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Hmm, looks like the lineup is refreshingly new..BUT As a DJ who works in the union I'm disappointed to see the BOP being labeled as the only time and place for cheese. I worked so hard this past year to try to make the Bop less cheesy and more club-sounding, and by the end of the year we'd been gett...

La bilirrubina by Juan Luis Guerra!

This has to be the happiest song of all time, even if you don't understand the lyrics. Look it up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OvqSRuf2rQ

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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Quoting RandomMusings from 14:49, 4th Jun 2008 I'd like to see a little bit more experimentation next year - earlier in the evenings, when there is just dancesoc, or rocksoc in the venue, why not try out a little bit of things like 'Back in Black' or Mr Brightside (jazz version). I'd also like to s...

Quoting munchingfoo from 01:55, 13th Jun 2008 To dismiss all pop music as "[non great]" due to the fact that it is not classical is as ignorant as dismissing classical simply because it is not pop music. [hr] Umm, so you're saying that easy-listening popular music can be compared to the troubling c...

Pssshht, all this pop music people keep talking about...come on, how about some truly great music! Jersualem (Charles H.H. Parry) Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (R. Vaughan Williams) Adagio for Strings (well duh) Fantasy for violin & orchestra (Nigel Havers) Ave Maria St Matthew Passion (Bach)...

Quoting Indignant brit from 01:24, 18th Mar 2008 I was at the Bop for St Patrick's Day and I was slightly offended by the anti-British song that was played. I'm a Scottish nationalist, but I still think that the song should not have been played here (St Andrews, Scotland, the UK). Yes perhaps the B...

Quoting ct3012 from 17:35, 15th Feb 2008 Quoting scotlandposse2010 from 21:38, 11th Feb 2008 simply because it's not quite as dance-able as other genres. That's rubbish and you know it. For people who don't necessarily want to have to be totally drunk to enjoy the bop that kind of music is so much ...

Oh yeah, I did the Latino nights as well. And as for the people who claim that Tuesday's Bop was 'awful', let me just warn you that Friday's will be about a thousand times worse. Plus, I played some new and unusual tracks, but from where I was standing everybody was still jumping up and down like cr...

Hey that's right I did DJ on Tuesday, I had quite a few people come up to me afterwards saying, 'Thanks for not playing the same old crap every week.'

What more proof do I need??

Quoting thePontificator from 11:40, 12th Feb 2008 you simply want to replace the current crowd with a different crowd more in line with your own taste. There are plenty of places in St Andrews playing different music, as you have mentioned, so unless the Bop in its current incarnation starts losing...

I'd also like to add that because the Union is the only place open until 2 on a Friday, it makes sense to play all the crap music first, and then from 1-2 play all the good music. Here's why: All the other venues, such as the Lizard, Ma Bell's, and what used to be the Gin House play good music only ...

Hmm, I know I'm gonna get criticised for saying this, because it is an arrogant thing to say, (and was the main reason I started this thread) BUT I don't DJ at the Union very often any more, but every time I do, I change things up. A lot. And I've always had great feed back, such as 'Thanks for not ...

I have been working in the Ents Crew for a year and a half now. For those of you who don’t know, the Ents Crew are the volunteers who sacrifice their time and effort into making sure the events in the Union happen, involving sound, lighting, music, and maintenance of the Union in general. It’s a tha...