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Originally posted by iammesol I've just never liked his music.

Amen. It's easy not too lose respect for someone you never had any for in the first place.

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i have nothing to add other than it's ridiculous how many people are taking into account his place on the DJ Mag list and how it affects him personally.

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Being knocked down to #4 may be the best thing to happen to him

lol

I used to be a big fan of him, esp his music on "Seven Ways" and "Out There and Back". He's gone too far from the "Out There and Back" sound. He had some minor mainstream success with "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" on that CD, but it was nothing like what he's doing now as far as completely pop sounding garbage that he's been releasing. That still had a relatively "indie" or "unique" sound...esp with St. Etienne. But now his pop sensibilities are more overt. He can still play a banging set, but nothing like he used to in the early 00s.

I don't mind when a musician goes a bit commercial/mainstream and try being successful. I just hate it when they lose all the energy/motivation they had before doing so and forgetting exactly what got them there. Therefore leading to making utter shit music. This goes to a number of producers/bands.

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike he's done by commercial artists like Aha, Robbie Williams, Alanis Morisette, Madonna, Innercity to just name a few? What's so different now may I ask?

those are all respected pop artist.

im talking about making a shit remix to a shit pop artist. there is a difference. gimmie more

Oh, and I noticed someone mentioned Junkie XL remixed this as well. I listened to his entire myspace player a couple of hours ago, and it ALL sucked. What happened to Junkie?

Wow, I must be really odd, because I like "In Between" more than "Out There And Back". Then again, I've only listened the latter once a few years back, once only because it was really fucking boring. I dragged the CD to my comp to take another listen, but I never did, and now I can't find the CD anywhere. But really, if the first listen turns me off so bad that I don't want to take another listen after years, something's wrong with the people who appreciate the album, not me <_<

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Originally posted by LoveHate Britney Spears - Gimme More Paul van Dyk Remix + selling puh up bra's on his myspace, dont know if its him or not but he must havesome authority over it. http://www.myspace.com/paulvandyk plus his album sucked and he has been playing the worst song ever made in every set this past year...anthem sorry i had to rant.

But I will forever love him for this:

http://www.discogs.com/release/164706

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike What makes me laugh is people thinking this sort of thing is something new and out of character of him - Are you forgetting remixes and reworks in the past he's done by commercial artists like Aha, Robbie Williams, Alanis Morisette, Madonna, Innercity to just name a few? What's so different now may I ask? This sort of thing has always been apart of PvD. Some people are just fucking blind. Or deluded. Or both; like LoveHate.

The difference, in my mind, is that all those artists had a shred of dignity.

Can you think of a more disgraceful artist for him to have remixed? Britney Spears is the poster child of musical blindness and delusion. Is this remix supposed to be a play of irony?

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Originally posted by THE_Chris Up to about 2002 he was good, but then did he ever go downhill fast.

Agree, I still have some great PvD sets on my pc dating from before and around that period, ... great and interesting trackselections in those.

I heard him play a set on Tomorrowland in Belgium past summer and he played a descent set. Unfortunately he also ended it with Anthem (really hate that song ). But even apart form that last track, he didn't play a set as he did in the past.

my point - he has achieved more in life than me and you