# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/41 "2009-05-30T16:38:49Z")
1. Broken Ice - Orlando soundtrack 2. Wombo Lombo - Angelique Kidjo 3. Oh Boy - Youssou N’Dour 4. Get up Edina - Desmond Dekker 5. Seasons of Love - Rent (original b’way) 6. Love Is Blue - Jeff Beck 7. Song of Sand - Suzanne Vega 8. Cripple Creek - 2nd Break - Exercise A - Geoff Hohwald (Banjo Primer) 9. Fire On the Mountain - Grateful Dead (May 8, 1977 Barton Hall) 10. By The Rivers Dark - Leonard Cohen phew I got through that without having to list any Barbie songs ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/42 "2009-05-30T16:46:44Z")
1. The Almost “Say This Sooner” 2. Forget Cassettes “Instruments of Action” 3. Earlimart “All They Ever Do Is Talk” 4. Flickerstick “Beautiful” 5. Everlast “Letters Home From The Garden” 6. Aberdeen City “God is Going to Get Sick of Me” 7. The Work “Don’t You Know? (nightmoves remix)” 8. Jack Johnson “Mediocre Bad Guys” 9. Jem “Save Me” 10. Queens of The Stone Age “If Only” ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/43 "2009-05-30T17:37:23Z")
1. Nirvana - Something in the Way (Unplugged) 2. Matthew Sweet - Falling 3. Jennifer Hudson - Effie White’s Gonna Win (Dreamgirl’s soundtrack) 4. Pearl Jam - Push Me, Pull Me 5. Doris Day - You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me 6. The Vapors - Turning Japanese 7. Rosemary Clooney - Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep 8. Salt-N-Pepa - Sexy Noises Turn Me On 9. Belle and Sebastian - Judy and the Dream of Horses 10. MGM Studio Orchestra - The Stage is Set (Singing in the Rain soundtrack) I had a huge collection of CDs and ripped them all, not doing much pruning since I have copious space on laptop/iPod. Most of the songs above would not be something I would think to listen to except when they come up in shuffle. ---
**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 30, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/44 "2009-05-30T17:59:00Z")
> [@mack](#): > > 1. Get up Edina - Desmond Dekker I’m impressed that you have a Desmond Dekker song that isn’t “Israelites” or “It Mek.” ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/45 "2009-05-30T18:28:53Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I’m impressed that you have a Desmond Dekker song that isn’t “Israelites” or “It Mek.” Be impressed with my wife. It’s one of hers. I usually skip it when she’s not in the car. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/46 "2009-05-30T19:09:23Z")
Karma Police - Radiohead Winter: Southern Hospitality - Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack Jingle Bells (Dan the Automator Remix) Infinite Youth - Hyper Crush Attaboy / Solid Space Business - Sasha Machine Gun - The Commodores Ambience - Astral Projections Such a Tease - Junkie XL Beat Street - Grandmaster Melle Mel Already Dead - Beck ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/47 "2009-05-30T19:29:31Z")
The last ten tunes…The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall. Before that some of Ligeti’s Mechanical Music, and before _that_ a set that Richie Hawtin did a scarily long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/48 "2009-05-30T20:25:59Z")
1. Call Mi (Dave Kelly’s “Hold The Line” Remix) - MAJOR LAZER 2. Nothing But Green Lights - Tom Vek 3. Sabali - Amadou & Mariam 4. Q-Chord - Sunset Rubdown 5. Gifted - Clor 6. Small Bones, Small Bodies - Future of the Left 7. Can You Hear Me - David Bowie 8. I’m A Beast - Lil Wayne 9. We Who Wait - Jay Reatard 10. Friends Stoning Friends - Mclusky ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/49 "2009-05-30T20:46:13Z")
Shinin’ On - Grand Funk One - Creed 18 and Life - Skid Row Urgent - Foreigner One Of These Days - Pink Floyd (live version ripped from the Pulse DVD) Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith Wang Dang Sweet Poontang - Ted Nugent Jealous Again - Black Crowes I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night - Electric Prunes Sludge Factory - Alice In Chains ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/50 "2009-05-31T02:26:58Z")
