# 20 random songs... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546 "2005-03-08T16:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/81 "2005-03-14T18:20:03Z")
One more time: 1. Piano Sonata in C (Mvt. 3)- Mozart 2. Peace of Mind- Boston 3. I Can’t Move No Mountains- Blood, Sweat, and Tears 4. Memories of You- Benny Goodman 5. I’m Looking Through You- The Beatles 6. Two of Us- The Beatles 7. The Wind Cries Mary- Jimi Hendrix 8. The Last Dance- Sinatra 9. Blackbird- The Beatles 10. String Serenade in E (Mvt. 3)- Dvorak 11. Another First Kiss- They Might Be Giants 12. Suite #1 for Military Band (Mvt. 1)- Holst 13. Bicycle- Queen 14. Pomp and Circumstance (March No. 4) from the Clockwork Orange soundtrack- Elgar 15. She’s an Angel- They Might Be Giants 16. Moonlight Bay- The Beatles 17. I Can Hear You- They Might Be Giants 18. You Learn- Alanis Morrisette 19. Girl- The Beatles 20. Money Song- Monty Python That’s more like it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/82 "2005-03-15T01:56:55Z")
An old link from last August: If anyone wants to see the results from when Cafe Society dopers did the [Come Out & Play The 9 Track iPod/Jukebox Shuffled Segue Comparison Game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267962). Playlist: 17,594 tracks 1,196:07:40 66.89Gb Medium: Music Match 10 My results:[ol][li] **Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation** - _Warning_[/li][li]**WNEW-FM (1972) Aircheck - Vin Scelsa Intro Of Quicksilver Messenger Service** - _Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder_[/li][li] **Cake** - _Satan Is My Motor_[/li][li] **Streets** - _Let’s Push Things Forward_[/li][li] **2Up** - _The Gift_[/li][li] **Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant** - _Blue Bonnet Rag_[/li][li] **Bad Religion** - _No Control_[/li][li] **Swingle Singers** - _Bach’s Fugue #5 In D-Major_[/li][li] **Osbourne Brothers** - _Rocky Top_[/li][li] **Howlin Wolf & The Electric Mud Band** - \*Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy _[/li][li] **Frank Zappa** - Village Of The Sun (Live)[/li][li] **Praga Khan & Jade 4U** - Injected With A Poison (MNO Power Mix)[/li][li] **Placebo** - Pure Morning[/li][li] **Arthur Brown** - Nightmare - Fire Poem - Fire[/li][li] **Ahvak** - Melet (Cement)[/li][li] **John Zorn & Naked City** - Batman[/li][li] **Swingle Singers** - Fugue In D-Minor- Bach[/li][li] **Herbaliser** - Mr Chomee Has The Floor[/li][li] **Dr Lonnie Smith** - Norleans[/li][_] **Mike Watt & Friends** - _Big Train_[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/83 "2005-03-15T04:22:17Z")
468 total tracks, though 370 of them are from only 8 different artists: Phish - The Mango Song Phish - Contact Frank Zappa - Thirteen King Crimson - Cat Food Frank Zappa - Sleeping In A Jar Frank Zappa - Willie the Pimp - Part One Frank Zappa - RDNZL Frank Zappa - Wedding Dress Song Sublime - The Wrong Way Beastie Boys - No Sleep 'til Brooklyn Beastie Boys - Paul Revere Grateful Dead - The Other One Frank Zappa - King Kong I Frank Zappa - How Could I Be Such a Fool? Beastie Boys - 3-Minute Rule Phish - Mantega Pink Floyd - Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil Frank Zappa - Village of the Sun Frank Zappa - Frogs With Dirty Little Lips Of the 100 or so “various artist” tracks, it looks like only Sublime managed to sneak into the first 20. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/84 "2005-03-15T04:47:21Z")
Out of 2,000+ songs, I got the following outta WinAmp: 1. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights 2. Tori Amos - Lovesong 3. Ani DiFranco - When I’m Gone 4. The Clash - Death Or Glory 5. Medieval Babes - Kinderly 6. Mary Prankster - Mata Hari 7. Suzanne Vega - Harbor Song 8. Blue Öyster Cult - Joan Crawford 9. Neko Case - Deep Red Bells 10. KMFDM - Disobedience 11. Jill Sobule - I Kissed A Girl 12. Stabbing Westward - Angel 13. The Pogues and Sinead O’Connor - Haunted 14. David Bowie - China Girl 15. Descendents - When I Get Old 16. Nirvana—Come As You Are 17. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic 18. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 19. Michelle Shocked—The Hep Cat 20. Faithless - Mass Destruction Sure, I’ll buy that as a representation of my music tastes. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/85 "2005-03-15T06:38:27Z")
Out of exactly 600 tracks (OK, I admit some are duplicates) I have: The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again Emperor - Thus Spake the Nightspirit Slayer and Machine Head - Witching Hour Chopin - Polonaise Slayer - Chemical Warfare CCR - Travelin’ Band Diamanda Galas - Let My People Go CCR - Up Around the Bend Lord of the Rings (BBC recordings) - #4 Depeche Mode - In Your Room Megadeth - Five Magics Enya - Ebudae Bauhaus - The Sanity Assassin Iggy Pop - Candy Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky White Zombie - More Human than Human Nine Inch Nails - Kinda I Want To ABBA - Take a Chance On Me Rage Against the Machine - Take the Power Back Adam Ant - Antmusic Slayer and CCR win this round. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/86 "2005-03-15T15:19:36Z")
New Day, different machine, different list: Out of 434 songs: **Performance------------------Song** Bernstein’s Mass----------Pax: Communion: Secret Songs Loretta Lynn---------------High On A Mountain Top Bernstein’s Mass----------VI. Gloria - 4. Trope: “Thank You” Loretta Lynn---------------Story Of My Life Squirrel Nut Zippers------Trou Macacq Bernstein’s Mass----------Fraction: ‘Things Get Broken’ Sarah Brightman----------Fifth Element-Techno Opera ZZ Top----------------------Sharp Dressed Man Squirrel Nut Zippers------Bad Businessman Squirrel Nut Zippers------It’s Over Buckwheat Zydeco-------I’m On The Wonder Joni Mitchell----------------Dreamland Loreena McKennertt-----Tango Bill Whelan-----------------Caoineadh C˙ Chulainn (Lament) Tori Amos------------------Cornflake Girl Betty------------------------Carnival Revisited Part II Duncan Sheik--------------Songbird – Rumors Tribute Betty------------------------Windy Joni Mitchell----------------Talk To Me Tori Amos-------------------Precious Things ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546/87 "2005-03-15T15:34:31Z")
iTunes on random through 2930 songs: NWA - Express yourself (extended mix) Mastodon - Naked burn Probot - The Emerald law DJ Lance Lockarm - Bring the Muzik Big Black - Kitty Empire Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (live) Clytus Gottwold - Lux Aeterna Velvet Underground - track 18 off the best of, dont know its name Nick Cave - From here to eternity Sly & Robbie & Howie B - Major Magic Alice Cooper - track 13 off a compilation a friend made track 19 from same compilation Public Enemy - Shut em down (Pete Rock/CL Smooth remix) The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket DJ Kicks - DJ Kicks A Perfect Circle - Crimes Tom Waits - Just another sucker on the vine The Beautiful South - Oh Blackpool Peter Gabriel - Big Time Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days Nowt if not eclectic me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-songs/293546.md?page=4)