# First 5 songs on your ipod **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546 "2007-07-29T00:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/1 "2007-07-29T00:04:18Z")
I have seen this in the Onion and a few other places, but I haven’t noticed such a thread. Apologies if I overlooked. So, I recently broke down and bought an ipod. It is rather small, so I am mostly using it for random songs that I don’t want to buy on cd…I have run out of ideas and hopefully will get some good suggestions out of this thread. The rules: -Put your ipod/ipod-like device on shuffle and list the first 5 songs that pop up. -NO SKIPPING EMBARRASSING SONGS!!! Really. That’s the fun part. Oh, alright. I will go first. 1. **_If I Should Fall From Grace With God_ (The Pogues)**–Ah, so far so good. There is nothing better than good, fast, traditional-ish Irish music. All songs should sound like this. 2.**_Psychotic Reaction_ (The Count Five)**– So, years ago I worked at a record store. This allowed me to indulge any mood I would fall into. For a couple of months, I became obsessed with 60’s garage rock, and would buy anything that would at all fall in that genre. I got to the point where I could simply look at the cover of the cd and know whether to buy it or not. This was one of the only good songs I found during that period. 1. **_Brave Captain_ (fIREHOSE**…_not_ Firehouse)- I am a huge fan of the Minutemen, so I decided to randomly download a song by fIREHOSE since, they are the Minutemen with some random guy instead of D. Boon. Um, actually they sound nothing like the Minutemen (at least here) but I really really love this song. Can anybody recommend one of their albums? 2. **_Stepping Out_ (Joe Jackson)**- Interesting thing. I had only heard this song on tv, and my tv at the time had really shitty sound. I went and got a cd with this song, and wondered what the hell that odd constant rhythm was that went all through it. I didn’t hear that on tv. I hated it at first, but got used to it. 3. **_Yellow Ledbetter- Live_ (Pearl Jam)**- Dammit. I knew something shitty would come up. Okay, so I went through a Pearl Jam phase years ago…I bought a bunch of their live cds and there was _a_ version of this song that was good. It sure as hell wasn’t this one. Ugh. That phase ended, but I will concede that PJ wrote a few really good songs. I need to delete this one, though. Ah. Nothing too bad. I may need to have another go round later. Anybody else wanna play? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/2 "2007-07-29T00:35:33Z")
I’ll play. I just opened my iTunes and went to Party Shuffle, cleared what was there and let it reset. 1. **The Chieftains: Planxty Brown/The William Davis’s/Lady Wrixon** - a celtic medley from the largest Irish band ever. 2. **Loverboy: Working for the Weekend** - Solid pop hit that pretty much everyone thought was cool in the early 80s. I’m getting old. 3. **Alanis Morrisette: Mary Jane** - Depresso rock from her breakout album. 4. **Cracker: Satisfy You** - Not the best song from this album but still a good one. 5. **The Kinks: You Really Got Me** - The father of fuzziness gets wild. But with an absolutely limp solo. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/3 "2007-07-29T00:42:50Z")
Right now, 1: **Nite and Day** Al B. Sure! 2: \*\* Irreplaceable\*\* Beyonce 3: \*\* Criminal\*\* Fiona Apple 4: **Bad Habit** The Offspring 5: **Do Me, Baby** Prince ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/4 "2007-07-29T00:54:09Z")
Ha ha I totally forgot about some of these songs 1. Alien Ant Farm - Glow 2. Umphrey’s McGee - In the Kitchen 3. Primus - On the Tweek Again 4. Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher 5. Extreme - Get the Funk Out ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/5 "2007-07-29T00:56:51Z")
