Okay so normally I try not to harass DJs to play P...especially when lounges already have a cool vibe going on. (Contrast to if they are playing a lot of shit, Prince can only improve the vibe... ) So last night I was at a bar/lounge/club in the East Village and the DJ was spinning old MJ, Kurtis Blow, De La Soul, Tribe, etc. Then I saw several people go request songs and he didn't seem too annoyed by it...so my friends went and asked him if he had any Prince. They asked me what Prince song I wanted and while I thought something like Sexy Dancer, Let's Work, A Love Bizarre would have been good choices--or maybe even 3121 or Black Sweat, I said, Any Prince song would be better than nothing. (I didn't want to be too demanding b/c I know DJs have their own flow.) Bad bad bad. Do you know what Prince song he played? 1999! WTF? I was very disappointed--and the dance floor ground to a halt. Now don't get me wrong--1999 is a good song, but he didn't play the whole song, and 1999 was 7 years ago. It's sort of weird to play, right? I mean if he had the 1999 album, why not play DMSR, LRC, or even All the Critics Love You in New York... Or if it was from the Hits--why not pick some other song...but 1999 just seemed so....dated.

There's not really a point to this post, just looking for other P fans to comiserate with that 1999 was a bad choice for the DJ to play.

jone70 said:

It all depends what they have in thier collection I guess. At my local club he plays Gett Off, Black Sweat and Kiss every Friday

oh yeah? well, "1999" was the theme song of my senior prom...and the fucking dj didn't even PLAY the gotdamned thing.

it's been 7 years since i graduated, and i'm still kinda flabbergasted by that.

That's a good choice for a song, IMO.

jone70 said:

Yo.... lighten up.... At least he played a Prince song...what the fuck?
I live in Antigua, the last time I requested a Prince song, the DJ asked me if I was gay...

Moonbeam said:

thedjshouldaplayed"ladycabdriver"instead!

dseann said:

Now that's pathetic.

This reminds me of when I went to my Marine Corps Ball in 2001. I asked the DJ to play a Prince song. I was kinda scared to do that but I thought I had to listen to all the other shit so they could listen to mine for a few minutes. He put on Erotic City and the dance floor started to clear . Motherfuckin Erotic City!!! There were some people left but not as much as before but I had a blast and I even went to the dancefloor and dropped it like it was hot for a minute! When it comes to the general public, there's no accounting for good taste but I got what I wanted that night!

purplecam said:

i...i can't believe it. the dance floor actually cleared for "erotic city"?

that is SO not right.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Heshouldaplayedboth!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

it did. i was kinda shocked but i was with a bunch of marines who wouldn't know shit about funk if it smacked them in the head. but i represented for the other marines who knew what was really good. i just wish they were out there representing with me.
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dseann said:[quote]

jone70 said:

the fuck?

he actually asked you that? ..well it is Antigua though
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dseann said:

I know it's not that serious--it just seemed that out of ALL the Prince songs available 1999 was an odd choice and didn't fit in very well. Plus, I'm a self admitted bar & music snob, so I was hoping for something not quite so main stream.

Later he played My Humps followed by Dontcha (or whatever the name of that song is by the Pussycat Dolls) so any respect he had gained from me by playing Tribe, Kurtis Blow, De La Soul, etc. plummeted like a lead balloon.

actionthisday said:

Right, but if he had 1999, wouldn't he have had the entire album with lotsa other choices?

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dseann said:

Can you imagine...he asked me that...I hit the floor laughing...ignorant mother.....you know what