TOP 10 (ish) Brummie / Birmingham

[yourdj]

you know me I like to personalise my playlists. :)

I have a Geordie / Brummie wedding this Saturday and was wondering what tracks would work well for anyone being brought up from Birmingham. Obviously there will not be tons, but some main tracks would be great. Obviously there is a heavy metal link with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Judus Priest and Black Sabbath, but something a bit more wedding would be better. So far I have Dexies midnight runners, Duran Duran. i have also read that ELO, UB40 etc. are based from there, but what specific tracks do you think would nail it, such as crocodile shoes & Geordies - (pardon the pun).

Thanks in advance.

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[Shakermaker Promotions]

Is Ozzy laughing at you Toby?
I didn't realise that Brummie was a music genre....silly me! :zip:

[Excalibur]

Toby, the story of the Birmingham groups is a tad fluid. Apparently they would meet in cafes and hostelries post gig, and personnel could change rapidly.
The following will undoubtedly be of little use to you, but you mentioned ELO. Jeff Lynne was in The Idle Race before ELO, as was Steve Gibbons (best known for Tulane. ) and Roy Wood was in The Move and Wizzard.

Similar era, Rockin' Berries, Fortunes, Traffic ( thus Steve Winwood )and Spencer Davis Group.

The Moody Blues started in Erdington, near Birmingham, so that lets in Justin Hayward, and later Bluejays. Denny Laine was a Moody before ending up in Wings, and Patrick Moraz was at one point a member, which lets you sneak in Yes.

You mentioned the Ozzmeister, well in a similar vein City Boy, Judas Priest, Magnum, and Napalm Death,

Of course, you cannot ignore the archetypal Brummie band, Slade.

And to round it off randomly, Musical Youth, Altern-8, The Beat, Duran Duran, and Steel Pulse.

Newcastle bands? The one and only Lindisfarne, The Animals, Biryani Ferret, Dire Straits, Sting, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Lighthouse Family.

That should hold you for a night Toby. :)

[musicology]

There's a band called Biryani Ferret? Wow man

[ckpr2]

Newcastle bands? The one and only Lindisfarne, The Animals, Biryani Ferret, Dire Straits, Sting, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Lighthouse Family.



Don't forget Geordie with Brian Johnson (pre AC/DC)

"Slade" born to be wild is a real thrash metal track.
"Slade" In like a shot from my gun is a bit naughty.

[Corabar Steve]

"Slade" born to be wild is a real thrash metal track.

Somebody clearly wouldn't know thrash metal if it bit him on the arse.

[ckpr2]

Somebody clearly wouldn't know thrash metal if it bit him on the arse.

You obviously haven't listened to all the way through.
Unless you didn't listen to the Slade Alive album - Born to be wild ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Kmch2swn8

[ukpartydj]

You obviously haven't listened to all the way through.
Unless you didn't listen to the Slade Alive album - Born to be wild ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Kmch2swn8

As somebody who does enjoy a bit of thrash / death metal from time to time I'd say that it's certainly not thrash.


https://youtu.be/FUWbnwYXzhU

I think this is more death metal, I don't really know the difference I just enjoy both:


https://youtu.be/grQ1UlAu-2A

[Corabar Steve]

You obviously haven't listened to all the way through.
Unless you didn't listen to the Slade Alive album - Born to be wild ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Kmch2swn8
If I'm brutally honest, that version isn't even Heavy Metal, let alone Thrash! More Heavy / Glam Rock


As somebody who does enjoy a bit of thrash / death metal from time to time I'd say that it's certainly not thrash.


https://youtu.be/FUWbnwYXzhU

I think this is more death metal, I don't really know the difference I just enjoy both:


https://youtu.be/grQ1UlAu-2A

Indeed.

There are some major differences, Thrash tends to have more traditional Metal style vocals DM has more of a growl. DM relies a lot more on double kick drums & is by & large faster & more fluid. Thrash on the other hand, is a slower beast (although faster than Trad Metal) & tends to be more chunka chunka chunka & staccato.

A couple of examples from my preferences

Thrash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddvIPsBwWwo

Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyf1bklXnow

[yourdj]

Thanks everyone especially Excaliber. i have a bit to work with. There is indeed a lot of people from Buurrmmingham. :)

[Nakatomi]

Hasn't this subject come up before Toby? Were you not paying attention then? We don't all have whippets, wear flat caps, love Ant or Dec (or Cheryl), listen to Sting, Lindisfarne or Jimmy Nail ye nah. Oh wait, but then I'm not a Geordie. Never have been, never will be :)

I don't go in for regional music stereotyping myself.

[ckpr2]

We don't all wear flat caps, Oh wait, but then I'm not a Geordie. Never have been, never will be :)



I remember on a city and guilds electronics course I did at Durham a Geordie always wearing his cloth cap.
The tutor asked him to take it off but he refused saying he was a Geordie working class man and proud of it.

