New Year's Eve Playlist

[adoodledo]

I am due to be playing some vinyl at a friend's house party on NYE. I am intending to weave a dancey wander through some disco, house and other other dancefloor-friendly bits and pieces.

I havent played a NYE party before and I am wondering what to play immediately following the Midnight countdown.

Any suggestions for a killer track that would fit this spot? Crowd will be mostly about 40 years old.

Would be very grateful for any suggestions.

[Jah Lush]

F**king Ada by Ian Dury And The Blockheads.

[adoodledo]

I was intending to play "Wake up and make love to me" by Mr Dury at some point. Fantastic record.

[felt-tip]

I've DJ'd the midnight hour a few times on NYE and I always play Undertones - Teenage Kicks.

[RosieH]

Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

[Jeremy]

A standard floor-filler by Michael Jackson or Stevie Wonder would do the trick.

Or "Oh Shit" by The Buzzcocks.

[Ms_Lilith]

Cliche The Final Countdown - Europe

[Kingy]

the birdie song should sort the men from the boys

[adoodledo]

Thank you for your suggestions.

f-t, i like your style. I had already put "Teenage Kicks" into my pile of records to possibly play, but will now consider promoting it to the post-countdown spot.

[felt-tip]

make sure you drop KLF - 3am eternal too. Oh yes. Raise your hands.

[louisiana]

adoodledo Wrote:

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> Thank you for your suggestions.

>

> f-t, i like your style. I had already put "Teenage

> Kicks" into my pile of records to possibly play,

> but will now consider promoting it to the

> post-countdown spot.

Noo, no no, overplayed, boring.

RosieH has hit the nail on the head. Good tune, familiar but not overplayed, excellent and appropriate lyrics.

Teenage Kicks is for those with a complete imagination bypass, the brain dead DJ.

[felt-tip]

The midnight tune needs to be noisy, brash with plenty of air guitars. The 'hit' of the song at midnight needs to be instant, euphoric and familiar so that the song picks up the cheers and takes your party to the next level. If you played Road to Nowhere immediately after Kicks you'd have party DJ gold.

[DJKillaQueen]

I DJ New Year's Eve and last year I played Boney M 'Auld Lang Syne' followed by Scissor Sistors 'Don't Feel Like Dancing'.......did the trick.

[Ms_Lilith]

Then again, this one could be an interesting one...

[giggirl]

Something dancy from the B52s

[ruffers]

Chime by Orbital, assuming it's 40 somethings who are like me.

Smells Like Teen Spirit?

Groove Is In The Heart?

[Ms_Lilith]

Top 100 New Years Eve Songs

[LadyTaTa]

Post countdown is tricky... the euphoria has passed, the fear / hope of a New Year has begun (sniff). I think it has to be in the anthem/epic category.

I suggest the following - they're not cool, just my ideas:

Live and Let Die

Sympathy for the Devil

With All These Things That I've Done (The Killers)

I Love NYE (Badly Drawn Boy) - not epic, but warming

The Staunton Lick or His Majesty King Raam (Lemon Jelly)

We Have All the Time in the World (Louis Armstrong)

You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) - or the Bond Theme

Year of the Cat - Al Stewart (might be a bit too melancholy)

Mr Blue Sky

The Long & Winding Road - bit too slow though

Via Con Me - Paolo Conti

[Jeremy]

Mr Brightside

Too Much Too Young

Town Called Malice

The Boys Are Back In Town

20th Century Boy

My Generation

[louisiana]

ruffers Wrote:

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> Chime by Orbital, assuming it's 40 somethings who

> are like me.

> Smells Like Teen Spirit?

> Groove Is In The Heart?

+1 to all of those

[????]

50 somethings some crap by Beatles

40 somethings some crap by The Specials

30 somethings some crap by Oasis

20 somethings - I haven't a Scooby

[KidKruger]

New Life by Depeche Mode

[felt-tip]

god Quids my Mum is in her 40s and she loves going 'skanking' with all her pals.