When I was asked to DJ the Formula 1 Tower Club events this past weekend, I was already booked on the Saturday, which meant they only got me for two of their event’s three days. I don’t know who they had come in for day two, but I get the feeling he was something of a one-trick pony. When I walked in yesterday morning at 8am, one by one the entire staff told me they were glad I was back, and all shared a version of the same story: yesterday’s guy treated it like his own private rave. Apparently, he played nothing but EDM music the entire time, despite the audience being anything but an EDM crowd.
This hunch was backed up throughout the day, as time after time, guests came up to me and told me how glad they were to see me back behind the decks. The crowd is pretty much the same for all three days, as they pay some exorbitant sum for admission to the club for the entire weekend. In any event, I wasn’t there on Saturday to hear the other guy, but I’m pretty confident he didn’t have a very good read on the crowd. And while I hate to brag, I definitely did. By the very end I had a table of older gentlemen leaping around the room rapping along with the Beastie Boys. What can I say? I’m good at my job!
Here’s me being good at that job.
Everyday Is Like Sunday – Morrissey
Spirit In the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
Jeepster – T. Rex
Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
Street Player – Chicago
Disco 2000 – Pulp
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
Lips Like Sugar – Echo & the Bunnymen
Blue Monday – New Order
Girls on Film – Duran Duran
Two of Hearts – Stacey Q
All My Ex’s Live In Texas – George Strait
Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac – Hot Chocolate
Machine Gun – Commodores
Main Theme from Star Wars – David Matthews
Apache – Sugar Hill Gang
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
Don’t You Want Me – Human League
Good Luck, Babe – Chappell Roan
She’s Like Texas – Josh Abbott Band
I Like Texas – Pat Green
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
Move Your Feet – Junior Senior
Over & Over – Hot Chip
Seventeen – Ladytron
Silver Screen Shower Scene – Felix da Housecat
Kids – MGMT
Now That We’ve Found Love – Heavy D. & The Boyz
It’s Like That – Run-D.M.C.
Egypt, Egypt – Egyptian Lover
So What’cha Want – Beastie Boys
Boombastic – Shaggy
Nikita – Elton John
Red Red Wine – UB40
Tenderness – General Public
Fly Robin Fly – Silver Convention
Fire – The Ohio Players
Keep On Trucking – Eddie Kendricks
Tear the Roof Off the Sucker – Parliament
Boneman Connection – Nicodemus
Son of a Preacherman – Gaylettes
Jamaica Ska – Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Phoenix City – Rolando Al and The Soul Brothers
Stir It Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
Doses and Mimosas – Cherub
Dance Wiv Me – Dizzee Rascal
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Saturday in the Park – Chicago
Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) – Neil Diamond
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby
American Soviets [Cameron Paul Mix] – CCCP
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Temptation – New Order
Our Lips Are Sealed – Fun Boy Three
Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
Atomic – Sleeper
Suffragette City – David Bowie
Jumping Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Parklife – Blur
Staying Out for the Summer – Dodgy
Common People – Pulp
The 900 Number – D.J. Mark the 45 King
Tequila Little Time – Jon Pardi
Take a Chance on Me – ABBA
More Than a Woman – Bee Gees
Hot in Herre – Nelly
Brick House – Commodores
Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C.
Jump Around – House of Pain
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan
Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
Fancy Like – Walker Hayes
Mais Que Nada – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
Nanã – Bossacucanova & Roberto Menescal
Teardrops – Roosevelt
I Feel Love – Sam Smith
You Can Call Me Al [Flight Facilities Edit] – Paul Simon
Legs – ZZ Top
Feeling Alright – Rebelution
Santeria – Sublime
Billionaire [feat. Bruno Mars] – Travie McCoy
Paul Revere – Beastie Boys
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Back in Black – AC/DC
Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
Africa – Toto
