Monday, November 21, 2011

Everybody's Working for the Weekend: Top 10 Songs About Parties and Party People

Sometimes you just gotta cut loose. Knock back a few brewskies, pre-game if you gotta, pre-pre-game if you know what I'm talking about and I think that you do wink wink. You work hard all week, and it's Friday night and you just wanna blast some tuneskies, suck down some shotskies, and boogie. Or sometimes you just want to get together with some buds. (Or some Buds, this guy knows what I'm talkin about!) But sometimes you want to hear a song about partying. Iff'n you want to reminisce of great parties' past or if you want to get into the groove of your party future or if you just want get down now in your post-modern self-reflective party present. In any case, here'r the best songs about parties and partiers:

1. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" - Three Dog Night
2. "All Tomorrow's Parties" - The Velvet Underground (& Nico)
3. "Dead Man's Party" - Oingo Boingo
4. "Party in the Woods Tonight" - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
5. "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" - The Beastie Boys
6. "Swingin' Party" - The Replacements
7. "Right To The Minute" - Heidecker & Wood
8. "24-Hour Party People" - The Happy Mondays
9. "Let's Have A Party" - Wanda Jackson
10. "Party All The Time" - Eddie Murphy & Rick James

Honorable Mentions:
"Ubu Dance Party" - Pere Ubu
"Moonage Daydream"- David Bowie

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