A-list DJ cries in Bangkok
Culture One over the weekend was an enjoyable event. It was perhaps most memorable for three or four monologues delivered by David Morales towards the end of the night.
David Morales is an A-list DJ. He costs thousands of dollars to book and is universally respected. However, he made a fool of himself in Bangkok and I suspect he will never be invited back.
Picture the scene: He was DJing on a huge stage in front of several thousand people. As his set came to an end, he began rambling.
[Paraphrased] “Bangkok. This has been such an emotional moment for me. I have wanted to come here for many years and now I finally get to be here for you.”
He then began crying on stage.
“Bangkok. Do you love me?” he asked. What an ass. He then asked again, slightly louder. “Bangkok! Do you love me?”
It was the height of arrogance to ask a crowd of drunk clubbers if they loved him. My friend and I tried to heckle him from afar.
”We are here today because you do not have the radio or the press to support the things that I do.”
What is wrong with A-list DJs? They either arrive in Thailand and demand drugs or else come with ridiculous egos. This isn’t a new phenomenon, but it really underlines the fact that big-name DJs are, more often than not, jerks.
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:07 pm
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I’m sure I said this a while back and got blasted for doing so :p
January 24th, 2008 at 1:33 am
haha… I think this is just something that happens to some people when they’re given a microphone in front of a big crowd and they get carried away in the moment. Think Hollywood actors accepting an award, thanking God, their dog and ‘all the millions of fans who love me’, etc etc. All very cringeworthy nonetheless.
January 24th, 2008 at 2:33 am
big names are only that and 9 times out of 10, they fail to live up to expectations and their over inflated fees.
You cant even guarantee that the NAME will bring customers, Judge Jules recently in Phuket being a prime example. I dont even know anybody that went.
Excuse the plug, but the following artists will be taking over the decks of Club Lime, Phuket in the next couple of months.
Jonas Lichter, Sweden - Dj & Promoter to the gliterrati of St. Tropez
Kenny Hawkes, UK (www.myspace.com/kennyhawkes)
Michael Terzian, Montreal, Canada (www.myspace.com/djmichaelterzian)
Holosound, NYC (www.holosoundnyc.com)
Nakadia (www.myspace.com/nakadia)
Terry Francis, Fabric, UK (www.fabriclondon.com/club/profile.php?id=2)
No big names, egos or fees, only top quality cutting edge electronic dance music!
January 24th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Haha– was he high? What a fool. “you do not have radio or press to support the things that I do”, what a sick ego.
this music is sport!
January 24th, 2008 at 3:01 am
ego and ramblings aside, can you name Thai Press and Radio which does support the things that he does?
January 24th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Maybe he thought Thailand was like Burma or something - height of ignorance as well as arrogance. Who the fuck listens to the radio anyway, or reads the press these days anyway? Dance music followers turn to the internet and their local scene.
As for DJing - it’s so easy to do (I was a DJ in the early 90s) - mixing tracks is a cinch, and most DJs I’ve heard play incredibly boring and predictable sets, I wouldn’t waste a baht on attending such tedium. I just don’t get the hero-worshipping. My favourite DJ in the early 90s was Danny Rampling and couldn’t even mix properly - just he had an eclectic taste. I wouldn’t have a clue now if he’s still experimenting - probably not, like the rest of them who treat it as a job til they retire.
The last new scene was hardcore in the late 80s / early 90s - that tells you something….
January 24th, 2008 at 9:11 am
“universally respected”? er, what planet?.. david morales deserves no respect. In fact, as this nauseating incident proves, the only thing he deserves is punishment for crimes against dance music. My suggestion: he be hung unceremoniously from a speaker tower then drawn and quartered by flying 12″s of ‘Needin U’. . Thank god I didn’t go… may have gotten messy
January 24th, 2008 at 11:07 am
” you know, I am a sensitive dj ….sob …sob …sob ” He said that ! … that was unbelievable …big guy with steroid muscles and tatoos … cmon
I had fun though … any idea how much he got paid for 2 hours of djing ? the guy often plays 12 hours set so i heard
January 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Wow ! That’s international news! As much as the latest Thai TV drama that Thai Air hostess want to be taken off air that got coverage in The Guardian!
I do understand that which such issues, Secret CIA prison in Thailand do not make the news…
~R
January 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Big name DJ’s are not what they are cracked up to be I’ve been there and done that and so have they.
Nightlife in Thailand (clubbing not the other kind) has always been shit compared to the West. You’ll not get what you had there so why bother looking, you are wasting your time.
DJ’s don’t matter. Clubs don’t matter. Grow up some and you’ll understand where i’m coming from. Just go out and enjoy yourself.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:17 am
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March 31st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
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March 31st, 2008 at 1:04 pm
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