I’m officially out of ideas for names for my Online Dance Parties. For a long time I tied the title into a movie sequel, but there just aren’t any film franchises left that have at least 17 entries. I shouldn’t have wasted James Bond and Godzilla so early!! The dance party could have fought Biollante last night, or had a golden eye. I just didn’t expect the pandemic to last 17 weeks, so my 17th weekly Twitch get-together had no name this week. Just like Clint Eastwood in the three spaghetti westerns he made.
Except, even though we all call him The Man With No Name, he had a name in each movie. He was Joe in A Fistful of Dollars, Manco in For a Few Dollars More, and Blondie in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Maybe I should have called last night’s party Joe “Blondie” Manco. Oh well. By the way, if you’ve not seen those three films, do so. They are all great.
Here are the songs that coalesced into last night’s Online Dance Party. You know, the dance party with no name.
Magic – Olivia Newton-John
Suddenly – Olivia Newton-John with Cliff Richard
Dancin’ – Olivia Newton-John with The Tubes
Suspended in Time – Olivia Newton-John
Whenever You’re Away from Me – Olivia Newton-John with Gene Kelly
I’m Alive – Electric Light Orchestra
Itch and Scratch (Part 2) – Rufus Thomas
Scratchin’ – The Magic Disco Machine
Think (About It) – Lyn Collins
Machine Gun – Commodores
Ain’t No Stopping Us – McFadden & Whitehead
Love Rollercoaster – The Ohio Players
Mission Bells – The Aislers Set
Rule the Nation – Hugh Roy
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side – Magnetic Fields
No Surprises – Radiohead
Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl – Broken Social Scene
Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time – Jarvis Cocker
Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan
Touch of Grey – The Grateful Dead
My Insatiable One – Suede
Funky D.J – Fried Chicken
You Don’t Love Me (No No No) – Dawn Penn
Come Together – The Beatles
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Where Is My Mind? – Pixies
Playing Your Game, Baby – Barry White
Swayze – Diego’s Umbrella
Sing – Travis
Melodie d’Amour – The Ames Brothers
Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers
It’s Good to Be Alive – Imelda May
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – The Soggy Bottom Boys
New York City – Cub
Harvest – Neil Young
Shut Up and Let Me Go – The Ting Tings
You’re So Vain – The Black Neon
Block Rockin’ Beats – The Chemical Brothers
Lisztomania [Alex Metric Remix] – Phoenix
Found Out – Caribou
Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem
Cherry Blossom Girl – Air
Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Come a Little Closer – Cage the Elephant
Duct Tape My Heart – Freezepop
That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings
I Eat Cannibals – Toto Coelo
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
All the Small Things – Blink-182
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Nikki French
Beautiful Life – Ace of Base
Accelerated – Miami Nights 1984
I Am the Best – 2NE1
Pika Pika [feat. Vinnie Jones] – Steve Aoki & Loopers
Bappi – Jamie Jones & the Martinez Brothers
Boombayah – Blackpink
House Shake – Torro Torro & Smalltown DJs
American Soviets [Cameron Paul Mix] – CCCP
Don’t Go – Yaz
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Our Lips Are Sealed – Fun Boy Three
NY Lipps – Soulwax
Filthy/Gorgeous – Scissor Sisters
Fuck the Pain Away – Peaches
Satisfaction – Benny Benassi
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Xanadu [feat. Olivia Newton-John] – Electric Light Orchestra
Get Some – Lykke Li
I Turn My Camera On – Spoon
Float On – Modest Mouse
Skinny Genes – Eliza Doolittle
Shake That Ass in the Disco – The Lovemakers Vs. 50 Cent
I Saw Cinnamon – Dressy Bessy
Natural One – Folk Implosion
Low Key [feat. Tyga] – Ally Brooke
Synergy – Modena
Music – Response – The Chemical Brothers
Da Funk – Daft Punk
You Must Learn All Night Long [Swamp Mix] – Fantastic Plastic Machine
Human Behavior – Björk
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
Say It Ain’t So – Weezer
I Miss You – Blink-182
Gigantic – Pixies
Secret – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Obsession – Animotion
West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight – Dominatrix
Enjoy the Silence – Depeche Mode
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
What I Like About You – The Romantics
Dreaming – Blondie
Transmission – Joy Division
One Step Beyond – Madness
The State I Am In – Belle & Sebastian
Best of My Love – The Emotions
Just the Two of Us – Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers
Just the Two of Us – Chubb Rock
Rasputin – Boney M
Let Me Down Easy – Rare Pleasure
Thank God It’s Friday – Love & Kisses
Let’s All Chant – The Michael Zager Band
When Doves Cry – Prince and the Revolution
On My Radio – The Selector
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Dancin’ [feat. The Tubes] – Olivia Newton-John
More, More, More – The Andrea True Connection
Fernando – ABBA