DJ in distress, needs adult contemporary fun rock weirdness

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i haven't asked a question here for probably a year, but now i need your help. i've found myself in the unfortunate position of dj-ing a farewell party for a fourty/fifty-something academic lady. i dj mostly electro and techno, so our tastes don't overlap much. she's given me a bunch of discs from her collection, to help me along. she likes african and brazilian pop, which i also like a fair amount of, so i've pretty much got that covered (unless you want to suggest something essential). now she also likes classic rock (springsteen and the pretenders and some U2 etc) with a slight helping of 80s quirkiness (thomas dolby, elvis costello). now, i've got no ear for classic rock, so springsteen sounds terribly bloated and overwrought to my minimal ears - can you help me out in suggesting fun, recognizable, playable singles from 80s classic rock? and i've got some 80s weirdness - (talking heads, kate bush, brian eno) but i'd like a little more, on the rock-ier side, not the poppier, preferably. and the more well known, the better.

thank you in advance.

― jermaine (jnoble), Saturday, 12 August 2006 07:56 (nineteen years ago)

ok, the 'contemporary' in the title was wrong

― jermaine (jnoble), Saturday, 12 August 2006 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

Are you afraid of using your brain? Isn't this the fun part of djiing? I mean, what the fuck is the point if you're just going to have a bunch of geeks decide your playlist for you?

Seriously, enough of these fucking threads

― gaseous (gaseous), Saturday, 12 August 2006 10:21 (nineteen years ago)

i've found myself in the unfortunate position of dj-ing a farewell party for a fourty/fifty-something academic lady
God that sounds horrible.. to acutally have to DJ a party...

― gaseous (gaseous), Saturday, 12 August 2006 10:25 (nineteen years ago)

why asking a bunch of geeks ANY fucking thing, then? i'm asking people to share their knowledge of a genre i know little about, i'm not asking people to transcribe lyrics or find me mp3s.

― jermaine (jnoble), Saturday, 12 August 2006 10:30 (nineteen years ago)

Errr... that "Turning Japanese" song, for example?

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:02 (nineteen years ago)

Is she american?

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:04 (nineteen years ago)

no. maybe this was a lousy question.

― jermaine (jnoble), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

when in doubt, zz top.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

i've always thought thank you in advance
presumptuous

and
i've found myself in the unfortunate position of dj-ing a farewell party for a fourty/fifty-something
just comes across as unpleasant and false

― george gosset (gegoss), Saturday, 12 August 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

peter gabriel!

― max (maxreax), Saturday, 12 August 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

"hold on loosely" 38 SPECIAL

"janie's got a gun" AEROSMITH

"shoot to thrill" AC/DC

"cherry bomb" JOHN "COUGAR" MELLENCAMP

"bebe le strange" HEART

"even it up" HEART

"crazy little thing called love" QUEEN

"round & round" RATT

"dr. feelgood" MOTLEY CRUE

"i wanna know what love is" FOREIGNER

"we built this city on rock & roll" JEFFERSON STARSHIP

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 12 August 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

i hate to say it, but what you're asking for is - Bryan Adams

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

thanks for suggestions, prob got enough now... this thing is happening tonight so too late to add much more. sorry for everything, george.

― jermaine (jnoble), Sunday, 13 August 2006 08:49 (nineteen years ago)

toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africa toto - africatoto - africav

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 13 August 2006 08:54 (nineteen years ago)

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