# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/21 "2007-07-29T02:05:32Z")
1. Deep Purple, “Fireball” 2. America, “Daisy Jane” 3. The Kinks, “Do You Remember Walter?” 4. Overture to “HMS Pinafore” by Gilbert & Sullivan 5. “Feel a Whole Lot Better” by Tom Petty ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/22 "2007-07-29T02:09:51Z")
1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin 2. All the Love in the World - Nine Inch Nails 3. Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters 4. Wake Up - Korn 5. The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/23 "2007-07-29T02:11:04Z")
Stained/Shake - Kristin Hersh, Live Stockholm 6’1" - Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville Ride it On - Mazzy Star, She Hangs Brightly You Can’t Always Not Get What You Don’t Want - Tracy Bonham, Down Here Kool Thing - Sonic Youth, Goo Ummm…it started a bit angry-chick, but Sonic Youth redeemed it at the end. Was tempted to manually slip in a Ramones track so you wouldn’t think I’m a total wuss… ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/24 "2007-07-29T02:19:16Z")
**January Friend** - Goo Goo Dolls **For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her** - Simon and Garfunkel **A Woman’s Worth** - Alicia Keys **Unworthy** - Cheryl Wheeler (a random, funny song I found for free on Amazon) **The Luckiest** - Ben Folds I cheated a bit-- two songs I hardly ever listen to, and usually skip if they come up on shuffle, cropped up in the middle of those 5 ( **Simple Man** by Lynyrd Skynyrd and **The Wind** by Cat Stevens, both of which I only have because I own the soundtrack to _Almost Famous_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/25 "2007-07-29T02:20:44Z")
My MP3 player’s in the other room. I don’t feel like getting it, so I’ll post the songs in my PC library. (Cued up in WinAmp - 6642 tracks) Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Tiki God - PUSA Wuthering Heights - Pat Benatar I Got the Six - ZZ Top Shake It Up - The New Cars ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/26 "2007-07-29T02:24:09Z")
1. “On the Beach,” Jack Logan (so far so good) 2. “I Luv I Jah,” Bad Brains (would have preferred something tough like “Sailin’ On,” but at least it’s Bad Brains) 3. “Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy),” Jim Croce 4. “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Bootleg acoustic version),” The Beatles. (“Bootleg acoustic version” saves it.) 5. “Rednecks,” Randy Newman. Total songs: 905. By the way, Berke Breathed’s AV Club “Random Rules” bit is hilarious: [Link](http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_berkeley_breathed) ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/27 "2007-07-29T02:31:13Z")
My nano currently has 354 songs on it. The first five to shuffle up are: 1. Photograph by Def Leppard 2. How’s It Going to Be by Third Eye Blind 3. Dream Operator by Talking Heads 4. Angel by Aerosmith 5. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight by Genesis ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/28 "2007-07-29T02:43:50Z")
1st five random out of 4,156 _Basie’s at Night_ - Sadao Watanabe _F.D.R. in Trinidad_ - Ry Cooder _Guitar Man_ - Sherman Robertson _Accentuate the Positive_ - Dr. John _I’m the Zydeco Man_ - Rockin’ Dopsie ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/29 "2007-07-29T03:07:42Z")
Mine’s not too bad. Kind of eclectic. She Moves Me - Muddy Waters I don’t listen to too much blues, but I love Muddy Waters. (If you haven’t seen the [Family Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCZimsJpUc) imitation of Muddy Waters, I suggest you do) Hey Saturday Sun - Boards of Canada Calm, slow music. Ambient is really the only electronica I really like. Crazy - Gnarles Barkley If you haven’t heard this song, you probably haven’t been listening to radio for the past year and a half. Good song, good album. Not my favourite song on the album, but still good. Santeria - Sublime I used to love Sublime, until I started listening to things other than their top hits. Santeria’s still one of my favourite songs ever. Let’s Dance - the Ramones I have the entire Ramones discography. Enough said. The next 5 songs are the embarassing ones. I’m glad I don’t have to go through those. That’s out of 4553 songs. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/30 "2007-07-29T03:14:40Z")
1. **Badlands** - Bruce Springsteen 2. **I’m Yours, You’re Mine** - Morphine 3. **You Know I’m No Good** - Amy Winehouse 4. **One Night In Bangkok** - Murray Head (from Chess) 5. **Sakkijarven Polka** - The Oulu Hotshots- A Finnish language polka by a band from Wisconsin. Not horribly surprising- I’ve got 1503 songs and 204 Springsteen songs and 94 Morphine/Mark Sandman songs. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/31 "2007-07-29T03:24:15Z")
