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Okay, so my friend knows these people who have opened a bar. As a gimmick, they only play music from this old tape machine, which they bought from a radio station. I have promised to make some mixtapes (the tapes are 4 hours long!), and this is where you come in:

What songs would you like to hear when you are out on the town, sipping drinks and enjoying yourself? I mean, I could easily make a list myself, but it should be interesting to hear what you people have to say.

It's not supposed to be dance music, but rather good stuff that gets a nice mood going before people piss off to the club or something. Some hip hop is allowed, but I am mostly looking for rock, pop, post-punk, soul, whatever. Anything goes, basically. Some hits now and then would be expected.

Four hours would be about 50 songs, right?

I'll start off with these five to get you on track:

Fun Lovin' Criminals: Bump
Elvis Costello: Blame It On Cain
Max Romeo: Chase The Devil
Jimi Tenor: Spell
Cody ChesnuTT: The Seed

Now you go!

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Saturday, 10 January 2004 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"mostly looking for rock, pop, post-punk, soul, whatever. Anything goes, basically."

surely no mix could be THAT varied in style?!

― searchanddelete, Saturday, 10 January 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Jimi Tenor: Spell

Good for you.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 10 January 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

ADIDAS-JC CHASEZ

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 10 January 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

sum 41 - Fat Lip

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 10 January 2004 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Some Pogues, but not "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", or everyone will kill themselves.

Perhaps a nugget from the Two-Tone label.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Saturday, 10 January 2004 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

brass construction - movin'
mandrill - fat city strut
prince - erotic city
new order - fine time
inner city - good life
can - i want more
marvelettes - heatwave
alan braxe & fred falke - intro
basement jaxx - broken dreams
quannum - i changed my mind

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 11 January 2004 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Len - Steal My Sunshine
Basement Jaxx - Plug It In
!!! - Me and Guiliani
DJ Shadow - The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix, which incidentally,

― Barima (Barima), Sunday, 11 January 2004 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Play the Stereo MCs mix of Stevem's Quannum pick, or even better, DJ Spinna's.

Len - Steal My Sunshine
Basement Jaxx - Plug It In
!!! - Me and Guiliani
DJ Shadow - The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix, which incidentally, I dislike)
Richard X - Lonely
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Sugababes - Overload
Money Mark - Cry (Dust Brothers Remix)
Sad Rockets - Heavy Meta
Michael Jackson - Get On The Floor
Last Night Changed It All (I've actually forgotten the fine lady who sang this)
Cameo - Word Up
Nona Hendryx - The Heat
Cut Copy - Nine Summertime
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Kelis - Good Stuff
UNKLE - In A State (DFA Remix)
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot (orig/Dust Bros mix)
The Wiseguys - Search's End
Sparks - Tryouts For The Human Race
De La Soul - Pass The Plugs
Blur - Tracy Jacks
Capitol K - Pillow
Shame 69 - No Business
Pink - Feel Good Time
The Loose Cannons - Handbrake (orig/Etienne De Crecy Mainstreamix)
Nu Yorican Soul - Runaway
Zongamin - Tunnel Music
US69 - Yesterday's Folks
Britney - Slave 4 U
Cornelius - New Music Machine/Freefall/Fly/Point of View Point/Another View Point

― Barima (Barima), Sunday, 11 January 2004 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

this is great guys, i have already nicked a some of your suggestions.

among these are:
basement jaxx: broken dreams
!!!: Me and Giuliani
Cameo: Word Up

please keep 'em coming!

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Sunday, 11 January 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Nivea F/R. Kelly-"Laundromat"
Orange Juice-"Consolation Prize"
Prince-"Starfish and Coffee"
Freda Payne-"Band of Gold"
20/20-"Yellow Pills"
The Remains-"Don't Look Back"
Prince Buster-"Madness"
Puffy Amiyumi-"Tokyo Nights"
R. Kelly-"Thoia Thoing"
Richard Hell-"Love Comes in Spurts"
Rockwell-"Somebody's Watching Me"

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 11 January 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

some stuff from my computer, hopefully the sort of songs you're looking for:

Archers of Loaf - "Web In Front"
Beck - "Mixed Bizness"
Broken Social Scene - "Stars and Sons"
The Darkness - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
David Bowie - "Five Years"
Franz Ferdinand - "Darts of Pleasure"
Jesus and Mary Chain - "Head On"
Kinks - "Lola"
Lilys - "Ginger"
McLusky - "There Ain't No Fool in Ferguson"
Magnetic Fields - "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side"
Mirah - "Don't"
Missy Elliott - "Wake Up"
Mercury Rev - "Sudden Ray of Hope"
New Pornographers - "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism"
OutKast - "Rosa Parks"
Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man"
Primal Scream - "Loaded"
Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
Pulp - "Babies"
Russian Futurists - "Precious Metals"
Saint Etienne - "Kiss and Make Up"
Sean Paul feat. Sasha - "I'm Still In Love with You"
The Shins - "New Slang"
Sly & the Family Stone - "Stand!"
The Smiths - "Ask"
Television Personalities - "Part Time Punks"
Velvet Underground - "Rock and Roll"
Violent Femmes - "Gone Daddy Gone"

― Kareem Estefan (Kareem Estefan), Sunday, 11 January 2004 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Some great stuff here!

