# First 10 Random Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072 "2009-05-29T19:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/1 "2009-05-29T19:45:18Z")
This has been done before, many many times, but it’s fun. Place your iPod, iTunes, what-have-you on shuffle and list the first ten songs that play. Explain if you must, but don’t try to hide anything shameful! 1. Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar 2. Welcome Home – Coheed and Cambria 3. Your Mouth into Mine – Black Francis 4. Well All Right – The Hives 5. Empire – The Black Angels 6. Hospital Beds – Cold War Kids 7. I Will Buy You a New Life – Everclear 8. Grace – Jeff Buckley 9. Black Betty – Ram Jam 10. All the World – O’Death ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/2 "2009-05-29T19:50:41Z")
I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year) - Donald Fagan Do It Again - The Kinks The Battle of Endor - London Symphony Orchestra [from “Return of the Jedi” soundtrack] Girl Goodbye - Toto I’m Alive - Electric Light Orchestra Don’t Let Go - Jeff Lynne Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty I Want To Break Free - Queen Question - The Moody Blues Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police ---
**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:** [May 29, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/3 "2009-05-29T19:54:13Z")
Leonard Cohen - Ain’t No Cure for Love Beatles - Baby You’re a Rich Man Marie-Claire Alain - Bach: Trio Sonata #3 in D Minor Roxy Music - My Little Girl King Crimson - Requiem Eric Dolphy - Burning Spear Kinks - Who’ll Be Next in Line Jethro Tull - This Free Will Günter Wand/Kölner Rundfunkorchester - Schubert: Symphony #6, 3rd movement Doors - Little Red Rooster (from _Live at the Aquarius Theater_) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/4 "2009-05-29T19:56:50Z")
1. American Jesus - Bad Religion 2. What is and What Should Never Be - Led Zepelin 3. Tom and Sally Drake - Taj Mahal 4. The L&N Don’t Stop Here Any More - Johnny Cash 5. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley 6. Goin’ Away Baby - R.L. Burnside 7. Life is Shit - Dead Milkmen 8. Not Sorry - Cranberries 9. Never Saw Blue Like That - Shawn Colvin 10. Downed City - Fugazi ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/5 "2009-05-29T20:01:21Z")
1. Slough Feg - The Return of Dr. Universe 2. Black Flag - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie 3. Blood Red Throne - Tortured Soul Appearance 4. Jim Gaffigan - King Baby 5. Cursed - Promised Land 6. Bloodbath - The Ascension 7. Carcass - No Love Lost 8. Unsane - No Loss 9. Neurosis - From The Hill 10. Spudmonsters - Let It Go ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/6 "2009-05-29T20:03:47Z")
1. Cheat - The Clash 2. Balloon Man - Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 3. The Marriage - Billy Bragg 4. The Model - Belle & Sebastian 5. Hypocrite - Lush 6. Things We Said Today - The Beatles 7. There’s A Fire - The Gaylads 8. Stumped - Minor Threat 9. Return The Gift - Gang of Four 10. Big Waltz - Associates ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/7 "2009-05-29T20:04:23Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year) - Donald Fagan The Nightfly! Love that CD. “New Frontiers” is my favorite from it. Agnes - Donnie Iris You and Me - Alice Cooper Chicago Smokeshop - Roy Buchanan The Letter - Joe Cocker In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins Still Alive - Jonathon Coulton The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy - The Kinks Alone - Heart (acoustic live version) Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell - Buddy Whittington ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/8 "2009-05-29T20:10:56Z")
Guerilla Radio - Richard Cheese Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil My Hero - Foo Fighters Wargasm -L7 She’s In Parties - Bauhaus Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead I Believe in Miracles - The Ramones Flash Gordon Theme - Queen Heart Throb - Be Your Own Pet Don’t Speak (I Came to Make a Bang ) - Eagles of Death Metal ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/9 "2009-05-29T20:13:02Z")
Zune 120 Flowers - Batman soundtrack (1989) Just a Job to Do - Genesis Prime Mover - Rush Big Time - Peter Gabriel (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows Whenever, Wherever - Shakira Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel Love Gun - Kiss Primary - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/10 "2009-05-29T20:34:21Z")
On my iRiver S10(2GB)… 1)Haunted - Grayskul 2)Brown - Ken Nordine 3)This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna 4)Fresh - Non-Prophets 5)Nutria - Ken Nordine 6)Bayani - Blue Scholars 7)Good Day - Kats and Domer(ft Why G?) 8)RE: DEFinition - Blackstar 9)Phil - Buck 65 10)Three Bars(Boondocks Outro) - Asheru Figured I’d try it with Winamp too… 1)Rolodex Propaganda - At The Drive-In 2)Time & Space(A New Refutation Of) - Digable Planets 3)How To Make It - The Linguistics 4)Radio Shack Promo- Tim & Eric(of Awesome Show, Great Job!) 5)The Engine Driver - The Decemberists 6)Stray Bullet Freestyle - Pharoahe Monch 7)I’m So Techno(Skit) - Sleep 8)Underdog World Strike - Gogol Bordello 9)Lost Boys - Roger Waters 10) Pine Tree Lake - Huge Spacebird ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/11 "2009-05-29T20:43:44Z")
