{"id":16684,"date":"2020-11-24T18:49:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T02:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=16684"},"modified":"2020-12-03T21:36:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T05:36:25","slug":"beat-holiday-stress-with-some-funky-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/beat-holiday-stress-with-some-funky-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat holiday stress with some funky tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Enjoy a playlist that travels through the \u201860s and \u201990s<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Natalie Dean<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The holiday season is finally here, and while it\u2019s an exciting time to spread cheer, some days are longer than others. People need ways to unwind and kill time in between the holiday get-togethers. Here are 15 songs to help distract from the stressfulness of the holidays, ranging from the 1960s to 1990s; there\u2019s bound to be quite a few throwbacks and other well-loved tunes. Find a few artists to revisit, and add some of these groovy classics to a playlist. Don\u2019t forget to check out <\/span>the playlist <\/span><\/a>with all these hits under \u201cBeat the holiday stress with some funky tunes~\u201d on Spotify at TheWesternHowl.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. \u201cJust the Two of Us\u201d \u2014 Bill Weathers ft. Grover Washington Jr.<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  2. \u201cGive Up the Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)\u201d \u2014 Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  3. \u201cJuicy\u201d \u2014 The Notorious B.I.G.<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  4. \u201cWhat\u2019s Going On\u201d \u2014 Marvin Gaye<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  5. \u201cLove Train\u201d \u2014 The O\u2019Jays\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  6. \u201cBlue Bayou\u201d \u2014 Roy Orbison\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  7. \u201cPlay That Funky Music\u201d \u2014 Wild Cherry<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  8. \u201cLittle Lies\u201d \u2014 Fleetwood Mac\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  9. \u201cBoogie Wonderland\u201d \u2014 Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  10. \u201cFunky Town\u201d \u2014 Lipps Inc.<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  11. \u201cGet Down on It\u201d \u2014 Kool & The Gang<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  12. \u201cLove Her Madly\u201d \u2014 The Doors<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  13. \u00a0\u201cI Wish\u201d \u2014 Stevie Wonder<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  14. \u201cNight Fever\u201d \u2014 The Bee Gees\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n
  15. \u00a0\u201cGet Down Tonight\u201d \u2014 KC & The Sunshine\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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    Contact the author at ndean17@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    Enjoy a playlist that travels through the \u201860s and \u201990s<\/p>\n

    Natalie Dean | Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":16662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[161,54,379,279,280,167,380],"class_list":["post-16684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-music-list","tag-natalie","tag-natalie-dean","tag-playlist","tag-throwback"],"modified_by":"The Western Howl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}