paul oakenfold: sell out or not....what do you think

[nukki]

Does anyone think that paul oakenfold sold out, i do and not because of him doing huge scores for blockbuster hits, i think every since "another world" i think his popularity has just gone to his head and i think its affecting his music i.e ibiza
now dont get me wrong here its a great cd with awsome tracks but its nothing compared to his earlier music like transport, or live from oslo. I also noticed that the last time he was in KC, the crowd didnt show as much love as they did the previous year, i mean last year the crowd just went balistic when oakie took the stage, if it got any louder the roof would have started to buckle. But i think if you're a big time producer/ remixer/ dj you should do it for the love of music and not for the money. anywho thats just what i think:P:P:P:P

[djatom]

i think he's awesome.....

[Bucho]

i think oakie is fuckin terrible...

[Cthabeerman]

He's been a sellout for years...seriously, he's not even that great of a dj when it comes to live performances...wrecks, shitty mixing and programming, problems across the board.

But when you're a huge name and have all the newest, fad-driven drivel that's supposed to be the next big hit, what can you expect??

When he was headlining Global Dance Festival this year in Denver, the majority of the crowd went up to the top of the ampitheatre and listened to a killer local breaks live p.a. by the name of Friends In Stereo.

That's what I call a GOOD MOVE.

-C

[r0t8]

now dont get me wrong here its a great cd with awsome tracks but its nothing compared to his earlier music like transport, or live from oslo.
people were saying he sold out long before tranceport came out. he used to play more goa-type trance and then his style became more epic. that's what happened to everyone, though. he was really big then also, so i think maybe people blamed him for carrying on the change of styles for better or worse. i don't have an opinion myself... don't really care.

[mike p]

He is a dick head and a sell out. Sure he's had some big hits and that has done quite a bit for the electronic music world, but others have done the same and have not sold out. The only records or cds he plays are pre-programed at a certain bpm. Trainwrecking, records running out, ect. He doesn't care about music anymore on;y about $$$$$$. Trance is novelty. It's the style of electronic music that your random club goer or party goer thinks if it's on the radio, commercials, or even movies it has to be good. He's like a Backstreet boy of electronic music. The underground is the heart and soul of this type of music or really any other type. The underground community is responsible for for the pop shit that gets out of hand. Take disco for instance. Probably most of you on here right now has probably never heard REAL disco. Just the pop shit that you've heard on the radio or other places. That happens to thing when they start to get popular. So it's up to the the pioneers to "keep it real". Everyone will follow suite. Just do it right. You can be popular and be on the radio and have music videos and still do it right. I guess that is what separates your run-of-the-mill musicians from the great ones.

[Randy J.]

^^^Well said.

I think he is a sellout and has been for sometime. I really dont think their is much of an argument against him being a sellout. I have not once gone to see him anywhere spin because I have heard recorded sets and they were complete shit.

[arielwaldman]

"It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be." - Paul Arden

[Offtrack]

This thread is soooo 2000..:roll:

[mike p]

^^^^HAHAHA, yes it is.

[Benito Hussolini]

i don't have an opinion myself... don't really care.

ditto.

[mike p]

^^^you care or you wouldn't have just posted

[mikeyd3232]

Oakenfold is the last person I thought I would see in a thread on this board, btw.
His Essential Mix cd w/ Fatboy Slim pretty much got me into Trance years ago....loved it.
Still listen to it once in a while. Can you say Solar Stone - "Seven Cities"?
<<<<shut up mike>>>>>
All I know is that when he started producing, his true lack of talent was magnified. Bunkka was pollution to my ears.
I actually purchased it, then threw it out the window of my car on I-35 like 2 days later.
If any of you have seen any of his sets recently, he has OBVIOUSLY made the move to progressive house.
Stick a fork in him.

[Offtrack]

This thread is soooo 2000..:roll:

:mad:

[RANDY WATSON]

Oakenfold is the last person I thought I would see in a thread on this board, btw.
His Essential Mix cd w/ Fatboy Slim pretty much got me into Trance years ago....loved it.
Still listen to it once in a while. Can you say Solar Stone - "Seven Cities"?
<<<<shut up mike>>>>>
All I know is that when he started producing, his true lack of talent was magnified. Bunkka was pollution to my ears.
I actually purchased it, then threw it out the window of my car on I-35 like 2 days later.
If any of you have seen any of his sets recently, he has OBVIOUSLY made the move to progressive house.
Stick a fork in him.

hahahaha. solar stone-seven cities. one of a total of four records i've ever bought at deep fix.

[mikeyd3232]

you still have it?
gimme it.

[Offtrack]

This thread is soooo 2000..:roll:

:mad: :evil:

[RANDY WATSON]

yup. sell it to ya. cheap. been played like 5 times.

[Offtrack]

This thread is soooo 2000..:roll:

SWAMP IT GOD DAMN IT!

