# Random Top Twenty **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065 "2007-04-07T02:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 7, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/21 "2007-04-07T23:39:27Z")
01 Ramones - Surfin’ Bird 02 Lords of Acid - Special Moments 03 Puffy - Ai no Shirushi (insert longass remix name here) 04 Talking Heads - Drugs 05 Final Fantasy IX - Prima Vista Band 06 Amuro Namie - Taiyou no SEASON 07 Oingo Boingo - Sweat 08 Talking Heads - And She Was 09 Puffy - Neholina 10 Abe Natsume - 22 Sai no Watashi (Richard Mix) (It’s from Evil Morning, to anyone that means anything to.) 11 Madness - House of Fun 12 Warren Zevon - Rub Me Raw 13 Cyndi Lauper - The World is Stone 14 The Cruxshadows - Winterborn 15 Psychlon Nine - The Unfortunate 16 The Brilliant Green - Love Baby 17 UNDER17 - Ganbare! Tama-chan (Off-Vocal) 18 Weird Al Yankovic - Fat 19 Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 20 Morning Musume - Dokusen Yoku Observations 1. I have a more varied collection than it might look like sometimes. 2. Winamp likes the Ramones and Puffy today. But still managed to give a good cross-section of what I have. Not a representative one, however. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/22 "2007-04-07T23:47:04Z")
Ok I fixed it…some folders got loaded multiple times. Out of 1,476 tracks: 1. Rhapsody - Guardians 2. Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse 3. Slayer - Addict 4. The BeeGees - Night Fever 5. Falco - Der Kommissar 6. Irene Cara - Why Me (long version) 7. Killing Joke - Kings and Queens 8. The Beatles - Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? 9. Deep Purple - Highway Star 10. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky 11. Boston - Smokin’ 12. Demons & Wizards - Fiddler on the Green 13. Anthrax - Givin’ the Horns 14. Danzig - Mother 15. Headpins - Just One More Time 16. Black Sabbath - War Pigs 17. Helstar - Angel of Death 18. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock 19. Slayer - Bloodline 20. Black Sabbath - Loser Gets it All Now that’s sufficiently weird. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/23 "2007-04-08T02:47:57Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] You know there are bands other than Zep and Audioslave, right? _d&r_ [/QUOTE] Well, yeah - but it seems as if the iTunes “shuffler” prefers them, somehow. Of the 445 songs I’ve got in there, only 75 are Zeppelin and 38 are Audioslave. I just tried a few “Party Shuffles” and it always picks three to five Zep tunes. :: shrug :: I guess it learned my taste. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/24 "2007-04-08T03:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] 1. the Screamers - “122 Hours of Fear” [/QUOTE] …peerpressurepeerpressurepeerpressurepeerpressure… Now I’ve gotta go dig out that LP, since I don’t have it on the computer. Thanks a frickin’ lot, _dude_. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/25 "2007-04-08T03:51:36Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] 1. Placebo - Where Is My Mind? [/QUOTE] Is that a cover of The Pixies, or just coincidentally named the same? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/26 "2007-04-08T04:41:13Z")
20/1079 on my “everyday” playlist: 1. Sake of the Song - Blackmore’s Night 2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 3. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba 4. Silk & Steel - Savatage 5. One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head 6. Baby’s Got Her Bluejeans On - Mel McDaniel 7. Death On Two Legs - Queen 8. Not At My Best - Great Big Sea 9. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox 10. Elderberry Wine - Elton John 11. Merry Meet, Merry Part - Jon Baade 12. Left Me A Fool - Indigo Girls 13. Dear God - XTC 14. Pretty Girls - Neko Case 15. Pound A Week Rise - Seven Nations 16. I Will - Alison Krauss 17. This Is Heaven To Me - Madeleine Peyroux 18. Have A Little Faith In Me - John Hiatt 19. Blue Moon - Minstrels of Mayhem 20. Bay of Biscay-O - Seelie Court Hmm. This is a little lighter on folk than I would have expected, since more than half of this playlist IS folk. Aside from that, I’d have to say this is pretty representative of me - I’m all over the map genre-wise, but mostly stuff from pre-1990. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/27 "2007-04-08T04:57:20Z")
