The Oldskool Appreciation Party - O.A.P's thread

even the dj looks like hes got a pain in his bollox playing them tunes lol

holy_macaroni wrote: »

yea someone ided it for me before.. i kept thinkin it was mooncat.. skkot i think you ided it for me.. its the Bone's Hardhead Mix.. that mix doesn't seem to be on youtube.. always a good catchy tune that one

can't remember if i did but i prefer this version AA1 side
http://www.discogs.com/Shaker-Mooncat-Remix-Just-Lick-It/release/74466

why have i never seen this thread till now... ace

aceberg wrote: »

Are they really money makers.are they making money out of it.

I can't imagine they are

How much are they charging into these gigs and what sort of attendence.

Usually in smaller venues, it's about 10-15 yoyos, they could get anywhere from 100 people upwards. Or it could be a complete disaster, with less people. I've been to a few crap ones, Attendance-wise, The Vaults included!

From what i've seen they can charge anywer between €10-€25.€25 usually for the Vaults.

Those Vaults gigs, were mainly run by "The Asylum brand", which is why they charged so much. Also, they got a lot of big names to play, so they would have had to be paid a decent sum, for playing at them. So a profit would have had to be a must in that case, as it would've been some money to be out of pocket, paying those guys.

Anyways why don't the DJ's just say to feck with the crowd mix it up play half the rare and half the popular oldskool tracks and see how it goes.

I would love that myself, but the vast majority of peeps, that attend those gigs, really aren't musically savvy, clued in, want to hear, or even care to educate themselves at all, with the lesser known tracks. When you have DJ's hoarding tunes, and fm radio stations over the years, playing the same tunes, on a weekly basis, over and over again, for they're "oldskool" shows, it's not a recipe for success anyway. The oldskool scene, will be shockingly bad, in a few years, due to the lack of music being shared, with younger DJ's, to keep it alive and well.

well said es

Great cause peeps, I'll be playing the lesser heard classics....Shane Molloy

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Is mise le key wrote: »

Have to disagree strongly with ya, you are displaying all the hallmarks of tune snobbery

Tune snobbery, in my opinion. Can be attributed, but not limited to, the likes of people, who have blinkers on to anything other than their favoured style of music. Be it Techno, House, Trance, Drum & Bass, Rock, Metal, Classical etc etc. I think in Mac's case, and mine too, as i don't like either of those tracks myself. It's just a case of, different folks different strokes. When i was younger (as with most people) i liked all those cheesy type tunes, Happy Hardcore included, to an extent. But when i listen back over those tracks now, i think to myself, "what the hell was i thinking, listening to that?!" I know nostalgia is great, but i definitely think, people are guilty of looking back on the past, with rose tinted glasses. There is a wealth of amazing tunes, that came out of the Dublin scene back then. But for me, i'm not in the same place musically, that i was 10 years ago, never mind 20 years ago. Peoples tastes change over time, and something that may have sounded excellent to you back then, can definitely sound like complete rubbish to you later on down the road. I think as well, people don't like to look back on certain moments in their lives, and think to themselves, "yeah, that wasn't as good as i thought it was". When i was going out weekly, to the Temple or where ever it was, i thought the music at the time was great. But in saying that, i can count on one hand now, the amount of tunes from that era, i still listen to, and regard as being good. So in my opinion, it's not tune snobbery, it's just that people grow and change, and things that were good at one point, become stale, boring, or even shít to them, at a later point in life. I still love my breakbeat stuff, 20 odd years later, but there are definitely tracks, from that era/genre, that i wouldn't give the time of day to now, and i don't listen to them. Wubble U, for me personally, along with that Bette Blue tune (i think that's the name of it, Jon Pleased Wemin. Correct me if i'm wrong with the name btw) are two of the worst tunes i've heard from that era, in Dublin's clubbing history. Not to say they're not good to other people, but they're deffo not something, i'd go out of my way to listen to. If other people like them fair play, far be it for me to judge anyones taste in music, but like i said, they aint my bag. And they're obviously not Mac's either.