# A Musical Taste Snapshot: Your First 10 Random Playlist Songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108 "2006-09-17T22:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/1 "2006-09-17T22:45:00Z")
The first ten songs I have cued up on Random Shuffle on iTunes - and a snapshot of my current musical tastes - are: Ritzville, Mudhoney Piano Fire, Sparklehorse Walk and Talk, The Velvet Underground The Man With The Black Moustache, The Monochrome Set Sunday Girl, Blondie Warszawa, David Bowie Which Will, Nick Drake Eager Beaver, Stan Kenton For Those About To Rock {We Salute You}, AC/DC Top Of The Pops, The Rezillos No masaging the playlists to look hipper, now, but care to share your musical snapshot with the rest of the class? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/2 "2006-09-17T23:02:45Z")
Here goes: Some Schumann song, sung by Kathleen Ferrier Public Enemy, Bring That Beat Back Mu-Ziq - Sick Porter Schnittke - String quartet no. 2 Mahler 5, second movAement, Karajan Scelsi - Anahit Pulp - Disco 2000 Bill Hicks - part of a bootleg An episode of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue Debussy string quartet, first movement ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/3 "2006-09-17T23:13:09Z")
JS Bach - suite no.6 in D Major (BWV 1012) Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig Love - Live and Let Live Nightmares on Wax - Pudpots Big Black - Casimir S. Pulaski Day The Beta Band - Inner Meet Me Aphex Twin - Track 13 The Orb - Traumvogel Led Zeppelin - In my Time of Dying Blondie - The Tide is High Not from an Ipod, but the first ten items on a randomised winamp playlist of all music files on my media partition. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/4 "2006-09-17T23:21:57Z")
Two Blondies so far; wonder if anyone will be able to shout “Snap!”? ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/5 "2006-09-17T23:59:17Z")
Okay, I’ll play. No itunes, though, so using foobar200 I get:[ul][li]Somethin’ Else - Eddie Cochran[/li][li]Stardust - Frank Sinatra[/li][li]Third Time Around - Hank Mobley[/li][li]Caro Nome (from Rigoletto) - Giuseppe Verdi (and now it’s bugging heck out of me that I don’t know who the singer is)[/li][li]New Slang - The Shins[/li][li]Elephant Woman - Blonde Redhead[/li][li]Miracle (from Lawrence of Arabia) - Maurice Jarre[/li][li]Girl - Beck[/li][li]A Night In Tunisia - The Quartet[/li]I Don’t Wanna Grow Up - Tom Waits[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/6 "2006-09-18T00:12:08Z")
Stabat Mater: Quando Corpus - Poulenc All or Nothing at All - Frank Sinatra Highway to Hell - AC/DC Aiken Drum - The King’s Singers Love Me Do - The Beatles Annie Laurie - The King’s Singers Blue Bubbles - Don Byron Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Judy Collins In the Highways from “O Brother Where Art Thou” They Call the Wind Maria - Kingston Trio ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/7 "2006-09-18T00:53:35Z")
Keane – A Bad Dream David J – This Vicious Cabaret TV on the Radio – I Was a Lover VNV Nation – Standing (Motion) Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On Cocteau Twins – Rilkean Heart Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cheated Hearts Thom Yorke – Cymbal Rush Adam and the Ants – Deutscher Girls Lovage – Anger Management ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/8 "2006-09-18T01:14:33Z")
“Rockin’ in the Free World” - Pearl Jam and Neil Young “November Rain” - Guns 'n Roses “Pieces” - Sum 41 “Inside the Speaker” - Zombie Nation “Oh Girl” - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” - Green Day “Say it Ain’t So” - Weezer “Favorite Things” - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “So Close” - Evanescence “Orange Crush” - R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/9 "2006-09-18T01:14:38Z")
Little Hitler- **Nick Lowe** At Last- **Neko Case** Velouria- **Pixies** I Can’t Help It- **Johnny Cash** Edam Anchorman- **Super Furry Animals** Feel- **Syd Barrett** Wading Through A Ventilator- **The Soft Boys** So You’ll Aim Toward the Sky- **Grandaddy** Girls on TV- **Be Your Own Pet** Bless You- **John Lennon** ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/10 "2006-09-18T01:16:26Z")
From my iPod: “Sixpounder”, Children of Bodom “On Rich and Poor”, Amorphis “Ghost Ship (Voyage)”, Shadow Gallery “The Infernal Ceremony”, Naglfar “Red War”, Probot “Rainbow (The Resurrection)”, Orphaned Land “Viking Slayer”, Cruachan “I Sleep With The Emperor”, Virgin Black “Suction”, Godflesh “People Like Us”, Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/11 "2006-09-18T01:29:38Z")
All right. All my iTunes songs, accumulated over the past two years. No cheating… “My Life is Starting Over Again,” Teenage Fan Club “The National People’s Scare,” Wolf Parade “Je T’aime (moi non plus),” Sven Vath and Miss Kitten “Honey Bunny,” Vincent Gallo “Suite 2 D Minor,” Ill Courante “A Lack of Color,” Death Cab for Cutie “Airport (Ramps and Runways),” The Cinematic Underground “Play Some D,” Brassy “Last Caress,” The Misfits “Pretty Girls Don’t Cry,” Chris Isaal (I love The Onion’s [Random Rules](http://www.avclub.com/content/node/52717) piece. Especially when musicians listen to their own stuff on their iPods) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/12 "2006-09-18T01:38:12Z")
