Couple a dance floor filler with a dance floor clearer

[GoogaMooga]

If you are serious about music, you have probably had a go at being a DJ at a party or on a radioshow or something like that, an event where you could proudly show the world how eclectic you were. Or at least you have entertained the idea in your head. Speaking for myself, I tried being a deejay at two parties. The first was a hostel party back in 1984, where I filled the floor by playing a whole side of Prince's "Purple Rain" album. The second one was strangely enough also a hostel party, where I cleared the floor with "Can You Feel the Force?" by the Real Thing (da rill ting). Also back in the mid-eighties, I hosted a few radioshows, where I played Santana's collected works. The party DJ sets were more gratifying to me, both the joy of seeing a full floor of dancers and revelers, but in a way also the radio shows, where I wasn't under quite the same pressure. They were ad-libbed, and I found that quite hard to do.

So, from real life experience, my first choice for a coupling would be:

"When Doves Cry" b/w "Can You Feel the Force?"

[copehead]

Tainted Love followed by Suffer Little Children for an early 80s option.

[GoogaMooga]

Never heard Suffer Little Children, but Tainted Love was guaranteed to fill the floor in the 80s.