Oh god! Sometimes I really wish I was still a DJ. I swear. I just don't have the time or the motivation. Oh, and I don't like the people so that's three strikes right there but I found this song(s) that would have totally gotten a bunch of drunk club chicks to come up to the DJ booth and shout/slur into my ear "OMG! What was that last song?!?!? It was, like, totally killer. I know I've heard it before. OMG!" Right about then I would have completely slopped the next song transition, gave the drunk chick a dirty look (which they never saw or ignored) and replied, "It was Huber Hoofen. They're from Europe. First time being played here." Of course that was completely untrue and wrong but it's funny when the chick comes back up later and asks to here that Tuber Sockin song again.
Sometimes I find things on this great Internets that just blow my mind.
Case in point. Fall Out Boy. They play some sort of emo or dance rock or pop punk or something. It's on the MTV sometimes. Somebody at the label thought it would be a good idea to have FOB's song "Dance Dance" remixed into a (drum roll please) dance tune. House, to be more specific. I really wasn't all that surprised but mildly shocked when I saw that RJD2 had been tapped to do one of the mixes.
Now, I'm just confused. I didn't think FOB was cool but does association with RJD2 result in defacto cool? D2 had to make a conscious decision to associate with FOB. I'm sure money exchanged hands, but . . but . . . but . . . does he think they are cool? Does the double standard work in this situation? Was I wrong in thinking RJD2 could do no wrong?
:: BANG :: (that's the sound of my head exploding).
Stuff to Sample: From Fall Out Boy's album From Under the Cork Tree "Dance Dance" and RJD2's reinterpretation of "Dance Dance"
Confession: Ok, I have a copy of Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree. It's not horrible and I'm allowed to say this because it's Thursday. And I'm not required to be cool on Thursdays.
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