“A New Day Yesterday” - Jethro Tull “The Dreaming” - Kate Bush “That Is Rock & Roll” - The Coasters “All This and More” - Procol Harum “Boys” - The Beatles “Doing That Scrapyard Thing” - Cream “Von der Schönheit” - Gustav Mahler “Nobody’s Car” - Jethro Tull “Watermelon Man” - Herbie Hancock “Messages from Sophia ‘There’s More Kitties in the World than Just Mia Mo-Tutti’ by Lisa and Dorothy” - Lisa Germano ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/13 "2006-09-18T01:40:55Z")
Boney M, _Rasputin_ Juanes, _Sonador_ Amuro Namie, _All For You_ Oingo Boingo, _I’ve Got to Be Entertained_ Final Fantasy X soundtrack, _Summoned Beast Battle_ Animaniacs, _The Presidents_ The Cruxshadows, _Love & Hatred_ Talking Heads, _Uh-Oh Love, Comes to Town_ The Brilliant Green, _Bye! My Boy!_ UNDER17, _Mail Me_ ---
**Author:** ![2lazy2pee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4bbf92/32.png) [@2lazy2pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2lazy2pee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/14 "2006-09-18T01:51:39Z")
From my Creative Zen: N.I.B - Ozzy Osbourne and Primus Teenage Girl - Presidents of the United States of America Tell The Truth - Eric Clapton This Note’s For You - Neil Young The End of the World - John Mellencamp Who’ll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale Watching The Wheels - John Lennon No Reply - The Beatles I Loved Another Woman - Paul Wood Unfortunately, my playlist makes me look hipper than I actually am. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/15 "2006-09-18T01:55:11Z")
1. M. Ward - _Big Boat_ 2. Drive-by Truckers - _The Buford Stick_ 3. Sondre Lerche - _Love You_ 4. Broken Social Scene - _Swimmers_ 5. Stephen Malmus - _Vanessa from Queens_ 6. Metal Hearts - _Socialize_ 7. Voxtrot - _The Start of Something_ 8. Grandaddy - _Hewlett’s Daughter_ 9. The Thrills - _One Horse Town_ 10. The Sea and Cake - _Seemingly_ ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/16 "2006-09-18T01:57:01Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] 1. Stephen Malmus - _Vanessa from Queens_ [/QUOTE] Make that Stephen Malkmus :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/17 "2006-09-18T02:01:04Z")
I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Ute Lemper He Lost Her on the Subway – Ada Jones Fido is a Hot Dog Now – Billy Murray Rhapsody in Blue – Paul Whiteman The Best of Everything – Johnny Mathis The Theme from “The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield” I’m the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas – Sophie Tucker Too Much Mustard – James Reese Europe Ma! He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me – Gus Visser and His Singing Duck Roxanne – from the “Moulin Rouge” soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/18 "2006-09-18T02:28:10Z")
**Buell Kazee** : “The Wagoner’s Lad” _Library of Congress Folk Recordings_ **Les Baxter** : “Zambezi” _Tamboo! The Ritual of the Savage_ **Moistboyz** : “Adios Amigo” _I & II_ **The Swingle Singers** : “Allegro from Sonata No. 14 K333” \*Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? \* **Lee Morse** : “Don’t Even Change a Picture on the Wall” _Lee Morse: A Musical Portrait (1925 - 1951)_ **Marilyn Manson** : “God Eat God” _Holy Wood_ **Csokolom** : "Pink Panther Theme/Pink Legenyes/Legenyes A Minor " _Ludo Luda: Fools Fancy_ **Zap Mama** : “Abadou” _Zap Mama_ **Del tha Funkee Homosapien** : “Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo” _The Elektra Years_ **Plush** : “Soaring and Boring” _More You Becomes You_ ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/19 "2006-09-18T02:35:09Z")
This is the shuffle on my ipod … “Is this music?” Teenage Fanclub “Over” A Perfect Circle “Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away” KMFDM “Pushit” Tool “Kingdom (live)” VNV Nation “Best Things” Hate Dept. “Not Track 5, Not Chainsaw Juggling” Mitch Hedberg “Crapage (live)” Front 242 “Danger is the Shame (remix)” Iris “The Hand that Feeds (live)” Nine Inch Nails ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108/20 "2006-09-18T02:57:30Z")
Hoo boy…about 15% of my music folder is occupied by things I hate, so this might not go too well for me, but here goes. “Obstacle 1” - Interpol “Darling Niki” - Prince (no earthly notion why I have this) “Million Dollar Question” - Radiohead “Don’t Drink the Water” - Tears For Fears “God’s Mistake” - Tears For Fears “Faithless the Wonder Boy” - Radiohead “You Didn’t Want Me” - Mesh “Exit Music (For a Film)” - Radiohead “Hard Headed Woman” - Cat Stevens And #10 is… Oh great, I knew it would do something like this to me… #10 is “Dragostea Din Tei”, by O-Zone. You can’t make this stuff up, folks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-taste-snapshot-your-first-10-random-playlist-songs/373108.md?page=2)