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Who is the greatest DJ of all time?

33 durable postsStarted 2010-09-20Latest 2010-09-24

#87858Post 1 of 332010-09-20

Interesting...

[URL="http://greatest.dj/"]http://greatest.dj/go/[/URL]

John Digweed is missing...

Edit: Link Fixed

#1412918Post 2 of 332010-09-20

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I'll save everyone the hassle of clicking on the Like button ... yeah wtf's Digweed?

Out of this list I'll go for Garnier.

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#1412920Post 3 of 332010-09-20

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dj jazzy jeff? lol, i know he's a good dj but best of all time?

#1412921Post 4 of 332010-09-20

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No fuckin brainer

Wevvers all the way

or Jeff Mills maybe

or Larry Levan

fuck i don't know

#1412922Post 5 of 332010-09-20

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difficult one because each has done damage within thier own scene and obviously been an influence on us all at some point in time

#1412923Post 6 of 332010-09-20

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i,m torn between garnier and sasha

#1412924Post 7 of 332010-09-20

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ah fuck it, i,m not voting lol cant choose

#1412926Post 8 of 332010-09-20

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Those DJ blurbs are grossly cringeworthy.

#1412932Post 9 of 332010-09-20

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carl cox. I think he edges sasha for sure. probably not digweed though (and why isn't he on the gd list? - i'm sure they were thinking, it's not fair to have both sasha AND digweed.)

digweed was surely disqualified b/c he's the honorary GOAT.

And no DJ Shadow? How do they call jazzy jeff 'one of the cleanest scratchers of all time" and then right after him put Dj Qbert by comparison? I've seen jazzy jeff three times and he wasn't doing any scratching at all.

half those people shouldn't be on there. DeVit was dead a long time ago, and he's missed out on the last what, 12 years of dance music?

#1412935Post 10 of 332010-09-20

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Sasha isn't consistent enough to be on that list.

#1412962Post 11 of 332010-09-20

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;891869] DeVit was dead a long time ago, and he's missed out on the last what, 12 years of dance music?[/QUOTE]

I reckon all the dead people on the list have been missing out on some music, that's how it goes i guess.

No Ron Hardy?

Good to see my man Mr Saville in there though

#1412970Post 12 of 332010-09-20

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meh!

#1412992Post 13 of 332010-09-20

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[QUOTE=jackdaniels;891863]Those DJ blurbs are grossly cringeworthy.[/QUOTE]

yeah, who writes and approves that shit?

#1413007Post 14 of 332010-09-20

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[QUOTE=feather;891873]Sasha isn't consistent enough to be on that list.[/QUOTE]

now!!! yes!!!!

but sasha's talent has been life changing for many people especially in the northern exposure days and for that reason i would say sasha deserves to be in that list

i,ve been thinking about this all day now and still cant make up my mind, its really the case that i dont want to choose, even fabio and grooverider had a huge influence on me right from the very begining, laurent garnier changed my life/musical taste twice, sasha did the same as have weatheral and vath within thier own rights.

what can i say? how many times have u been asked this question in ur lifetime

i,m now old enough and wise enough to refuse to answer it because each and every person in the list ( with the exception of a few ) have influenced how i live my life @ one point and its for that reason and that reason alone that i have a lot of respect for them all

#1413085Post 15 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;891951]now!!! yes!!!!

but sasha's talent has been life changing for many people especially in the northern exposure days and for that reason i would say sasha deserves to be in that list

i,ve been thinking about this all day now and still cant make up my mind, its really the case that i dont want to choose, even fabio and grooverider had a huge influence on me right from the very begining, laurent garnier changed my life/musical taste twice, sasha did the same as have weatheral and vath within thier own rights.

what can i say? how many times have u been asked this question in ur lifetime

i,m now old enough and wise enough to refuse to answer it because each and every person in the list ( with the exception of a few ) have influenced how i live my life @ one point and its for that reason and that reason alone that i have a lot of respect for them all[/QUOTE]

Snaz - "Can I touch you"

Digweed - "Huh?"

Snaz - "I just wanna say I touched the DJ that changed my life!"

Diggers ends up giving him his copy of Heaven Scent...sniff

[video=youtube;hSZAFpZE_74]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSZAFpZE_74&feature=related[/video]

#1413101Post 16 of 332010-09-21

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Oh no, look out... another list!

#1413104Post 17 of 332010-09-21

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Trance Djs comments are realy sutpid

[SIZE=5]Paul Van Dyk[/SIZE] [LEFT]GARETH EMERY comment: [/LEFT] [QUOTE] "In 2002, I sent Paul van Dyk a CD of my first track, unmastered. Next thing, someone rang up and said van Dyk played it live on radio at Nature One, a big festival in Germany. That track was 'Mistral'....[/QUOTE]Resume, Paul Van Dyk s greatest because he played your track....Are your fucking me? [SIZE=5] Tiesto [/SIZE][B]SANDER VAN DOORN comment: [/B][QUOTE]...From the moment I started producing, he picked my music up and promoted it – he's one of the DJs who got me where I am today. He sells out stadiums, but never comes across as big-headed or arrogant...[/QUOTE]Poor Sander Van Doorn....

#1413114Post 18 of 332010-09-21

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That list is too convoluted with overlapping genres. Perhaps, if it was seperated into categories, accurate choice(s) could be achieved.

