Hey friendlies, here’s the link for my new year’s playlist. The first dozen are there to get you prepped. Then you go about 30 dancey songs deep before you get a breather (and some R. Kelly). Then it’s back to fist pumping, some nostalgia and lastly tradition.
I gave a handful of the songs a haircut so it’s not as long as it looks. The whole thing clocks in at about 3 1/2 hours. Prove it.
Justice - Tthhee Ppaarrttyy
Icona Pop - I Love It (ft. Charli XCX)
Cherub - Doses and Mimosas
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Johnny Neon - Hearts
Girl Talk - Smash Your Head
The Two Friends - When You Know (Wiz Khalifa // Two Door Cinema Club)
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound
The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)
Hits - Madness
Flo Rida - Wild Ones (ft. Sia)
St. Lucia - All Eyes On You
Swedish House Mafia - Don’t You Worry Child (ft. John Martin)(radio edit)
LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris
PSY - Gangnam Style
Rihanna - We Found Love (ft. Calvin Harris)
Imagine Dragons - It’s Time (Kat Krazy remix)
M83 - Midnight City
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Calvin Harris - We’ll Be Coming Back (ft. Example)
The Wanted - Glad You Came (Alex Gaudino radio full vocal)
The Young Professionals - D.I.S.C.O
Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
Scissor Sisters - Only The Horses
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (Skeet Skeet Show edit)
Otto Knows - Million Voices
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
Akon - Sexy Bitch (ft. David Guetta)
Avicii - You’re Gonna Love Again (ft. Nervo)(extended mix)
Niki & the Dove - Tomorrow (Kat Krazy remix)
Swedish House Mafia - Save the World (radio mix)
Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (Avicii radio edit)
Benny Benassi - Cinema (ft. Gary Go)
MYNC, Senadee - No Place Like Home (Denzal Park remix)
Keedz - Stand On The Word
Dada Life - Happy Violence (vocal mix)
Drake - Over (Hyper Crush Remix)
Usher - Scream (Project 46 remix)
Avicii - Levels (ID)
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician remix)
Noah & the Whale - Tonight’s the Kind of Night (RAC remix)
Stars - Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It
Junior Byron - Dance To The Music (Gigamesh version)
PAPA - Ain’t It So
The Chevin - Drive
R. Kelly - Ignition (remix)
The Killers - Human
The Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
Ke$ha vs YACHT - Summer Of Tik Tok (The Hood Internet mashup)
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Midnight Juggernauts remix)
Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You (Strange Talk remix)
Trick Daddy - I’m A Thug
Kids of 88 - Just a Little Bit
The Big Pink - Dominos
Kanye West - All Of The Lights (ft. Rihanna)
Scissor Sisters - Somewhere
Example - Kickstarts
Pryda - Allein (alone)
KiD CuDi - I Poke Her Face (ft. Kanye West & Common)
We’re in uncharted waters with this one. No remixes! Well, at least there’s an M83 cover, so we’re not totally changing the game here.
With the clocks springing forward an hour and the tree buds poking their heads out, open the windows for this one and prepare for mass quantities of hanging out.
1. All Eyes On You / St. Lucia
2. Anna Sun / Walk the Moon
3. Cinema (ft. Gary Go) / Benny Benassi
4. Midnight City (ft. Mandy Lee)(M83 cover) / The Knocks
I had no idea The Format had started a new band (fun.). Definitely a positive indicator for the economy. With music that upbeat, there’s no doubt they’re job creators.
This mix was a battle. A primordial soup waiting for a catalyst, and all it took was Tycho playing a song without words in Vegas and a Berman diamond in the rough to set it off and then it all fell in place.
I know it’s not even spring yet, but all I know is the next one is going to be 100% pure summer-picnic-beach-chill-untucked relaxation.
1. Million Voices / Otto Knows
2. Doses and Mimosas / Cherub
3. That Disco Beat (ft. Little Boots) / Baron Von Luxxury
This was at the tail end of a NYT article this morning:
“Eventually though, Earth’s luck will run out. As the Sun ages it will get brighter, increasing the weathering and washing away of carbon dioxide. At the same time, as the interior of the Earth cools, volcanic activity will gradually subside, cutting off the replenishing of the greenhouse gas.
A billion years from now there will not be enough carbon dioxide left to support photosynthesis, that is to say, the oxygen we breathe. And so much for us. Even Earth, wonderful and special as it is, will only have animal life for one billion years.”
So not only will you die someday and be buried in the ground, but also the Sun will eventually expand and turn the planet you’re buried on into a molten ball of rock.
Here’s a 6er to tide you over for the weekend. And I don’t mean the Corona on a sandy beach type. More like the stout in a cold, dark cave for eternity type (err…24 minutes).
This one’s put together by scattershot. The songs that didn’t quite make the cut for the last mix kept on getting better the more I listened, and I could not not send it out. Here’s to second chances.
1. Ohio / Justice 4:01
2. On’n’On / Justice 4:31
3. After You’re Gone (The Magician remix) / Tyson 4:54
4. Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison remix) / Lana Del Rey 5:37
5. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (Avicii radio edit) / Coldplay 3:18
6. Wonders / The Sound of Arrows 4:12
7. We Got It Wrong / St. Lucia 4:58
8. Dreamers / Savoir Adore 4:09
9. Get Gone / White Arrows 4:03
10. Wildflowers / Made In Heights 3:04
11. A.D.H.D / Kendrick Lamar 3:36
12. Dumbin’ (ft. Reggie B) / Star Slinger 3:40
13. The Poison Tree / Moby 4:41
14. The Celebration / Black Black Hills 3:18
15. A Drowning / Black Black Hills / Pope Joan 3:23
16. Lolyta / Lana Del Rey 3:49
17. Breaking Down / Florence + The Machine 3:49
18. No Light, No Light / Florence + The Machine 4:34
19. Lambs / Kyla La Grange 3:51
20. Dirty Lakes / Let’s Buy Happiness 2:45
21. Lovers To Friends / Icona Pop 2:57
22. Warm In The Winter / Glass Candy 7:31
23. City Grrrl (MEN Meets GRRRL remix) / CSS 4:34
24. Electric Love / Dynasty Electric
25. Mother Protect (Alex Metric remix) / Niki & The Dove 5:08
This is a big one. 21 songs. Starts with some pop & rock (1-6), goes electronic/remixey (7-9), back to some quick pop & rock (10-11), does some serious electronic for a while (12-17), and then finishes with a schizophrenic episode of candy pop to R&B to atmosphere rock to a 1:39 audio rip from the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trailer.
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”– Maya Angelou
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“Your thoughts, control your feelings, which control your actions. Control your thoughts, and you can control your actions.” – John Drennan
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1. David Guetta – I Can Only Imagine (ft. Chris Brown & Lil Wayne)
2. The Rapture – Children
3. The Rapture – Come Back To Me
4. Yacht – Love in the Dark
5. Noah & the Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
6. Scattered Trees – Four Days Straight
7. Gorillaz – Melancholy Hill (Feed Me remix)
8. Adele – Someone Like You (Jonathan Gering remix)
9. Emeli Sandé – Heaven
10. The Rapture – Sail Away
11. Zucchero – Vedo Nero
12. Leona Lewis – Collide (Afrojack Festival remix)
13. Cassian – I Like What You’re Doing (Nightriders remix)
