Music suggestions

[Delta]

Need some help from the all-things-music gurus on here please.
I'm in the middle of writing a syllabus for a one week class on surface design and how music influences the art produced. I need specific songs from specific categories to include and I've been at it so long my brain is mush.
So, here is my request: if you have any suggestions in the following categories, I'd be most appreciative.

Songs that make you lose motivation to move around and do anything.
Some classical music and dirges fall into this category, as do Gregorian chants.

Songs that you can't physically sit still while listening to.
Some songs just beg the entire room to bob their head, tap their foot, rock their shoulders, whatever. A local bar here has "Build Me Up, Buttercup" on it and even the drunks bounce around when that one comes on.

Songs that everyone sings along to, no matter their age or usual musical preferences.
"Happy Birthday" and "Star Spangled Banner" are the most obvious.

Songs with an obvious change of pace to the music during the song.
Tina Turner doing "Proud Mary". Maybe "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature". Seems like there's a Pink Floyd song too, but that brain mush thing is getting me stuck.

Songs that are discordant or distracting, especially played at 11.
For me, gangsta rap and very heavy metal do that, but this category is pretty subjective so I need help with it.

I'm shooting for a good mix of genres so don't hesitate to throw in old showtunes, Country, ethnic, whatever comes to mind. I'll ultimately (ideally) wind up with about 5-10 hours total of music.

[Apostrophe (')]

ooh, this sounds like a fun game :) have to think about it for a while though...

[Staxsun]

ooh, this sounds like a fun game :) have to think about it for a while though...

Me, too.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

This is an easy question. I have several songs but will start with one & give others a chance.

Songs that you can't physically sit still while listening to.
Some songs just beg the entire room to bob their head, tap their foot, rock their shoulders, whatever. A local bar here has "Build Me Up, Buttercup" on it and even the drunks bounce around when that one comes on.

Gospel:
Mike Farris, Salvation In Lights
I'm unable to stop moving my feet.

Gospel:
Lyle Lovett, Church

[Carolina Beadhead]

One song I can't sit still to:
Footloose - Kenny Loggins :o

Songs everybody sings along:
Piano Man - Billy Joel

[Orleansnj]

a couple more to add to the 'everyone sings along'

take me out to the ball game
Shout ! (Isley brothers version)

I'll think about the other categories.

Change of tempo:
bohemian rhapsody by Queen
Maggie Mae by Rod Stewart (although this is only after the intro - so maybe not what you are looking for)
For Your Love by the Yardbirds
Neil Young - Southern Man
Neville Brothers older stuff is great for timing changes.....

[ohio]

Can't sit still to: Anders 'Stoned Drunk & Naked'

[McGregor]

Songs that everyone sings along to, no matter their age or usual musical preferences.

Take Me Out To the Ball Game

eta: whoops, didn't see that above

[Delta]

These are great! Keep 'em coming.

Brown-eyed girl is another one.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

lose motivation to move around:
Led Zepplin: Dazed and Confused

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

change of pace:
Kansas: Carry On My Wayward Son

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

pace:
Rush: Working Man

can't sit still:
Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan

[duende]

listlessness inspiring, which my pea-brain somehow connected with sad or downer music:
- Trista Pena, Gipsy Kings
- How Soon is Now, Smiths

Can't sit still tunes, all of which subscribe to what my bar-band buddies & I used to refer to as the "magic beats". The tunes - no matter how insipid - that compel even the clumsiest Clamper in the corner to do the caveman dance (with apologies to any graceful alumni of E Clampus Vitus here):
- Honky-Tonk Women, Stones
- Keep Your Hands to Yourself, Georgia Satellites
- Old Time Rock'n'Roll, Bob Seger

Sing-alongs? Mostly anecdotal bar-stool jukebox experience, but hard to go wrong with these:
- Take This Job and Shove It!, Johnny Paycheck
- Don't You Just Know It, Huey Piano Smith & the Clowns
- The Rodeo Song, David Allen Coe (parental advisory!)

