Does Anyone Still Play This Song?
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Play the Buster Poindexter (David Johansen) version once in blue moon ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eiZdygKwe-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eiZdygKwe-8
We play the original here as it is almost as much a standard as Dollar Wine. SInce moving to Canada its always been Arrow. Prior to that in the States it was most always the White bread version via Buster.
Maybe it's a regional thing .... Even new stuff .. I would rather play Walk Off The Earth's version of "Somebody That I used To Know" rather than Gotye, even though Gotye is the one on the radio today (I think it's better).
I beg to differ. This is a Caribbean song song by a Caribbean Artist (He is dead now). Many people play the B.P. version because they are unaware of the Original version. If one truly wants to play a Calypso/Soca Genre they should play the Original. If I wanted to play Country I would not choose a country song sung redone by a Rock artist or a British singer.
I guess I would if the remake was either requested or better. In my opinion only, the BP version is better, that's all.
That line spoke volumes... xf
How many DJs play Shout by the Isley brothers...? Everybody plays the Animal House version -- it just works better, because everybody and their sister has seen the movie, and wants to hear Otis Day and the Nights, and do a toga party.
i have a "DJ music in the park" gig every sunday in the summertime where I live—and "caribbean night" is in rotation with old-school R&B and latin/brazilian. i'd better not come in there half-steppin' with buster poindexter! i get many people from the islands making requests, and they want to hear the real thing.
now, having said that, i think that it's important to play what pleases your audience. if my listeners were white—sure, i'd play buster's version. i'd expect his version to be popular with that demographic. it all depends on who you're playing for.
now, having said that, i think that it's important to play what pleases your audience. if my listeners were white—sure, i'd play buster's version. i'd expect his version to be popular with that demographic. it all depends on who you're playing for.
I agree .. if you're going for a Caribbean thing or authentic, then by all means, go with the Arrow version. But for most of us, it's the radio version or the TV version or the movies version people want, regardless of origin.
I always promote my culture , I always played the original. I have never had anyone request the BP version. I'd bet that some on here have never even heard the original version before now. If a person has only heard one version, of course they would be biased to that one.
authenticity is important to me, too. however, i can understand wanting to hear the familiar version, even if it's supposedly "not as good" as the original. i grew up listening to jazz, and i actually heard beatles' tunes by jazz artists before i heard the originals (and in some cases, i didn't hear the beatles' version until decades later as an adult). to this day, i still prefer the jazzy versions (by artists like freddie hubbard, wes montgomery, and monty alexander)—although i have learned to enjoy the originals for what they are.
djsarge
Mac Daddy DJ
I play The Beatles version Twist and Shout also. People would be more familiar hearing that version over the original.