Stupid Requests from Customers

[WWDJ]

I know there have been a few of these, and whilst there are customers and beer there will continue to be ....

For probably 50% of my gigs i am in my local social club where everyone knows me and i have a few beers etc when I DJ and we all get on and have a laugh. It just works .... but this year I have been doing more gigs outside of there which involves driving and therefore not drinking. I think i must notice the stupid requests more

These from saturday ...

Lady: I want a song played
Me : No problem
Lady: I don't know who it is by or what it is called
Me : <smiling> you're not really helping here are you
Lady: I know. I'll go away and think about it

... and this one whilst playing The Clash - I fought the law
Fella: Can you play some Clash mate
Me: What the heck do you think this ? <points at screen>
Fella: Oh yeah, I thought I liked it. Nice one mate.

...I'm still giggling now so I thought i would share.

[Corabar Steve]

Yeah, I've had "You know what would be good after this?"
"What?"
"Some Monkees"

I was playing Last train to Clarksville at the time

[rob1963]

Lady: I want a song played
Me : No problem
Lady: I don't know who it is by or what it is called
Me : <smiling> you're not really helping here are you
Lady: I know. I'll go away and think about it

This does make me laugh.

If someone likes a song enough to ask for it at a disco, you'd think they'd like it enough to know what it's called & who it's by!

[StarZSoundS]

For probably 50% of my gigs i am in my local social club where everyone knows me and i have a few beers etc when I DJ and we all get on and have a laugh.

Waits for the Nuclear Fallout like I had when I said I occasionally have a sherbert when i'm working.


My favourite stupid comment was....

"Have you got that song with Hello in the middle???"

Eh!

[Corabar Steve]

You'd think so Rob, it doesn't help when they try & sing it to you.

The amount of times I've had to resist the urge to say something along the lines of "Sorry, but even if I did know the song you want, I don't think I'd recognise it from that tuneless caterwauling"

[paull]

Yep, had a singer of "name that tune" on Sunday, unsurprisingly I was not able to help.

[soundtracker]

"Can you play Revolution?"
" D'you mean The Beatles song"
"Yeah Mate!"
"Okay will do"
15 minutes later, after playing the song
"Are you going to play Revolution?"
"I did before this one"
"Oh that wasn't the one I wanted"
"Well that was Revolution by The Beatles"
"Perhaps its not them then!, will you play the other one?"
"What else do you know about the song?
"Its got some organ in it!"
"Sorry mate no idea!"
Little later...
"My mate thinks its Amen Corner - Paradise"
"That doesn't mention Revolution!"
Listens in headphone to Amen Corner
"Nah that's not it"
Me, with flash of inspiration
"Could it be Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air?
"Never heard of that one mate!"
"Have a listen"
"Yeah, that's the one! I love this song, probably my all time favourite!"

But you don't know what its called, who its by, or recognise the title when quoted to you, you moron!!

[WWDJ]

Waits for the Nuclear Fallout like I had when I said I occasionally have a sherbert when i'm working.

Like I said, I work there regularly, know the crowd etc and it is a members club so (on the whole) the trouble stays outside. It's a few minutes walk home. They give me more bookings than I can handle, so i must be doing something right ;-)

My favourite stupid comment was....

"Have you got that song with Hello in the middle???"

Eh!

Lionel Richie or more probably Gary Glitter - Hello I'm back again (not in my show you're not Gary....)

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Best when they hum it to you....and its still a mile away and they get frustrated because it sounded right in their head.

[StarZSoundS]

Like I said, I work there regularly, know the crowd etc and it is a members club so (on the whole) the trouble stays outside. It's a few minutes walk home. They give me more bookings than I can handle, so i must be doing something right ;-)



Lionel Richie or more probably Gary Glitter - Hello I'm back again (not in my show you're not Gary....)

Wrong end of stick mate...A lot of the forum members think you shouldn't drink alcohol at all when you're working!!

Negates your PLI....creates wrong image....drunk in charge of 5000 volts etc etc!!


Songs with "Hello" in the middle....could give you a thousand!!!