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
4. he is a stupid twat
-- 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
he's rubbish
― RJG, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 09:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7328513.stm
Chart star Calvin Harris has lost seven months of work on his new album in baggage problems at Heathrow.The dance musician, from Dumfries, in the south of Scotland, was returning to the UK from America when the bag containing his laptop went missing.A spokeswoman for his record company confirmed it contained the only copy of work on Mr Harris' second album.His first release - I Created Disco - was a top 10 hit and carried the debut single Acceptable in the 80s.The album's success led to him working with the likes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kylie Minogue, for whom he wrote the forthcoming single In My Arms in his bedroom on a 15-year-old computer.A spokeswoman for Columbia Records confirmed that the lost laptop contained several new songs the DJ and musician had been working on."He has lost the only copy of the new album," she said."It is a big cause for concern - months of work have gone into that."She said it would not affect his live performances as they did not involve the use of the laptop.However, it could set back work on a new album for some time."They have offered about £750 in compensation," said the spokeswoman."You can't really put a price on something like a new record."Flights cancelledBritish Airways has said its priority is to reunite passengers with their luggage as soon as possible.More than 400 volunteer staff have been working to deal with the situation.Thousands of bags were caught in a backlog after the opening of the new T5 terminal at Heathrow this week.Numerous flights were cancelled due to problems with the baggage handling system.British Airways has admitted that the chaos surrounding the opening of Terminal 5 has so far cost about £16 million.
The dance musician, from Dumfries, in the south of Scotland, was returning to the UK from America when the bag containing his laptop went missing.
A spokeswoman for his record company confirmed it contained the only copy of work on Mr Harris' second album.
His first release - I Created Disco - was a top 10 hit and carried the debut single Acceptable in the 80s.
The album's success led to him working with the likes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kylie Minogue, for whom he wrote the forthcoming single In My Arms in his bedroom on a 15-year-old computer.
A spokeswoman for Columbia Records confirmed that the lost laptop contained several new songs the DJ and musician had been working on.
"He has lost the only copy of the new album," she said.
"It is a big cause for concern - months of work have gone into that."
She said it would not affect his live performances as they did not involve the use of the laptop.
However, it could set back work on a new album for some time.
"They have offered about £750 in compensation," said the spokeswoman.
"You can't really put a price on something like a new record."
Flights cancelled
British Airways has said its priority is to reunite passengers with their luggage as soon as possible.
More than 400 volunteer staff have been working to deal with the situation.
Thousands of bags were caught in a backlog after the opening of the new T5 terminal at Heathrow this week.
Numerous flights were cancelled due to problems with the baggage handling system.
British Airways has admitted that the chaos surrounding the opening of Terminal 5 has so far cost about £16 million.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 3 April 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
there is a god
― fandango, Thursday, 3 April 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought this thread was about beat happening
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 3 April 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh no that sucks! "Acceptable in the 80s" was pretty good but "The Girls" had the girls going wild! That song is hot.
I never checked the full album to be honest but I can't believe he would keep his entire new one on just one laptop. Way to suck, British Airways!
― Rob Threezy, Thursday, 3 April 2008 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
This is totally a dog-ate-my-homework story, and is Harris's excuse for not yet having churned out the follow up Columbia is no doubt pestering him for so they can rush release it before everyone gets (even more) sick of him.
― JimD, Thursday, 3 April 2008 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah as much as i would like this to be true, what kind of mongtard doesn't back that shit up?
― blueski, Friday, 4 April 2008 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link
He should just steal Laromlab's album and pass it off as his own.
― chap, Friday, 4 April 2008 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Has Dom been moonlighting as a baggage handler at Terminal 5?
― Tom D., Friday, 4 April 2008 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
of course he has another copy. its just a load of PR gumph aint it.
― mark e, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Was about to say the same. If it was really the case they'd be suitably embarrassed to not issue a fucking press release about it
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Perhaps he did a song with Naomi Campbell and she wasn't too keen on it.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe the record label is trying to get extra compensation from british airways
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
That would be hilarious so I hope you're right
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone tech-savvy enough to make good electronic music knows to back shit up. What a jackoff.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
yep, he is like some vile British public school James Murphy
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, this song with Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris, it's quite good.
― zeus, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link
it's awful. the way the bassline so wants to be a classic bounce, and fails by so much, makes me cringe.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:38 (fifteen years ago) link
the lex is back??? wow.
― zeus, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
that deadmau5 dub injects some life into his 'merrymaking' track which is one of those songs that has been completely overshadowed by the remix.
― jbill, Sunday, 29 June 2008 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, that Dizzee track is quite good. Calvin Harris revival starts here.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
im happy that i dont live in the uk and therefore can pretend like the dizzee track doesn't exist
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
the dude on the hook is the worst part about it actually
I'm seeing this guy open for MBV in three months. Hm.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Dizzee or Calvin? I'm not sure either are obvious MBV opening acts
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
-- Ismael Klata, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 9:51 PM
I disagree. Dizzee's vocal is phoned in, he switches between generic "electro" and generic "Indian" music in a way that just sounds lazily tacked-together, his own vocal is a cringe-worthy... it sucks, basically.
― Bodrick III, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Calvin. Dizzee I've seen already, great show.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/auavwx.jpg
And what's with the Peter Beardsley do?
― Bodrick III, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i like his production for seb/roisin's "off & on" much more than i like "dance wiv me"
― Keaney Tong, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I just noticed Dizzee confessing that he'll "feel like a wally" if he doesn't pursue this girl - how can you hate that?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:32 (fifteen years ago) link
http://store01.prostores.com/digitalgravel/catalog/lacelocks_wallychampihmdj_c.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
thought this said Calvin Johnson at first, thought "well, i agree, but it's too late now, isn't it?"
― some dude, Thursday, 10 July 2008 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I still like "Dance Wiv Me".
― zeus, Thursday, 10 July 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
dont mind this song anymore but the hook lets it down a lot.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
ned YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING ME - this guy is opening up for MBV in LA??!?!?!
a fucking travesty.
― BATTAGS, Friday, 11 July 2008 04:01 (fifteen years ago) link
does this blurb annoy anyone else as much as it annoys me?
― rockapads, Friday, 11 July 2008 04:15 (fifteen years ago) link