Show Notes
Let's talk about men for a while - specifically male vocal artists - and by men, I mean Mardi Gras men. It's time for the annual celebration of male vocalists in the 18th edition of Men, the Mardi Gras edition. I had planned to publish this on the actual weekend of Mardi Gras but I got caught UP! flip flopping on the track selection so instead, I'm publishing it on my actual birthday (March 5th). There are so many different artists and styles on this edition with new and classic remixes of their songs but the intensity and euphoria are constant. The start of the set has a heavy 80's and 90's feel with classic tracks from Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Rick Astley (I saw him in concert in Sydney in the early 90's - brilliant) and Haddaway. Moving through the set come monster tracks from The Weekend, Troye Sivan, Jason Derulo and boy bands Boyzone & One Direction. Adam Lambert is the featured performer at this years Mardi Gras so I had to put one of his amazing songs on this set. As the set moves into more big room territory hits appear from Coldplay, Alex Newell, Michael Jackson, Ed Sheeran and Jason Walker. Rounding out the set are two awesome tracks from Joey McIntyre and Wham!. Now Lets talk about the remixes. There are so many killer remixes ranging from Division 4, Jet Boot Jack, StoneBridge, JRMX, Cahill, Russ Rich, Wayne G. and Carlos Gallardo. 7th Heaven feature several awesome remixes here and as always, a huge thank you to Mark from Dirty Disco for his pre-release remixes for which I am eternally grateful. I hope you enjoy them all. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird - a beautiful young couple from Sydney who's lives were taken in a senseless act of violence leading up to the Mardi Gras party weekend. Rest in peace boys xx Anthony
1/ "DON'T YOU" (FORGET ABOUT ME) (Jet Boot Jack Remix) - SIMPLE MINDS 2/ "THE REFLEX" (Block & Crown Club Mix) - DURAN DURAN 3/ "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - RICK ASTLEY 4/ "WHAT IS LOVE" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - HADDAWAY 5/ "RUSH" (Dirty Disco Pillow Biters Remix) - TROYE SIVAN 6/ "CAN'T FEEL MY FACE" (Division 4 Remix) - THE WEEKEND 7/ "RIDIN' SOLO" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - JASON DERULO 8/ "LOVE IS A HURRICANE" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - BOYZONE 9/ "NIGHT CHANGES" (JRMX Club Mix) - ONE DIRECTION 10/ "TONIGHT WE LIVE FOREVER" (Cahill Club Mix) - UNION J 11/ "LOVE IN THIS CLUB" (StoneBridge Club Mix) - USHER 12/ "NEVER CLOSE OUR EYES" (DigitalDog Club Mix) - ADAM LAMBERT 13/ "TO THE MOON AND BACK" (Almighty Club Class Club Mix) - SAVAGE GARDEN 14/ "ALL OVER THE WORLD" (Cahill Club Mix) - OLA 15/ "FAMOUS" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - NATHAN SYKES 16/ "A SKY FULL OF STARS" (Russ Rich & LFB Anthem Club Mix) - COLDPLAY 17/ "BASICALLY OVER YOU" (B.O.Y.) (Carlos Gallardo Remix) - ALEX NEWELL 18/ "SO HAPPY" (Sagi Kariv & Tommer Mizrahi Remix) - TONY MORAN ft. JASON WALKER 19/ "BEAT IT" (HenriqMoraes Remix) - MICHAEL JACKSON 20/ "IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED" (Original Club Mix) - GUY SCHEIMAN ft. RHIAN! 21/ "BAD HABITS" (Dirty Disco Eagle Houston Remix) - ED SHEERAN 22/ "I LIKE IT" (Cahill Club Mix) - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ft. PITBULL 23/ "STAY THE SAME" (Tony Moran Club Mix) - JOEY McINTYRE 24/ "I'M YOUR MAN" (Wayne G. Fire Island Club Mix) - WHAM!
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