how not to request a song – part 19
subtitle: how not to plan your girlfriend’s birthday
a guy walks in around 1:00 a.m. overly dressed up with his overly dressed up girlfriend behind him. the dj booth is right next to the door. he’s hardly inside the door and she’s standing half in the stairway.
him: hey it’s her birthday – can you play “break your heart”?
me: by who?
him: (some name i don’t recognize)
me: i don’t have that
him: uh, alejandro?
me: what?
him: uh, i’m trying to think of something she likes – can you play something romantic-ish?
me: …romantic…ish?
him: uh…. (they walk out)
September 9th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Hey man, just found your website by accident looking for some artwork but then discovered your “how not to request a song” series. Great stuff, had a good laugh; I used to DJ a fair amount too, so it’s very familiar. I love the super subjective non-specific ones like “Can you play something more like uuuhhh, I don’t know,… that’s got more energy like, for dancing?”