If you were DJing on New Year's Eve what would killer tune at midnight be?

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or rather, what should my secret weapon be? I need something with mass appeal that will slay all

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

"Funky New Year's" by the Eagles

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

Disco 2000

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

You should play "New Year's Day" by U2 and like you've done something really clever.

― Kinkro, Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

I'm thinking more NYLipps, but that Eagles song intrigues.

Disco 2000 bit too "naff" for the party i'm playing at; NYLipps too well known....

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Outkast - B.O.B. slays all

― pinder (pinder), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)

I was going to say NY Lipps when I saw this title! Surely you need something fairly well-known so the crowd can whoop! whoop! and get jumping up and down near your booth, spilling drinks on your decks/laptop?

― Affectian (Affectian), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

segue Abba 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' into Madonna 'Hung Up', with added bells

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

hey, I am djing on New Years Eve!

http://www.alldisco.net

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

ladytron "destroy everything you touch"

― Tynan DeLong (TynanTynan!), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

That Rock the Casbah / Stevie Wonder "Uptight" bootleg. Even your grandma would wobble.

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

it's kind of old, but i know i wouldn't mind hearing the thin white duke remix of mr. brightside at that moment.

― baked beans (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:49 (twenty years ago)

The Doors, "Peace Frog"

― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

The Shape Of Things To Come by The Headboys.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:59 (twenty years ago)

'Still Tippin' played at 45rpm.

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

auld lang syne

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

That Rock the Casbah / Stevie Wonder "Uptight" bootleg

wow!

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

"1999"

now and forever!

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 15 December 2005 06:22 (twenty years ago)

"Zdarlight" by Digitalism. I'm actually off this NYE, not DJing, I would be a bit miffed except in a way it's good to have the time off.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

Highway to Hell or Hey Ya or Jean Genie or Depeche Mode - Painkiller (Kill The Pain remix)

or all of the above!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)

"All the things that I've done"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:24 (twenty years ago)

Orbital - mixing Chimes into the chimes of Big Ben in...er...1996/1997 - you can hear it on some Radio 1 mix somewhere - that was awesome, but obviously a bit old.

How about the remix of Franz Ferdinand that just rocks and rocks...Erol Alkans. Or (slightly older) his Alter Ego remix and then you've got the crowd going mad in the background and everyone will think that everyone's going mad and will go mad too (yo know in case they're not going mad anyway...) and it's acey.

On a completely different slant..i.e. if you just want to calm everything down - Some Other Time song by Mr Tony Bennett. Lovely.

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

The richard x remix of bizarre love triangle! familiar but in a way new and so so joyous.

― baby i'm waiting (cis), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

That Rock the Casbah / Stevie Wonder "Uptight" bootleg. Even your grandma would wobble.

And off to the YSI thread I go...

I think my DJ buddy Piscesboy would go for the Brightside JLC track too, or perhaps the Tom Morel's Pink Noise remix of 'All these things..', kicking in with the cheers and whoops and letting that chimey riff rise up. Failing that it'd have to be one of the big tracks of the year, 'Dare'? Richard X's remix of 'BLT'? The Alkan remix of FF is always good but mix into the original at around the 5 minute mark for full effect.

ha, xpost on the RX

― Affectian (Affectian), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

Faithless - Insomnia!

― Boggy (boggy22), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

actually moloko - the time is now would be ace.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - cream vs. hoxton twats

or whatever its called.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

DAVID BOWIE'S "Let's dance".. easy in the "ahhhh, ahhh" in line with the countdown and let the klimax hit midnight. Powerful.

Or, silence and then SMITHS "This Charming Man", so that the first klimax hits midnight..

― SnwSnwSnw, Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Hold Me Close Don't Let Me Go by David Essex

― Adam Faithless (Adam Faithless), Thursday, 15 December 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

this year for midnight i have done a massive clock sound collage and then at the stroke of midnight justus kohncke is going to take to the stage to perform 'timecode'.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, 15 December 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Jimi Hendrix and Band of Gypsys: Auld Lang Syne

― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 15 December 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

that clash/stevie wonder mashup is pretty good
although if you want a stevie wonder mashup that will SLAY the crowd, the Superstitious/Bootylicious mashup is a GUARANTEED hit...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 15 December 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Lou Reed - "Berlin"

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Thursday, 15 December 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

i keep on reading this as "If you were DYing on New Year's Eve what would Killer Tune at Midnight be?"

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 15 December 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

"the Superstitious/Bootylicious mashup"

I've never even heard that but I imagine if it came on at the stroke of midnight I'd gouge my eardrums out.

― Renard, Thursday, 15 December 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Saint Etienne "He's on the Phone," followed by Max Tundra remix of "Do You Want To."

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 15 December 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

It's might be lame, but I'm guessing someone will be playing "Drop The Pressure"

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 15 December 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Renard, it might not be your cup of tea, but in a drunken, mixed-crowd party DJ scenario, it is a floor-filler (especially with the ladies). It's actually one of the best mashups I've heard - perfectly matched tempo, key, structure, etc (FYI it's the Superstitious instrumental music with acapella Bootylicious overtop, which you might have guessed). The odd touch comes at the end - the flute riff from Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer". :/

Unless of course you're DJing some uber-hip night of microhouse or something, and then of course this track would be pointless...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 15 December 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

nah, I hear ya, didnt mean to be a dick about it

to me it seems like taking two somewhat overplayed tracks and multiplying 'em together .... I hear Superstitious on the jukebox literally every time I go to a bar, and Bootylicious has been on 800 mashups

I'm all in favor of the crowd pleasing jamz though

― Renard, Thursday, 15 December 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

someone on this thread has scored 11/10 on this quiz

hint: his name is stirmonster

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 15 December 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

(x-post)
and of course i didn't mean to be so sensitive about a throwaway track i couldn't give a toss about anyway... so love all around...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 15 December 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

"Celebration" by Kool and the Gang

― hstenc1l, Thursday, 15 December 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

"It's Alright" by Sterling Void

― drewo (drewo), Thursday, 15 December 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

yeah wish I was in Glasgow for Justus again....