[Frosty]

Songs that make you lose motivation to move around and do anything:
Breathe - Pink Floyd
Why - Annie Lennox

Songs that you can't physically sit still while listening to:
Ain't Nothing Wrong With That - Robert Randolph
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Superstition (Live) from Sesame Street -Stevie Wonder
The Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss II

Songs that everyone sings along to, no matter their age or usual musical preferences:
American Pie - Don McLean
Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye - Steam

Songs with an obvious change of pace to the music during the song:
What Is and What Should Ever Be - Led Zeppelin
Heart of a Sunrise - Yes

Songs that are discordant or distracting, especially played at 11:
Free Form Guitar - Chicago Transit Authority
Intro (from Aura) - Miles Davis

[ohio]

Change of tempo: 'Broken Arrow' Neil Young/Buffalo Springfield

[ohio]

Discordant especially at 11: 'Bitches Brew" Miles Davis

[stynger]

sign alongs...Rock and Roll Pt 2 Gary Glitter, I Love LA Randy Newman gotta keep thinking...

[stynger]

sing along ok this is an oldie,what's that song "the name game"? You remember....

Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!

[stynger]

still sing along "New York New York"

[glinda]

everybody sings along to My Girl by the tempts, of course

[stynger]

sing along... Henry The VIII Herman's Hermits, Iko Iko Dixie Cups

[stynger]

Songs with an obvious change of pace to the music during the song.....

Freebird

[Frosty]

Sing along for Chicago Threadheads:

588-2300

[Frosty]

sing along... Henry The VIII Herman's Hermits, Iko Iko Dixie Cups

The list of sing alongs that I'd be clueless on grows. Iko excepted of course.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

sing along:
Country Joe: The Fish Cheer

yeah, c?mon on all you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
he?s got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Vietnam
so put down your books and pick up a gun
we?re gonna have a whole lot of fun

and it?s 1, 2, 3, what?re we fighting for?
don?t ask me, I don?t give a damn
next stop is vietnam
and it?s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
well there ain?t no time to wonder why
whoopee! we?re all gonna die

[Lit]

There is one song--and perhaps only one song--that satifies every category on your list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGGckAc1rs

I suggest that you have your class listen to it for 5-10 hours straight and see what kind of art results. That would be quite the experiment (assuming, of course, anyone lives through it).

[ohio]

that is just cruel...

[pokerchick66]

Songs that you have to move to: Anything by George Thoroughgood. That's good cut up the rug music, lol.

Also, pretty much anything Disco. I like To Be Real by Cheryl Lynn, We are Family by the Pointer Sisters. Hey! How about Funky Town by Lipps, Inc.??? That one makes you move FO SHO!! :p

Song change tempo: Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin.

I don't know about making you go to sleep but Jewel's Pieces of You cd was good come down music. :D

[pokerchick66]

Pretty much all of Jimmy Buffett's songs are songs everybody likes to sing along with.

[PaulC]

i'm thinking ya' might be able to cover most of the enchilada with one source.....


the beatles 1 cd

[Frosty]

i'm thinking ya' might be able to cover most of the enchilada with one source.....


the beatles 1 cd

Yes, a lot of obscure stuff for common sing alongs but no Beatles yet. Thank you. They lead the league in sing along music.

[ohio]

Pretty much all of Jimmy Buffett's songs are songs everybody likes to sing along with.
not

[glinda]

ne meither

[festivalgirl]

Lose Motivation: Anything by Shawn Colvin
Can't Sit : Shout, Proud Mary
Sing Along: Piano Man, American Pie, Margaritavillle
Change of Pace: Day in the Life
Distracting: Welcome to the Jungle

[funkkjunkie]

Singalong: Respect by Aretha
Row your boat
Bill Withers: Lean on Me
Moving Music: Wild Maggies: Party
Angelique Kidjo: Voodoo Child
Robert Randolph: Going in the Right Direction
Southern Culture on the Skids: 8 piece box and camel walk
Willie King- Ride Sally Ride
Juan Pardo-Heard Somebody say ho na nae
Lounging music: Ronnie Earl- anything from Colour of Love but esp Anne's Dream and Round Midnight
Discordant: Johnny, June and George: On a June Night
Karl Denson Trio: Lunar Orbit

[Delta]

These are all really good. My poor brain had given up after several hours of running through my own memory and sampling songs to make sure they were what I remembered. Most of these mentioned I know but a few I'll have to look up.

