# 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:** 2
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/21 "2009-05-29T22:37:16Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > 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! I think your tastes are most in line with mine of those who’ve posted so far. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/22 "2009-05-29T22:52:45Z")
> [@TheMerchandise](#): > > This has been done before, many many times, but it’s fun. And I always join in. \>\_\> 1. Blur - Charmless Man 2. Blur - On Your Own. (Hmm…is this properly shuffling?) 3. Ishikawa Chiaka - Utsukushi Kereba Sore de Ii (Apparently so.) 4. Alice Cooper - This Maniac’s In Love With You 5. Aoiro 7 - Aoi Sports Car no Otoko (Definitely shuffling well…awful lot near the beginning of the alphabet, but since my music folder isn’t entirely properly alphabetical…) 6. Tommy february[sup]6[/sup] - Everyday At The Bus Stop 7. Oingo Boingo - I’m So Bad. 8. Alice Cooper - Bye Bye Baby (Hrm…I think I’ll go to 11, with these artist dupes…) 9. MALICE MIZER - Brise 10. Night Ranger - Sister Christian 11. Blur - Essex Dogs (OH, WHAT THE **HELL**? 12!) 12. Deborah Gibson - How Can This Be? ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/23 "2009-05-29T22:53:37Z")
Sounds like fun! I’ll try adding Youtube links for the songs that come up, assuming I can find any: 1. Yasunori Mitsuda – [_Is Kirite Burning Up?_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCRYF22Gt4) 2. Rammstein – [_Los_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewaLNZ1100) 3. Peter, Paul and Mary – [_Light One Candle_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43J-gYOnLoI) 4. Enya – [_Pax Deorum_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alAiENqhRxM) 5. Red Army Choir – [_Echelon’s Song_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myg8Q0r8JnQ) 6. E.S. Posthumus – [_Antissa_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2yJzMgaUAk) (Thanks, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=519181)! :D) 7. Nikolai Massenkoff – _Korobeiniki_ (I couldn’t find a Massenkoff rendition, but [here’s the legendary Ivan Rebroff](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvKjLXR1zdI) filling in) 8. Luca Turilli – [_Black Dragon_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6BAvm4ig6I) 9. Pinetop Seven – _High on a Summer’s Tree_ 10. Keiko Matsui – [_Forever, Forever_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzqsWxau_gI) And one more for good measure, to make, um, a baker’s ten: 1. Poets of the Fall – [_Carnival of Rust_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVrQsdWDds) Nothing really embarrassing came up in the first 11, which is surprising, since I know I have a lot of it in there. A fair amount of Cher, for example. And ABBA. Not to mention the entire soundtrack of _Fiddler on the Roof_. I make no apologies for the John Denver, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/24 "2009-05-29T22:56:30Z")
\*\*Shooting Star - Boyzone \*\*(It’s from a Disney soundtrack ☹ ) **Wild Thing - Jimi Hendrix** (My Zune, for whatever reason has a crush on Jimi. The shuffle plays him way more then it should) **Set The Controls for the Heart - Pink Floyd** **The Story of Nothing - The Aquabats!** (great ska band if you’ve never heard of them) **Ring Them Bells - Heart** (Heart can do way better.) **Crawlin’ King Snake - John Lee Hooker** (There’s something about those blues songs. They depress me.) **Blah Blah Blah - Hüsker Dü** **Hard to Handle - Otis Redding** (Badass.) **One More Saturday Night - Grateful Dead** **Pills - Gary Jules** (Guess it’s on the album with his Mad World cover) ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/25 "2009-05-29T22:57:50Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I think your tastes are most in line with mine of those who’ve posted so far. Agree! Anyone who likes B&S and the Clash is okay with me. And your list reminded me that I need to get some Gang of Four. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/26 "2009-05-29T22:58:11Z")
1. I Wanna Destroy You-- Soft Boys 2. Plus Ones-- Okkervil River 3. Wasted Life-- Stiff Little Fingers 4. Borneo-- Firewater 5. Praying Mantis-- Don Dixon 6. Try To Believe-- Oingo Boingo 7. Pepper-- Butthole Surfers 8. Lobachevsky-- Tom Lehrer 9. Urban Struggle-- The Vandals 10. Trash-- New York Dolls ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/27 "2009-05-30T00:07:23Z")
1. Compared To What - Les McCann & Eddie Harris 2. Illegal Smile - John Prine 3. Sugar Mountain - Neil Young 4. You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio - Joni Mitchell 5. Crazy - Patsy Cline 6. Billie Jean - Chris Cornell 7. Stage Fright - The Band 8. Knocking 'Round The Zoo - Flying Machine with Danny Kortchmar Lead Vocals 9. Into White - Cat Stevens 10. Flower Lady - Phil Ochs ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/28 "2009-05-30T01:29:51Z")
