Dank and Dark most of the time with the return of the snow and gusts of Siberian wind has meant staying indoors and making the most of the telly. Good news being that Lost and 24 are back whilst I am still in the first honeymoon flush of romance with Glee.
A trip to the pictures to catch 'An Education', which was excellent and perhaps a night in the pub has been the extent of the socialising.
I was back behind the wheels of steel on the 20th as planned and then picked up an extra night when Dj Stu took the 27th off to play at a 70s + 80s night.
Always There - Incognito
Mama Used To Say - Jupiter
Walking On A Dream (Treasure Fingers Remix) - Empire Of The Sun
Music Talking (Joey Negro Remix) - The Montanas & Dj R ClarkSensitivity - Shapeshifters
Long Train Running - The Doobie BrothersReelin In The Years - Steely Dan
Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows
French Navy - Camera Obscura
Roy Walker - Belle & Sebastian
Somewhere In My Heart - Aztec Camera
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper*
A Little Respect - Erasure *
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Flashback - Calvin Harris
Messages - O. M.D
Situation [Original 12"Kevorkian Dub Mix] - Yazoo
King Of My Castle (Fasano Remix) - Wamdue Project
Fight For This Love (Cahill Club Mix) - Cheryl Cole
Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
Get Ready - Ella Fitzgerald
Morning After ( Moto Blanco Mix - Timbaland
Million Dollar Bill (F Knuckles Mix) - Whitney Houston
Empire State Of Mind (Part II) - Alicia KeysBrass In Pocket - The Pretenders
Mr Blue Sky - Lily Allen
I Love To Boogie - T Rex
Holiday - Vampire WeekendRomeo - Basement Jaxx
Move Your Feet (Dj Nejtrino mix) - Junior Senior
Dance Dreams - Lady Gaga Vs Eurythmics
Black & Gold - Sam Sparrow*
Broken Heels - Alexandra Burke
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - BeyonceThat's The Joint - The Black Eyed Peas
Greatest Dancer (Dirty Freek Remix) - Disco Boots Let's Boogie - Boris Werner
Why Dont You (Original Mix) - Gramophonedzie
Jack Is Back - Dave Floyd vs Ray Charles
Been A Long Time To Get Those Air Miles - Christian Smith, Reset Robot,
Riverside - Sidney SamsonFireflies - Owl City
Weather With You - Crowded House
In The Morning - The Coral
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Parklife - Blur
A Hard Day's Night - The BeatlesPaolo's Pencil Full Of Party - Paolo Nutini Vs Lou Bega
Little Lion Man - Mumford And Sons
Happy Birthday - Stevie WonderCome Fly With Me - Sinatra
Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin*
The Boy Does Nothing - Alesha Dixon
Most Precious Love 45 - Blaze
Show Me Love - Robin SBillie Jean (Biancale Remix) - Michael Jackson
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Hot T Mix) - Whitney Houston
A Kind Of Magic (Eddie Valdez Mix) - Queen
One More Time - Daft Punk
Gimmie A Man After Midnight - Abba
Mr Brightside( Le Cont Mix) - The Killers
This was a girl's night. A couple of the younger groups were out celebrating birthdays, my daughter included, and a slightly older crew out to hear some songs they know and have a bit of a dance. As every dj knows, if you keep the women happy the battle is won. So an uptempo selection that had toes tapping, some shuffling on the pub floor and most folk with happy smiles. Job Done.
Now the 27th was totally different. All guys. Really all guys. Whether the girls were off with Dj Stu shimmying to Abba and Boney M, I know not. They certainly weren't in my bar though.
So rock like stuff for the tesesterone boys and the older viagra guys .
It meant the first hour was loud and full on which made the evening feel a bit longer than usual. Later on a bit of a divergence into some funk and some Rn B, a couple of pop tunes and then some more guitars before the sing-a-long last half hour.
Best bits for me : enjoyed Dizzee's one followed by the Specials, Ol' Dirty Bastard had me chuckling, it is such an infectious tune and had half the pub waving their hands in the old skool way, don't often get the chance to play the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and likewise 'Mardy Bum'. I felt 'Stomp and the funk of Archie Drell sounded powerful with the bass turned up.
A word on remixes. Tiesto has done himself proud with his mix of 'Papillon' as well as his take on Goldfrapp's 'Rocket'. And Mr Knuckles has done a great job on Whitney's 'Million Dollar Bill' turning it into a disco beast. All good.
Tracks played are here...
1. Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
2. Laid - James
3. Holiday - Green Day
4. Respectable - The Rolling Stones
5. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy6. Its My Life - Bon Jovi
7. Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
8. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
9. Rebellion (Lies) - The Arcade Fire
10. Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
11. All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks12. Red Morn Light - Kings Of Leon
13. Lsf - Kasabian
14. Romeo & Juliet - The Killers
15. Little Lion Man - Mumford And Sons
16. Here Comes My Baby - Yo La Tengo
17. Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
18. Fireflies - Owl City
19. How To Save A Life - The Fray
20. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
21. Just Say Yes (Thin White Duke Remix) - Snow Patrol22. Papillon (Tiesto Remix) - Editors
23. Empire State Of Mind (Part II) - Alicia Keys
24. Good Morning - Kanye West
25. Morning After ( Moto Blanco Mix - Timbaland
26. You Used To Hold Me - Calvin Harris
27. Million Dollar Bill (F Knuckles Mix) - Whitney Houston *
28. Stomp - Johnston Brothers
29. Strategy - Archie Bell
30. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
31. Rock The Casbah (Rhythm Scholar Remix) - The Clash
32. Keep On Running - Spencer Davies Group
33. Jack Is Back - Pookie Vs Ray Charles
34. Why Dont You (Original Mix) - Gramophonedzie
35. Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Buble
36. Tuxedo Junction - Jools Holland
37. Get Down Tonight (Soulmakers Remix) - Supafly Inc
38. Where Love Lies (Knucles & Morales Mix) - Alison Limerick
39. Hey Hey (Robaco Bossá Refix) - Dennis Ferrer
40. Enjoy Music (Riva Star Mix) - Reboot
41. Broken Heels - Alexandra Burke
42. Beyonce The Hotstepper - Beyonce Vs Ini Kamoze
43. Starstrukk ( - 3OH!3
44. Can't Tek No More - Dizee Rascal45. Too Much Too Young - Special AKA
46. One Step Beyond - Madness
47. Last Nite - The Strokes
48. Dakota - Stereophonics *
49. Fell In Love With a Girl - White Stripes
50. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
51. Dirty - C Aguilera *
52. Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke *
53. My Lovin' - En Vogue
54. Got Your Money - Ol Dirty Bastard
55. Gettin' Over - David Guetta
56. A Long Time To Get Those Air Miles - Christian Smith, Reset Robot,
57. Riverside - Sidney Samson
58. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
59. She's Electric - Oasis
60. Parklife - Blur
61. Telegram Sam - T Rex
62. Standing On My Own Again - Graham Coxon
63. Are U Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
64. A Town Called Malice - The Jam
65. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Willie Nelson Norah Jones
* Request.
3 weeks off now - not back until 20th March.
Next Saturday, myself and my youngest are off to the Emirates to see Arsenal take on Burnley.Last time I was there was back in the mid 80s when Anne and I squeezed ourselves into the North Bank at Highbury to watch Charlie Nicholas put the ball in Man Utd's net to record a 1-0 win. Back in the Day, eh!
Also can't let the occasion pass of mentioning the fact that Dundee United have hoisted themselves to the heady heights of third in the Scottish League. Back where we belong, well two spaces below but it'll do for now.
