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What's your favourite ever Indie Disco™ song?

one that'll get you on the dancefloor no matter how tired or bloated with cheap lager you feel?

Apart from Party Hard, obvs.



  • Indie Disco™'s

    are horrible places that you can rarley dance in but I guess...ummmmm..... I really can't think of an Indie Disco™ hit that would get me dancing.... aint thsoe places just for cheap booze slightly less erritating music than main stream Disco™'s and trying to pick up Indie Chicks™?

    • ^is

      this for real? christ

  • deceptacon

    le tigre

    • ^ seconded

    • is really annoying

      i was thinking earlier about how Indie Disco™ it is. See also: Devo - Whip It.

  • *Bookmarks thread for ideas

  • International Bright Young Thing by Jesus Jones

  • .

    Debaser by Pixies
    Deceptacon by Le Tigre
    Life During Wartime by Talking Heads

  • rebellion (lies)

    wolf like me or tribulations

    these would only get played at a good indie disco though

    • Wolf Like Me

      Seconded. 'Tis a fantastic song to dance to. See also the MSTRKRFT remix of Two More Years and Mixed Bizness by Beck.

  • Common People by Pulp

    Holds a special place amongst my social circle.

    • ^

      For ever.

      And Disco 2000.

      • ^^ "True Dat"

        But also Lipgloss.

        Every time it's played, I'll be dancing til the sweat repels even the most desperate members of the opposite sex. Sadly.

        joe - www.anewbandaday.com

  • House of Jealous Lovers

    if it's an indie disco - otherwise, Amerie's 'One Thing' or R Kelly's 'Ignition.

  • DFA1979 'Death On Our Hands (Justice Remix)'

    • I loved playing this song at uni sooo much

      It was at just the right frequency to make the building actually shake

  • Suede - Stay Together

    We're talking 'end of night fun' yeah?

  • Every Indie Disco™ that I have been to plays non of this stuff

    are you lot making it up? Or do I have to find a better one hidden somewhere?

    • You need to come to Something Serious

      • is that in London Village?

        • Sadly yes

          No where else in the world will you hear Justice mixed into Bruce Springsteen

          • well maybe 2 Many DJ's would do that

            but yeah that sounds like a Indie Disco worth going to.

            The ones I have been to are full of pretty much chart Indie and well just crap :(

  • Fuck the Pain Away.

  • Kandy Pop - BIS

    or Temple Of Love by the SISTERS OF MERCY (better be the original version, mind)

  • What about your answer harru?

  • test icilcles - circle sqaure triangle or whatever way round it is

  • wolf like me

    romantic rights
    one armed scissor

    • One Armed Scissor FTW

      This was the song I most looked forward too hearing at this pub used to go to.

      • I've never played One Armed Scissor

        I'm always worried it's too heavy

        • Yeah, I guess it is really.

          • good djs will play it

            i know one who lures people in with the chart stuff, then busts it out!

    • one armed scissor gets my vote

      unless i can think of anything else.

  • Le Disco Avec Moi

  • only the usual suspects:

    Deceptacon
    Blood On Our Hands
    Romantic Rights
    This Charming Man
    Wolf Like Me

    etc.

  • hello kitten - hefner

    ftw

    • mr your on fire mr

      by liars is also great

    • Oh

      Hell yes. But what indie disco is playing it?

      • That was in reference to Hello Kitten

        Not the Liars track which I haven't heard but I'm sure is great

    • i'd go

      painting and kissing, but hefner always works!

  • For an indie disco it has to be

    The Only One I Know.

    That's not my favourite song of all time by any means, but you can't beat it at an old-skool indie disco...

    • I'm singing it in my head

      and reckon it would be quite hard to dance to.

      It like when I try and dance to QOTSA 'No-one Knows' and you get a bit stuck half way through. Just me?

      • what, on the bass solo?

        time for air bass solo.

        • ^ this ^this

          100 times ^this

          • hmmm maybe I should go

            out dancing with you guys and you can teach me some moves :(

    • I read that as

      The one and only for a second! ha ha

  • Sabotage - Beastie Boys

    Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney (more indie discos need to play this)

    • ^ it's shocking how little i've heard either at discos

    • I want to dance with you.

      also:
      Pixies - Hey
      MSP - Motorcycle Emptiness

      • whitney houston?

        whitney vs the jams is a good one!

