Please Begin Dancing Now (A YouTube Playlist)
At work, I sometimes find myself wishing for the convenience of my home music collection in order to select some suitably fantastic tunes. Without a portable music contraption to carry my music along with me, I instead rely on the web for my daily allotment of musical awesomeness. I listen to internet radio, to the podcasts of friends, or to last.fm. Lately, though, I’ve tapped into a remarkably broad library of muzak that has provided me with ample musical ammunition: it’s YouTube, folks.
The ’Tube lets you create custom playlists from any movie on the site. Harnessing this simple feature, I put together my first YouTube playlist. It’s called Please Begin Dancing Now.
Heavily indebted to Bruce Mans’ The New Balaeric podcast, this playlist consists of quirky electronica — danceable indie stuff that you’d probably hear in commercials. In fact, the first track is straight off the recent iPod Touch commercial. This collection ends up being a pretty enjoyable, breezy little list of songs, and I hope you dig this foray into fun and simplicity as much as I have.
The Playlist:
1. Cansei De Ser Sexy – Music is My Hot Hot Sex (Don’t worry, the song isn’t actually sketchy)
2. Project Jenny, Project Jan – 320
3. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
4. Le Tigre – Fake French
5. Fujiya & Miyagi – Collarbone
6. Beck – Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes)
7. Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month (Alan Braxe Remix)
8. Justice – D.A.N.C.E
9. Prototypes – Who’s Gonna Sing?
10. Junior Senior – Can I Get Get Get
11. Gorillaz – Kids with Guns
12. Simian Mobile Disco – It’s The Beat
13. LCD Soundystem – Tribulations
14. Datarock – Fa Fa Fa
A quick note: This video playlist contains videos I’ve never actually watched – I can’t vouch for their goodness, or warn you of their badness. I just click play, and let the music rock me into a trance of productivity.
That’s all. Please begin dancing now.
Yep, this archaic archive of articles and projects is a little outdated. BUT! At one point, these were cutting edge. Or least, relatively useful/funny. They were made, painstakingly, by Kevan Gilbert: you know, from Vancouver, works for a web agency, sometimes makes up songs, is a totally dorky dad and husband. More boring details on the 
For another completely untapped fountain of music, you can search for sports highlights remixes. They all have that distinctive metallic rock beat that justs so happens to climax every time a player falls to the ices, dunks the ball or hits a homerun. I would definitely recommend it. The highlights are great… but secondary to the powerfully original music
Kevan, your play list is fueling Pillar right now. Many thanks. I look forward to seeing your face in the near future.