Party music for weird family

11 11 2009

I’ve been asked to compile a playlist for a family party. Easy, enjoyable enough task you’d think; that’s what I thought until I started. Trying to come up with an arrangement of music to suit everyone from my 17 year old emo cousin to my 75 year old granny, plus a load of new French relatives that I’ve never met, is no mean feat. I refuse to go down the ‘party megamix’ route and I don’t think that Paramore and My Chemical Romance will go down well with the olds, so any suggestions are more than welcome.

Thought I’d get started with these:

Marlena Shaw – California Soul

Eddie Bo – Check Your Bucket

Jurassic 5 – Concrete Schoolyard