Housequake: A Prince Party 12/16/16

“For You” - For You (1978)

“Moonbeam Levels” - 4Ever (2016)

“Shy” - The Gold Experience (1995)

“Blue Light” - Love Symbol Album (1992)

“Girl” – B-side of “America” (1985)

“The Morning Papers” – Love Symbol Album (1993)

“Starfish and Coffee” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“Courtin' Time” - Emancipation (1996)

“Gotta Stop (Messin About)” – B-side of “Let’s Work” (1982)

“Soft and Wet” – For You (1978)

“Head” – Dirty Mind (1980)

“Feel U Up” - B-side of “Partyman” (1989)

“Jack U Off” - Controversy (1981)

“P Control” - Gold (1995)

“Scarlet Pussy” - B-Side of “I Wish U Heaven” (1988)

“Delirious” - 1999 (1983)

“Horny Toad” - B-Side of “Delirious” (1983)

“America” - Around the World in a Day (1985)

“Ronnie, Talk to Russia” - Controversy (1981)

“Play in the Sunshine” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“In Love” – For You (1978)

“Something in the Water Does Not Compute” - 1999 (1982)

“Computer Blue” > “Darling Nikki” - Purple Rain (1984)

“Pope” – The Hits/The B-Sides (1993)

“Little Red Corvette” – 1999 (1983)

“Partyman” – Batman Soundtrack (1989)

“Partyup” – Dirty Mind (1980)

“We Gets Up” – Emancipation (1996)

“(There'll Never B) Another Like Me” – MPLSound (2009)

“I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (Single Version)” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“Fixurlifeup” – Plectrumelectrum (2014)

“Pop Life” – Around the World in a Day (1985)

Shelia E – “The Glamourous Life” (1984)

The Time – “Jungle Love” (1984)

Apollonia 6 – “Sex Shooter” (1984)

Chaka Khan – “I Feel For You” (1984)

“Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad” – Prince (1980)

“Superfunkycalifragisexy” – The Black Album (1994)

“My Name Is Prince” (1992) – Love Symbol Album (1992)

“Everyday Is a Winding Road” - Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999)

“Screwdriver” – HitNRun Phase Two (2015)

“Funknroll” – Plectrumelectrum (2014)

“Let’s Go Crazy” – Purple Rain (1984)

“I Would Die 4 U” > “Baby I’m a Star” Purple Rain (1984)

“Raspberry Beret (Extended Remix)” – Raspberry Beret 12” (1985)

“7” – Love Symbol Album (1992)
“Take Me With U” – Purple Rain (1984)

“Rocknroll Loveaffair” - HitNRun Phase Two (2015)

“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” – A-side of single (1994)

“Mountains” – Parade (1986)

The Bangles – “Manic Monday” (1985)

Tevin Campbell – “Round and Round” (1990)

Sheena Easton – “Sugar Walls” (1984)

“U Got the Look” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“1999” – 1999 (1982)

“Housequake” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“It” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“Like a Mack” – HitNRun Phase One (2015)

“Alphabet Street (Single Version)” – Lovesexy (1988)

“Girls & Boys” – Parade (1986)

Vanity 6 – “Nasty Girl” (1982)

“Cream” – Diamonds and Pearls (1991)

“When Doves Cry” – Purple Rain (1984)

“I Wanna Be Your Lover” – Prince (1979)

“Anotherloverholeinyourhead” – Parade (1986)

“Erotic City” – B-side of “Let’s Go Crazy” (1984)

“When You Were Mine” – Dirty Mind (1980)

“Sign O’ the Times (Single Version)” – Sign O’ the Times (1987)

“Another Lonely Christmas” – B-side of “I Would Die 4 U” (1984)

“Diamonds and Pearls” – Diamonds and Pearls (1991)

“Purple Rain” – Purple Rain (1984)

2016 Village Voice Ballot

I still have a ballot even two years removed from doing the RT 20. So here's what I submitted this year.

