Chair dancing

[gilana]

I'm working on a chair dancing playlist for my iPod at work, to try to keep my energy and spirits up. What would you include? What's the top song that you just can't sit still to?

Comments

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

"My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors," Moxy Fruvous

[gilana]

Ooo, good one! I didn't have any Früvous yet, a clear oversight.

[sproutntad.livejournal.com]

Haven't thought of Moxy Fruvous in FOREVER... So going to Itunes RIGHT NOW and downloading some. Thanx for the reminder!!!!! So, excited to rediscover them :) Yay!

[sapphira-altair.livejournal.com]

Okay, you said "chair dancing" and I thought of something TOTALLY different than the type of chair dancing you're talking about.

I have a ton of dance music that I put on at work; but without my iPod here (I forgot it today) it's hard to remember some of the better ones.

[gilana]

I'm not looking to make work *that* exciting! ;)

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Ditto ayelle a mess of times. These are some songs that always give me the energy to continue if I'm flagging at the gym:

Jens Lekman: Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo
Jonathan Coulton: Shop Vac
Vampire Weekend: Oxford Comma
Cornershop: Brimful of Asha
The Dovells: Bristol Stomp
The Ramones: Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Spanish Flea
Architecture in Helsinki: Its 5ive
Simon & Garfunkel: Cecilia
Beck: Loser
James Brown: I Feel Good
Belle & Sebastian: Come into my Office Baby
Ben Folds: Zak & Sara
Apples in Stereo: Same Old Drag
Talking Heads: And She Was
Oranger: Mr. Sandman
The Vibrations: Ain't No Greens in Harlem
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton: A Rockin' Good Way
Madness: Madness
The Specials: A Message for You Rudy
Squeeze: Cool for Cats
Harry Nilsson: Subteranean Homesick Blues
Dave Edmunds: Crawling through the Wreckage
TMBG: New York City
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
The Monkees: Your Auntie Griselda
Magnetic Fields: 10,000 Fireflies
Katrina & the Waves: Walking on Sunshine
Richard Hell & the Voidoids: Love Comes in Spurts
Fountains of Wayne: Hey Julie
Ian Dury & the Blockheads: Reasons to be Cheerful, Pt. 3
Elvis Costello: Pump It Up
Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley
Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock
The Softboys: Way Way Hep U Hole
David Bowie: Velvet Goldmine
Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: I Love Rock & Roll

That should get ya started..

[kjc007.livejournal.com]

I have a BUNCH of mixes full of high energy music. I'm not sure how to copy them out of iTunes, though.

Here's a sampling (note "by" means performed by, not necessarily written by, as a bunch of these are covers):

"No Sleep Tonight" by the Faders
"Bad Reputation" by Half-Cocked
"Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown
"Hot Sauce" by Thomas Dolby
"As Long As I'm Singing" by Bobby Darin
"I've Been Everywhere" by Johnny Cash
"You're No Rock-n-Roll Fun" by Sleater-Kinney
"Rendez-Vu" by the Basement Jaxx
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by They Might Be Giants
"I Think I Love You" by the Partridge Family
"Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance" by Jonathan Coulton
"Lay All Your Love On Me" by Erasure
"Go Daddy-O" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give up the Funk)" by Parliament
"Mister Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
"You're the One" by Tracy Chapman

[kjc007.livejournal.com]

OH! How could I forget my latest obsession!

"Mambo Italiano" by Renato Carosone

This is the one from the Visa commercial (if you've seen it) and is also covered by Dean Martin. I love this version, though.

[catness.livejournal.com]

I was going to put "Hot Sauce" but you beat me to it. :)

[gilana]

That song always make me think of you, catness. I think it must be your theme song!

[kjc007.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

[saxikath]

"Company of Fools" and "Straight to Hell" by Great Big Sea are two that are on top of my current list.

[valadil.livejournal.com]

I like both of those but for new material prefer Dream to Live. GBS is always a good choice for peppy work music though.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

"Goody Two-Shoes" by Adam Ant
"Rock This Town" by the Stray Cats

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Oldies because I'm an oldie:

"Mr. Jones And Me" by Counting Crows
"Two Princes" by The Spin Doctors
"Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind
"Runaround" by Blues Traveler
"Run Run Away" by Slade
"If I Should Fall From Grace With God" by The Pogues

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

OH! HOW COULD I FORGET NUMA NUMA???

[42itous.livejournal.com]

"One Last Drink" by Enter the Haggis
"Space Game" by MC Lars
"Love You Madly" by Cake

[thatwesguy.livejournal.com]

I notice a telling lack of Foo Fighters (e.g. "The Pretender") on this list.

I personally have a soft spot for Fetus Pop (e.g. Paramore, Avril Lavigne).

Finally, I also find the track "Run Like Hell" to be chair-danceable, but then, I am highly biased, since I wrote it and all.

[aphrabehn.livejournal.com]

Oh 80's crap always does it for me...Walking on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves.
Radio Radio, Elvis Costello
In a Big Country, Big Country
And We Danced, The Hooters...stuff like that ;-)