I'm not entirely sure how important music is to a usual persons night. For me it's critical. Truth is, I feel really awkward when out in a bar/club when there's some terrible music playing. I just sigh, has the human population really served up this lazy, boring shit this week?
I've decided to document some of my favourite tunes that make my nights out so special. Being a student in the same city I was born in has meant that I have frequented the sames bars and clubs for a decent amount of years. I've been in these places when these songs have came on and not, songs that spur an obvious reaction to me, friends, and generally the folk around us (whether they like it or not).
- Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down.
With the ballad-esqe intro going into the thunderous second intro you can't help but feel this is two songs in one. The songs about the strange folk you see around and about your town centre, especially at unsociable hours so it has some special meaning to us Nottm locals. You go from singing along to bouncing around in no time at all. Electric.
- Rage Against the Matchine - Killing in The Name.
Incredibly selfish choice here. This song is a top head-banging-air-guitar-inducing masterpiece where you can't help but try to find the closest mosh pit before realising you might have a made a mistake and end up with a broken rib (actually happened). It's also became the done-thing in the social group to ring Sickboy the second it comes on, leaving him the best drunken voicemail ever (sorry Bassman).
- Rusko - Cockney Thug.
Remember dubstep? The genre of 2012 which died quicker than the airtime of the average Game of Thrones character was a staple of 2UNED (Thursday nights at Rock City) before reaching its grave. Like a techno version of When The Sun Goes Down everyone in the vicinity sings (or takes part in their individual monologue) before skanking begins (is skanking right?)
- Vampire Weekend - A-punk.
Not the greatest song ever, but the cheeky indie-pop hit seems to fit into every club night ever put on. I don't think I've heard this song sober, so it makes the list.
- Anything by Oasis.
Much like the gigs, anything by the best band from Manchester that gets put on on a night out just brings out one reaction. A sing-a-long. Being my favourite band ever and generally not always played means that it's always a random, yet awesome surprise. There's not much out there that's more powerful that the chorus of Don't Look Back In Anger. It's a shame we can't power cars on it.
That's all I can think of now. If I ever remember more I'll be sure to do another post like this has it's been one drunken ball of nostalgic goodness.
Onwards.
SJ.
