Stupid DJ Requests - a new low?
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Just got home from this new '80s night gig I started doing. I got stupid request upon stupid request (a guy who had already requsted at least three songs standing next to me while I ignored him for at least one full song just so he could ask me to play Paula fucking Abdul), but I think a new standard for low was reached tonight.me: djingdrunk blond maybe kind of cute girl: what are you playing next?me: uhhhh looks like janet jacksongirl: (makes screw face) ughhhh. we got a birthday boy and you gotta play something for him. he's 25!me: every 25 year old man should like janet jackson.girl: no way. what else are you gonna play?me: i don't know.girl: you have to play b.i.g. i'm not a player i just fuck alot.me: ha. i don't have that with me and it doesn't really fit with the '80s night thing.girl, now fully un-cute by her annoyance level: what about shai IFFF IIII EVERRRRR FALL IN LOOOOVEme: ahhhh, i don't have that.5 minutes latergirl: you have to play al green let's stay together.me: ehhhh maaaaaaaybe for like the last song. i don't know.girl: it's for the birthday boy. look at him. see that guy it's his birthday. he's 25.me: ok great. what do i get out of it?girl: i'm not gonna give you a blowjob.me: uhhhh ok.girl: you have to play it. i still have my v-card. losing it depends on you playing that song.wow.so yeah, that dude grinded with her to let's stay together and then left the club with a different girl.
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"I have this song on my ipod..."
"you have to play this! ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!"
My boy played an 80's night about over a year ago and this drunk guy came up to him and asked him to play 80's for the rest of the night for like a $100 0r $80, and he said "OK!!!!!"
whadda dumbass.
I have so many stories, like many of you, about douchebag requests. I have a low tolerance for requests, I guess.
Trust us. Please.
word. 1814(on cassette) was my thing.
I made this one dude cry (seriously) because I REFUSED to play MJ. It was the most ridiculous thing I have ever dealt with.
so I'm not crazy???? I mean there are few songs in life that I simply never need to hear again - no matter how good they are. Billie Jean....enough. Kiss.....over it.....although I could listen to the drums alone for days. And I was never that much of a fan to begin with, nor have I ever played it....but Sweet Home Alabama........oh and Don't Stop Believing, even though it's rad. Those can all be laid to rest.
no you're not. My theory is that people need to be fed comfortable music they know. Challenge them with something else... no good. Birthday? It's over, you are their bitch.
Sometimes I throw things at them. And then I pretend I'm busy looking for the next record.
This is why I love house parties.
Ha!
i wonder, does ross' no requests shirt work? i think you should design some. seriously
seriously.
Shai request players are on par w/ grippers who maintain OG copies of the entire Enya catalogue.
TRUE... and i would have played it if i had it (read: i'll 100% have it for next week), but then she wouldn't have confessed to me her desperate attempt to lose her virginity to a random birthday boy and we wouldn't be reading this thread right now.
clearly a huge b.i.g. fan.
my man in milwaukee gave me a no requests shirt. i keep forgetting to put it on when i play downtown! i doubt it works though....
"Hey nice shirt! I bet you get a lot of dumb people asking for shity music. Can you play that new 3 doors down?"
there's nothing like an acapella ballad to get the crowd moving. if u really wanna tear the roof off the club, follow up shai with boyz II men's "its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday".
Ha... mine's been getting pretty intimidating lately. I'm one step away from just throwing punches.
Haha. I guess the kid can't really dance then. Did the kid ask for some midtempo shit?
For this common scenario, I like that reply.