Quote:
Originally Posted by gumpy green
LMFBO
i'll sue his black leather panted ass lol
Printable View
Quote:
Originally Posted by gumpy green
LMFBO
i'll sue his black leather panted ass lol
im sure you'd win and take the shirt of his...erm i mean the trousers off his legs..
i remember you tellin me you luved the look when you were over ;) ;)
hey, when i go out in the gimp look, i do it fine...
i got the svelt body needed for such outfits...
DC jus looks like a 40-sumthin Ben Elton on the end of a bad marriage lol
JUST KIDDING FFS LOL :lol:
i know you do pete....put dc to shame likes.
Bit lairy there matey. You could argue that anyone doing anything for charity would be better off working and then donating their money.Quote:
Originally Posted by TechMouse
I help out at a shelter occassionally. I'd be pretty aggrieved if someone told me I should just do paid work instead and donate it.
Gonna buy me a stuffed DC and mount it to the bonnet off my car, and drive round late at night honking my horn.
Just pointing our the numerical fact. No intention of being "lairy".Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Pace
He has a new website up.
http://www.rh.edu/~davec/
nah, update your bookmark, he moved to canadaQuote:
Originally Posted by massplanck
http://www.daveclarke.ca/
great thread
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Pace
went to a charity gig last year @ the music box in manchester with clarke playing.
about 800 people there with all proceeds goin to charity....makes it difficult to write him off as a complete cunt hey! :lol:
he's done numerous charity gigs, as have alot of dj's at his level, if you have a personal beef with someone and its acknowledged by both parties then sure there are reasons for the opinions harnessed, thats fair enough, but until he personally tells me to **** off for anything then yeah he's an ok guy in my book, i couldnt care less how much he charges or what incidents he's been involved in with others, even people i know, he's only human afterall and i think we can all hold our hands up and admit to being a cunt at some point, i certainly can
musically no im not a massive fan these days, Devils Advocate is not my kind of thing at all but im sure some of the stuff i do wouldnt be Clarke's bag, but im sure he isnt going to post saying how shit it is, as someone said earlier, swings and roundabouts
Well, that just about sums it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by koma
all i know he kicked the dancefloor last two times i heard him this year (hm, already said that couple of times)
fact of being a world known dj brings as much BS as money and fame.. so, if i were on his place, who knows how would i act.. the better you are in something, tougher is your character and tolerance for BS gets lower..
Well, I like the bloke, so up yours :twisted:
fair do's to 'im..
i jus can't let it go lol
still, 2 copys or Red3...
and he done fair job on Feaks on Hubbard & La La Land.. :clap:
yeah i like the guy, at the end of the day he doesnt take any bullshit and half the stories that go around about him are faker than Jordans tits so fair play to the man
i like him too. his arrogance is great :lol:
i made a post about his recent sets though and its gone :eh: or maybe i imagined it.
anyway. the post i made was..
i think his sets have gone pretty dull in comparison to his older ones. nothing to do with the music but they just dont seem the same.
it seems to coincide with his switch to cdj's only but maybe that is just a coincidence.
or does anyone else think this is the case too?
i miss the old clarke sets where everyone would just be standing there in amazement saying "how the hell is he doing that" they were great times.
nobody can knock that.
clarke in the courtyard = ledgendary :cool:
but whats happened :?:
exactly, the old courtyard, jesus on a bike
aint no taking that era away from the man, some serious shit went on in those days
you knows it. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
you cant take shit like that away from a guy for missing a gig. he's responsible for getting a lot of people into techno i reckon. especially after the likes of his residency in bugged out when you got loads from a non techno crowd.
i'm not really a fan of a lot of the music he plays, but i ALWAYS enjoyed his sets.
respect. :cool:
how i miss the courtyard :cry: :crackup:
i just think it's daft that someone who has obviously given soooo much to techno is given such a slating so much. i don't agree with alot of things he does, but hell, i have so much respect for him. come on you haters, can't you see this?????
definately trip down memory lane the past few weeks, Q club, The Courtyard... gutted man, The Courtyard!!! :evil: :cry:
The courtyard used to take the piss. Got a good 3 years nearly of bugged outs back when it used to be good. Went every month. Those were the days when clarkey owned the courtyard. Many a shout of "what’s he doing" over the course of a set.
