I have to make a dance mix. Suggestions?

[nolabear]

What's some good dance music?

[Curmudgeoness]

1. Some hint...what are you looking for?

For what reason? Older stuff, newer stuff? Soul, disco, techno, the chicken dance, kicker?

But a suggestion is that you can't do it without YMCA!

[nolabear]

5. Well not The Chicken Dance, but I'm open.

You know, Motown, Prince, a little New Orleans Bounce (which frankly would kill some of us), some fun.

[pipi_k]

2. Well, speaking as someone

who believes all the really good music died sometime mid 1990s, my suggestions are going to be "oldies", but here goes...

"Into the Groove"...Madonna

"Party Train"...Gap Band

OK, a newer song, at least from this century: "This Is How We Do It"...Montell Jordan

"I Wanna Get With You"...Guy

"Love Train"...O'Jays

"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"...Freddie Cannon

"Let The Music Play"...Shannon

Oh, I could go on and on, but I'll stop here...

[pipi_k]

4. But wait!!!!

There's more!

for the romantics...

"Unchained Melody"...The Righteous Brothers

"I Only Have Eyes For You"...Art Garfunkel

"Let's Stay Together"...Al Green

"At Last"...Etta James

"Lady Blue"...Leon Russell

[nolabear]

7. OOOOhhhh... I can use those between the funk and electro pop!

I need some slow suff.

[HappyMe]

10. Earth, Wind & Fire have some great

slow tunes.

[nolabear]

6. Oh hell, I love a lot of stuff from the las 100 years.

At the moment I've got everything from Billie Holliday to "Get Low" though that last one might get me thrown out of the place.

[pipi_k]

8. OK so some retro stuff

"Wah-Watusi"...The Orlons

"The Stroll"...The Diamonds

"Locomotion"....Little Eva

"Peppermint Twist" Joey Dee and the Starlighters

And, for all the guys who ever wanted to be (or look like) Tony Manero...

[nolabear]

12. Cool! Thanks.

I forgot the whole "Twist Stroll Watusi" idea. I've got some New Orleans Bounce music but I'm afraid given the age group I'd KILL somebody! LOL!

[CJCRANE]

13. "This Is How We Do It"...

is from '95!

(And I agree with you that popular music started to go downhill after the mid-90s).

[pipi_k]

14. No kidding?

For some reason I thought it was newer than that...

anyway, it did manage to squeak by


It seems like the proportion of good/sucko has reversed since the 70s.

Back then it seemed to me that only 30% sucked. Now it seems like 70% sucks.

[kentauros]

3. If you mean club music, here are some suggestions:

Look at the playlists of the following stations, maybe even listen to some of their channels:

soma fm - plenty of dance and trance choices there
Digitally Imported - more dance, club, trance and other similar genres. The genre of Goa is great for dance and chillout


And here's one I discovered the other day, that has all sorts of goodies. However, it may take a while to sift through the 100 channels offered

Listen Arabic

[HopeHoops]

9. Era?

[pscot]

11. One part vodka

Two parts fruit juice. Plenty of Ice.