And stynger, you should be shot......I've been married seven TIMES before....is an earworm worthy of some birdshot in the butt.

Lit, I was expecting that link to be "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Of course, now I've given myself that earworm. Oh well, better than Henry I guess.

[Lit]

These are all really good. My poor brain had given up after several hours of running through my own memory and sampling songs to make sure they were what I remembered. Most of these mentioned I know but a few I'll have to look up.

And stynger, you should be shot......I've been married seven TIMES before....is an earworm worthy of some birdshot in the butt.

Lit, I was expecting that link to be "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Of course, now I've given myself that earworm. Oh well, better than Henry I guess.

Second verse, same as the first...

[PaulC]

Lose Motivation: Anything by Shawn Colvin

maybe this qualifies as a guilty pleasure,. havin' no real memory of why or how it came to be in my collection,.. i nevertheless own one of her cd's,.. 1996's "a few small repairs",.. i have to admit that i enjoy that collection of tunes very much...

maybe it's jus' those times when i wanna hang and do nothin'... or maybe i like playin' "get out of this house" at extra volume when my daughter is moppin' about (jus' "kiddin'").... but then again,.. some of it actually gets me movin',.. and not the high fiber diet kind of movement.... :rolleyes:

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Songs that are discordant or distracting, especially played at 11.

Pink Floyd from the Ummagumma record (1969)

Name of song. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave and Grooving With A Pick

[festivalgirl]

maybe this qualifies as a guilty pleasure,. havin' no real memory of why or how it came to be in my collection,.. i nevertheless own one of her cd's,.. 1996's "a few small repairs",.. i have to admit that i enjoy that collection of tunes very much...

maybe it's jus' those times when i wanna hang and do nothin'... or maybe i like playin' "get out of this house" at extra volume when my daughter is moppin' about (jus' "kiddin'").... but then again,.. some of it actually gets me movin',.. and not the high fiber diet kind of movement.... :rolleyes:

just one of those things for me. she is part of a group of women singers i file under "music to kill yourself by". voices are fine just slowwwww & droning to me. she was just as droney "live".

[festivalgirl]

The ultimate Lose Ability to Move singer is Leonard Cohen.

Anyone remember Rick Moranis' Perry Como on SCTV? He sang lying down!

[Delta]

PC nailed it with the Jewel reference. By the end of that CD I'm thinking of offing myself too, even without the prodding from her.

[Delta]

Second verse, same as the first...
Go stand next to stynger.

[Orleansnj]

Discordant especially at 11: 'Bitches Brew" Miles Davis

yes !!!

and Ornette Coleman - song X (with Pat Metheny) - at 11 is difficult - but great in the middle of the day.

[festivalgirl]

maybe this qualifies as a guilty pleasure,. havin' no real memory of why or how it came to be in my collection,.. i nevertheless own one of her cd's,.. 1996's "a few small repairs",.. i have to admit that i enjoy that collection of tunes very much...

maybe it's jus' those times when i wanna hang and do nothin'... or maybe i like playin' "get out of this house" at extra volume when my daughter is moppin' about (jus' "kiddin'").... but then again,.. some of it actually gets me movin',.. and not the high fiber diet kind of movement.... :rolleyes:

okay, made a mistake ..... meant sarah mclachlan (but shawn colvin is still in the group). :o

[stynger]

[QUOTE=Delta;
And stynger, you should be shot......I've been married seven TIMES before....is an earworm worthy of some birdshot in the butt.
QUOTE]

Your welcome :D

I'm Henry the Eighth, I am.
Henry the Eighth I am, I am.
I got married to the widow next door,
She's been married seven times before.
And every one was an Henry. (Henry.)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam. (No Sam.)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry.
Henry the Eighth, I am.

Second verse, same as the first.

I'm Henry the Eighth, I am.
Henry the Eighth I am, I am.
I got married to the widow next door,
She's been married seven times before.
And every one was an Henry. (Henry.)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam. (No Sam.)
[ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/3B3 ]
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry.
Henry the Eighth, I am.

Yeah!

