Songs that middle-aged women at pubs and at wedding receptions can't get enough of...

[mickill]

.....no matter what.

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Shook Me all Night Long - AC/DC
Hippy Hippy Shake - The Beatles
I Believe In Miracles - Hot Chocolate

[b i o n i c]

gloria
sweet caroline (middle aged women and baseball fans for some reason)
in the middle of the night - billy joel

[mickill]

Gloria is an excellent one.

Sweet Caroline is more the contrived "Hey, let's do the sing-a-long thing from Beautiful Girls" drunk twenty-somethings anthem.

[Extra Cheese]

"Summer Nights", "You're The One That I Want" and whatever else is on the Grease soundtrack

[brooklyndust]

I am a wedding DJ. From my experience this is what cougars dance to the most:

Anything by Prince
Anything by Sean Paul
Anything by Shakira
Anything by the Black eyed Peas
Anything by J-Lo
Anything by Bon Jovi
Anything by Stevie Wonder
Anything by Michael Jackson
Shake That Ass - Eminem
Brown Eyed Girl
Mony Mony
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Celebration
Dancing Queen
Old Time Rock and Roll

You can see why I sometimes hate my job, but it pays well and I play beastie boys instrumentals/original hip hop samples as dinner music, and after midnight I get to play older hip hop like rob base, sugar hill gang, young mc, etc.

So it evens out.

[yeahwho]

I am a wedding DJ. From my experience this is what cougars dance to the most:

Anything by Prince
Anything by Sean Paul
Anything by Shakira
Anything by the Black eyed Peas
Anything by J-Lo
Anything by Bon Jovi
Anything by Stevie Wonder
Anything by Michael Jackson
Shake That Ass - Eminem
Brown Eyed Girl
Mony Mony
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Celebration
Dancing Queen
Old Time Rock and Roll

You can see why I sometimes hate my job, but it pays well and I play beastie boys instrumentals/original hip hop samples as dinner music, and after midnight I get to play older hip hop like rob base, sugar hill gang, young mc, etc.

So it evens out.

LOL, you've nailed it. (y)

[mickill]

Yeah, you named pretty much all of them. Apart from the Macarena, Achy Breaky Heart and Electric Slide.

I would imagine that Hurts So Good by John COUGAR Mellencamp also fares pretty well among this particular demographic, if you wanna give it a try.

[brooklyndust]

Yeah, you named pretty much all of them. Apart from the Macarena, Achy Breaky Heart and Electric Slide.

I would imagine that Hurts So Good by John COUGAR Mellencamp also fares pretty well among this particular demographic, if you wanna give it a try.

I have never played achy breaky heart and would like to keep it that way

For songs like the Macarena and the chicken dance I will only play those unless someone (usually a kid) requests me to.

John Cougar I play once in a while but instead of of "hurt so good" I usually play "jack and diane" (near the end of the night)

Oh and I almost forgot ALL COUGARS (not john) LOVE "MY EYES DON'T CRY" a.k.a. the hustle

The song is 7 mins long and I play it when I need a bathroom break

[Drederick Tatum]

Get Up(I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown

"hey, hey! look at me, I am doing what the song says. up yours, young people."

[cosmo105]

wow, this is exactly the track listing that played at steger's office "winter party" where all the aging scientologists got up and shook their groove things. shudder.

[Lex Diamonds]

Elvis - Devil In Disguise
The Clash - I Fought The Law

[paul jones]

' Hi Ho Silver Lining' - Jeff Beck
' Dancing Queen' - ABBA
' YMCA' - Village People
' Wake me up before you go go' - WHAM!

[cosmo105]

bruce springsteen - born to run
kc and the sunshine band - play that funky music whiteboy
the miracles - love machine
dee-lite - groove is in the heart (well, i know i shake my ass to that at least)

[mickill]

kc and the sunshine band - play that funky music whiteboy

Excellent one. There's obviously a lot more of these than I thought.

Another James Brown one would be I Got You (I Feel Good).

Then there's:

Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet
Push It - Salt N Pepa

[cosmo105]

^ooh, i'd say a lot of S & P would fit in that category.

[chrisd]

"Which Tupper should I ware?" by The Baby Moosies

[yeahwho]

OK, I'll add a few....

