To put The Cure on the playlist for DS's 2nd birthday party?

[mistressploppy]

[RedBlanket]

Only if it's Lovecats

[PomBearAtTheGatesOfDawn]

As long as it's not "killing an Arab" (I once got in trouble for playing that where the Saudi exchange students could hear it, and it wasn't even my tape, I just turned it over at the end! - Showing my age there, and still rankled 25 years later!)
DS4 has a "Friday I'm in Love" tshirt somewhere, and I taught him to sing it when he wanted to know what it said

[belindarose]

Or 'Boys Don't Cry'. What are you choosing? [digs out old albums for the evening]

[mistressploppy]

It's "Why can't I be you?"

I just can't bear wall-to-wall nursery favourites and the fucking theme tune to the Tweenies

[sunnysunnyshine]

Great choice!

[mistressploppy]

Thanks!

I suppose The Smiths is a bridge too far?

[Georgimama]

I was just going to say "if you have the Cure you must have the Smiths as well."

"Friday I'm in Love" is my happy song. Play that. As for Smiths, well, er. Not the one about the ten ton truck. But I do love them and children should be taught to love proper music.

[AgentZigzag]

I was going to say only if it's Stray Cats or Killing an Arab, but at poor pombear!

Not a good turn of events

[belindarose]

I'm enjoying my soundtrack for the evening. Thank you very much, OP!

[barbie007]

Love The Cure! Good choice

[funnypeculiar]

Course. Dd had this on a loop at her third...

[Vallhala]

Lovecats, yes. Friday I'm In Love, yes. Anything else, no.

And if you play The Smiths I might have to slap you.

:o

How about a nice bit of The Jam, The Beat, or even some poppy Duran Duran, Depeche Mode or, dare I suggest it, some Spands?

[AgentZigzag]

'How about a nice bit of The Jam, The Beat, or even some poppy Duran Duran, Depeche Mode or, dare I suggest it, some Spands? '

I've always admired you Val.

I feel let down, and a bit dirty

[AgentZigzag]

Actually, I quite like the feeling a bit dirty but also

[mistressploppy]

Ok, so I already have:

Madness
Kirsty MacColl
Del Amitri
The Jam
Violent Femmes
Ramones
Housemartins
The Specials

[Georgimama]

For a laugh add some Wham. Toddlers love the Wham rap for one thing.

[Georgimama]

Which Specials? Not Ghost Town, surely?

[mistressploppy]

Monkey Man. But I could have put loads of 'em on

[SardineQueen]

Specials - Friday night saturday morning? The other parents will be well impressed

[mistressploppy]

"...piss stains on my shoes"

[fannybaws]

DH was in charge of organising music for a third birthday party for DS recently, which meant they raved to leftfield and Fat Boy Slim.
They loved it
Most of the grown ups loved it too.

[NestaFiesta]

Mistressploppy, with that playlist, please tell me the time and venue so I can come and throw some shapes in an embarrassing Mum like way.

[Iggly]

A play list for a 2 year olds birthday party?!

[SardineQueen]

I'm whistling it while I tidy the kitchen...

Out of bed at 8am
Out my head by half past ten

Mind you the piss bit is apt for toddlers. Mine actually did have piss stains on her shoes earlier

[mistressploppy]

Yeah, Iggly, I can't just put the ipod on random, I've got too many Amateur Transplants on there

All welcome, Nesta