What's the weirdest/unexpected track you've heard in a DJ''s set

[venedict]

I once hear a DJ play "O superman" by Laurie Anderson. He just dropped it in the middle of a house set. And it worked!

Peace to all true music lovers

[Mack-Williams]

Teen Sprit by Nirvana. I think Armando played this one night at the Warehouse on Randolph.

[TurntableSoul]

Once in Chicago back in the 80s I heard a DJ drop "Brand New Day" from the movie The Wiz. That's one of my all time favorite movies. I looked around at the crowd and people who knew the movie were goin' off but most people was like "huh?"

I also heard the "Emerald City Sequence" from The Wiz in a club once - where the colors change from green to red to gold. Most people didn't get it.

[Jamie 3:26]

Linus and Lucy-Vince Giraldi.Dropped by Dj Rush.I also used to play that and the Pink Panther theme.
I used to drop tunes off of the Wiz also.One of my favorite soundtracks.I remember one nite on Disco Madness,around early 85,Lee Collins dropped like 3 cuts off of the Wiz soundtrack. graemlins/respekt.gif

[Mack-Williams]

Back in the Day Craig Alexander would dropn Love Boat, Laverne and Shirley, Welcome Back Carter. I still love to hear some of those Wiz tunes at parties.

[Dj Alex]

Nice topic,

I once heard DJ Harvey play the drunken elephants song from the Dumbo soundtrack . At the side bar at the End in London . To say I just laughed and smiled would some up that experience . respect is due ! .

Peace Alex .

P.S I heard also about the Wiz soundtrack was that the broadway musical recording with Stephanie Mills on it ? .

:rolleyes: ;)

[D J 1 3 8]

I was DJing a "Bartender's Ball" once in Portland , Oregon with DJ Cut Chemist (from Jurassic 5 / Ozomatli). The Bartenders Ball is a yearly event thrown by some cigarette company where all the club bartenders get to drink for free at a big party. Anyway, Cut Chemist played the theme from "Cheers" on one turntable, then proceeded to make a hip hop beat to go under it using the other turntable, cutting up one kick and one snare. People lost their minds. I have mad respect for that dude. He also played an entire hip hop set of strictly underground joints and had the crowd buggin'.

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[martin]

Jolene (sp?) by Dolly Parton, and the song before was Lust for Life by Iggy Pop.

[lola desire]

any track by bjork... especially if it's one of her slower / ambient cuts dropped over a deep house track. i'm a huge bjork fan but i really never expect to hear her when i'm not at home. when a dj does play some bjork while i'm out, i am truly overwhelmed.

[Huey P. Freeman]

I was at a party once when the Dj was putting down a nice set of classics and he threw on brand new day from the WIZ soundtrack. People were buggin they loved it.

[David Le C]

I heard Joe Claussell drop tracks like "Black Betty" by Ram Jam, "Where the streets have no name" by U2 and "All along the watchtower" by Hendrix...

[David Le C]

Ow, and I love "Brand New day" from the Wiz soundtrack, just one of those songs that puts a smile on your face...

[Jolyon]

"The Monster Mash" as the last record of the night at Venus in Nottingham. Forget the DJ but it may have been Justin Robertson, can't remember.

Everyone was off their heads too and danced along.

[mercado]

Mesopotamia - B-52s..
I'd never heard this in a club before. Danny Krivit played it at Body an Soul. It must be a "staple" bc a guy with a mohawk and a big diva woman were belting the words.

[AD]

People Are Strange by The Doors. It worked and I certainly got into it.

[MC]

Manhattan Transfer-"Twilight Tone". Only Farley could drop this like he did !!!!! graemlins/grinyes.gif graemlins/cool_shades.gif

[MrLiam]

Just 1 word to say but apparently these risks dont happen so often now a days as they used 2 happen before BACK IN THE DAYS....
all jocks (or most) r DUMDUMDUMBUM graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

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[Dj Alex]

Originally posted by mercado:
Mesopotamia - B-52s..
I'd never heard this in a club before. Danny Krivit played it at Body an Soul. It must be a "staple" bc a guy with a mohawk and a big diva woman were belting the words. I heard Danny play this at Plastic People fro a Strut party sounded great that night .

