Any funny stories involving requests at gigs/clubs etc?
I used to run a garage rock/motown/girl groups night in Dalston when I was at uni, and some people turned up expecting UK garage. they enjoyed the night regardless, but I played re-rewind at the end which went down quite badly with the rest of the punters.
only ever requested one song at a gig, and that was at a lightning bolt show in…2009 or 10. they played it.
went out to a goth night in camden and kept writing the DJ requests but the music kept getting worse and worse so i started writing request notes that moved into just calling him a wanker and probably got quite dark before the end of the night. woke up next day like
Used to go to a retro pop night in Nottingham during my fourth year of uni and every time we went my housemate would go up to the DJ booth every 15 minutes and tell him to play You Can Call Me Al until he’d relent
Last time I went to Rock City on a Saturday night I requested Rival Schools and got told it was too hardcore for the main room and I should go next door to the metal room
never bother requesting songs on nights out, rarely bother queuing up any songs at parties anymore either. no one will like it and i’ll just listen to it when i get home instead.
DJ’d* a night at the pub I used to work at cause they were in a bind. Lad kept coming up to request the courteeners, kept telling him I want playing any indie, and if I was I wouldn’t be playing the courteeners. Eventually called him over and told him I admired his persistence, so this is my last song of the night and its for him. Dropped out of touch by Hall and oates. Dickish but I really enjoyed it
*played music through my phone on Spotify pissed cause their dj hadn’t turned up and I was willing to do it for 20 quid plus drinks
Brazilian correspondent here: the regional equivalent of “Play Freebird!” here is “Toca Raul!”, i.e. Raul Seixas, who I’d never heard of before moving here but who apparently inspires diehard fandom.
Played a lot of open mic nights politely refusing to “Play Raul” / explaining that my name wasn’t Raul before I cottoned on…