_Runaway Train_ - Soul Asylum _Twilight Zone_ - Golden Earring _Blue on Black_ - Kenny Wayne Shepherd _I Don’t Like Mondays_ - Boomtown Rats _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/6 "2007-07-29T01:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] 1. **_Brave Captain_ (fIREHOSE**…_not_ Firehouse)- I am a huge fan of the Minutemen, so I decided to randomly download a song by fIREHOSE since, they are the Minutemen with some random guy instead of D. Boon. Um, actually they sound nothing like the Minutemen (at least here) but I really really love this song. Can anybody recommend one of their albums? [/QUOTE] I’m not a huge fan (in fact, Brave Captain is really the only song of theirs that I’m very familiar with), but I have some friends who were really into fIREHOSE back in the day, and Ragin’, Full-On (the album with Brave Captain) was their favorite. Incidentally, the All Music Guide disagrees, saying that If’n and Fromohio are better albums. The public reviews on Emusic agree with Ragin’, Full-On over the others though. And to answer the main thrust of the OP: 1. **Mychal** , Black 47: A song about 9/11. One of my least favorite songs on the album, although I really like the band. 2. **Spin Your Wheels** , The Sixth Great Lake: An OK song, but again, not one of my favorites by them. They really channel The Band, however. 3. **Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)**, The Arcade Fire: The first song here that I really like. 4. **Non-Absorbing** , Guided by Voices: Another great song, although not in my 20 favorite GbV tracks. 5. **Temptation Inside Your Heart** , The Velvet Underground: I really don’t listen to them enough. I don’t remember this song! I had to go to the 9th song before a guilty pleasure popped up - **Major Tom (Coming Home)** by Peter Schilling. Apparently, my MP3 player was trying to save me from embarassment, because none of my ABBA tracks appeared in the first 30 I scanned. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/7 "2007-07-29T01:04:37Z")
This has been done before, but, what the hell, it’s always fun… 1. Ramones - Glad to See You Go _Nothing much to say here…Ramones rock…well, rocked._ 2. Nobue Uemetsu - Hurry! _Not sure which Final Fantasy this one’s from…I have the OSTs of every one from VII to X-2. It’s not one of the more memorable tunes._ 3. Oingo Boingo - Cinderella Undercover _Not my favourite song by them (That would be No Spill Blood.), or even in my top 10, but even my bottom 10 Oingo Boingo are pretty damn good._ 4. Tommy Heavenly[sup]6[/sup] - Lollipop Candy BAD girl (short version) _Tommy rocks a lot, and this is one of my favourite songs by her. Well, the long version is, actually, but the short version’s damn good, too._ 5. The Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer _Love this song. That is all._ Not quite a representative look at my music, but close. My favourite song there is Lollipop Candy BAD girl, but I’m not sure it works as a recommendation, since it’s a Japanese import and all… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/8 "2007-07-29T01:04:57Z")
_Iste Sanctus_ by Tomás Luis de Victoria, performed by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus _So is es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern_ from Act II of _Die Walküre_ _Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!_ from Act III of _Die Walküre_ _Dirt Bike_ from _John Henry_ by They Might Be Giants _A New Machine_ from _A Momentary Lapse of Reason_ by Pink Floyd. Give those first three, I may be a bit of a geek. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/9 "2007-07-29T01:06:25Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] 1. **The Kinks: You Really Got Me** - The father of fuzziness gets wild. But with an absolutely limp solo. [/QUOTE] Heh. I listened to this song the other day and noticed that the solo is fairly ridiculous. Just random notes being played…randomly. But Dave was, what, 16 at the time? What do you expect? I like the odd combinations so far. These wouldn’t be very good playlists for a party. 🙂 ETA: Really, **Tengu**? How did I miss it every time? Blarg. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/10 "2007-07-29T01:06:34Z")
\*\*Special \*\* - Garbage \*\*Alternative Girlfriend \*\* - Barenaked Ladies \*\*I Can’t Make Me \*\* - Butterfly Boucher \*\*The Guitar Man \*\* - CAKE \*\*Birthday \*\* - Sugarcubes ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/11 "2007-07-29T01:07:33Z")
Was already listening to i-tunes shuffle: 1. Rikki Don’t Lose Thst Number (Steely Dan) 2. Embarassment (Madness) 3. Govinda (Kula Shakur) 4. Shout (TFF) 5. Cars (Numan) actually fairly boring compared with what it could have been - could have had: 1. Hella Good (No Doubt) 2. Kings of the Wild Frontier (Adam and the Ants) 3. The Tracks of my Tears (Smokey Robinson) 4. Sportsnight theme (only UK blurks over 30 will remember this) 5. Freak Like Me (The Sugababes) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/12 "2007-07-29T01:11:44Z")
