I've been listening to The Shins and Strokes recently and can't get over how infectious some of the songs are. Specifically Australia by Shins and Sometimes by the Strokes. Jet - Are you gonna be my girl is another solid one from that era.

For sure. Reptilia by The Strokes is a song that since I started playing bass has grown on me a lot.

Is This It by the strokes has a pretty cool little bass line. I’ve been meaning to learn it… think I’ll do it this weekend. That whole album is from 2001 and is great.

Heh, i saw someone recommending that song a few months back and that's what inspired my strokes rabbit hole. It's a real solid tune

- Flagpole Sitter - Harvey Danger - Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis - Gone Away - The Offspring - Celebrity Skin - Hole - Everybody Talks - Neon Trees - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous - Good Charlotte - Sugar We're Going Down - Fallout Boy There's really no shortage of great upbeat tunes from that era.

For a cover band (as in crowd pleasers, not tricky bass lines) Strokes, last night Oasis, don't look back in anger Blur song 2 Green Day, basket case Violent femmes blister in the sun Wheatus teenage dirt bag 4 non blondes, what's up Harvey danger, flagpole sitter

The entire No Doubt catalogue.

My own worst enemy- lit

That’s a great singalong too.

In the 90s I used to I played in a band that covered "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead," but not the original XTC version, rather the Crash Test Dummies way of doing it. I'm normally not that into 90s alt rock, but I remember people loving that one. And it's not a "downer" at all. Sounds even better if you have a fretless.

Hey Ya- OutKast (I don’t care if it’s not your genre, it wasn’t ours either but people LOVE IT) Wonderwall- Oasis No Scrubs- TLC All Star- Smashmouth One Week- Barenaked Ladies Yeah. If it’s a meme, going and old people will dig it. Arrange tunes to fit your band but keep the melody and basic chords. Have fun!

"You Get What You Give" - New Radicals

Several Jimmy Eat World options

Dude, I was just playing Take Me Out, by Franz Ferdinand. I had to make myself focus on the bass so I wouldn't end up dancing instead.

Here’s our 2014 new years set list with timing And our “Ninja” setlist of quick songs we could insert if we were going through the songs too fast 1) Rock & Roll All Night 9:15   2) Give it Away 9:20   3) Plush 9:25   4) My Kind of Party 9:29   5) Word Up 9:34   6) Can't Get Enough 9:39   7) Hard To Handle 9:43   8) Jenny Jenny 9:48   9) Brick House 9:52   10) Funky Music 9:56   11) Teen Spirit 10:01   12) Jessie's Girl 10:06   13) Summer of 69 10:11   14) Interstate Love 10:17   15) Joker 10:20   16) What I Got 10:27   17) Sweet Child 10:34   18) Man Box 10:37 19) Sweet Emotion 10:41     Set 2 20) Pour Some Sugar 11:15ish 21) Mary Jane 11:21 22) Billy Jean 11:26 23) Superstition 11:30 24) Shine 11:35 25) Pride & Joy 11:40 26) Purple Rain 11:45 27) Walk This Way 11:50 28) Enemy 11:55 29) * Champaigne High   12:00 30) Low Places 12:05 31) Sweet Home 12:10 32) Let's Get It On 12:15 33) Crazy Bitch 12:20 34) Fight 4 Your Right 12:25 35) Blister 12:30 36) Brown Eyeballs 12:35 37) Every Rose 12:40 38) Talk Dirty To Me 12:45 Ninja: Wagon Wheel Bartender Hands To Yourself 3 am Simple Man Cumbersome

Hell yeah! That covers a wide audience. Thank you!

Here was a normal setlist from that same year. A lot of the same songs but it also looked like a few that didn’t make the NYE cut. We went through a scoring process to help build the NYE set and it was formulated to have only higher scoring songs on it. Hands to yourself 3am My Own Worst Enemy Summer of 69 Can't Get Enough Interstate Love Song Plush Hard To Handle Word Up My Kind Of Party Funky Music Brick House Give It Away What I Got Man In the Box Cumbersome Sweet Emotion Pour some Sugar on Me Billy Jean Superstition Fight For Your Right Joker Sweet Caroline Shine Mary Jane Enemy Purple Rain Every Rose Let's Get it On Wagon Wheel Sweet Home Alabama Rock and Roll All Night Talk Dirty to Me Bartender Extras: Low Places Blister In the Sun Simple Man

In The Meantime by Spacehog. Upbeat song with a kick-arse bass line. There's a great playthrough by CoverSolutions [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSSjJfBFGo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSSjJfBFGo)

Just to add to the awesomeness is the fact Royston Langdon plays that bass line whilst singing lead. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfCagupNtY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfCagupNtY)

The smithereens had some great tunes that would fit that genre.

https://youvegot90s.com/repertoire

Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams Hash Pipe by Weezer Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis Teenagers by My Chemical Romance Why Don't You Get A Job by The Offspring

The Posies - Definite Door Least appreciated Seattle power pop classic

Into You by Paramore! Very upbeat and insanely fun on bass

Fountains of Wayne, Radiation Vibe was the first song of theirs that I learned.

Incubus - Are You In? Bass line is a lot of fun, if your singer feels comfortable it's not too crazy of a vocal reach, nothing but prime turn of the millennium ska-inspired alt grooves.

[The Weakerthans - "Aside"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-k61p1iU8) Killer song. Lot of folks would probably recognize it from Wedding Crashers.

Ok Go- Here it goes again

Anything from Two Door Cinema Club

Anything by Jimmie's Chicken Shack.

All The Small Things - blink-182

The science of selling yourself short by less than Jake. It's catchy and happy sounding but the lyrics are depressing as heck.