djfactory 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 any still play there hits? (agadoo, i am the music man etc etc). if so, do they go down well? and with what age group http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif Link to post Share on other sites
Dukesy 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 Kids Parties (5+) and 'Senoir' Parties (65+) - The Music Man!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Whisky In A Vase 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 I must say that Gang Bang seems to always go down well in the right atmosphere. While Penny Arcade gets them up on the tables Link to post Share on other sites
Dj_Kray 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 No not really i did play superman the other day but it was more a pi$$ take than anything http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/533.gif Link to post Share on other sites
kazzachi 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 Even I dont really do black lace anymore - even with kids (well on the very odd occasion). As with any other type of music, it does tend to have its day... and I really think Black Lace has had theirs! WE LOVE KAREN, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE HER BACK !!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link to post Share on other sites
Gary 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 Senior Citizens love a bit of Black Laces "Conga", and "The Music Man". Early 20's like the sexually explicit versions of Agadoo and Superman...leaves Eminem out in the vicarage... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/censored.gif If you've gotta play one of the black lace tunes, try mixing in just one word (at a time) from the X-rated versions...One or two people on the dancefloor will have a "ehh? what did the song say just then" look on their face, barely anyone else wil notice. Link to post Share on other sites
djfactory 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 QUOTE (Gary @ Dec 3 2003, 10:07 PM) Senior Citizens love a bit of Black Laces "Conga", and "The Music Man". Early 20's like the sexually explicit versions of Agadoo and Superman...leaves Eminem out in the vicarage... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/censored.gif If you've gotta play one of the black lace tunes, try mixing in just one word (at a time) from the X-rated versions...One or two people on the dancefloor will have a "ehh? what did the song say just then" look on their face, barely anyone else wil notice. gr8 idea http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/pepsi.gif Link to post Share on other sites
kazzachi 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 ...sorry gary! But I wouldnt ever play black lace - any version - at ANY adult function unless the specifically asked for it.. and then I would probably make an excuse that I didnt have it.....! PLease dont tell me you are serious! WE LOVE KAREN, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE HER BACK !!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 Kids are far more sophisticated nowadays (Eminem, Limp Bizkit, R'N'B, Busted etc http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif ) and you'd get lynched up here if you played Agadoo http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/nono.gif Link to post Share on other sites
Dukesy 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 World News Latest on Black Lace... Follow: http://www.btinternet.com/~discodirect/earth.jpg http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/xmas.gif Link to post Share on other sites
Dj_Kray 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif Link to post Share on other sites
Hugmaster 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Howdy As with any track, if it's appropriate for the gig, play it...by not playing it you're going against everything you say about pleasing the crowd. Played Black lace on a few weeks ago and packed out the dance floor, is not more crappy than Wigfield for god's sake. Darren Take a listen to Music Matters, the Big Mix Entertainment podcast, featuring music from the Podsafe Music Network. Link to post Share on other sites
DJ Spinko 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 8's and under still seem to like the Okey Cokey, Conga and Superman as well as the Wincarnis crowd who just like stuff they know. Other than that not really played unless many mega requests and promises to dance, they are not on the 'active' list in Spinko's cd collection Spinko Link to post Share on other sites
Gary 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 QUOTE (kazzachi @ Dec 3 2003, 11:29 PM) ...sorry gary! But I wouldnt ever play black lace - any version - at ANY adult function unless the specifically asked for it.. and then I would probably make an excuse that I didnt have it.....! PLease dont tell me you are serious! Definately a request only group - fear not - its never on my list of "Oh yes, that you go down well next. It would even need more than an anonymous request slip to get a BL track played. - I'd need a name to shame on-air. Link to post Share on other sites
tonyj 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 i spent a summer season working with Blacklace in Blackpool about 1992. It was fun times and occasionally a bit risque too. but thats another story..... there music is definatley to be played only when there mood is right. as with all the things we do its down to timing and how well you read the auidence. one night you can fill the floor the next the room empties.... the track i use most is music man but i sometimes use mimic man as its not as well known so its new to the kids.... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif Member of The Musicians Union "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like hard work." Link to post Share on other sites
paula 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I played the party crazy megamix, but purely by mistake, woz off on a toilet trip http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif But they should be strung up for doing Brown girl in the ring / Rivers of babylon http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/mad.gif ..........and there version of Saturday night is poo!!!!! Anyone play The Limbo????? Link to post Share on other sites
