parksey, your opinion

[Northern Star]

Ive heard him play shite ive heard him play good, problem is you just dont know what ur gonna get with him and that puts me off going to see him tbh

(he was a proper miserable gimp tho at hazy lol)

[pauly p]

Originally Posted by Northern Star

(he was a proper miserable gimp tho at hazy lol)

Yep, Proper Twat that night!

I remember when hearing he was booked for Hazy thinking oh dear its a bad move. He played more or less the same set of "washboard Garage" from 12 or so years earlier and had still the same shit attitude from when people were wearing leather pants and tartan trousers trying to look like D-ream.
Proper dismal

[Northern Star]

Originally Posted by pauly p

Yep, Proper Twat that night!

I remember when hearing he was booked for Hazy thinking oh dear its a bad move. He played more or less the same set of "washboard Garage" from 12 or so years earlier and had still the same shit attitude from when people were wearing leather pants and tartan trousers trying to look like D-ream.
Proper dismal

He just didnt get the hazy vibe or what it was all about! now ali whitehead n marshal jefferson both knew the crack and not a sniff of an arsey attitude

[bexleydurden]

Parky @ Nude was something to behold. Beyond that I found him a tad dull.

A bit like the Hac to be honest. Nude in '89 was something to behold, by 1990 I'd wandered off to Konspiracy to listen to the Jam MC's as they continued to innovate with an eclectic mix of sounds. Plus the place wasn't full of posuers like the Hac had sunk to.

[Mr Radish]

Originally Posted by bexleydurden

Parky @ Nude was something to behold. Beyond that I found him a tad dull.

A bit like the Hac to be honest. Nude in '89 was something to behold, by 1990 I'd wandered off to Konspiracy to listen to the Jam MC's as they continued to innovate with an eclectic mix of sounds. Plus the place wasn't full of posuers like the Hac had sunk to.

Russ Marland & Mike Pickering on Friday (Shine) nights were much better than Parky in my opinion.

The crowd on Friday's was also better as it was a little "rougher" and were not worried about getting their new expensive clothes dirty!


On the Subject of Parky, I think he was very good at a certain point in time and I liked the kind of sound he was playing. However, he was as mentioned unpredictable in what he would play and would not always play to a venue. . . .it's my way or the highway, kinda thing.

I know on here he gets murdered due to "That Night" at Hazy that I never went to and from the sounds of it quite rightly so, but it does seem to colour people's attitudes on here to a long and much wider career on the scene.

[Shooms]

Originally Posted by Mr Radish

I know on here he gets murdered due to "That Night" at Hazy that I never went to and from the sounds of it quite rightly so, but it does seem to colour people's attitudes on here to a long and much wider career on the scene.

I just don't like him coz he's Scottish

[bexleydurden]

The crowd on Friday's was also better as it was a little "rougher" and were not worried about getting their new expensive clothes dirty!

ha ha ha, remember those days? When you dressed to sweat with the knowledge you'd probably be diving through some warehouse window at some point in the evening. Generally getting home looking like you'd been in a car crash then dragged through a hedge backwards as punishment. Happy days!

[Noel]

Originally Posted by Mr Radish

I know on here he gets murdered due to "That Night" at Hazy that I never went to and from the sounds of it quite rightly so, but it does seem to colour people's attitudes on here to a long and much wider career on the scene.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by blue jammer

Never heard him play back then so I can't comment. My opinion of him is based on when I have heard him play out in recent years (Hac re-unions or other places like Hazy etc)

An example was the NYE Hacienda night with P&P on back to back... Pickering would play some cracking stuff and Park would come on and play Robin S and a load of Garagey boring poncey shite and clear the floor - his arrogance levels are through the roof and he was more interested in making a decent recording for his radio show than acknowledging the crowd.

A complete bell end

I never heard him play out in 88/89 either but base my opinions on the sets from then that I have (I would've thought that you had a few?) and not from re-union gigs. Funnily enough though the only time I have seen him at a re-union do, in Brum a few weeks back, I only heard him play 3 tracks from the 90's... I reckon you would've enjoyed the night (especially with Jon DaSilva playing loads of acid late on).

[Geeky]

I used to hate Parky after reading an article in a magazine (probs around 1996) where he said Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm was a cheesy tune that reminded him of 'sweaty ravers' or something like that.

