One measures one’s life in years, if one is human. A dog, meanwhile, allegedly ages 7 years for each human year. Dance parties, meanwhile, age on a weekly basis, and my pandemic-predicated, Online Dance Party on Twitch turned 16 last night.
I played a healthy dose of requests, including some back-to-back tracks by the same artist, along with my usual mixture of music both new and old. One viewer, Icy Phoenix, watching all the way around the world in Serbia, even shared a song of his own for me to play. That was a first for the ODP. Here’s the weekly breakdown of what got played:
Sweet Sixteen – B.B. King
You’re Sixteen – Johnny Burnette
Higher Than the Sun – Primal Scream
Theme From Retro – Blur
Protection – Massive Attack
Trigger Hippie – Morcheeba
Govinda – Kula Shaker
Let Me Down Gently – Spacemen 3
Whole Lotta Love – Goldbug
Remember Me – Blue Boy
Nothing More to Say – Fivefold
The Jock Jam (Megamix) – Jock Jams All Stars
Pizza – Anti Up
Hey Pablo – Anti Up
A Century of Fakers – Belle & Sebastian
Pizza Day – The Aquabats
Waterloo – ABBA
Cities Of Aldebaran Star System – The Icy Phoenix
Let’s Dance – David Bowie
Disco Dancer – Kiki Gyan
Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac – Hot Chocolate
Pen and Paper – Fivefold
This is Just a Modern Rock Song – Belle & Sebastian
I Wanna Be Adored – The Stone Roses
Crimson & Clover – Tommy James & The Shondells
Crimson & Clover – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Black Magic – Jarvis Cocker
The Story – Fivefold
I Miss You – Blink-182
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
Daughter – Pearl Jam
Would It Matter – Skillet
Robert De Niro’s Waiting – Bananarama
Showroom Dummies – Kraftwerk
Sugar Is Sweeter [Armand Van Helden’s Drum And Bass Mix] – CJ Bolland
I Am the Best – 2NE1
Negative Space – Hookworms
Bappi – Jamie Jones & the Martinez Brothers
Subways – Chandra
The Ghost In You – Psychedelic Furs
Cities in Dust – Siouxsie and the Banshees
So Alive – Love & Rockets
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) – A Flock of Seagulls
Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
Secret – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Lucy – Skillet
Twist and Crawl – The Beat
Strict Machine – Goldfrapp
Born to Roll – Masta Ace Incorporated
Shook Ones Part II – Mobb Deep
Bangarang [feat. Sirah] – Skrillex
Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life – Indeep
(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop – The Fatback Band
I Need Somebody to Love Tonight – Sylvester
Love Thang [Remix by Tee Scott] – First Choice
Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
Luck of Lucien – A Tribe Called Quest
Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
More Than a Woman – Bee Gees
Cantaloop – US3
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripe
sHey Boy Hey Girl – The Chemical Brothers
Lights and Music – Cut Copy
Street Rave – Ewan McVicar
Right Now – Anti Up
Gonna Make You Sweat – C & C Music Factory
Stars – Dubstars
Caramel Corn – Mu-Stars
Through the Night – Grum
Xanadu [feat. Olivia Newton-John] – Electric Light Orchestra
Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
Plastic Dreams – Jaydee
Malibu Stacey – Lord Leopard
Disco 2000 [Motiv 8 Discoid Mix] – Pulp
Wonderwall – Mike Flowers Pops
Sandwiches – Detroit Grand Pubahs
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
The Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
I Want You Back – The Jackson Five
Dogs Are Everywhere – Pulp
Satisfaction – Benny Benassi
Fa-Fa-Fa – Datarock
Filthy/Gorgeous – Scissor Sisters
Hold On – Hot Chip
Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
Ceremony – New Order
Human After All – Daft Punk
The Devil is in the Beats – The Chemical Brothers
Turn Down For What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Holding Out For a Hero – Frou Frou
I’m Different – 2 Chainz
Thrift Shop [feat. Wanz] – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Galactic Melt – Com Truise
De L’Alouette – RJD2
Baby Love Child – Pizzicato Five
Toxic [feat. Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Tiggers] – Mark Ronson
Lady Marmalade – Pink, Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim
Larger Then Life – The Backstreet Boys
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
All Star – Smash Mouth
MmmBop – Hanson
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Everybody Everybody – Black Box
Da Funk – Daft Punk
Block Rockin’ Beats – The Chemical Brothers
Wildcat – Ratatat
Discositdown – Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns
Wherever, Whenever – Shakira
Destroy Everything You Touch – Ladytron
Beam Me Up [Jacques Renault Remix] – Midnight Magic
Uptown Funk [feat. Bruno Mars] – Mark Ronson
Midnight at the Oasis – Brand New Heavies
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Sixteen Candles – The Crests