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This is the Conversation Forum for It's My Party - Constructing the Perfect Playlist << "Twist and Shout" by ... the Beatles? It is a good party!! >> Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Uncle Heavy [sic]   Posting 1 cheese does nto a good party make! that list is so reminiscent of going out in oxford, world capital of shit clubs... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Just what I was thinking, UH - I'm sure the author works at DTM's. As a DJ who aspires to playing some decent music occasionally, I have a much more varied soundtrack - think Thursday night at the Zodiac mixed with a rock DJ set at the OFS, and you'd be somewhere close. B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Wand'rin star This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 I disagree - the author wasn't suggesting club DJing, but something for an age-mixed family do. I bet YMCA is the only thing you're comfortable dancing with your granny. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 I don't do club DJing - I DJ for a mobile disco outfit, which means I _only_ do mixed-age stuff. I would only play that songlist if there was no-one aged under 35 in the room, which doesn't happen terribly often, unsurprisingly. B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Uncle Heavy [sic] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 dtms actually, its a formula for each and every oxford club. cheese in one room, rnb in another. booooring. and the zodiac is all metal. double booooring. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Do they not still do the Zodiac eclectic nights (I forget the name) where you listen to a whole bunch of weird stuff, and end up dancing to the theme from Ski Sunday? B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 20, 2003 by Sir Temporal Bandit, Knight of Dubious, But Still Perfectly Seamless Logical Arguments, Keeper of the Lost and the Freebie [To'e This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Well, why don't we see what you're made of, and slap down a prospective playlist of your own? TK Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 21, 2003 by Uncle Heavy [sic] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 because, in this case, oxford is a town full of small minded tasteless geeks who dont know how to havea rela party Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 21, 2003 by Sir Temporal Bandit, Knight of Dubious, But Still Perfectly Seamless Logical Arguments, Keeper of the Lost and the Freebie [To'e This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 So what IS a 'real' party? TK Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Jun 21, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 It 100% depends on the people there. The one key skill in a DJ, and the one thing I was most surprised to find omitted from the entry, is the ability to judge an audience. Sure, just about every night I DJ tends to end up with some degree of cheesiness, but if I see people leaving the dancefloor I will play whatever I can to get them back on, be it club, chart, house, metal or whatever. The only thing I don't do is RnB, because a) I know nothing about it, b) It's virtually impossible to dance to c) The sort of people who like RnB are far too 'cool' to get up and dance no matter how bladdered they are and can therefore be safely neglected. B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Aug 8, 2003 by summerbayexile - Beaten paths are for Beaten men This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 Hi all, I seldom check these threads, and was surprised to find such a reaction to an apparently innocuous entry. Just a few observations. Master B is right. Judging an audience is a vital skill. As to the playlist. Well the songs seem to have stood the test of time, so they can't be all bad. I think that you're allowing yourselves to be distracted by the title. The actual article is a gently humorous look at human nature based around the conceit of a DJ playing at a family party. The playlist was an attempt to neatly tie the article together. Try re-reading it in the manner it was written and you'll find a totally different entry trying to get out! sbe Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Aug 8, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 "Master B is right" - well that's not a phrase you hear on h2g2 every day. I didn't take objection to the playlist as such - I agree, they are all very good songs. The thing that bugs me is that, if you don't read between the lines, you get the impression of DJ saying "Right - I am going to play these songs, no matter what", which obviously is a bit pointless. I think maybe the problem is that the issue of music selection is a bit too subjective to make a Guide Entry from. In that light, you've made a pretty good stab at it. B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Not a good party! Posted Aug 8, 2003 by summerbayexile - Beaten paths are for Beaten men This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 Thanks for giving it another chance Master B. I think that some other readers had problems with the playlist. It sat around in PR for 2 months, so I knew it was a little contentious. Personally I would always listen to requests, but if few were forthcoming I had a list of songs that usually worked. sbe Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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