I was looking through my site stats yesterday, and found that this page is the fourth hit on Google for “birthday playlist”. Why? I dunno. But it’s my birthday party playlist from 2009.
Here’s the playlist from this year’s party:
1. The Cars – Shake It Up (3:30)
2. Blondie – Once I Had a Love (3:14)
3. The Clash – The Guns Of Brixton (3:12)
4. Buzzcocks – What Do I Get? (2:57)
5. Roxy Music – Out Of The Blue (4:46)
6. Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Lovesick (3:12)
7. Return To Mono – Framebreaker (5:06)
8. Duran Duran – Being Followed (3:48)
9. The Fixx – Are We Ourselves? (2:27)
10. The Big Pink – Crystal Visions (5:48)
11. Blondfire – L-L-Love (3:51)
12. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored (3:30)
13. The Cure – A Night Like This (4:05)
14. New Order – Your Silent Face (5:59)
15. The Horrors – Sea Within a Sea (7:58)
16. Dragonette – Liar (3:56)
17. Soulwax – E Talking (5:39)
18. Ladytron – Ace of Hz (Album Version) (3:35)
19. Burning Sensations – Pablo Picasso (4:03)
20. Big Audio Dynamite – Bottom Line (3:46)
21. R.E.M. – Discoverer (3:31)
22. Dramarama – Visiting the Zoo (4:03)
23. Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud (2:57)
24. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Radio, Radio (3:07)
25. One Night Only – Say You Don’t Want It (4:08)
26. Happy Mondays – Step On (5:20)
27. The Bravery – I Am Your Skin (3:01)
28. Karaocake – It Doesn’t Take a Whole Week (3:41)
29. Asobi Seksu – Perfectly Crystal (3:50)
30. Cocteau Twins – Lorelei (3:41)
31. Roxy Music – Same Old Scene (3:57)
32. Weep – Let Me (4:01)
33. Crystal Castles – Not In Love (featuring Robert Smith) (3:48)
34. The Psychedelic Furs – Into You Like A Train (4:35)
35. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin (2:52)
36. Fishbone – Ugly (2:52)
37. Men at Work – Be Good Johnny (3:39)
38. The Damned – Grimly Fiendish (Bad Trip Mix) (5:12)
39. Cold Cave – Life Magazine (2:55)
40. Devo – Human Rocket (3:22)
41. Duran Duran – Faster Than Light (4:28)
42. Stars – Wasted Daylight (3:42)
43. White Lies – Strangers (5:24)
44. Lykke Li – Get Some (3:22)
45. DJ Hell and Bryan Ferry – U Can Dance (Radio Mix) (3:58)
46. Saint Etienne – You’re In A Bad Way (3:07)
47. This Mortal Coil – Not Me (3:44)
48. The Police – On Any Other Day (2:58)
49. The Pixies – Gigantic (single version) (3:13)
50. R.E.M. – Harborcoat (3:53)
51. Ladyhawke – Magic (3:27)
52. Japan – Life In Tokyo (3:33)
53. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Higher Than The Stars (3:49)
54. Headlights – Cherry Tulips (3:28)
55. Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians – Balloon Man (3:35)
56. Guadalcanal Diary – Always Saturday (4:10)
57. Pylon – Volume (4:16)
58. Time Toy – Hi (1:28)
59. Washed Out – Feel It All Around (3:15)
60. Kim Wilde – Everything We Know (3:46)
61. Bjork – Hyper-ballad (5:21)
62. Propaganda – Duel (4:41)
63. Duran Duran – Sound Of Thunder (4:08)
64. Joy Division – Disorder (3:32)
65. Clan of Xymox – A Day (6:42)
66. Modern English – Life in the Gladhouse (5:54)
67. Xmal Deutschland – Orient (4:03)
68. The Fratellis – Flathead (3:17)
69. Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters – Drive By Shooting (2:01)
70. Generation X – One Hundred Punks (3:10)
71. The Replacements – I.O.U (2:59)
72. The Jam – Start! (2:19)
73. R.E.M. – I Believe (3:50)
74. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere (4:03)
75. Saint Etienne – Method of Modern Love (3:36)
76. Carl Carlton – Everlasting Love (2:37)
77. OceanLab – Sirens Of The Sea (Above and Beyond Radio Edit) (3:49)
