Happy 37th Birthday to the Apple Mac.
Our Apple themed evening was a great success. The music was described as fabulously eclectic which, if you know any of my playlists or have ever attended a real life gig (remember those?!), is precisely the aim. Lots of musical genres and ages smooshed up together always make me feel like I’ve “smashed it”.
The requests really did span the chasm of sublime ridiculousness and sometimes the links were soooo tenuous as to cause groans. The Operating System names proved to be a great inspiration and the playlist was littered with lions and tigers but sadly no bears, though there were a couple of mice too.
Cocteau Twins Fruitopia music and Floppotron’s (fabulous) version of the Tetris theme weren’t available on Spotify so I’ve pasted the Youtube links below for your enjoyment.
- Moondog – Tree Trail
- Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
- Nick Drake – Fruit Tree
- Cocteau Twins – TV Commercials – Fruitopia Commercial
- Crowded House – Pineapple Head
- Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Telephone And Rubber Band
- Pantha Du Prince – the splendour
- Cocteau Twins – Cherry-Coloured Funk
- Maus Haus – We Used Technology (But Technology Let Us Down)
- Efterklang – Apples
- Hozier – Cherry Wine
- Joséphine Baker – Ram-pam-pam
- The Andrews Sisters – Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree
- Ronnie Hilton – Windmill in old Amsterdam (I saw a mouse)
- Donna Summer – MacArthur Park
- Eurythmics – “Sex Crime” 1984
- Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
- The Housemartins – Me And The Farmer
- Pérez Prado – Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
- Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack (C & J Radio Edit)
- The Ting Tings – Shut Up & Let Me Go
- Bicep – Apricots (Original Mix)
- Calvin Harris – Acceptable In The 80’s
- Laura Mvula – Green Garden
- Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
- Remi Wolf – Hello Hello Hello
- Lizzo – Juice [Explicit]
- Daft Punk – Touch It / Technologic
- Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
- T.Rex – Jeepster
- Mud – Tiger Feet
- The Mavericks – Dance The Night Away
- Applejacks – Tell Me When
- The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
- The Floppotron: – Korobeiniki (Tetris Theme)
- Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots
- Prince – Raspberry Beret
- Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther Theme
- The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Remastered Edit)
- Altered Images – Happy Birthday
- Strawberry Switchblade – Since Yesterday
- Orange juice – Rip it up
- Grease Original Film Cast Feat. Stockard Channing – Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee
- Happy Mondays – Step On
- lynne anderson – Rose Garden
- The Isley Brothers – Harvest for the World, Pt. 1
- Inner City – Good Life
- Gladys Knight & The Pips – Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
- MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS – Froot
- Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
- LCD Soundsystem – Disco Infiltrator Single Version
- Sleaford Mods – Jobseeker
- Joy Division – Digital
- Wire – Outdoor Miner
- Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
- Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
- Killing Joke – Eighties
- Kraftwerk – Computer World 2
- Bananarama – Really Saying Something
- Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
- The Banana Splits – The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)
- Losdelrio – Macarena
- Gorillaz Feat. De La Soul – Feel Good Inc.
- KT Tunstall – Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
- Ram Jam – Black Betty
- Rocky Sharpe & The Replays – Rama Lama Ding Dong
- Meri Wilson – Telephone Man
- Black Grape – Kelly’s Heroes
- R.E.M. – Orange Crush
- The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight (Single Version)
- Madness – Driving In My Car
- Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
- The Smiths – Panic
Club 30-80 