1. Till My Head Falls Off - They Might Be Giants 2. Lies - Violent Femmes 3. When The Angels Sing - Social Distortion 4. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven 5. What’d I Say - Ray Charles 6. Gangsta Sermon - Warren G 7. Waterloo - ABBA 8. Does He Love You? - Rilo Kiley 9. Hand In Glove - The Smiths 10. Honey Don’t - Carl Perkins From Winamp, which says I have 6781 files in my music directory. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/29 "2009-05-30T01:51:28Z")
AC Newman - The Cloud Prayer Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Capital Letters The Walkmen - What’s In It For Me Nirvana - All Apologies VHS or Beta - Dynamize (I don’t even remember this band) Beatles - Wild Honey Pie Dave the Butcher (Instrumental) - Tom Waits Mountain Goats - San Bernadino Pixies - Vamos Soul Asylum - Summer of Drugs ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/30 "2009-05-30T01:55:39Z")
> [@akira5822](#): > > 1. I want to break free- Queen I’m amused that this has shown up twice. ---
**Author:** ![Dervish\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dervish\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervish_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/31 "2009-05-30T02:50:09Z")
I’ve got a ton of soundtracks on there, so they are over-represented: Addictive - Faithless (Cruel Intentions Soundtrack) Mistress Mabel - The Fratellis Only the Beginning of the Adventure - Chronicles of Narnia Soundtrack Roses - Meg & Dia Field Trip - Finding Nemo Laura’s Theme - Craig Armstrong Another Mysterious Pipe Appeared - World of Goo Soundtrack Good Vibermenschions - Mensch Mandy Goes to Med School - The Dresden Dolls Birthday Song - Abra Moore ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/32 "2009-05-30T03:02:07Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I’m amused that this has shown up twice. It’ll be interesting to make a list and then a graph out of all the songs that show up. I might have to do that in a few days after the thread starts to die down. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/33 "2009-05-30T03:23:59Z")
1. One More Cup of Coffee - Bob Dylan 2. Gallant Forty-Twa - The Clancy Brothers 3. You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates 4. You Wreck Me - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 5. Blackbird - Beatles 6. Bits and Pieces - Dave Clark 5 7. Magical Mr. Mistoffeles from “Cats” 8. The Bug - Dire Straits 9. Big Time - Peter Gabriel 10. Honky Cat - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/34 "2009-05-30T04:41:34Z")
Out of 11053 songs in Itunes. 1. We’ve Come Too Far - Dave Hollister (how’d that get there?) 2. Living in the Future - John Prine 3. Dead and Bloated - Stone Temple Pilots 4. Angel of Death - Slayer 5. Thorazine Shuffle - Gov’t Mule 6. Drips - Eminem 7. Ain’t No Way - DMX 8. Eye of the Storm - Brother Ali 9. Go Ahead And Cry - The Righteous Brothers 10. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/35 "2009-05-30T04:42:14Z")
I have to admit, the gods of randomness could have done a worse job representing my current tastes. 1. Moxy Fruvous, Love Potion Medley 2. Rufus Wainright, I Don’t Know What It Is 3. Ben Folds Five, One Angry Dwarf 4. Erin McKeown, Something’s Gotta Give 5. Rasputina, Draconian Countdown 6. Idol mio, se ritroso (Idomeneo), Mozart 7. These Apples, Barenaked Ladies 8. Divortimento in D, Mozart 9. The prelude to Carmen, Bizet 10. Unity, Reel Big Fish ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/36 "2009-05-30T05:57:27Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > Sounds like fun! I’ll try adding Youtube links for the songs that come up, assuming I can find any: > > 1. Yasunori Mitsuda – [_Is Kirite Burning Up?_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCRYF22Gt4) > 2. Peter, Paul and Mary – [_Light One Candle_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43J-gYOnLoI) > 3. Red Army Choir – [_Echelon’s Song_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myg8Q0r8JnQ) > 4. Nikolai Massenkoff – _Korobeiniki_ (I couldn’t find a Massenkoff rendition, but [here’s the legendary Ivan Rebroff](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvKjLXR1zdI) filling in) > 5. Keiko Matsui – [_Forever, Forever_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzqsWxau_gI) > 6. Poets of the Fall – [_Carnival of Rust_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVrQsdWDds) Cool stuff. 1.Beautiful. 3.Reminds me of road trips with my parents. 5.Awesome. I need to get some of this. 7.Greatest version of Tetris theme EVAR! 10.Dually beautiful. 