Sunday night, I played an open format set for Splash! at The Mermaid from 8 p.m. until last call. It started out as a quiet night, which was to be expected given the excitement of the past two nights in L.A. I didn’t mind the night’s slow start either, because it gave me time to DJ and catch up with friends who I hadn’t seen in ages and stopped by early in the evening.
At around midnight, though, a swell of people came into The Mermaid. Once I spotted the wave, I rode it and dropped the L.A. party bangers, like “Nowhere Girl,” “Living on Video” and “Send Me an Angel,” plus, of course “Blue Monday” and “Two of Hearts.” When I realized that we were close to last call, I slowed it down with the Art Laboldies. To give credit where it’s due, playing “Darling Baby” by The Elgins came via a dude who was blasting the song from his bike while cycling through Chinatown recently.
M.I.A.- Paper Planes
Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
The Cure – Lullaby
Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls
Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Freeda Payne – Band of Gold
Sam & Dave – Hold I’m, I’m Comin’
Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Rolling Stones – Miss You
INXS – Need You Tonight
Janet Jackson – Nasty
Raf – Self Control
Ministry – Every Day Is Halloween
Shannon – Let the Music Play
Starpoint – Object of My Desire
Madonna – Holiday
Hercules and Love Affair – Blind
Tame Impala – Is It True
Steve Monite – Only You
The Dynamics – Seven Nation Army (Patchworks Holiday Inn Remix)
Blur – Girls & Boys
Book of Love – Boy
Vicious Pink – Cccan’t You See
Sally Shapiro – Rent
Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed
Edwyn Collins – Girl Like You
Smokey Robinson – The Tears of a Clown
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – Beggin’
The Yardbirds – For Your Love
Jacques Dutronc – Le Responsable
Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks
OMD – Tesla Girls
Flans – No Controles
Soft Cell – Bedsitter
Bloc Party – Banquet
She Wants Revenge – Tear You Apart
Shocking Blue – Send Me a Postcard
Pink Floyd – Lucifer Sam
Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
Shannon and the Clams – The Moon Is in the Wrong Place
Gloria Jones -Tained Love
Kim Wilde- Kids in America
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
Molchat Doma – Sudno (Boris Ryzhy)
B-52s – Private Idaho
Chemtrails – Join Our Death Cult
The Strokes – Hard to Explain
Fitz and the Tantrums – Out of My League
General Public – Tenderness
Lauryn Hill- Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Mos Def – Ms Fat Booty
Brenton Wood – Gimme Little Sign
Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
KC and the Sunshine Band – Boogie Shoes
Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood
Talking Heads – Girlfriend is Better
Yaz – Situation
Glass Spells – Hechizos
Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses
French Police – Club de Vampiros
Prince – When Doves Cry
Asha Puthli – I Am Song ( Sing Me) (Yuksek remix)
Edwin Starr – 25 Miles
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk in My Shoes
The Supremes – Keep Me Hanging On
Los Bitchos – La Bomba
Modest Mouse – Dashboard
Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver
The Smiths – Panic
The Specials – Gangsters
Millie – My Boy Lollipop
Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
The Bangles – Hazy Shade of Winter
B Movie – Nowhere Girl
La Union – Lobo Hombre en Paris
ACTORS – Cold Eyes
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Trans X – Living on Video
The Flirts – Danger
Lime – Babe, We’re gonna Love Tonight
Alaska y Dinarama – Mi Novio Es Un Zombi
Divine – You Think You’re a Man
Stacey Q – Two of Hearts
New Order – Blue Monday
Real Life – Send Me an Angel
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
Confidence Man – Angry Girl
Depresion Post Mortem – Yo Voy
The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Spinners – I’ll Be Around
James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
The Elgins – Darling Baby
Delfonics – Didn’t I Blow Your Mind
Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness
Beatles – Something
Bee Gees – To Love Somebody
Walker Brothers – Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.
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