Full Version: What is your favourite floor filler
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Ok folks which song never fails at filling the floor and which song would even make you get up and dance
Don't dance, don't even listen to the music I play.
Turn up,
Set up
Play
Breakdown
That all I do !
Turn up,
Set up
Play
Breakdown
That all I do !
I dance to most things with a good fast beat. I hate the side stepping type of dancing. I love a bit of disco, ska, salsa, club (not really garage etc.) When I go out I want to burn up calories and alcohol, not side step myself into a coma.
I can't understand how DJ's can stand or sit behind decks all night not having a bit of a boogie now and then. If I wouldn't want to dance to it, why would anyone else?
I can't understand how DJ's can stand or sit behind decks all night not having a bit of a boogie now and then. If I wouldn't want to dance to it, why would anyone else?
Never have danced.
bon jovi - living on a prayer
proclaimers - 500 miles
culture club - karma chameleon
proclaimers - 500 miles
culture club - karma chameleon
| QUOTE (ADS Entertainments @ Nov 18 2005, 12:33 PM) |
| Never have danced. |
Nor me. Hate it. I feel too tall!
floorfiller: Boogie Wonderland- EW&F Great track, good beat and very sing a long!
Mind you, I love all their stuff.
Is this a man thing ?
Are there any men out there that like to dance ?
Are there any men out there that like to dance ?
Leonna - It is a man thing if they do dance they don't do it well.
I can't resist a boogie behind the decks
I can't resist a boogie behind the decks
Hold up it may be a man THING but some of us can / used to be able to dance in the year 196? I was all England Jive and Disco dance Champion 
How could you be All England Jive and Disco champion in 196?, when disco didn't come around until 197?
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I "move around to the music" behind the decks all night - I'm not sure you could call it dancing! I never sit down.
| QUOTE (Leonna @ Nov 18 2005, 12:21 PM) |
| If I wouldn't want to dance to it, why would anyone else? |
I agree completely, and I'm sure customers think the same too. Therefore all night I move about and smile and look like I'm having a great time - even if I hate the music! It's all part of building the atmosphere and excitement levels up.
I didn't say I didn't smile and move about, thats all part of the show, I just don't dance.
old skool would have to be september by earth wind and fire and newish would be happy people by r kelly.
Is EW&F Old skool ?
Thought of it more as Funky 70's
Thought of it more as Funky 70's
Hold on Steve, that was so funny I think I may have......
Wet myself!
Wet myself!
I like to 'move around' behind the gear also, and I often find myself singing.
NOT OVER THE MIC!!
NEVER!!
Songs like Amii Stewart's Knock On Wood, and
Edwin Starr's Contact.
Always make me feel happy and in the mood for a boogie!
NOT OVER THE MIC!!
NEVER!!
Songs like Amii Stewart's Knock On Wood, and
Edwin Starr's Contact.
Always make me feel happy and in the mood for a boogie!
| QUOTE (ADS Entertainments @ Nov 18 2005, 05:39 PM) |
| Is EW&F Old skool ? Thought of it more as Funky 70's |
its what i was playing at my skooll disco when it was first in the charts so yes andy, its old and it was played for the first time at skooll
ok its really funky 70s
Van Morrison's 'Brown Eyed Girl' seldom fails to fill the floor for me. I'm more likely to get up up and dance to Freestylers 'Push Up'. I just find that track still works for me.
You know what I mean ADS
| QUOTE (Leonna @ Nov 18 2005, 03:16 PM) |
| Is this a man thing ? Are there any men out there that like to dance ? |
My general rule is to play tunes to get the ladies dancing, then the men will start dancing 'cos they want to dance with the ladies.
So when guys ask me for Hip-Hop, I tend not to play those tracks because I know the men won't dance to them and the women don't want to dance to them (generally). But if I play R&B, then the women want to dance to it and even if the men would rather listen to Hip-Hop, they will dance to R&B because all the women are on the dance floor!
Always dance behind the decks but dont understand how female djs do it unless they have their handbags on the floor of the box and dance around them 
wouldnt say not being able to dance was a man thing i quite often see females on the dancefloor that are so out of time they put you off your mixing ! Must admit music has become a tool of the trade so am glad i do mostly club work and can dance around to newer music instead of the older stuff. !
wouldnt say not being able to dance was a man thing i quite often see females on the dancefloor that are so out of time they put you off your mixing ! Must admit music has become a tool of the trade so am glad i do mostly club work and can dance around to newer music instead of the older stuff. !
I think this was a genuine thread and we may be guilty of not taking it too seriously.
I am going to give the thread a bit of support.
LETS GIVE YOU HALF A DOZEN.
MAVERICKS ...dance the night away.
S CLUB 7.....reach
TIGHT FIT.....back to the 60's.
AL WILSON......the snake
WHAM.....I'm your man
4 NON BLONDES....whats going on(dance mix)
With all the talent we have on this site I'm sure we can do better.
I am going to give the thread a bit of support.
LETS GIVE YOU HALF A DOZEN.
MAVERICKS ...dance the night away.
S CLUB 7.....reach
TIGHT FIT.....back to the 60's.
AL WILSON......the snake
WHAM.....I'm your man
4 NON BLONDES....whats going on(dance mix)
With all the talent we have on this site I'm sure we can do better.