[Instrumental break.]

I'm Henry the Eighth, I am.
Henry the Eighth I am, I am.
I got married to the widow next door,
She's been married seven times before.
And every one was an Henry. (Henry.)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam. (No Sam.)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry.
Henry the Eighth, I am.

H-E-N-R-Y
Henry. (Henry.)
Henry. (Henry.)
Henry the Eighth, I am, I am.
Henry the Eighth, I am.

Yeah!

[jolie]

Sing alongs...

Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry
Buffet - Cheeseburger in Paradise, Why Don't We Get Drunk

hmmm.. more to come

[jolie]

Discordant and Distracting, or can make me move - depending on mood.

Tool - Anemia (sp?)

[swag]

Nothing to get a crowd singing and swaying like Sweet Caroline.

You really should have just called this the earworm thread...

[pokerchick66]

PC nailed it with the Jewel reference. By the end of that CD I'm thinking of offing myself too, even without the prodding from her.

lmao, that's not what I meant but hey, whatever works for ya. :D

[pokerchick66]

Here's another move it song ;):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoNkfOHBzQk&feature=PlayList&p=D6983B26D3D5330F&index=0

[sophisticated sissy]

Songs that are discordant or distracting, especially played at 11.

Pink Floyd from the Ummagumma record (1969)

Name of song. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave and Grooving With A Pick



Be careful with that axe, Eugene.

[BigDag]

sing along:
Country Joe: The Fish Cheer

yeah, c?mon on all you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
he?s got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Vietnam
so put down your books and pick up a gun
we?re gonna have a whole lot of fun

and it?s 1, 2, 3, what?re we fighting for?
don?t ask me, I don?t give a damn
next stop is vietnam
and it?s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
well there ain?t no time to wonder why
whoopee! we?re all gonna die

Damn, you're old! ;)

[Delta]

sing along:
Country Joe: The Fish Cheer

yeah, c?mon on all you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
he?s got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Vietnam
so put down your books and pick up a gun
we?re gonna have a whole lot of fun

and it?s 1, 2, 3, what?re we fighting for?
don?t ask me, I don?t give a damn
next stop is vietnam
and it?s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
well there ain?t no time to wonder why
whoopee! we?re all gonna die

Damn, you're old! ;)

This one and Janis' Mercedes Benz were favorite sing-alongs for my kids when they were little. I'm convinced it's how my youngest learned to count.

[Apostrophe (')]

1. Songs that make you lose motivation to move around and do anything:
Ben Harper - Walk Away
Fiona Apple - Love Ridden
Josh Rouse - The White Trash Period Of My Life
Billie Holiday - Solitude
Miles Davis - Blue in Green

2. Songs that you can't physically sit still while listening to:
Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Toots and the Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
Steely Dan - Peg
Charles Mingus - II BS
De La Soul - Keepin' The Faith

3. Songs with an obvious change of pace to the music during the song:
Santana - Samba Pa Ti
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Medeski, Martin and Wood - Bubblehouse
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Dawn
Metallica - Battery

4. Songs that are discordant or distracting, especially played at 11:
The Police - Mother
Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Pantera - F*cking Hostile
Pearl Jam - Hey Foxymophandlemama, it's me
Soul Coughing - Bus To Beelzebub

5. Sing Alongs:
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
REM - It’s the End of the World As We Know It
Violent Femmes - American Music
The Clash - Train In Vain

[eZe]

AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long

[pokerchick66]

The Clash - Train In Vain


This song makes me get up and move. :)

[pokerchick66]

How about Sing a Song and September by EWF? Those make you wanna sing and dance. :D

[ozgal]

A couple of sing-a-long songs i know that get everyone at every party i've ever been to in oz singing is The Gambler - Kenny Rogers. Highly amusing when you are the sober bartender watching everyone in the pub sing along to when they only know the chorus. And Grease megamix. Along with the actions and the every person in the room thinking they are the best singers on earth screeching and whineing.... Summer dreams ripped at the seams. Buhut oh. Those su-hummer. Ni-hights. Tell me more tell me more-hore. Ha-aa.

One no one can sit still too. Well Nutbush of course.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Be careful with that axe, Eugene.