1. **Blaqk Audio** Cities of Night 2. **Icon of Coil** Everlasting 3. **Filter** So Cool 4. **Assemblage 23** Complacent 5. **Recoil** Missing Piece 6. **Faunts** M4 (Part II) (The Paronomasiac Remix) 7. **Depeche Mode** Suffer Well 8. **Kenna** Freetime 9. **IAMX** President 10. **BT** Running Down the Way Up ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/51 "2009-05-31T03:13:53Z")
I saw this thread title and damn near shouted “YES!!! COOL!!!”. Sad. Anyhow, lets see how this goes… 1. **Nico- The Fairest of the Seasons**. I really love this song. There are strings but somehow not cheese-ily (although, unfortunately, I love cheesy strings). And, of course Nico had such a uniquely gorgeous voice. 2. **Kinks- Johnny Thunder**. Seems like this came up the last time I participated in one of these. Hmm. 3. **Kinks- Where Have All the Good Times Gone**. I was afraid this would happen. 4. **Nick Drake- At the Chime of a City Clock**. Gorgeous, uber-relaxing niceness. 5. **Elliot Smith- The White Lady Loves You More**. Hmm. Other than the two very upbeat Kinks songs I seem to have established quite a mood. Pretty much everything I have on this thing is upbeat. I really love this album though. 6. **Elliot Smith- I Better Be Quiet Now**. My Ipod is stupid today. I have over a thousand songs by many different artists. Really. Anyhow, I never have really listened to this album (Figure 8) and don’t know this song. 7. **Husker Du- Friend, You’ve Got to Fall**. I love this band. I hate this song. 8. **Kinks- Village Green Preservation Society**. Okay, so I have a lot of Kinks stuff. But _come on!_. Stupid stupid Ipod. 9. **Pearl Jam- Corduroy**. Eh. Guilty pleasure. 10. **Pete Seeger- If I Had a Hammer.** Well then. I may request a do over. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/52 "2009-05-31T03:21:54Z")
Lessie…if I did this right: Dracula Cha Cha Cha—Bruno Martino La Resistance Medley—South Park What’s He Building?—Tom Waits You Only Live Twice—Nancy Sinatra Take My Breath Away—Berlin Astronomy Domine—Pink Floyd Katy Allen—Grey De Lisle Imaginary—Evanescence Misery is the River of the World—Tom Waits Ronin Theme—Elia Cmiral (Ronin soundtrack) 'Seems a little bit moody, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/53 "2009-05-31T04:02:48Z")
Burning Up – Ashlee Simpson Jet Lag – Joss Stone Fly on the Wall – Miley Cyrus Run – Cappadonna Holy Love – Cardigans Spring Affair – Donna Summer Apple Cobbler – LL Cool J Houses in Motion – Hot Gossip Iron Man – Eric Dolphy Cappriccio Espagnol, op 34 Movement 2 Variations – Hector Berlioz I have to admit, I’m a bit disappointed with what mine came up with. It’s not really THAT representative of my musical tastes at all, but nonetheless I like almost everything that came up, at least somewhat. I like that Eric Dolphy, my favourite jazz artist, came up, and I like how the relative rarity Hot Gossip made an appearance, but both Ashlee Simpson AND Miley Cyrus showing up is not particularly something I’m proud of. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/54 "2009-05-31T07:02:55Z")
1.) Yuri Bashmet - Lebhaft (Mvmt. II) from Marchenbilder by Schumann 2.) Rimski Korsakov - Capriccio Espangnol - Viriazioni 3.) Mahler - Ich Atmet Einen Linden Duft (from Ruckert Lieder) **[I’m sure I’m sounding like a hermited music professor]** 4.) Lazy Town - Cooking By the Book **[Guess not :D]** 5.) The Music Man Soundtrack - Rock Island 6.) Jessica Andrews - These Wings 7.) Portishead - Only You (French) 8.) Alanis Morrisette - Uninvited 9.) Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently 10.) Warren Brothers - Move On ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/55 "2009-05-31T22:18:07Z")
