Playlist for the 2024 PH Annual Service
Discussion
Evening all!
For this year's Annual Service we're planning to have music playing throughout the day with speakers 'beam linked' and positioned across the site. They are relatively small so not to over dominate; the end goal is to have background music for some ambience, but not so much that you cant hear each other speak.
Evidently I've left putting the playlist together until a matter of days before the event and now the pressure of making a mix tape for circa 6,500 people has become quite overwhelming!
I keep drafting playlists and then just go down a rabbit hole into a certain genre or defaulting to adding songs I personally like; I definitely need to become more wedding DJ with this one.
Some self-imposed guardrails:
- Don't want lift music, can't have thrash metal
- Needs to be family friendly and not to cause offence (no swearing/controversial subject matter)
- Not every track is going to keep the whole crowd happy but I would at least like to avoid making everyone unhappy!
At the risk of putting Coldplay's Greatest Hits on repeat, what would be your suggestions?
For this year's Annual Service we're planning to have music playing throughout the day with speakers 'beam linked' and positioned across the site. They are relatively small so not to over dominate; the end goal is to have background music for some ambience, but not so much that you cant hear each other speak.
Evidently I've left putting the playlist together until a matter of days before the event and now the pressure of making a mix tape for circa 6,500 people has become quite overwhelming!
I keep drafting playlists and then just go down a rabbit hole into a certain genre or defaulting to adding songs I personally like; I definitely need to become more wedding DJ with this one.
Some self-imposed guardrails:
- Don't want lift music, can't have thrash metal
- Needs to be family friendly and not to cause offence (no swearing/controversial subject matter)
- Not every track is going to keep the whole crowd happy but I would at least like to avoid making everyone unhappy!
At the risk of putting Coldplay's Greatest Hits on repeat, what would be your suggestions?
Easy listening popular amongst most background music?
Keane - everybodys changing
Toploader - dancing in the moonlight
Eagle eyed cherry - save tonight
Probably any abba
Probably any oasis
Probably any RHCP
The killers- smile like you mean it
And then just a mix of "nice" songs
ELO- livin' thing
Daft punk - one more time
Ninetoes,Carl cox - finder
Junior senior - move your feet
What about some dancy songs?but not like tomorrowland.
Tieks - sunshine
Bob sinclair,fisher - world hold on
Calvin harris- bounce
LF system - afraid to feel
Planet funk - chase the sun
Keane - everybodys changing
Toploader - dancing in the moonlight
Eagle eyed cherry - save tonight
Probably any abba
Probably any oasis
Probably any RHCP
The killers- smile like you mean it
And then just a mix of "nice" songs
ELO- livin' thing
Daft punk - one more time
Ninetoes,Carl cox - finder
Junior senior - move your feet
What about some dancy songs?but not like tomorrowland.
Tieks - sunshine
Bob sinclair,fisher - world hold on
Calvin harris- bounce
LF system - afraid to feel
Planet funk - chase the sun
Bisonhead said:
I’m not able to make it but I’d recommend queen - I’m in love with my car ??
Good call! Also on the car theme
The Commitments - Mustang Sally
Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe
Price - Little Red Corvette
The Beatles - Baby You Can Drive My Car
Madness - Driving In My Car
Chris Rea - The Road To Hell
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Sort of related
Golden Earring - Radar Love includes the line it's half past four and I'm shifting gear
Oasis - Supersonic includes the line can I ride with you in your BMW
Feeder - Buck Rogers includes he's got a brand new car, looks like a Jaguar
Sleeper - Inbetweener includes He's cleaning the car on his pebbledash driveway, New chamois leather he got for his birthday
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