20 random songs...

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Forgot to mention:

Mine is out of 345 songs on my iTunes – on one of my home computers.

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“Crazy for You but Not that Crazy” - Magnetic Fields
“Hallelujah” - Rufus Wainwright
“Babylon” - David Gray
“Pink Moon” - Nick Drake
“Lark Ascending” - Ralph Vaughn Williams
“Jackass - Live” - Beck and the Flaming Lips
“Lose Yourself” - Eminem
“Christmas Medley” - Jimmy Fallon
“What is Hip” - Tower of Power
“Main Offender” - Hives
“Hungry Like the Wolf” - Richard Cheese
“Fortunate Fool” - Jack Johnson
“Sooner or Later” - English Beat
“Thickfreakness” - Black Keys
“Pepper” - Butthole Surfers
“Three Piano Preludes” - George Gershwin
“Monkey Gone to Heaven” - Pixies
“Thank You” - Sly and the Family Stone
“She’s Already Made up Her Mind” - Lyle Lovett
“Going The Distance” - Cake

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Allow me to offer a rather ‘folkie’ list.

  1. The Broom of Cowden Knowes - Silly Wizard
  2. The Shadow - Mary Black
  3. Closer to the Truth - Trout Fishing in America
  4. When Summer Ends - Silly Wizard
  5. The Wing and The Wheel - Nanci Griffith
  6. Early Morning Rain - Kingston Trio
  7. Ten Degrees and Getting Colder - Nanci Griffith
  8. Ain’t Love Grand - Christine Lavin
  9. Jolly Mon Song - Jimmy Buffett
  10. Big Boys in Bad Shape - Trout Fishing in America
  11. Single Girl - Peter, Paul and Mary
  12. The Spanish Lady - Boiled in Lead
  13. Ten O’Clock in Toronto - Christine Lavin
  14. Mystery - Indigo Girls
  15. Undertow - Suzanne Vega
  16. Dilly Delany’s/Cherish the Ladies - Boiled in Lead
  17. If I Had My Life to Live Over - Meg Davis
  18. Faster Than the Speed of Night - Bonnie Tyler
  19. Doffin’ Mistress - Silly Sisters
  20. Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Tom Lehrer
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  1. Still Fighting It - Ben Folds
  2. The Book of Love - The Monotones
  3. Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
  4. Our Lives - The Calling
  5. Fooling Yourself - Styx
  6. Old Friend - New York City Gay Men’s Chorus
  7. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  8. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace (no one razz me for this, please?)
  9. Why Can’t I? - Liz Phair
  10. Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
  11. Point of Know Return - Kansas
  12. Brand New Day - Sting
  13. Along For The Ride - Mates of State
  14. Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
  15. Music is the Victim - Scissor Sisters
  16. Closing Time - Semisonic
  17. Mad World - Gary Jules
  18. Cars - Gary Numan
  19. King and Generous - Natalie Merchant
  20. What Would Happen - Meredith Brooks
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Out of 681 on this computer:

  1. “Where Will You Stand When The Flood Comes?” Jason Robert Brown’s “Parade”
  2. “Little Black Dress” - Richard O’Brien
  3. “You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me” - 42nd Street
  4. “The Parking Ticket Song” - Once More with Feeling (Buffy)
  5. “Summertime” - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
  6. “Tear it Up and Throw It Away” - Avenue Q
  7. “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” - Pink Floyd
  8. “Your Daddy’s Son” - Ragtime
  9. “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” - Jesus Christ Superstar Australian Cast Recording
  10. “This Love” - Maroon 5
  11. “Hard Candy Christmas” - Dolly Parton
  12. “I Still Call Australia Home” - The annoy Qantas Kids Choir
  13. “Walk Like An Egyptian” - Less Then Jake (punk cover)
  14. “Can That Boy Foxtrot” - Suzanne Henry
  15. “Bette Davis Eyes” - Kim Carnes
  16. “Why Don’t they leave us Alone?” - The Life
  17. “We both reached for the gun” - Chicago
  18. “Welcome to the Land” - Gareth Snook
  19. “Prom Tonight” - Not Another Teen Movie
  20. “Redneck 12 Days of Christmas” - Jeff Foxworthy
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Forgot to mention: out of 1423 tracks, and I was shocked none of my anime/J-pop came up, nor any of the classical that I listen to…

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Honey, anyone who listens to Squirrel Nut Zippers, Enya, and Leonard Bernstein is cool by me. We’re a pretty eclectic bunch – there’s bound to be someone out there who shares your tastes.

And now you’ll have to excuse me. “Now We Are Free” just came on and I need to lip sync.

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  1. Bauhaus - She’s In Parties (3:51)
  2. Dead Meadow - Beyond The Fields We Know (9:31)
  3. The Pillows - Ride On Shooting Star (2:20)
  4. The Kinks - Picturebook (2:39)
  5. Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (3:50)
  6. Disturbed - Stupify (4:34)
  7. Disturbed - Darkness (3:56)
  8. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3:51)
  9. The Hives - Introduce The Metric System In Time (2:06)
  10. Rolling Stones - Paint it Black (3:45)
  11. Atreyu - a song for the optimists (4:39)
  12. Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (3:51)1
  13. Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night (2:25)
  14. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So (3:22)
  15. The Who - My Generation (3:24)
  16. Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed (3:42)
  17. Blue Öyster Cult - Don’t Fear The Reaper (5:08)
  18. Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine (4:10)
  19. Sweet - Hellraiser (3:18)
  20. Jane’s Addiction - Whores (3:57)

Pretty indicative of my tastes if you add a little more 'Floyd and less Kinks.

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Thank you for your support. Actually there’s little listed here that I’m unfamiliar with or couldn’t eventually find on one of my random lists. There are some things I’m definitely going to look up though – since obviously age has slowed down my awareness of new music. (It comes with teenagers moving out to college and a ton of stuff the spouse wants you to take care of, and still believing it is possible to become the creative artist you’ve always wanted to be, but took that computer job because the money was just too consistent and not all that bad.) What’s the quote? “Life is that thing that happens while you’re making plans.”

Is the Howard Hughes version of that “Life is the thing that happens to you while you’re making planes?”

I digress. We now return you to your random musical selections. . .

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From my I-Tunes List

  1. Red Vines-Aimee Mann
  2. Trying to Find a Balance-Atmosphere
  3. I can’t Make Me-Butterfly Boucher
  4. Brimful of Asha-Cornershop
  5. Take it Out on Me-Cowboy Mouth
  6. Duty Free-Ike Reilly
  7. 24-Jem
  8. Ms. Fat Booty-Mos Def
  9. Dig for Fire-Pixies
  10. I will Dare-Replacements
  11. Bull in the Heather-Sonic Youth
  12. Scarlet Begonias-Sublime
  13. My Place-Nelly (yeah yeah, I know, what can I say)
  14. You Got Me-VHS or Beta
  15. 21 Reasons-Frank Black & the Catholics
  16. Lotion-Greenskeepers
  17. Tu Cheez Badi Hain from the Soundtrack to “Mohra” (fave hindi song evah!)
  18. Supersonic-Oasis (high school, baby, high school)
  19. Sister Havana-Urge Overkill
  20. Everything is Everything-Phoenix
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  1. Guns & Roses - Patience
  2. Bjork - Bachelorette
  3. Shonen Knife - Music Square
  4. ZONE - Boku no Tegami
  5. E - Nomine Ave Maria
  6. Weezer - In the Garage
  7. Sarah Brightman - Whiter Shade Of Pale
  8. Punk Cover of Dust in the Wind
  9. The Beatles - And I Love Her
  10. Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
  11. Prozzak - Usted Es Muy Loco
  12. The Beatles - Wild Honey Pie
  13. Tatu - Not Gonna Get Us
  14. The Black Mages - Battle Theme
  15. Nakashima Mika - Yuki no Hana
  16. Tori Amos Remix - Crucify
  17. Sarah McLachlan - She Loved Me
  18. ZONE - Ocean Ver
  19. Metallica - Fade To Black
  20. Alice Cooper & The Muppets - Welcome to my Nightmare

I’m not gonna bother trying to figure out what that list says about me.

3 repeats from earlier lists, two bands twice represented. A lot of songs I haven’t listened to in a long time, and even forgot I had.

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XXRS 2.0

  1. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  2. So Close - Alice in Chains
  3. Cool as Kim Deal - The Dandy Warhols
  4. The Planet of the Solar System - Animaniacs
  5. Mothers Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
  6. From the Air - Laurie Anderson
  7. Lover Come Back to Me - Dead or Alive
  8. Shy Boy - Bananarama
  9. Power - Ice-T
  10. Until the End of the World - U2
  11. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
  12. Live and Let Die - Guns N Roses
  13. Zoo Station - U2
  14. One More Time - Joe Jackson
  15. Cat People (Putting Out the Fire) - David Bowie
  16. Sleepwalk - California Guitar Trio
  17. Rearranged - Limp Bizkit
  18. De Do Do DO, De Da Da Da - The Police
  19. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
  20. He’s So Shy - Pointer Sisters

What has surprised me is that in the 2 times I have done this, I have only had 2 Talking Heads songs come up and they are the most represented artist in my collection. Also the two GNR songs back to back kinda freaked me out.

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This is fun…

Out of 60:24:20 on Windows Media Player:

1 - Modest Mouse - Dog Paddle
2 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin’ Out My Backdoor
3 - The Who - Baba O’Riley
4 - AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill
5 - Barenaked Ladies - If I Had a Million Dollars
6 - Foo Fighters - Halo
7 - The Strokes - The Way It Is
8 - Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites
9 - Jethro Tull - Wind Up
10 - Kings of Leon - Razz
11 - Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash
12 - Beck - Paper Tiger
13 - Wynton Kelly - Moonlight in Vermont
14 - Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway
15 - Grant Lee Buffalo - Jupiter adn Teardrop
16 - Gershwin - An American in Paris
17 - Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
18 - Bloodhound Gang - Take the Long Way Home
19 - Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
20 - The Ramones - She’s the One

Okay, some repeats, lots of genre repeats, only some jazz, and some stuff I haven’t listened to in a loooong time…

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One more time…

1 - No Doubt - Don’t Speak
2 - Radiohead - Stop Whispering
3 - The Strokes - 12:51
4 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
5 - Stone Temple Pilots - I Got You
6 - The Strokes - Automatic Stop
7 - Modest Mouse - Space Travel is Boring
8 - Guns ‘n’ Roses - Paradise City
9 - Smashing Pumpkins - Silverfuck
10 - Bela Fleck (Leftover Salmon) - Dance on Your Head
11 - Nine Inch Nails - Pilgrimage
12 - AC/DC - Rock ‘n’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
13 - Violent Femmes - Old Mother Reagan
14 - June Hutton - I Should Care
15 - Poison - Every Rose Has its Thorn
16 - Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence
17 - Rancid - No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley cover)
18 - Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing
19 - Green Day - Stuck with Me
20 - The Three Sounds - Satin Doll

A little more variety… But still not my ideal playlist, of course!

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The ones I actually would listen to (skipped a few):

  1. Mr. Bungle - None of them knew they were robots
  2. Interpol - A time to be so small
  3. Tool - disposition
  4. Hans Zimmer - The battle
  5. Explosions in the sky - a poor man’s memory.
  6. Seven Trees - To live is regret.
  7. Alice in chains - Rooster (live)
  8. Plaid - New family
  9. Intermix - Solar temple
  10. Fantomas - Rosemary’s baby
  11. Metallica - Eye of the beholder
  12. Godspeed you black emporer - sleep
  13. Apocalyptica - cohkka
  14. Aphex twin - JYNWEYTHEK
  15. Howard Shore - Lambs screaming
  16. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
  17. DeVision - Heroine
  18. Autechre - Garbagemx36
  19. Mogwai - I know you are but what am I?
  20. Pearl Jam - immortality (live)
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Also, might I suggest A band first, song after format?

I’m guessing a lot of people, myself included, scan over the list of bands they like, and then see what other bands that person is intersted in… and listing the song names just makes it hard to do.

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Take two - this time a bit more varied. I’ll use SenorBeef’s suggested format with annotations after the song title where needed.
[ol]
[li]D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, We Are Gentlemen of Japan, from The Mikado[/li][li]Tom Lehrer, I Hold Your Hand in Mine[/li][li]“Wierd” Al Yankovic, Attack of the Radioative Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars[/li][li]Smothers Brothers, Daniel Boone[/li][li]Jimmy Buffett, I Gotta Go Where It’s Warm[/li][li]Kouda Mariko, Ending theme for the anime Marmalade Boy[/li][li]Tasuki’s Image Song from Fushigi Yuugi[/li][li]Gordon Lightfoot, Cherokee Bend[/li][li]Amy Grant, Where Do You Hide Your Heart[/li][li]Harry Chapin, WOL*D[/li][li]Christine Lavin, I Wanna Be Lonely Again[/li][li]Arlo Guthrie, I’m Going Home[/li][li]Indigo Girls, Fare Thee Well[/li][li]D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Mad Margaret, from Ruddygore[/li][li]Boiled in Lead, Nasrudin[/li][li]Trout Fishing in America, Mine![/li][li]The Producers OBC, Keep It Gay[/li][li]Samuel E. Wright, Kiss the Girl[/li][li]Sakai Noriko, A Happy Tear (The Video Girl Ai opening theme)[/li][/ol]

