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[Drygioni]

Burning Down the House (Stop Making Sense version or otherwise) - Talking Heads
Sally McLennane, or maybe Streams of Whiskey.. hell, I love everything by them, and you can jig to nearly all of it - The Pogues
Blue Monday - New Order
Darlington County (or similar) - Bruce Springsteen
One Step Beyond - Madness

[Doc]

The party in my head is currently playing:
The Prayer - Bloc Party
Good idea at the time - Ok Go
Pinch me - Barenaked ladies
Broadway - Goo Goo dolls
and Nessaja - Scooter. Just because I love to hear that at about 11.30 when I'm in the upbeat phase of my drinking.

[CortJstr]

I suck hard at making playlists. But because I'm anal, "the roof is on fire" song is called Fire Water Burn by Bloodhound Gang. The Bad Touch also makes people go, "hey, I remember this!"

[side_show]

Beastie Boys Set:

1) Fight for Your Right (To Party)
2) Girls
3) Brass Monkey
4) Intergalatic
5) Body Movin'

New Wave Set:

1) Rock Lobster
2) 88 Lines about 44 Women
3) Whip it
4) Kids in America
5) Tainted Love

[AugustWest]

Hey, I don't know what to tell you.

I was raised to believe that people are supposed to enjoy music by putting on headphones, cranking it to the highest setting and then experiencing intense feelings through the music.

Dancing music was for, like, nomadic tribes and rave-kids. It was not for Serious Enjoyment.

I was raised to love music in a Pat-like way. I, too, love the work of Robert Fripp.

It is possible to love both, you know...

[Lister]

I can't limit this to five.  Sorry.

Early:

The B-52's (Pretty much anything)
Barenaked Ladies - Alcohol, Be My Yoko Ono, Life in a Nutshell
Dee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
The Damned - Bad Time For Bonzo, I Think I'm Wonderful, Stranger On The Town
George Clinton - Do Fries Go With That Shake
Green Day - Walking Contradiction
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line
The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Parliament - Give Up The Funk
Propellerheads - History Repeating
Quincy Jones - Stuff Like That (From Q's Jook Joint)
Ray Charles - Shake A Tail Feather, What'd I Say
Ursula 1000 - Mambo 1000
The Wiseguys - Ooh La La

Late:

Badly Drawn Boy - Camping Next To Water
Barenaked Ladies - This Is Where It Ends
The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
Cake - Walk On By
Dinah Shore/Buddy Clark - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Weather permitting)
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Jimi Hendrix - Angel,  Castles Made Of Sand, Little Wing
Johnny Cash - Riders In The Sky
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
R.E.M. - Man On The Moon
The Smithereens - Blood and Roses
U2 - With Or Without You, Still Haven't Found

And now I have to go or I will be late for work.

[CortJstr]

Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

About 3 years ago the lame guy who sits next to me at work heard a snippet of Lust for Life on the radio and was mad that people were already covering Are You Gonna Be My Girl. We explained that it was Iggy Pop and he thought we meant Jimmy Pop from Bloodhound Gang.

He is a sad, sad little man. On Friday nights he goes to Dave & Busters with some guys then they all go back to somebody's mom's house to play D&D.

[Nabubrush]

So, these the actual songs I picked.

