I remember the Stones thing being an issue in LA too -- we finally found a Bowie track (can't remember which song), but the laptop with all the music on it was very much lacking in pre-1980 music.

I could be wrong. I'm sure Drew will be up shortly and will address it. In any case, I have a huge pre-80's collection and can share it with him if he doesn't.

OH!! "Female of the Species" - Space Lyrics cause, well, Jill will be there and I wanna see her dance again.

Heh.

I would like to hear: "Ribbons" by Sisters of Mercy, "The Chauffeur" by Duran Duran, "Face to Face" by Siouxsie, and either "Transylvanian Concubine" or "Gingerbread Coffin" by Rasputina. All of those will allow me to get my swoop on.

Kristin, honestly not a huge deal - any pissiness on my part is very much with the tongue in cheek. Especially since, as I pointed out, once the party is in full swing and I don't have to be Point Personish and hover over things, I have an iPod full of what I adore.

So if the music pumping out is purely post 1980 dance stuff, I'll be the person out by the pool with the headphones on, beaming at the moon.

"The Chauffeur" by Duran Duran

Ooh, Deftones do a great cover of that.

ND, the reason I brought this entire thing up in the first place is because you told me yourself at the time that, of the 20,000 songs available on your hard drive, NOT ONE SONG was by the Stones.

That is correct, just an odd blind spot in my CD collection. Don't forget I also have something like 500 actual albums, so a piece of my classic rock collection is on that and I've not gotten around to replacing it on CD. I do however have Clapton, Beatles, and some other classic rock stuff. I also stated at the time I mentioned my lack of Stones in my collection to you that I'd be happy to pick up a few CD's and make sure there's a few songs in the rotation.

Here's the deal folks. We now have a range from obscure Hindi Pop, through The Stone, with the Classic Jazz, and Bollywood in the middle. With 50 songs to play with, that means that each person may only hear one track in the night that's from their specific very favorite genre. If you happen to not be in the room at the time, then you are well and truly frelled. In the past at the F2F I've also left my iTunes in an area where people can adjust what's coming up in the mix, what has happened is that the set list never makes it past the 25% mark since folks pop in personal favorites. This doesn't really bother me since it gives folks choice, but it does mean that we don't always get a well balanced range of songs depending upon who hangs out near the Mac and chooses things.

We have room for 50ish songs, we have MORE than 50 people, that means that everyone can't even choose ONE song.

Ooh, Deftones do a great cover of that.

Huh, I haven't heard that one. Battery does a good cover, too.

We have room for 50ish songs, we have MORE than 50 people, that means that everyone can't even choose ONE song.

This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I would be thrilled to bits if there was a swoopy-goth song played, but I won't sulk if it doesn't happen.

I *will* sulk if there's more than one polka song.

::muttermutterpolkamuttermutter::

I've got 5 full CD's of Polkas at least. Don't tempt me. I also have a lot of Celtic music.

Mmmmmm, Celtic. ND, if you want some Stones, I have every classic album of theirs - all bought and paid for, so there are no royalty issues - between Satanic Majesty's Request and Some Girls. Those are generally considered the great Stones albums.

I want to see Jilli swoop.

And seriously, I actually was serious. If I end up hating the music - which is a high possibility, because my tastes are peculiar in a lot of areas - I can slip out with my iPod, and dance to that. The nice thing about a properly organised party is that it tends to be a self-oiling machine, and I won't feel the need to hover in the room.