THis week I drove a few co-workers to a going away lunch for one of the bosses, and I'm there fumbling with my iPod hooked up to the stereo trying to find the right music for the drive.
I thought my top-rated '80s mix would be cool but all the songs that came up are top-rated to me, but you know, not great for the car drive with co-workers in the middle of the day who want to be in a good mood. So I switched to 13 & God, then tried the new Death Cab For Cutie, but I realized that what I really need is a good all-purpose car-driving mix for co-workers in case this ever arises again.
So here's my hastily pulled together Shiny Happy People In My Car Mix. 251 songs, more than 17 hours. And I've taken the big step of deciding it's OK to let people talk over it if they prefer to do that instead of bask in such musical wonders.
Copied and pasted from the playlist, so sorry about the spacing:
Men of Station 13 & God
Electric Relaxation (DJ Dan Remix) A Tribe Called Quest
Check The Rhime A Tribe Called Quest
Back In Black AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
Everybody Ready Action Figure Party
A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (Son) Afro Cuban All-Stars
Rain In The Summertime The Alarm
Charley's Girl Amanda Green
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Arcade Fire
Wake Up Arcade Fire
The Single Automato
Since I Left You Avalanches
The Crying Scene Aztec Camera
52 Girls The B-52's
So What'cha Want The Beastie Boys
Hey Ladies The Beastie Boys
E=MC2 (Remix) Big Audio Dynamite
Union, Jack Big Audio Dynamite
Heart And Soul Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Helicopter Bloc Party
Hollywood Nights Bob Seger
More Than a Feeling Boston
It's a Sunshine Day The Brady Bunch
Cannonball The Breeders
Bowl Of Oranges Bright Eyes
Almost Crimes Broken Social Scene
Years Later Cactus World News
Jerk It Out Caesars
Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle Cake
One Of These Days Camper Van Beethoven
It's a Sign Candy Skins
Jet Boy Jet Girl Captain Sensible
Let's Go The Cars
Beats So Lonely Charlie Sexton
When You Were Mine The Church
Spoon Cibo Matto
Working for Vacation Cibo Matto
Walking With Thee Clinic
Treat Her Like a Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Brimful Of Asha Cornershop
Good To Be On The Road Back Home Cornershop
Get Off This Cracker
Pa'Que Gozen Cubanismo
Church Of The Poison Mind Culture Club
Just Like Heaven The Cure
Hot Hot Hot!!! [Extended Mix] The Cure
Friday I'm in Love The Cure
Reap What You Flow Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra
Godless The Dandy Warhols
Freeze Sucker The Datsuns
MF From Hell The Datsuns
Modern Love David Bowie
Living In Space David Kilgour
Potholes In My Lawn De La Soul
Breakadawn De La Soul
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" De La Soul
Soul Meets Body Death Cab For Cutie
Hands Around My Throat Death In Vegas
Highway Star Deep Purple
Positive Contact Deltron 3030
Beautiful World Devo
Sacre Francais Dimitri From Paris
Catch the Sun Doves
Hit The Ground Running Doves
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get The Dramatics
Make The People Sway DTA & The Magic Disco Machine
Sun Goddess Earth, Wind & Fire
September Earth, Wind & Fire
Sing a Song Earth, Wind & Fire
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues Eels
Bells Electrelane
Gone Under Sea Electrelane
Take the Bit Between Your Teeth Electrelane
