What I played at the blogger party (which was, for better or for worse, way more of a political networking event than a roomful of shoegazers…):
Cyber People, Polaris
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Hold Tight!
Cyndi Lauper, Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)
Lulu, The Man Who Sold The World
Metro Trinity, Michael Furey
The Breeders, Bang On
Barrington Levy, Oh Jah Can’t You See
Kindness, swinging party
Foster Sylvers, Misdemeanor
Standells, Riot on Sunset Strip
Depeche Mode, Strangelove
Hair Broadway Cast, Be-In
David Hemmings, Anathena
Dengue Fever, Tip My Canoe
Lynn Anderson, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Lindsey Buckingham, Holiday Road
Yo La Tengo, julie christie
The Dave Clark Five, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Momus, The Hairstyle Of The Devil
Beyonce, Control
Rockell, In A Dream
Babe Ruth, The Mexican
Massiel, Rosas en el mar
Chic, Soup For One (Long Version)
Figures On A Beach, No Stars
Christopher & Michael, Wir sind am Ende (Eve Of Destruction)
Beborn Beton, The Color of Love
Blur, On The Way To The Club
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk
The Chi-Lites, Are You My Woman?
Flirts, Dancing Madly Backwards
Four Jacks and A Jill, I Looked Back
Ann Peebles, You Got The Papers (I Got The Man)
ESG, Chistelle
Real Life, Send Me An Angel
Vivien Goldman, Laundrette
Fun Boy Three, Our Lips Are Sealed (Remixed Version)
The jam, Eton Rifles
Sylvie Vartan, I Heard Somebody Say
Margaret Berger, Lifetime Guarantee
?, Playing With Fire [The version that’s on the mixtape that came out right after Trish Keenan died]
Associates, Those First Impressions
Camera Obscura, Eighties Fan
The Records, Starry Eyes
Jackie and Jill, Who’s There
Joey Kid, Broken Promises
Mazzy Star, Halah
Clinic, Walking With Thee
Mandy More, If Not By Fire
Q Lazzarus, Goodbye Horses
Miriam Makeba, Pata Pata
Tim Buckley, Phantasmagoria In Two
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, If You Leave
Lena, Taken By A Stranger
Pulp, we can dance again
Die Doraus und die Marinas, Einkauf
The Kills, Black Balloon
Human League, Sound of the Crowd
Love Unlimited Orchestra, Strange Games and Things
Alison Durbin, Yo Yo
Gene Clark, Tried So Hard
Saint Etienne, Sylvie
Maria Dallas, Pinocchio X
Patrick Juvet, Ou sont les femmes
Falco, Der Kommissar