Brian Johnson of (Geordie and AC/DC) always wears a cloth cap too.

[yourdj]

I don't go in for regional music stereotyping myself.

If you had a scottish wedding would you not play 500 miles, loch lomond? ;)
Or an irish wedding - play a bit of Dubliners, Pougues etc.
Welsh, a bit of Tom jones etc. I have lost count of the times that Stereo phonics Dakota has been asked for on the night.
I have always wanted to play Goldy looking chain, but it never comes up LOL.

Yes I know they are separate countries (kind of) and most of them still very celtic so the music is very different.

However ... I do agree with you its a bit over the top, but was just interested more than anything (I did not play any tracks in the end).

Even so - I always get asked for a bit of Gerry and the pacemakers for Liverpudlian weddings, depends o the type of guests usually. I think it was Sheffield group one wedding (and other ones) and all I had was people asking for 'you look good on the dance floor' all night!! Manchester weddings always ask for happy mondays, Stone roses, oasis and other similar bands. I am not making this up, maybe its just my clients. :p

Some pre event research has literally made the night in the past with regards to regional music tastes, so I like to explore all angles as you never know. One such example was playing Rabbit at a London wedding the other day, they went mental when I put it on.

I did a wedding with a lot of people from the west country last month and I must have had about 10 people come up and ask for the wurzels (not just combine harvester) and I had all the main hits as I had researched it in advance. So regional tracks are a thing and something i take note of even if I don't play any of them on the night.

Nice to have it as a playlist incase it is required for a future date I guess? :)

[Excalibur]

Oh wait, but then I'm not a Geordie. Never have been, never will be :)

I don't go in for regional music stereotyping myself.
You must be. Travelling North it's Londoners, Brummies, Yellowbellies, God's Chosen Own, Geordies and Scots. Simples. :D




However ... I do agree with you its a bit over the top, but was just interested more than anything (I did not play any tracks in the end).
Whaaaat? All my hard work wasted? Grrrr. :mad:


Even so - I always get asked for a bit of Gerry and the pacemakers for Liverpudlian weddings, depends o the type of guests usually. I think it was Sheffield group one wedding (and other ones) and all I had was people asking for 'you look good on the dance floor' all night!! Manchester weddings always ask for happy mondays, Stone roses, oasis and other similar bands. I am not making this up, maybe its just my clients. :p
:zip::whistle:


Some pre event research has literally made the night in the past with regards to regional music tastes, so I like to explore all angles as you never know. One such example was playing Rabbit at a London wedding the other day, they went mental when I put it on.
Blimey Toby, I'd never have thought of playing something by the Kings of " Rockney ". Top marks for such a leftfield idea. :sarc:


So regional tracks are a thing and something i take note of even if I don't play any of them on the night.
That I can't argue with Toby, and it is indeed wise to have an idea of what you may be asked for, and to have those tracks already in the library. Just in case, mind. I mean I'm a Tyke, but I like a bit of Rolling Stones.

Even if they are from London. :p

[surround sounds]

Maybe the question should of been
What music does birmingham people like to dance to?

The answer to that is most thing depending on the crowd but spending 20 years in Birmingham i would say. Reggae, Old school Rnb and general party stuff. Oh yes of the Animal Magnet - Welcome to the monkey house

[Nakatomi]

If you had a scottish wedding would you not play 500 miles, loch lomond? ;)
Or an irish wedding - play a bit of Dubliners, Pougues etc.
Welsh, a bit of Tom jones etc. I have lost count of the times that Stereo phonics Dakota has been asked for on the night.
I have always wanted to play Goldy looking chain, but it never comes up LOL.

Yes I know they are separate countries (kind of) and most of them still very celtic so the music is very different.

However ... I do agree with you its a bit over the top, but was just interested more than anything (I did not play any tracks in the end).

Even so - I always get asked for a bit of Gerry and the pacemakers for Liverpudlian weddings, depends o the type of guests usually. I think it was Sheffield group one wedding (and other ones) and all I had was people asking for 'you look good on the dance floor' all night!! Manchester weddings always ask for happy mondays, Stone roses, oasis and other similar bands. I am not making this up, maybe its just my clients. :p

Some pre event research has literally made the night in the past with regards to regional music tastes, so I like to explore all angles as you never know. One such example was playing Rabbit at a London wedding the other day, they went mental when I put it on.

I did a wedding with a lot of people from the west country last month and I must have had about 10 people come up and ask for the wurzels (not just combine harvester) and I had all the main hits as I had researched it in advance. So regional tracks are a thing and something i take note of even if I don't play any of them on the night.

