# Come Out & Play The 9 Track iPod/Jukebox Shuffled Segue Comparison Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576 "2004-07-23T20:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/1 "2004-07-23T20:55:09Z")
We’ve had plenty of ‘What’s in your CD Player’ and ‘Music Poll’ threads here in the past. I figured it was about time we had a little comparison thread where posters list 9 songs in order they played in shuffle mode from their computer jukebox or portable mp3 player. Requirements to play:[list=a][li]Ability to post to the SDMB [/li][li]An Portable mp3 Player or Computer Jukebox program that plays audio files on shuttle mode[/li][li]A few minutes free time[/list][/li]Rules of the game:[ol][li]With your player in shuffle mode, start at the top of your main (all songs) library – not a specific playlist.[/li][li]For iPod users: Confirm you’re in Shuffle Mode in Settings and hit ‘Play’ on the 1st track to come up on your song list.[/li][li]Type in the Track Title & Artist for each song that plays to the reply box in this thread.[/li][li]After you’ve listed the 9th track, post them to this thread.[/ol][/li]Extra Credit: (Just for comparison purposes) Write down the # of tracks on your player or in your library. You may ask: ‘_Why list 9 tracks instead of 5, or 10, or 25_?’ I don’t know, maybe cuz it was John Lennon’s favorite number. Or maybe cuz Miles Drentell’s line “Why this need to ‘decimalize’ everything?” has been stuck in my head for the last 14 years. I guess I picked 9 tracks because it’s quick, easy and just about the right quantity to get a very general view of what kind of tracks are in your player. I figure it will be an interesting to see what randomly comes up on other people’s players. These digital segues that come out of thin air are one of those little quirks I like about the digital age. Even if I could recall the laws of probability from college days, I don’t believe it would be possible to calculate the odds that 2 posters will have a matching track from their list – The odds of such an event would be astronomical. By the way: For those of you who wanna play along, don’t fudge the results. If a track that you don’t want anyone to know you have on your player comes up, don’t be embarrassed to include it. I’ve had segues like _Run Joey Run =\> Sweet Loaf =\> All Sides Now =\> Fuck You =\> Singing The Blues =\> Deutschland Has Gotta Die_ come up and they’re almost always enjoyable to list to. So, if you’ve got a moment, post em up – and let’s see what happens. Here I go: **4,130 songs** (Device: iPod)[ul] [li]1/4130: _Hash Pipe_ – **Weezer** [/li][li]2/4130: _Keep On Running_ – **Spencer Davis Group** [/li][li]3/4130: _Born To Run(ny Eggs)_ – **Bottom Line All Stars** [/li][li]4/4130: _Pretend We’re Dead_ – **L7** [/li][li]5/4130: _I’m Just A Singer (In a Rock & Roll Band)_ – **Moody Blues** [/li][li]6/4130: _Church Bells May Ring_ – **The Willows** [/li][li]7/4130: _Warped_ – **Red Hot Chili Peppers** [/li][li]8/4130: _You Need Love_ – **Muddy Waters** [/li][li]9/4130: _Judy Is A Dick Slap_ – **Belle & Sebastian** [/ul][/li]That just scratched the surface…but it was the 1st nine tracks. Your turn… ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/2 "2004-07-23T21:31:17Z")
1. Metallica - Dyers Eve (Los Angeles 3/5/04) 2. Charlie Daniels Band - Stroker Ace 3. Blues Traveler - The Mountains Win Again 4. The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow 5. Metallica - Sad But True (Louisville 4/28/04) \<-- I was at this show. 6. Linkin Park - One Step Closer (Live in Texas) 7. Incubus - Drive 8. Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage 9. Alice in Chains - A Little Bitter That’s not a bad mix. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/3 "2004-07-23T21:55:51Z")
iPod. 3642 songs. 1. Ben - Michael Jackson/Jackson 5 (not sure who it is). Wow, this is starting out embarrassing, heh. 2. Amazing Journey - The Who 3. X Fire - The Bens 4. Pure Massacre - Silverchair 5. Russian Christmas Music - my old HS’s bands 6. Barrel of a Gun - Guster 7. Demons - Fatboy Slim 8. Fight Test - The Flaming Lips 9. Shaking Hand Incision - At the Drive-In ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/4 "2004-07-23T22:03:48Z")
Archos Jukebox. 1507 songs. Here we go… 1. Pat Benatar - We Belong 2. Dead Milkmen - Bitchin’ Camaro 3. X-Ecutioners w/ Linkin Park - It’s Going Down 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss 5. Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier 6. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wildside 7. Poison - Fallen Angel 8. Whodini - Freaks Come Out at Night 9. Bread - Everything I Own ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/5 "2004-07-23T22:04:11Z")
iTunes, 6251 songs. (the latest version of iTunes has the “Party Shuffle” which makes this thing a heck of a lot easier) 1. **Maybe** - Alison Krauss and Union Station 2. **Barracuda** - Heart 3. **The Scientist** - Coldplay 4. **Rainbow Man** - The Pogues 5. **Popcorn** - Hot Butter 6. **Accidents will Happen** - Elvis Costello & The Attractions 7. **Gatena Toyshop** - Yoko Kanno 8. **It’s Tricky** - Run-DMC 9. **Manoir Des Mes Reves** - Django Reinhardt ---
