I've been asked by my m8 to create a playlist for his 21st as he aint a fan of dj's and doesnt trust them to play what he wants.Slight problem is I knwo what he likes but Its a joint party with his parents 25 wedding anniversary so im not sure what to pick for them.any opinions critical or otherwise would be great thanks.


1.Bad Manners - Special Brew
2.The Beat - Save It For Later
3.The Specials - Gangsters
4.The Cardigans - Lovefool
5.Lily Allen - LDN
6.Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
7.Blur - For Tomorrow
8.Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle
9.Stereophonics - Local Boy In The Photograph
10.Elvis Costello - I Dont Want To Go To Chelsea
11.Squeeze - Up The Junction
12.The Stranglers - No More Heroes
13.Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
14.The Supremes -You Cant Hurry Love
15.Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon My Face
16.Doves - Pounding
17.Manic Street Preachers - You're Love Alone Is Not Enough
18.Muse - Starlight
19.Snow Patrol - Chocolate
20.The Animals - Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
21.The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
22.Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
23.No Doubt - Its My Life
24.New Order - Regret
25.The Smiths - International Playboy
26.Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
27.Girls Aloud - Biology
28.Gwen Stefani - The Sweey Escape
29.Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
30.The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
31.Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
32.Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
33.The Coral - Dreaming Of You
34.The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love
35.The Cure - Boys Dont Cry
36.Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
37.Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels To Be lonely
38.The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
39.Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
40.Usher - Yeah
41.N*E*R*D - She Wants To Move
42.Outkast - Hey Ya
43.Stevie Wonder - Superstition
44.The Who - Pinball Wizard
45.Queen - Killer Queen
46.The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
47.Faithless - God Is A Dj
48.The Prodigy - Outta Space
49.James - Laid
50.The La's - There She Goes
51.The Charlatans - One To Another
52.Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
53.The Libertines - Cant Stand Me Now
54.The Jam - Eton Rifles
55.Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less And less
56.The Killers - Somebody Told me
57.Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
58.Duran Duran - Ordinary World
59.Robbie Williams - Angels#
60.Abba - Does Your Mother Know
61.David Bowie - John Im Only Dancing
62.Slade - Gudbuy T Jane
63.The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love With Someone
64.The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
65.Beyonce - Crazy In Love
66.Nelly Furtado - Maneater
67.Rihanna - Please Dont Stop The Music
68.Sugababes - Push The Button
69.Timbaland - Way You Are
70.The B52's - Love Shack
71.Take That - Shine
72.Heaven 17 - Temptation
73.A-Ha - Take On Me
74.Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
75.Kasabian - Empire
76.Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol
77.Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo
78.Pulp - Disco 2000
79.Madness - Baggy Trousers
80.The Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection

Can you not ask him the sort of music his parents like?

And...that looks alot like one of my playlists on the computer that does

yeah i prob should.most of those choices are the oldies i like.thats in order as well.

Well I would love them all
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Oh..you need to add born to run by bruce springsteen Some Jimi Hendrix. And Are you gonna be my girl by jet...

was gonna add dancing in the dark. jets a good shout gets the girls up.hendrix is a no no for me.

What? A total no-no?

Dancing in the dark..yep, that's more 'party' than born to run, I guess!

cant play hendrix at a party imo

...Hendrix is usually played at every party I go to..

Mind you....my friends are weird anyway

fair enough but i dont think my m8s folks are fans.

Fair enough

thanks for the input anyway.im gonna mail it to my m8 this week and see what he says

No problem

Hi Mulder - possibly a bit late, but here's my thoughts on your playlist. Mostly excellent, and some of my favourite tracks on there (Stone Roses, James, Pulp). Couple of suggestions - if you HAVE to play it, I'd stick I Am the Walrus at the end, it's not the sort of track to get people up on the dance floor (unless they're really hammered). I'd also be quite happy if I never heard Abba at a function ever again, it's been done to death. I guess it goes down well though. I'd stick Superstition a bit nearer the start - it's a dancefloor filler. Some T-Rex might be good in there. And a bit of 80's house - like MARRS - might work well. And it might be worth finding out what their first dance was at their wedding - it's guaranteed to get your friend's parents on the floor. Might also be worth finding out what was number one when your friend was born? Though in 1987, it may well have been something hellish from Stock, Aitken and Waterman.

Assuming that they got married in March 1983, here are some of the biggest songs from around that time. Some would work pretty well in your playlist (apologies if there's any repetition, I'm too lazy to read your list again).

Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Michael Jackson Billie Jean
OMD Genetic Engineering
Big Country Fields Of Fire
New Order Blue Monday
Wham Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)

You could use Pink - Get the Party Started (Sweet Dreams Mix) instead of the Eurythmics one, that'd involve the young 'uns too? And as for Billie Jean - surely it's illegal to have a party and NOT play that?

Altered Images, Soft Cell and The Fun Boy Three were all pretty popular around then too.

God, I feel old. Apologies for the lengthy response, I'll do anything to get out of decorating.

Hope it's a great night!

Any decent dj worth there salt would know the right mixture of music to play for a party like this. A bit of 60's,70's,80'setc.....He aint gonna get his full playlist though unless he is the dj!! Mosy decent djs do know what they are doing and will carry a mixture of music (by the way I used to dj and do karaoke )