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I need help making a playlist for a restaurant
Shogun
Hair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get alongRegistered User regular
Hair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get alongRegistered User regular
I just started a new job at the swankest place to eat in my town. Restaurant has been open for quite a long time and despite the economy has remained open and profitable. It is definitely the most expensive place to eat out where I live. The restaurant places emphasis on everything being cooked in house (which it is) and using the highest quality ingredients. For example on our menu we do not advertise the prices of steaks. It simply says market price and we relay actual price to the customer if they ask. The style of the restaurant is higher end contemporary.
Now all that said the music they play ranges from appropriately awesome to complete utter shit. They actually played the rickroll during dinner service. The music also bounces from something upbeat to something sad and dreary. I asked if I could create a playlist and hook my ipod up and I got the go ahead provided I could give them a playlist to look over beforehand. Every song I've chosen so far is tasteful and would fit the feel of the restaurant very well. I've also chosen mostly songs that are upbeat because the staff enjoys it a lot more. I'm not going to type out the whole list obviously but I will mention some artists I've chosen.
The Police, James Brown, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Astud Gilberto, Beach Boys, Yello, The Beatles, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye + Tammi Terrel, Johnny Watson, Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Ronnie Hudson, Kool and the Gang, Dick Dale and the Deltones, Booker T and the MGs, The Champs, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Sinatra, The Kinks, Elvis Presley, Bobby Byrd, Bill Haley and the Comets, George Clinton, Bee Gees, The Chords, The Chordettes, Little Eva, Sam Cooke, The Coasters, The Contours.
Basically I am looking for stuff like what I've listed. Obviously I have a lot but I want to make a list that can easily outlast dinner service so from around 4 or 5PM to 10PM. So far my list has only about 65 songs on it total. I'd like to see more from 50s, 60s, 70s, and even 80s if I felt like it would fit with the restaurant.
Now all that said the music they play ranges from appropriately awesome to complete utter shit. They actually played the rickroll during dinner service. The music also bounces from something upbeat to something sad and dreary. I asked if I could create a playlist and hook my ipod up and I got the go ahead provided I could give them a playlist to look over beforehand. Every song I've chosen so far is tasteful and would fit the feel of the restaurant very well. I've also chosen mostly songs that are upbeat because the staff enjoys it a lot more. I'm not going to type out the whole list obviously but I will mention some artists I've chosen.
The Police, James Brown, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Astud Gilberto, Beach Boys, Yello, The Beatles, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye + Tammi Terrel, Johnny Watson, Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Ronnie Hudson, Kool and the Gang, Dick Dale and the Deltones, Booker T and the MGs, The Champs, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Sinatra, The Kinks, Elvis Presley, Bobby Byrd, Bill Haley and the Comets, George Clinton, Bee Gees, The Chords, The Chordettes, Little Eva, Sam Cooke, The Coasters, The Contours.
Basically I am looking for stuff like what I've listed. Obviously I have a lot but I want to make a list that can easily outlast dinner service so from around 4 or 5PM to 10PM. So far my list has only about 65 songs on it total. I'd like to see more from 50s, 60s, 70s, and even 80s if I felt like it would fit with the restaurant.
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Amnesty
Al Green
Boscoe
Charles Wright and 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Curtis Mayfield
Cymande
Edwin Starr
El Michels Affair
Five Royales
Gil Scott-Heron
Isaac Hayes
Jackie Wilson
Jimmy McGriff
Joe Bataan
Joe Tex
Jimmy Smith
King Curtis
Marvine Gaye
Miles Davis
O'Jays
Otis Redding
The Budos Band
Rufus Thomas
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (It's from the last 10 years but sounds like 1968)
Skull Snaps
Sly and the Family Stone
Stevie Wonder
Swamp Dogg
The Blackbyrds
Solomon Burke
The Impressions
The Meters
The Original Platters
The Temptations
The Spinners
The Stylistics
Tower of Power
Undisputed Truth
War
Willie Hutch
Wilson Pickett
Shogun Streams Vidya
BlackbeardonGuitar's got ya covered.