Danger! High Voltage Electric Six
Gay Bar Electric Six
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Elton John
I Confess English Beat
Save It for Later English Beat
Tuff Enuff Fabulous Thunderbirds
Ooh la la Faces
Stray Fetchin' Bones
One Thing Leads to Another (Extended Version) The Fixx
Race for the Prize The Flaming Lips
This Fire Franz Ferdinand
Come On Home Franz Ferdinand
Rapper's Deutsch G.L.S.-United
Dim Star Gay Dad
Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms
She's Hysterical The Girls
4 A.M. The Girls
Bottle Rocket The Go! Team
Big Balloon The Goods
Feel Good Inc. (Album Crossfade) Gorillaz
Spectacular Graham Coxon
Cowboys & Aliens Gram Rabbit
Now It's On Grandaddy
Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake Grandaddy
Chicago Groove Armada
Loisaida Groove Collective
Mike, Aaron and Eddie Haiku D'Etat
The Hours Handsome Boy Modeling School
Kinky Afro Happy Mondays
Verbal Anime The Herbaliser
Miss Freelove '69 Hoodoo Gurus
Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus
Our Time Imperial Teen
You're One Imperial Teen
Balloon Imperial Teen
PDA Interpol
Same Direction INXS
Don't Change INXS
Original Sin INXS
Theme from Shaft Isaac Hayes
That Lady The Isley Brothers
Born of Frustration James
Baby's Coming Back Jellyfish
One More Time Joe Jackson
Got The Time Joe Jackson
1-2-3 Go Joe Jackson
I Love Rock 'n Roll (Medley) Joe Piscopo
Do You Believe Me Juliana Theory
Verbal Gunfight Jurassic 5
React / A Day at the Races Jurassic 5
Red Morning Light Kings Of Leon
Hey Dude Kula Shaker
Up With People Lambchop
Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill
Nanny Nanny Boo Boo (Junior Senior Remix) Le Tigre
TKO Le Tigre
Nice Weather for Ducks (mp3) Lemon Jelly
Hannah & Gabi The Lemonheads
The Honorable Little Brother
The Yo-Yo (Remix) Little Brother
Altitudes Little Brother
Turning Japanese Liz Phair
I Got Loaded Los Lobos
A Million Things Lucy Show
Naked Eye Luscious Jackson
Sweetness And Light Lush
Sweetness And Light Lush
Our House Madness
Twist And Shout Mae West
Divine Intervention Matthew Sweet
I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet
The Tussin mc chris
Swimming Ground Meat Puppets
Soulshine Michael Franti
Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil
Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes Modest Mouse
I'm A Believer The Monkees
Umi Says Mos Def
Risky Business Feat. Humpty Hump and Shock G. Murs
The Way That He Sings (from Darla Records) My Morning Jacket
Weirdo New Order
Jehovah Made This Whole Joint for You The New Radicals
Money Makes The Monkey Dance Nil Lara
I Will Be Free Nil Lara
Gin House Blues Nina Simone
Live Forever Oasis
Supersonic Oasis
Barrier (Live) Old 97's
Your Love The Outfield
My Favorite Things OutKast
1234 (w/ De La Soul) Ozomatli
Cut Chemist Suite Ozomatli
Dona Isabelle / Nadie Te Tira Ozomatli
Come Back And Stay Paul Young
Blue Hawaiian Pavement
Silence Kit Pavement
Folk Jam Pavement
Closet Pete Yorn
Tony's Theme Pixies
La La Love You Pixies
Collision and Improvisation Pizzicato Five
Magic Carpet Ride Pizzicato Five
Banano's Bar Plastilina Mosh
Nordic Laser Plastilina Mosh
Middle Of The Road The Pretenders
Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs
Welcome To The Terrordome Public Enemy
Happy Public Image Ltd.
Disappointed Public Image Ltd.
Sayonara Puffy Ami Yumi
Man On The Moon R.E.M.
What's The Frequency, Kenneth R.E.M.
