Great thread and I have heard many Scotrod stories, so hopefully he'll reprint them.
To me, I dont get offended by people requesting tunes...even if they're shit or wrong for the vibe or time. They're just pissed punters and dont know any better most of the time. Comes with the territory IMO.
I'm always extremely nice about it and just lay blame on the faceless manager. "Sorry the manager booked me to play funk all night long...I would though if I was in control" or "Believe me, I love that tune, but the manager's trying to move the night in a differenet direction." That usually works, but not always.
A few weeks ago I was playing downstairs at Weedhopper and it was a bit slow earlier in the night...so hip hop and soul was what I was playing. Drunk dude walked down with his girl and jumped in my personal space (2 inches away) and nicely told me that they wanted to dance. Mind you, nobody else was on the dancefloor at the time, but there were a bunch of people in the room. So I played some more upbeat hip hop (De La, etc) and 3 songs later there was now an OK dancefloor (only about 10 or so, but a good vibe). He comes into my personal space again and says not-so-nicely that this wasn't what he wanted and to play some house music. I ignored him this time and continued to play to the room. So he comes up a third time and demands house music or him and his girl are leaving. Perfectly timed, a large group of women roll downstairs and completely pack out the place (which isn't hard there) while he's got his back to the dancefloor. He's telling me how shit I am and that I dont know what I'm doing while a packed room of nubile females are rockin out behind him. I just pointed and said, "Sorry, man. This is what THEY want!" He left.
But the all-time greatest request any DJ in this town will ever have to endure...
"Mate, when's Boogs comin on?"
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