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 December 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Last year I played "11:59" by Blondie as the last song of the old year and "Since Yesterday" by Strawberry Switchblade as the first song of the new year.

I will admit to doing the U2 thing tho' ...

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 15 December 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Late New Year's Eve, paper hat on your head
It's hard to believe you'll ever be dead.
But that dream where you're falling
you've had since you're five
is a bird on your shoulder who whispers goodbye.

Evil Knievel shot up from dead grass.
I loved him better each time he crashed.
Liza Minnelli spent a month in her bed
certain that Skylab would fall on her head.

One night I dreamed that I dug my own grave
and climbed down inside to patiently wait.
Down in the ground I breathed the warm air
and blackbirds flew down to nest in my hair.

What is moving will be still.
What's been gathered will disperse.
What's been built up will collapse.
All your dreams fulfilled.

: D

― gear (gear), Thursday, 15 December 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Foo Fighters, "Best Of You"

― 'Twan (miccio), Thursday, 15 December 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

stirmonsters post has just made me a very happy man :) bring on nye!

― Mozza (Moz), Thursday, 15 December 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

I've decided on a What Time Is Love medley starting with the Acid Brass version, then the breaks version, then a soul-breaks bootleg that also has Rockitt and Papau New Guinea then Rex the Dog mix of Drop the Pressure then a mash Destiny's Lose Myself/Drop the Pressure then more of KLF What Time Is Love: some of the late 80s versions. Then Westbam Old School, BabyPeople

WILL die!!!!!!! People will fall in LOVE

BTW, has anyone heard the Villalobos version of What Time Is Love?

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Thursday, 15 December 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's good in a way that bespeaks quiet desperation and wearisome drug psychosis.

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 16 December 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

someone on this thread has scored 11/10 on this quiz
hint: his name is stirmonster

-- mark p (mark.p****...), December 15th, 2005.

k-OTM!

― etc, Friday, 16 December 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

ok I think I'm playing the 13-minute version of dinosaur's "kiss me again" & timing it so the "kiss me, kiss me, kiss me again" breakdown is happening at midnight.

― etc, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

"Millenium" by Robbie Williams?

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

i stand by 'Hung Up', with Hystereo's 'Validity Revision' rumbling underneath (here's one i made earlier).

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

Can someone please remind of the Faithless track that breaks into big ben in the middle. I thought I had it but cannot find the right mix...

PLEASE HELP ME, I cannot sleep

Thanks

― Lee Taylor, Monday, 2 January 2006 12:54 (twenty years ago)

Lee, it's Insomnia (Moody Mix)...

and it was, funnily enough, the tune that I played on this NY's eve!

(Big Ben is not in the middle of the track, though, it's at the very beginning if I'm not mistaken)

― Mind Taker, Monday, 2 January 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

we played Roxy Music's More Than This for sentimental effect, followed by the French version of I Will Survive...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 2 January 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

Q. Who the hell yells 'boooo!' when "Ignition (Remix)" plays at midnight?

A. 15-year-old Linkin Park/Slipknot fans

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 2 January 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

"Night on Fire" by VHS or BETA brought the house down at the New Year's party I attended.

"Put you hands together and we'll light this night/Light this night on FIRE!"

― Cliftonb, Monday, 2 January 2006 19:41 (twenty years ago)

"11:59 It's January" by Scrawl, because I hate NYE:

http://herjazz.org/maria/2005/12/31/687

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 2 January 2006 19:42 (twenty years ago)

...and post the facts here: Clubbers! DJs! What song did you hear at midnight on NYE?

― Affectian (Affectian), Monday, 2 January 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

this year for midnight i have done a massive clock sound collage and then at the stroke of midnight justus kohncke is going to take to the stage to perform 'timecode'.

-- stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:44 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

damn son.

― s1ocki, Sunday, 30 December 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

saw thread and thought 'timecode' would be a good one! scooped again. ;___;

― haitch, Monday, 31 December 2007 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

That Timecode thing is incredible even now, although now it's probably the minimal house equivalent of Kick Out The Jams or something WHICH IS AS IT SHOULD BE.

The minutes between midnight and 12.05am on January 1st are no time for credibility in anything.

― Matt DC, Monday, 31 December 2007 02:52 (eighteen years ago)

"Strokin'" by Clarence Carter

― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 31 December 2007 02:55 (eighteen years ago)

Man 2 Man meets Man Parrish - Male Stripper

― moley, Monday, 31 December 2007 04:27 (eighteen years ago)

five years pass...

"Strokin'" by Clarence Carter

― Pleasant Plains

wtf

― NI, Monday, 30 December 2013 21:48 (twelve years ago)

That Rock the Casbah / Stevie Wonder "Uptight" bootleg. Even your grandma would wobble.
― paulhw (paulhw)

Wow! I love this never heard it before. Where can I get it?

― Moka, Monday, 30 December 2013 21:57 (twelve years ago)

Phantogram "Fall in Love"

― calstars, Monday, 30 December 2013 22:06 (twelve years ago)

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