This great dj request story was posted by the late DJ AM on the Serato forums five years ago. Rest in peace. Submitted by Lauti.
In LA we usually DJ 4 hour sets„ 10pm till 2am (close) and I used to get to work at 9:45pm to set up, then basically practice the 1st hour while people were walking in. Well, at 10:15 I’d get the “PLAY BEYONCE CRAZY IN LOVE” and I’d say “Its 10:15, you will hear it later I promise” and of course the girl would frown (thinking its cute and i will fall for it) and I’d just go back to practicing. 10:30 she would walk by and look at me raising her eyebrows. 11pm she sends 2 of her friends up to ask for the same song shile she watchs to see my reaction (cause of course her ego let her think i was saying no to HER specifically) and I just look at the 1st girl and say “I told your friend, i will play it later” This is the reason I used to carry weak ass promo frisbee records in the back of my crate. Cause come 11:15pm when the 1st girl comes BACK (now with a few drinks in her) demanding I play it. I reach in the back of my crate, pull out a frisbee record and say “You want Beyonce??? Huh?? YOU REALLY WANT IT?? (pull out frisbee 12” and SMASH it over my kneee and hand her the 2 pieces) HERE MOFO, TAKE BEYONCE” they never come back. I have my man man Mike B to thank for this drunkgirl jukeing strategy.