I am throwing a dinner party for a group of 30-40-sometrhings - throw me some cool songs for a playlist!?!
Answers: Not too raucus, not out of touch..hook me up party people!!!
Jazz Ideas
Cast Your Fate to the World - Vince Guaraldi Trio
Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
Killer Joe - Quincy Jones
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
It's Only a Paper Moon - Nat King Cole
Just Friends - Charlie Parker
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Classical Ideas
James Levine "Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana"
Mozart
Chopin
Bach
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Random Suggestions:
Norah Jones
Frank Sinatra (but don't overdo it)
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Ray Charles
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And You Asked For More:
Autumn Leaves - McCoy Tyner
Blackbird - Brad Mehldau
Georgia On My Mind - Willie Nelson
That's All - Mel Torme
Night and Day - Fred Astaire
Forbidden Colours - David Sylvian
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
More Than You Know - Jane Monheit
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Satisfaction - Cat Power
Wild Horses - The Sundays
Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper
Spies - Coldplay
Cherry Blossom Girl - AIR
It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis
Ernie's Tune - Dexter Gordon
Edge of the Ocean - Ivy
So Easy - Royksopp
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
If I Could - jack Johnson
Silver Sun - Kristin Hersh
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And Even More:
New Slang - The Shins
Mornington Crescent - Belle & Sebastian
The Dress Looks Nice On You - Sufjan Stevens
All Cats are Grey - The Cure
Shankill Butchers - The Decemberists
Waltz, No. 1 - Elliot Smith
throw on some bossa nova, or some swank 60's lounge music, like Martin Denny and Stan Getz. (Think "Girl from Ipanema", stylie!)
Cheers,
Christina http://myspace.com/mikepattonisgod
i like jazz its good for adult parties
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Van Morrison and Simon and Garfunkel both make excellent background music without EVER going out of style.
depends on the age range of the group...if youre having a very wide variety of people...the elders won't want to hear rap...so play some things that are easy for everyone to listen to...maybe throw in a few others for specific age groups...OH! and do some things like the electric slide or my personal favorite the cha-cha slide (variation on the e-slide. it tells you exactly what to do in the song so anyone can do it!) play some oldies but goodies from 70's, 80's and 90's....since im assuming you are probably from that age range, i know wide age range! haha.
shout, twist, get down tonight, copa cabana, rock n roll all night/party every day. promiscuous. under the board walk. i wanna be sedated. locomotion. girls just wanna have fun. hey ya!. welcome to the jungle. achey breaky heart. rompe. whoomp there it is......just to give ya maybe some ideas!?
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hannah montana
Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels
Robert Plant - Ship Of Fools
Steve Perry - Oh Sherry
Billy Joel - My Life
America - You Can Do Magic
If you like songs likes that email me i'll give you a whole play list that'll run for about 4 hours or more.....
sinatra.can never go wrong
The Police (their recent concert was a m a z i n g!)
Foreigner (Don't lie, you know you love them!)
Alicia Keys
Dave Mathews Band