AC/DC - Rocker
Aerosmith - Train Kept A Rollin'
Bad Religion - Entropy
Lionel Belasco
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes, Panic in Detroit, Young Americans
Brad - Raise Love
Cars - Just What I Needed, You Might Think
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Commodores - Brick House (12" version)
Cream - Swlabr
Damned - Smash It Up, Love Song, Melody Lee, Noise Noise Noise, Plan 9 Channel 7
Dead Boys - Ain't Nothin' to Do, Down in Flames, Sonic Reducer (might go with the Rocket From the Tombs version), What Love Is
Fugazi - Bad Mouth, Latin Roots, Steady Diet, Waiting Room
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On, Sexual Healing
Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You, Let's Get Married, Let's Stay Together
Green Day - Fashion Victim, St. Jimmy
Hellacopters - Paul Stanley, Venus in Force
Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
Howlin Wolf - Back Door Man, How Many More Years, Red Rooster, Smokestack Lightnin', Wang Dang Doodle, You'll Be Mine
Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues, From Four 'til Late, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom, Malted Milk, Stop Breakin' Down Blues, Sweet Home Chicago, Travelling Riverside Blues
Live - Iris
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day
NoFX - Bob, I'm Telling Tim, Liza and Louise (hopefully this won't come on until the kids are gone)
Operation Ivy - Junkie's Running Dry
Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehechaan Ho
Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose, Try a Little Tenderness
Pearl Jam - Blood
Pixies - Debaser
Ramones - This is going to be very difficult.
Rolling Stones - Little T&A, Stray Cat Blues
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama, Tits on the Radio
Spinners - Could it Be I'm Falling in Love, I'll Be Around, Rubberband Man
Split Enz - I Got You
Steely Dan - The Boston Rag
Stereophonics - Check My Eyelids for Holes, More Life in a Tramps Vest
Stone Roses - Love Spreads
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown, Jailbreak
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life, Fall Down
Weezer - Fall Together, Hash Pipe
White Stripes - Black Jack Davey, Blue Orchid, Death Letter, Fell In Love With a Girl, Lafayette Blues, St. James Infirmary Blues
Warren Zevon - Ain't That Pretty At All, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

also:
Doors - Love Me Two Times
Down By Law - No Equalizer
Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty
Rocket From the Tombs - So Cold

I picked most of the above by just randomizing and dragging over anything that appealed to me at the time. Other than the above, I would like to respond:

Keith:
I like some Beck, but of course a lot of his shit is hella depressing. Probably I'll do the funky shit off of Midnight Vultures. I wish Debra didn't have that big extra thing on it. I don't know how to fix something like that or I would. Don't have any Happy Mondays, I will check on them. Pogues hmm. Maybe.

Ash:
Certainly B-52s and the Clash yes. I don't have any Oingo-Boingo. Maybe Suicidal but I don't want too much punk on there because everyone at the party is OG punk and they will call me a poseur. My wife hates Tony Loco.

inev:
James Brown will be all over this. I am stupid to have not put him on yet. I don't know Dangerpenis really. I will put on Aretha instead of M & the Vs and Marvelettes or Shirelles or anything like that.

Paul:
it will be the second kind, except I don't have a daughter. They will probably use the office or the kitchen.

A-Dub:
I'm sorry about your vote on the blues, but it will be sprinkled in and hopefully will make somebody come up to me and ask who it is who is covering Eric Clapton/ZZTop/The Doors, so I can shank them. I have not finished with the Steely Dan. I have to be careful not to put too much on because they are my sweet tooth.

inev x 2:
Yes Kanye. It will bother most partygoers, but sometimes a man got to take a stand.

lfm:
Guns 'n Roses will probably make this group riot and damage my home. I think Pink Floyd might slow things down too much. For Beck see above.

linn:
I do not think that 5 means what you think it means. Tony's Theme is a great call. There might be more Pearl Jam but probably it will be Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Dock of the Bay or Break on Through. Prince 1000 times yes. Fuck. I do love me some Modest penis, and they live here in PDX so there's a precedent, but Convenient Parking is a bit tough. Kind of like playing some of the Les Claypool stuff, y'know? (Plus these guys are kind of picky because of local bands, on account of they are all musicians and have studios and shit. Like, if anyone has heard of Smegma, I know a guy in that band. Very indie cred. Three people buy his albums. The music played at this party needs to be really popular so it is ironic, or bands that only I have heard sort of.) Probably Peter Gabriel. The other stuff I do not know but will check out.

Judy:
I told you about the jokes, but probably Psycho Killer. Pogues mentioned above. Probably no Springsteen. Madness yes - great call.

