From reading a lot of these posts, ppl are basing tiesto's success on either his mixing ability/fulidity, or his live preformances. When it comes to dj'ing, there is a clear distinction between the two.

A great deal of tiesto's appeal comes form his charisma on stage. The way he caries himself and engages the crowd while spinning is something that can't be tought and a lot of dj's lack.

For many clubbers, seeing the dj so hyped about the music he loves is what it's all about. If some dj gets up and spins a wicked set but doesn't even crack a smile the entire night, the vibe can be thrown way off. This is not always the case, and totally depends on the person...but it's a point worth making.

The fact that he throws down good tracks one after another and spins well enough for most not to complain combined with his personality on stage is makes him number one in the eyes of many.


.::I am not defending or applauding his status as #1, this is my interpretation of the situation::.

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Lypid - The Signs Alive (DJ Three & Q Burns Mix)
DJ Merrit and Blake Potter – Stick Of Sin
Chris Lake - Changes (Dirty South Remix)
Muzzaik pres urh feat Zaida - Work It (Rene Amesz Remix)
Iio - Is it love (Starkillers 3rd Street Remix)

The impression I'm getting here is Tiesto's popularity stems from the same reason that hair metal bands were so popular in the 80's: theatrics. Fine and dandy for folks who like a lively show, I guess, but what about those who enjoy music with their ears instead of their eyes?

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I'm just gonna go ahead and inject my opinion because I'm tired of trying to appease morons.

Tiestor fucking sucks and Sasha should be #1

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by tiesto14 LOL that chick in the black on the left is from Chicago...kids in the CHicago room know her...i'd do her.

You sure about that? That pic was from a show in Toronto in June 2003.. I've seen both of them here in clubs over the years a number of times.

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Originally posted by sierra88 tiesto is #1 because who else has these tracks he played last night ... no one

WTF????
NP: Dj Tiesto - Live At Disneyland 16-04 - [43:30m of 154:50m/192Kbps/44KHz/212,65 Mb]
here's the tracklist, i added in the end of each track when i got that tune. those with no date dont exist in my stuff
01 Tiesto - Forever Today (sep-2004)
02 Hammer & Bennet - Language (Santiago Nino Dub Tech Remix) (jan 2005)
03 Inner Stories - Beyond
04 Estuera vs. Re:Locate - Palma Salone
05 Blank & Jones ft. Bobo - Perfect Silence (E-Craig's "212" Mix) (january 2005)
06 Adam White & Andy Moor pr. Whiteroom ft. Amy Cooper - Someday (Original Instrumental Mix) (jan 2005)
07 Sensorica vs. J Key - Only One
08 Tiesto - Just Be (Original Mix) (sep-2004)
09 Mr Sam - Lyteo (Rank 1 Remix)
10 Rank 1 - [email protected] (sep-2004
11 ID
12 Ernesto vs. Bastian - Darkside Of The Moon (dec 2004)
13 Tiesto - Olympic Flame (sep 2004)
14 Tiesto - Forever Today (live violin)
15 Ron van den Beuken - Sunset
16 Jonas Steur - Silent Waves
17 ID [#9 Aria Montreal (11-06-04)
18 Sinead O'Connor - Troy (Push Remix)
19 Matthew Dekay vs. Proluctors - Bad (jan 2005)
20 Skin - Faithfulness (Tiesto Remix) (2003)
21 Tiesto - Traffic (2003)
22 Abel Ramos - Aquarius (Randy Katana's "Dubdown" Remix) (jan 2005)
23 The Freak pr. Exo - Above The Clouds (Mark Norman Remix) (mar 2005)
24 ID
25 Darren Tate - Prayer For A God
26 Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Tiesto 2004 Edit Live)
27 M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight - No Man's Land (2004)
28 Joop - The World
29 Push - Universal Nation (Montana Edit)
30 ID
31 Joop - Another World [Encore]
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wtf man, i hope you said that ironically, anyone with an internet connection can get these tracks, you should expect more from tiesto, and i'm sure that the tracks that i dont have, half of the ppl here have it!

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Originally posted by Sykonee The impression I'm getting here is Tiesto's popularity stems from the same reason that hair metal bands were so popular in the 80's: theatrics. Fine and dandy for folks who like a lively show, I guess, but what about those who enjoy music with their ears instead of their eyes?

I totally agree. I for one am for the music first. This is a given. Yet when ppl vote for the DJ of the year, everyone is voting for their own reasons personal to them. One person might base their vote purely on a dj's mixing ability...another might vote for a dj because they had a kick-ass night the evening they went out and happened to see a particular dj.

That is the problem w/ the top 100 list. There are no set guidelines that make up criteria for the "best" dj. maybe if there were different top 100 charts.....that's a long stretch tho and would complicate things I think.