Nice to have it as a playlist incase it is required for a future date I guess? :)

Yeah OK the stereotypes exist and can go down well - or as you put it they can 'go mental' to things. My worry is always that it'll be the wrong kind of mental they go so I'd rather not.

I played 2 student gigs in Cardiff a long time ago - one was an end of rag week disco & the other was an architect's ball. The latter needed Delilah playing whereas at the former I wouldn't have dreamed of ever going anywhere near Tom Jones. The former is still stuck in my memory as one of my favourite gigs of all time - I had loads of requests (it was a britpop/indie kind of gig) and EVERY requester brought me a pint! :O Those were the days!

[funkymook]

Oh yes of the Animal Magnet - Welcome to the monkey house

this tune alone will get you massive respect for even knowing it let alone playing it.

[surround sounds]

this tune alone will get you massive respect for even knowing it let alone playing it.

Oh yes can not beat animal Magnet - Welcome to the Monkey House

[yourdj]

Whaaaat? All my hard work wasted? Grrrr. :mad:



Sorry. It was a tough night, lots of people wanting different things, resulting in a constant 20% turn around on the floor. I appreciate the assistance. I played country roads and it bombed, so that proved a point. It was just not that sort of night. Appreciate the effort. :)


Maybe the question should of been
What music does birmingham people like to dance to?


Yes good point as Birmingham must have so many ethnical influences. :)


My worry is always that it'll be the wrong kind of mental they go so I'd rather not.

Yes same here, in fact the bride came over on Rabbit and said, in a jovial manner, please don't play any more Chas and Dave. It was something we had discussed at the meeting and we agreed on one track for the groom. I had mentioned it earlier (all day wedding) as one of the guests actually had in sickness and health as they walked out of their own wedding, so mainly it was for the groom and a few immediate friends. Got the whole day here: https://vimeo.com/189650187

Sp in many cases it is not such as great idea as the key focus should be on the clients really and not a pub type please all event sort of thing so i certainly am with you on that.

[Nakatomi]

I've had a couple of run-ins with 'Combine Harvester' at farming family weddings in the last 18 months. I shake my head, double-take & ask if they're really very sure - they say yay, and at one wedding where the bride had asked me to play it as the first dance the groom disappeared for more than an hour! Can't say I'd have blamed him. There's always room for humour at weddings, but everybody has to be completely on board with it. That can be the part that's hardest to judge.

[yourdj]

I've had a couple of run-ins with 'Combine Harvester' at farming family weddings in the last 18 months. I shake my head, double-take & ask if they're really very sure - they say yay, and at one wedding where the bride had asked me to play it as the first dance the groom disappeared for more than an hour! Can't say I'd have blamed him. There's always room for humour at weddings, but everybody has to be completely on board with it. That can be the part that's hardest to judge.

Last night a guy came up and said to my assistant "the bride just came over and wants lots of cheese music". My assistant had been standing there for an hour and she had not gone near the guy. Politics are also fun, had a couple of rather large irate guests at the end as i had not played his track (just done strip and had his tatted muscle clad body out on show). I obliged as one of the last tracks (dancing in the dark). Would have got some hassle there, and it worked too. :)

[Excalibur]

It was just not that sort of night. Appreciate the effort. :)
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Bit of a :whoosh: moment there Toby. Twas jest, mock affrontery, no more. :) I rather enjoyed flexing a few brain cells there, and don't forget I lived my formative years with so many of those bands.


I've had a couple of run-ins with 'Combine Harvester' at farming family weddings in the last 18 months. I shake my head, double-take & ask if they're really very sure - they say yay, and at one wedding where the bride had asked me to play it as the first dance the groom disappeared for more than an hour! Can't say I'd have blamed him. There's always room for humour at weddings, but everybody has to be completely on board with it. That can be the part that's hardest to judge.

Amen, Brother Justin, amen. How many times has someone assured you that it will be hilarious, and everyone will be rolling on the floor laughing?
So you play it, and guest(s) of honour look daggers at you. Been there done that. Not at all nice. :(

[ukpartydj]

I've had a couple of run-ins with 'Combine Harvester' at farming family weddings in the last 18 months. I shake my head, double-take & ask if they're really very sure - they say yay, and at one wedding where the bride had asked me to play it as the first dance the groom disappeared for more than an hour! Can't say I'd have blamed him. There's always room for humour at weddings, but everybody has to be completely on board with it. That can be the part that's hardest to judge.

I love the Wurzels, me and my friends go and see them every year and have a few ciders and dance like prats. Some people will turn their noses up at it and go mental for S Club 7... Hmmm ... Hmmm...

[mattydj50]

I did a wedding with a lot of people from the west country last month and I must have had about 10 people come up and ask for the wurzels (not just combine harvester) and I had all the main hits as I had researched it in advance.


Blackbird, I'll 'av 'ee.


We had Combine Harvester as our walk down the aisle as we left our wedding.