Make Your Tailgate Sound Like A Strip Club

August 12, 2009 in Tailgating Ideas

Christina Aguilera performing Image via Wikipedia

If you have tailgated more than a few times you have probably seen one of those portable stripping poles show up at a tailgate spot. The problem is that most of the guys that set these things up think that is all they have to do. Just set up the pole, turn on the radio and the women will flock to them and start grinding on the pole like a girl who missed a few hugs from daddy when she was eight. Wrong! If you are going to be “that guy” that trots out the stripper pole at a tailgate party you need to transform your tailgate spot into a gentleman’s club. And what does every gentleman’s club have? Stripper music.

We go back to our guest tailgating DJ, Alex “RaiderHater” Chavez of the tailgating group Club49.org, for some suggestions to get the girls up and dancing. We even have some suggestions as to what props or gadgets you may need on hand to enhance the ladies listening and dancing experience. So without further delay, here is the play list to get the ladies dancing with or without the portable stripper pole. (Songs and artists link to the iTunes music store so you can create your own iMix.)

Closer Nine Inch Nails (One of the all time greats)

Cowboy – Kid Rock (Have a cowboy hat ready for the ladies)

Girls, Girls, GirlsMotley Crue (Can’t go wrong with this)

Cherry PieWarrant (Definitely gets the long hair flying all over the place.)

Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard (A gentleman’s club classic)

My LoveJustin Timberlake (some ice cubes would come in handy for this song)

DirrtyChristina Aguilera (skimpy outfit required to freak to this song)

What’s Your FantasyLudacris

I’m a Slave 4 UBritney Spears (Might get beat up for playing this at the tailgate, but it will be worth it if someone jumps on the dance
floor
.)

I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper) [feat. Mike Jones] T-Pain (The anthem)

Grind With MePretty Ricky (Some of that slow grind type of jams for the after the game tailgate maybe.)

Pony Ginuwine (To do list: Get a chair, sit down… Push play. Ladies will do the rest)

ButtonsPussycat Dolls (Your own set of Pussycat Dolls at the Tailgate would be EPIC)

My Love Is Like…Wo Mya (Hips wont stop moving to this one)

Can I Have It Like ThatPharrell (Once you see this performed live in its “natural environment, you’ll know why this made the list)

Burn RubberToo $hort (Too short has got hits like these for days)

BedJ. Holiday (On that smooth RB tip)

Thoia Thoing R. Kelly (Getting a bunch of people to randomly yell “Thoia Thoing” will get the party started. .seen it with my own eyes.)

U and Dat (Featuring T. Pain & Kandi Girl) E-40 (Tryin’ to get to uuuuuuu and that booooty)

Nice & SlowUsher (For those champagne room type tailgate RV’s people have)

Back That Thang UpJuvenile (Will get even random people walking by the tailgate to back that thing up)

Tip DrillNelly (This is another “take it to the RV” type of songs…)

LollipopLil Wayne (For added, effect, make sure you have a bag of lollipops handy)

PlayDavid Banner (Freakyness 10x if you play the explicit lyrics version)

WaitYing Yang Twins (Ditto as the last song)

Gasolina (Remix) - Daddy Yankee (A hit with the Latinas, you’ll get them shaking it like Shakira in no time)

AtreveteCalle 13 (You might not know what they’re sayin’, but the beat will captivate ya, pretty soon your hips will start movin’)

La TorturaShakira (Perfect opportunity to have a Shakira booty shakin’ competition)

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Tailgate Party Music Ideas For The 2009 Football Season

July 24, 2009 in Tailgating Ideas

DJ EquipmentImage by JMRosenfeld via Flickr

This is a guest post by Alex “RaiderHater” Chavez, a die hard San Francisco 49ers fan and the driving force behind the tailgating group Club 49. You may recall back in November of 2007, Alex submitted a number of play lists that any tailgater could plug into their MP3 player and keep the party going all the way until game time. Today he is back with even more music suggestions and tailgating tips that will provide you the tools and ideas to break out the music and “set it and forget it”. Take it away Alex….

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There are many ways to get the party going at the tailgate but nothing kills the tailgating vibe like bad music. Don’t you hate it when a song ends and then there’s that pause when everyone stops to look around and wonders when the next song is going to play? Now if someone has a good taste in music, they will have a good mix of songs playing back-to-back. Why even go to that trouble at the tailgate? It’s all about having a good time and keeping them “nalgas” (look it up) shaking.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we are blessed to have some really good DJ’s on the local radio stations. What a lot of DJ’s are starting to do across the country is posting their DJ mixes online for people to download for free. That was good news for me. No longer did I have to really worry about what CD to put in or make a perfect play list to get people dancing. I started going to the local radio websites and was able to download a bunch of mixes for free. And they were a hit at the next tailgate party. People thought we had a real DJ there playing music for us. That’s because the songs just keep on coming without that uncomfortable break.

After following a few of my local DJ’s, I started to branch out and heard about other DJ’s across the country and their DJ websites. I even found some DJ’s who would post their mixes on iTunes as a podcast.

