Is Fat boy slim a good DJ?, video to XxBeDifferentxX

0:01 This is a video response, I've just got to find the right page

Alright folks, this is a video response, I've just got to find the right page. To XXX, BeDifferentXX, right, here's his question, his email. Hey, I need a video response, can you tell me, I was looking at superstar DJs like the likes of Fatboy Slim, is he a good DJ? Does he get the crowd hyped? Does he know how to mix? Okay, now Fatboy Slim used to be in a group called Happy Martins. The House Martins and one of the favourite songs was Happy Hour, that was in the early 80s. Late 80s, it beats international, the best song, I mean it's a classic, was Don't Be Good To Me. Now then, really, on that basis, he's already been a known person anyway, OK? So then he's always sort of messed around with turntables, I'm pretty sure, but then of course he realised, you know...

It's a good, not so much, no I shouldn't really say that he realised it was a good thing to get into, because like anybody, if you like turntables and that kind of thing, you'll like it anyway. So of course then the guy, you know, he started becoming a DJ. I'm not sure exactly when he started becoming a DJ, but I personally think he's a very good DJ. Fatboy Slim is more into like breaks, that kind of stuff, okay? Now then, yes he gets the crowd going. Now the question is why do you think he actually gets the crowd going? Now there is... Almost, there's a very strange psychology behind a big DJ getting the crowd going. Again, it's hype. Now if you think about it now, if I walked down the street in Aberystwyth, no one would know. A few friends would go, hello Jonathan, how are you? And that's it. But, if a superstar walked down the street, there'd be hordes of people around them. Now if you think about it, what is that particular person? What is it? Why are all these people running about them?

2:12 Of course there's hype

Because they're being hyped up. Now let's say hypothetically now, I took someone from Aberystwyth, just Mrs Evans from number 22 High Street, and I was in a position where I put that lady on TV and she got interviewed and talked about and then she was on a radio show and she was in the newspaper and all this, just about the fact that she's got this really nice pussy cat that's 20 years old, alright? Now then yes, the cat would be a star, but... What would happen is if she then walked down the high street, everyone, oh that's that lady who was in the newspaper. That's hype. That's what it's all about. The difference is with a DJ is that he's in front of thousands of people continually, he's in magazines etc. So of course there's hype. Now then.

What does follow hand in hand is how good they are, okay? But sadly, there are a lot of people out there who go to these raves, wouldn't know a good DJ from a bad DJ. So they're going there just because, oh it's my superstar DJ, I don't really know what they're doing but they're good, you know? But then there's a lot of people who think, yeah he's alright, he's not bad, but then they're hyped up because all the rest of the crowd are hyped up. There's so much psychology involved in all of this, okay? The thing is though, is that like I did say, you know, you are a superstar DJ. Go and watch that video because a lot of superstar DJs, the only reason they're in that position is just because it's all hype, it's all ego, etc. and they're big headed but I'm not giving any names. But I would say the greater proportion are very good, they're not full of themselves and slowly people are realising that if you want to be a good DJ and you've got this attitude, you know, bugger off you lot, it's not going to get you anywhere.

The DJs of today are the DJs who respect the crowd, they respect the management, they respect the people. Because at the end of the day folks, if you don't respect the crowd, if you don't respect the management, you don't respect the people, you won't get any respect back. Yes, bad publicity is good publicity, but a lot of the people in the know will just look at these people who don't give a monkeys and think what a complete and utter tosser. Okay, don't normally say that. Right, so does he know how to mix? Yes he does. Fatboy Slim is mainly into breaks. He does know how to mix because he's a musician. He's very, very good. So I'll take my hat off to that guy. Alright, now then, we've got another part here where it says some of these DJs get paid a crazy amount of money and they can't mix to save their lives, they can't even beatmatch. Well again, it's down to hype. It's down to ego, not so much ego, it's down to hype. Again.

4:55 You will have people who will say you're shite

It's like I said about that old lady. You know, maybe all she can do is make a cup of tea. But because everything's been hyped, everyone wants to get to know her. Because there's this aura about this person who's been in the newspaper or on telly. That's why I'm saying you are a superstar DJ. You don't have to be on TV. You don't have to be in a magazine. All you've got to do is you've got to know inside here how good you are. And if you are good, just go for it. Even if you're not good, put... Effort into it. Mix. Practice and enjoy. That's what it's all about. Even if the only people listening to are your mum and dad downstairs, and they're continually going, Turn that pretty music down you idiot! I've had it. Just go for it, because this is what you've got to do. And then get to your parties, do a few, obviously I'm digressing here, do a couple of gigs, alright? But what you must understand, this is so important, I've had it, I still have it today.

You will have haters. You will have people who will say you're shite. You will have people who don't like you. You will have people who say you're a waste of time. But what I want you to do is I don't want you to take it to heart. I want you to step back and think. Just think, right, am I really crap? Am I really terrible? And to be quite honest, you probably aren't. What you have to think then is maybe they're just jealous. Maybe they're the ones that aren't very good. Maybe the reason they're saying that is because I'm the one behind the turntables doing my mix and they wish they were by me, alright? So that's very important, okay? Now again, a lot of these DJs that get paid a lot of money, the reason they do is like I've said, a lot of it, luckily most of it is because they are very good, they've worked their way up, they got to that stage.

There's a few that just happened to get through the back door because one person left a comment about how to work in a nightclub. Yes, if you know a friend or you're the nephew of the niece of the manager, then you'll get in there. It's a sad situation but that does happen, okay? But anyway, I hope I've been a help. Don't forget, practice and enjoy. Leave your comments underneath because I don't care even if you just say I've been talking a load of crap. Any comments are good constructive comments because the longer this video stays on, the more comments we get underneath, the more people can look at this video, look at the comments and work it out for themselves. Thank you for watching. Practice and enjoy. See ya.

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