Poker songs, eh? There's a real doozy - I don't play poker! But if I did, this is what would be in the CD player:

1. Grateful Dead - Truckin'
2. The Eagles - Desperado
3. Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A Lady
4. Elvis - Viva Las Vegas
5. The Whitlams - Blow Up The Pokies

There! Nyah nyah!

Next up...Top Five Pre-Gig Warm-Up Songs.

Top 5 Pre-Gig Warm-Up Songs

(Not sure whether this means "songs audience members hear in the theater before the band starts," or if it means "songs musicians play to warm up with before they go on"...those could be two different lists.)

If skippy meant situation #1, then...
1. Free Falling by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
2. Essence by Lucinda Williams
3. Synchronicity II by the Police
4. There's Good Rockin' at Midnight by the Stray Cats
5. Yellow by Coldplay

If skippy meant situation #2, then...
1. Mustang Sally
2. Honky-Tonk Woman (Stones cover)
3. Walking on Sunshine (Katrina & the Waves cover)
4. Suffregette City (Bowie cover)
5. White Wedding (Billy Idol cover)

Now...Top 5 songs that would play over the opening credits during a movie about your life:

Brown-Eyed Girl- Van Morrison (Seems like a good choice if the first scene was me walking through my fabulous Manhattan or San Francisco neighborhood on a beautiful autumn day, with shop keepers waving from their shops and friends on bikes ringing their bells as they ride by. City girls in the movies always seem to live in really cool apartments in really cool neighborhoods and they are always warmly greeted by everyone in their neighborhood. I guess 'cause they're so sassy.)

Ask- The Smiths (Just seems like good opening credit music.)

Bangs- They Might Be Giants (The sweetest love song ever for geeky girls like me.)

Driving Me Mad- Neil Finn (I totally identify with the deadline thing.)

Walking on the Spot- CH (Well, I just love this song.)

Next: Top 5 Songs that Would Be on the Soundtrack Album of the Movie of Your Life

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Originally posted by grace0418:
[qb]Next: Top 5 Songs that Would Be on the Soundtrack Album of the Movie of Your Life [/qb]

5?! Can't be done, it's hurting my head to edit down to 5, but it's given me an idea for a thread.


Now Playing :Fatboy Slim - Praise You:

1. Paul Kelly - Dumb Things
2. Wilco - How To Fight Loneliness
3. Jesse Cook - Fall At Your Feet
(i shouldn't admit that this is better than the original, should I...?)
4. Matchbox 20 - Long Day
5. Live - Run To The Water

Coming right up - Top Five Songs To Waltz To.

(P.S. About the gig warm-up songs, I actually meant what songs you listen to before going to a gig, to energize and excite you. Sorry, I wasn't very clear on that!)

waltz? come on...

Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Manic Depression
Skyhooks - Every Chase A Steeple
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Breaking The Girl
Englebert Humperdinck - Last Waltz (for the masochists).

What's the opposite of waltzing?
5 songs to slam dance to, then.

Paul.

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Originally posted by awamutu:
[qb] waltz? come on... [/qb]

Not The Girl You Think You Are would be really easy to waltz to.

Other Finn songs like As Sure As I Am, How Will You Go, Into The Sunset, and maybe even Mary Of The South Seas are waltzable too. Anything with a 3/4 feel really.

sorry...it just seemed waltzing may be a bit too unfamiliar for most frenz, but hey, if ya like to waltz, then ya like to waltz

i'm skipping the slamdancing one because thereare just too many...now slamdancing i am familiar with!

Nobody mentioned "Waltzing Matilda" (The Pogues)...I love that one. How about 5 songs for slamdance waltzing?

Most definitely...."Funky Ceili" by Black 47...

I am glad to find another Pogues fan here. Great!

Can't think of any slamdance waltzing songs.

How about 5 for ice skating exhibitions.

yah, um...slamdance waltzing~ haven't a clue!

ice skating exhibitions- never had one, that people would pay to watch at least! but this is one of the things i used to fantasize about as a kid, being a pro figure skater. trying to remember now the songs that played when i whizzed around on the ice with ease

1. chariots of fire- vangelis

2. you light up my life....debby boone

3. a fifth of beethoven...walter murphy & the big apple band

4. blinded by the light...manfred mann's earth band

5. boy from new york city- manhattan transfer

ok, now, top 5 songs to suit self- pity.

1. TRAVIS - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
2. TRANSISTER - Dizzy Moon
3. GARBAGE - Stupid Girl
4. THE SCREAMING JETS - Helping Hand
5. PAUL KELLY - If I Could Start Today Again

Top Five Songs About Cats.

Love Cats- the Cure
Cool for Cats- Squeeze
Stray Cat Strut- Stray Cats
Tiger Tiger- Duran Duran
Teach Me Tiger- can't remember the singer

I was just listening to Love Cats this weekend! Yay!

Next: Top 5 Songs About Doing Nothing

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Originally posted by grace0418:
[qb]
Next: Top 5 Songs About Doing Nothing [/qb]

The Kinks- Sunny Afternoon
Grateful Dead- Sugar Magnolia
Oingo Boingo- Take The Whole Day Off
Todd Rundgren- Bang The Drum
The The- This Is The Day


Top 5 Train songs

Downtown Train...Rod Stewart
Don't Stop Believin' (took that midnight train goin' en-nee-wheeeeeeeere!)...Journey
Last Train to Clarksville...The Monkees
Train Kept A-Rollin'...The Yardbirds
Midnight Train to Georgia...Vicki Lawrence

Top 5 Pop Songs Everyone Should Teach Their Kids As Soon As They're Old Enough To Sing....

*shrugs* OK, since no-one else will have a crack at it...

1. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
2. CH - It's Only Natural
3. The Swingers - Counting The Beat
4. The Monkees - I'm A Believer
5. Savage Garden - The Animal Song

Next up, Top Five Songs To Play When You Want To Scream Your Lungs Out!

Top Five Songs To Play When You Want To Scream Your Lungs Out

1. Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
2. Song 2 - Blur
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (a weird choice I know but a friend in HS used to scream the ahhh-ahhh-ahhh chorus so loudly it was hilarious)
4. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers (same vibe : da-la-da-da-da)
5. Roxanne - The Police (channelling Eddie Murphy a la "48 Hours")

Next Up:

Top 5 Reggae Songs

1. baby come back - cant remember who it was by but the cover version was pato bantam

2. no woman no cry - bob marley

3. night nurse - sly and robbie (i think?)

4. my israelite - desmond decker

5. factory - the vines (well ok i've run out of ideas but this had a reggae groove to it!)

next up five most overrated bands