That being said, :deadhorse:

#1413151Post 19 of 332010-09-21

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how do you define "greatest"?

#1413161Post 20 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE=Shpira;892114]how do you define "greatest"?[/QUOTE]

By accepting that we're all different in every way we are influenced, the period of time we came of age, our particular personality in relation to music and a million other factors that make anything as subjective as artistic performance something you can't compare between one another, never mind different time periods so just enjoy what you enjoy and stop making the whole world a fuckin pop chart. Is Larry Levan the greatest? Tiesto may think not. But they are simply people who put records on in clubs for fuck's sake. One may have influenced everything you've ever done or you may have just gone out clubbing for a certain period of your life and enjoyed everything that came with it and that's all, so fucking what?

My favourite colour is green but i'd be interested to know about other peoples' favourite socks

#1413162Post 21 of 332010-09-21

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Let's see what the greatest DJ of them all has to say on the matter?

[IMG]http://www.music-banter.com/wp-content/uploads/john-peel-wants-you-to-fuck-off.jpg[/IMG]

#1413191Post 22 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE=bobjuice;892127]By accepting that we're all different in every way we are influenced, the period of time we came of age, our particular personality in relation to music and a million other factors that make anything as subjective as artistic performance something you can't compare between one another, never mind different time periods so just enjoy what you enjoy and stop making the whole world a fuckin pop chart. Is Larry Levan the greatest? Tiesto may think not. But they are simply people who put records on in clubs for fuck's sake. One may have influenced everything you've ever done or you may have just gone out clubbing for a certain period of your life and enjoyed everything that came with it and that's all, so fucking what?

My favourite colour is green but i'd be interested to know about other peoples' favourite socks[/QUOTE]

I think that was my point...but hey your rant works as well ;)

#1413192Post 23 of 332010-09-21

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;)

#1413204Post 24 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE=Shpira;892114]how do you define "greatest"?[/QUOTE]

i think it's a more objective take on the dj's career. i would have otherwise voted oakenfold since he basically pulled me back into electronic music. but given that his productions have been rather poor and his inability to mix has become more observed over the last decade, it's hard for me to say he's goat. i think the goat needs to have consistency in rocking the venues they play (i.e. not having off nights), the ability to play a wide selection of tunes (instead of, say, only the records on your own label or your own mixes back to back to back), a stream of singles and mix compilations (if you're putting out a compilation every few years, then wtf right?), and have had a strong part in the polularization of edm in general. (and, I'd say, been around at the top of your game for at least two of the last three decades as well - greatest of [I]all time[/I], if you think about it, means you've also been in the scene a long time. not a johnny-come-lately dj. at least that's how i look at it).

i think you could find maybe 10 -15 dj's who fit that profile that nobody can really argue about. (some of which, ahem, aren't on that list). i think from there you can start making subjective points.

whatev tho, as someone said above, 'oh look another list!

#1413237Post 25 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE] but given that his productions have been rather poor[/QUOTE] I think that this definitely has nothing to do with the poll. [QUOTE]i think the goat needs to have consistency in rocking the venues they play (i.e. not having off nights), the ability to play a wide selection of tunes (instead of, say, only the records on your own label or your own mixes back to back to back), a stream of singles and mix compilations (if you're putting out a compilation every few years, then wtf right?), and have had a strong part in the polularization of edm in general. (and, I'd say, been around at the top of your game for at least two of the last three decades as well - greatest of all time, if you think about it, means you've also been in the scene a long time. not a johnny-come-lately dj. at least that's how i look at it).[/QUOTE]

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#1413238Post 26 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE=bobjuice;892128]Let's see what the greatest DJ of them all has to say on the matter?

[IMG]http://www.music-banter.com/wp-content/uploads/john-peel-wants-you-to-fuck-off.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

good point!!! its shocking that he's not even in it

#1413239Post 27 of 332010-09-21

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[IMG]http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/weatherall1.jpg[/IMG]

#1413240Post 28 of 332010-09-21

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;892218] its shocking that he's not even in it[/QUOTE]

shoddy indeed eh?

#1413355Post 29 of 332010-09-22

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[QUOTE=Shpira;892217]I think that this definitely has nothing to do with the poll.

[IMG]http://shy.eastforce.net/pics/tiesto_imm.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Why do I have a sudden urge to claw my eyes out ???

#1413361Post 30 of 332010-09-22

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[QUOTE=bobjuice;892128]Let's see what the greatest DJ of them all has to say on the matter?

[IMG]http://www.music-banter.com/wp-content/uploads/john-peel-wants-you-to-fuck-off.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

whilst I know that Bob loves the jimmy cough ; Peel > Saville any day of the week, and twice on Fridays.

#1413603Post 31 of 332010-09-22

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Gotta laugh at some of these names. Erol Alkan? 2 Many DJ's? Jazzy Jeff?

And Tiesto 'always changing his style'? How exactly. He was playing euro trance in 2000, and he's still playing it now.

I'd argue for Tong to be included in there, just for his UK influence

#1413730Post 32 of 332010-09-23

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[QUOTE=GregWhelan;892635]

I'd argue for Tong to be included in there, just for his UK influence[/QUOTE]

This. Goes without saying he not the most naturally gifted…but influential…no doubt.

But it is an unanswerable question in my eyes.

#1413880Post 33 of 332010-09-24

Re: Who is the greatest DJ of all time?

Of all time?

:digweed:

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