      • You'd have to tango to motorcycle emptiness

        it's not really dancey

        • I just stand at the edge of the dancefloor

          and sing along really.

  • oxford zodiac indie disco

    stone roses - i am the resurrection
    charlatans - only one i know
    ocean colour scene - riverboat song
    reef - put your hands on
    rage - killing in the name of
    etc, etc, etc

    no shit, and we used to play disco bingo and guess which was up next!

    • Killing In The Name Of is a good one.

      • maybe

        but not every single week, for years on end. and they did pretty much play the same shit week in, week out.

        i haven't been since C*r*i*g took it over but I guess it's the same.

    • carling academy oxford

      you also forgot the wannadies and hole

  • Atlas by Battles always makes me want to dance.

    • that's awesome fun to dance to.

      • I'm always worried about playing it late on though as some people might hate it

        • fuck em!

          and it's not being self indulgent by playing battles. do you get people asking requests too, most of which ar S T U P I D.

          I was aksed if I had any Bobby Brown once...

          • Yep tons

            I had a guy ask for Primal Scream 15 times in an hour, despite me telling him the first time I had no Primal Scream.

            Some girl kept asking for a specific Cribs b side

            A lady came up to me and said

            You got any ska?

            Sadly not?

            Got any reggae, you know, proper reggae?

            No I'm afraid not

            Got any Red Hot Chilli Peppers?

            Some gay guy kept shouting "Play Kylie BITCH" at me, because obviously when you're gay you can be abusive to people and we're supposed to laugh it off

            • Oh and getting asked for the Killers at 8pm

              I mean calm down love!

      • followed by, or preceded by

        The Crunch by The Rah Band

  • Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever

  • banquet

    by bloc party.
    or house of jealous lovers. or the people don't dance no more one which is JUST AS GOOD.
    or one of those we are scientists songs.
    or... yeah, why not, deceptacon.

    • that was NOT me

      that was my handle-thieving boyfriend and i want to dissociate myself from those suggestions.

      apart from deceptacon.

      • dissociate yourself from WAYUH by the rapture?!?

        MADNESS!

  • Voodoo Ray

    Guy Called Gerald

    • good call

      what a tune that is... surly it would move any floor known to man kind.

  • Probably the best 2 minutes of indie disco-ing

    would be spent listening to Blur's Song 2

  • The Sweat Descends

    • I've never heard this in a club ever

      I blame clubs being LAAAAAAAME

      • ^

        even Patty Lee, at least!

        • I've played The Sweat Descends almost every time I DJ

          usually goes down quite well.

          As do

          TV Eye - The Stooges
          Just like heaven - The Cure
          The Rat - The Walkmen (mentioned below)
          It's getting boring by the sea - BRS
          All these things that I've done - Killers
          Tash - Suede
          Stutter - Elastica
          with my personal favourite, but regular dancefloor killer
          Time - Marion

          Wolf like me is great though. Instant floorfiller.

          • ^Trash

            Also, sentence structure of the subject line NOT GOOD.

  • Can i have a slow dance to Shed Seven's Chasing Rainbows please?...

  • I also vote for..

    ..Wolf Like Me.

    And :

    Delays - Valentine
    Suede - Animal Nitrate

  • Blood Red Shoes

    "You Bring Me Down" is pretty suited for indie disco's and I think a lot of the "box of secrets" would go down quite well also Maximo Park "Apply Some Pressure"

  • I always find one of these works

    Atomic / Rock Lobster / Junior Kickstart / Yeah (Crass Version) / Salt Sweat Sugar

  • Has to be House of Jealous Lovers

    really, hasn't got old yet somehow. This Charming Man gets close second.

  • Stay Away From Me

    by Smash My Brother's Face In

  • years later

    and Mr Brightside still sends me flying towards the dancefloor

  • beautiful ones

    by suede

    heartbeats by the knife

    ready for the floor by hot chip

    thank god boston has a decent indie dance night! :)

  • The Rat

    shirley....

    • ^This x10

      The way the singer's anger builds up gradually throughout the song gets everyone going.

      And don't call me surely

  • Interpol

    Slow Hands - my jeans almost fell down jumping around on the dancefloor to this one.

  • the boy with the arab strap

  • Sunshine underground

    everytime :D

    • !

      Oh yeeah! Especially Borders <3

  • Sigue Sigue Sputnik

    Love Missile F-11

  • Keep em coming peeps!