What'd I Say - Parts 1 & 2 Ray Charles
Aeroplane The Red Hot Chili Peppers
When It Began The Replacements
Talent Show The Replacements
Answering Machine The Replacements
I Don't Know The Replacements
Since '76 RJD2
Iced Lightning RJD2
Respectable Rolling Stones
Cities in Dust (Single) Siouxsie and The Banshees
The Tale of Mr. Morton Skee-Lo
Come to This The Sleepy Jackson
Girlfriend In A Coma The Smiths
Spitting Games Snow Patrol
Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing
Algebra (Dan the Automator Remix) Soul Hooligan
Sister Surround The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
40 Miles To Vegas Southern Culture On The Skids
Mama Guela The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
I'll Be Around The Spinners
Is That Love/Doctor Jazz Squeeze
I Got the News Steely Dan
Jenny Stellastarr*
Percolator Stereolab
Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder
Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Pt. I: The World's Columbian Exposition / Pt. II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In a Dream Sufjan Stevens
Hoover Dam Sugar
Blue Eyed Pop [S1000mix] Sugarcubes
She Came On Super Deluxe
Stay up Late Talking Heads
The Good Thing Talking Heads
Artists Only Talking Heads
Making Flippy Floppy Talking Heads
Sowing the Seeds of Love Tears for Fears
Change Tears for Fears
Shake the Sheets Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
H Kobosta (The Compote) Terror X Crew
Oye Como Va Tito Puente
Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren
Jammin' Me Tom Petty
Good Kill Too Much Joy
Crush Story Too Much Joy
Long Haired Guys From England Too Much Joy
Kicking (That Gone Fishing Song) Too Much Joy
Da Da Da Trio
Takes a Lot of Tryin' The Tyde
Spanish Eyes U2
11 O'Clock Tick Tock U2
Rat In Mi Kitchen UB40
Ain't That Loving You Baby? Van Morrison
Help Me Van Morrison
And It Stoned Me Van Morrison
Shangri-La Versus
Lose That Dress Versus
Catching The Butterfly The Verve
Until the Led Vic Chesnutt
Add It Up Violent Femmes
Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes
A Shot in the Arm Wilco
ELT Wilco
Crashing Back to You Wire Train
Full of Life (Happy Now) The Wonder Stuff
Fog over Frisco Yo La Tengo
Center of Gravity Yo La Tengo
Little Eyes Yo La Tengo
I thought my top-rated '80s mix would be cool but all the songs that came up are top-rated to me, but you know, not great for the car drive with co-workers in the middle of the day who want to be in a good mood. So I switched to 13 & God, then tried the new Death Cab For Cutie, but I realized that what I really need is a good all-purpose car-driving mix for co-workers in case this ever arises again.
So here's my hastily pulled together Shiny Happy People In My Car Mix. 251 songs, more than 17 hours. And I've taken the big step of deciding it's OK to let people talk over it if they prefer to do that instead of bask in such musical wonders.
Copied and pasted from the playlist, so sorry about the spacing:
Men of Station 13 & God
Electric Relaxation (DJ Dan Remix) A Tribe Called Quest
Check The Rhime A Tribe Called Quest
Back In Black AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
Everybody Ready Action Figure Party
A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (Son) Afro Cuban All-Stars
Rain In The Summertime The Alarm
Charley's Girl Amanda Green
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Arcade Fire
Wake Up Arcade Fire
The Single Automato
Since I Left You Avalanches
The Crying Scene Aztec Camera
52 Girls The B-52's
So What'cha Want The Beastie Boys
Hey Ladies The Beastie Boys
E=MC2 (Remix) Big Audio Dynamite
Union, Jack Big Audio Dynamite
Heart And Soul Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Helicopter Bloc Party
Hollywood Nights Bob Seger
