party playlist

[low_delta]

This was the playlist I set up for our party. I'm sure some songs will seem a bit odd to include, but the criteria were two: That I like the song, and that it made good background music. Not background music like Muzak, but that it didn't overpower conversation. That it was good to listen to, but didn't demand attention. I tried to include some songs that were favorites of some of the people there, or at least that the person and I shared an interest in the song (though I doubt if many of those people heard them). When I first wrote the list, I put priorities on the songs, and they all ended up going on the playlist, so there were some songs I would have skipped if I'd known we'd only get four hours of play time (there are over eight hours on this list). I spent a couple of nights choosing songs, and then I gave the list and a box of CDs to Michael to compile. He loaded all the songs onto his mp3 player, which we then plugged into my dad's reciever (and my big speakers).

Billion Dollar Babies	Alice Cooper
Think	Aretha Franklin
Respect	Aretha Franklin
Bush Fire	B52's
Good Vibrations	Beach Boys
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	Beatles
Octopus' Garden	Beatles
Oh Darling	Beatles
Revolution 1	Beatles
The New Pollution	Beck
Rock Around the Clock	Bill Haley & the Comets
One Way or Another	Blondie
Call Me	Blondie
Shelter from the Storm	Bob Dylan
Summer Days	Bob Dylan
Tangled up in Blue	Bob Dylan
See a Little Light	Bob Mould
Growin' Up	Bruce Springsteen
The Distance	Cake
Long As I Can See the Light	CCR
Midnight Special	CCR
Bad Moon Rising	CCR
Surrender	Cheap Trick
I Want You to Want Me	Cheap Trick
Fly at Night	Chilliwack
Carolyn's Fingers	Cocteau Twins
Low	Cracker
Strange Brew	Cream
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes	Crosby Stills and Nash
Wooden Ships	Crosby Stills and Nash
Our House	CSN&Y
Changes	David Bowie
John, I'm Only Dancing	David Bowie
The Jean Genie	David Bowie
Woman From Tokyo	Deep Purple
Runaway	Del Shannon
Personal Jesus	Depeche Mode
Riders on the Storm	Doors
Moonlight Drive	Doors
The Crystal Ship	Doors
Peace Frog	Doors
Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield
Heartache Tonight	Eagles
What's so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?	Elvis Costello
When I was Cruel #2	Elvis Costello
45	Elvis Costello
Blues Before Sunrise	Eric Clapton
Cocaine	Eric Clapton
The Core	Eric Clapton
Inside Out	Eve 6
Aint That A Shame	Fats Domino
At the Hop	Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids
Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac
Bright Future in Sales	Fountains of Wayne
Long Way Down	Goo Goo Dolls
Friend of the Devil	Grateful Dead
Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead
Coconut	Harry Nilsson
Crazy on You	Heart
Miss Freelove '69	Hoodoo Gurus
Legend of a Cowgirl	Imani Coppola
Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls
Jonas & Ezekiel	Indigo Girls
Fugitive	Indigo Girls
New Sensation	INXS
Elegantly Wasted	INXS
Try	Janis Joplin
Me and Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin
Half Moon	Janis Joplin
Life's A Long Song	Jethro Tull
Boureé	Jethro Tull
St. Theresa	Joan Osbourne
Jack You Dead	Joe Jackson
Ring of Fire	Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash
Victoria	Kinks
Living on a Thin Line	Kinks
Lola	Kinks
Govinda	Kula Shaker
Ramble On	Led Zeppelin
Burned Up and Shining	Les Lokey
I Alone	Live
These Boots are Made for Walking	Loretta Lynn
Girlfriend	Matthew Sweet
Ritual Dance	Micheal Hedges
Don’t Let Go	Mighty Blue Kings
Jumpin at the Green Mill	Mighty Blue Kings
Honey Chile Jump	Mighty Blue Kings
I Melt With You	Modern English
Daughtera	Mrs. Fun
Lulu's Walk	Mrs. Fun
Fly	Nick Drake
Pink Moon	Nick Drake
Dancing Barefoot	Patti Smith
Jeremy	Pearl Jam
Rough Boys	Pete Townshend
Solsbury Hill	Peter Gabriel
In Your Eyes	Peter Gabriel
I Have the Touch	Peter Gabriel
Come Talk to Me	Peter Gabriel
Us and Them	Pink Floyd
Astronomy Domine	Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Arnold Layne	Pink Floyd
The Sky Lit Up	PJ Harvey
This Mess We’re in	PJ Harvey
Hello	Poe
Synchronicity 2	Police
My City Was Gone	Pretenders
I'm Gonna Be	Proclaimers
Don’t Stop Me Now	Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Queen
Pop song '89	R.E.M.
Me In Honey	R.E.M.
What's the Frequency Kenneth?	R.E.M.
Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead
The National Anthem	Radiohead
Creep	Radiohead
I Want to be Sedated	Ramones
Higher Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dog Pound Hop	Ren & Stimpy
It's Martini Time	Reverend Horton Heat
Day of The Eagle	Robin Trower
Gimme Shelter	Rolling Stones
Fly By Night	Rush
Soul Sacrifice	Santana
The Boxer	Simon and Garfunkel
Disarm	Smashing Pumpkins
Magic Carpet Ride	Steppenwolf
Superstition	Stevie Wonder
Octopus	Syd Barrett
Once in a Lifetime	Talking Heads
Nothing but Flowers	Talking Heads
Crosseyed and Painless	Talking Heads
Chantilly Lace	The Big Bopper
One Minute Warning	The Pasengers
Istanbul	They Might Be Giants
Particle Man	They Might Be Giants
God	Tori Amos
Glad	Traffic
Elevation	U2
Last Night on Earth	U2
Even Better than the Real Thing	U2
Bad	U2
Surrender	U2
Moondance	Van Morrison
Into the Mystic	Van Morrison
Rainwater	Victor Delorenzo
Linus & Lucy	Vince Guaraldi Trio
I Held Her in my Arms	Violent Femmes
Gone Daddy Gone	Violent Femmes
Freak Magnet	Violent Femmes
Seven Nation Army	White Stripes
The Seeker	Who
Love Reign O'er Me	Who
Substitute	Who
Your is no Disgrace	Yes

Comments

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

nice list! Lots of stuff I recognize, lots of stuff I don't. it woulda been fun to hear it.

Aren't those little mp3 doohickeys great? I just love mine... listened to the first few chapters of Stephen King's latest Dark Tower book on the way to and from work this morning.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're cool. I probably won't get one, until I have a specific need for one, though.

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

Linus & Lucy!
8D

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

X-)

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I love that song!! It makes me do the stupid dance thingy that you've probably seen Cindy do.

Good play list.

[synergists.livejournal.com]

Brenda noticed Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend when it played.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

OOOPS! I said that, not us.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I didn't know anyone else knew the song.

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that song!

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

So you're burning CDs of this mix for guest souvenirs?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I'd like the songs on Cd, myself, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to ask for it - them. I think this is around eight hours of music.

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

True...well, that makes it a boxed set, then....