{"id":189,"date":"2007-10-03T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/2007\/10\/03\/go-dj-go-dj-go-dj-go\/"},"modified":"2007-10-03T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2007-10-03T11:01:50","slug":"go-dj-go-dj-go-dj-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/2007\/10\/03\/go-dj-go-dj-go-dj-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Go DJ Go DJ Go DJ Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFor an upcoming party I am making a 4 hour mix tape that has to please people of widely varied ages and backgrounds. I&#39;d love to just pack it with good music (ie music I like) but instead I do want to include some crowd pleasers. I am canvassing you, dear reader, for some suggestions. Here&#39;s the criteria, I need songs that are classic or instantly catchy, dancable, and not too, too shitty. A little cheese is not necessarily so bad. Here are some in that vein:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lHZBlQXNC4M\" title=\"Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke\"><br \/>\n\tStevie Wonder &#8211; Sir Duke<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXZ1tygRaVw\" title=\"Scissors Sisters - Don't Feel Like Dancing\"><br \/>\n\tScissors Sisters &#8211; Don&#39;t Feel Like Dancing<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0c01HLfWpfY\" title=\"R. Kelly - Ignition\"><br \/>\n\tR. Kelly &#8211; Ignition<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-opY4qcidFk\" title=\"The Trammps - Disco Inferno\"><br \/>\n\tThe Trammps &#8211; Disco Inferno<\/a> &#8211; Great NYC video, by the way.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ATM4QNW3LCE\" title=\"Jackson Five - I Want You Back\"><br \/>\n\tJackson Five &#8211; I Want You Back<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uzA0nG_PurQ\" title=\"Mika - Grace Kelly\"><br \/>\n\tMika &#8211; Grace Kelly<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BCcsILCcg9o\" title=\"Teddybears (with Iggy Pop) -  Punkrocker\">Teddybears (with Iggy Pop) &#8211;  Punkrocker<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I need a lot more so please <strong>put some suggestions in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seantconrad.com\/node\/1261#comments\">comments<\/a><\/strong>. Or tell me why some of these suck&#8230;or are AWESOME.<\/p>\n<p>\nSongs that are currently stuck in my head that I probably won&#39;t put on the mix:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9WIeEuRtEW8\" title=\"Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome\">Public Enemy &#8211; Welcome to the Terrordome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f8faSkEAeq0\" title=\"Devo - Workin' In A Coalmine\">Devo &#8211; Workin&#39; In A Coal Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSAODcg--Dc&amp;mode=related&amp;search=\" title=\"To All The Girls I've Loved Before - Willie Nelson &amp; Julio Iglesia\">To All The Girls I&#39;ve Loved Before &#8211; Willie Nelson &amp; Julio Iglesias<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For an upcoming party I am making a 4 hour mix tape that has to please people of widely varied ages and backgrounds. I&#39;d love to just pack it with good music (ie music I like) but instead I do want to include some crowd pleasers. I am canvassing you, dear reader, for some suggestions. Here&#39;s the criteria, I need songs that are classic or instantly catchy, dancable, and not too, too shitty. A little cheese is not necessarily so bad. Here are some in that vein:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lHZBlQXNC4M\" title=\"Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke\"><br \/>\n\tStevie Wonder &#8211; Sir Duke<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXZ1tygRaVw\" title=\"Scissors Sisters - Don't Feel Like Dancing\"><br \/>\n\tScissors Sisters &#8211; Don&#39;t Feel Like Dancing<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0c01HLfWpfY\" title=\"R. Kelly - Ignition\"><br \/>\n\tR. Kelly &#8211; Ignition<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-opY4qcidFk\" title=\"The Trammps - Disco Inferno\"><br \/>\n\tThe Trammps &#8211; Disco Inferno<\/a> &#8211; Great NYC video, by the way.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ATM4QNW3LCE\" title=\"Jackson Five - I Want You Back\"><br \/>\n\tJackson Five &#8211; I Want You Back<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uzA0nG_PurQ\" title=\"Mika - Grace Kelly\"><br \/>\n\tMika &#8211; Grace Kelly<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BCcsILCcg9o\" title=\"Teddybears (with Iggy Pop) -  Punkrocker\">Teddybears (with Iggy Pop) &#8211;  Punkrocker<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I need a lot more so please <strong>put some suggestions in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seantconrad.com\/node\/1261#comments\">comments<\/a><\/strong>. Or tell me why some of these suck&#8230;or are AWESOME.<\/p>\n<p>\nSongs that are currently stuck in my head that I probably won&#39;t put on the mix:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9WIeEuRtEW8\" title=\"Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome\">Public Enemy &#8211; Welcome to the Terrordome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f8faSkEAeq0\" title=\"Devo - Workin' In A Coalmine\">Devo &#8211; Workin&#39; In A Coal Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSAODcg--Dc&amp;mode=related&amp;search=\" title=\"To All The Girls I've Loved Before - Willie Nelson &amp; Julio Iglesia\">To All The Girls I&#39;ve Loved Before &#8211; Willie Nelson &amp; Julio Iglesias<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brooklyntrout.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}