1. Italian Leather Sofa - Cake 2. Country Mile - Camera Obscura 3. /=/=/ - Andrew Bird (this isn’t even really a proper song, so I’m taking this list to 11) 4. Dead Man’s Will - Iron and Wine + Calexico 5. Paper Thin Walls - Modest Mouse 6. Stay Home - American Football 7. Sovay - Andrew Bird 8. Return of the “G” - Outkast 9. No Love - The Get Up Kids 10. Virgo (ft. Nas and Doug E. Fresh) - Ludacris 11. I Am Part of a Large Family - Great Lake Swimmers This is coming from a 5810 song iTunes library. I think it’s pretty representative of my music. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/56 "2009-05-31T23:56:53Z")
I tend to use what gets spat out of my random playlist as a horoscope for the day. My iPod’s larded up with a lot of spoken word stuff, though, so I usually use a cut down playlist. From the entire collection, though: 1. **Lou Reed** - _Satellite of Love_. O.K. - good. Establishing some cred nice and early. 2. **Hunters & Collectors** - _Where Do You Go?_ A little mainstream, but O.K. 3. **Baggsmen** - _Hi-Top Day_. Esoteric, but we’re probably building to something. 4. **Capella Istropolitana** - \*A Tempo di Menuetto \*(Hayden) Nope. Apparently not building to anything. 5. **Buffalo Springfield** - _For What It’s Worth_. Retro. That cred’s looking solid. 6. **Marginal Prophets** - _Pour Some Sugar on Me_. …and so much for any possibility of salvaging self-respect out of this list. 7. **Richard Clapton** - _Best Years of Our Lives_. Nope. No self-respect at all. 7a. **Terry Pratchett** - _Night Watch 084_. I’m going to call a Mulligan on that one. 8. **Animaniacs** - _Variety Speak_. I don’t know why this is on here. I mean, I _put_ it on there, but the volume’s so low I can never hear it when it comes up. 9. **Dave Steele** - _Look So Fine (Feel So Low)_. Another cover - actually, they’re pretty underrepresented in this list. 10. **Jani Lane** - _Cherry Pie (Acoustic)_. Hmm. Excuse me. I think I hear someone… uh… LOOK! IT’S ELVIS! BEHIND YOU! \ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/57 "2009-06-01T01:49:28Z")
1 Daughter by Loudon Wainwright III 2 Crawl Back (Under My Stone) by Richard Thompson 3 Chorale by Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson 4 Numb Encore by Jay-Z w/ Linkin Park 5 Uptown Girl by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 6 Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers 7 A Bone Through Her Nose by Richard Thompson 8 If A Song Could Be President by Over the Rhine 9 DOA by Bloodrock 10 Sunset Song by Richard Thompson I love doing these. Not surprised at the amount of RT, since he’s almost 1/3 of my mp3s. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/58 "2009-06-01T02:14:03Z")
**New Order** – In A Lonely Place **Antique Cafe** – Merry Making **They Might Be Giants** – Ana Ng **The Clash** – Brand New Cadillac **Bad Religion** – No Substance **Panic at the Disco** – The Only Difference Between Martydom and Suicide is Press Coverage **Harry Chapin** – Let Time Go Lightly \*\*Pink Floyd \*\*-- Speak to Me/Breathe **The Beatles** – I Will **OK Go** – It’s Tough to Have a Crush (When the Boy Doesn’t Feel The Same Way You Do) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/59 "2009-06-01T02:17:19Z")
This could be fun. Let’s see what I get: Freddy Fender - _Wasted Days and Wasted Nights_ Glenn Miller Orchestra - _Moonlight Serenade_ War - _Why Can’t We Be Friends_ Suzy Bogguss - _Take It To The Limit_ America - _Lonely People_ Billy Joel - _An Innocent Man_ Chicago - _Questions 67 and 68_ Waylon Jennings - _Goodtime Charlie’s Got The Blues_ Elvis Presley - _Are You Lonesome Tonight_ Nat King Cole - _Stardust_ Holy crap. Talk about eclectic… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072/60 "2009-06-01T02:28:34Z")
Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins Just Like Anyone - Aimee Mann Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead - Warren Zevon Spirit In The Night - Bruce Springsteen Drunk At Night - Ossian Theme From Harry’s Game - Clannad The Crystal Ship - The Doors A Fine How-Do-You-Do - Emo Phillips Bule Rondo Ala Turk - Dave Brubeck [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-10-random-songs/498072.md?page=4)