Playing Lance Percival's records?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
bit harsh to bracket james murphy with this witless cock, ronan!
― haitch, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
it's like inverse rockism. xpost
― Roz, Saturday, 18 August 2007 13:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
'proper' pop as opposed to actually good/great pop
― blueski, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
What the hell is proper pop anyway?
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
White people.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
Ahh, that explains why the lex used to slag off popjustice as something else then.
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
The Sunday Mail just loves this guy. Yet another live review in todays paper.
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 19 August 2007 18:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
BETTER LIVE.
― pisces, Sunday, 23 September 2007 04:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
Did you take your own mud?
― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 23 September 2007 10:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
my own mud? um..
― pisces, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
ugh could the guy get any less likeable.
― Tim F, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
Possibly the worst shit ever made.
― Andy K, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
Andy I'm so glad you agree. I despise him.
― Tim F, Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
"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 (5 years ago) Permalink
but i like "acceptable in the 80s"
― max, Sunday, 23 September 2007 16:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
really boring on tv
― RJG, Sunday, 23 September 2007 16:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh wow, the sheer assholery of that DJ comment...
― Telephone thing, Sunday, 23 September 2007 21:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
calvin harris - scotland's disgrace pt. 48.
carl cox is STILL massive.
― stirmonster, Monday, 24 September 2007 07:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
^ all 4 points OTM
But I do like Acceptable in the 80s...
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 28 September 2007 15:28 (5 years ago) Permalink
Calvin Harris OTM
― everything, Friday, 28 September 2007 16:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
emily, play your friends "darkdancer" by Les Rythmes Digitales from 1999.
― max r, Saturday, 29 September 2007 02:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
I thought he was very funny in this Metro mini-interview
― Alba, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 10:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
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^^^this dude was frequently otm, whatever happened to him?
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 10:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
"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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
(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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
Maybe Calvin Harris is just trolling.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 14:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
'In My Arms' from the forthcoming Kylie album is quite good.
― Popture, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
So's her cover of "Love is the Drug."
― jaymc, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 18:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
bentley rhythm ace of 2007
― pc user, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 22:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
some good stuff alright. he's otm about that j-lo song.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 23:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
he's rubbish
― RJG, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 09:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
Right, I misunderstood, who is he referring to?
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Friday, 14 August 2009 10:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wow, that Petriedes article is one of the best things I think I've ever read of his. I mean that totally without irony.
So basically, Harris' angst about that article boils down to "wah wah wah, Alexis Petriedes is smarter and better educated than I am" - WOW, that must *really* hurt.
― hüzün (Masonic Boom), Friday, 14 August 2009 10:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
Credit where credit's due, I think everyone gave that album two stars, not just Petridis.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 10:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Now clarified: "that wasn't about @alexispetridis' review by the way, his came as no surprise."
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 August 2009 10:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
there are people who will like the album who wont get the album because they saw a shit review
lol
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
FUCKING JOURNALISTS GIVING PEOPLE SHIT REVIEWS
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
AND SLEEPING WITH WOMEN IN THE PAST
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
Which jobbing indie band's parents would you travel back in time to have sex with?
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Gay Dad" indeed
― unban dictionary (blueski), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Come tweet wiv me"
Been digging his tweets immensely. Thanks Mike!
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've got love for you unless your mum fucked a journo in the 80s, the 80s
― vain_bowers, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
apparently he debuts on the hot 100 this week with one of his own tracks ;_; rihanna what have you done
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
tired of hearing that damn chintzy circus organ all the time
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 03:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
title of thread still applies
never gonna forgive rihanna for this tbh
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rev OTM
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess we should get used to it
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 09:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
yesss but this is like the definition of "grooving" for certain people
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
(although "Feel So Close" is pretty much terrible)
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
"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 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck you Dan, "Children" is a classic *takes ball and goes home*
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dan obviously doesn't remember the mass group suicides of the 90s.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
still do
calvin harris could never
i am a big fan of "another night" to be honest
― teledyldonix, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
"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 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ this being a carbon copy of "We Found Love" with Ne-Yo subbing in for Rihanna
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 March 2012 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (2 months ago) Permalink
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 (2 months ago) Permalink
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 (2 months ago) Permalink