Diana Ross - Love Hangover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy185xXA93E&feature=fvwrel

On Saturday night I saw James Murphy perform a DJ set at Celebrities in Vancouver. Celebrities is Vancouver's most famous Gay club and, therefore, it gets all the best DJs. This was my first time at Celebrities so I was very curious as to how it would be. I had heard rumours about transvestite corner and was warned to always feel for the Adam's apple lol. Luckily James Murphy brought a very diverse crowd and everyone was there to dance and have a great time. However, this did not stop some guy from pinching my side and then ass a few times lol. I made sure to put my arms around the girls in front of me and he backed off. As awkward and uncomfortable as this was I had to be slightly flattered as, hey, I'm good enough looking for dudes too lol!

Now for the DJ set! Holy fuck was James good! Definitely my favourite DJ show ever! (Flying Lotus at Gossip during the Olympics is a close second tho...) He actually DJ'd, no laptop to just press play and sit back on. He used real turntables and was constantly making adjustments and, well, DJ-ing. He played an awesome mix of funk, disco and just great, danceable beats. The majority of the songs were very underground and unknown yet so fucking awesome. I looked into finding a setlist or a recording of one of his gigs but came up empty. I then learned that he simply does not want a radio version of his club show. He wants to keep them to what they are as a live performance. I definitely respect that but it sucks because the songs were so damn good! Luckily near the end of the show I had enough awareness to try to shazam some of the tracks. Most came up empty but I did manage to get his last 3. The above Diana Ross disco banger, the ridiculous Neil Young cover of "Harvest Moon" by Poolside and a Talking Heads song. James was super cool all night, only looking up occasionally and smiling rarely; just so into the music, as his little eyes-closed shimmy's displayed. We ended up getting right up front and my friends even got to shake his hand at the end of the show! Also, water bottle guy, an Asian guy in a wife beater balancing a water bottle on his head was maneuvering his way through the dance floor. Such a dope addition/dude for the night. I know that I've seen him at a show before but have no clue when or where.

For those who don't know James is the frontman and leader of the group LCD Soundsystem. They are a rock group with some electronic elements that had hit songs such as "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" and "All My Friends". To the dismay of many fans, he dismantled them just as they were reaching their highest point of commercial success. They are completely different from his DJ set. I quite like both but would honestly prefer to see James DJ.

This Diana Ross track is an absolute disco banger as soon as you hit the 1:10 mark. But it sounded so much better live and mixed by Murphy. This song is great but unfortunately it's far from the best I heard that night. Sorry I couldn't find more and if I ever do I'll be sure to post them. The below tracks are from when I very briefly saw him DJ at Sasquatch. My friend and I stayed to watch the first two songs and had to force ourselves to leave to go see Bon Iver (great choice as it's in my top 3 shows of the year so far). I highly highly recommend seeing the dude DJ any chance you get!

Begin - Elate

Floorplan - We Magnify His Name

And here he is doing the same set that he played at Sasquatch, not the one I saw on the Weekend. Still Epic!