Fatboy Slim告诉LaDbible从DJ中获得职业需要什么

One of the defining moments of the recent Parklife festival in Manchester was Fatboy Slim blasting out Oasis' 'Don't Look Back in Anger' to thousands of people at the Hangar stage.

The track has become a battle-cry for Mancunians following the bombing at Manchester Arena, which claimed the lives of 22 innocent people. But it was particularly incredible seeing the legendary DJ play the song with his spin on it, and it appears the significance of the moment wasn't lost on him:

DJ的真名是诺曼·昆汀·库克（Norman Quentin Cook），他对他的154,000个Twitter追随者说：“我会记得昨晚的膝盖和在曼彻斯特@parklifefest的Singalong很长时间。

That's a big statement coming from a man who has been in the business for nearly 40 years. The artist behind iconic tracks like 'Praise You', 'The Rockafeller Skank' and 'I See You Baby' admits that getting to Parklife was a bit of a blur.

在节日上，他告诉LaDbible：“我真的不知道我们在哪里。我大约在三天前在伊维萨岛开始，没有上床睡觉。在布莱顿醒来，在布莱顿做了一场演出，这是我的家乡，上床睡觉。在曼彻斯特醒来。这是一个有趣的三天。”

The 53-year-old headlined the opening day of Parklife at the Hangar, and the reality of the stage was exactly how it sounds: a massive metal hangar which looked like it could house a plane. He was joined by Above and Beyond, Pete Tong, Armand van Helden and Eriz Prydz across the weekend.

Fatboy Slim is definitely a rare type of musician, considering how long he's managed to keep attracting crowds to his shows. At the risk of sounding like a reminiscing parent, Norman says it wasn't like that back in his day: "When I started DJing, we were the nerds, we were the trainspotters. We were the ones who were bothered to find out what these records were.

"Now DJing is kind of considered a glamorous and lucrative thing. So there's now people wanting to get into it because they want the premium vodka, and the girls and private jets. There wasn't that [when I started], it was blood, sweat and tears, you had to really be a die-hard to be a DJ."

He says he first knew he wanted to get into the music business when he was eight years old and heard 'Crazy Horses' by The Osmonds for the first time. Norman admits that these days, his personal music interests include pre-war blues, gospel and Hawaiian slide guitar from the 1920s and 30s.

So how does he stay relevant, nearly four decades after starting out as a DJ in Brighton?

"I think it's equal parts dogged persistence and refusal to give in," he says. "I have had bad years where it's not all been up and I've had people say, 'have you ever thought about getting a proper job now?' I also think I've got an ear for it and I do think I've got some kind of talent.

“我只是喜欢我的工作。我喜欢音乐，我喜欢与其他人分享我喜欢的音乐。我喜欢看着年轻人玩得开心，变得很高，躺着和做愚蠢的事情。

"Just recently, my own personal life has been a bit rough and I really enjoy the release of when I get out on stage. I forget all my worries and cares and responsibilities and I become a 17-year-old again."

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如果您看到他现场表演，您不会惊讶地发现他想留在游戏中 - 公园节日在Heaton Park设立了八个令人印象深刻的阶段，将他与一些音乐中的一些知名人士一起放置。

Fatboy对Oasis歌曲的史诗混音并不是上个月对曼彻斯特和悲惨恐怖袭击的唯一致敬。1975年的标题为星期六的主要舞台决定有一个“噪音的时刻”来纪念受害者。首席歌手马特·希利（Matt Healy）也带来了爆炸爆炸后的紧急服务舞台。

Tens of thousands of people burst into applause and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham told the crowd: "The terrorists want to change us, they want to divide us - don't let them win. Don't let them change Manchester. The fact that you're here tonight shows that we're not going to be beaten."

主要舞台还看到了弗兰克·海洋，杰西·格林（Jess Glynne），《珠宝》（Jewels），拉格（Rag'n'bone）和两门电影院俱乐部的令人印象深刻的表演。但是，如果那不是您的风格，而您只是想跳舞，那么仓库项目区域就是一个地方。卡尔·考克斯（Carl Cox），杰米·琼斯（Jamie Jones），塞思·特罗克斯（Seth Troxler）和科尔希（Kolsch）等人将节拍抽出了几个小时，并配有空中加农炮和史诗般的灯光。

If you wanted other senses to be stimulated then the Elrow stage certainly delivered. Not only did it provide bangers all day, but it had inflatable animals roaming around the tent and plenty of confetti explosions.

如果您对音乐感到无聊，那么会有一些狂欢节，可以让人们娱乐，并为他们欣赏整个节日的令人难以置信的景色。

The Temple stage was all kinds of excellent as well. It was a Mad Max styled set-up, with rusted metal and fire erupting from the top, featuring the likes of David Rodigan, Damian Marley, Giggs, Wiley and Boy Better Know. It certainly drew in the crowds

But what I was absolutely amazed at was the 'just crack on' mentality of everyone heading to the music festival.

Ok, there was mud. There was rain, and shitloads of it. But none of that stopped people from slapping on their favourite wellies to see some of their favourite artists. About 80,000 people rocked up to the sold-out festival for two days and it was not a letdown by any stretch of the imagination.