FOSS4G2007 Music
Let's get a lot of suggestions in, then we'll sort them into a play order and allocate them to before-Opening and after-Closing.
Opening Plenary Music
- Imagine, John Lennon
- Think, Aretha Franklin
- I'm Free, The Soupdragons
- One Love, Bob Marley
- One, U2
- Beautiful Day, U2
- Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow), Fleetwood Mac
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, BTO
- Taking Care of Business, BTO
- Jump, Van Halen
- Pusherman, Curtis Mayfield
- Voodoo Child (slight return), Jimi Hendrix
- Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
- Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin
- Sympathy For the Devil, Rolling Stones
- Dio, Tenacious D
- Refugee, Tom Petty
- Won't Get Fools Again, The Who
- Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor Or Humanity (Soundtrack Kill Bill)
Closing Plenary Music
- One Place, Everything But the Girl
- The Price I Pay, Billy Bragg
- There is Power in a Union, Billy Bragg
- Departure Bay, Diana Krall
- Consequence Free, Great Big Sea
- Every Picture Tells a Story, Rod Stewart
- Life During Wartime, Talking Heads
- Freedom Rider, Traffic
- Vertigo, U2
- Won’t Forget These Days, Fury in the Slaughterhouse
- The Best Was Yet To Come, Brian Adams
General Quiet Time
Most of the time when we want music will be when folks are being seated. Here are a couple "ambient" background music podcast examples that are nice and long so they can be switched on and off without the obvious interruption of lyrics, etc.
- From a great Australian weekly podcast: Ultima Thule - Episode 667 Episode 668 Episode 637
- soma fm online station has some great groove, chill and space music that might fit in nicely
- Royalty free mixes, including rock, etc. from uniquetracks.com
- CC licensed mixes from Magnatune
- More interesting royalty free music from royaltyfreemusic.com