She's a Jukebox Hero: November 2015

Sunday 1 November 2015

Happy Birthday, Baby! The Drunkloading Post

This week, She's A Jukebox Hero celebrated its first birthday! What better way to celebrate than by playing my first playlist, Tunes That Mix Well With Tonic, and having a few cocktails. Yes, it was a fine celebration... But something always seems to happen when we drink with friends. Somehow, at some point in the evening, the playlist gets... Weird.

It's a phenomenon known to some (specifically my cousin, Brandie) as "drunkloading", the act of downloading songs while drinking, and it always leads to an overly shameful iTunes history the next morning. This list usually consists of songs you wouldn't dare admitting to enjoying when you're sober, but somehow know all the words to when you're drunk. You probably have dance moves for these songs as well. The practice isn't absent in those who don't partake in the occasional cocktail, either. My sober friends can chalk it up to mob mentality or guilty pleasures, but I know we've all been there.

Boney M

I decided to dig a little deeper, and after some surveying of my friends and family, this is what I've come up with. Dear readers, I bring to you perhaps the most shameful playlist to date. Spoiler alert, Bony M makes more than one appearance on this list. That being said, here it is!

A Beginner's Guide to Drunkloading: