Originally Posted by
djproben
The same most definitely does NOT go for ABBA -- "Dancing Queen" is essential. (Besides, the party is in Sweden - he definitely needs ABBA!)
And recognizable 80s music should include stuff like (in no particular genre or order) Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Boy George, Madonna, George Michael, Depeche Mode, Big Audio Dynamite, Michael Jackson, Queen, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Kraftwerk, U2, REM, Bruce Springsteen, Run DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers (and if it were me I would include lesser known but better stuff like The Replacements, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Kate Bush, Siouxsie and the Banshees...) As you get into the 1990s and 2000s look at groups like Sublime, Nirvana, Offspring, Counting Crows, etc. as well as any hip hop from the era (Coolio, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Ice T, Ice Cube, Digable Planets, Fugees, En Vogue, Biggie, Tupac, Puff Daddy, and you're gonna want the song "No Diggity" by Blackstreet) Should be pretty easy to find compilation CDs filled with these songs, and it's actually great fun to play a party where people know all this kind of stuff - not as technical as mixing house or dnb or whatever but it's a blast. Honestly I'd throw in some older stuff as well, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Clash, Sex Pistols, etc. The main thing with this kind of party is forget about genre limitations completely. If a song has any beat at all, people will enjoy dancing to it, and I doubt you'll get complaints that you're playing punk rock at a dance party (unless you're playing Minor Threat and MDC or whatever). Most important, have a blast!
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