**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:** [July 24, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/6 "2004-07-24T00:07:44Z")
iTunes, 2502 songs: 1. The Yes No Interlude - Hatfield and the North 2. Blabber 'n Smoke - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band 3. Lucy’s Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude - Frank Zappa 4. Ain’t No More Cane - The Band 5. Burning of the Midnight Lamp - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 6. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe - Elvis Costello & the Brodsky Quartet 7. Now and Then - Terje Rypdal 8. This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) - Frank Zappa 9. Starless - King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/7 "2004-07-24T00:48:04Z")
iPod - 854 songs 1. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx 2. Meet James Ensor - They Might Be Giants 3. All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper 4. Spirit Voices - Paul Simon 5. Pop Song 89 - R.E.M. 6. Pink Victim - Combustible Edison 7. Dig My Grave - They Might Be Giants 8. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M. 9. Higher Plane - Hunters and Collectors This mix is altogether too normal and has too many repeated bands. I will try again shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/8 "2004-07-24T01:25:16Z")
iTunes 1. The Boy Who Destroyed the World - AFI 2. Little Bones - The Tragically Hip 3. 99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger 4. Rave & Drool - The Killjoys 5. I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges 6. Cut Chemist Suite - Ozomatli 7. Counter Parts and Number Them - Alexisonfire 8. Anna is a Speed Freak - Pure 9. Brimful of Asha - Cornershop A measly 507 songs. Can’t wait until I buy a new CD drive, then I can start ripping my 200+ CDs. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/9 "2004-07-24T01:32:16Z")
466 songs total ('course, I don’t keep all my music on my computer). 1. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors - Radiohead 2. In Limbo - Radiohead 3. Mothers Talk (US Remix) - Tears For Fears 4. To Be Alive - Mesh 5. Broken Revisited - Tears For Fears 6. On The Run - Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop OST #3) 7. Confined - Mesh 8. Backdrifts - Radiohead 9. Quiet Ones - Tears For Fears Not entirely representative, but all my favorites did get in there twice. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/10 "2004-07-24T02:41:07Z")
iTunes - 4078 songs 1. Do It Again - Queens of the Stone Age 2. Let’s Rock - Smash Mouth 3. Flight 505 - The Rolling Stones 4. Sister Ray - Velvet Underground 5. Jacob Marley’s Chain - Aimee Mann 6. Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd 7. Then the Morning Comes - Smash Mouth 8. Bubbles - Bush 9. Taste of Cindy - Jesus and Mary Chain Not terribly representative of my musical taste, although at least Amiee Mann got in there. And what’s with the two Smash Mouth songs? I seriously question the randomness of iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/11 "2004-07-24T03:05:14Z")
iTunes, 1112 songs 1. _Wait_ - The Beatles 2. _Made Up My Mind_ - David Gray 3. _Lost In Love_ - Air Supply 4. _Another Night_ - Real McCoy 5. _Longer_ - Dan Fogelberg 6. _Snow on the Sahara_ - Anggun 7. _Laura_ - Billy Joel 8. _Reminiscing_ - Little River Band 9. _In The House of Stone and Light_ - Martin Page Gee, can you tell that I’m a chick? 😉 That second tune is from one of a bunch of old compilation CDs that I’ve never listened to all the way through…this was my first time hearing the song, and I might well have gone the rest of my life without hearing it were it not for this thread. That’s kinda cool. 🆒 I’m gonna let it keep playing, because now I’m curious about what will come up next… ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/12 "2004-07-24T04:31:49Z")
iPod, 3648 songs 1. Flat Lay The Water – The Sea and Cake 2. Stone on the Water – Badly Drawn Boy 3. Your Baby – Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham 4. California One Youth and Beauty Brigade – The Decemberists 5. Long Knives – Rainer Maria 6. Here Comes the Flood – Peter Gabriel 7. My Iron Lung – Radiohead 8. Rock Lobster – The B-52s 9. Punjab de Rang – Dhol Foundation That was a pretty good listening spell actually (although misrepresentative because at least 1/4 of my songs on the iPod are rap/hip-hop and another bunch are Stereolab, Pavement, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones) ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/13 "2004-07-24T04:51:38Z")
Attempt #2: 1. Yoda - Weird Al Yankovic 2. Long Way to the Water - Hunters & Collectors 3. Prime Time TV - Basia 4. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - US3 5. Eurochild - Massive Attack 6. Drive - R.E.M. 7. Cool River - Paul Simon 8. Scream Who - Hunters & Collectors 9. How Can I Sing Like a Girl? - TMBG Over my two attempts, Paul Simon is way over-represented, and Broadcast, Stereolab, and Cocteau Twins are very under-represented. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/14 "2004-07-24T05:18:09Z")
