Well, for next year, you could add some children’s songs. Any parents in the audience will, I’m sure, be ready to pony up so they don’t have to hear them again (and again, and again, Oh God!). Maybe start with “Who Let the Dogs Out?” (Woof! Woof!).
And on the schmaltzy side, nobody mentioned “Send in the Clowns” yet?
Also, “Cherry Pie”, by whatever hair-metal band that was, would make me open my wallet instantly.
Awww, I love some of the Partridge Family’s stuff. But then, I was 10 at the time and thought David Cassidy was all that AND a bag o’chips. Still, I can think of 10,000 things worse than PF stuff.
Sorry, forgot to post it. Thanks to everybody who helped out–I definitely gave the SDMB a shout out.
I didn’t have as much time to work on the setlist as I went as I would have liked–I had an asshole calling and hanging up constantly for the entire three hours to keep my phone lines tied up, so I was trying to deal with him. So there were a lot of repeats from last year. Still fun, though, even if I didn’t raise much money.
Barry Manilow - “Mandy”
Captain and Tennille - “Muskrat Love”
Starland Vocal Band - “Afternoon Delight”
Liberace - “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”
Starship - “We Built This City”
Zager and Evans - “In The Year 2525”
A Taste of Honey - “Boogie Oogie Oogie”
Don Ho - “Tiny Bubbles”
Aaron Carter - “That’s How I Beat Shaq”
Rumal Norkuu - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
some unknown polka band - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Tanz der Vampire - “Totale Finsternis” (aka “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in German)
Kevin Federline - “Popozao”
Those Darn Accordions - “Stairway to Heaven”
Richard Harris - “MacArthur Park”
Dan Fogelberg - “Longer”
Rockabye Baby! - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Paper Lace - “The Night Chicago Died”
William Shatner - “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Leonard Nimoy - “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town”
Leonard Nimoy - “Both Sides Now”
George Takei - “On the Road Again”
William Shatner - “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Gregorian Spirit - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Minnie Ripperton - “Loving You”
Rupert Holmes - “Escape (the Pina Colada Song)”
NKOTB - “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”
some german band - “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (in German)
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Falco - “Rock Me Amadeus”
Bryan Adams - “The Only Thing that Looks Good on Me Is You”
Ohio Express - “Yummy Yummy Yummy”
Telly Savalas - “If”
Hulk Hogan - “I’m a Hulkamaniac”
Crazy Frog - “Popcorn”
My Morning Jacket - “One Big Holiday” *
Not part of the crapfest. A caller/pledger implored me to “end on the good shit”.