Best Songs/Playlist for a New Year\'s Eve Party

So the 31st of December is around the corner and you are dusting up your pile of CD-s; the fear of a shameful situation initiated by a bad choice of music in the New Year's Eve party is now bringing you to the point of throwing everything inside the basket. You start visualizing the horror of everyone hating what's being played; the awkward conversations; a few drunken, irregular steps in an attempt to dance to the staggering beats and, the worst of all, people bolting even before it\'s officially 2009. That's simply to call off a party that's not happening. To save you from such an embarrassing situation, here are a few play-list planning advices and suggestions for a few hours worth of music. So get a pen and a paper and start jotting down how you should start playing the music.

Take things as they go in a movie. The movies do not lead you to the climax straightaway; they build your interest step-by-step before the flood tide takes over. You need to take a similar approach; you need to pump the crowd up till it's 11:59:59 and make things go BOOM! by the time it's 00:00. That simplified, make your way upwards from ordinary to exclusive numbers. People usually start showing up to such a party pretty late; by the time the majority of the crowd arrives, you must make sure that the mood is set with better numbers coming up one after another. No negotiations on this part!

Unless you are planning a rock, or metal or a jazz themed party, you must hover between several genres. Hip-Hop is good to start with, followed by pop classics from the '80s; a little bit of classic rock after that shall refresh the atmosphere. When people head for the food, be-bop jazz shall set up the mood for allowing soft conversations and to get people back to the swing, some hour-long jazz-funk is going to do justice. By he time it's close to 00:00, Iron Maiden's 2 minutes to midnight shall fit the bill perfectly (more so because it carries an anti-terrorism message) followed by Aces High and as soon as the clock strikes 12, it's time for some energetic techno. However, you do not need to stick to this format; it is just an example of how things should be. Research a bit on the numbers that people liked the most in the past couple of decades and we are confident, your list shall outrun ours. However, if you are a real busy soul, then the following recommendations should work wonders though you need to fit more in between.

1. Nessun Dorma - Mobb Deep
2. Dear Mallika - LL Cool J
3. They call me the breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. Black Betty - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Panama Red - Grateful Dead
6. What's the Rush - Johnny Hodges & Gerry Mulligan
7. Body And Soul - Oscar Peterson Quartet No. 1
8. I Can\'t Give You Anything But Love - Sonny Stitt
9. In the Grip of Stronger Stuff - Ian Anderson
10. Layla (acoustic) - Eric Clapton
11. Poor Heart - Phish
12. Riding with the king - BB King & Eric Clapton
13. 2 minutes to midnight - Iron Maiden
14. Aces High - Iron Maiden
15. Ace of Spades (Techno Mix) - Motorhead
16. Space Dance - Melvin

So create a whole lot of noise, but responsibly; for music has the power to charge an entire population towards victory, freedom and achievement.