_My Heart Will Go On_ - **A New Found Glory** : Screw what you think about Celiene…this kicks Roddy-Piper-out-of-bubble-gum amounts of ass… _Don’t Beat My Ass With A Baseball Bat_ - **Goo Goo Dolls** : Hey, did you know that before they discovered movie soundtracks, the Goo Goo Dolls were one fricking awesome band? _Fucked_ - **Less Than Jake** : I think we can add this one to the “Songs You Won’t Hear On American Idol” thread… _The Salt In My Tears_ - **Martin Briley** : Man, this song always makes me wish I was breaking up with someone when I hear it. Really, has there ever been a better “screw you” song? Ever? _Get The Fuck Out_ - **Skid Row** : See two songs up… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/32 "2007-07-29T03:28:11Z")
1. “Dear God (Oh My God)” by Shootyz Grove. This is a cover of Dear God by XTC, though not all the words are the same. It’s not bad. 2. “River” by Robert Downy Jr. Yet another cover. And one of a mere 4 Christmas songs on my hard drive year round, making odds of just 1 in 1029 of landing on one. I loved this scene in Ally McBeal, for the record. 3. “Your Woman” by Whitetown. One. Hit. Wonder. 4. “Check” by Zebrahead. Rapcore. Not my favorite of their songs, but I like it. 5. “Do You Sleep?” by Lisa Loeb. 12 years later, I still really like this song. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/33 "2007-07-29T03:30:00Z")
**OneCentStamp utters a quick atheist’s prayer that nothing truly embarrassing pops up** 1. **Ramones** , “She’s The One” _Ah, one of my five favorite Ramones songs. Great start._ 2. **Buzzcocks** , “Ever Fallen In Love?” _I swear I do have some music on here that wasn’t recorded in 1978._ 3. **Celtic Frost** , “Inner Sanctum” _Maybe my favorite band. You know, if you didn’t know who CF was, and picked up their music thinking they must be Irish, you would probably be in for a shock._ 4. **David Bowie** , “Modern Love” _Man, I love this song. Never fails to make me smile and want to get up and dance._ 5. **The Replacements** , “Left of the Dial” _Whoo-hoo! I made it without any of the cheesy stuff coming up! Doing this on my iPod is like playing Russian Roulette…with three rounds chambered._ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/34 "2007-07-29T03:42:55Z")
These are always fun… here goes: 1. _End of the Century_ - **Blur** 2. _The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope_ - **Bloodhound Gang** 3. _Here We Go_ - **Jon Brion** 4. _Atom Tan_ - **the Clash** 5. _Bumblebee_ - **Bambee** Oh, man. I totally thought I was doing well, or at least _all right_, and then _Bumblebee_ shows up. :smack: Guilty, guilty, guilty pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/35 "2007-07-29T03:47:23Z")
OK, I’ll play. I have a feeling these will come up \*very \*Broadway oriented. Let’s see: 1. **All I Ask of You (reprise)**: Hugh Panaro. From a performance of _The Phantom of the Opera_. 2. **Where You Are** : Vanessa Williams from the _Kiss of the Spider Woman_ revival recording. 3. **The Attack on Rue Plumet**. From a recording of _Les Miserables_ on Oct 18, 1990. 4. **Wandering Child** : Peter Karrie, from a recording of _Phantom of the Opera_, Dec 6, 1997. 5. **The Black Pearl** : Score by Klaus Badelt from the film “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/36 "2007-07-29T04:09:23Z")
**Shadowtime** - Siouxsie & the Banshees **I Believe in Father Christmas** - Greg Lake **Learning to Fly** - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers **Dark Time** - October Project **Flowers on the Wall** - The Statler Brothers I could use to take that second song out of rotation until the holidays… Only a mere 502 songs on my player right now and it’s about half full (4 gig Sansa) ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/37 "2007-07-29T04:59:03Z")
here goes… 1.Tom Waits - You Can Never Hold Back Spring (so far so good) 1. Shostakovich Symphony 5 - Mvt 2 (Haitink with the Concertgebouw, again, good times) 2. So Percussion - June (new Percussion ensemble, fascinating stuff! good!) 4 The Band w/Joni Mitchell - Cyote (again, not bad! 1. Allman Brothers - Crazy Love (woo) fewf. that was pretty harmless, Im glad Jordan Knight never came up ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/38 "2007-07-29T05:35:02Z")
I’ll play … 1. Ben Gibbard - Steadier Footing (acoustic live) 2. Depeche Mode - Here is the house (live 1990) 3. Portishead - Mourning Air 4. Erasure - Home (Union Street version) 5. Imperative Reaction - Judas ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/39 "2007-07-29T06:26:06Z")
1. _Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)_, Joey Scarbury _Part of a TeeVee Tunes album_ 2. _14th Street_, Rufus Wainwright 3. _O Lawd I’m on My Way_, William Warfield (from _Porgy and Bess_) 4. _Veni, Veni, Venias_, by Carl Orff (from _Carmina Burana_) 5. _Summer Night on the River_, by Delius ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546/40 "2007-07-29T08:24:34Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] Songs from the Wood - Jethro Tull … I have no idea why this is on there. [/QUOTE] 'Cause it’s good? I get: Elvis Costello & The Attractions: **…And In Every Home** Tangerine Dream: **Stratosfear** Booker Ervin: **Number Two** Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: **Ed Ora Io Domando Tempo Al Tempo Ed Egli Mi Risponde… Non Ne Ho!** Antônio Carlos Jobim: **Samba De Uma Nota So (One Note Samba)** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-5-songs-on-your-ipod/413546.md?page=3)