First 10 random songs on your ipod?

Cafe Society
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Let’s see what the next 10 songs on my old 1st generation Nano are:

Song - Artist - Album

  1. More- The Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing
  2. Personal Jesus (Acoustic) - Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
  3. Contergan (C-64) - Welle:Erdball - Die Wunderwelt Der Technik
  4. Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson
  5. Wollt ihr das Bett in flammen sehen - Rammstein - Herzeleid
  6. Severina - The Mission UK - Sum and Substance
  7. Assimilate - Skinny Puppy
  8. Dancing on the Berlin Wall - Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife
  9. The Box - Fad Gadget - The Best of Fad Gadget
  10. Do ya think I’m Sexy? - Revolting Cocks - Linger Ficken’ Good

On the topic of randomness on the iPod I think there is a setting somewhere in iTunes where you can influence the randomness to make it more likely to play songs from the same artist or album. If you turn that setting to the max you will see more streaks of songs from the same artist.

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[ol]
[li]Rudie Can’t Fail - **The Clash ** - London Calling[/li][li]Getting In Tune - **The Who ** - Who’s Next[/li][li]Auf Wiedersehen - **Cheap Trick ** - Budokan II[/li][li]*Check It Out * - **John Mellencamp ** - The Lonesome Jubilee[/li][li]*Hard Luck * - **The Undertones ** - Hypnotised[/li][li]*Holiday In Waikiki * - **The Kinks ** - Face To Face[/li][li]Hide - **Yell County ** - A Real Fine Hole[/li][li]*Runnin’ With The Devil * - **Van Halen ** - Van Halen[/li][li]We’re Desperate * - X - Wild Gift[/li][]*Things I Should Have Said Today * - **The Grass Roots ** - 20th Century Masters…[/ol]

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I don’t have an iPod, but using iTunes:

  1. Seaside Rendezvous by Queen
  2. Dr. Bogenbroom by Jethro Tull
  3. Four Sticks by Led Zeppelin
  4. Manteca by Phish
  5. A Certain Girl by Warren Zevon
  6. Veronica by Elvis Costello
  7. Bell Boy by The Who
  8. Dig My Grave by They Might Be Giants
  9. Lie to Me by L’il Georgie and the Shufflin’ Hungarians
  10. Stalin Malone by Elvis Costello

Other than the Elvis Costello, that’s actually a pretty good summation of my typical listening choices, group-wise.

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In my experience this doesn’t affect the iPod, only iTunes. Wth it set to the max, iTunes latches onto one artist for 5 to 15 or so tracks. On my iPod, out of 40 shuffled tracks, the only matching ones were four of Wagner. And I do have well over a gigabyte of Wagner on there :slight_smile:

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So, where is this setting in iTunes? Maybe I have it set to something I don’t know I have it set to.

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New list (this is fun, and just a little embarrassing):

  1. I Wanna Hold Your Hand: The Beatles
  2. Trois Navires De Blé: Great Big Sea
  3. Paperback Writer: The Beatles
  4. I Want You to Need Me: Celine Dion (Okay, that’s embarrassing. In my defense, this was my mom’s album. She died in August, and I ripped a lot of her albums. No, honest.)
  5. Who Loves You Better: Lyle Lovett
  6. Doubleback Alley: The Rutles (well, if you’re going to have The Beatles . . .)
  7. Babe: Styx (Another one of my mom’s albums, but I’ll admit to liking this one :))
  8. Daytripper: The Beatles (Well, we’re very Beatle-ful today)
  9. Bless the Beasts and Children: The Carpenters
  10. It Happens Every Day: Dar Williams
  11. To Be Loved (Forever): The Pentagons (Doo Wop, in case you couldn’t tell)
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  1. Better Than Me - Hinder
  2. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica
  3. LoveStoned - Justin Timberlake
  4. What YouNeed - INXS
  5. Seize the Day - Avenged Sevenfold
  6. Pretty Vegas - INXS
  7. Master of Puppets - Metallica
  8. Beast and the Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold
  9. So Far Away - Crossfade

I have only loaded a fraction of my CDs to my computer yet, so variety is lacking.

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I wanna do this again, this time with my computer playlist.

Cloud Cult - Alone at a Party in a Ghost Town
Sufjan Stevens - The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
Our Lady Peace - The Birdman
The Sounds - Tony the Beat
Canned Heat - Going Up the Country
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
The Sounds - 24 Hours
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Cocteau Twins - Fragile Eye

I have the Dope to thank for The Sounds, Sufjan Stevens and the Cocteau Twins!

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Yeah, but that’s what happens when you rip the Ring cycle as one track.

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  1. A Black Eye to be proud of by Pinetop Seven
  2. Nightfall by Blind Guardian
  3. A Heart Like Mine by The Black Heart Procession
  4. A Light so Dim by The Black Heart Procession
  5. A Place in Time by Lana Lane
  6. Accolade II by Symphony X
  7. Across the Rainbow Bridge by Ayreon
  8. Aenigma by Luca Turilli
  9. Agony is my Name by Rhapsody
  10. All These Things by Shannon Wright
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I always take the opportunity to do this whenever it presents itself, but just skimming the results of other people so far on this board, I think my music taste is a bit different. :stuck_out_tongue:

  1. Parallel Universe - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. Bad Case of Loving You - Robert Palmer
  3. Anna Molly - Incubus
  4. The Silence 2000 (DJ Tiesto Mix) - Delerium
  5. Perfect Ending - Spineshank
  6. Lacrimosa (Choir) - Immediate Music
  7. Psycho - System of a Down
  8. Lips Like Morphine - Kill Hannah
  9. Shot Shot - Gomez
  10. Bling (Confession of a King) - The Killers

Okay…that came out a lot weirder than I expected.

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[li]Forgotten Worlds; Delerium[/li][li]Agent Orange; Tori Amos[/li][li]Take On Me; a-Ha[/li][li]Sunset (Bird Of Prey); Fatboy Slim[/li][li]No Fuck’n Problem; Suicidal Tendencies[/li][li]Wherever You Will Go; The Calling[/li][li]Nosering Girl; Nerf Herder[/li][li]All Along; Blessid Union Of Souls[/li][li]Smack My Bitch Up; Prodigy[/li][li]Pleasure and Pain; Divinyls[/li][/ol]

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  1. Bring the Boys Back Home -Pink Floyd
  2. Banquet -Bloc Party
  3. Better Luck -Scissor Sisters
  4. Reality -Newsboys
  5. Mushnik and Son -Little Shop of Horrors
  6. Take Me or Leave Me -Rent
  7. I Hate Everything About You -Three Days Grace
  8. Entr’Acte -Mamma Mia
  9. The Legend of Zelda (Techno Remix) -?
  10. Hamster Dance
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Portishead - Over
Portishead - Cowboys
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Nine Inch Nails - The Line Begins to Blur
John Lennon - Instant Karma
Nine Inch Nails - The Beginning of the End
Boards of Canada - Dawn Chorus
Lenny Kravitz - Can’t Get You Off My Mind
Bruce Cockburn - Wondering Where the Lions Are

Hell, I’m going to do 10 more:

Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
Bruce Springsteen - I’m on Fire
The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
Beck - Lost Cause
Tricky - Ponderosa
Gary Neuman - Cars
The Beatles - Mean Mr. Mustard
Beck - The Golden Age
Lenny Kravitz - Rosemary
Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up

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You’re one of the reasons why this board is full of win even if you didn’t have any R&B in your iPod.

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Awwww…{starts blushing}
I got R & B in my iPod, baby. I like the sound of that.

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“Broken Wings” - Mr. Mister
“Freeze Frame” - J. Geils Band
“Monster Mash” - Bobby “Boris” Pickett
“Karma Chameleon” - Culture Club
“Every Time You Go Away” - Paul Young
“The Winner Takes it All” - ABBA
“Do You Wanna Hold Me?” - Bow Wow Wow
“Taking the Long Road” - Kevin Johnson
“Hawkmoon 269” - U2
“Feel Like Making Love” - Hayseed Dixie

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Zombie party shuffle! I have two iPods with almost entirely different contents, so…

iPod #1:

  1. “Breathe” - Pink Floyd
  2. “Round Midnight” - Illinois Jacquet (which also appeared on my first list, back in April)
  3. “Ornithology” - Charlie Parker
  4. “Atmosphere” - Funkadelic
  5. “Body and Soul” - Nat King Cole Trio
  6. “Intruder” - Peter Gabriel
  7. “Fogo Fogo” - Fela Kuti & the Africa '70
  8. “Interview” - Gentle Giant
  9. “There’s a Doctor” - The Who
  10. “Telepathy” - Lene Lovich

iPod #2:

  1. “Casanova” - Roxy Music
  2. “Prologue” - Renaissance
  3. “Mensforth Hill” - The Clash
  4. “Embryonic Womb-Walk” - Ron Geesin & Roger Waters
  5. “M.C.” - Soft Machine
  6. “Bargain” - The Who
  7. “Medley: I’m So Proud/Ooh Baby Baby/La La Means I Love You/Cool Jerk” - Todd Rundgren
  8. “The Isle of Everywhere” - Gong
  9. “Drum and Bone” - Elvis Costello
  10. “Can You Forgive a Fool” - Peter Sinfield
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Creative Zen mp3 player (4508 songs)

  1. Marshall Crenshaw - Something’s Gonna Happen
  2. When In Rome - The Promise
  3. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (guess which decade I spent my teenage years in?)
  4. Morrissey - Sing Your Life
  5. The Primitives - Nothing Left
  6. Elvis Costello - Pills And Soap
  7. Pet Shop Boys - Home And Dry
  8. Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke (the first song not by an artist identified with the 80s!)
  9. Felt - Fortune
  10. Superchunk - Hello Hawk
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  1. “Golden Slumbers” by the Beatles (doesn’t really work apart fro mthe rest of the “Abbey Road” medley

  2. Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin

  3. “Seven Drunken Nights” by the Dubliners

  4. “Fire” by the Ohio Players

  5. “Love is Blue” by Paul Mauriat

  6. “Mandolin Concerto #1” by Vivaldi

  7. “Annachie Gordon” by Mary Black

  8. “No More Tears” by Ozzy Osbourne

  9. “All I Have to Do Is Dream” by the Everly Brothers

  10. “Karla With a K” by the Hooters