Below are list of DJ’s and websites you should keep your eye on for the latest mixes to download. A lot of them even do special mixes, like 90′s mixes, 80′s mixes, 2pac mix, etc.. I can go on for days. Here’s a quick tip: Play any songs by Pitbull or Lady Gaga and that will get people dancing and shaking those nalgas…Another thing is that a lot of these DJ’s have Twitter accounts and post links to their mixes on there a lot sooner than on other sites. Sometimes you can discover some exclusive stuff too. Much props to them all for being bad ass at what they do.

My Favorite DJ right now is DJ Scene. He DJ’s all over the country and world. He just came back from Hong Kong but you can catch him in the Bay Area and Las Vegas all the time. You can download DJ Scene’s Podcast Mixes on his official weekly podcast website, ScenePodcast.com

Some of my favorite mixes by him from the podcast are March 14th Part 1, April 4th 2009 Part 1, May 30th Part 1 and June 13th Part 1. For those who like 80′s music, DJ Scene made quite simply one of the best mixes out there for 2009 called 2080′s Part 2.

These are just a few suggestions and if you listen to him I am sure you find something you will like. Check him out and if you get a chance, see him at a club near you. He’s amazing. One more thing, a lot of his mixes are “clean” versions which is good at a tailgating scene. I’ve had my experiences in the past where people weren’t too fond of “explicit” lyrics. To get a glimpse of DJ Scene, check out this video of his most recent trip to Hong Kong.

The next DJ to check out is DJ Scotty Fox. Everyone in the Bay Area knows about this guy. He has some great mixes and if you do some digging, towards the bottom of his site is a link to older posts. He just recently posted his four hour live DJ set online. Imagine not having to change the music for 4 hours.. Just nonstop music.. Can’t beat that. DJ Scotty Fox’s most recent mixes can be found HERE which includes all of his older mixes and some good stuff on there as well. Some of my favorite mixes are Michael Jackson Tribute, 2pac’s 2009 Birthday Mix, I Love the 80′s 4-10-09 Mix and 5-29-09 Old School Mix. Another Great DJ from San Francisco is DJ E-rock. You can subscribe to his mixes on iTunes or grab some of his mixes HERE.

A website I stumbled upon while looking for DJ mixes is called Beezo.net. Beezo is a site where DJ’s from all over the world upload their mixes for people to download for free. Now there are all kinds of Genres of DJ mixes here. You’ll find some 80′™s mixes, hip hop, R&B, electro, house, rave. It’s all there. Some good DJ’s to check out on this site whose mixes I’ve used in the past are.

DJ Abel Rock – In Da Club Mix
DJ C.A. – R&B Club Mix Part 1
Rock It Scientists – The Blast Off Part 2

You read earlier about these DJ’s being active on Twitter… Here are some other DJ’s I like to keep an eye on while on Twitter:

@djscottyfox
@djscene1
@DJHOMICIDE1
@DJ_AM
@DJEROCKSF1
@RockItDJs
@dvone
@Beezobuzz
@DIVSA
@DJKevinScott
@djtinat
@DJSuperScott
@djspinbad

Another thing to keep an eye on is the local radio Top 20 songs on rotation. I check that from time to time to see what new songs are playing. I also check out the radio stations in other cities to try to find songs that haven’t made it big on the West Coast yet.

Check these sites out to stay up on what the radio stations are currently playing right now.

San Francisco
106kmel.com
movin997.com

Los Angeles
power106.fm

Houston
kbxx.com

Miami
power96.com

New York
hot97.com

And lastly, Crooklyn Clan is a site for DJ’s that has all kinds of remixed songs.

Hopefully this has provided you some insight on how provide better music for your next tailgate party. A special thanks to Alex Chavez for sharing his insight and knowledge on keeping the party going with great music for your tailgating guests. If you are on Twitter, please feel free to follow Alex at @club49 and visit his website club49.org.

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The Presidential Candidate Tailgate Mix

October 5, 2008 in Tailgating Ideas

You wouldn’t choose your next President based on what music he listens to, would you? Of course not. But what if you could take the next President’s Top 10 favorite songs and come up with a brand new tailgate music mix? That might be something looking into.

Blender Magazine recently checked in with both John McCain and Barack Obama and asked them to compile a top 10 list of their favorite songs. Give them a look and you could be campaigning for your favorite candidate at your next tailgate just by cranking up your iPod speakers.

BARACK OBAMA
1.
Ready or Not – Fugees
2.
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
3.
I’m On Fire – Bruce Springsteen
4.
Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones
5.
Sinnerman - Nina Simone
6.
Touch the Sky - Kanye West
7.
You’d Be So Easy to Love – Frank Sinatra
8.
Think - Aretha Franklin
9.
City of Blinding Lights - U2
10.
Yes We Can  - will.i.am

JOHN McCAIN
1.
Dancing Queen – ABBA
2. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
4. If We Make It Through December – Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
7. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
9. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters

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