Jonathan's Disco Blog

      What The DJ Saw Part 1 - My First DJ Gig No he wasn't there in person!...... Picture Credit: Connormah Flickr       Going into my first dj gig, which was a 10 year old's birthday party in October 2004, I was understandably quite nervous. The party had been organised by a work colleague of mine at the time for his son at a church hall in the suburbs of York. Having not listened to the charts for a few years, because I'd stopped listening to them once B*witched and Westlife kept getting to Number 1 with increased regularity I was a little out of touch with what kids listened to in 2004. So after some research  I had in my musical armoury, S Club 7, The Sugababes, Cha Cha Slide and things like that. I played these but could get nothing out of these kids whatsoever, as all they did was run around and play tig, or biff each other over the head with balloons. Even the game of Musical Statues I attempted descended into chaos, as there were far too many kids and I could n

  Background One of the most requested songs in modern times, Mr. Brightside by the Killers was released in 2003 as part of their first album, ‘Hot Fuss’ and is one of the first songs that the band wrote together. It became a hit on its re-release in 2004, reaching a peak of number 10 in the UK and spending a total of 208 weeks in the charts. There are many interpretations of the song, but the favoured one is that it is about the lead singer, Brandon Flowers, ‘Mr Brightside’ who caught his girlfriend cheating on him. The songs explore the visions of jealousy that he goes through in his head about what they may have got up to behind his back, but despite that tries to put a brave face on it by looking on the ‘Brightside.’ Throw in a killer guitar riff and a thumping bassline and you have a perfect modern rock floorfiller. From a DJ’s Perspective I have played this song many times over the years and it is always something I turn to if I have a young-ish crowd and want to ‘Get the guitars