Diana Krall
Ella Fitzgerald ("goodnight my love," "I got it bad," "the best of the first lady song")
Etta James
Fats Domino
Miles Davis
Norah Jones
Quincy Jones
Jazzy:
Gene Harris
Duke Ellington
Kenny Burrell
Howard Alden
Stan Getz
Bill Evan
Scott Hamilton
Charlie Byrd
Thelonius Monk
Karrin Allyson
Curtis Stigers
Mary Stallings
Dennis Rowland
Susanna McCorkle
Tony Bennet
Carol Sloane
Mel orme
Carmen McRae
Billie Holiday
Ernestine Anderson
Anyways you can just choose any song from alot of thse artists and they'd be good at least from their older albums
100 Proof Aged In Soul - 1. Everything Good is Bad
Sam and Dave - 1. Soul Man; 2. Hold On, I'm Comin'
Amnesty - Mr. President
Al Green - 1. Here I Am (Come and Take Me 2. Love and Happiness 3. Let's Stay Together 4. I'm Still In Love With You
Arthur Conley - 1. I'm Gonna Forget About You
Baby Huey - 1. Running
Billy Preson - 1. Nothing from Nothing
Boscoe - 1. If I Had My Way
Charles Wright and 103rd Street Rhythm Band - 1. Express Yourself 2. Any Day Now
Chuck Jackson - Make the Night a Little Higher
Curtis Mayfield - 1. Superfly 2. Pusherman 3. Move On Up
Cymande - 1. Bra
Edwin Starr - 1. All ARound the World 2. War 3. 25 Miles
Eddie Floyd - 1. Knock on Wood
El Michels Affair - 1. Too Late to Turn Back 2. Ocho Rios 3. Hung Up on My Baby
Five Royales - 1. Mine Forever
Fred Wesley and the JBs -
Gil Scott-Heron - 1. Johannesburg
Isaac Hayes - 1. Theme From Shaft
Jackie Wilson - Higher
James Carr - 1. Coming Back to Be My Baby
Jimmy McGriff
Joe Bataan - 1. Freedom
Joe Tex - 1. The Love That You Save (May Be Your Own) 2. Show Me 3. I've Got to Do a Little Better
Jimmy Smith - 1. Root Down
King Curtis - 1. Soul Twist 2. Night Train
King Floyd - 1. Baby Let Me Kiss You 2. Groove Me 3. Let Us Be
Lee Moses - 1. Time and Place
Leon Haywood - 1. Believe Half of What You See
Marvine Gaye - 1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough 2. What's Going On 3. I Heard It Through the Grape Vine
Miles Davis
O'Jays 1. When the World's at Peace 2. For the Love of Money
Otis Redding - 1. Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay 2. I Can't Turn You Loose
Pieces of Peace - 1. Pollution
The Budos Band - 1. Chicago Falcon 2. Volcano Song
Rufus Thomas - 1. Walking the Dog 2. The Memphis Train
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (It's from the last 10 years but sounds like 1968) - 1. Tell Me 2. Fish in My Dish 3. Nobody's My Baby
Skull Snaps - 1. It's a New Day
Sly and the Family Stone - 1. Everyday People 2. I Want to Take You Higher 3. If You Want Me to Stay
Stevie Wonder - 1. For Once in My Life
Swamp Dogg - 1. Total Destruction of Your Mind
The Blackbyrds - 1. Supernatural Feeling 2. I Need You
Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
The Impressions - 1. It's All Right
The Incredible Bongo Band - 1. Bongolia
The Meters - 1. Borro 2. Fire on the Bayou 3. Tippi-toes 4. Ease Back 5. Cardova
The Original Platters
The Temptations - 1. Ain't to Proud to Beg 2. The Way You Do the Things You Do 3. Get Ready 4. My Girl
The Spinners 1. Rubberband Man
The Stylistics
Tower of Power
Undisputed Truth
War - 1. Why Can't We Be Friends
William Bell - 1. You Don't Miss Your Water 2. Any Other Way
Willie Hutch - 1. I Choose You 2. Vampin'
Wilson Pickett - 1. In the Midnight Hour 2. Land of 1000 Dances 3. I'm a Midnight Mover
but seriously:
Van Morrison - moon dance, brow eyed girl, etc.
Bob Marley and the Wailers, (pretty much any song that isn't about the atrocities committed against our darkly colored friends)
Huey Lewis and the News
Genesis
The Clash (have some classy-ish songs, I Fought the Law, Train in Vain, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Rock the Casbah, no really I knew these songs before rock band, honest)
can be pretty good picks.
I would think you could play entire cd's by this band. Super mellow bossa nova covers of 80's songs. All female singers; they have a semi-revolving group of members.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
Shogun Streams Vidya
Toots and the Maytals - 1. True Love is Hard to Find 2. Take Me Home County Road
Allen Toussaint - 1. Cast Your Fate to the Wind 2. Goin' Down 3. Sweet Touch of Love
Desmond Dekker - 1. Peace of Mind
Jorge Ben - 1. Take It Easy My Brother Charles 2. Taj Mahal 3. Zazuiera
Som Tres - 1. Homenagem a Mongo
Os Mutantes - 1. A Minha Menina
Delroy Wilson - Feel Good All Over 2. Funky Broadway
Lee Fields - 1. I Don't Know Where I'm Going