Circa 6000 songs on this drive:
Rush - Freewill
Soul Asylum - Bittersweetheart
Mary Prankster - Punk Rock Heaven
Collective Soul - Pretty Donna
Celtic Thunder - Bold Thady Quill
Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do
Caprizzio - The Pub With No Beer
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
Cowboy Mouth - Uh Oh
The Cranberries - Ode to My Family
Gump - Weird Al
Hey - Bic Runga
Cold Blooded - Rick James
Soul Suckin’ Jerk - Beck
Clown in Broad Daylight - Ron Sexsmith
Father Lucifer - Tori Amos
I Can’t Own Her - XTC
Blood Roses - Tori Amos
Bells for Her - Tori Amos
The Nurse - The White Stripes
Hmm… three Tori songs. Just shows how non-random iPod’s “Shuffle Songs” feature is. I don’t think 30% of my music is Tori.
The first 10 songs on the only stuff I have on my WMP right now, but it was for a mix CD, so it’s fairly representative of what I’ve been listening to lately:
The Summer of ‘91 - … and You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Crystal Ball - Keane
On and On - Boy Kill Boy
Back Again - Boy Kill Boy
song - Dr. Gonzo’s Bazooka Circus
1, 2, 3, 4 - The Attack
I Think I’ll Quit - Saves the Day
Suture Self - The Loved Ones
Talk of the Town - Riddlin’ Kids
Blame it on the Drugs - As Fast As
Red Paint - The Promise Ring
Mississippi Burning - Park
It’s Just Like Surgery - The Warlocks
Gretchen My Captain - As Fast As
Although for the past week I’ve been only listening to two CDs: Park’s Building a Better ____, and Heart’s Dreamboat Annie. (And of course Park’s not touring near me. The decent bands never tour near me. Even .AYWKUBTTOD is touring in support of someone I never heard of just to come here.)
Ooh, Bic Runga. I loves me some Bic Runga.
Not a bad representation of my tastes, actually. I’m quite fond of six of the ten and OK Go is the only odd duck.
Well, this should be interesting…
1 - Honeysuckle Blue - Drivin’ N’ Cryin’
2 - The Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
3 - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
4 - Everybody’s Fool - Evanescence
5 - Carpet of the Sun - Renaissance
6 - Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
7 - Sex (I’m A…) (Extended Version) - Berlin
8 - Principles of Lust - Enigma
9 - Stand - R.E.M.
10 - Pedestal - Portishead
Full Random - Playlist of 5,024
I Don’t Know - Keb Mo
When I’m Knee Deep In Bluegrass - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
You’re Still A Young Man - Tower Of Power
Any Old Time - Doc Watson
Monkey Wrench Rag - Stefan Grossman/Ton Vanbergey
Tennessee Blues - J D Crow & The New South
Where Is The Next One Coming From - Buddy Guy
Sitting Alone In The Moonlight - The Bluegrass Album Band
Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra in E Flat Major, Hob VIIe:1: III. Finale. Allegro - Wynton Marsalis
Dixie Train - IIIrd Tyme Out
I’m kind of surprised none of my zydeco or New Orleans based jazz popped up, but other than that a fairly dead on sampling
iTunes, 8549 songs
Fairly typical, though it’s overly slanted to bands that people have heard of.
I don’t have an iPod, or iTunes, but the first ten tunes I can think of being in the mood to hear are:
The Manhattan Transfer – Sing Joy Spring
Ella Fitzgerald (w/ Paul Smith & Wilfred Middlebrooks) – Mack the Knife
Michael Buble – I’m Feeling Good
Danny Elfman – Title Music from Edward Scissorhands
Queen – Killer Queen
Billy Joel – Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Miles Davis – Concierto de Aranjuez (from Sketches of Spain)
Stan Freberg – Green Chri$tma$
Irene Kral – Nice Weather for Ducks
Dave Brubeck Quartet Blue Rondo ala Turk
Lessie…
Steward of Gondor/Pippin’s Song from Return of the King
Game of Love—Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
Hope has a Place—Enya
Main Theme to Secret Weapons Over Normandy
“The Map” from Executive Decision soundtrack
Unnamed German techno cover of “Surfin Bird”
MLK—U2
A computer composed piece in the style of Scott Joplin
Main theme to Lord of War
The Horizon has Been Defeated—Jack Johnson
No ipod… but ten first random songs that came up on my MP3 as I remember them (and now I feel ancient).
Indestructable - Alisha’s Attic
Uncle Toad Said - Gorden Lightfoot
Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
If I Had a Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
That’s Not The Way It Works - Jim Lauderdale & Donna The Buffalo
Tear It Down - Old Crow Medicine Show
People Are Strange - Echo and the Bunnymen
There’s Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks
Old Ned (Theme from Steptoe & Son) - Ron Grainer
Living in the Past - The Connells
How Are Ya’ Fixed For Love? - Frank Sinatra
Dheanainn Sugradh - Clannad
If I Can’t Have You - BeeGees
The Song Of The Sybil - Dead Can Dance
Why - Annie Lennox
Love’s a Word I Never Throw Around - Robert Earl Keen Jr.
Souvenirs - John Prine
Perry Mason Theme
Our Mutual Friend - Divine Comedy
Not the Only One - Bonnie Raitt
Not one song from the three biggest sections of my list - Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt and U2.
Jack Gets Up - Leo Kotke
Every Little Bit - Patty Griffin (live)
Hallelujah - Imogen Heap
Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance
World in Changes - Dave Mason
The Dog Song - Nellie McKay
Alive Again - Trey Anastasio (live)
Close Your Eyes - James Taylor & Joni Mitchell (live)
London Still - The Waifs
I Will - Alison Krauss
I don’t have any mp3s nor an external device to play them, but here are the last 10 songs I listened to, all from CDs:
Paul McCartney - This One
The Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues
Prism - Spaceship Superstar (live)
The Tubes - Talk To Ya Later
The Crystals - (Let’s Dance) The Screw (one of the world’s rarest records)
The Cars - Bye Bye Love
Tim Curry - Paradise Garage
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Tennessee Bird Walk
The Moe Koffman Septette - The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
The Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky
I don’t think these represent my taste any more than ten other random songs… but I like them!
Anyone wanna go again? I think I will.
I’m glad it got the Carter Family song in there. Without it this list would be too stereotypical.
Oh, well, if we’re going again, I’ll press “Refresh” and get…
N-Lite - Frank Zappa
All This Useless Beauty - Elvis Costello
Canard du Jour - Frank Zappa
Midnight Rambler (live version) - The Rolling Stones
Not Ralitsa Vassileva - Ian Anderson
Just You, Just Me - Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
I’m Not Down - The Clash
Gomper - The Rolling Stones
Old Brown Shoe - The Beatles
Shadow Boxed - Procol Harum
Pretty mainstream there, but how about one of the most obscure Stones songs appearing back to back with one of the most obscure Beatles songs?
OK, I have most of my library back up (5272 songs):
A slightly more representative selection than last time. Again with the Pulp and the Graham Coxon! And two Throwing Muses songs?