Daily Discussion Thread: Fri 15 Dec 2023

Here’s a nice little playlist. You can guess the theme

1. Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
2. Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
3. Mack the Knife – Bobby Darrin (writen by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht)
4. Bad Boys – Inner Circle (Theme from COPS)
5. I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton
6. Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
7. Hurricane – Bob Dylan (Rubin “Hurricane” Carter)
8. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
9. Jenny Was A Friend of Mine – The Killers
10. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
11. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band
12. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price
13. Breakin’ The Law – Judas Priest
14. Strange Fruit – Billy Holliday
15. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats (Brenda Ann Spencer)
16. Midnight Rambler – The Rolling Stones
17. Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
18. One Piece at a Time – Johnny Cash
19. Bang Bang – Cher
20. Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin
21. Criminal – Fiona Apple
22. Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi
23. Deep Red Bells – Neko Case
24. Informer – Snow
25. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
26. Renegade – Styx
27. No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant
28. Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio
29. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
30. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles
31. Goodbye Earl – The Dixie Chicks
32. I Fought The Law – The Bobby Fuller Four
33. Delilah – Tom Jones
34. Don’t Take Me Alive – Steely Dan
35. Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello
36. Twilight Zone – Golden Earring
37. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
38. Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction
39. Criminal – Britney Spears
40. Who Stole the Cookie From the Cookie Jar? – various
41. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
42. Psycho Killer – The Talking Heads
43. The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia – Vikki Lawrence
44. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon
45. Smuggler’s Blues – Glenn Frey
46. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
47. Desperado – The Eagles
48. Gypsies Tramps and Thieves – Cher
49. Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A.

It was recently the 40th anniversary of Thriller album. Maybe a track from there. Can’t go past Billie Jean.

Songs about drinkin' and/or living that good life near the water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU

And an old favourite drinking song of mine from back in the day, best enjoyed later in an evening when you're all ready to sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETXvW0hWww4

Got to have Fame by Irene Cara.

I love that song.

D I S C O

Anything with

LARGE

80'S

SNARE DRUMS