I keep meaning to ask whether any of you play these songs that I (a) love and (b) think would work really well at a gig. The reason for asking is because I never get much of a reaction when I play them.

The first one is Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To (Take Our Clothes Off). Cracking tune, great beat, 80's sound and easily sung lyrics. During the verse the beat drops quite a bit, but when the chorus kicks in it's a real sing out loud track.

The second is Climie Fishers' Love Changes Everything. Similar in style and era to the above track and similar reaction on the dance floor.

Do you play them? Do they work well for you? Or would you not consider them suitable?

I woudn't consider either to be particularly suitable - not uplifting enough.
Jermaine's song is just a screech to me, and I don't think I even own a copy!

But then, it's just as well we aren't all the same.

I've got Jermaine Stewart, and used it only once, and it worked fine. I wouldn't say it was a grat floorfiller, but in an 80's set it's cool.

Haven't played the other one, but been looking for it for ages, and never could find out the artist, so thanks!

Another song I'll play on 80's nights, but only before the buffet, is Glass Tiger with Don't Forget Me. Not a dancey tune but a great one to watch people say "I remember this, who was it by?"

"The first one is Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To (Take Our Clothes Off). Cracking tune, great beat, 80's sound and easily sung lyrics. During the verse the beat drops quite a bit, but when the chorus kicks in it's a real sing out loud track."

I like that song personally and would usually play Whitney Houston "how would i know" then mix in jermaine....Its more of a tune you would play in the first hour or two..If there is a big hen party in i would play it but it isnt a BIG floorfiller.

Jermiaine Stewart 'we don't have to' was a very big track in the mid to late 80's when it was in the charts. I used to cue it in a liitle way to miss the intro out.

I used to play it often until about 7 years ago, when I last took out a deck. If I found a copy of it on CD ,I would play it if the crowd were particularly into a long 80's set. I would think it's a bit tricky to find on CD.

The Clime Fisher track which I do have on CD, was never really a dance track in 1988. I used to play it early on before I moved onto dance music. Would I play it now? I would still play it but as a warm up track.

Nice to hear other DJ's playing some old classic 80's tracks.

It's on this collection - http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/115342/Gre...0s/Product.html

I've played it a few times as early evening music, but not during the peak of the night. I can see it working well with the right crowd though.

I play a slightly different version of "clothes off" ....but for the life of me cannot remember who it's by.........clock or clea I think

that's old age for you !!

There was a dance version by "Digital Dog" in 2004.

Thanks 'Danno 13'.

Noticed "its raining men" is not as popular as once was.....dont play it now, seen loads sit down when played

interesting that, I still play it frequently, and is still requested by the punters.

funny how some tracks lose popularity after say 20 years.

When I started out, i used to play about 1 hour of 60's music per gig. Now I reckon I play 15-20 min max depending on the crowd.

It's a bit of a shame, but a fact of life that the generation for whom these sixties tracks were new music are now getting older and less likely to dance to them.

70s will go the same way - unimaginable, but true.

There will, of course, be a hard core of oldies appreciators who will dance to and enjoy this music no matter how young they are.

I try to introduce the odd 50s track at my primary school discos, just to keep them familiar with the lost ages.

60's set now limited to some tamala motown eg the contours, elgins, four tops and a couple of other classics such as chris montez and beatles/stones. Bit of a shame really. sometimes, i'll do two sets, but that's rare now.

Everything I played on Saturday night, the miserable s

Same here, don't play unless requested usually.

I think however, I played it a little while back (Geri Halliwell version) and they danced to it..

I've noticed some of the members talking about tracks that were popular a few years back now being less so. eg weather girls & yazz. I find these tracks remain fairly popular, but i always cut out the intro as far as i can, going straight into vocals. Just seems to work better for me.

Used to play this back in the 80's and it went down a storm, today BOMBER!.....Crown Heights Affair with you gave me love.

There was a verison of that by Clea (as said before) and gym class heroes, but it's a bit :cense:.
The clea verison might sit well along with something like 90s dance.

I have a version by Da Playaz vs Clea.

Jim

yeah another classic disco track, now lost in time. pitty

Seen on an old school album on Tesco's own cheap section yesterday, so maybe starting to gain popularity after all

Play it now and again but would mostly cut it out half way through! Find that it is really popular an fills the floor, did a gig Saturday night and got requested the song by a teenager and when played it they all got on the floor - however depends on the occassion and crowd!

Songs that get featured in films usually seem to transcend generations.

In the last ten years I have dropped a lot of 80s from my sets, even though it is my favourite decade. (Formative years an' all that)

The 90s is a bit of a difficult decade for the mobile DJ, as several genres seemed to polarise opinion. e.g old skool dance classics may not have the middle of the road crowd on their feet, neither would a 90s grunge or britpop set. And the cooler types wouldn't be seen dead dancing to any boy/girl band stuff.

Most 90s stuff I play seems to be of a "US rap style"