Coldest Night of theYear.

Traditionally the first week-end in January is seen as the graveyard slot. Folk are broke, face a long wait till pay day and are still recovering from the New Year over indulgence. Fling in to the equation streets filled with ice and snow and the coldest week for years and you would bet generously on the pub being quiet on Saturday January 9th. I did. I threw together a potential play list of quieter, more reflective tunes and some happy sing-alongs to entertain the brave and hardy souls who ventured out in a Captain Cook stylee.
But no. The pub was once more really busy. This situation certainly helped by Sainsbury's staff night out who filled the section in front of me but the rest of the pub was little quieter. 
So out went the tracklist and I settled for playing stuff that girls like. 

Tracks played looks like this.

1. Walk Out To Winter - Aztec Camera

2. Honey In The Sun - Camera Obscura

3. The First Time You Saw Snow - Shirley Lee

4. Bad Weather - The Supremes

5. Sweet Talking Guy - The Chiffons

6. Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson

7. Broken Heels - Alexandra Burke

8. About A Girl (Serotonin Thieves Remix) - Sugababes

9. Cherish - Madonna

10. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow

11. Kiss - Prince

12. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder

13. I Can't Wait - Original Mix - Another Chance

14. Bad Romance (Starsmith Remix) - Lady Gaga

15. Break My Heart (Cassette Club Mix) - Taio Cruz

16. Empire State Of Mind (Part II) - Alicia Keys
17. Young Forever (Featuring Mr Hudson) - Jay-Z
18. Hotel Room Service - Pitbull *
19. Step It Up - Stereo Mc's
20. Dirtee Cash - Dizzee Rascal
21. Hideaway - De'Lacy
22. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye

23. Fight For This Love (Cahill Club Mix) - Cheryl Cole

24. Morning After ( Moto Blanco Mix - Timbaland & Nelly Furtado

25. Put Em High - Stonebridge

26. Anyway ( Dlg Bigroom Remix) - Ducksauce

27. Good Times - Chic

28. Paolo's Pencil Full Of Party - Paolo Nutini Vs Lou Bega

29. Who's The Man - High Maintenance

30. I Like It (Riva Starr Mix) - Malente

31. Riverside - Sidney Samson *

32. Nobody Listens To Techno - Funkagenda

33. Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke *

34. Ready For The Weekend - Calvin Harris

35. Dance Dreams - Lady Gaga Vs Eurythmics

36. Meet Me Halfway ('Less Is More' Remix) - Black Eyed Peas

37. Knock You Down - Keri Hilson *

38. Closer (Freddz Close Up Vocal Mix) - Ne-Yo

39. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

40. Battlefield (Jason Nevins Mixshow Edit) - Jordin Sparks

41. Find Yourself - John O'Callaghan *

42. Papillon (Tiesto Remix) - Editors

43. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

44. Whisky In Jar - Thin Lizzy *

45. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine *

46. Juicebox - The Strokes

47. Crazy Horses - Osmonds

48. Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Buble *

49. Come Fly With Me - Sinatra

50. Mess Around - Ray Charles

51. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Vs Spankox

52. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

53. Minha Menina - The Bees

54. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

55. Come Up And See Me - Cockney Rebel

56. Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx

57. Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin Daddies

58. Hotel Yorba - White Stripes

59. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Dylan

60. Bad Moon Rising - C C R

61. Parklife - Blur

62. Dont Stop Believing - Journey

*Request

I have never been a fan of Tiesto but I have a soft spot for his mix of The Editors track. It's loud and pounds along in a predictable but still effective way. It follows on well from O'Callaghan's 'Find Yourself' which remains a firm local fave. 'Riverside' has now been picked up by the mainstream, so time to move on to Fungagenda's 'Nobody Listens to Techno'.

I enjoyed slamming on 'Juicebox', a much neglected Strokes tune and just because I can I like dropping in 'Crazy Horses' by the world's first Mormon supergroup ( as long as you don't include The Tabernacle Choir in your definition of supergroup).

Ian Dury was played because of the film of the same name being on at the flics.  Camera Obscura for Andy, who clearly didn't get any new cds for his Christmas. 

Back in a fortnight. The grind - it just goes on and on.