[mikeyd3232]

bring it by jilly's tomorrow night.
name a price too....
we can discuss tomorrow.
werd

[Benito Hussolini]

^^^you care or you wouldn't have just posted

You got me :roll:

[mike p]

Oakenfold is the last person I thought I would see in a thread on this board, btw.
His Essential Mix cd w/ Fatboy Slim pretty much got me into Trance years ago....loved it.
Still listen to it once in a while. Can you say Solar Stone - "Seven Cities"?
<<<<shut up mike>>>>>
All I know is that when he started producing, his true lack of talent was magnified. Bunkka was pollution to my ears.
I actually purchased it, then threw it out the window of my car on I-35 like 2 days later.
If any of you have seen any of his sets recently, he has OBVIOUSLY made the move to progressive house.
Stick a fork in him.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Man you need some help baaaaaaaaaad!!!!!!

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http://www.clubthings.com/media/01001_lg.jpg

[NorthlandRaveAlum]

^hahaha...


and yeah, I remember havin this disscusion on syquil...

[mikeyd3232]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Man you need some help baaaaaaaaaad!!!!!!

What, you liked Bunkka?

[mike p]

What is bunkka?

[r0t8]

it's how the english say bunk

[mike p]

I don't like whack shit.

[Offtrack]

^^^ Lol

[nukki]

wow im shocked to see this thread dug up from way back

[mikeyd3232]

wow, didn't realize it started in 2002....damn...

[mike p]

Maybe you should pay more attention then.

[mikeyd3232]

You can't even afford to pay attention, chump.
Yeah, I said it.

[The Professor]

the whole "Designer History" statement gave me the first clue... that and Nukki doesn't post that much anymore... out of the blue...

[mike p]

You can't even afford to pay attention, chump.
Yeah, I said it.
Wow, you got me on that one. I guess your as good at comebacks as you are at playing records. :shock:

[Cyrus Ramsey]

Wow, you got me on that one. I guess your as good at comebacks as you are at playing records. :shock:

ohhhhhhh nice one. but i think you really need to be an actual good dj to say that and i dont think you qualify.

buahahahahaha

[mike p]

ohhhhhhh nice one. but i think you really need to be an actual good dj to say that and i dont think you qualify.

buahahahahaha
Yeah you should there trainwreck, I mean RJ. Don't forget I've heard you play before.

Why don't you let your boyfriend defend himself.

[Offtrack]

This thread is soooo 2000..:roll:

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[mike p]

^^^hahahahaha

[Cyrus Ramsey]

Yeah you should there trainwreck, I mean RJ. Don't forget I've heard you play before.

Why don't you let your boyfriend defend himself.

Trainwreck hunh? So you must be that ellusive all ever perfect dj that up till now was thought to have not exsisted.

Congrats man. I never thought i would meet mr dj perfect.

[nukki]

the whole "Designer History" statement gave me the first clue... that and Nukki doesn't post that much anymore... out of the blue...

alright mullen!!thats it, you wanna fight, you seem like you got a problem with my postings

j/k buddy :)

[Bucho]

it's not so much your postings we have a problem with corry, it's the fact that we never see your punk ass out ;)

[nukki]

bucho i was out this weekend @ the brick
where were you?? oooooooooooooooooh :)

[some bloke]

This thread is soooo 2000..:roll:


^ ^ i know, huh? I wasn't sure he was even around still. I kinda thought Tiesto kicked him off the trance-tables a couple years back

[auralassassin]

Tiesto, now we're on a whole new level of wankers!

[Scottie Smalls]

November 3, 1998


1. Time (Original Mix)- The Dream Traveler
2. Greece 2000 (Original Mix)- Three Drives On A Vinyl
3. Rendezvous (Quadraphonic Mix)- Tilt v. Paul Van Dyk
4. Purple (Sasha v. The Light)- Gus Gus
5. Someone (Slacker and Original Vocal Mix)- Ascension
6. El Nino (Matt Darey 12" Mix)- Agnelli + Nelson
7. Cafe Del Mar (Three N One Remix)- Energy 52
8. 1998 (Original Mix/PVD Mix)- Binary Finary
9. Words (For Love (Original Mix)- Paul Van Dyk
10. Gamemaster (Original Mix)- Lost Tribe
11. Enervate (Original Mix)- Transa

:oops:

[Scottie Smalls]

Why is my emoticon is all fucked up in the post I just did.
I was looking for a blushing pink embarrassed looking one.
Anyways....I used to have the Tranceport CD.

[rob]

hahah.. transport

[joshchrans]

Oakie makes me wanna dance with my glowsticks.

[auralassassin]

Is that a glowstick in your pocket, or has Rob been playing with your Midi controller again?

[joshchrans]

I fired Rob.


He has too many animals :P