Albums
1) A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here…Thank You for Your Service 2) Nada Surf – You Know Who You Are
3) Bob Mould – Patch the Sky 4) Split Single – Metal Frames 5) Wilco – Schmilco 6) The Minus 5 – Of Monkees and Men 7) The Monkees – Good Times 8) The Figgs – On the Slide 9) Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool 10) Letters to Cleo – Back to Nebraska

Singles
1) Bob Mould – “Voices in My Head"
2) The Head and the Heart – “All We Ever Knew”
3) Avett Brothers – “Ain’t No Man”
4) Sylvan Esso – “Radio”
5) The XX – “On Hold"
6) Nicole Atkins – “A Little Crazy”
7) Angel Olson – “Shut Up and Kiss Me"
8) Teenage Fanclub – “I’m in Love”
9) Michael Kiwanuka – “One More Night”
10) The Pretenders – “Holy Commotion”

Party Like It's 1999 12/3/16

All I Want For Christmas Is Mariah Edition

Guster – “Barrel of a Gun”

Crowded House – “Locked Out”

Tears for Fears – “Break It Down Again”

Collective Soul – “December”

Pearl Jam – “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”

Annie Lennox – “No More I Love You's”

Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me”

Merrill Bainbridge – “Mouth”

Donna Lewis – “I Love You Always and Forever”

Boy Crazy – “That's What Love Can Do”

Go West – “King of Wishful Thinking”

Boyz II Men – “Thank U”

Prince – “Thieves in the Temple”

Mariah Carey – “Make it Happen”

Mariah Carey – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

No Doubt – “Oi to the World”

No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get”

Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”

House of Pain – “Jump Around”

Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre – “No Diggity”

Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”

TLC – “Ain't Too Proud to Beg”

Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison”

Naughty By Nature – “Hip Hop Hooray”

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – “Good Vibrations”

Mariah Carey – “Emotions”

Mariah Carey – “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”

NSync – “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays”

NSync – “Tearing Up My Heart”

Spice Girls – “Wannabe”

Britney Spears – “(You Drive Me) Crazy”

Shania Twain – “Man! I Feel Like a Woman”

Robyn – “Show Me Love”

Backstreet Boys – “Christmas Time”

Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”

Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas Is You”

Mariah Carey – “Fantasy”

Dee-Lite – “Groove Is in the Heart”

Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping”

Green Day – “Basket Case”

Weezer – “Buddy Holly”

Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life”

The Cardigans – “Lovefool”

Aqua – “Barbie Girl”

Wreckx-N-Effect – “Rump Shaker”

69 Boyz – “Tootsie Roll”

Quad City DJ's – “C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)”

Black Box – “Strike It Up”

Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”

Salt-N-Pepa – “Let's Talk About Sex”

Coolio featuring LV – “Gangsta's Paradise”

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg – “Still Dre”

Busta Rhymes – “Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up”

LL Cool J – “Around the Way Girl”

Sir Mix-a-Lot – “Baby Got Back”

Juvenile – “Back that Azz Up”

Ginuwine – “Pony”

Beastie Boys – “Intergalactic”

Hanson – “Mmmbop”

Mandy Moore – “Candy”

Mariah Carey – “Honey”

Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z – “Heartbreaker”

TLC – “Creep”

Janet Jackson featuring MC Lyte – “You Want This (Remix)”

Michael Jackson – “Black or White”

Lauryn Hill – “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”

Mark Morrison – “Return of the Mack”

Heavy D and Da Boyz – “Now That We Found Love”

Kid-n-Play – “Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody”

Skee-Lo – “I Wish”

2Pac and Dr. Dre – “California Love”

Ghost Town DJ's – “My Boo”

Zhane – “Hey Mr. DJ”

A Tribe Called Quest – “Bonita Applebaum”

Keith Sweat – “Twisted”

Mariah Carey – “Vision of Love”

The Pretenders – “I'll Stand By You”

Counting Crows – “A Long December”

Jeff Buckley – “Hallelujah”