HELP! 80's night

[ralphdagza]

I'm going to be a DJ for this 80's night thingy....

The thing is, I dont have much 80's in my collection.
Can you guys give me a list of tracks that can help me keep the dance floor moving?

Thanks!

[Topps]

THIS song is incredibly popular from the 80's

no but seriously just play any classic tunes. I doubt the majority of people will care if they're actually from the 80's or not.

[ralphdagza]

You got me!

[Topps]

well it's from 1988 so you could totally play this at your gig and be totally justified

[ralphdagza]

The whole crowd will be like "OMG! I just got rickrolled!"

[JesC]

check out my serato profile i have some setlist with tons of 80s

[Sherlock Ohms]

I'm going to be a DJ for this 80's night thingy....

The thing is, I dont have much 80's in my collection.
Can you guys give me a list of tracks that can help me keep the dance floor moving?

Thanks!

Erm, why did you agree to play a night for a style of music you know nothing about?

I wouldn't presume to take a gig that asked me to play Dubstep, or Prog House, or Electro, or DnB - I'd give it to someone who knew what they were doing

Not hating, just saying ...

[lethal_pizzle]

There's loads of 80s compilations about. You can probably get away with very early 90s stuff such as shoegaze too.

[Chilly]

Erm, why did you agree to play a night for a style of music you know nothing about?

I wouldn't presume to take a gig that asked me to play Dubstep, or Prog House, or Electro, or DnB - I'd give it to someone who knew what they were doing

Not hating, just saying ...

Shit...my first steady gig was a Wednesday night 'Latin' night at a white trash bar when Ricky Martin first became hugely popular in the U.S.

I was nowhere near an expert on Latin music. I actually bought like 15-20 compilations from CDNow.com (anybody remember that site?!) and winged it for about 4 months.

Sometimes you just take what you can get when you're starting out. There's not such thing as bad experience when you're trying to get experience, right?

[photojojo]

There's not such thing as bad experience when you're trying to get experience, right?

In my experience, yes there is such a thing as a bad experience. IMO though everybody needs to experience those bad experiences to get the experience they need.