Help me make a playlist!

[Drolgin Steingrinder]

I thought this might be fun...

I'm putting together a couple of playlists for two parties over easter, one is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-style thing (which most of us have no clue what really is - I was considering showing up 8 hours late dressed as George Bush, but I digress...) and one is a good ole balls to the walls PARTY PARTY.

I've got a very large collection of music that I need to whittle down for these purposes, and I need your help!

In stock:
Large quantities of 80s pop/dance stuff
HUUUUGE amounts of 60s and 70s soul, funk and rock (well over 1000 albums)
Smallish amounts of 90s and '00s hits and bits and pieces
A rather large unsorted collection of Cajun music, classic and newer

So, what has to be on these lists? If you have complete lists I'll happily accept those too.

[Boogahz]

I'm putting together a couple of playlists for two parties over easter, one is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-style thing (which most of us have no clue what really is - I was considering showing up 8 hours late dressed as George Bush, but I digress...) and one is a good ole balls to the walls PARTY PARTY.

Mardi-gras is already over, so I guess you would already be over 8 hours late!

as for the music, I would go with more jazz with some heavy accordian work and less 80's pop

[Xyphir]

For the Mardi Gras party, I'd recommend music by some of the following artists...

Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Buckwheat Zydeco
The Neville Brothers
Donna the Buffalo
Harry Connick, Jr.
The Meters

[Spang]

B52's - Love Shack
Marcia Griffiths - Electric Boogie (better known as the electric slide)
The O'Jays - For the Love of Money
The O'Jays - Love Train
The Commodores - Brick House
Rick James - Super Freak
Average White Band - Pick up the Pieces
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music White Boy
Queen - Another one Bites the Dust
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Bowie - Fame 90
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
The Supremes - Respect
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Aretha Franklin - Rescue Me
The Village People - YMCA
The Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Prince - 1999
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Chubby Checker - The Twist/Let's Twist Again
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Kool and the Gang - Celebratation
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
KC & The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
Morris Day and The Time - Jungle Love
Morris Day and The Time - The Bird
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hump De Bump
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Kylie Minogue - Locomotion
Dee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Jennifer Lopez - Let's Get Loud
C + C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
Quad City DJs - C'mon and Ride It (The Train)
Tone Loc - Wild Thing
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (this is a good opener if you go to the next song after he yells "FREEZE!")
Eiffal 65 - Move Your Body
EMF - Unbelievable
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
Kenny Loggins - Footloose

If you need more ideas, let me know!

[laneela]

Not again...

*dips out slyly*

[Drolgin Steingrinder]

Not again...

*dips out slyly*

wtf ><

[Chmee]

Here is my playlist for the Mardi Gras Party one. I got a little carried away (but hey, got a new playlist myself out of it). I didn't try to order them or anything, just the order I found in my library.

Doin' It - Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo (this is an amazing CD if you haven't heard it)
Stag-O-Lee - Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo
Big Cheif - Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras Party
Hot Tamale Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco - Ultimate Collection
Ya Ya - Buckwheat Zydeco - Ultimate Collection
On a Night Like This - Buckwheat Zydeco - Ultimate Collection
Au Contraire, Mon Frere - C. J. Chenier - The Big Squeeze
Rosemary - C. J. Chenier - The Desperate Kingdom of Love
Eat More Crawfish - C. J. Chenier - Step It Up
Ti Na Na - Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie
Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie
Party Down - Clifton Chenier - Live! at the Long Beach & San Francisco blues Festivals
New Orleans Cookin' - Cyril Neville - New Orleans Cookin'
Iko Iko - Dr. John - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens (a four CD compilation of New Orleans Music)
My Indian Red - Dr. John - Goin Back To New Orleans
Scald Dog - Dr. John - Goin Back To New Orleans
Didn't He Ramble - Dr. John - Trippin' Live
Such A Night - Dr. John - Trippin' Live
No City Like New Orleans - Earl King - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens
I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino - Live at Gilley's
My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino - Live at Gilley's
The Fat Man - Fats Domino - Live at Gilley's
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Fats Domino - Live at Gilley's
You Can Have My Husband - Irma Thomas - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens
I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind - Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball - Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong - Greatest Hits
That's Enough Of That Stuff - Marcia Ball - Hot Tamale Baby
Down the Road - Marcia Ball - Live! Down the Road
Crawfishin' - Marcia Ball - Live! Down the Road
Hey Pocky A-Way - The Meters - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens
Rock & Roll Medley, Rocking Pneumonia - The Neville Brothers - Live at Tipitina's (1982)
Riverside - The Neville Brothers - Live at Tipitina's (1982)
Fever - The Neville Brothers - Live at Tipitina's (1982)
New Orleans - The Blues Brothers Band (and about a billion guests) - Blues Brothers 2000
Tipitina - Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo
Confidential - The Radiators - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens
Lillie Mae - Smiley Lewis - The Best of Smiley Lewis
I'm Slippin In - Snooks Eaglin - The Crescent City Collection
Lipstick Traces - Snooks Eaglin - The Crescent City Collection
South of I-10 - Sonny Landreth - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens
Doctor Jazz - Squeeze - A Round and a Bout
Absolutely Sweet Marie - C. J. Chenier - Blues On Blonde On Blonde
My Girl Josephine - Taj Mahal, The New Orleans Social Club - Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (some good stuff, and an amazing line up on this tribute)
Every Night About This Time - Buddy Guy, Joss Stone, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
Valley of Tears - Robert Plant, The Soweto Gospel Choir - Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
Johnny Can't Dance - Wayne Toups & Zydecajun - Louisiana Live From the Mountain Stage
Jeleron - Buckwheat Zydeco - Louisiana Live From the Mountain Stage
Louisiana Two-Step - C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band - Louisiana Live From the Mountain Stage
Carnival Time - Bo Dollis & Wild Magnolias - Mardi Gras Party
Maman Rosin Boudreaux - BeauSoleil - Mardi Gras Party
Mardi Gras Mambo - Zachary Richard - Mardi Gras Party
Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Mardi Gras Party
Long Hard Journey Home - The Radiators - Louisiana Live From Mountain Stage
Brother John Is Gone - The Wild Magnolias - Our New Orleans 2005
All On a Mardi Gras Day - The Wild Magnolias - Life is a Carnival

[Winnow]

B52's - Love Shack
Marcia Griffiths - Electric Boogie (better known as the electric slide)

I like your list Spang but isn't playing the electric slide 2nd a little early? For that kind of song, don't you need people to have a few drinks first? Maybe at the halfway point or are you looking for people to still have coordination? : )

Same thing with Rick James Super Freak. If you want to see people get all crazy when this song comes on, they need a few drinks first! I may have missed it on your list but don't forget Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back. Great party song that always gets people moving.

[Spang]

My list wasn't in order.

[Zamtuk]

Electric slide, wtf? You guys in third grade?

[Spang]

I've never seen a 3rd grader do the Electric Slide, only adults; young and old.