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Blondie - Heart of Glass

The sort of stuff they play in the Nordstroms elevators.

I'll just say Coldplay for the hip middle-aged women (ughhh)

[Kid Presentable]

Heart of Glass is the bomb.

They like :

Madonna - Like a Virgin
Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
The dirty version of Summer Lovin
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock

[ampm]

Gloria is an excellent one.

You're preaching to the choir Mike.

[pshabi]

I am a wedding DJ. From my experience this is what cougars dance to the most:

Anything by Prince
Anything by Sean Paul
Anything by Shakira
Anything by the Black eyed Peas
Anything by J-Lo
Anything by Bon Jovi
Anything by Stevie Wonder
Anything by Michael Jackson
Shake That Ass - Eminem
Brown Eyed Girl
Mony Mony
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
Celebration
Dancing Queen
Old Time Rock and Roll

You can see why I sometimes hate my job, but it pays well and I play beastie boys instrumentals/original hip hop samples as dinner music, and after midnight I get to play older hip hop like rob base, sugar hill gang, young mc, etc.

So it evens out.
You forgot Baby Got Back, but otherwise, bingo.

[mikizee]

i cant believe no-one has mentioned love shack yet.

[Kerrbear]

So, why do we have this stereotype about middle-aged women, but not about men?

[mikizee]

cos no one cares about middle aged men.

[Documad]

What do you think makes a woman middle aged? And where do you all live? As a middle aged woman who has spent a lot of time at weddings and bars, I think you've missed the boat. Except for Paul Jones -- ABBA's Dancing Queen and Village People's YMCA, plus anything from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack are spot on. I'll also give you AC/DC's You Shook Me. It's the crap we loved at a certain age.

We were too old to like Def Leppard and Wham! and most of the crap you listed. We graduated from college before that shit came out. We mocked the little kids who liked that shit. (We thought that Michael Jackson post Off the Wall was super lame even before he started hanging out with little kids--if that helps you understand.)

I believe you're thinking of 30-35 year olds, who I don't count as middle aged. I can't imagine hearing Gloria (whichever version). Of course, I've hated that fucking song since I was a kid. If it was a John Cougar song it might be Jack and Diane. You need more black women from the 1970s. You need Rufus with Chaka. Gloria Gaynor. You need LaBelle for christ's sake. And where's your Queen and your J. Geils Band? :rolleyes:

You people probably don't even know any middle-aged women. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Kerrbear]

Go, Documad! I want you at my next party!
How about early Tina Turner?

[Documad]

Go, Documad! I want you at my next party!
How about early Tina Turner?
Absolutely, but none of that stuff from Private Dancer.

[Documad]

i cant believe no-one has mentioned love shack yet.
I missed this post. That is a very good answer. When my 42 year old friend got married a few months ago, she had it all planned out who should be dancing with who when that song played. (She also struck most of the songs her younger husband had put on the playlist.) Friends with good taste, bad taste, and no taste, will all hit the floor for Love Shack. I think it's because you can't look too stupid -- everyone's looking stupid. It's the same reason YMCA is so popular. And polkas.

[mickill]

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I'm sensing a bit of hostility here. I didn't really get to title this thread the way I had wanted to originally. It should have actually read, Songs that annoying middle-aged women at pubs and at wedding receptions can't get enough of. I couldn't fit the whole thing in there, so I decided to just kinda leave it general. Sure, we could just as easily do this with middle-aged men. Or teens. Or tweens. Or the elderly. But middle-aged women are more specific in their tastes. It also came to mind since I'd attended about 4 wedding receptions this summer, and really started noticing a pattern with the type of music that appeals to this particular age group of women.

And Documad, I hope you don't disagree with Brown Eyed Girl, because I sort of recognize it as the quintessential middle-aged woman tune. Whatever. I like it anyway.

[mickill]

Also, I think of middle-age as being around 45 to 55 or so. Well, that's what I was basing my observations on, anyway. Dictionary.com defines it as 40-60.

[Drederick Tatum]

let's not compare Love Shack to YMCA.

