Audio BJ for March 21, 2007

Yesterday was the first day of Spring, and it's time to put away those depressing, dark, wintery albums and put on the kind of happy music that will get you shaking your booty, ready for all the exciting dance parties and circuit parties (I'm planning to go this summer, fitness permitting) coming up in the warmer months!



Although it's not new at all, the song "Seventeen" by the Ladytron is one of my favoritesw to dance around the house to. These Eurochic, androgylicious cuties have created a deliciously catchy song about underage temptation, one with obvious nearness and dearness to my heart--and, occastionally, other parts of my body! This is the kind of song that any DJ can put on and know the crowd is going to sing along, dance like crazy, and turn the temperature up! And, not that I would know, but I can imagine a twink go-go boy thinking this was the perfect song to get one's barely legal groove on to.



When I think about the perfect song to blast on my car radio when it's finally warm enough to drive with the windows down, nothing comes to mind more clearly than "Such Great Heights" by the Postal Service. You will notice I didn't picture the band, and that's because, sadly, they aren't very attractive. However, this is the ultimate spring indie pop song. No matter how bad a mood you're in--whether you're sad about who got eliminated on "Idol," or your pet just died, or your boyfriend cheated on you with that fat slut who works at American Eagle--this song will get you happy and smiling.



Now, I know I sound like I'm getting all indie on you, and I don't want you to get that mistaken impression, so here's my all-time Spring dance favorite: pure 80's fabuliciousness with Bananarama! Even on those rainy, dark March days, when you're so impatient for the sun to come out, pop on their greatest hits and it'll be like the middle of June! Some people only know "Venus" and "Cruel Summer," but they have so many other great songs. In fact, I'm listening to "Love in the First Degree Right Now," and it has inspired me to make a playlist of other delightful 80's fun that will put the Spring in your step in every way!

BJ Loves the 80's
Bananarama: "Love in the First Degree"
Samantha Fox: "I Only Want To Be With You"
Debbie Gibson: "Staying Together"
Tiffany: "Radio Romance"
Boy Meets Girl: "Waiting for a Star to Fall"
Roxette: "The Look"
Rick Astley: "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Duran Duran: "Girls on Film"
The Go-Go's: "We Got the Beat"
Madonna: "Into the Groove"
Escape Club: "Wild Wild West"
A Flock of Seagulls: "I Ran"
A-Ha: "Take on Me"