[Audio-Me]

My father is hosting a huge 70th birthday party for my grandmother, and he's asked me to create two mixes for him. One dance, and one jazz(two types of music I don't listen to, although I've recently gotten into classic jazz). Suggestions of specific songs would be greatly appreciated. It would be even better for an entire list of a mix to make a complete 74min CD. These songs need to be widely available, as in I will be able to find it online and download it on mp3/mpc or something.

 

[raymondlin]

Dance music for a 70th birthday party? I guess it won't be Drum & bass then.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

"My Favorite Things" by Coltrane for the jazz disc. That should kill 13 minutes right there.

 

[Audio-Me]

My bad, he wants blues, not jazz. Sorry.

 

[arnett]

 

[zoboomofo]

Blues: Howlin' Wolf. Killing Floor is my fave. Try some other sixties blues artists who have large bands, and an urban sound. That would work for me at a party.

I can't see 70 year olds liking modern dance stuff. Its so beat driven, and complex. I know people who might as well be 70

and they really boogie to simple vocal driven pop. The best I could come up with is Boney M. Heh

 

[Audio-Me]

I think he's aiming to please the entire crowd, the majority will be ppl in the late 30s - late 40s. Dance music is very popular in contemporary Korean culture, I don't understand it, but it's crazy. It's like Americanization gone wrong...

 

[zoboomofo]

Ok then Abba. You can't go wrong with Abba. I'm not a huge fan of 80's dance anymore. It always sounds like something you'd listen to at a singles bar, rather than at a party - too cold and robotic, and those awful clap machines. You could also check out those Billboard charts / American Top 40. They sound like our local stations, that are aimed at the broadest audience - very non-edgy; a little something for everybody.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Kraftwerk, dude, you can't go wrong with anything off of Computer World:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

 

[zoboomofo]

Hey, if you want some more suggestions, get some funk. Start with some KC and Sunshine Band stuff. Blues: BB King & Eric Clapton should work for the middle age crowd. Anything on the Blues Brothers soundtrack (great flick!) should do it too.