Alternative Tango Tandas

Song	Orchestra / Band

Feeling Good	Michael Buble
Fallin'	Alicia Keys
Satisfied	Prince

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Do I Move You	Nina Simone
Tell Me More and More and Then Some	Nina Simone
In the Dark	Nina Simone

Cheek to Cheek	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
I Put a Spell On You	Nina Simone
I Want Some Sugar in my Bowl	Nina Simone

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Come On Over (Turn Me On)	Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
The Truth	Handsome Boy Modeling School
Hell is Around the Corner	Tricky

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Glory Box	Portishead
Only You (French Version)	Portishead
2 Wicky	Hooverphonic

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Bloodstream (edited at 3:53)	Stateless
Until the Morning	Thievery Corporation
Talk Show Host	Radiohead

Teardrop	Massive Attack
Angel (radio edit)	Massive Attack
Heat Miser	Massive Attack

Cuore Sacro	Andrea Guerra
Bloodstream (edited)	Stateless
2 Wicky	Hooverphonic

I would normally leave "Smells Like Teen Spirit" out.. unless I have already used "Cuore Sacro" in another tanda.
Nothing Else Matters	Apolyptica
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Mandragora Tango Orchestra
Cuore Sacro	Andrea Guerra
Assassin's Tango	John Powell (Mr & Mrs Smith Soundtrack)

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Red Right Hand	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Little Drop of Poison	Tom Waits
Temptation	Tom Waits
Tango Til They're Sore	Tom Waits

Stormy Monday Blues	Bobby "Blue" Bland
3 O'Clock in the Morning Blues	Ike & Tina Turner
The Thrill is Gone	B.B. King

Very low energy and a bit depressing.. but good for dancing.
Mad World (Alternative Version)	Michael Andrews
My Life	Dido
Love Came Here	Lhasa de Sela

Another very low energy tanda, but can follow it with a waltz or milonga. Any of these songs can bee put together for a tanda.
9 Crimes	Damien Rice
Hallelujah	K.D. Lang
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Tori Amos
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Cat Power
Everybody Hurts	R.E.M.

Fever	Elvis Presley
Tango Til They're Sore	Holly Cole
Temptation	Diana Krall

Kind of a jazz/swing/blues set. I would use the first 3, unless I had already used "Feeling Good," in which case I would use one of the last two.
It's A Man's World	Patricia Kaas
Temptation	Diana Krall
Feeling Good	Michael Buble
I Put A Spell On You	Nina Simone
Blue Angel	Squirrel Nut Zippers

Not my favorite set, but for a strickly long alternative milonga, I might play it.
Slippery Sidewalks	Bajofondo Tango Club with Nelly Furtado
Bust Your Windows	Jazmine Sullivan
Siempre Me Quedara (short)	Bebe

This is a set with the feel of Argentine Folk music. I would normally leave the last one off. The middle two are technically milongas, but I think the classic folk music feel is what ties it all together.
Luna	Mercedes Sosa
Lo Hermoso Que Fue	Pedro Aznar
El Violin de Becho	Alfredo Zitarosa
La Cumparsita	Silvana DeLuigi

Both of these songs are very long, so I would probably just play the two of them and then go to something else.
Fairly Right	Bajofondo Tango Club with Elvis Costello
I Want You	Elvis Costello

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Hearts A Mess	Gotye
Somebody That I Used to Know	Gotye
Boy with a Coin	Iron & Wine

Boy with a Coin	Iron & Wine
Cornflake Girl	Tori Amos
Tango in Harlem	Touch and Go
White Lilies	Peder

Black Coffee	St. Germaine
Fever	Peggy Lee
Petite Fleur	Chris Barber

This tanda has a middle eastern feel. These are pretty popular with Alternative DJs, but are not my cup-o-tea.
Chaloupée	René Aubry
Time 4 Time	Nigel Kennedy, Kroke
Meger	Candan Ercetin
Usual Happiness	Kroke

Alternative Tango Tandas

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