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Monday, February 10
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Hey Ya! - the original Outkast version. Why? BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES HEY YA.
Sam Cooke - Cupid
if it's at the hideout, "freebird." that'll teach tuten.
"Let's Get Lost" - Chet Baker
"Oye Como Va", after all these years it's still bulletproof.
"Do you wanna touch me" by Joan Jett.
"Left of the Dial" - The Replacements
"Do you wanna touch me" by Joan Jett.
PRolly something by AC/DC.
Mebbe something by Run-DMC.
Hard to say! What jukebox is this? Izzit one of those- Download anything type of Jukeboxes? does it play 45s?
Does it only have CDs?
I miss hearing Jon Wayne on the jukebox. Mebbe I would play Is that Justice by Jon Wayne.
Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry
anything by johnny cash. or lupe fiasco's 'kick push.'
You Send Me -- Sam Cooke
I'm a Man -- Spencer Davis Group
100 Yard Dash -- Raphael Saadiq
Walkin' After Midnight -- Patsy Cline
You Got It -- Etta James
"Not Fair" - Lily Allen
"Monster" - The Automatic
"Vlad the Impaler" - Kasabian
"Love Game" - Lady Gaga
"Boyz" - MIA
"Love Vigilantes" - New Order
"Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
"Sing Me Spanish Techno" - the New Pornographers
I think my favorite jukebox memory of all time was a quiet, snowy weeknight at the Nisei Lounge, when someone played the Stones' "Moonlight Mile," so maybe that one. My current dive has Eric Burdon and the Animals "Sky Pilot" on it, which is a good obscure juke toon too.
Gloria Gayor's "I Will Survive." Who doesn't love drunk women screeching along with it at the top of their lungs? That's a good time for everyone.
Hawaii 5-0 by the Ventures, Always. (and usually the only one dancing to it!)
"Recurring Dreams" by Hüsker Dü. Because it's 14 minutes long and I want my non-money's worth.
Will never forget summer of '66, ice cream parlor, Park Rapids, Minnesota, someone kept putting a nickel in over and over and over playing "Sweet Pea" by Tommy Roe. Talk about a bublegum overdose.
i'll go with what is theoretically on most jukeboxes, and right now i feel like hearing something from john mellencamp. perhaps "cherry bomb" or "crumblin' down".
ya know, if i were at johnny's tavern, nothing sounded sweeter than nu shooz "i can't wait" coming out of the fuzzed-out single-speaker jukebox.
The Kooks "She Moves in Her Own Way"
'turn on me' - the shins
"We gotta get outta this place, if it's the last thing we ever do. We gotta get outta this place, girl there's a better life, for me and you."
It's my mantra of the day, so only fitting that everyone else be forced to listen along.
Gee, just one selection? Cheapskate.
Without putting endless thought into it:
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" by Cream
prolly "Cecelia" - Simon & Garfunkel
love the Sam Cooke suggestions, also ol'Blue Eyes and Cash are sure hits.
there's some great ideas on here! just may have to dl a few and make a little playlist
my fave time at the beachwood was when someone broke the afternoon silence by playing "Suzie Q" by CCR & the older gent sitting next to me just started bawling
If dancing is involved, then "This Corrosion" by Sisters of Mercy. If it's just with friends drinking a beer, then probably anything by Bessie Smith or Nina Simone.
If I only get one, I've got to make it count, right? So I'll put in something really long. There's a bar I go to in River North where The Best of the Doors is in the jukebox, so how about "The End"?
But seriously, this question is unanswerable, because what you play in the jukebox depends on so many things. Your own mood, the atmosphere of the bar, what you were just talking about, whom you're trying to hit on, etc., etc.
That's easy: Naked Raygun - Wonder Beer
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Good Luck
Basement Jaxx
What a great question! I only get one choice? Damn, I was hoping for three for a dollar. Hmmm, "Sleepwalk" by Santo and Johnny is one of my favorite songs but right now I'd pick "Starting Over" by The Black Lips.
blondie, heart of glass. i can't believe no one said it yet.
"First of the Last Calls" Husker Du
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong
I used to go to the Beachwood semi-regularly when I lived nearby from 1999 to 2001. My favorite song to play on their jukebox was Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly". I would then try to get the resident dog (remember him?) to dance with me.
Lawyers, Guns & Money
"Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan. It's a quintessential drinkin' song.
Urban Ethos [26]
What is Chicago's "urban ethos"?
Cool Glass of... [16]
What're you drinking?
Supreme Decision [22]
What's your reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act?
Taking it to the Streets [20]
Chicago Street Fairs: Revolting or Awesome?
I Can Be Cruel [9]
Be real: what is the meanest thing you've ever done?
sb / July 6, 2009 1:20 AM
right now? skeeter by the melvins.
http://blip.fm/profile/heysambennett/blip/12487425
that'd be a great jukebox.