Music about club music
March 3, 2022 2:41 PM Subscribe
Please suggest more songs that are "about" club music, without necessarily being club music - I mean songs that evoke the sounds of being in a dance club. Like "Pursuit of Happiness" (Steve Aoki remix) by Kud Cudi, "Blinded by the Lights" by the Streets, and "Forever" by Chris Brown. I'm not sure I've explained it well, but those three songs all do what I want. Thanks for any help!
Burial’s Untrue (making-of, revisited review) may fit the bill. His music is something like a secondhand reinterpretation of club music, especially how it sounds over headphones on rainy London buses at night.
posted by migurski at 2:53 PM on March 3, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by migurski at 2:53 PM on March 3, 2022 [2 favorites]
I don't know if this is precisely on target, but it's a club track about how clubbing used to be better back in the day, which name-checks a whole lot of legendary clubs and club music styles, and talks about what the atmosphere of a good club and scene should be:
Abe Duque - What Happened?
posted by Artifice_Eternity at 2:53 PM on March 3, 2022
Abe Duque - What Happened?
posted by Artifice_Eternity at 2:53 PM on March 3, 2022
Best answer: Strobe Life by Alabama 3
posted by runincircles at 3:01 PM on March 3, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by runincircles at 3:01 PM on March 3, 2022 [1 favorite]
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House by LCD Soundsystem.
posted by plant or animal at 3:19 PM on March 3, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by plant or animal at 3:19 PM on March 3, 2022 [5 favorites]
Nthing parm and plant or animal - Beulah Loves Dancing is so joyful, and Daft Punk Is Playing At My House is a perennial strut I walk around cities to. Also Queen Latifah’s Come Into My House - GIVE ME BODY (though maybe that’s too actually-club-music… but I’m listening again right now and love it SO MUCH)
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 4:44 PM on March 3, 2022
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 4:44 PM on March 3, 2022
Maybe a little tangential, but how about Pulp's "Sorted For Es and Whizz"?
There's also Rob Clarkson's "Nightclub Scene", but that's a bit obscure if you're not from SE Australia. I can't find anything to link.
posted by pompomtom at 5:04 PM on March 3, 2022
There's also Rob Clarkson's "Nightclub Scene", but that's a bit obscure if you're not from SE Australia. I can't find anything to link.
posted by pompomtom at 5:04 PM on March 3, 2022
Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem.
posted by vunder at 5:11 PM on March 3, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by vunder at 5:11 PM on March 3, 2022 [1 favorite]
Good Days by SZA is the 8 am chillout vibe of my dreams.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 6:14 PM on March 3, 2022
posted by Lawn Beaver at 6:14 PM on March 3, 2022
Girls of Summer by Arab Strap is a post-rock song about a night out in a club
posted by Faff at 10:46 PM on March 3, 2022
posted by Faff at 10:46 PM on March 3, 2022
Since you flagged A3, I'll also recommend their song U Don't Dans 2 tekno anymore.
They describe their genre as "country acid house", so a lot of it is sort of about that without being that.
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:10 AM on March 4, 2022 [2 favorites]
They describe their genre as "country acid house", so a lot of it is sort of about that without being that.
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:10 AM on March 4, 2022 [2 favorites]
Another by Arab Strap: Daughters of Darkness
“it’s amazing what a mirror ball and the right frame of mind can do”
posted by tomp at 6:27 AM on March 4, 2022
“it’s amazing what a mirror ball and the right frame of mind can do”
posted by tomp at 6:27 AM on March 4, 2022
Le Tigre - Viz
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 8:52 AM on March 4, 2022
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 8:52 AM on March 4, 2022
S.P.Y - Back To Basics (feat. Diane Charlemagne) - I absolutely love this - for me, it perfectly captures (in words and vibes) the magic of those halcyon jungle/drum 'n' bass clubbing days in the early to mid 90s.
"Feel the bass/
Hit the soul/
And the drums/
Hear them roll..."
posted by Chairboy at 10:11 AM on March 4, 2022
"Feel the bass/
Hit the soul/
And the drums/
Hear them roll..."
posted by Chairboy at 10:11 AM on March 4, 2022
(I Hate) Everybody in the Discotheque and We Don't Wanna Dance by Stereo Total spring to mind.
posted by gee_the_riot at 10:46 AM on March 4, 2022
posted by gee_the_riot at 10:46 AM on March 4, 2022
Man It's So Loud in Here by They Might Be Giants
posted by Chenko at 11:41 AM on March 4, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Chenko at 11:41 AM on March 4, 2022 [1 favorite]
Faithless, God Is A DJ, 1998
Bonus live version, 2005
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:02 PM on March 4, 2022
Bonus live version, 2005
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:02 PM on March 4, 2022
These two may be a bit too downbeat:
Belle and Sebastian, Electronic Renaissance
LCD Soundsystem, Dance Yrself Clean
Is Dancing on My Own by Robyn too obvious?
posted by lunasol at 2:47 PM on March 4, 2022 [1 favorite]
Belle and Sebastian, Electronic Renaissance
LCD Soundsystem, Dance Yrself Clean
Is Dancing on My Own by Robyn too obvious?
posted by lunasol at 2:47 PM on March 4, 2022 [1 favorite]
another Alabama 3 option:
U Don't Dans 2 Tekno Anymore
posted by philip-random at 6:56 PM on March 4, 2022
U Don't Dans 2 Tekno Anymore
posted by philip-random at 6:56 PM on March 4, 2022
Scissor Sisters, I Don't Feel Like Dancing (no link, because mobile and two glasses of wine).
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 7:34 PM on March 5, 2022
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 7:34 PM on March 5, 2022
If you know The Streets you probably already know Weak Become Heroes but it's of the same mood so I'll mention it for completeness (and because I personally prefer it slightly to Blinded by the Lights, haha).
The start of No One Is Lost by Stars is meant to evoke coming up a hallway to a door behind which the party is going (thanks Song Exploder for pointing that out to me).
posted by sigmagalator at 9:10 PM on March 6, 2022
The start of No One Is Lost by Stars is meant to evoke coming up a hallway to a door behind which the party is going (thanks Song Exploder for pointing that out to me).
posted by sigmagalator at 9:10 PM on March 6, 2022
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