Hello sissy, are you going to join me for Los Lobos this year? I'm buzzing over this set. They are still one of my favorite live bands!

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Damn, you're old! ;)

<smile> but but........

[sophisticated sissy]

Hello sissy, are you going to join me for Los Lobos this year? I'm buzzing over this set. They are still one of my favorite live bands!

Oh, yeah, Fred! First time the whole band has played JF since 2004? Definitely! :)

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Oh, yeah, Fred! First time the whole band has played JF since 2004? Definitely! :)

I ran into David Hidalgo the year he played JF with Elvis Cosello. He was standing out on the track behind the Gentilly Stage. I'm ready for some Los Lobos!!!

[funkkjunkie]

You are my sunshine.

[sophisticated sissy]

I ran into David Hidalgo the year he played JF with Elvis Cosello.



Ooops! Hope you didn't hurt 'im! ;) :D

[Staxsun]

Songs that make you lose motivation:

Oh Death - Dr. Ralph Stanley
Strange Fruit - Billie Holliday
Constant Sorrow - Dick Burnett, Peter, Paul & Mary, many others

Songs that you can't stand still:

Git It Beau Jocque - Beau Jocque (or anything he did)
Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone
I Got You - James Brown
(There are lots of these - Footloose would be up near the top)

Songs that everybody sings along to:

Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells/Billy Idol
Yellow Submarine - Beatles
Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
(Also like Don't You Just Know It and there's lots more)

Songs with obvious change of pace:

Paradise By the Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf
Long Distance Runaround - Yes
Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers

Songs that are discordant or distracting:

Ain't That a Shame - Pat Boone
They're Going to Take Me Away - Napoleon XIV
Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
(I know that doesn't seem like it fits the description, but play these at 11!)

If you need more, let me know.

[peteup]

One entire genre/s I can't sit still to - cajun and zydeco! BTW, just about to leave to go and see the Redstick Ramblers!

[windowman]

Songs that make you lose motivation:

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
The End - The Doors
Fancy Funeral - Lucinda Williams

Songs that make you move:

Second Line, Pt.1 - Stop, Inc.
Sex Machine - James Brown
Hava Nagilah


Songs that everyone sings along to:

I Feel Good - James Brown
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Happy Together - The Turtles
Carnival Time - Al Johnson
Roxanne - The Police
Oops, I did it...nah just f@%&ing with ya;)

Songs with an obvious change of pace:

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel


Songs that are discordant or distracting: I am not sure what you are looking for here, because I find some discordant music annoying and some enjoyable. Speed metal, like "Turn On the News" by Husker Du, would be distracting IMO but not discordant and I could even call some of Kidd Jordan's music discordant but not distracting. Nine Inch Nails also has music that is discordant. Eminem's music is not discordant, but certainly distracting although you should be mindful of who is hearing this if you play something like "Drips".

[VWGal]

Hey Delta, everyone has done such a great job here, I'm not sure I could add anything more. Not sure if you've read "This is Your Brain on Music:The Science of a Human Obsession " by Daniel Levitan -- amazing stuff that explains why much of what's suggested above does what it does to us. Highly recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/0525949690

Has anyone heard of the "sensitive female chord progression"? I swear, since I first read about this, I hear it EVERYWHERE. Also think I hear it, but then check to see whether the song is listed as using the SFCP and find out it's not.

From Wikipedia:

The Sensitive Female Chord Progression, named by Boston Globe Columnist [Marc Hirsh][1], is A minor, F, C, G. It can also be generically described as IV, IV, I, V. Or, the minor 6th, major fourth, major first, major fifth in the key of C.

Mr. Hirsh first noticed the chord progression in the song " One of Us" by Joan Osborne.[2] He then began to notice the chord progression in many other songs. He named the progression because it was used by many members of the Lilith_Fair in the late 1990s.[3]

Marc Hirsh maintains a list of songs with the chord progression at the Sensitive Female Chord Progression Blog at http://sixfouronefive.blogspot.com/

[SassboxLA]

Songs that makes you move: Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf, Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

Songs that everyone sings along to: Brandy - The Looking Glass

[bobatude]

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/After_Dark/940122

this one is a groove