Out of 26,613 1. “Breakup Boots” - Amy Rigby 2. “My Man is Gone Now” - Miles Davis 3. “Somedays” - Paul McCartney 4. “Slow Train” - Bob Dylan 5. “The Race is On” - George Jones 6. "Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin 7. “Don’t Pass Me By” - The Beatles 8. “Penguins” - Lyle Lovett 9. “The Losing End” - Neil Young 10.“1,000 Times” - Gomez 11.“Portia” - Miles Davis 12.“Sergeant Rock” - XTC 10. “Hungarian Dance #5” - J Brahms 11. “Motherless Children” - Lucinda Williams 12. “A Noite Do Meu Bem” - Milton Nascimento 13. “Metal and Steel” - Bob Schnieder 14. “Teenage Lobotomy” - The Ramones 15. “Suite #5 for violincello: JS Bach” - Anner Bylsma 16. “Poisoned at Hartsy Chinese food” - Grandaddy 17. “Straight to You” - Nick Cave I find it remarkable that out of 26K songs, my very very favourite of all time should be #2. therwise, quite a mundane selection (oh and the “skip” button will be hit at the first bar of “Don’t Pass Me By”) mm ---
**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:** [April 8, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/28 "2007-04-08T05:32:07Z")
Out of 37110 tracks: 1. The Singles - It’ll Never Be The Same Again 2. The Police - I Burn For You 3. The Tyde - A Loner 4. THe Field Mice - Fabulous Friend 5. THe Revillos - Hungry For Love 6. Pixies - Wild Honey Pie 7. Doleful Lions - Watch The Skies/A Boys Life 8. The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man 9. Robyn Hitchcock - She Said She Said (Beatles cover live) 10. Belle & Sebastian - Slow Graffiti 11. Tom Waits - Army Ants 12. Fela Kuti - Monday Morning In Lagos 13. David Bowie - Changes 14. De La Soul - De La Orgee 15. They Might Be Giants - Robot Parade 16. The Divine Comedy - A Drinking Song (Live) 17. The Smiths - I Keep Mine Hidden (demo) 18. The Fantastic Johnny C - Boogaloo Down Broadway 19. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste Of Cindy 20. Husker Du - Divide And Conquer ---
**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/29 "2007-04-08T05:58:50Z")
Party Shuffle yay! 1. Fire - Jimi Hendrix 2. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett 3. Wishing It Was - Santana 4. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane 5. Josie - Steely Dan 6. Put A Lid On It - Squirrel Nut Zippers 7. Bolero - Maurice Ravel 8. The Train - The Roches 9. Jerks On the Loose - The Roches 10. Theme from Rawhide - The Blues Brothers (soundtrack from the movie) 11. Englishman in New York - Sting 12. L’Aziza - Daniel Balavoine 13. Brandy - The Looking Glass 14. Reprise - soundtrack to Spirited Away, Joe Hisaishi 15. Aja - Steely Dan 16. Poision Ivy - The Coasters 17. Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel 18. One of These Nights - The Eagles 19. Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band 20. Journey to the West - soundtrack to Princess Mononoke, Joe Hisaishi Analysis: - well, obviously, I listen to a lot of older stuff, mainly classic rock and whatnot. The weird part is that I was born in 1982, after a lot of this material was recorded. When rebelling against the pop scene when I was young, I turned to older music instead of “alternative” new music, which explains my taste to a great degree. - I’m a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki, and Joe Hisaishi’s soundtracks to his films are always great, so some of his tracks ended up there. - Blues Brothers + country/western bar = WIN - classical music appreciation + Torvill & Dean admiration = Bolero. It’s very pretty, although I can’t listen to the whole thing in one stretch, or else it gets stuck in my head… - BOTH of the Roches songs that I have wound up on the same Party Mix? Now that’s random. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/30 "2007-04-08T06:23:35Z")
Out of 1152 songs in my playlist, taken from my New Music folder plus whatever albums I’ve wanted to hear since the last time I cleared my playlist: Guided By Voices - Blimps Go 90 Devin the Dude ft Snoop Dogg and Andre 3000 - What A Job OutKast - Da Art of Storytellin’ (Part 1) Teenage Fanclub - Sparky’s Dream Guided By Voices - Motor Away Weezer - Longtime Sunshine Sebadoh - Skull Will.I.Am - Nahh Mean Old 97’s - Won’t Be Home Clipse - Roll With The Winners Old 97’s - The New Kid The Hold Steady - How A Resurrection Really Feels Inspectah Deck - It’s Like That Old 97’s - Salome Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway OutKast - Nathaniel Nappy Roots - Roun’ The Globe Lupe Fiasco - We Love You Nappy Roots - Twang The Shins - Split Needles Now I’m gonna have to listen to “How A Resurrection Really Feels”, it seems like an appropriate song for Easter. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/31 "2007-04-08T06:42:29Z")
