One of my best friends had a small, intimate gathering of a few friends last night and he asked if I would provide the music for it. It proved to be rather popular, so I’m providing the song list here. Angel was looking for some fun, upbeat electronic stuff with an emphasis on female vocalists. He’s not a huge rock fan, so I kept some indie bands off the list and added some R&B, hip-hop, and Latin into the mix. Basically, I tossed songs into a playlist and then set the iPod in shuffle mode. If you have some of these songs, you can download the iTunes playlist and import it into your iTunes library. Here’s the track list:
- Plug It In – Basement Jaxx
- Must Be The Moon – !!!
- Check The Rhyme – A Tribe Called Quest
- You Don’t Know My Name (Reggae Remix) – Alicia Keys
- Just Friends – Amy Winehouse
- Heartbeat – Annie
- Keep the Car Running – Arcade Fire
- New Years – Asobi Seksu
- ode to lrc – Band of Horses
- Rendez Vu – Basement Jaxx
- Finger Lickin’ Good – Beastie Boys
- Scarecrow – Beck
- Song For Sunshine – Belle & Sebastian
- Innocence – Björk
- There’s More To Life Than This – Björk
- Top Ranking – Blonde Redhead
- Good Boys (Scissor Sisters Extended Mix) – Blondie
- A Trip Out – British Sea Power
- Break The Ice – Britney Spears
- More Lemonade (Scissor Sisters Sticky Tits Radio Edit) – Bucci Bag
- I Want Your Love – Chromatics
- Fancy Footwork – Chromeo
- Waiting 4 U – Chromeo
- Walking With Thee – Clinic
- Vanished – Crystal Castles
- Lights & Music – Cut Copy
- So Haunted – Cut Copy
- Around The World – Daft Punk
- Face To Face – Daft Punk
- Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk
- Call Me – Deee-Lite
- What She Wants – Felix da Housecat
- Get Him Back – Fiona Apple
- Happy – Fischerspooner
- Rolling Down the Hills – Glass Candy
- Beatific – Glass Candy
- Smiley Faces – Gnarls Barkley
- Modeling Sucks – Handsome Boy Modeling School
- This Is My Love – Hercules and Love Affair
- Hercules Theme – Hercules and Love Affair
- You Belong – Hercules and Love Affair
- One Pure Thought – Hot Chip
- Ready For The Floor (Album Version) – Hot Chip
- Qué Bueno Baila Usted – Ibrahim Ferrer
- Little bit of feel good – Jamie Lidell
- Miss You Much – Janet Jackson
- Handle With Care – Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
- Supersonic – JJ Fad
- Love Vibration – Josh Rouse
- D.A.N.C.E – Justice
- Sexy Ladies – Justin Timberlake
- All Woman – Kathy Diamond
- Between The Lines – Kathy Diamond
- Entropy Reigns (In The Celestial City) – Kelley Polar
- I Believe In You – Kylie Minogue
- Sugar – Ladytron
- Weekend – Ladytron
- North American Scum – LCD Soundsystem
- Deceptacon – Le Tigre
- Patty Lee – Les Savy Fav
- Houseclouds – Liars
- Smile – Lily Allen
- Jimmy – M.I.A.
- Bamboo Banga – M.I.A.
- Bucky Done Gun – M.I.A.
- Graveyard Girl – M83
- There But For The Grace Of God – Machine
- Beat Goes On (feat. Kanye West) – Madonna
- Get Together – Madonna
- Candy Shop – Madonna
- I’m Going Bananas – Madonna
- Raid – Madvillain
- Don and Sherri – Matthew Dear
- Time to Pretend – MGMT
- Paris Hilton – Mu
- Otto’s Journey – Mylo
- It Ain’t Hard to Tell – Nas
- Say It Right – Nelly Furtado
- Krafty – New Order
- Ice Cream – New Young Pony Club
- It’s for You – Out Hud
- Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John
- Everything Is Everything – Phoenix
- Weekend (12″ Extended Version) – Phreek
- Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
- Ceremony – Radiohead
- With Every Heartbeat – Robyn
- Let Me Know – Roisin Murphy
- A Shade Shady (Now Prance) – RuPaul
- Stars Above Us – Saint Etienne
- Sylvie – Saint Etienne
- Hold Me So Tight – Sally Shapiro
- She’s My Man – Scissor Sisters
- It’s the Beat – Simian Mobile Disco
- Rhthm & Soul – Spoon
- We Used To Be Friends – The Dandy Warhols
- Dropkick the Punks – The Faint
- Huddle Formation – The Go! Team
- Your Mangled Heart – The Gossip
- The Captive Mind – The Helio Sequence
- Shining Skinned Friend – The Juan Maclean
- Neverland – The Knife
- Bad Up Your Betterness – The Presets
- Whoo! Alright, Yeah… Uh Huh – The Rapture
- You Keep Me Hangin’ On – The Supremes
- Good As Gold – Tiga
- (Far From) Home – Tiga
- Something Good – Utah Saints
- Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend
- Kelly – Van She
- Jessie – Zoot Woman
Enjoy!
Man, I caught this site by chance, and saw the playlist. I have some of the groups….New Young Pony Club, Scissor Sisters, Ladytron, Bucci Bag…..so I figured, the others must me good. Man, I got my Summer Mix ’08. Great stuff. Would like to keep in touch about new music on the scene. Cut Copy, Chromeo and Glass Candy are my favs so far. Still getting through the whole thing. Good stuff man.
Andrew
Raleigh, NC
Love this playlist! Stumbled on to this by accident, knew and liked some of this stuff so gave the rest a try – you have introduced me to some great music, thank you!
Hey Bobby, Great playlist! If you were going to add some songs from the second half of 2008 and some indie bands, what would they be? Value your suggestions. Thanks!
Great idea! I’ll see what I can come up with and post it here.
Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
Back In Black – AC/DC
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
Bust A Move – Young MC
Carry Out – TIMBALAND f/ Justin Timberlake
Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex
Crazy In Love – Beyonce
Disturbia – Rihanna
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Fire Burning – Sean Kingston
Get The Party Started – Pink
Heartless – Kanye West
Hey Ya – Outkast
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
Hot, Hot, Hot – Buster Poindexter
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
I Melt With You – Modern English
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
I Wish – Stevie Wonder
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Imma Be – Black Eyed Peas
It Takes Two – Rob Base
It’s The End Of The World – R.E.M
Jump Around – House of Pain
Just Dance – Lady Gaga
Knock You Down – KERI HILSON f/ Kanye West
Live Your Life – TI f/ Rihanna
Low – Flo Rida
Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
Mony Mony – Billy Idol
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
One More Time – Daft Punk
Paradise City – Guns ‘n Roses
Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
Push It – Salt n Pepa
Rapper’s Delight – Sugar Hill Gang
Right Round – Flo Rida
Rock This Party – Bob Sinclair
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
Send Me on My Way – Rusted Root
Sexyback – Justin Timberlake
Shoop – Salt n Pepa
Shout – Isley Brothers
Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Single Ladies – Beyonce
Smooth – Santana f/ Rob Thomas
So What – Pink
Starstruck – 30H!3
Stayin Alive – Fugees & Wyclef Jean
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns ‘n Roses
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Telephone – Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Tik Tok – Ke$ha
Vogue – Madonna
Walk This Way – Aerosmith
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
When You Look Me In the Eyes – Jonas Brothers
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Yeah – Usher f/ Ludacris
YMCA – Village People
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC