This thread is a little bittersweet. I've been very fortunate to develop great friendships through my audio hobby and for me, listening to music is much more fun when you get to enjoy with others.
I usually play what folks want to hear but if I'm getting my audio geek on I play "Keith Don't Go" or anything by Diana Krall
...I usally like to impress folks with standard, non-audiophile records including:
"The Things We Do For Love", 10cc, (
Deceptive Bends, Mercury, 1977)
"Back In Black", AC/DC (
Back In Black, 1980, RL Masterdisk pressing)
"
Take Five", Dave Brubeck, (
Time Out, 1958, Original Columbia 6-eye mono)
"Slowness", Calexico (
Carried To Dust, Quarterstick 2008)
"Old Fashioned Love", Benny Carter (
Jazz Giant, Contemporary, 1958, mono)
"Solitary Man" Johnny Cash (
American III, Sony, 2000)
"Going Home", Leonard Cohen (
Old Ideas, Columbia, 2012)
"Music Is Love", David Crosby (
If I Could Only Remember My Name, Atlantic, 1971)
"Seasons Trees" Danger Mouse (
Rome, Capitol, 2011)
"Round About Midnight", Miles Davis (
Round About Midnight, Columbia, 1955, 6 eye mono)
"So What", Miles Davis (
Kind of Blue, Columbia, 1959, 6 eye mono)
"Don't Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me" Duke Ellington/Ray Brown (
This One's For Blanton, Pablo, 1972)
"I Remember You" Eilen Jewell (
Queen of the Minor Key, Signature Sounds, 2011)
"A Night In Tunisia" Great Jazz Trio (
Direct From LA, East Wind, 1977)
"God's Children" Gutter Twins (
Saturnalia, Subpop, 2008)
"Scope" Buck Hill, (
Scope, Steeplechase, 1979)
"High Cost of Living Is Nothing Like the Cost of Living High" Jamey Johnson (
That Lonesome Song, Mercury, 2008)
"Your Old Lady" David Lindley (
El Rayo-X, Asylum, 1981)
"Cry Me A River" Julie London (
Julie Is Her Name, Liberty, 1955)
"Beds Are Burning" Midnight Oil (
Diesel and Dust, Sony, 1990)
"Bunny" Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges (
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges, Verve, 1959, mono)
"Chelsea Bridge" Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster (
Mulligan Meets Webster, Verve, 1959, mono)
"All Apologies" Nirvana (
Unplugged, Geffen, 1994)
"Windowpane" Opeth (
Damnation, Koch, 2003)
"Pressure Drop" Robert Palmer (
Pressure Drop, Island, 1975)
"Whims of Chambers" Art Pepper (
Gettin' Together, Contemporary, 1960)
"Cottontail" Flip Phillips (
A Real Swinger, Concord, 1990)
"Let's Work" Prince (
Controversy, Warner Bros, 1981)
"Aguas De Marco" Elis Regina & Jobim, (
Elis & Tom, Phillips, 1974)
"Struggle" Keith Richards (
Talk Is Cheap, Virgin, 1988)
"Down In the Hole" Rolling Stones (
Emotional Rescue, RSR, 1980)
"If I Should Lose You" Sphere (
Flight Path, Elektra, 1983) -- someone I know calls this 'the truth'...but what does he know Dre?
"My Favorite Things" Sarah Vaughan (
After Hours, Roulette, 1955)
"First We Take Manhattan" Jennifer Warnes (
Famous Blue Raincoat, Cypress, 1986)
"To See Her Face" Bobby Watson, (
Beatitudes, Evidence, 1985)
"Milestones" Phil Woods, (
More Live, Adlephi, 1981)
I also like to use 45 rpm, 12" singles:
"Erotic City" Prince
"Burning Down The House" Talking Heads
"Miss You", Rolling Stones