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KharBevNor:
I definitely know that if I went to a night advertised as a goth night and the DJ only played PJ Harvey, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Portishead and Future Sounds of London I would be, to say the least, slightly fucking miffed. If I go to a fucking goth night I want to hear some actual fucking goth music, not some shit I could hear on the radio in my fine art studio all fucking day.
After all, it's a goth night. Not a night for goths. Big fucking difference. If you've got a goth club playing goth music every fucking night, then yeah, maybe some variety like that would be good, but that's transparently not what this is.
Sox:
It's worth pointing out at this point that both Zerodrone and KharBevNor probably hang out in very different places. While KharBevNor might visit clubs where 'goth' is the norm, Zerodrone might frequent places where a goth theme night is just as much a novelty as a robot themed college party, in which case he'd easily get away with playing the some of the bands he mentioned. No self proclaimed 'goth' is going to leave their regular haunt to visit an indie-centric club having a themed night. However, patrons of an indie-centric club on a themed night probably wouldn't care if somebody stuck with the 'classics' mentioned in this thread. They are, after all, what is expected from a themed night.
I think what KharBevNor is saying is that while frequent flying goths would shake things up with the music Zerodrone has posted, the indie kids would shake things up with 'actual' goth music. By playing indie music for indie kids on a goth themed night, you're defying the point somewhat.
If your crowd usually listens to pop music and you advertise a goth night, they're likely there to hear Sisters of Mercy, not PJ Harvey.
dancarter:
--- Quote --- dancarter knows his shit too, half the bands I might've mentioned pop up in there somewhere so I'll keep my own post short.
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I don't know so much if I know my shit, it's just a mix sort of thing that'll get people dancing. New stuff, old stuff....there's a reason why those classics always get people moving, despite how people may groan about hearing VNV at a club, or Apop or any of the others. They're just really good songs.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Sox on 12 Feb 2008, 02:28 ---It's worth pointing out at this point that both Zerodrone and KharBevNor probably hang out in very different places. While KharBevNor might visit clubs where 'goth' is the norm, Zerodrone might frequent places where a goth theme night is just as much a novelty as a robot themed college party, in which case he'd easily get away with playing the some of the bands he mentioned.
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Actually this is not true. The goth nights I DJ are real, honest to gosh goth nights. "Indie kids" do not come to them. I get made fun of by "indie kids" for DJing at "goth clubs".
I suppose it is worth noting that there are always at least two DJs and we rotate our sets, but that doesn't mean much since it is not a guarantee the other DJ(s) will play "goth classics" either.
Maybe it is more accurate to say these are "goth nights" because they are attended by goth-industrial people rather than that goth-industrial music is all that is played? Regardless, they are certainly advertised as "goth nights" though the actual "g word" is not usually used.
Sox:
Ah, my misunderstanding. You didn't previously specify you DJ'd to a particular crowd. Myself, and, I assume, KharBevNor assumed you were giving alternative music to an audience at an event that was supposedly for 'goth' music. My apologies.
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