11.Whoa, it’s like Queensryche meets _City of Lost Children_. Makes me want to dig up a youtube list with my mp3 player. Right quick though, ten from winamp on my old computer(more likely to be wierder and/or more embarrasing stuff). 1)_No Diggity_ - Black Street ft Dr Dre 2)_Lo Boob Oscillator_ - Stereolab 3)_Peanut Butter and Jelly Time_ - Don’t know who did it, but damn them! 4)\*Duck Tales Theme \*(Woo-Oo!) 5)_Hey Ma_ - Cam’ron 6)_Johnny Jump Up_ - Irish Drinking Songs(unknown artists) 7)\*Cows With Guns \*- Unknown 8)_Behind The Walls(remix)_ - Kurupt ft Shyne 9)_Forever My Lady_ - Jodeci 10)_Seether_ - Varuca Salt …I suppose the PB&J and DT theme are pretty bad, but it could’ve been much worse. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/37 "2009-05-30T08:07:38Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > **The Story of Nothing - The Aquabats!** (great ska band if you’ve never heard of them) “Chewbacca, Chewbacca, Lake Titicaca. Chewbacca’s on a scooter man, holy crap!” Oh yeah. _Return of the Aquabats_ was one of the first two ska albums I’ve ever got(Mustard Plug’s Evildoers Beware!, the other). The first [del]ten[/del]dozen\* from my iRiver that are on youtube… 1)[Lynguistics](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9tXkd6gOE)- Doseone 2)[Civil Obedience](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUuZaTRLrws&feature=related)- Sage Francis 3)[Fable Salt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZM9kKn0hE) - Qwel (I love this song!) 4)[Say Hello To Heaven](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69PL3GLXIDE) - Temple Of The Dog (Kind of a curve ball after the first three, but a good song) 5)[Fire For the People](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCVoon-iVVQ) - Blue Scholars([here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGazXRTaY7E&feature=PlayList&p=1A4E12D2D9BFFDA8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19)is the album version, but the other video really captures what the Blue Scholars are about; a small, semi-impromptu, live performance- “BAYAN USA Picket in front of LA Philippine Consulate”; though I’m not sure what the specific protest is about) 6)[Remember The Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDxsM5jLNxM)- Michael Jackson (“… The Time” sure, but damn, can’t believe I forgot about that video) 7)[Man I Use To Be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0wEkqCWoWg) - K-os 8)[Fearless](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRWE9SZO114)- Saul Williams 9)[Hold On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P5jV4lHHR0) - Tom Waits (Cool, I never realized there was an actual video for this song) 10)[Ordinary Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfj2TvtTsMw) - Blue Scholars 11)[Revival](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1rL7DI_D4)- Soulsavers (Amazing song and video) 12)[Scarecrow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_orIbjwf8) - Grayskul(Bookends my first list) \*a two-fer artist, the bookend, and a streak of songs actually on youtube at the end; I cheated and added two. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/38 "2009-05-30T09:23:53Z")
1.) Outkast - Rosa Parks 2.) Gatsby’s American Dream - Just Like Heaven 3.) Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There 4.) The Jerky Boys - Breast Enlargement 5.) The Dubliners - James LArkin 6.) Flogging Molly - The Ol’ Beggars Bush 7.) Stephen Malcolm - Sonic 2 OCRemix - Mystic Cave 8.) Billy Joel - The Longest Time 9.) Binary Finary - 1998 (Original Mix) 10.) Tori Amos - Yes, Anastasia A day of listening to my Winamp on shuffle takes me ALL SORTS of places. Eclectic is a slight understatement. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/39 "2009-05-30T10:52:48Z")
1. Galveston Flood, Tony Rice 2. All You Zombies, Hooters 3. Polk Salad Annie, Tony Joe White 4. Happy Birthday Fuckhead, Snot 5. Hungarian Rhapsody No.02 In C-Sharp Minor, Franz Liszt 6. Natures Way, Spirit 7. Merry Christmas From the Family, Robert Earl Keen 8. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic 9. Another Nail In My Heart, Squeeze 10. Kids In America, Kim Wilde ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/40 "2009-05-30T11:23:17Z")
1. Ask Me Now - Thelonius Monk 2. The Night, 3rd movement of Scythian Suite Op. 20 - Sergei Prokoffiev 3. Track 23, from ‘The Art of Solo Guitar Playing’, instructional CD by Jody Fisher 4. Wait til You See Her - Bucky Pizzarelli 5. Etude #8, Giulio Regondi played by John Holmquist 6. If I Had a Boat - Lyle Lovett 7. The Ramble - Carl Kress and Dick McDonough 8. One Finger Snap - Herbie Hancock 9. Crépuscule, from Chanson d’Ève, Op. 95 - Gabriel Fauré 10. J’ai oublié le jour - Beau Dommage [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072.md?page=3)