Local acts were out in force for Music Club's session on songs about parties, with both Life in a Blender and Little Gray Books troubadour Jonathan Coulton getting nods. In other willful obscurity news, Francis had to go and inflict one of his annoying bootlegs on us (it's not as good as the original of either), and I got around the obviousness of All Tomorrow's Parties by bringing the demo version (a combination of takes 1 and 3 if you must know) from the 1995 box set.
So, let's get this party started:
1. Joe Logic � Pinkarama (Pink's "Get This Party Started" vs. the theme
to Futurama)
2. Hank Williams Jr.�� All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
3. Etta James � In the Basement, Pt. 1
4. The B-52's � Love Shack
5. Eminem�� My Fault
6. The Dismemberment Plan � You Are Invited - Rose
7. The Velvet Underground � All Tomorrow's Parties (demo)
8. Jonathan Coulton � I'm Having a Party
9. Oingo Boingo � Dead Man's Party
10. Desmond Dekker and the Aces � Intensified Festival 68
11. Life in a Blender � Party Soon
12. Nat King Cole � The Party's Over
Next month's theme is foreign-language songs. This one's tricky in a different way: how do you narrow it down? Like many people, I went through a bit of a world music phase in college, so I've got plenty of ideas and won't, for a change, seek suggestions. But since I have these comments now, why not let everyone know if the club overlooked your favorite party song?