Peace Alex . :D

[MYOR]

Lemon from U2.. graemlins/clap.gif

[12th house]

"this is radio clash"

i thought it was awesome. most of the people stopped dancing.

Whyteout dropped it @ BKNY

[djklas]

one time I heard Mark Farina drop Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" from the Graceland album. It worked very well!!
A couple years ago I saw a program on VH1 that showed them in the studio laying down tracks for that album and the part of the song where the bass is solo'd is played forwards and then in reverse, this gives it a pretty cool effect. Plus the horns on that song are dope.
I've heard Harvey play lots of different stuff too, but this seemed the most out of place cause it was Mark Farina and in my experiences he usually just sticks to house...

[der geile hund]

Originally posted by djklas:
it was Mark Farina and in my experiences he usually just sticks to house... Really?! Maybe he experiments more when he plays on his home turf, cuz I've heard him try to bust shit like that a bunch. The Cars "Just What I Needed" is one example I can recall - he ran it over some track that didn't really fit, I think he was feeling a little too inspired by Derrick Carter, who can actually get away with shit like that.

[JMNYC]

I played Kermit the Frog's "It's not easy being green" one night ... does that count?

[Ligament]

B52s "Mesopotamia" is a CLASSIC club track in Detroit, an influence on early techno.

[VEESTER]

Once I was out at Slick's and Sadar put on "Catfish" by the The Four Tops and I went up!

[MC]

Steve Hurley opened up his mix with a skit by "Oscar the grouch", that always sounded cool.

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[SMOOTH87]

The Sanford & Son Theme - Quincy Jones. I heard dj's in the Chi play this. I played this one at a party when I was in collge in Grambling Louisiana. They loved it and they were not at all, all house heads this made the evening more memorable..

Also Shake Senora and The Lion sleeps tonight played by Lenorard Remix..

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[Mah'chew]

DJ Gary ??? (Ricky's Leeds,1990) - 'Nothing Compares to You Acapella' over Last Train to Tracecentral KLF.

Dean Thatcher - Dark Side of The Moon.

Al MacKenzie - Night Boat to Cairo by Madness.

DJ Gary ??? (Leeds again) - The Theme Tune to Terminator movie.

DJ Roy (Warehouse, Leeds, 1988) - Uncertain Smile - The The.

Tranies with Attitude (TWA) - The Theme from It Aint Half Hot Mum (meet the gang 'cause the boys are here, the boys to entertain you - open track, everything else was wack..)

[dennis f]

"rockin' the casbah"

[thomos-san]

Around '94 I saw Africa Bambaataa play in Kentucky and he dropped a Foreigner track......fu*king FOREIGNER. It was at least compatible with my sense of humor if nothing else but I can't say as much for the hoards of suburban ravelings who came to hear electro and glow-stick each other senseless.

[der geile hund]

Originally posted by JMNYC:
I played Kermit the Frog's "It's not easy being green" one night ... does that count? Oh, no, hahahaha, I played at a suburban rave once where the DJ that came after me ruined the powerful vibe I had established with precisely that song!

[Jolyon]

Originally posted by thomos-san:
Around '94 I saw Africa Bambaataa play in Kentucky and he dropped a Foreigner track......fu*king FOREIGNER. It was at least compatible with my sense of humor if nothing else but I can't say as much for the hoards of suburban ravelings who came to hear electro and glow-stick each other senseless. Probably Urgent by Foreigner - which is a great track.

[schmilo]

I have an old Gordon Kaye tape which start with an Elvis number. Sounds (and actually is) quite bizarre, but it works.

Like others above, Harvey has had me dancing to some things I wouldn't have expected - particularly tracks by INXS...

[erd]

Originally posted by Ligament:
B52s "Mesopotamia" is a CLASSIC club track in Detroit, an influence on early techno. Isn't that considered a classic from an era where clubs like Zanzibar, Better Days and The PAradise Grage reigned supremely?

Peace,

Gerd