Alas that was many a year ago. His sets bore the arse off me these days. I wouldn’t say its due to my tastes in techno changing either, which they have. I just don’t think he stands up to the clarke of old.
i agree, but i think too many people realise this and then see it as a bad thing and slag **** out of him, i couldnt do that after some of the nights in the Courtyard, it wouldnt of been the same without Clarke and Justin Robertson in there
Happens all the time, one gets used to it :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by MARK EG
Alan Oldham wears mascara.
:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by massplanck
Nah man .. Red in its day was the ****in nuts. (Even listening back to it now - its still does somehting for me)Quote:
Originally Posted by SummerOfSam
People are bound to slag him off in here as his sound is now so much more housier (and even playing progressive house)
But ive seen him many times at the Orbit in Leeds over the years and he is a really excellent DJ (even if his attitude of playing to himself and not the crowd does stink a bit)
He was even a good customer at Tune Inn before he started on just CD's.. (this is the way its going unfortunately)
:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by MARK EG
Isn't that the basic angry techno DJ attitude though? God forbid you play a track that people like and actually dance to, especially *shudder* girls.Quote:
Originally Posted by pedrod
i think you've missed Tony's sarcasm there reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by pedrod
I was there.
Yes there was something wrong with his set, on his website after I LOVE TECHNO he said he was very pissed off with ILT because they didn't provide a fan for cooling his live pa equipment and that was why his live pa didn't sound top notch. Also I think he complained about the the poor lightshow I thought it was fine.
Dave Clarke has played many a good set in the past but for me he's starting to be boring with his sets and with this bad attitude towards promoters which I don't very much like!!!!Remember Dave with out the very hard working promoters there wouldn't be any events so give them a break.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DJAmok
:eh: :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
A bad engineer blames his tools eh :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by ray
because he packs 'em in and as a promotor that's what you need otherwise you're an ex-promotor :roll:Quote:
wonder why promoters are willing to pay so much money for him.
I see what you're saying Mark, but there's no excuse for being a cnut. Especially when you do what you love for a living.Quote:
Originally Posted by MARK EG
Jesus... god knows I meet enough DJs and producers who do what they do whilst still keeping up a full time job - often which they don't particularly like - and do so with a smile on their face, and never get paid the amount DC does or get half the exposure - and IMHO many are much more talented and original, but that's just my opinion and worth no more or less than anyone elses.
In short - I do respect him and what he's done, but I wouldn't slate the guy if he didn't have such a bad attitude, which I have experienced first hand a couple of times.
As an aside, a funny story:
Backstage at an unnamed event in Nottingham...
I nearly choked on my beer...Quote:
Bouncer: OK, everyone without wristbands has to leave... now!
DC: But I'm the DJ...
Bouncer: I don't care mate, get out...
DC: No seriously, I'm the headline DJ, I'm Dave Clarke...
Bouncer: I don't care if you're Chris ****ing Moyles mate, you can **** off...
So does Tiesto...Quote:
Originally Posted by Stella Boy
well if your mates had put out records with the magnitude of the Red series 10 years ago then they'd be at Clarke's level ... he hasnt got this big for nothing you know, and like the guy or not he's responsible for records that have, and there's simply no debating this, changed the face of techno... thats some feat, cunt or notQuote:
Originally Posted by TechMouse
the thing that gets me is that people think the guy got into the business and automatically ended up top of the pile, bullshit, ive had many conversations with DC and he's put up with more shit than half of us lot on here, and to be honest i hope i have to put up with half the troubles he has as if nothing else its made him into the person he is, he doesnt care what some people think and rightly so, people say "ohhh he's a cunt, really nasty and obnoxious"... well i know i would be if everyone slagged me off as much as they do to Clarke
i know people on here know the guy first hand and he can be a really genuinely nice guy at times, i can vouch for that, but yeah, and like EVERYONE ON HERE, he can be a cunt at times
re Clarke filling your club, Tony's correct, and yes so are you, Tiesto fills a club too, but he wouldnt fill any techno clubs would he. doh!
