Music The most awesomest party playlist in teh world evar!

Swinging shindig, box-social, get together, bust, kegger or soiree - whatever the name, we all host or attend partys every so often, what music do YOU like to hear at partys ? Is it the wild dance moves of MC Hammer you look to dance to or the more mellow side of the tracks you prefer to sup your kitchen sink (drink ) to ?

So I present a comprehensive list compiled by the members of bit-tech of awesome must have party tunes to deck out your playlist with style. Remember when suggesting phat tracks that party playlists are "for the greater good of the party" tunes, thus this isn't an "artist x sucks" thread, though heavily disliked (or stated innappropriate) songs will be asterisked ( * ) - likewise, stuff that is a must at a party and you will be LYNCHED without is marked with a double eye thing ( ^^ ), recent additions have an arrow (->) in front of them...

(sorted into alphabetical order)

More Recent Stuff
Christina Aguliera - Candyman
Lily Allen - smile

Older Stuff
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
Beyonce - Crazy in love ( ^^ )
Britney Spears - Toxic
Gnarles Barclay - Crazy ( ^^ )
Gwen Stefani - What you waiting for
Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you

90s-'02ish Stuff
(->)Aerosmith - Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
(->)Blur - Song 2
Blur - There's no other way
Brian Adams - Everything I do
Chilly Peppers - Around the world
(->)Chilly Peppers - Under the Bridge
Fatboy Slim - The rockastella Skank
Fatboy Slim - Praise you
Fatboy Slim - Right here, Right now
Fatboy Slim - Weapons of Choice
Fatboy Slim - I see you baby
(->)Greenday - Basket Case
(->)Greenday - Long View
(->)Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
(->)Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Gorillaz - 19-2000
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
(->)Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitter
(->)Janes Addiction - Been caught Stealing
(->)Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
(->)Metallica - Sandman
(->)Nirvana - In bloom
(->)Nirvana - Lithium
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
(->)Nine Inch Nails - Closer
No Doubt - Don't Speak
Oasis - Wonderwall
Ocean Color Scene - Hundred Mile High
Ocean Color Scene - Travellers Tune
Prodigy - Firestarter
(->)Prodigy - Smack my bitch up
(->)Radiohead - Paranoid Android
(->)Rammstein - Du Hast
(->)Rage Against the Machine - Wake Up
Supergrass - Pumping on Your Stereo
(->)The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
(->)The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
(->)Third Eyed Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Train - Drops of Jupiter
(->)Weezer - Buddy Holly

Pre 90's
Beastie Boys - Girls
Guns n Roses - Sweet child o mine
Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
House of Pain - Jump around
Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
Michael Jackson - Thriller

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Stuff kept off the list, but was suggested, and why it isnt on the list
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
I love this song, I love queen. The reason it doesn't make the list though is because its been done to DEATH. If your party is for over 50's or under 18's then this could be a sound choice - otherwise its unlikely to be a major hit these days... maybe in a few years

All acapella songs
Accepella doesn't carry well at parties...

Pre-50s Music
This isn't a bop you're trying to create, its a swinging shindig! Oldy stylee 'wireless' is just too much grab a party and twist for a succesful party (unless its a swing dancing party, in which case go nuts ).

 

girls was from the 80's

 

Ugh. I hate 90% of music on that list and would never dance to any of it. Put some Harvey Danger, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric, Danko Jones, High Speed Scene, and Jimmy Eat World on there. Proper rock, proper roll, proper folk-mellow.

Seriously, the type of parties I go to, that music would result in having the hi-fi thrown out of the window and into the pool.

Avril and Christina I can cope with. Chilli Peppers are a personal dislike, but they can be on the list.

 

My musical taste is a bit more alternative but I'd be very happy if the following songs were played at a party:

Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol
Blur - There's No Other Way
Supergrass - Pumping on Your Stereo
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

Might add more later if I can think of any

Sam

 

Well these are my contributions / songs I agree with.

- The Kinks - You Really Got Me
- Madness - Baggy Trousers
- Amber Pacific - Fall Back Into My Life
- Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
- Oasis - Wonderwall
- Aerosmith - Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
- System Of A Down - Toxicity
- Lost Prophets - Rooftops

Yea so it's a little varied...oh well

 

My party playlist for my 24th Birthday cum Wii-athon (this Friday, VIP Invite only) will mainly consist of:

The Knife
Justice
Chromeo
Simian Mobile Disco
Soulwax
The Go! Team
Digitalism
LCD Soundsystem
annnnd Daft Punk

Mainly, at least. We might boogie to some Pig Destroyer or Subtle or whatever too.

 

Black label society - speed ball, For The Win!!!

 

I wouldn't dance to anything, but the FBS is always good stuff (stick Weapon of Choice on there).
Some Coldplay is always good, perhaps not best for a party though.
Personally, I'd like to see some of the psychedelic tunes of Delia Derbyshire and Brain Hodgson.

 

Bogomip you need help.

You need swing and early jazz. That is all.

It might sound old fashioned and so on but go see a live swing band with bags of energy and you just can't stop moving!

 

AC/DC - Thunderstruck if played to the right crowd can have a awesome effect.

 

All Dragonforce all night long. Expect at least four deaths.

 

QFT! And one of those deaths is a broken neck / cracked skull from headbanging far too much

 

I listened to a Dragonforce song once.

Never again.

 

I'm more into melodic and vocal trance.

My choice would be
Zenon (featuring Erire) - September Rain absolutely awesome tune.

 

Yay! Somone who's not a complete noob.

Edit - actually, that's awesome. Do you like Annie Mac?

 

QFT!!!

Good to see people with taste around

 

Never heard of Annie Mac. Google says she's a DJ. I don't listen to the radio though. I'm sure she's just swell though.

For extra awesomeandsonotgheypartyness, I'm officially adding Shy Child, Tiga and Uffie to my playlist. Nice.

 

Good drinking game associated with that song. Get 3-4 people and play the song. One person drinks for the duration of 1 "thunder" going counterclockwise. Kinda sucks if you get stuck on the last thunder before the song, you gotta kill the beer

 

Thanks to the advent of the iPod and compatible speakers, playlists at parties have become very eclectic. Here's a short list of stuff i have heard over the course of an evening.

Meatloaf - Bat Outta Hell, Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Gorillaz - 19/2000, Kids With Guns, Dare, Feel Good Inc
Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
The Aquabats - Pool Party, Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates
Beirut - All the tracks we can find, me and my mates are fans
FLOW - Days
Brown Derbies - Take on me, Basket Case (a cappella awesomeness)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Me Now (with Shaun of the Dead cricket bat actions)
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and One more time
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
and so much more

 

Fun music -
Maaya Sakamoto - Peace
Maaya Sakamoto - 24
Maaya Sakamoto - Yoru
Maaya Sakamoto - Rule~Iro Asenai Hibi
Maaya Sakamoto - Life is Good
Yoko Kanno - Want it all back (Cowboy Bebop soundtrack)
Beck - Devils Haircut/Where its at
Bjork - Theres more to life than this
The Cooper Temple Clause - Who needs enemies?

Willful party wierdness that for some unknown reason always goes down well - The entire Ozric Tentacles discography