he's so old i can remember him from 'that was the week that was'.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Playing Lance Percival's records?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Remember when Carl Cox was on the Big Breakfast?
playing Whigfield! it was awesome
Harris probably hasn't heard Cox's own tunes. 'The Player' destroys anything he's ever done or will do.
― blueski, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
What is it with dance acts talking about proper bands and "proper pop" music being back in the charts according to popjustice?
Why does everything have to be "proper"?
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
bit harsh to bracket james murphy with this witless cock, ronan!
― haitch, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
it's like inverse rockism. xpost
― Roz, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
'proper' pop as opposed to actually good/great pop
― blueski, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
What the hell is proper pop anyway?
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
It's the kind of thing I would expect 50 year old Abba fans to say.
tim f's review in the local street press - "he admitted that he never liked disco, maybe he should fucking well stay away from it then." hero!
― haitch, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
White people.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Ahh, that explains why the lex used to slag off popjustice as something else then.
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
The Sunday Mail just loves this guy. Yet another live review in todays paper.
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 19 August 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
BETTER LIVE.
― pisces, Sunday, 23 September 2007 04:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Did you take your own mud?
― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 23 September 2007 10:33 (sixteen years ago) link
my own mud? um..
― pisces, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh could the guy get any less likeable.
― Tim F, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Possibly the worst shit ever made.
― Andy K, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Andy I'm so glad you agree. I despise him.
― Tim F, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
"It annoys me some DJs are getting paid five times as much as us when we are a proper band and they're only playing other people's records."
twat
― max, Sunday, 23 September 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
but i like "acceptable in the 80s"
― max, Sunday, 23 September 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
really boring on tv
― RJG, Sunday, 23 September 2007 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I forgot Carl Cox existed till this thread. Is he still big in Europe? I’d expect not ...
― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 23 September 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh wow, the sheer assholery of that DJ comment...
― Telephone thing, Sunday, 23 September 2007 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, everyone knows that playing records is harder than making them, so why shouldn't DJs get paid five times more?
― moley, Sunday, 23 September 2007 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
carl cox doesn't get paid more because of what he does on stage. he gets paid more because he can draw 10 times as many people.
― elan, Monday, 24 September 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I caught the last few songs of his LA set last week, and didn't think it was that bad. Sort of had a 90s dance/LCD Jr. vibe to his songs. I did notice that the club was 18+, and most of the crowd did not have over 21 wristbands, which I think says a lot about his demographic.
― naus, Monday, 24 September 2007 06:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, way more females than males in attendance, and most looked like they hadn't been to an indie club before. Led me to believe that he must be getting a huge MySpace/MTVU push.
― naus, Monday, 24 September 2007 06:18 (sixteen years ago) link
calvin harris - scotland's disgrace pt. 48.
carl cox is STILL massive.
― stirmonster, Monday, 24 September 2007 07:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Are there any mega-big name 90s DJs who aren't still massive? It's like they can go out of fashion as much as they want and still draw big crowds.
― Matt DC, Monday, 24 September 2007 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link
CALVIN HARRIS AND THE MITCHELL BROTHERS TOGETHER ON ONE TRACK. THE BEST OF BRITISH DANCE MEETS THE BEST OF BRITISH URBAN. HOW CAN THEY FIT SO MUCH NON-IRRITATING TALENT ON ONE SONG? I HAVE NO IDEA.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zt7VRD6zlSs
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Led me to believe that he must be getting a huge MySpace/MTVU push
along with a nice line in DFS sofas ..
― mark e, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
ok
1. playing in a real band? big whup, what fucken difference does it make? I think almost anybody would rather hear a good DJ set than a shit band
2. he is a poor imitation of mylo, who is a poor imitation of Les Rythmes Digitales
3. he jumped on the electro/80s revival bandwagon at least 5 years too late
4. he is a stupid twat
― max r, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link
^ all 4 points OTM
But I do like Acceptable in the 80s...
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Calvin Harris OTM
― everything, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
a bunch of my friends are really digging this guy, but i gave the album a spin and was thoroughly unimpressed. it's getting massive college radio play. maybe some good remixes would make it more palatable.
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Saturday, 29 September 2007 00:54 (sixteen years ago) link
emily, play your friends "darkdancer" by Les Rythmes Digitales from 1999.
― max r, Saturday, 29 September 2007 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i went back to my college a couple weekends ago for homecoming and this shit was playing all over. wtf
― deej, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought he was very funny in this Metro mini-interview
― Alba, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
-- max r, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:27 (1 month ago) Bookmark Link
^^^this dude was frequently otm, whatever happened to him?
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
"I couldn’t stand that J-Lo song with the saxophone all the way through, Get Right. That was bad."
idiot.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 10:52 (sixteen years ago) link
just read this on wikipedia about the "Acceptable in the 80s" video:
The music video features many references of the time; the stereotypical large hairstyles, bright dayglo colours and bizarrely, scientists dissecting what appears to be an otter, products of which are used by a hair stylist, TV chef, and to heal a grazed knee. The video is directed by Woof Wan-Bau.
this could be a number of things I suppose; is he saying that BACK THEN animal testing and vivisection were (more) acceptable, that there wasn't as much environmental consciousness as today? I love it that someone called Woof Wan-Bau exists.