Doc:
I know Bloc Party - this is not that kind of party. Maybe something by BNL. I don't know the rest but will see.

s-s:
The Beasties will be tricky to figure, but will probably show up. I like them a lot. There will be some New Wave.

Lister:
On Metafilter they call that eponysterical, that you can't limit your additions to the list. Lots of great stuff on your list. I will probably put on Flashlight in terms of the Mothership. I don't want the party to mellow, so probably not much from the second half. Isley Brothers and Belafonte definitely. Alcohol is a good call. Maybe Alcoholiday by Teenage Fanclub too.

Thanks awfully, everyone, for the help. I knew that it would come together more smoothly and fruitfully with input from you all. I pruned my set so it is about 5:30 right now. Feel free to suggest more if you would like.

[theinevitable]

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown

YES
YES
YES

this song makes me so happy. when I was working at the supermarket and I got bored, I drummed (quietly) on the cash register and sang it in my head.

[slink]

If you want some good contemporary blues, check out This is Punk Rock Blues vol I from the Not The Same Old Blues Crap label.
Some samples available there, though not some of the best tracks, though it does have the Chicken Legs Weaver track which is awesome.

[Nabubrush]

If you want some good contemporary blues, check out This is Punk Rock Blues vol I from the Not The Same Old Blues Crap label.
Some samples available there, though not some of the best tracks, though it does have the Chicken Legs Weaver track which is awesome.

That is nice! I suppose that fellow 'Too Bad' Jim is named after the RL Burnside album?

How much is £9.00 in American scrip?

[Drygioni]

Burning Down the House (Stop Making Sense version or otherwise) - Talking Heads

Judy:
I told you about the jokes

Heh, sorry. This was not a joke. Seriously, Burning Down The House is hell of awesome.

Yeah, I should have read your first post properly really. Apologies.

[theinevitable]

wow, um, that was not the real video for Ghost Ride It.
this video makes me so happy.
I mean... they've pimped out a schoolbus. and are teaching a bunch of white people how to ghost ride?
at the end, when he does the little dance that makes his necklace swing around his neck... and then he's coming at the camera and pointing at the necklace, which is a gold bus...
something about the idea of a type of rap where they acknowledge how ridiculous it is and just have fun instead of all that gangsta bullshit is just really wonderful. I also read a quite interesting article about the influence of Ecstasy on the whole scene, which was pretty interesting (here)

PS also the guy making a really serious "thug" face while manipulating a marionette.

[robot_god]

wow, um, that was not the real video for Ghost Ride It.
this video makes me so happy.
I mean... they've pimped out a schoolbus. and are teaching a bunch of white people how to ghost ride?
at the end, when he does the little dance that makes his necklace swing around his neck... and then he's coming at the camera and pointing at the necklace, which is a gold bus...
something about the idea of a type of rap where they acknowledge how ridiculous it is and just have fun instead of all that gangsta bullshit is just really wonderful. I also read a quite interesting article about the influence of Ecstasy on the whole scene, which was pretty interesting (here)

PS also the guy making a really serious "thug" face while manipulating a marionette.

Yeah, the hyphy style seems to be becoming the only relevant style of rap.  But I don't think it's because of ecstasy that the style of rap is shifting (but I didn't read the article, seems like you got a faulty link).  I'd say it's because of the sell-out and decline of 50 Cent coupled with the rise of VH1 reality TV.  50 sold out so hard and became so bad that the rappers that are up-and-coming right now don't even want to be g's.  Since the mid 90's and the rise of gangsta rap, rapping was basically a contest of "who is the thuggest of them all."  And after 15 years 50 pretty much won and shit all over his fans, the industry, and the whole g lifestyle.  It's no longer relevant, why live the thuglife when you can just move out west and get on a reality show?

[Nabubrush]

I think each person ought to have mod powers for all threads they start.