Jukebox Multimedia - 655 songs. This is not - Static-X Meltdown - Clint Mansell Marquee Moon - Television The Soldering Life - The Decemberists New Killer Star - David Bowie Haunt of the Roulette Dares - The Mars Volta Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath Bottle Of Smoke - Pogues Quadrophenia (Entire Album) - The Who (I didn’t actually sit through Quadrophenia) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/15 "2004-07-24T05:30:03Z")
Winamp, 350 songs 221: Camr’on - Oh Boy 316: Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard 225: Tony Orlando and Dawn - Up on the Roof 15: Arrogant Worms - Canada is Really Big 133: Paula Abdul - Straight Up 152: Same Cooke - Working in a Coal Mine 207: Wise Guys - Start the Commotion 98: Hideki Naganuma - Jet Set Medly (from Jet Set Radio, on Dreamcast) 142: Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Fairly ecclectic, and there are still entire genres completely unrepresented in that list. Although, for the record, I never actually listen to “Oh Boy.” I just keep forgetting to delete it… ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/16 "2004-07-24T05:48:20Z")
iTunes, a total of 714 musical pieces. (I don’t have all that many “songs.”) 1. “Far From Heaven” theme by Elmer Bernstein 2. “Is There Something I Should Know” by Duran Duran 3. “Blue Monkey” from “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith 4. “Flaming Link” from “Link” soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith 5. “Gone in 60 Seconds” theme by Trevor Jones 6. “Rio Conchos” theme soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith 7. Etude in C minor by Bela Fleck (I think it’s a piece by Chopin but I am too lazy to confirm) 8. Track 16 (too lazy to find name) from “Magic” soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith 9. “End Title” from the soundtrack “The Man From Snowy River” by Bruce Rowland I do have tons of Jerry Goldsmith in my iTunes playlist (and will be adding more, since I am now grieving his recent passing), but it’s just a coincidence that this particular random selection has so many. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/17 "2004-07-24T06:47:26Z")
WMP, 2440 items 1. _The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway_ - Genesis 2. _No Self Control_ - Peter Gabriel (one of my favorite songs, ever. Odd that two different Peter Gabriel compositions came up back-to-back) 3. _The Gunfighter_ - Blues Traveler 4. _Love Me Like a Man_ - Diana Krall 5. _Run Run Run_ - The Who 6. _Sun is Shining_ - Bob Marley 7. _Funk #49_ - Joe Walsh (with the James Gang) 8. _Is this Love_ - Bob Marley & the Wailers (2 Bob Marley songs. Hm. that’s kinda weird too.) 9. _Ebony Eyes_ - Stevie Wonder I can’t wait to be able to do this in my car… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/18 "2004-07-24T07:52:25Z")
iTunes, 1430 songs. Weeding out my wife’s Chinese pop music (since the SDMB won’t display Chinese): 1. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory 2. Riding For The Moon - Alex Ekian/_Super Burnout_ 3. Senorita (Speedy Mix) - Jenny Rom/_Dance Dance Revolution Extreme_ 4. Transformation - Vince DiCola/_Transformers: The Movie_ 5. Someday We’ll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes 6. The Confessional - George Carlin 7. Prelude - Techno/_Elemental Master_ 8. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets 9. Mortal Kombat II: Annihilation - The Immortals ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/19 "2004-07-24T16:25:06Z")
Try #2 for me as well, still on iTunes with 1124 songs: 1. _History Repeating_ - Propellerheads 2. _Trashin’ The Camp_ - Phil Collins & 'N Sync 3. _Kiss_ - Prince 4. _The Lees of Old Virginia_ - 1776 Original Broadway Cast 5. _Smash_ - Q 6. _Can’t Buy Me Love_ - The Beatles 7. _Part of the Plan_ - Dan Fogelberg 8. _You’re a Grand Old Flag_ - my mom 9. _Crackdown_ - Grant Lee Buffalo Less ‘lite rock’ this time (though Dan Fogelberg is way overrepresented), but you can still tell that I’m a chick. I give up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576/20 "2004-07-24T17:52:35Z")
6703 tracks, with Winamp on “fast morph” shuffle (greatest randomness factor): 1. George Clinton - Greatest Funkin’ Hits [06] - Mothership Connection Starchild (Fully Equipped mix) 2. Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack (Disc 2) [23] - HIKARI -KINGDOM HEARTS Instrumental Version- 3. Bim Skala Bim - How’s It Goin’ [10] - Diggin’ A Hole 4. Exile - Your Eyes Only (English version) (Jpop) 5. Metallica - Enter the Sandman (How bizzare; I didn’t have any other Metallica, and didn’t know I had this track) 6. Kuraki Mai - Delicious Way [09] - Everything’s All Right 7. (Outlaw Star soundtrack) arai akino - hiru no tsuki 8. System Of A Down - Steal This Album [15] - Roulette 9. Inaba Koushi - Kokorozashi Iori [03] - Touch (vocalist from B’z) Classic rock is underrepresented, especially considering I have ever Led Zeppelin album. Ah well, intersting, if eclectic, selection. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-play-the-9-track-ipod-jukebox-shuffled-segue-comparison-game/256576.md?page=2)