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it was more that people just hated otters in the 80s, as they were associated with the (then) embarrassing 70s (Tarka The Otter, Ring Of Bright Water etc.)
― Alba, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 12:16 (sixteen years ago) link
(actually Ring Of Bright Water came out in 1969, but we all know the 70s began in 1968)
― Alba, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 12:17 (sixteen years ago) link
we have some songs of his on the work ipod, one where he is singing about "electro man" is a mix of the "electro boy" song from the mighty boosh and that one belle & sebastian dance track, sung by the dude from david devant and his spirit wife. really really bad.
― r1o natsume, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe Calvin Harris is just trolling.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
'In My Arms' from the forthcoming Kylie album is quite good.
― Popture, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
So's her cover of "Love is the Drug."
― jaymc, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
bentley rhythm ace of 2007
― pc user, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
some good stuff alright. he's otm about that j-lo song.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder what you guys would be saying had you been around for La Bouche, The Real McCoy and Captain Hollywood Project
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
(although "Feel So Close" is pretty much terrible)
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:06 AM Bookmark
iirc my thoughts on all this stuff at the time was "when are they playing Coolio again?"
I fux w/ "Sweet Dreams" and "Another Night" (tho I always thought this sounded like a Coke jingle) and maaaaaaaaaaayyyybe "Be My Lover" tho
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
i can't figure out if la bouche and the real mccoy are supposed to really be a defense of this (or anything)
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's more, people are having this hysterical overreaction to this dude as if he's some brand new circle of awful hell rather than someone who is pretty clearly operating in a paradigm that's been sending hits to the charts for 20 years
it's basically "look, we survived Robert Miles, we will survive this too, just relax"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
"look, we survived Robert Miles, we will survive this too, just relax"
I immediately vote for this as the replacement slogan for "Keep Calm and Carry On"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
fuck you Dan, "Children" is a classic *takes ball and goes home*
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
lol
I mean, in the interest of full disclosure I never understood why everyone despised "Children" either but Miles such a good stand-in for "commercially successful dance dude that dance people seem to hate with terrifying and unhealthy fervor"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Dan obviously doesn't remember the mass group suicides of the 90s.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
i loved "children" and "one & one"
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
still do
calvin harris could never
i am a big fan of "another night" to be honest
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
"Another Night" is brilliant. That bit near the end with the crazy little synth arpeggio behind Olaf's rap is one of the best all time house party moments.
Pretty much all of my issues with Harris are tied up with his voice and persona, which were heavily prevalent on "I Like The Girls" and "Born In The 80s"; those records really were some brand new circle of awful hell. He was a dickhead in interviews and the like at that time as well.
Fear and loathing seem somewhat overdone if he's just producing chintzy circus organ dance-pop now, but if he opens his mouth on the new record then all bets are off.
― Tim F, Friday, 17 February 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ this being a carbon copy of "We Found Love" with Ne-Yo subbing in for Rihannahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMbjW43vGY
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
I just looked at his wikipedia page... that "Sweet Nothing" song is getting some radio play in the US and aside from the horrible Rihanna song it's his highest charting single. But in the UK his last six songs have gone 2-2-2-2-1-6 and both albums #1. Is he totally unavoidable on UK radio/in clubs etc?
― skip, Thursday, 21 March 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know if actual djs in actual clubs actually play him but yeah he's all over the radio, drinking from the bottle being the current irritant
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 March 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
I can't imagine any DJ with any kind of rep ever playing Calvin Harris, but he's probably ubiquitous in high street nightclubs (ie most of the clubs in the UK).
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 March 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
"thinking about you" is such a good song
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's much better than his other recent stuff, i was actually surprised it was him. naturally it is not getting nearly as much american radio play as his other songs did.
― dyl, Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
fukk yes
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
gr8 song, esp for the 278th single off that record, possibly the best 278th single ever?
― a commentary on self-absorbed youth culture in the social media age (zachlyon), Saturday, 8 March 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
i'm sort of into "summer"
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 5 May 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
video for it is garbage
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
horrifyingly, i kind of enjoy the rita ora single which is his handiwork i think *ducks*
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
"Summer" is ok but seems like a rewrite of "Feel So Close" (which I kind of liked *ducks*)
― Vinnie, Monday, 5 May 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
the synth line of the chorus to summer is beyond parody, like something from page 2 of "john thompson's elementary guide to the piano"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
not into "summer" at all
― dyl, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
i enjoy like 50% of his singles COME AT ME
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 5 May 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
'summer' is aite. i still think 'i'm not alone' is the best, such a dumb song i love
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 5 May 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
it's my favorite by him too, tho i heard it again recently and i would say it has lost some of its appeal
― dyl, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
haim, big sean, gwen stefani & tinashe on the new one http://www.stereogum.com/1709814/haim-tinashe-gwen-stefani-featured-on-calvin-harris-motion/news/
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 05:40 (nine years ago) link
haim song on this album is the best thing he's done since 'acceptable in the '80s'
― maura, Saturday, 28 February 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
hmmm wrong, that would be his Armani photoshoot
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Saturday, 28 February 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
― dyl, Sunday, 1 March 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
only good thing dom ever did was the title of this thread
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:12 (nine years ago) link
it still applies obviously