More Than a Feeling Boston
It's a Sunshine Day The Brady Bunch
Cannonball The Breeders
Bowl Of Oranges Bright Eyes
Almost Crimes Broken Social Scene
Years Later Cactus World News
Jerk It Out Caesars
Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle Cake
One Of These Days Camper Van Beethoven
It's a Sign Candy Skins
Jet Boy Jet Girl Captain Sensible
Let's Go The Cars
Beats So Lonely Charlie Sexton
When You Were Mine The Church
Spoon Cibo Matto
Working for Vacation Cibo Matto
Walking With Thee Clinic
Treat Her Like a Lady Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Brimful Of Asha Cornershop
Good To Be On The Road Back Home Cornershop
Get Off This Cracker
Pa'Que Gozen Cubanismo
Church Of The Poison Mind Culture Club
Just Like Heaven The Cure
Hot Hot Hot!!! [Extended Mix] The Cure
Friday I'm in Love The Cure
Reap What You Flow Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra
Godless The Dandy Warhols
Freeze Sucker The Datsuns
MF From Hell The Datsuns
Modern Love David Bowie
Living In Space David Kilgour
Potholes In My Lawn De La Soul
Breakadawn De La Soul
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" De La Soul
Soul Meets Body Death Cab For Cutie
Hands Around My Throat Death In Vegas
Highway Star Deep Purple
Positive Contact Deltron 3030
Beautiful World Devo
Sacre Francais Dimitri From Paris
Catch the Sun Doves
Hit The Ground Running Doves
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get The Dramatics
Make The People Sway DTA & The Magic Disco Machine
Sun Goddess Earth, Wind & Fire
September Earth, Wind & Fire
Sing a Song Earth, Wind & Fire
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues Eels
Bells Electrelane
Gone Under Sea Electrelane
Take the Bit Between Your Teeth Electrelane
Danger! High Voltage Electric Six
Gay Bar Electric Six
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Elton John
I Confess English Beat
Save It for Later English Beat
Tuff Enuff Fabulous Thunderbirds
Ooh la la Faces
Stray Fetchin' Bones
One Thing Leads to Another (Extended Version) The Fixx
Race for the Prize The Flaming Lips
This Fire Franz Ferdinand
Come On Home Franz Ferdinand
Rapper's Deutsch G.L.S.-United
Dim Star Gay Dad
Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms
She's Hysterical The Girls
4 A.M. The Girls
Bottle Rocket The Go! Team
Big Balloon The Goods
Feel Good Inc. (Album Crossfade) Gorillaz
Spectacular Graham Coxon
Cowboys & Aliens Gram Rabbit
Now It's On Grandaddy
Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake Grandaddy
Chicago Groove Armada
Loisaida Groove Collective
Mike, Aaron and Eddie Haiku D'Etat
The Hours Handsome Boy Modeling School
Kinky Afro Happy Mondays
Verbal Anime The Herbaliser
Miss Freelove '69 Hoodoo Gurus
Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus
Our Time Imperial Teen
You're One Imperial Teen
Balloon Imperial Teen
PDA Interpol
Same Direction INXS
Don't Change INXS
Original Sin INXS
Theme from Shaft Isaac Hayes
That Lady The Isley Brothers
Born of Frustration James
Baby's Coming Back Jellyfish
One More Time Joe Jackson
Got The Time Joe Jackson
1-2-3 Go Joe Jackson
I Love Rock 'n Roll (Medley) Joe Piscopo
Do You Believe Me Juliana Theory
Verbal Gunfight Jurassic 5
React / A Day at the Races Jurassic 5
Red Morning Light Kings Of Leon
Hey Dude Kula Shaker
Up With People Lambchop
Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill
Nanny Nanny Boo Boo (Junior Senior Remix) Le Tigre
TKO Le Tigre
Nice Weather for Ducks (mp3) Lemon Jelly
Hannah & Gabi The Lemonheads
The Honorable Little Brother
The Yo-Yo (Remix) Little Brother
Altitudes Little Brother
Turning Japanese Liz Phair
I Got Loaded Los Lobos
A Million Things Lucy Show
Naked Eye Luscious Jackson
Sweetness And Light Lush
Sweetness And Light Lush
Our House Madness