Marshall Tucker Band - Blue Ridge Mountain Sky (live) Three Doors Down - Kryptonite Montrose - Dancin’ Feet Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane Mahavishnu Orchestra - Smile of the Beyond Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way Kansas - Down The Road Transatlantic - Suite Charlotte Pike Allman Brothers - No One To Run With (live) Johnny Winter - Jumping Jack Flash This is from a Winamp playlist made up of the 2539 songs I’ve replaced from the last computer crash. Seems pretty typical, at least one song I didn’t know I had (3 Doors Down?) Eleventh song is Joe Cocker singing Can’t Find My Way Home. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/12 "2009-05-29T20:44:18Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Agnes - Donnie Iris Donnie! I love that guy! I’ve got 5 or 6 of his songs on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/13 "2009-05-29T21:00:54Z")
Her Majesty – The Beatles Nobody – Ne-yo Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann How to Save a Life – The Fray Heaven’s Light/Hellfire – Tom Hulce/Tony Jay (from the Hunchback of Notre Dame soundtrack) Two Pina Coladas – Garth Brooks Lonely No More – Rob Thomas High Cost of Living – Jamey Johnson Lost in the Shadows – Lou Gramm Benny and the Jets – Elton John ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/14 "2009-05-29T21:35:40Z")
The Buzzcocks, “Why Can’t I Touch It?” Ahab, “Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales” Unearthly Trance, “In the Red” Nirvana, “Polly” Cradle of Filth, “Dawn of Eternity” Ulver, “Dressed in Black” Ulver, “Hymne IV: Wolf and Man” Tool, “Eon Blue Apocalypse” Depeche Mode, “Blasphemous Rumours” Rasputina, “Doomsday Averted” ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/15 "2009-05-29T21:43:51Z")
1. The Cure – “Halo” 2. The Sheila Divine – “Modern Log” 3. The Clash – “Jail Guitar Doors” 4. Franz Ferdinand – “Do You Want To” 5. The Cure – “Shake Dog Shake (Live)” 6. Mystikal – “If It Ain’t Live, It Ain’t Me” 7. Pulp – “Deep Fried In Kelvin” 8. New Order – “Jetstream” 9. Belle and Sebastian – “Is It Wicked Not To Care?” 10. Morrissey – “All You Need Is Me” I don’t know how Mystikal got on there! ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/16 "2009-05-29T22:00:41Z")
1. Mani - Fadela & Sahraoui 2. If My Heart Could Only Talk - Tommy Dorsey 3. Palesteena - Frank Crumit 4. Mona Lisa - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole 5. Hello There - Cheap Trick 6. Music for 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix) - Steve Reich 7. Second Class (She’s Too Good for Me) - The Move 8. Bitillo - Tata Dinding 9. El Capitalismo Foraneo - Gotan Project 10. Trans Europe Express - Señor Coconut y su Conjunto Bonus, because it’s probably gonna be a pretty interesting segue: 11. Suck a Caribou’s Ass - Wesley Willis 12. Small Talk - Doris Day The worst part of it is, I listen to random assortments like this all the time. Just point iTunes DJ at my whole library and let 'er rip. I can’t imagine listening to a whole album of the same artist in a row anymore. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/17 "2009-05-29T22:11:34Z")
1. I only wanna be with you- Me first and the gimmie gimmie’s 2. Don’t stand so close to me-Police 3. (Anesthesia) Pulling teeth-Metallica 4. I want to break free- Queen 5. Clampdown- Clash 6. Gonna -Yell county 7. 11th hour- Rancid 8. Jumping someone else’s train- The Cure 9.Lock,Step and go- Rancid 1. Punch drunk grinning soul- Flogging molly ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/18 "2009-05-29T22:21:25Z")
1. The Tail Spin Theme 2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 3. A Little Past Little Rock - Lee Ann Womack 4. Blue Caravan - Vienna Teng 5. Orange Colored Sky - Nat King Cole 6. Carlene - Phil Vassar 7. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega 8. In This Life - Brudda Iz (Isreal Kamakawiwo’ole)\* 9. An Comhra Donn Medley - Glenn Morgan\*\* 10. The Barnyards of Delgaty - Gaelic Storm \*: I prefer Collin Raye’s version \*\*: Hammered Dulcimer ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/19 "2009-05-29T22:29:05Z")
The Patient - Tool Steady as She Goes - The Raconteurs Replica - Beck Where I End You Begin - Radiohead Love Me Do - The Beatles Pay No Mind (Snoozer) - Beck Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado Medicine - Guster Fortress - Pinback Southern Man - Neil Young Caveat: I have 4356 items in my iTunes library, but probably less than 1/10 of that on my Touch, and I sync only checked songs, so the shuffle on iTunes only hits the checked songs that go on my iPod, aka songs I for sure like. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/20 "2009-05-29T22:31:16Z")
1. Flobots - Handlebars 2. Ladytron - White Light Generation 3. Queen Adreena - A Heavenly Surrender 4. Delta Spirit - Children 5. Icon of Coil - Love as Blood 6. Mirah - Telephone Wires 7. ASHES dIVIDE - Higher 8. A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums 9. Eels - Manchild 10. The Dresden Dolls - Truce [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072.md?page=2)