I'm tired, but I'll add:

The Herbaliser - "8 Point Agenda"
Cornelius - "Thankyou For The Music"
World Of Twist - "Sons Of The Stage"
Common - "I Am Music"
Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby?"
Gonzales - "Take Me To Broadway"
Altern-8 - "Infiltr-8 202"
Lambchop - "I've Been Lonely For So Long"
Tube & Berger feat Chrissie Hynde - "Straight Ahead"
Five Deez - "Funky"

There.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 11 January 2004 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and Magnetic Fields - "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" seconded innit.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 11 January 2004 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

meters - cissy strut
thin lizzy - boys are back in town
ted leo - rudeboys etc.
rolling stones - honky tonk women (?>!?!>!>)
bruce springsteen - 10th ave. freeze out
" - rosalita
clash - jail guitar doors

― fsdkfkj, Sunday, 11 January 2004 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cissy Strut", fuckyeah! I want that on repeat in my internal jukebox forever...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 11 January 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

it essentially was on mine for a couple-month period and it never gets old. although it's frustrating as hell to try to play with a band because no drummer will ever match it's original beat

― fshsdfkj, Monday, 12 January 2004 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Petula Clark - "Downtown"
Del Shannon - "Hats off to Larry"
Lonnie Donegan - "Cumberland Gap"
Shockheaded Peters - "I bloodbrother be"
T Rex - "Telegram Sam"
Scissor Sisters - "Laura"
Smiths - "God save the queen"
Soft Cell - "Memorabilia"

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 12 January 2004 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Charlie, have you ever played 'Thank You For The Music' in a bar before?

― Barima (Barima), Monday, 12 January 2004 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry
Grazing In The Grass - The Friends of Distinction
Let Me Go - Heaven 17
The Godfather - Spoonie G
Tiger Feet - Mud
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
Can't Explain - The Who
Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie & The Hot Rods
Shake Your Body Down To The Ground - The Jacksons

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Monday, 12 January 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Todd Rundgren-"Wolfman Jack"
Jackson Five-"Life of The Party"
Tom Jones-"Mama Told Me Not To Come"
Tweet-"Oops (Oh My)"
Malcolm McLaren-"Double Dutch"
Luiz Bonfa/other Black Orpheus guys-"Manha De Carnaval"
Fleetwood Mac-"That's Enough For Me"
Leslie West-"Baby I'm Down"
Orchestra Baobab-"Utrus Horas"

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Monday, 12 January 2004 04:45 (twenty-two years ago)

hell yeah!
i've already added

gonzales: take me to broadway
the meters: cissy strut
new pornograhers
and five deez

plus i am downloading some of all that other great stuff as i type this.

thanks a lot, guys. feel free to keep it flowing!

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 12 January 2004 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

If I ever heard luckiest guy.... in a bar, I'd leap over the counter, rip out tha tape and make the bar manager eat it.

― chris (chris), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

XTC - Generals and Majors
Lee Perry - Bafflin' smoke signals
Isley Bros. - Behind a painted smile
Tatu - How soon is now
Echo and the Bunnymen - People are strange
Twinkle - Terry
S Club Seven - Don't Stop Moving
John Otway - Bunsen Burner
Human League - Being Boiled (Virgin recs version)
Beck - Loser
Sundown Playboys - Saturday Night Special
Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Max Romeo - War in a babylon

I could do this all day...

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

but definitely put on Elios Therepia by Blue states

― chris (chris), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Charlie, have you ever played 'Thank You For The Music' in a bar before?

Many times! I confused the fuckery out of lots of people at Bar Broadway in Sydney by playing it a while back, but I won them back with my Justin Timberlake "Like I Love You"/The Cure "The Blood" segue...

Thinking about it, I make a point (ha) of playing "TFTM" or "Count 5,6,7,8" pretty much every time I get my hands on a decent loud PA.

If I ever heard luckiest guy.... in a bar, I'd leap over the counter, rip out tha tape and make the bar manager eat it.

...and oddly, I always play that too! so much so that I got a complaint for being dull. Heathens.

Oh, and on that note, just to add another fun thing to the list, Future Bible Heroes - "I'm A Vampire". There.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

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Four hour party mix - help!