Not my player of choice, but what happens to be in iTunes on this computer (and it’s only out of 382 songs). What happens to be there is about half stuff someone else gave me, including some I don’t like, so this is an interesting mix, but says little about my own musical tastes. It did manage to pick one of my favorite songs of all time, though. “Maybe Baby” - Sun-60 “Joe” - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Six Gnossiennes VI : Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse” - Satie [Aldo Ciccolini, piano] “I don’t want to Go to Chelsea” - Elvis Costello “At The Zoo” - Simon & Garfunkel “Honey (Supatone 1 Dub)” - Tosca [Ultra. Chilled 02.2] “Sweet Home Chicago” - Eric Clapton “Edelweiss” - The Sound of Music “All That We Perceive” - Thievery Corporation “Appointment At The Fat Clinic” - Digable Planets “In Limbo” - Radiohead “Seven Langue” - Camper Van Beethoven [2005-01-16 - Blueberry Hill] “Heroes” - David Bowie “On Every Street” - Dire Straits “Twisting” - They Might Be Giants “Oh! You Pretty Things” - David Bowie “Without You” - David Bowie “Epistrophy (Live)” - Thelonious Monk Quartet & John Coltrane “Nutty” - Thelonious Monk Quartet & John Coltrane “Trois morceaux en forme de poire I. Manière de commencement: allez modérément” Satie [Aldo Ciccolini & Gabriel Tacchino] On this list - 8 tracks of my own, 2 of which I liked better back in the early 90’s. Of the rest, five I’ve never even listened to, but only about two of the others I really dislike. So I suppose it says something about me - the general trend of the list is smooth and a bit mellower than other things I have, but not bad. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/32 "2007-04-08T15:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Out of 37110 tracks: [/quote] You have over 37 THOUSAND tracks? 2-3 thousand albums worth? Yeow! I’m impressed. I’ve ripped most of my CDs and I don’t have anything like that. I’ll have to do the party mix thing later. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/33 "2007-04-08T15:36:51Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] 1. Abba - Take a Chance on Me 2. Living Colour - History Lesson/Pride … [/QUOTE] Anybody that gets ABBA and Living Colour for tracks 1 & 2 gets my vote…for something. 🙂 I like it! ---
**Author:** ![dawvee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@dawvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawvee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/34 "2007-04-08T16:37:18Z")
1. Montag - Perfect Vision 2. Unkle - Invasion 3. The Streets - Not Addicted 4. Deadbeat - Habitats for Heavy Hearts 5. Prefuse 73 - Dave’s Bonus Beats 6. Pop Levi - Dollar Bill Rock 7. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 8. Camera Obscura - I Don’t Want to See You 9. M.I.A. - One for the Head Skit 10. The Fiery Furnaces - Benton Harbor Blues 11. Björk - Generous Palmstroke 12. The Gentle Waves - Partner in Crime 13. Tom Waits - Straight to the Top 14. Isolee - Enrico 15. A.C. Newman - Secretarial 16. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society 17. Pulp - Disco 2000 18. Do Make Say Think - The Landlord is Dead 19. The Fall - U.S. 80’s-90’s 20. Avalanches - Since I Left You This is actually not a bad cross-section of my music library. I never listen to music on shuffle, so I was wondering at first whether it would just end up being 20 filler tracks that I couldn’t bring myself to pare out of otherwise good albums, or from the many albums I never listen to but never bother to remove from my playlist. That said, there are a few of the latter, like The Fiery Furnaces and The Streets. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/35 "2007-04-08T18:18:44Z")
