The popular kids at school

[MyUserName]

Well the girl in question had no problems or qualms about being very rude and very bolshy.

Do you mean the girl that came over? If so, I agree. She was very rude.

[FiveTimes]

I would have thought a better approach would have been some sort of compromise, rather than just a blanket "this is tulip, ours is better, now run along old man". It's not really the fact they didn't like the music that bothered me, it was the way it was put across.

As I said, spoilt little madam.

The mistake was thinking the whole night was 60/70s themed. They just wanted a fancy dress party so they could dance around in their outfits to "their" type of music.

[suityou01]

Do you mean the girl that came over? If so, I agree. She was very rude.

I do.

[cojak]

I didn't conform to any social grouping when I was at school, I went to chess club, hung out with the audio visual crew and also played football to a successfully high standard with the "jock" (Americanism) types.

This Saturday I was invited to my mate's daughter's 18th birthday. He is a lovely bloke. She is a lovely kid. I was delighted to be invited along, and a lot of his family came up from Bournemouth and I have awesome friendhsips with them as well so it was all nice.

(Bare with me, this does not end well)

The party was fancy dress. 1960s and 1970s themed. Better yet my mate asked me to compile some 60s and 70s music for the party. I went to town on that one, spent 2 days searching high and low for the best that I could find from those decades. Respectfully to those that actually lived through them, I think I did a pretty good job.

So I turned up at the party. All getting going around 9pm. There's the birthday girl surrounded by her entourage. I pop her the birthday card, peck on cheek, meet and greet. All lovely. Then she asks if I brought the music. Yes I beam. Whack it on then suity. Blinding.

So I whack it on. 10 minutes later, a girl with very pink hair comes over and starts mucking about with the stereo. I watch in wonderment. She's pretty drunk. Quick as a flash, my CD is off and she's playing some ******* dubstep tulipe.

To add insult to injury she turns to be and says, "Sorry mate, orders of the birthday girl, you're music's tulipe!"

I mean sersiously, it had just played the Who and was revving into a Steppenwolfe track.

Then I assessed the situation. Birthday girl did not have the manners to come over herself. Then it clicked. She has grown into one of those "cheerleadery" types that are much parodied. All her mates were at it.

Good luck to them I thought. Soon her uncle comes over to me and says, "Oi Suity, where's the sounds man?" I explain what happened. He looked appalled and said, "She wants talking to really, that's not on. Why ask for a 60s and 70s themed party and then insist that the music is crap and replace it with this tulipe". I had to agree.

Spoilt little madam.

A little while later, one of the harem explains to me that "If there was some music from grease on there it would have been ok"



Apologies to any of those on hear that are offended by this sperm calling the music of their generation as tulipe, and dubstep as being superior. I was born in 77 so don't feel I have any right to be offended, but I was.

I have a much broader knowledge of the music from those decades and a broader music collection on my work PC now, so every cloud and all that.

Sorry, I'm with the madam.

Even though she'd hate my music too - that's the law (Frank Ocean though is class...)

[suityou01]

The mistake was thinking the whole night was 60/70s themed. They just wanted a fancy dress party so they could dance around in their outfits to "their" type of music.

The mistake was made jointly by me and her dad. He asked me to prepare and bring along the CDs. I obliged. Perhaps he should have manned up and spoken to his daughter about some sort of compromise rather than leave me to deal with all the flak. It put me in an awkward situation and he did nothing to alleviate it. I am a bit narked.

[suityou01]

Sorry, I'm with the madam.

Even though she'd hate my music too - that's the law (Frank Ocean though is class...)

Please tell me you don't have kids.

[FiveTimes]

The mistake was made jointly by me and her dad. He asked me to prepare and bring along the CDs. I obliged. Perhaps he should have manned up and spoken to his daughter about some sort of compromise rather than leave me to deal with all the flak. It put me in an awkward situation and he did nothing to alleviate it. I am a bit narked.

Common sense would have told you that at an 18th birthday you cant play constant tunes from way back.
Your playlist should have started modern, then slowly play a grease mega mix then drop some "classics", by then every one will be laggered and the dance floor will be rammed.

[vetran]

the daughter & her mates should have known better and have handled it more politely.


but the DJ after failing to get anyone on the floor with steppenwolfe should have put the birdie song on.

[MyUserName]

I would be a little annoyed too. Although it seems to have been caused by her father not accurately providing the requirements.

It seems that he asked for a full on 60/70s retro night whereas she actually wanted a fancy dress disco with a light 60/70s theme playing pop music which roughly orginiates in the 60/70s.

That girl who came over sounds like she has a serious attitude problem but the girl who's party it was might be blameless.

I wonder if the party morphed in her father's head into one that he would like?!!!

[Doggy Styles]

Only a Bob would bang ahead, making his own ill-informed assumptions about the requirement, and deliver something that is technically close to spec but totally unsuitable.

And you haven't answered the other question - would you?