songs about communal living

May 16, 2007 7:36 AM

I have to do a mix tape at work and the subject that I got lumbered with was songs about communal living. Assitance in this matter would be greatly appreciated!

Some ideas so far:

Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Set The House Ablaze - The Jam
In my room - Beach Boys
Leaf House - Animal Collective
Apartment Song - Do Make Say Think
Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
Nice People - Devendra Banhart
It's too Funky in Here - James Brown
Stick Together - Minnie Riperton
Playin' with my Friends - BB King
Welcome to The Machine - Pink Floyd
When I get Home - The Beatles
You Never Give me Your Money - The Beatles
You Won't See me - The Beatles
Love the One You're with - Aretha Franklin
What the F*ck You Want? - Busta Ryhmes
I'm Lost at Home - Devo
Where Have you Been? Medeski, Martin and Wood
Back to the old House - The Smiths
anything by Crowded House

Plus, iTunes searching makes finding 'House' related music a breeze:

Empty House - Air
A House is not a Home - Field Music
A House - Doves
Open House - Duke Ellington
A House is not a Motel - Love
House of Reggae - Burning Spear
House Music - St. Germain
Black Mother F*cka in the House - Prince
Here is the house - Depeche Mode
My Head is my House Unless it Rains - Captain Beefheart

posted by bollockovnikov to media & arts (27 comments total)

"Our House" by Madness
"We're Desperate" and "In This House That I Call Home" by X
posted by scratch at 7:46 AM on May 16, 2007 [1 favorite]

"Mile End" by Pulp ... it's about an awful flat.
posted by redteam at 7:55 AM on May 16, 2007

Yellow Submarine - Beatles
posted by erikgrande at 7:55 AM on May 16, 2007 [1 favorite]

"A Home Is Not A House" - Jason Falkner

"Apartment Song" - Tragically Hip

"The Apartment Song" - Tom Petty
posted by neustile at 8:03 AM on May 16, 2007

"Neighbors" - Robbie Nevil

"Palo Alto" - Richard Davies
posted by neustile at 8:06 AM on May 16, 2007

"There Is Life Outside Your Apartment" - Avenue Q

"My Roommate" - Village People (not exactly positive ;)

"Finding Home" - Betty Buckley (might not be suitable musically for what you're doing, but a beautiful song in any case)
posted by zachlipton at 8:15 AM on May 16, 2007

"Share the Land" - The Guess Who
posted by booner at 8:22 AM on May 16, 2007

"The Old Apartment" - Barenaked Ladies
posted by booner at 8:23 AM on May 16, 2007

Dead Kennedys: "Let's lynch the landlord"
posted by TheophileEscargot at 8:27 AM on May 16, 2007

"The House with Two Front Doors" - The Finches
posted by kitty teeth at 8:32 AM on May 16, 2007

"The House We Will Make" - The One AM Radio
posted by god hates math at 8:36 AM on May 16, 2007

"The World Turned Upside Down" - Leon Rosselson
posted by Abiezer at 8:41 AM on May 16, 2007

Of Montreal's "Don't Ask Me To Explain":

I'd like to marry all of my close friends
and live in a big house together by an angry sea
posted by vytae at 8:47 AM on May 16, 2007

Vanessa Carlton's "White Houses" is (partially) about renting a beach house for the summer with a bunch of friends.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:49 AM on May 16, 2007

"Hotel California"? -- Gipsy Kings do a nice cover on The Big Lebowski soundtrack.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:59 AM on May 16, 2007

Joe Cocker - A Little Help From My Friends
posted by nadise at 9:18 AM on May 16, 2007

vytae reminded me of T. Rex's Spaceball Ricochet: "Deep in my heart, there's a house that can hold just about all of you..."
posted by scratch at 9:40 AM on May 16, 2007

You've got to put the B52s Love Shack on there.
Shawn Colvin's Sunny Came Home (maybe put it right next to Burning Down the House).
Bob Dylan's Dear Landlord
posted by onlyconnect at 9:52 AM on May 16, 2007

The Smithereens - House We Used To Live In
posted by boomchicka at 10:21 AM on May 16, 2007

Two excellent Mountain Goats songs:

1. "Color in your Cheeks", from All Hail West Texas
they came in by the dozens, walking or crawling.
some were bright-eyed.
some were dead on their feet.
and they came from zimbabwe,
or from soviet, georgia.
east saint louis, or from paris, or they lived across the street.
but they came, and when they'd finally made it here,
it was the least that we could do to make our welcome clear.

2. "Palmcorder Yajna", from We Shall All Be Healed
And I dreamt of a house
Haunted by all you tweakers with your hands out
Although it's actually about a room in a Travelodge.
posted by ITheCosmos at 10:35 AM on May 16, 2007

Smog - Goldfish Bowl

With all your health tips and your guilt trips
I can't even walk
You're watching me like a hawk
With all your guilt trips and your health tips
I can't eat at all
You're watching me like a hawk
You know this appartment is so small

Oh, how can i expect a wild love to grow
Oh, how can i expect a wild love to grow
It's like a fish in a goldfish bowl
It's like a fish in a goldfish bowl
It's like a fish in a goldfish bowl
posted by look busy at 10:42 AM on May 16, 2007

The Man Upstairs by Voltaire (maybe not really that great of an idea for work...)

As far as I can tell
he juggles bowling balls
but he's not good at it...
...
Please.. murder that fuck up stairs...

posted by anaelith at 10:58 AM on May 16, 2007

horace andy: government land.
posted by .kobayashi. at 11:08 AM on May 16, 2007

Sister Ray by the Velvet Underground?
posted by treepour at 11:13 AM on May 16, 2007

The last couple of songs from Tommy

"Blue Hawaiian" -Pavement
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 1:47 PM on May 16, 2007

"Houseguest" by Nothing Painted Blue

I've done things in your room you'd be ashamed to accuse me of/ it's just a tendency I have when certain people refuse me love
posted by 23skidoo at 2:50 PM on May 16, 2007

"we can all get along with dinosaurs" by The Terrible Twos :)
posted by gursky at 8:12 PM on May 16, 2007