That’s a bit better, still seems an odd mix to me. No PDQ Bach, or other Bach, and I’ve not listened to that Amy Grant for years…

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  1. Girl- The Beatles
  2. When I’m Sixty-Four- The Beatles
  3. The Oxcart- Mussorgsky
  4. One After 909 (Let It Be version)- The Beatles
  5. With or Without You- U2
  6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For- U2
  7. Dr. Evil- They Might Be Giants
  8. Piano Sonata in C (2nd Mvt)- Mozart
  9. Its’ Easy Mmkay- South Park
  10. Summer (3rd Mvt)- Vivaldi
  11. Colour My World- Chicago
  12. You’ve Got a Friend- James Taylor
  13. Glass Onion/Savoy Truffle- JayZ/DJ Danger Mouse (Grey Album)
  14. La Resistance- South Park
  15. Why Don’t You Do Right?- Benny Goodman
  16. Got to Get you Into My Life- Blood, Sweat, and Tears
  17. We Do- The Simpsons
  18. Cool- The Simpsons
  19. Fire and Rain- James Taylor
  20. The Ballad of John and Yoko- The Beatles

Odd, I’d expect a lot more Beatles and They Might Be Giants. U2 and James Taylor were totally unexpected.

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Out of 2,363 (this includes my research and backing lists):

  1. Backingtrack for Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (/RAAF Central band).

  2. The Finale of The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman.

  3. She Walks On Fire - Royal Crown Revue.

  4. I’ve Been Everwhere - Scared Weird Little Guys.

  5. Return Of The Great White Dope - Blood Hound Gang.

  6. Backingtrack for Fever - Peggy Lee.

  7. Cannibal Rights - Berzerker.

  8. Backingtrack for Hoodoo Voodoo Doll - Brian Setzer Orchestra.

  9. Istanbul - They Might Be Giants.

  10. Italian leather sofa - Cake.

  11. My Baby Only Cares For Me - Brian Setzer Orchestra

  12. Stop It I Like It - Rick Guard.

  13. Barbie Girl - Rammstein.

  14. My Very Good Friend The Milk Man - Fats Waller.

  15. Backingtrack for How Deep Is The Ocean? - Diana Krall.

  16. Poor Jack - Danny Elfman/Nighmare Before Christmas.

  17. I wanna Be Like You - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

  18. If I Had A Talking Picture Of You - ‘Bertie Wooster’ (Hugh Laurie)/ Jeeves and Wooster.

  19. Steven - Alice Cooper.

  20. Fly Me To The Moon - Michel Buble.

I was a little dissapointed that no Monty Python or Rocky horror got in there and it’s rather tame but other than that it’s ok. And (BTW) nothing like anyone elses lists. But that’s ok with me! :smiley:

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  1. In the Cage - Genesis
  2. Body Movin’ (Fat Boy Slim mix) - Beastie Boys
  3. Every Day is Halloween - Ministry
  4. I Can’t Get With That - Fun Lovin’ Criminals

NA. Intermission - Tool

  1. Got Me Wrong - Alice In Chains
  2. Ball and Biscuit - White Stripes
  3. Porch - Pearl Jam
  4. Go For Soda - Kim Mitchell
  5. Crazy Train (Dance Re-mix) - Ozzy Osbourne & Madonna (Got love the crap you could find on Napster).
  6. Hard On For Jesus - The Dandy Warhols
  7. Theme From The Black Hole - Parliament
  8. Gimme Some Money - Spinal Tap
  9. I’m Coming Over - X
  10. My Curse - The Afghan Whigs
  11. Higher Ground - Red Hot Shili Peppers
  12. Clubland - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  13. I Fought the Law - The Clash
  14. Just A Touch - R.E.M.
  15. Minnesoter - The Dandy Warhols
  16. I Fall To Pieces - Pasty Cline

This set was fantastic. Every song is great. The Dandy Warhols keep getting double plays in these lists. Once again a lack of Talking Heads.