Mike and QBert through to less well-known scratch DJs. It's fucked up.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Mixmaster Mike is a fucking genius
Not that this excuses such behaviour. Maybe Japanese people can't dance. Actually I know that to not be true, but maybe they can ONLY dance Ballroom, and not to hip-hop. At all.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Depends on who's turn it is on DJ Hero.
I think the differance is if you're there to listen to the music, rather than the music being just in the background, you're 'watching' the DJ, otherwise it's listening, or if it's DJ Hero (which is a complicated hard version of DJing), then you're 'playing'.

It's one of those oppersite-to-what-you-think things, I think.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:43, Reply)