After spending time listening through his old sets I actually think quite a lot of it stands the test of time apart from some of the commercial vocal crap he would sometimes play.

[nics]

parky is a cock!

ive never ever fell asleep in a club (unless shooms has had the rohypnol out) and that cnut made me fall asleep in the downstairs of hazy!!

peeps who went hazy will know its just not do-able to fall a kip in there.......but that pink t-shirt wearing, plimpsole shorts wearing goggle eyed bast@rd made me come right down n fall fast asleep!!

first inpressions dont normaly last with me but thats the first n last time ive seen him live and tbh it has put me right of downoading mixes of his!!

[tag]

Im more of a Piers Morgan man these days....oh you mean greame park?
















wank

,never heard his sets back in the day and dont really give 2 shits about the bloke,made a right balls up at hazy days as people have alreay said

tag

(and hes a sweaty sock)

[Geeky]

What happened at hazy?

[kofiluca]

Come on guys - it was one tossing night. Show some respect to a legend and remember yer House Muzik history.
For me this comment on discogs sums up how I feel about Parky:

manchester, Sep 06, 2006 (Graeme Park Discography at Discogs)

Graeme Park or 'Parky' as known to thousands of misty eyed devotees from 1988-95 was THE original British House DJ's DJ. Along with Mike Pickering, he was the first British DJ to champion House Music in 85-87, long before Rampling, Oakenfold et al supposedly brought it back from Ibiza (& contrary to what the London-centric media would have you believe!). He was the first British DJ to really master the art of seamless mixing - which may not seem that great a feat nowadays. However back in the day when early House Music was making inroads into the UK club scene, most DJs couldn't mix to save their lives - the likes of Rampling, Oakenfold, Weatherall etc might have had an ear for a good tune but they were technically defunct. Park was a maestro for all up and coming budding DJs - Sasha, Garnier, Seaman and countless other DJs who listened to Park at the Hacienda in the early days will testify to that. What really set Parky apart from other DJs was the construction of his sets which always flowed so beautifully - almost like telling a story & he would mix vocals out of vocals seamlessly. Listen to DJs nowadays and anybody can mix beats after beats, but try mixing many of the classic vocal House & Garage records and get them to flow perfectly.

Parky used to sell mixtapes of his sets at the Hacienda from the DJ booth at the beginning of a night - the tapes were usually from the previous week. Thousands of lucky punters who have copies of many of these legendary tapes will testify what a fantastic DJ Graeme Park was. From the period 1988-1992, Graeme Park was without doubt THE GREATEST HOUSE DJ IN THE WORLD. This was confirmed by the fact that he won the prestigious DMC DJ of the year award in constant succession during these years. He broke so many fantastic records at the Hacienda during this period and many other DJs (Sasha included) followed his lead.
The fact that Graeme was such a humble down to earth guy, who would always spare the time for a chat at the DJ booth, and the fact that he wasn't a great self publicist or arrogant like so many other big name DJs, makes him a great DJ in my eyes. After Parky DJs got too big for their own boots and started believing they were some kind of demi gods - as Park himself said, "I'm only a DJ playing other people's records". However that's not to take away from the fact that he was an incredible DJ during his peak years at the Hacienda & he had many a big name American DJ eating out of the palm of his hands - legends such as Humphries, Knuckles and Morales all greatly respected and admired Graeme Park.

Although post 1995, Graeme for reasons only known to himself - probably due to the money from commercial radio and the fact that he'd been there at the beginning of the dance music explosion & seen it & done it, started playing more and more obvious commerical dance music & lost his edge that made him such a great DJ. BUT the guy should be remembered as one of the finest British House DJs (if not the finest in my humble opinion) of his generation, who influenced and spawned a thousand imitators & spread the gospel of gorgeous, uplifting House Music to a generation that will never forget. RESPECT PARKY!

[Geeky]

Ok I read the Hazy thread again and some of this is out of order imo.

What is 'poncey garage shite' all about and that he's never played a decent set etc...

I've recently listened to a lot of his sets from 91-93 and he was playing Todd Terry, Masters at Work, Morales, Knuckles, Steve 'Silk' Hurley, Underground Resistance etc.. Sure theres the odd commercial cheeser like Robin S or Degrees of Motion but generally pretty good stuff.

[Newy]

Lol do you really need me to comment

One....Newy