[malldian]

I am throwing a party for a friend and am taking care of the whole sound system and music play back but promised her that I would play the "normal" "good" music you hear in the average college frat. Any pointers on how I approach this?

 

[ok computer]

Blast Animal Collective Like nowbodys business, till people start throwing beer bottles at you... but daft punk might be a good start.

 

[ken36]

The Les Elgart Orchestra


Prom Date, Columbia E.P. (1954)
Campus Hop, Columbia E.P. (1954)
More of Les, Columbia E.P. (1955)
Sophisticated Swing, Columbia CL-536 (1953)
Just One More Dance, Columbia CL-594 (1954)
The Band of the Year, Columbia CL-619 (1954)
The Dancing Sound, Columbia CL-684 (1954)
For Dancers Only, Columbia CL-803 (1955)
The Elgart Touch, Columbia CL-875 (1955)
The Most Happy Fella, Columbia CL-904 (1956)
For Dancers Also, Columbia CL-1008 (1956)
Les & Larry Elgart & Their Orchestra, Columbia CL-1052 (1958)
Sound Ideas, Columbia CL-1123/CS-8002 (1958)
Les Elgart On Tour, Columbia CL-1291/CS-8103 (1959)
The Great Sound of Les Elgart, Columbia CL-1350/CS-8159 (1959)
The Band With That Sound, Columbia CL-1450/CS-8245 (1960)
Designs For Dancing, Columbia CL-1500/CS-8291 (1960)
Half Satin Half Latin, Columbia CL-1567/CS-8367 (1960)
It's De-Lovely, Columbia CL-1659/CS-8459 (1961)
The Twist Goes To College, Columbia CL-1785/CS-8585 (1962)
Best Band On Campus, Columbia CL-1890/CS-8690 (1962)
Big Band Hootenany, Columbia CL-2112/CS-8912 (1963)
Command Performance, Columbia CL-2221/CS-9021, (1964)
The New Elgart Touch, Columbia CL-2301/CS-9101, (1965)
Elgart au Go-Go, Columbia CL-2355/CS-9155, (1965)
Sound of the Times, Columbia CL-2511/CS-9311, (1966)
Warm and Sensuous, Columbia CL-2591/CS-9391 (1966)
Girl Watchers, Columbia CL-2633/CS-9433, (1967)
Wonderful World of Today's Hits, Columbia CL-2780/CS-9580 (1967)

 

[malldian]

Daft punk yeah but Animal Collective might start a fight haha.

 

[tru blu]

She must be a really good friend, cuz a word like "normal" applied to party music would scare the sh-t out of me. I like the idea of Daft Punk, though. Are the kids still dancing to the Smiths? Nine Inch Nails? OutKast maybe? M.I.A.? Beck? The Roots? 50-Cent (yikes!)? I've seen that band the Rapture make folks jump around. Brazilian Girls? Gnarls Barkley?

 

[corrosive_nf]

Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode - Ultra

Really, any DM especially when you get to remixes of their songs.

 

[bjarnetv]

you could probably play it safe with some cut copy, justice and chromeo; and maybe include some new remixes from "unknown" bands to keep the hipsters happy

DISCODUST

 

[GN85]

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Originally Posted by malldian /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am throwing a party for a friend and am taking care of the whole sound system and music play back but promised her that I would play the "normal" "good" music you hear in the average college frat. Any pointers on how I approach this?

Just make sure you have a crapload of music available, for when people start bitching about how the music that's playing doesn't suit their personal musical preferences.