Geek vs Life

Summer is at its pinnacle; there are BBQ’s, booty shakin’ grind fests, and quiet parties wrestling with the dawn. What do they all have in common? They need music! Well this is a play list for these activities. You can find most of this music in legal avenues, like Emusic or iTunes.

The first thing in creating a play list is to know what kind of party it is. BBQ’s need louder music, with lots of different genres, and accessibility. It also needs to be fun. Rump shakin’ parties are easy. They just need a good beat. The quiet conversational party with occasional make outs in the background, need melodious music, which doesn’t overtake the party, but isn’t forgettable during the conversational lulls. (This should be every seven minutes or so.)

The second thing is if you know the guests hate an artist or genre try not to put it on the play list. However the choice is yours, and there are some artists that transcends their genre. People may hate reggae, but can enjoy Bob Marley.

Today I am gonna put up a play list for a BBQ. Remember: it should be fun, loud, and hold many different genres. I suggest you have a two hour play list. It just seems to be the magical number. At the end of those two hours, check the mood of a party. The BBQ may have turned into a quiet party. If so, time to change play lists. If the party is still kicking hard, put on another BBQ play list.

Below you will find an example play list. Compile it, put it on shuffle or random, and easy peasy you got your party soundtrack. You can thank me later.

Beautiful (GT version) - Gabriel Teodros
No Car Go- Arcade Fire
North by Northwest-Blue Scholars
Underwater (You & Me) – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Negative Cutting- The Cops
Ashes to Ashes- David Bowie
Little Lover’s so Polite- Silversun Pickups
Paint It Black- Rolling Stones
House of the Rising Suns- The Animals
London Calling- The Clash
Summer- Modest Mouse
Summertime (UFO Remix) - Sarah Vaughan
Is this Love- Bob Marley
Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse) - Mark Ronson
Side to Side- Blackalicious
I Can’t Wait For Your Love- Lyrics Born
Cool Band Buzz- Busdriver
Jogging Gorgeous Summer- Islands
No Woman, No Cry-Bob Marley
Song 2- Blur
Common People- Pulp
Light and Day (Radio Edit) - Polyphonic Spree
Redemption Song- Johnny Cash with Joe Strummer
Chinese Translation- M. Ward
God’s Gonna Cut You Down- Johnny Cash
Waiting for the Man- Sheep on Drugs
In the Morning- Junior Boys
Just One of Those Things (Brazilian Girls) - Blossom Dearie
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy-Revolting Cocks

The next few days I will be releasing a play list for shakin’ parties and also for more quiet lush parties that last into the gloaming.