The Cha Cha Slide gets all the kids (and big kids) out
At the last christening I did I played the following and it kept the dancers goin -
Vengaboys - we like to party
Whigfield - saturday night
Dee-lite - Groove is in the heart
Lou Bega - Mambo No5
Macarena - Los del Rio
Then switched it over to a bit of D.I.S.C.O and car wash etc - went down a bomb
At the last christening I did I played the following and it kept the dancers goin -
Vengaboys - we like to party
Whigfield - saturday night
Dee-lite - Groove is in the heart
Lou Bega - Mambo No5
Macarena - Los del Rio
Then switched it over to a bit of D.I.S.C.O and car wash etc - went down a bomb
| QUOTE (StevJam @ Nov 18 2005, 05:44 PM) |
| This my favourite floor filler: Clicky Click |
2 tracks stand out for me:
Darude - Sandstorm
Underworld - born slippy
Never fail to fill the floor unless I'm doing a 60th! I also move around behind the decks - if you beat mix, you need to 'feel the beat', and moving to it is an excellent way of getting your timing for the mix. I cant mix standing dead still.
| QUOTE (brianmole @ Nov 23 2005, 11:14 AM) |
| 2 tracks stand out for me: Darude - Sandstorm Underworld - born slippy Never fail to fill the floor unless I'm doing a 60th! I also move around behind the decks - if you beat mix, you need to 'feel the beat', and moving to it is an excellent way of getting your timing for the mix. I cant mix standing dead still. |
Feel slightly vindicated now that you have put these down as your floor fillers after I was slated by others for suggesting it on your earlier Urban Music thread.
Do these go down well under general parties or just younger people?
Maybe this is another thread, but do you think DJ's play it safe sometimes ?
Sometimes when I have been to corporate parties with loads of different age groups I have asked for something more clubby. DJ tends to reply it wouldn;t go down well, or people are happy dancing to this sort of stuff. But invariably there are loads of people still sitting down, what about them, maybe they are waiting for 'their type of music' to be played?
Personally I love there to be a good mix of different types of music when I go out all types, rock n roll, disco, funk, rnb, salsa, old skool, commercial dance, Trance etc. It would be nice to go to a party and have the DJ play something a bit different. But then maybe I am just weird
I think it's because Darude - Sandstorm is definately not Urban music, I should not worry about it!
Sandstorm and Born Slippy work for me at most functions such as weddings, 40th, 30th, 21st, 18th, etc... They do not work for me at anything over a 50th because they are a little too heavy for the 'grey haired generation'. I usually save these track to near the end of the evening, they are also often requested.
A good mixture of music is exactly what works for me, unless it is a specific requirement of the promoter/person who is paying.
Sandstorm and Born Slippy work for me at most functions such as weddings, 40th, 30th, 21st, 18th, etc... They do not work for me at anything over a 50th because they are a little too heavy for the 'grey haired generation'. I usually save these track to near the end of the evening, they are also often requested.
A good mixture of music is exactly what works for me, unless it is a specific requirement of the promoter/person who is paying.
Use darude quite often but my favourite floor fillers are
Modjo -Lady
Faithless -Insomnia
Modjo -Lady
Faithless -Insomnia
many funky 70s stuff always work for me the only one that would vishelly tempt me to break out on the floor and get down to would be the tramps; disco inferno (yes i know).
old skool would be these as i definate....
robin s; show me love (even had old people getting giggy to this on the floor)
the orignal; i love you baby. great tune
old skool would be these as i definate....
robin s; show me love (even had old people getting giggy to this on the floor)
the orignal; i love you baby. great tune
| QUOTE (Leonna @ Nov 23 2005, 10:32 AM) | ||
Feel slightly vindicated now that you have put these down as your floor fillers after I was slated by others for suggesting it on your earlier Urban Music thread. |
Hi Leonna - I didn't mean my message to come across as a "slating".
My point was simply that Sandstorm isn't "urban music" and that was how my comment was meant.
| QUOTE (Leonna @ Nov 23 2005, 10:32 AM) |
| Do these go down well under general parties or just younger people?. |
I think it's to do with the style of the night, rather than the age of the people. When I play to an "urban music" crowd, they are expecting a certain sort of music (R&B, Hip-Hop, Dancehall) and a track like Sandstorm or Born Slippy would clear the dance floor. I mean, plenty of the people I know who are really dismissive of dance music are young (like early 20's). That's why, for example, they go to R&B nights (rather than general club nights) so they don't hear dance music.
My favourite floor filler at the moment:
Tiffany - "I think we're alone now"
As previously stated, some "banker" tracks will clear the floor if played to the wrong punters. It's down to experience / observation to judge what will "go".
Don't dismiss anything "charty" to an older crowd - some fortysomething ladies still like "Push the button" and "Don't cha", cos it's what their daughters dance to, and they might as well pinch their tunes as they are already pinching their fashions! (Anybody else see this phenomenon - the elder element dressing much more trendy/younger nowadays?).
Clive.
Tiffany - "I think we're alone now"
As previously stated, some "banker" tracks will clear the floor if played to the wrong punters. It's down to experience / observation to judge what will "go".
Don't dismiss anything "charty" to an older crowd - some fortysomething ladies still like "Push the button" and "Don't cha", cos it's what their daughters dance to, and they might as well pinch their tunes as they are already pinching their fashions! (Anybody else see this phenomenon - the elder element dressing much more trendy/younger nowadays?).
Clive.
I'm another non-dancer. I used to DJ at a pub 3 nights a week for 10 years, & didn't even stand behind the disco, I sat on a high stool. But I prefer to stand now.
Love really hurts without you
You're more than a number
Shattered Glass
I can't help myself.
Love really hurts without you
You're more than a number
Shattered Glass
I can't help myself.
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