Barbecue Party Tunes - suggestions please

[pomegranate]

I'm having a barbecue party for my birthday tomorrow night, and am doing the music as one big long playlist on my laptop, plugged into my stereo, stuck out of the window. Song suggestions please! Emphasis on crowd-pleasers...

 

[ComradeBadger]

What kind of music do you/your guests like?

 

[pomegranate]

I like....(sigh)... 'a bit of everything'... My guests are unlikely to have homogenous tastes, that's why I'm going for crowd-pleasers. Tasteful crowd-pleasers, mind.

Here are some representative tracks on the playlist so far:
Otis Redding - Sitting' On The Dock Of The Bay
Kylie - I Believe In You
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
Lily Allen - Smile
Tori Amos - Professional Widow
Billy Joel - My Life
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Electrix Six - Danger! High Voltage
Annie - Heartbeat
Dee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

So, that's
Cheese
Summery
Rock and R'n'B/Soul Classics

 

[ComradeBadger]

Roight.

I'd recommend seeking out Vincent Vincent And The Villains, The Holloways, and The Kooks as summery indie music

 

[pomegranate]

ta

 

[f0rked]

Also, We are your Friends by Justice vs Simian, pretty good, relaxed song. I recon it'd go down a treat at a bbq.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Ahhh tuuuuune, such an ace track!

I'd also recommend Hot Chip's album The Warning.. chilled out elctro beats!

 

[CrazyHarij]

fishbone - party at ground zero

obligatory tune.. very upbeat ska.. heres the music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrONIb9gQ-k&search=party at ground zero

 

[f0rked]

Yes! Hot Chip FTW!

I saw them live at the Radio One big weekend thing here in Scotland. Was f-kin awesome.

I'll need to check out fishbone too, always been a fan of ska. But for now its sleep time. Hope I don't have nightmares about your avatar, CrazyHarij. It reminds me of the shambler from quake...

 

[Geogaddi]

Fintroll

 

[gick]

Sublime

 

[J_Tweedy]

Lovin Spoonful - Top Down (Summer in the City)
Some CCR maybe?

 

[pomegranate]

Thanks for your suggestions dudes.. can I re-emphasis 'populist' though

 

[Kouler]

NIN - Ruiner

 

[mortiz]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird.

Who doesn't like that song?

 

[Korgoth]

Bloodhound Gang - Ralph Wiggum

 

[pomegranate]

Uh ok I didn't really take anyone's suggestions
Probably cause I didn't have any way of checking out your ideas, I can't put funds on allofmp3 lately, forgot that
thanks anyway dudes.

 

[gick]

Please tell me you played the A-Team

 

[pomegranate]

not got it,
when I can be arsed, i'll list what I played. It went down very well and a good time was had by all, as it were...