Dj_Kray 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 QUOTE (paula @ Dec 4 2003, 04:00 PM) Anyone play The Limbo????? Is that a offer paula http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif I sometimes get a few games of limbo going in my club if we have prizes to give away http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 More Irrelevant BLACK LACE Information:- The name Black Lace has a naughty but nice feel to it - and that accurately describes the kind of good-time party music the group of that name has brought to the scene since first hitting the charts back in 1979. Not that you'd have associated the song that did it - 'Mary Ann', a Eurovision Song Contest loser that year - with the upfront, uptempo and uproarious sounds that would win them greater fame. Yet it was from Europe that inspiration was to come in the shape of 'Gioca Jouer', an early-1980s smash on the continent. The group's manager had heard this summer anthem in Spain, where disco crowds had been getting down to some serious dancefloor action. He brought a copy back in his luggage and persuaded the group - now scaled down from the original quartet to a duo of Yorkshiremen Alan Barton and Colin Routh - to include it in their live set. Audience reaction quickly confirmed this was a smash hit for the taking and, sure enough, when English lyrics and a new title were added, 'Superman' gave them their UK Top 10 debut in 1983. It wasn't the first time a Euro-hit had been 'imported' in this way. Jonathan King had done the same thing with 'Una Paloma Blanca' back in the mid 1970s, while Greek man-mountain Demis Roussos owed his equally gigantic success to providing the soundtrack for many a holiday romance. But 'Superman's gimmick was the fact that it was an audience participation number - one that was truly all-inclusive. As Alan Barton put it, 'You don't have to be a good dancer to do the actions'. A nation of would-be John Travoltas who'd tried to strut their stuff but ended up with groin strains could empathise with that… When a somewhat more subtle follow-up record failed to dent the Christmas charts, Alan and Colin realised the die was cast. Give the public what they want was the maxim - and 'Agadoo' did just that in the summer of 1984. The song kicks off this compilation and if you don't recognise it you're either from Mars or are very young indeed! It stayed on the British charts for a full seven and a half months, failing to reach top spot only because George Michael, then at his teen heart-throb height, had monopolised it with his 'Careless Whisper'. You couldn't have had two more different records duelling for the Number 1 position…but you'd be amazed how many people bought both! 'Do The Conga' emerged in time for that year's Christmas festivities - indeed, the 'Party Party' album which contained all three of Black Lace's biggest hits, was a soundtrack in itself, reaching Number 4 as 'Conga' danced its way to the Top 10. Further chart success came in 1985 with 'El Vino Collapso' and another dance-craze anthem, 'Hokey Cokey', while a second album, 'Party Party 2', was almost as successful as its predecessor. Having just missed out on being Top of the Pops, Black Lace finally managed it in 1986 when they lent their voices to `The Crowd’, an all-star group put together to benefit the victims of the Bradford City football ground fire. The song was the time-honoured terrace anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone', which the lads revisit here in a medley with the similarly stately Rod Stewart smash 'Sailing'. Scarves aloft, everyone… A third hit album, 'Party Crazy', rounded off another successful year, while Black Lace signed off their singles chart career in '89 with 'I Am The Music Man', But by this time Colin Routh had left the ranks, commenting that four gigs a day was an impossible pace to keep up. Fellow founder member Alan Barton managed to juggle Black Lace and Smokie for a year, but finally quit, Colin rejoining (from aptly christened band Party Party) as he did so. Sadly, Alan would later lose his life in a motorway crash in Germany while with his new band. Dean Michael, Colin's replacement who'd become his performing partner, was himself replaced by Rob Hopcraft. 'Rob looks and sounds like Alan,' Colin had commented on his arrival, 'so the spirit is the same as the old days.' Link to post Share on other sites
Whisky In A Vase 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Chris, we are worroed about you, have a drink then take a cold shower...................... Link to post Share on other sites
Smooth Criminal Ross 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 QUOTE (tonyj @ Dec 4 2003, 10:54 AM) the track i use most is music man but i sometimes use mimic man as its not as well known so its new to the kids.... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif where can u get that from? Ive heard it, i assume its the same, with impersonations of Michael barrymore and Victor Meldrew? Im gonna embarass myself and say ive seen them Live, and got their autograph...on a beer mat, somewhere...... LOL they are great fun as for their songs, hmm leaves alot to be desired, i saw the 7" Single of "Agadoo" and my dad dared me to buy it, so i did for 10p. The only decent song is Music Man or Conga! Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisPointon 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 QUOTE i saw the 7" Single of "Agadoo" and my dad dared me to buy it, so i did for 10p. Is that something that you REALLY want to admit on a public forum drawing 50k visitors a month?? http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/scared.gif I've just heard your street cred going down the bog! Link to post Share on other sites
paula 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I had 3 jokers sing that at a karaoke, even brought there own props! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif Tin of pineapple chunks, a cheese plant, and a jar of coffee http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif Link to post Share on other sites
The Moog 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 (edited) Ahhhh Colin and Alan (The successful Black Lace!)..... I worked with them on many occasions! They were not the biggest fans of their own music but, hell, if it makes you a few quid http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif And nearly twenty years on, people on DJ forums are still talking about them.... it's gotta tell you something! Legends don't have to be good to acquire that status! Edited December 4, 2003 by The Moog The Moog is a very simple dog for whom bones are his raison d'etre Link to post Share on other sites
paula 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 LEGENDS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/363.gif Link to post Share on other sites
The Moog 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Well as I said, Twenty years on and they are still sparking lively debate.... I don't recall anyone devoting a thread to say,,,,,, Hipsway (who? Exactly!) Doesn't mean i like them....... but they are the Legendary Black Lace http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/014.gif The Moog is a very simple dog for whom bones are his raison d'etre Link to post Share on other sites
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