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David Guetta
November 20, 2008
Beta
David Guetta is popular. Of the many DJs I’ve seen at Beta, I think tonight was the most crowded, with the possible exceptions of Danny Tenaglia and maybe Richie Hawtin, which were close. It was so crowded I was constantly being walked into, stepped on, spilled on and rubbed against. Dancing was difficult, apart from sort of nodding and bobbing in place. Hell, breathing was difficult half the time. And the crowd was really oblivio
Leave the Gun. Take the cannoli.
All eyes -- or ears, rather -- in the music world, including ours, were on Chinese Democracy this week. Most of us honestly never thought we'd live to see the release of the mythical Guns N' Roses record, and now that we had a chance to listen to it all the way through, we're sticking by our original assessment, based on hearing just a few songs: meh. Although parts of it are infinitely more listenable than expected, as a whole, it doesn't really seem to have
David Guetta at Beta.
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Today in Backbeat Online:
• A live review of David Guetta at Beta.
• The Fray's new single makes its debut.
• Checking out the Sisters of Mercy at the Ogden Theatre.
• This weekend: A Sharon Rawles tribute at Herman's Hideaway.
• Beyond Playlist: Reviews of new albums by Guns N' Roses, Kanye West and T-Pain.
• Love .45 holds auditions for a new guitarist.
• Rearview: The week in review.
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As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.
So, you've been driving around, nodding your head and/or snapping your fingers to "Sexy Bitch," the cheesy, sleazy collaboration between French superstar DJ David Guetta and hip-hop dude Akon. And you're digging it, but you keep asking yourself, "Why didn't they release a crazy electro version of this shit?!?" Well, we may never know the answer to that question, but luckily, it doesn't really matter anymore, because local producer Audius has gone and banged up a remix of the track that pi
