New Year’s was a reasonably quiet affair here at home – with me, Jake, Brendan, and (above, left to right) Jo, Kelly and Bobbie.
We played card games, had several drinks of various species and qualities, ate nibbles – and just generally hung out. A bunch of kiwis in Birmingham, enjoying the end of a decade together.
And all the way along, we listened to music. Cheesy music, mostly – thrown up randomly (and with a couple of repeats) by the iTunes upstairs. Party stuff with a decent proportion of the sounds of home. I thought I’d post the playlist, so that if we ever wanted to recreate that specific party in accurate detail for whatever reason, we could.
New Year’s Playlist
Bob Marley – I Shot the Sheriff
Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Oasis – Roll With It
The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl
Dave Pike – My Little Suede Shoes
The Exponents – Who Loves You The Most
Dragon – April Sun in Cuba
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
The Clash – London Calling
Jenny Morris – You I Know
The Mockers – Forever Tuesday Morning
Jenny Morris – She Has To Be Loved
Huey Lewis & The News – The Power Of Love
Dan Wilson and Bic Runga – Good Morning Baby
The Screaming Meemees – See Me Go
The Mutton Birds – Dominion Road
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’)
DD Smash – The Devil You Know
Split Enz – One Step Ahead
DD Smash – Magic What She Do
The Stranglers – Golden Brown
Yazoo – Don’t Go
Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God
Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
Headless Chickens – Donde Esta la Pollo
Blur – Charmless Man
Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Supergroove – Can’t Get Enough
The Clash – Train In Vain
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room
The B-52′s – Rock Lobster
Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin’
Split Enz – I Got You
The Exponents – I’ll Say Goodbye
Pulp – Common People
Paula Abdul – Straight Up
Dexys Midnight Runners – Geno
UB40 – Red Wine
Madness – Baggy Trousers
Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
UB40 & Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots
The Main Ingredient – Work To Do
Oasis – Wonderwall
Crowded House – Something So Strong
Blondie – The Tide Is High
DLT – Chains
The Mutton Birds – Nature
The Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew
Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Split Enz – I See Red
Sly Fox – Let’s Go All The Way
New Order – Blue Monday
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – Islands in the Stream
Blur – There’s No Other Way
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing Well
Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine
Erasure – Stop!
The Waterboys – Whole of the Moon
Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
The Exponents – Victoria
Gorillaz – Dirty Harry
Paul Hardcastle – 19
Radiohead – Creep
Th’ Dudes – Bliss
Inner City – Good Life
Satellite Spies – Destiny in Motion
The Exponents – Why Does Love Do This to Me
Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Sister Sledge – We Are Family
ABC – The Look of Love
Hello Sailor – Gutter Black
Soul II Soul – Keep on Moving
Duran Duran – Girls On Film
The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
The Swingers – Counting the Beat
Sisters Underground – In the Neighbourhood
The Cure – The Lovecats
Herbs – Nuclear Waste
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
Grace Jones – Nipple To The Bottle
The Exponents – Airway Spies
James – Sit Down
Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious
Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter 23
Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
Bus Stop feat. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting
Duran Duran – Rio
Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me
The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
The Human League – Love Action (I Believe in Love)
Tim Finn – Fraction Too Much Friction
Knobz – Culture
The Specials – A Message To You Rudy
Mel & Kim – Respectable
Joan Jett – I Love Rock & Roll
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Hed
Bill Withers – Take It All In And Check It All Out
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Auld Lang Syne (Midnight!)
Prince – 1999
R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)