    • And for the ledger

      My signiture track is Erol Alkan's remix of Do You Want To? mixed into the actual track. It sounds tops.

      I also like playing Peaches by the Presidents of the USA

  • Pretend We're Dead

  • Hmmm faviroutes of the clubs i go to

    Battles - Atlas
    Modest Mouse - Float On
    The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
    Animal Collective - Peacebone
    of Montreal - Shes A Rejector
    Pulp - Disco2000
    Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
    Beastie Boys - Intergalatic
    Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
    Run DMC - Tricky
    Le Tigre - Deftecon
    Avalanches - Frontier Psycyatrist

    • :(

      If these songs came on in this order at a club I was at, I'd certainly leave, without a doubt.

    • Animal collective... at a disco?

      U mad?

      • Peacebone is common practise

        in fact his list is pretty much spot on to me

  • this charming man

    had to be said

  • liars-mr you on fire mr

    fugazi-waiting room
    le tigre- deceptacon
    pj harvey- dress
    the rapture- house of jealous lovers
    sleater-kinney- entertain

  • ..

    wolf parade - dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts.

    (n.b. - i have never heard this tune played at a disco, indie or otherwise. but when i do it will be my favourite....)

  • The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

    Makes me think I can dance like an angel

    • Float On

      Modest Mouse

      Always get a cheer from the dancefloor when that's dropped.

      and......

      Bobby Conn - Never Get Ahead

    • the

      rat - walkmen gets the nod
      some great tunes i've forgotten about in this list! nice work

      • back in my days

        it used to be
        Pure Morning
        I Think I'm Paranoid
        Disco 2000
        Beautiful Ones
        Creep
        Alright
        Friday I'm In Love
        Summer Son

        but my favourite was Johny Chrome & Silver

  • I Heart The Valley OH!

    Indie disco classic.

    • ahem?

    • oh god, i love when they play this

      because no one knows what to do.

      dot dash <3

      • I hit my head on the cieling at dot dash to it once :(

        (still my actual favourite memory of dancing at indie clubnights)

        • why has there been no dot dashing for ages now?

          it's sad :(

      • i heard brian the vampire at an indie disco (tm) once

        it was AMAZING.

        also, i nominate Killing in the Name of. and Party Hard. PARTYHARDPARTYHARDPARTYHARD!

    • Oh Tom

      "lol"

  • I'll dance

    the fucking macarena if i'd had enough to drink.....

  • psycho killer.

  • Someday

    Modern Age
    William It Was Really Nothing
    Let's Make Love etc.
    Anything by DFA1979

    But not:
    Gold Lion
    Standing in the bla bla
    Seven Nation Army

    This said, I've not been to a proper indie club since about March 07.

    • Let me add

      The Only One I Know

      and

      She Bangs The Drums

      and

      LSF/Processed Beats/Reason is Treason/Shoot The Runner

      Shoot The Runner wins from the Kasabiollocks trax

    • Gold Lion doesnt get played anymore

      eversince they realised Date With The Night and Cheated Hearts are better

      • But does the Diplo remix of Gold Lion get played ever?

        It should, that shit is good. But Cheated Hearts is best.

        My vote goes to W.A.Y.U.H by The Rapture.

  • New Order - Temptation

    Hot Chip - Over & Over (ctrl-f suggests everyone must be bored of it... I will never tire of sweating to this)
    Radio 4 - Dance to the Underground

    • also, Looper - Mondo 77

      and, in a perfect world, Ooberman - Blossoms Falling into Shorley Wall as the lights go up.

  • BABY WE WERE BOOOOOOOOOOORN TO RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN

    hole
    rage against the machine
    machinehead
    starship
    pulp
    foo fighters

  • MOP - ANTE UP

    early 2000s rap tokenism ftw

    • loving

      franz ferdinand. classic!

  • Party Hard

    most definitely definitely. Aside from that, Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads, and Blood on our Hands, by DFA1979 :)

  • Deceptacon

    You! me! dancing!
    Galang
    Reperations (List of Demands)
    Hounds of Love (both versions)
    Such Great Heights

    so so so so many.

  • ones that haven't been mentioned yet

    Seventy Times Seven
    Surf Wax America
    Chips Ahoy
    Y Control
    Rebellion (Lies)

  • refused - new noise

    pixies - debaser
    presidents of the USA - peaches
    busted - year 3000
    ATD-I - one armed scissor