I completely forgot to post about our party last night ahead of it happening but the themes was gold. On 5 February 1869 the largest alluvial gold nugget was discovered in Victoria, Australia. The nugget was known as Welcome Stranger. As usual, the theme is loose so we took the nugget as a starting point and ran with it. We were looking for songs that celebrated gold and other metals, mining and prospecting, and strangers and we weren’t disappointed.
Ironically, on February 7, 1863 one of the earliest versions of the Periodic Table called the Law of Octaves was published by British chemist John Newlands and also considered by some to be National Periodic Table Day. Out little golden party sat right between the two!
I had about 8 hours of music on my long list and managed to whittle it down to 3 and a bit on the night. We dug our way through a significant amount of the periodic table taking in gold, silver, copper, lead and tin. Our diamonds and pearls offset our rubies perfectly as they shone, dazzled and glittered down down deep deeper and down into the dark of the evening. I was very lucky to have had such fabulous requests and consider them to be all “mine”!
- Múm – Once A Shiny Morning Puddle
- Aztec Camera – Working In A Goldmine
- Cowboy Junkies – Mining For Gold
- Mr. Acker Bilk, The Leon Young String Chorale – Stranger on the Shore
- Badly Drawn Boy – The Shining
- Cocteau Twins – In The Gold Dust Rush
- Andrew Gold – Never Let Her Slip Away
- Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
- Woody Guthrie – Miner‘s Song
- The Dwarf Chorus – Heigh-Ho (from Snow White)
- Peters & Lee – Welcome Home
- Madonna – Beautiful Stranger (William Orbit Radio Edit)
- Harry Styles – Golden
- Beck – Diamond Dogs
- Russian Futurists – Precious Metals
- Annette Funicello – Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Me
- David McWilliams – Days Of Pearly Spencer
- Twinkle – Golden Lights
- Paul Simon Feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Diamonds On The
- Soles Of Her Shoes
- Friendly Fires – White Diamonds
- Goldfrapp – Ooh La La
- Eagles Of Death Metal – Only Want You
- Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
- MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
- Erasure – Take A Chance On Me
- Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre – No Diggity (Radio Version)
- Lee Dorsey – Working in the Coal Mine
- Thea Gilmore – Copper
- Barns Courtney – Glitter & Gold
- Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman (2004 Remaster)
- The Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang
- The Black Keys – Gold On The Ceiling
- Super furry animals – golden retriever
- The Lightning Seeds – Lucky You
- Suede – Metal Mickey
- Prince – When You Were Mine
- The Beat – Hands Off….She’s Mine
- Jo Boxers – Just Got Lucky (Single Version)
- Robyn – Be Mine!
- Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger
- Wet Wet Wet – Wishing I Was Lucky
- The Mock Turtles – Can You Dig It?
- The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Remastered Edit)
- David Bowie – Golden Years
- Freda Payne – Band of Gold
- Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
- T. Rex – Metal Guru
- Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
- Baccara – Yes Sir, Alcan Boogie
- Goldie – Inner City Life
- Pop Will Eat Itself – Can U Dig It?
- Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
- The Stranglers – Golden Brown
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Dazzle
- Status Quo – Down Down
- Klaxons – Golden Skans
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Silver
- DJ Fresh – ‘Gold Dust‘
- Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy
- The Adventures Of Stevie V – Dirty Cash
- Hollywood Beyond – What’s the Colour of Money
- Spandau Ballet – Gold
- Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy – Kiss Me
- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky
- The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
- Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
- Take That – Shine
- Paolo Nutini – Pencil Full of Lead
- The Smiths – Panic
Club 30-80 