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Been searching and searching this one and decided to start a new thread. I have been a mobile DJ for awhile now but just started getting into the Club/Bar scene. I have a regular sat. nite gig at a pool hall/bar thats been going really well and the bar owner has asked me to do the St. Patricks Day show this year. I'm hoping some of you pros out there would be willing to give me some ideas on what has worked for you in the past as far as drinking games/cheers/contests in this type of venue. I usually play mostly Top 40/Hip Hop with some rock thrown in. I have purchased alot of the standard irish tunes for this holiday but I really want the folks to have a good time on that night!!! Any ideas you would be willing to share would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanx in advance for all your help!!!

DJ Extreme
Mpls, MN
 
Posted Wed 05 Mar 08 @ 8:32 pm
Really guys?!?!?! No one has any ideas for me.........I have to admit, I thought I'd get a response at least............

DJ Extreme
Mpls, MN
 
Don't play O Danny Boy. Well maybe the last song. There has been a backlash, started by some Irish Pub in NY. The song was written by some Brit, that had never sat foot on Irish soil. Plus, he said it is mostly sang at funerals, so he has banned it in his pub.

I am African American, and used to play in a Irish pub 3 nights a week. I can tell you that you don't have to do anything special on that day. They don't need any coaxing to get drunk and party. I have 45 Traditional Irish hits, and a couple by Denis Leary. I also have some Irish ambient clips from PromoOnly to throw up on the screen. We are having a 3 day bash at my club, I will only be here for 2. So Just play some party music, and they will do the rest.
 
always wear a kilt , w/o underwear.... bring lotsa potatoes 'n cabbage, play when irish eyes are smiling way outta tune on yer bagpipe

cliche's are COOL
 
Bring a large screen TV and a DVD of the Quiet Man, and lots of Harp Lager and Guiness. That should take care of at least two hours of your night....OH and play a lot of House Of Pain along with U2. Night should be pretty much geezed up by that time....
 
I am strickly video in the clubs and will be playing a "pub" on St Paddy's day.

I looked around unitl I found a really nice DVD of performances of Irish Sing-along videos (with or without lyrics). The videos also incorporate veiws of patrons singing inside of popular irish pubs and their scenic countryside.

I'll mix this in from time to time with the rest of my typical music video show selections . It'll add a real nice touch to the show.


 
chucknorrisyouwimps wrote :
always wear a kilt , w/o underwear.... cliche's are COOL


Can't do that at my club, the girls are touching my mic, as it is. Wait a minute, I like that. Where can I get one of those kilts?
 
Some contests would be,Irish joke telling. Keep it clean,screen the jokes if neccessary. Irish jig dancing contest.Another is a person who has the most green clothing "The most wearing of the green". The biggest leprachaun contest. I find that the best music is brought in from the patrons themselves who have thier select songs that they know and sing along.They love to share them with everyone at this time.
 
jamz

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Thanx for all the info folks!!! The bar manager has actually hired a "little person" to dress up as a Leprechaun and we are going to play "Frisk the Leprechaun"!!! Not exactly sure what that is but thanx again for all the help!!!

DJ Extreme

Mpls, MN
 
ExtremeJamz wrote :
The bar manager has actually hired a "little person" to dress up as a Leprechaun and we are going to play "Frisk the Leprechaun"!!! Not exactly sure what that is



Becareful with that game Jamz, don't want to get yourself into touble, lol

Jimmy b


 
Stuff from "The Tossers" is good. Look them up. Like Irish rock.
 
tayla wrote :
jamz

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tayla you don't happen to know any good ones do you?
 
here you go, put this in a similar post the other day



sorry its taken longer than i thought but been having probs with my home pc, anyway here's a few tunes that will keep you going for a few hours and they are not in any particular order, Sham Rock - Tell Me Ma is a good crossover from mainstream into irsh its got a real party feel to it, The Dubliners - Bugger Off, i play as my last song wherever i'm working, now be careful with this one if your in a mixed age group or feel someone might be offended don't play it, but for me it works great because i have the punters singing at and along with me while there getting kicked out the building, the chorus goes something like this "bugger off ya ba$tard$ bugger off" see what i mean lol. of course theres other irish bands to pick tunes from U2, The Corrs etc hope this little lot helps on the night for you



Sham Rock - Tell Me Ma
The Dubliners - bugger off
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - GINO
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
THE POGUES-DUBLINERS - IN HEAVEN THERES NO BEER
The Pogues - Token Celtic Drinking Song
THE POGUES - MOLLY MALONE
THE POGUES - BEER BEER BEER
IRISH ROVERS - KISS MY IRISH ASS
THE POGUES - WAXIES DARGLE
Eddie Coffey - Irish Jig
Irish Rovers - My Wild Irish Rose - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Foster and Allen - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Irish - Fuck You I'm Drunk
IRISH ROVERS - WILD ROVER
Cape Breton Symphony - The Jolly Beggar Man
IRISH ROVERS - YOUR DRUNK
THE ORTHODOX CELTS - STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
IRISH ROVERS - NO NA NEVER(WILD ROVER)
Irish Drinking Songs - Everybody's Irish On St. Patrick's Day
drop kick murphys - irish drinking song
The Chieftains - Celtic Wedding
Altan - The Wedding Jig
irish - Banjo Reel
Irish Drinking Songs - Doin' The Newfie Stomp
THE DUBLINERS - SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS
Wolfe Tones - Irish Eyes
Celtic Folk - Double Jigs
Irish Rovers - If You're Irish
Irish Folk - No Nay Never
THE FABLES - Irish Jig
Irish - The Donegal Reel
Irish Folk - Celtic Fiddle
irish - Duelling Violins
DROPKICK MURPHYS - IM SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON
Irish Drinking Songs - Irish Jig
FLOGGING MOLLY - Irish Jig
Natalie Macmaster - Look what i got undewr me kilt
Irish Celtic - RiverDance
IRISH ROVERS - EVERYBODYS IRISH ON ST PATRICKS DAY
FLOGGING MOLLY - DRUNKEN LULLABIES
FLOGGING MOLLY - BACK TO HELL
Boondock Saints - Irish Drinking Songs -Theme
FLOGGING MOLLY - DEVILS DANCE FLOOR
Three Irish Tenors - When Irish Eyes are Smiling
IRISH ROVERS - THE NIGHT PAT MURPHY DIED
Irish Rovers - Three Jigs
Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover
Irish Folk - Medieval Drum Dance
RIVERDANCE - LORD OF THE DANCE
irish music - Celtic Flute
The Three Irish Tenors - Shenandoah

if you use video in your show i have a few St Patricks Day backdrops you can use in clipbank, not as many as i had hoped to have due to problems with the old pc but you and anybody else are free to have them, just send me your email.


Tayla

 
Tayla... you are da bomb!!! Thanks so much!
 
SpeedDemond29 wrote :
Tayla... you are da bomb!!! Thanks so much!



WHAT?!?!? Talya has a bomb!...oh..never mind..I need to read these more closely........
 
@ speed, no probs mate glad i could help


@terry, hehe, there's a guy (dirty sod) on the tech support forum wanting to know if anybody has partitioned a dell, i thought that practice had been outlawed by the police, i didn't even look at a reply i was so disgusted....



 


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