It seems like a lot of big names have been putting old, classic rock, grunge rock samples into their mixes.
For example I’ve heard
A couple of Nirvana songs, most notably “smells like teen spirit”
Almost positive i heard a clash song
REM; predicting that in the second half of the year as we near december '12 “it’s the end of the world as we know it” will be embedded in multiple mixes
Red Hot Chilis
And just all in all, a lot of 80s rock and pop
Though I’m new to dj’ing, is this also new or has it been around? I’ve been listening to essential mixes for awhile so I know there’s always a ton of 70s-90s hip hop put in mixes and even some 80s pop, but rock? It’s really different and I must say that I absolutely love it, what’s your guys’ opinions/comments?
because the kids who grew up listening to that music - or grew up with their older brother and sister listening to it - are becoming club goers as they turn 21, so it makes sense.
hmm, weird that I havn’t really noticed it before even though I’ve been “in the genre” for 3 years now.
And that makes sense, the whole growing up thing. I grew up with this type of music so it’s really quite refreshing to hear it play and remind me of my childhood
There were a couple of big tracks that came out not long after Teen Spirit blew up. A few of them ended up being re-edited just enough as to avoid the lawyers.
you can get smells like teen spirit, creep , killing in the name, wonderwall, heaps of linkin park, a couple of korn tracks and two muse albums in studio instrumentals, that’s what I use when the need arrises, and chuck acapellas over the top.
You can get all of the tracks acapellas then put those over a hiphop or dance beat to make a full on rock hop mash up set.
I use a lot of old remixes. Eric Prydz remix of the old Queen song. DJ Panic City remix of Don’t stop believing. I also throw in the Clash, Madonna, Michael Jackson etc. in my sets at the club I DJ at. People eat it up.
Not sure how long you have been DJing, but I have been doing this off and on since the late 80’s. Been a club DJ since the mid 90’s. Pop music have gone up in BPM. When I first started, most of what you hear in the clubs were in the range of 110-125BPM, 128 being the fastest. Today they are somewhere 123-135BPM due to the continuing popularity of Electronic music that seeps into todays Pop music. Given that, it lends itself to being able to go back and using some of these faster BPM/faster tempo songs from way back when and recreating them. Remember these are the roots of music today. New Wave/Synth Pop can be attributed to today EDM. 80s/90s rock BPM meshes well with today Electro sounds.
Also if you look at the club go’ers of today. They were born in the 80’s/90’s. Which means they grew up listening to these songs. You add an updated track behind it and you are sure to have a reaction.
I play a lot of rock tunes, but mainly stuff thats extra dance-able. I know we all have our own tastes, but to me a lot of the mainstream 90’s is awful, and not very danceable. I love the Pixies, but not really like that. The Clash, mos definitely make some danceable rock tunes.
Joan Jett works great with Peter Piper, and Rock the Bells
Mazzy Star mixes well
The Dammed early stuff
Ramones
Gary Numan so much good stuff not just “cars”
B52’s - “Legal Tender”
Alice Cooper - “Clones”
Thurston Moore - “Hang Out”
Missing Persons - “Words”
Bloc Party
She Wants Revenge
Six Finger Sattelite
Devo
Lou Reed
etc…
I have found that I can get away with playing outside of the cusp of mainstream memories without totally going for the top of the charts stuff, and people really love it, no matter what the age group is.
def not a new trend. some of my favorite older breaks bootys are:
Geek Ghastly - Rage Against Terror (RATM vs PE) (geek ghastly = freq nasty)
Adam Freeland - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The New Originals - 1799 (1979 by SP
wow, great vids everyone, and thanks for the clarifications. Anyone interested in making a special thread for remixes we all do and also ones done by other artists?
Once I’m finished with finals I’m really interested in making a scar tissue or how to save a life bootleg. Just to find the acapellas is the tricky part.
I think it could work.