Not talking about my "mates", I'm talking about other Techno DJs. Some of whom are full time, some aren't, but all of whom have been really sound people who it was a pleasure to spend some time with. CJ Bolland and Justin Robertson, for example, were both great guys. Phil Hartnoll is one of the friendliest people I've ever met... and say what you like about Dave Clarke, but Orbital piss all over him in terms of contribution to music.Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
Would those times be exclusively when he's DJing, or does it spill over into "normal" life as well...?Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
I'm going to shut up now, because at the end of the day I don't really know him so I can't honestly comment. Just saying that he's varied from merely austere to downright rude whenever I've met him - and so in my experience he's a bit of a cnut - and given that he has a pretty cool job he could just enjoy himself a bit.
Once again... lovely tunes and that, couldn't possibly knock his skills.
Probably a repost: http://www.idontseedeadpeople.com/da...g_good_day.wmv
my mistake, i presumed you meant people you know also, but Clarke and Orbital have contributed to electronic music in different aspects, to compare them is unjust... i know what your saying re people in the scene, i know Justin very well personally and used to run his old website, he's a good friend and when you compare him to say Clarke yeah the difference in attitude does show, but that doesnt mean Clarke's a bad person, he's not, he's just grumpy and obnoxious at times, like i said just as everyone, and i mean absolutely everyone, can be at times, so to berate someone for that is unfair... you have to remember, if your watching Clarke at a gig, its probably the 3rd or 4th of the week, and he's probably just literaly got off a plane or a 6 hour car journey or whatever, and sometimes people do just need a bit of time to themselves, especially when your about to Dj to a massive crowd
you summed it up yourself in your post, you dont know him, many people dont, so to slag the guy off is really bewildering, i havent spoken to him personally in a good year or so but its really funny watching people come up with these "situations" where he's made out to be the biggest monster in the world, give the guy a break for gods sake, i thought of all places he wouldnt get torn to pieces its on here
its getting very like Overload on here, and thats not good at all, quite sad in fact :evil:
So, to sum up... you think it's ok for people to be obnoxious and rude at times...Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
I don't - especially if they earn much more than me, doing something I'd give my left testicle to do professionally.
Difference in opinion, and not worth arguing much further IMHO.
you've quoted me out of context here, the "its quite sad infact" bit was in refference to the evergrowing nature of this forum, totally seperate...
i do think everyone had the right to be obnoxious or rude at times yes, there are a number of factors behind a DJ that people fail to recognise, they are still normal people, and no one is rude just for the sake of it, ive done gigs were ive had very harsh family problems on my mind and ive done the gig and i might have come across as moody or rude on the said night, but so what, if ive got something troubling me then i wouldnt think twice about being a bit out of character with someone i dont even know... as soon as you get behind a pair of decks in a respected club your open to attack, ive had it already, i was speaking to a guy the other day online and he said his mates have been slagging me off because apparently i blanked him at Voodoo NYE and wouldnt sign a poster for him, well it was news to me and apparently the guy had been really slagging me off, to the best of my knowledge i certainly didnt ignore anyone that night, nor would i
and the old "oh he gets paid alot more than me and id love to do that" doesnt really wash, he's only doing it because he's put the effort in and made it happen, of course im sure he's had some good luck too, as do most, but people forget he the guy used to work in a bloody shoe shop before he started producing and djing and lived in a damp flat in Brighton, everyone starts off somewhere and ends up somewhere else, good luck to the guy i say he's reaping what he's sown
;)
I didn't quote anything of consequence... I quoted the first few words then put "blah blah blah" then the last few words, to indicate I was replying in context of your whole post, without necessarily needing to quote it all. Sorry, I should have made this clearer.Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
I understand what you're saying, but there's a line between standoffish and all out rude, which (IMHO) doesn't need crossing. But, I conceed, this is just my way of looking at things - and no more or less valid than yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
We agree on something then...Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
haha
:twisted: ;)
Oh yeah I love that oft mentioned quote about how he survived on five pounds a day..
Wow, you lived on the dole dave! What a struggle you've had to face man
Pah
Eeeeh when I were a lad... (etc.)Quote:
Originally Posted by schlongfingers
I agree, im not a heavy poster, but I do read most stuff on the forum and just lately it seems like its getting a bit much (a bit heavy!) towards our fellow DJs/ProducersQuote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
Well, so long as things are truthful what's the issue?
Love him or hate him, you still have to appreciate this video :lol:
http://beta.livesets.com/daveclarke/...g_good_day.wmv
And ?Quote:
Originally Posted by TechMouse