London xmas do music - It's the final countdown, da da dada da daaa da da etc etc etc

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

Please add requests.

I'm thinking of making a few cds

A- slow quiet things

Mamas & Papas - dream a little dream as an example so
James Morrison / Keane/ Beatles? / portishead etc, that kind of ilk.

B - more partyish but quiet things

i.e 'sweet dreams', moloko, orbital, jackson 5 etc etc

C - full on cheese - downtown, say a little prayer, hell even living on a prayer.

D - weepy power ballads

I will compile what I can from the albums I have (feckloads) and get the rest from i tunes. Then at the venue we can switch and change depending on the mood.

Bring em on.

it looks like it'll be my first night on the town since i've had my baby. i'm really looking forward to it. i'm bringing mah dancin shoes!

me too lovecat, we must confer.

i'll dance for both of you for 7 hours. anything to keep me from going back home!

eandz, hopefully there will be no slimy old men.

We'll probably be the only people in a mile wide radius given it's in the city at a weekend.

don't forget the markets in a meltdown. the emerging market bankers will be everywhere trying to drink themselves into a slow death before the monday reports are due.

but hopefully you're right. i won't have to worry about people wanting to touch my hair.

rockstar - nickleback

summer long - kid rock

she fuckin hates me - ugly kid joe

bon jovi livin on a prayer

ok and someone please, explain this purple tights thing?

Rockstar, oh hell no

Have you not seen that dfs advert?

i have at other peoples houses.

you can't cut out people's choices cos you don't like them

She hates me is puddle of mudd (just for anyone trying to download it etc not in a correcty way )

flame willl tell you I have odd taste in music, but I do like stuff, and I would like at least one Wham song please!

Oh god.

Is everyone going to be [eeek] dancing?

I don't do dancing.

Not unless I've drunk my own body-weight in cocktails.

But I vote for C - cheese all the way!

I will hold my nose and add Nickelback et al to the list... Livin' on a Prayer is already there (as is You Give Love a Bad Name, Paradise City and Gimme All Your Lovin' - is there such a thing as cheesy metal? Or is it called big hair rock?)

Also have lots of Wham!/GM - thought perhaps some Crimboish music for background while the grub is being served up/devoured?

Devil, CAT me and I'll email you the beeeeg list I made last night - let's see how much we differ/agree! Have to go out to rehearsal in 2 mins, but will check in later.

I have said 7.30 start, 9pm for food - sound ok?

sounds fab flame

Oh I'm excited.

Me too

the reasoning behind purple tights?

Purple tights are 'the' hosiery of the season, apparantly.

oh ok. yeah i won't be wearing purple tights. i'll be the chunky girl wanting to talk my gob off.

eandz, where in nw London are you?

I am the sort that stays until the lights are up and the bar staff are forcing you out of the door with a big broom, but we could maybe share a cab home if yer on my way?

Right!

I have published the spreadsheet online with all suggestions thus far plus a few of my own, sorted by genre (cos I'm a nerd).Go HERE to view and add your own choices.

I have used the following genres:

Cheese
80's (which most of you young 'uns will count as Cheese)
Cheeserock
Dance
Xmas (for when the food gets served?)
Drunken Singalong (for the end of the evening...)

Please feel free to update and add to it - hopefully that way we can please everyone!

(btw, this is by no means the definitive list, it's just a suggestion based on my record collection (most of which appears to be stuck in the 80's...) - so PLEASE give your faves too!

lovin the nerdy goodness

Can't access the spreadsheet.

tells me I need to log in.......

TheDevilWearsPrimark
I live in st johns wood, I'd be happy to share a cab. where about are you?