Twist And Shout Mae West
Divine Intervention Matthew Sweet
I've Been Waiting Matthew Sweet
The Tussin mc chris
Swimming Ground Meat Puppets
Soulshine Michael Franti
Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil
Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes Modest Mouse
I'm A Believer The Monkees
Umi Says Mos Def
Risky Business Feat. Humpty Hump and Shock G. Murs
The Way That He Sings (from Darla Records) My Morning Jacket
Weirdo New Order
Jehovah Made This Whole Joint for You The New Radicals
Money Makes The Monkey Dance Nil Lara
I Will Be Free Nil Lara
Gin House Blues Nina Simone
Live Forever Oasis
Supersonic Oasis
Barrier (Live) Old 97's
Your Love The Outfield
My Favorite Things OutKast
1234 (w/ De La Soul) Ozomatli
Cut Chemist Suite Ozomatli
Dona Isabelle / Nadie Te Tira Ozomatli
Come Back And Stay Paul Young
Blue Hawaiian Pavement
Silence Kit Pavement
Folk Jam Pavement
Closet Pete Yorn
Tony's Theme Pixies
La La Love You Pixies
Collision and Improvisation Pizzicato Five
Magic Carpet Ride Pizzicato Five
Banano's Bar Plastilina Mosh
Nordic Laser Plastilina Mosh
Middle Of The Road The Pretenders
Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs
Welcome To The Terrordome Public Enemy
Happy Public Image Ltd.
Disappointed Public Image Ltd.
Sayonara Puffy Ami Yumi
Man On The Moon R.E.M.
What's The Frequency, Kenneth R.E.M.
What'd I Say - Parts 1 & 2 Ray Charles
Aeroplane The Red Hot Chili Peppers
When It Began The Replacements
Talent Show The Replacements
Answering Machine The Replacements
I Don't Know The Replacements
Since '76 RJD2
Iced Lightning RJD2
Respectable Rolling Stones
Cities in Dust (Single) Siouxsie and The Banshees
The Tale of Mr. Morton Skee-Lo
Come to This The Sleepy Jackson
Girlfriend In A Coma The Smiths
Spitting Games Snow Patrol
Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing
Algebra (Dan the Automator Remix) Soul Hooligan
Sister Surround The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
40 Miles To Vegas Southern Culture On The Skids
Mama Guela The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
I'll Be Around The Spinners
Is That Love/Doctor Jazz Squeeze
I Got the News Steely Dan
Jenny Stellastarr*
Percolator Stereolab
Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder
Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Pt. I: The World's Columbian Exposition / Pt. II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In a Dream Sufjan Stevens
Hoover Dam Sugar
Blue Eyed Pop [S1000mix] Sugarcubes
She Came On Super Deluxe
Stay up Late Talking Heads
The Good Thing Talking Heads
Artists Only Talking Heads
Making Flippy Floppy Talking Heads
Sowing the Seeds of Love Tears for Fears
Change Tears for Fears
Shake the Sheets Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
H Kobosta (The Compote) Terror X Crew
Oye Como Va Tito Puente
Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren
Jammin' Me Tom Petty
Good Kill Too Much Joy
Crush Story Too Much Joy
Long Haired Guys From England Too Much Joy
Kicking (That Gone Fishing Song) Too Much Joy
Da Da Da Trio
Takes a Lot of Tryin' The Tyde
Spanish Eyes U2
11 O'Clock Tick Tock U2
Rat In Mi Kitchen UB40
Ain't That Loving You Baby? Van Morrison
Help Me Van Morrison
And It Stoned Me Van Morrison
Shangri-La Versus
Lose That Dress Versus
Catching The Butterfly The Verve
Until the Led Vic Chesnutt
Add It Up Violent Femmes
Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes
A Shot in the Arm Wilco
ELT Wilco
Crashing Back to You Wire Train
Full of Life (Happy Now) The Wonder Stuff
Fog over Frisco Yo La Tengo
Center of Gravity Yo La Tengo
Little Eyes Yo La Tengo
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fatality:
That is quite an ecclectic and impressive list.
mc_dove:
aww, thank you! ^_^