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What gets me going

Lypid - The Signs Alive (DJ Three & Q Burns Mix)
DJ Merrit and Blake Potter – Stick Of Sin
Chris Lake - Changes (Dirty South Remix)
Muzzaik pres urh feat Zaida - Work It (Rene Amesz Remix)
Iio - Is it love (Starkillers 3rd Street Remix)

who's dj tiesto?

i actually saw him @ Space during WMC and wasn't that impressed w/ his set.

but i'll tell you who i am impressed w/. armin van buuren puts out a set every week for trance fans all over the world to tune in to. for free. every week. for free. every week.

tiesto on the other hand is $50 if i wanna hear what he's spinning nowadays. and his sets aren't all that new. for the love of god, quit playing traffic, love comes again, adagio. good prods but PLAYED OUT.

i still like him, and will buy isos4 when it comes out, but he's not my fave anymore

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Originally posted by tiesto14 Oh Christ...shut the fuck up... YOu just spit up what was discussed in the Disney thread....your arguement is stale, mundane at best. It's really a rather simple concept.....dont like him? dont listen to him...whats it matter to you who is number one DJ or not... We ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL know Tiesto is a pop star...and that he is not like he was years ago....so either bring something new to the table or piss off.....

That is not the point of to discuss. I wanted to have discussed, what makes him tha big, even if he really isn't. I also never said, I don't like Tiësto!

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Originally posted by flavdave Ok, hold up. Why do you assume he is black? Second, why does that matter at all? And also, what the hell did you mean by "I do even tolerate black music." I think you have a bigger problem than Tiesto.

I thought he was black. Just remembered wrong. Well, that's not relevant. Why do you think it matters?? Black is just an adjective which describes something more precisely.

I tolerate black music, because I have to. I'm living in Germany. The clubs here are full of black music, since dance music died about three years ago. I don't mind if anyone likes balck music. But when I say, that I hear trance people laugh at me (don't tolerate). Actually I shouldn't be tolerant anymore. But I still am.

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Originally posted by Swamper You sure about that? That pic was from a show in Toronto in June 2003.. I've seen both of them here in clubs over the years a number of times.

oops Toronto.....i knew someone on TA knew her....just got the cities wrong...lol...Chicago/Toronto...shes still hot..lol

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Originally posted by vrahnos WTF???? NP: Dj Tiesto - Live At Disneyland 16-04 - [43:30m of 154:50m/192Kbps/44KHz/212,65 Mb] here's the tracklist, i added in the end of each track when i got that tune. those with no date dont exist in my stuff 01 Tiesto - Forever Today (sep-2004) 02 Hammer & Bennet - Language (Santiago Nino Dub Tech Remix) (jan 2005) 03 Inner Stories - Beyond 04 Estuera vs. Re:Locate - Palma Salone 05 Blank & Jones ft. Bobo - Perfect Silence (E-Craig's "212" Mix) (january 2005) 06 Adam White & Andy Moor pr. Whiteroom ft. Amy Cooper - Someday (Original Instrumental Mix) (jan 2005) 07 Sensorica vs. J Key - Only One 08 Tiesto - Just Be (Original Mix) (sep-2004) 09 Mr Sam - Lyteo (Rank 1 Remix) 10 Rank 1 - [email protected] (sep-2004 11 ID 12 Ernesto vs. Bastian - Darkside Of The Moon (dec 2004) 13 Tiesto - Olympic Flame (sep 2004) 14 Tiesto - Forever Today (live violin) 15 Ron van den Beuken - Sunset 16 Jonas Steur - Silent Waves 17 ID [#9 Aria Montreal (11-06-04) 18 Sinead O'Connor - Troy (Push Remix) 19 Matthew Dekay vs. Proluctors - Bad (jan 2005) 20 Skin - Faithfulness (Tiesto Remix) (2003) 21 Tiesto - Traffic (2003) 22 Abel Ramos - Aquarius (Randy Katana's "Dubdown" Remix) (jan 2005) 23 The Freak pr. Exo - Above The Clouds (Mark Norman Remix) (mar 2005) 24 ID 25 Darren Tate - Prayer For A God 26 Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Tiesto 2004 Edit Live) 27 M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight - No Man's Land (2004) 28 Joop - The World 29 Push - Universal Nation (Montana Edit) 30 ID 31 Joop - Another World [Encore] ----- wtf man, i hope you said that ironically, anyone with an internet connection can get these tracks, you should expect more from tiesto, and i'm sure that the tracks that i dont have, half of the ppl here have it!

Whats your point? Are you saying that cus Tiesto is number one that he should play only tracks that no one else has? Tracks that people cant download? All IDs?

Well Sasha never did, Oakenfold never did, Paul van Dyk never did, Digweed never did....so explain why o why on earth Tiesto has to?

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Good lord! Those women are ugly!
Like Barbie gone bad...only worser....

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