Audiences are great at coming up and saying..."OI! mate" (or Oi luv! if you're a lady-DJ, or DJ'ing in the Blue Oyster Bar ) "you got some.....?"

...and then mentioning their type of music... normally a type of music thats SO likely to clear the dancefloor, you only want to play it during the buffet, when they're all too busy eating anyway...

So, for this thread...lets mention a genre (style) of music...and then all put some answers/suggestions down, for a track that we would play, that would fit the description.

For the sake of this exercise, we'll assume that the audience will truely have enough fans of each suggested genre, to make it worthwhile playing about 10 songs (ish) of each genre.

Every so often on this topic, once you've seen quite a few answers to each genre...post up:

***** "OI mate....got any....." ******

and then add in a genre thats not been mentioned already.

Here goes....

"Oi Mate..... got any 60's music?"


Martha Reeves and the Vandela's: Dancin' in the Street.





(next 60's song ...... ??? )

The supremes - you can't hurry love

Jimmy Mack

Tight Fit Back to the 60's ............. (lol covers all of them don't it?)

Spin

and although this didnt start off as a mixing post....Tight fit, ends with "Mony Mony" so take that into "Roy Orbision: Pretty Woman"

Yes I meant the 12" but i normally leave it on the A side, never heard anybody complain about the voiceovers yet even if they are a little dated.

Spin

too true Spin, Rosko is a legend, I always play the "A" side.

Moving on back to the thread......
try Uptown Festival (full version) Shalamar, (loads of Motown covers all in 9 minutes) sensationial as Tony Blackburn (another legend) would say..

When a man loves a woman-ben e king
Sitting on the dock of the bay-ottis redding
I`m a believer-Monkees

Great... Well, I think we've had our 10 or so record for the 60's slot... so, as suggested above... (and it isnt just me that should do this every 10 tunes or so...)


****** OI MATE !!! GOT ANY ..... ******

1980's dance music ???

I'll start then with Black Box - Ride on Time ...


...gotta get up gotta get up gotta get up....woohhooohoohoo....

I played Black Box last week and it got everyone in the pub trying to sing along...a most awful sound!!

Thats a whole new topic by itself that..."Songs that people sing to - awfully"

I'm gonna test the water with crowd and see if they'll go for something slightly less obvious- Ten city 'Right back to you'

10 great 80's songs, apologies to the classics missed off but there's something here for everyone

Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
Wham - I'm Your Man
Jam - A Town Called Malice
FGTH - Relax
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
Yazz - The Only Way Is Up

Spinko


************* Oi Mate Got Any R'n'B ***************

I actually got asked for Sydney Youngblood - If only I could and S-Xpress - Theme from S-Express at a wedding the other Week! . To round off the 80's Dance I would have played Soul 2 Soul - Back to life, always seems to be recognised around these parts!.

Okay R'N'B....Mis-teeq Scandelous

I'll follow Mis-teeq with the B-15 project "girls like us" one the kids seem to love

Not to be picky but girls like us is more uk garage than rnb but i would play the obvious beonce - crazy in love next

You're right there Kray but I'd say Mis-teeq's stuff sort of hoovers between the two. keeping it obvious how 'bout Justin and Rock your body...

Mary j Blige- Love@ first sight and Blu Cantrell-Breathe and how about a quick trip to the early 90`s with Snap-The Power-
P.S. Fast Food Rockers still hasn`t reached here!

I never travel with out the 'Back to love' discs.

Big fan of the Hed Kandi stuff in general. Now most of my music purchases are focused on my "mobile" collection, I use the Hed Kandis to get my fix of soulful house & garage.

I do miss sifting through a pile of tunes in deepest darkest soho.

Early 90's........ Robin S, Show me love!

ce ce peniston - finally

Followed by Kym Sims - Too blind to see it

Crystal Waters: 100% pure love.

Livin' Joy - Dreamer

Toni Braxton - Unchain My Heart (club version)

"B'jeezuz, enough of all this nonsense, would you be having a little oirish stuff wid yer? the old biddies sitting down want some slow jive, or a jig or a reel. It would be moighty fine if you could play somet'ing loike that."

So we'll kick off with The Seige Of Venice

Pogues - Sally Macleanne
Ricky Tomlinson - Black Velvet Band
(The Ricky Tomlinson CD - Music My A**E, has some great Irish type stuff on it)

Spinko

Well oi'l add a little bit of de Shamrocks and Tell me Ma!

For ter oldies, me boy, can we av der wonderful voice of Joseph Loch - 'Ear My Song', followed wit da wee jig-a-jig an reel 'My 'ome is bare, 'cos you drank all me beer when I met you round de corner in ter Parlor'

Oi mate!

Can we have a few strict tempo for the old uns' ??????

Joe,you need to get a girlfriend.

Joe how far away from Paula do you live ?

Paula it is your duty to pass on your experience to the young men of today,and of course andy and i stick together its a southern\scandinavian thing

Yes Paula, I think you should give Joe the benefit of your experience.

BTW:- It's his Birthday next week - anybody know any strippergram agencies

Oi! Mate got any....Country and Western...????

Ermmmmm I'd lead out of a modern(ish) set, with:

Shania Twain: Dont be stupid...you know I love you...

(thats got a great "hoe-down" bit in the middle....then.....ermmm

Achy Breaky Heart....

but what next, on a Country and Western Theme....?

Blues Brothers :Theme from Rawhide

I'll stick in a bit (or 2 big bits...........I said BITS) of Dolly Parton 9 to 5