78. Madonna – Skin (6:21)
79. Au Revoir Simone – Another Likely Story (4:39)
80. Passions – In Love With a German Filmstar (Long version) (3:58)
81. Paul Oakenfold – Southern Sun (6:57)
82. Front 242 – Masterhit (Part I & II) (7:07)
83. 808 State – Cübik (3:41)
84. Messiah – Temple Of Dreams (Original mix) (5:15)
85. Nitzer Ebb – Lightning Man (4:58)
86. Simple Minds – Reel To Real Cacophony (2:52)
87. Cocteau Twins – Fotzepolitic (3:30)
88. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth (5:43)
89. The Cardigans – My Favourite Game (3:40)
90. Ciccone Youth – Into the Groove(y) (5:13)
91. Mazzy Star – Hair and Skin (3:42)
92. Fleeting Joys – Magnificent Oblivion (5:35)
93. The Church – Under the Milky Way (4:57)
94. Cheap Trick – Surrender (4:11)
95. The Thermals – I’m Gonna Change Your Life (2:59)
96. Melody Club – Take Me Away (3:12)
97. Master Cylinder – Jung at Heart (DJ Rex’s Office Space mix) (1:16)
98. Nouvelle Vague – Just Can’t Get Enough (3:07)
99. 10,000 Maniacs – My Mother the War (3:32)
100. Jem – They (3:16)
101. Trembling Blue Stars – St. Paul’s Cathedral at Night (4:53)
102. 86 – Minutes in a Day (4:16)
103. Galaxie 500 – Ceremony (5:56)
104. Television – See No Evil (3:49)
105. Tubeway Army – Down In The Park (4:24)
106. Colourbox – Hot Doggie (2:57)
107. Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid (3:38)
108. Isaac Hayes – Theme from Shaft (3:16)
109. Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street (3:47)
110. Ice Cube – Givin’ Up The Nappy Dugout (4:14)
111. The Lonely Island – Jizz In My Pants (2:31)
112. Diana Ross – Love Hangover (Long version) (7:50)
113. Snatch Soundtrack – “Nemesis” – Alan Ford (0:15)
114. The Stranglers – Golden Brown (3:28)
115. Eve’s Plum – Save A Prayer (4:51)
116. The Glove – Like An Animal (4:55)
117. Hüsker Dü – Eight Miles High (3:59)
118. The Pixies – Head On (2:02)
119. Revolting Cocks – Stainless Steel Providers (5:55)
120. Archive – You Make Me Feel (4:06)
121. Saint Etienne – Angel (Way Out West mix) (6:35)
122. Duran Duran – Hold Back the Rain (4:00)
123. The Cure – A Strange Day (5:03)
124. The Detroit Cobras – Breakaway (2:36)
125. Camper Van Beethoven – Eye Of Fatima (2:38)
126. Sleigh Bells – Tell ‘Em (2:56)
127. Metric – Stadium Love (4:12)
128. XTC – That’s Really Super, Supergirl (3:21)
129. Duran Duran – Careless Memories (3:54)
130. OMD – Enola Gay (3:29)
131. Depeche Mode – It’s No Good (5:59)
132. Best Coast – When I’m With You (2:58)
133. Emiliana Torrini – Baby Blue (4:05)
134. Bryan Ferry – Kiss & Tell (4:52)
135. The Helio Sequence – The Captive Mind (3:34)
136. The Isles – Hide Your Work (2:48)
137. Nada Surf – If You Leave (5:04)
138. Hooverphonic – Renaissance Affair (3:25)
139. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Cascade (4:24)
140. Phoenix – Girlfriend (3:24)
141. Duran Duran – Khanada (3:28)
142. Duran Duran – Friends Of Mine (5:43)
143. The Submarines – Boys Don’t Cry (3:34)
144. Robortom – Paganini Rocks (Radio Edit) (with Au Revoir Simone) (2:54)
145. Astrud Gilberto – The Gentle Rain (RJD2 Remix) (6:01)
146. Cocteau Twins – In The Gold Dust Rush (3:39)
147. She & Him – Thieves (4:07)
148. Serge Gainsbourg – Melody (7:32)
149. Maxence Cyrin – Where Is My Mind (2:47)
150. Madonna – Paradise (Not For Me) (6:32)
151. The Cure – Fear Of Ghosts (6:48)
152. David Sylvian – Taking The Veil (4:39)
153. Hem – South Central Rain (3:10)
154. Asobi Seksu – Deep Weird Sleep (1:59)
155. David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes (4:25)
156. Edmund Butt – Title Music from Ashes To Ashes (0:53)