Lists: an excercise in recollection Vol. 2

We are going dancing tonight......
I made this list to go along with my recent LJ entry (cat's outta the bag. I have two blogs. No wonder I have no free time!) about my brother Jordan's DJ gig, coming up on Nov. 1rst at the Davis Graduate (if you want to see the flier, go here.)

Songs I like to dance to:
1.Babe, I'm on fire- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
This song is 15 minutes long, and I have danced to the whole thing I think 3 times now. Usually in living rooms. It's basically a crazy organ-fuelled list of all the people in the world we happen to be saying, "Babe, I'm on Fire". And you will be too, after you dance to the whole thing.
2. Miss You- The Rolling Stones
The lyrics are hilareous. Once I was at a party and the host had it on PINK vinyl! AND I didn't steal it!
3. When you were mine- Cyndi Lauper version
This song is by Prince, but I like Cyndi's version better because she is so squeaky. All I imagine when I hear this song is This Girl jumping up and down in the air because it's her favorite.
4. Get Up- Nate Dogg
This is hip-hop, which besides Goth, is my favorite kind of music to dance to. This song has this incredible build up and Nate Dogg sings like he is in a barbershop quartet.
5. Man Tap- The Devil Makes Three
These are my friends, absolutley kickass punk bluegrass, and they dedicate this to me at their shows. OOOh, I love that. Make friends with a band just so you can have that pleasure! This song has great lines about "changing a creature of the sky to a creature of the land".
6. Tainted Love- Soft Cell
A nostalgic favorite, not because I was dancing at clubs in the 80's (I was a child), but because when I got my fake ID JUST so I could go dancing, I would go to 80's nights at bars, and this song would drive me out of my mind.
7. Hives- IBOPA
An amazing song with accordian by the late great IBOPA. The lead singer, Jamie, is not getting famous with his band Xiu Xiu, but he used to make this crazy music. As far as I can tell, it's a song about being HIV positive, and not afraid to die. I'm seriously going to bput it on my computer and link a copy to download, just so you can understand how it makes me dance around in my bedroom like someone who has been mixing their ouzo and their nitrous oxide.
8. Cold Cold Ground- Tom Waits
This is a slow dance song. The first time I went to the local gothic night with Mykle, they inexplicably played this, and it was one of the best moments of my life, cause it's so sad and so beautiful.
9. Magic Stick- Lil'Kim
I just love how raunchy the lyrics are: "I'm in the crib givin' niggaz deep throat". My Lord. Really good for booze-soaked-dance-nights when the dyke crews roll up.
10. Happy Birthday- Stevie Wonder
In case you didn't know already, I have THE DORKIEST family on the planet earth, and damn are we proud of it. Actually, only the children in my family are actually conscious of this dorkiness, but here is an example of it: We have a custom, when it is anyone's birthday in the family, to put on this song (a very catchy song) and dance together in the living room. There are only four of us. It totally rules.