How can you do this without deliberately choosing the first song to get it rolling? I am posting songs 2 - 6 in place of that. _Here Comes the Sun_ – the Beatles _You Don’t Have to Say You love Me_ – Dusty Springfield _Straight Ahead_ – Canned Heat _Oh, Lonesone Me_ – Neil Young _Hard Luck Woman_ – Kiss How many tunes on your device? Mine - 2722. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/13 "2007-07-29T01:13:23Z")
Climbing Up The Walls (Sneaker Pimps Remix) - Radiohead Cross My Mind - Jill Scott Skydive Outro - Nuspirit Helsinki Somersault (Danger Mouse remix) - Zero 7 Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/14 "2007-07-29T01:21:49Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] How many tunes on your device? Mine - 2722. [/QUOTE] _Snerk_ Uh, 288. I got a nano, so I am over half full. I generally only keep songs that I actually want to listen to…I can’t imagine having enough _random_ songs to take up so much space. Maybe if I added more of my cds (still my main mode of music listening. I just got the ipod so that I wouldn’t have to buy a bunch of crappy cds). Thanks, **President Johnny Gentle** (awesome name, by the way). Everyone I ask always recommends a different one of the three. I suppose that means they are all good? But, they are on eMusic? Awesome–going to take a look now! ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/15 "2007-07-29T01:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] How can you do this without deliberately choosing the first song to get it rolling? I am posting songs 2 - 6 in place of that. [/QUOTE] I don’t have an iPod, so I can’t answer for them, but my player has a “Random Play All” option. It takes a couple seconds to queue, because I have over 5600 songs (and 33MB left) [QUOTE= Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] Thanks, President Johnny Gentle (awesome name, by the way). Everyone I ask always recommends a different one of the three. I suppose that means they are all good? But, they are on eMusic? Awesome–going to take a look now! [/QUOTE] Thanks for the compliment. Yeah, they’re on eMusic, as are the Minutemen (although, yeah right, I’m going to spend a month,s worth of tracks for _Double Nickels_…) My regret is that the SST catalog is incomplete. No Hüsker Dü ☹ ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/16 "2007-07-29T01:27:32Z")
**The Flaming Lips** - _Waitin’ for a Superman (Mokran Mix)_: I’m still unclear as to whether this is considered bonus material or not. As far as I know, I own the standard release version of The Soft Bulletin. Incidentally, I do enjoy this mix more than the other one on the album. **Daft Punk** - _Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger_: I love this song. **Yo La Tengo** - _Song for Mahlia_: I never really listened to _I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass_ that much, so I’m not too familiar with this one. I do like what I hear so far, though. **The Black Keys** - _Set You Free_: This has sure turned out to be an indie-tacular sampling of songs. My iPod probably contains about a 50/50 mix of indie and classic rock. **The Jam** - _David Watts_: The Jam really didn’t add anything to this cover, IMO. Give me the Kinks’ version, please. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/17 "2007-07-29T01:51:15Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] How many tunes on your device? Mine - 2722. [/QUOTE] 5125 here. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/18 "2007-07-29T01:53:49Z")
Oooh, I like these things 🙂 1. Pink Floyd – Cirrus Minor 2. Sparks – Amateur Hour 3. Weezer – No Other One 4. Barenaked Ladies – Next Time 5. Death Cab for Cutie – Expo '86 Doesn’t really capture the breadth of different genres on my iPod, but those are all good songs that I really like. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/19 "2007-07-29T02:01:06Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] 5125 here. [/QUOTE] 5642 I feel relatively certain we’re all pikers compared to some. ---
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Songs from the Wood - Jethro Tull … I have no idea why this is on there. Magdalene Laundries - Emmylou Harris … from that Joni Mitchell tribute album. It’s incredible. It’s Your Thing - Jackson 5 … I can’t tell ya who to sock it to. I’m Gone - Alison Krauss and Union Station People Have the Power - Patti Smith [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546.md?page=2)