Summer’s almost here -Tesco is stocking up on charcoal, lager and burgers, which must mean one thing – BBQ season is here.
So I thought it would be good to create the ultimate BBQ Music Mix – a playlist that one could play whenever you invite the neighbours and friends round and want to impress them with your taste in music.
The playlist will be around 5 hours long and will be a mix of classic tunes to tap your toes to, some tunes to boogie to and some tunes to chill out to at the end of the evening.
It can be any sort of musical genre – I just want great music.
The completed playlist will be available to download on 1st July
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Just put all of Jack Johnson’s CDs on “shuffle” and leave be.
Can I come to your next bbq URD?
LZ: Sure ! But I wouldn’t be surprised if you and I are the only ones there (the only ones enjoying the music, at least) …
Not so, count me in too! As long as there’s plenty of beer I’ll be there.
Nah JJ not good enough – would be bored after 30 mins.
Check out Amazon’s discussions to see what might in the ULTIMATE BBQ mix
Hey Mr LD – great idea
Heard these songs at a barbie last w/end – so I asked my friend to write down some of the songs – you would have loved it great food, great beer, great music and a rather nice young lady who wanted to get to know me better :-0
The songs were
Booker T – Green Onions
Bob Marley – no woman no cry
Moby – Porcelain
T rex – Jeepster
Its a kinda magic – Queen
Sade – Smooth Operator
St Germain – Rose Rouge
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Tracy Chapman – fast car
The Verve – Bittersweet symphony
Ocean Colour scene – The Riverboat song
Chicane – salt water
Thin Lizzy – Dancing in the moonlight
Tom Jones – sex Bomb
Chic – Good Times
Simon & garfunkel – Cecillia
There was more……..but my friend lost the other bit of paper
Ok, so being as how I don’t have much “discretionary” time on my hand nowadays, I’ve had to SLO-O-O-OWLY start compiling my list of what, I figure, should be about 75 songs (to make up the 5 hours LD has suggested). I’ve been trolling my way through my CD song list, and this is what I’ve come up with so far; my search has been alphabtically through my song index, and I think I’ve got up to “H” so far. Plus a few out-of-alphabetical-sequence that sprang to my mind as I was searching. I will add others (much) (maybe MUCH) later as time permits, and will also try to sort them into “classic tunes to tap your toes to, some tunes to boogie to and some tunes to chill out to at the end of the evening” categories, as the Mad Hound has suggested. PS: there are also some singalong numbers, to irritate the neighbours and allow for the obligatory knocking over of the red wine glass ….
Anyhow, all that said, here’s my very unfinished, highly provisional, still-needs-a-lot-of-work offering for now:
Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley vs Funkstar De Luxe
More Than A Feeling – Boston
Anchorage – Michelle Shocked
Summertime – Shaggy
Feel Irie – Lucky Dube
This Is The Life – Amy McDonald
Avalon – Roxy Music
Baby Come Back – Pato Banton feat Ali & Robin Campbell
Back To Black – Amy Winehouse
Black Betty (Full Version) – Ram Jam
Radar Love – Golden Earring
Bad To The Bone – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
La Grange – ZZ Top
Ballroom Blitz – Sweet
Beachball – Nalin and Kane
Blue Monday (Original 12”) – New Order
Being Boiled – Human League
Suspicious Minds – Fine Young Cannibals
Nellie The Elephant – Toy Dolls
Colours – The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Boomshackalak – Apache Indian
Born In A Taxi – Blk Sonshine
Oh Yeah – Yello
By Your Side – Sade
Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin
Champagne & Reefer – Muddy Waters
Chucka Browneye – Kevin Bloody Wilson
Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Cum On Feel The Noize – Slade
Do You Feel My Love – Eddy Grant
Don’t Cha – The Pussycat Dolls feat Busta Rhymes
Dust In The Wind – Kansas
Planet Claire – B52’s
Echo Beach – Martha And The Muffins
Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile) – Santana
Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
Feelin’ Bad Blues – Ry Cooder
Georgia On My Mind – Willie Nelson
Neutron Bop – Falling Mirror
Girlfriend Is Better – Talking Heads
God Is A DJ – Faithless
Going Underground – The Jam
Hi URD – thanks for your suggestions, some good stuff here – some of which is already in the mix. Have a look at the Amazon discussion board where I’ve also been busy.
I have just put together a rough mix including most of the suggestions and I reckon I have around 19 hours of music – one hell of a BBQ. So I don’t reckon we need anymore music from you – save them til next year.
we need more beer though!!!!!
and burgers