Dj'n a BARMITZVAH!!!!

And "Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat)."

chaki play the happy hardcore version of hava nagila!!!

I was at one in late June and one this past weekend (attending not djing), and apparently (either due to the state of the pop charts or the dictates of the parents) rap and r'n'b are not played-- except for "Starships" by Nicki Minaj. So much pop-dance but no African-American music till the oldies set (70s and 80s music) late into the night-- Michael Jackson and Donna Summer.

My son says that at his high school dances they play rap, r'n'b, bachata and reggaeton in addition to the pop

surely they played "i gotta feeling" -- or i guess you don't mean no music by black people was played, just no rap

Oh that's right, just no rap and r'n'b

Surely like Motown and thing, tho, right?

oh whoop xp

No Motown at this most recent one. Nothing pre-70s!

I think it probably corresponds to the b-mitzvah boy/girl's taste/request? Or maybe just a bunk dj (I definitely remember going to one bm party entirely attended by rock kids where the dj played chart pop and rap the entire time despite protests by the kid who the party was for. When the dj eventually did play something requested it was with this really insulting headbang and horns-throwing-up pantomime. I hope he got fired or something).

Anyways, one of my secret desires is to dj a bar mitzvah party, but only if I can play whatever I want to clued out 13 year olds.

I imagine they're generally past motown, since the later night fare for the parents and the like (i.e. "Their generation's music") would be what, 80s stuff?

It's a mix of the kid's tastes and what the parents think is appropriate and if the parents will let the djs play requests. Plus a token parents set which included Lipps Inc. "Funky Town." But as Some Dude and others have written about elsewhere-- there's not alot of rap and r'n'b in the current pop charts,so instead you get several Katy Perry songs, Maroon 5, Pink, Call Me Maybe, etc.

At the Bat Mitzvah in June they did some line dances, but not at this one(Bar Mitzvah boy may be less into that than girls)

With the dj they had several dancers/hype people to encourage the kids. Man, this one guy could dance.

There wasn't any dubstep played at my six-year old cousin's birthday party either.

This is pretty old, but worth a revive.

Djing Morgan Geist's sisters 16th

truth bombs within....

I get the feeling that to these kids, any hip-hop before 1990 was performed by MC Hammer

I asked Maryssa why she had such an adverse reaction to "O.P.P." and the long and short of it is that it's passé

x-post--I'm commenting on the state of the pop charts and what 13-year olds and their parents want to hear. My 16-year-old nephew is into dubstep

5 years ago, one would hear some rap at a Bar Mitzvah

I was the third DJ w/ Rich and Morgan. Morgan did it for family, I supplied the equipment and we invited Rich because we knew he kept up with the latest sounds. I thought I had a few tricks up my sleeve because I was in the process of DJing weddings and had some hits, but I was not prepared. It was surreal for many reasons, including the fact that it was the same venue where my father remarried when I was 17 years old.