BarmyBritJo Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Whilst out Saturday night we ended up in a late bar that has a DJ and a small space for dancing, after a few drinks me and my mate asked him to play a GnR song for us, we debated with him for a while and eventually settled on Paradise City. Now this wasn't an easy feat to achieve, the DJ needed plenty of gentle reminders and he admitted that he thought that this song would kill the club and every one would stop dancing immediatly! My other half went along with this also saying that there was no way I would get the DJ to play GnR on a busy Saturday night when he's stuck to the regular club set of plenty of house and rave style shit. I wasn't to be thwarted though!! Finally the DJ played walk this way, me and my mate nodded yep this was the lead up my request was next, what would the mostly young crowd make of it?Opening bars to paradise city, yep a few bling girls and guys went back to their seats but they were soon replaced by many other people of ALL ages who leapt onto the dancing area and began pumping their fists in the air, singing loudly along with it and when it finished cheered and clapped and thanked the DJ!! LOL!! I too thanked him for his bravery but couldn't help smugly pointing out how popular it had actually been................!! Who knows maybe GnR will become a regular part of his set!!Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR'R Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Whilst out Saturday night we ended up in a late bar that has a DJ and a small space for dancing, after a few drinks me and my mate asked him to play a GnR song for us, we debated with him for a while and eventually settled on Paradise City. Now this wasn't an easy feat to achieve, the DJ needed plenty of gentle reminders and he admitted that he thought that this song would kill the club and every one would stop dancing immediatly! My other half went along with this also saying that there was no way I would get the DJ to play GnR on a busy Saturday night when he's stuck to the regular club set of plenty of house and rave style shit. I wasn't to be thwarted though!! Finally the DJ played walk this way, me and my mate nodded yep this was the lead up my request was next, what would the mostly young crowd make of it?Opening bars to paradise city, yep a few bling girls and guys went back to their seats but they were soon replaced by many other people of ALL ages who leapt onto the dancing area and began pumping their fists in the air, singing loudly along with it and when it finished cheered and clapped and thanked the DJ!! LOL!! I too thanked him for his bravery but couldn't help smugly pointing out how popular it had actually been................!! Who knows maybe GnR will become a regular part of his set!!Jo You're so cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.drummin Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Everyone loves Paradise City. The problem is seeing what the crowd would do this a song like Better or IRS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR'R Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Everyone loves Paradise City. The problem is seeing what the crowd would do this a song like Better or IRS.Fuck Better and IRS, we got Silkworms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max™ Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Everyone loves Paradise City. The problem is seeing what the crowd would do this a song like Better or IRS.Give it 20 years after CD is released, and we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Disillusion Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 you cant go wrong with paradise city, ever! Theres a reason GNR always closes with that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f**k_your_enemy Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Ha awesome Jo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November_rain Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 How cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longpig Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Same thing happened in an 'Indie' club in Derby we were at, playing songs by all the 'cool' bands all night, and out of nowhere SCOM came on.... last song I expected to hear and everyone went nuts.I was completely surprised as I think I'm the only GnR fan in England, but it definitely changed my mind!LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarmyBritJo Posted September 4, 2006 Author Share Posted September 4, 2006 I know it was quite an old song to ask for but it was interesting to see how varied the age group that got up and danced to it! I think it's a good sign that CD will be well recived when it comes out in the charts.Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alty Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Yeah, you'd be surprised. I didn't think there was a whole lot of GNR fans about but like the other night in the bar there was a good lot of people singing along to Sweet Child. Different age groups though mostly in their 30s.Also at a concert the other week, they played the Sweet Child video on the big screen, just while we were waiting. There was a load of people singing along to that. I was pretty surprised. This was mainly teenagers looking to see the Kaiser Chiefs They're more popular than you'd think. Some people who wouldn't listen to rock music now seem to know who Axl is because of the VMAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dally Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Everyone loves Paradise City. The problem is seeing what the crowd would do this a song like Better or IRS.Fuck Better and IRS, we got Silkworms yea.... it will fit a dance club right up there :xmassrudolph: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
There Was A Fine Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 shouldve got them to play this one for the chavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Disillusion Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 shouldve got them to play this one for the chavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
There Was A Fine Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 i didnt mean that in a racial way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_rose_gnr Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 shouldve got them to play this one for the chavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Seal Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Whilst out Saturday night we ended up in a late bar that has a DJ and a small space for dancing, after a few drinks me and my mate asked him to play a GnR song for us, we debated with him for a while and eventually settled on Paradise City. Now this wasn't an easy feat to achieve, the DJ needed plenty of gentle reminders and he admitted that he thought that this song would kill the club and every one would stop dancing immediatly! My other half went along with this also saying that there was no way I would get the DJ to play GnR on a busy Saturday night when he's stuck to the regular club set of plenty of house and rave style shit. I wasn't to be thwarted though!! Finally the DJ played walk this way, me and my mate nodded yep this was the lead up my request was next, what would the mostly young crowd make of it?Opening bars to paradise city, yep a few bling girls and guys went back to their seats but they were soon replaced by many other people of ALL ages who leapt onto the dancing area and began pumping their fists in the air, singing loudly along with it and when it finished cheered and clapped and thanked the DJ!! LOL!! I too thanked him for his bravery but couldn't help smugly pointing out how popular it had actually been................!! Who knows maybe GnR will become a regular part of his set!!JoActually thats almost exactly what happened some months back to me! I was at this club where they played some rock and pop but mostly it was regular club music anyways I first went to ask the DJ for SCOM and he played it and the reaction was really nice for it! Some time later I asked for PC and the reaction was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Axl Kev Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Awesome story! One time in a nightclub I got the DJ to play 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and the place was raging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zara mama Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 (edited) Once i asked dj to put 'perfect crime' and since the club wasn't loaded he agreed. as a result only some few people left on the dancefloor, me and a friend of mine being the most nuts people they all had ever seen;DDDDD Edited September 4, 2006 by zara mama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleigh Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 (edited) Once i asked dj to put 'perfect crime' and since the club wasn't loaded he agreed. as a result only some few people left on the dancefloor, me and a friend of mine being the most nuts people they all had ever seen;DDDDDI'd love to see that. Next time I'm somewhere with a DJ, I'm requesting Garden of Eden to see the reaction. (Though Dead Horse would be another fun song to dance to, if we're not talking about the hits) Come to think of it, I forgot if they played any GNR at my cousin's wedding or not. Edited September 4, 2006 by Kaleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsend Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 A good night was had by all. It's about time dj's played some decent music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebbles Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 you see everyone loves gnr.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 shouldve got them to play this one for the chavs Its sad that people focus that much on that small part of that great song, its a fucking shame.Cool story BarmyBritJo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzeurilluzion Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Thats funny,I was gonna start a thread about this. I'm a regular at clubs and quite a few bring out some of that old school rock like ACDC Shook me which always gets a raging response.I have to say though I love it when SCOM comes on, everyone goes nuts as soon as that openning riff hits. It never fails at the club.Whenever I'm with my friends everyone looks at me cuz they know I'll be screaming!!!Love it when that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogstar90_G'N'R Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 good stuff man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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