So my friend is organizing an art show, and there is an after-party with music and drinks. He asked me for some ideas on what they should play. I'm looking for music to swing your hips to--recs can be as obvious or weird as you make them. Thanks RM.

VU - Sweet Jane

qotsa - wanna make it wit chu

Thank you both.

Put another way, what songs would you want to hear at a party?

King of Limbs, man

What kind of vibe are you looking to create?

I've been on a Talking Heads kick lately, listen to some of their stuff.

Scissor Sisters - Take Yo Mama Out...always a great addition to a party playlist, too.

steely dan

I was thinking about including Bodhisattva. No joke.

yea no doubt

great tune

"sparklin vaginaaa"

Would you have been helpful if I just said it was a party and didn't mention the art thing?

Fun, dancing. I'm going to post a list of stuff I'm considering. If you guys could help winnow it down, that'd be great too.

Wild Nothing--"Chinatown"
LCD Soundsystem--"All I Want"

Either of those would make me dance or shit.

Thanks Mike. I already included I Can Change off that album, but All I Want is a good one. That Wild Nothing record

Yeah WN is top-notch stuff. Let me see what else I can think of.

We Gotta Get Out of This Place The Animals Retrospective
Believer John Maus Believer-Single
Tightrope (Featuring Big Boi) Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid
52 Girls The B-52's The B-52's
Where I'm Going Cut Copy Zonoscope
Weekend Smith Westerns Dye It Blonde
Got A Thing On My Mind Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Dap Dippin' With Sharon Jones
Shari Vari The Dirtbombs Party Store
Bhindi Bhagee Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Global A Go-Go
You've Gonna Miss Me The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's Beauty And The Beat
Since I Left You The Avalanches Since I Left You
Roadrunner The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers
Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) Los Hombres Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Just Say Yes The Cure The Cure: Greatest Hits
Desire Be Desire Go Tame Impala Innerspeaker
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu Modern Dance
Hot Body Rub Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today
Dance ESG Come Away With ESG
All Because Al Green Gets Next to You
Chi Don't Dance BBU HeAD BOARD HITS
Sugarfoot Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!
Love -Building On Fire Talking Heads The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
Hold The Line Major Lazer Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Night Time The Strangeloves Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Ponta de Lanca Africano Jorge Ben Africac Brasil
Feel It (Don't Fight It) Sam Cooke One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club
Age of Consent New Order Power, Corruption & Lies
Sa voix m'atisse Jonathan Richman O Moon, Queen of Night On Earth
Tone Burst (Reference levels) Stereolab Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! Funkadelic One Nation Under A Groove
Run Run Run The Supremes & Diana Ross Where Did Our Love Go
Dirty Water The Standells Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
I Can Change LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening
Periodically Double Or Triple Yo La Tengo Popular Songs
Call Me Reigning Sound Love And Curses
I'll Go Crazy James Brown Live At The Apollo
Ever Thought Of Coming Back Kelley Stoltz Below the Branches
It's My Life The Animals Retrospective
Bernadette The Four Tops The Four Tops Story (1964 - 1972)
Transparent Things Fujiya & Miyagi Transparent Things
Sea Cruise Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo - Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics
Fascination David Bowie Young Americans
U Don’t Like Rock n Roll Hunx and His Punx Gay Singles
Moonshake Can Future Days
Just Like Heaven The Cure The Cure: Greatest Hits
Having A Party Sam Cooke One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club
Living For The City Stevie Wonder Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
Walt Whitman's Niece Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Honky Tonk Miles Davis Get Up With It
Long Promised Road The Beach Boys Surf's Up
Hatari tUnE-yArDs BiRd-BrAiNs
Baby You're a Rich Man Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
One Day Kings Go Forth The Outsiders Are Back
Lust For Life Girls Album
Banana Ripple Junior Boys It's All True
Paragraph President Blackalicious Blazing Arrow
Losing My Edge LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem
Favorite Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken
Bright Lit Blue Skies Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today
Mystery Dance Elvis Costello My Aim Is True
America! Bill Callahan Apocalypse
Radio Free Europe R.E.M. Murmur
Thunderbird ESQ The Gories I Know You Fine, But How You Doin'
(I'm) Stranded The Saints No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion
Good Rockin Tonight Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions
Sloop John B The Beach Boys Outtakes & B-Sides
I Ain't No Joke Eric B. & Rakim Paid In Full
Working Day And Night Michael Jackson Off The Wall
Johnny Appleseed Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Global A Go-Go
Water No Get Enemy Fela Kuti Expensive Shit
Dance This Mess Around The B-52's The B-52's
I Can't Explain The Who Live At Leeds
This Angry Silence Television Personalities And Don't The Kids Just Love It
See No Evil Television Marquee Moon
You Make No Sense ESG Come Away With ESG
Momma I'm Sorry Clipse Hell Hath No Fury
Shoot Out On The Plantation Leon Russell Leon Live
Definition Black Star Black Star
Corona Minutemen Double Nickels On The Dime
Check The Rhyme A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory
Kim & Jessie M83 Saturdays = Youth
I Can't Dance Genesis
Foggy Notion The Velvet Underground VU - A Collection Of Previously Unreleased Recordings
Goin' Out West Tom Waits Glitter and Doom
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic One Nation Under A Groove
Ghost Rider Suicide First Album
Famous Last Words Deerhunter Rainwater Cassette Exchange
You Be Illin' Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell
Windsurfing Nation Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene
Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin Aretha In Paris
Radio The Avalanches Since I Left You
Claudette Roy Orbison Black & White Night
Message Of Love The Pretenders Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground
El Caporal My Morning Jacket Dark Was The Night
Come In Come Out The La's BBC SIn Session
Dance Dance Dance Lykke Li Youth Novels
Walkin' the Boogie John Lee Hooker House of the Blues
Just Like Honey Jesus & Mary Chain Psychocandy
4th Chamber GZA Liquid Swords
Like Calling Up Thunder The Gun Club Miami
Summer Of Love Fresh and Onlys Play it Strange
Tornado Love Blacktop I've Got a Baaaaad Feeling About This
Cupid Sam Cooke One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club
Seen Your Video The Replacements Let It Be
Don't You Evah Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
No Time Like The Right Time The Blues Project Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
The Witch The Sonics Here Are the Sonics
Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy) Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!
Can I Get A Witness The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones
The Way Young Lovers Do Van Morrison Astral Weeks
Need Love Vanilla Fudge Rock & Roll
New Beat Toro Y Moi Underneath the Pine

Also, if anyone can find a link to Brian Eno's new song, Glitch, I'd owe you a big one.

Excellent call on "See no Evil" and "Kim and Jesse." Throw on "Heartbeats" by The Knife for old times sake.

I've never actually listened to The Knife. Just did. It's going on the list.