[Kerrbear]

It should have actually read, Songs that annoying middle-aged women at pubs and at wedding receptions can't get enough of. I couldn't fit the whole thing in there, so I decided to just kinda leave it general.
That's a pretty crucial distinction there, G.O. I'm surprised you only provoked one woman. ;)

[RoryMC]

Bright Eyes, burning like fire.....

[roosta]

all women, everywhere, ever can not resist moving their body to Dolly Parton's "9 to 5"..science factoid

[mickill]

That's a pretty crucial distinction there, G.O. I'm surprised you only provoked one woman. ;)
You and your people are just never satisfied, are you?

Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang
Lady Marmalade - Labelle
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Red Red Wine - UB40

[Kid Presentable]

I work in a pub, and it's usually full of women in their 40's. And in this particular pub, most of these song choices are spot-on. As long as people don't try to get too obscure. Shit like 'I will Survive', and 'Don't call me baby' for the "modern" edge.

Some people are trying a bit hard, though.

[mickill]

Some people are trying a bit hard, though.
Who? Whaddayamean?

[b i o n i c]

there IS SO a group that can be called the annoying middle-aged woman type. tacky, too much make-up, outdated glasses, and hard hairsprayed hair, horse-like teeth, lots of gawdy jewelery. spent too much time on their nails and not enough learning what could make them not look so tacky. the kind that think the new beige colored vinyl siding is a step up. im thinking of the long island version of this, i see them a lot... oh gawd.

the type to put their shoes in the middle and dance in a circle while their fat, balding husbands talk about baseball WHILST trying hard to look awl classy ordering things they cant pronounce with their joey-baddabing-wannabe-mafia-but-really-some-sort-of-electrician-type diction. lots of mustaches everywhere. im not gonna front though, those dudes make some serious cash - i cant afford a house in howard beach.


yeah. sorry. back to music.



edit: for the next generation of annoying middle aged women: chumbawamba, len, matchbox20, santana, michelle branch. puke.

[Kid Presentable]

Who? Whaddayamean?
I'm sure I meant that some of these songs are too good, but I can't be arsed finding an example. :o

[ericlee]

Bob Seger- Old Time Rock and Roll
Garth Brooks- Long Neck Bottle

[Ally Al]

hold on, this post is suspect, no come on eileen by dexys ? no oops upside your head by the gap band ??

[yeahwho]

Some people are trying a bit hard, though.

When a thread is titled " Songs that middle-aged women at pubs and at wedding receptions can't get enough of ", we're breaking new ground and defining a new musical genre. This is a category many indian casino's will utilize to book bands throughout the next couple of years.

So sure, some posters may be reaching in their choices, but goddamit loverboy and eddie money have a lock on these gigs that must be broken! :mad:

[cosmo105]

can't forget the Night Moves.

billy joel - keepin' the faith (this gets guys out on the dance floor too, just get a couple margaritas in 'em and the shirts untuck and the sweat starts dripping off those jowls)

[Documad]

I guess there is a regional difference, or an urban vs. rural thing. I know that there are people who line dance, but I don't know them. I suspect that my back up secretary may line dance. Are you doing songs that you think the people who line dance would like? I will admit that there is huge world of country music loving people who I have never hung out with at a bar.

Are there people who want to hear Bruce Springsteen played in a bar? In 2006? I think the trick is finding something that they won't hate so much that they shut down. So you have to get rid of a lot of classic rock. Yes, there are people who loved that stuff, but there are just as many who hated it. You're better off with the songs that were never any good but everyone knows they were no good so you're kind of making fun of the song by dancing to it. That's what Love Shack and YMCA have in common. That's why You Shook Me is the only AC/DC song. That's why disco is good.

I'd add ZZ Top -- Tush, Cheap Sunglasses, and La Grange -- but nothing they did later -- none of the MTV ones.

[Documad]

This is a category many indian casinos will utilize to book bands throughout the next couple of years.

So sure, some posters may be reaching in their choices, but goddamit loverboy and eddie money have a lock on these gigs that must be broken! :mad:
Our casinos are full of comics and country music stars.

[yeahwho]

Our casinos are full of comics and country music stars.
and republicans in a couple of years lol ha ha.

[ET]

Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar On Me


You might think this is too contemporary but it gets the lesbionic tendencies a'flowin'. Ewww. :(

[chrisd]

ain't that just the way that life goes down X 4