[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName] You have over 37 THOUSAND tracks? 2-3 thousand albums worth? Yeow! I’m impressed. I’ve ripped most of my CDs and I don’t have anything like that. I’ll have to do the party mix thing later. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I know. 3473 albums, 4802 artists, and I still have a bunch of stuff to rip. I am a geek. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/36 "2007-04-08T19:54:40Z")
Out of the 3000 or so on mine: Love Ain’t No Stranger-Whitesnake Hell Is For Children-Pat Benatar Running With The Pack-Bad Company It’s A Living Thing-ELO Respecable-The Rolling Stones Free Ride-Edgar Winter Group Electric Funeral-Black Sabbath I’ll Stick Around-The Foo Fighters Jamie’s Got A Gun (live)-Aerosmith Momma, We’re All Crazy Now-Quiet Riot Bad Boy Boogie-AC/DC Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles Hush-Deep Purple These Eyes-The Guess Who One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer-George Thorogood Behind Blue Eyes-The Who Rock Star-Nickleback Night Rain-Guns & Roses Plush-Stone Temple Pilots Cumbersome-Seven Mary Three Easy to tell I’m over 50. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/37 "2007-04-08T21:15:12Z")
outta 927 1. Black Swan - Thom Yorke 2. Everyday - Dave Matthews 3. Summer Day - Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau 4. The Rent Party - Kurt Elling 5. Corpus Christi Carol - Jeff Buckley 6. Canzonetta - Anne Dudley 7. Over and Out - John Barry Orchestra 8. I’m Thru With Love - Kurt Elling 9. Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana 10. Keep Falling - Jazzanova 11. Human Behavoir - Bjork 12. Creep - Thom Yorke 13. Message in a Bottle - The Police 14. Ghost - Howie Day 15. Let’s Go Crazy - Prince 16. Carnival - The Cardigans 17. A Place in the World - Pat Metheny Group 18. The Gentle Rain - Astrud Gilberto (RJD2 remix) 19. It Could Be Sweet - Portishead 20. Kelly Watch the Stars - Air ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/38 "2007-04-08T21:40:51Z")
From 4768 songs on a winamp playlist: 1. Rush - Vital Signs 2. the Who - Getting In Tune 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Chile (slight return) (the one from Live Alive) 4. Santana - Mother’s Daughter 5. Golden Earring - Radar Love 6. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 7. Carlos Santana - Bailando/Aqatic Park 8. Rolling Stones - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking 9. Alan Parsons Project - What Goes Up 10. Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard 11. String Cheese Incident - Texas 12. moe. - Crab Eyes 13. Deep Purple - Never Before 14. Allman Brothers - Pegasus 15. the Grays - Very Best Years 16. Steppenwolf - Who Needs Ya 17. Van Halen - You Really Got Me 18. Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders 19. Skylark - Wildflower 20. Gypsy - The Vision Okay, so I would expect a lot of “classic rock” (I _am_ the demographic, after all), but DAAAAMN. This reads like the syndicated playlist for a ClearChannel franchise. Let’s see if iTunes does a better job. 1. Pat Metheny “It’s For You” 2. Chicago - Happy 'Cause I’m Going Home (live at carnegie hall) 3. Fleetwood Mac - Hi Ho Silver 4. Robin Trower - Man Of The World 5. Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Boom Boom (w/ John Lee Hooker) 6. REM - Pop Song '89 7. Sea Level - Storm Warning 8. Ray Charles - What’d I Say 9. Santana - Yours Is The Light 10. Widespread Panic - Pickin’ Up The Pieces 11. Tony Iommi - Mirahna 12. Return To Forever - Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant 13. Derek Trucks Band - Sahib Teri Bandi/ Maki Madni (live at the georgia theater) 14. Enchant - Oasis 15. String Cheese Incident - Johnny Cash 16. the Tangent - The Sun In My Eyes 17. Santana - The Sensitive Kind 18. Pat Metheny - Lakes (the only other metheny song I have, how weird) 19. moe. - Timmy Tucker 20. Storyville - Share That Smile This does seem a little bit more random. From 5863 songs. (NOT all different from the winamp list. I don’t have THAT much music on this computer) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/39 "2007-04-09T02:10:42Z")
“Perfect” Burn Season “An Honest Mistake” the Bravery “Presedente” Kinky “Hands On The Bible” Local H “Pleasure of Resistance” Kissing Tigers “Pet” Perfect Circle “I’m Cool Like That” Digable Planets “Running From Me” TRUSTcompany “Oh Father” Madonna “Three Strange Days” School of Fish “Lag Time” Ani Difranco “All I Want” Toad The Wet Sprocket “In The Air Tonight” Phil Collins “So Far Away” Crossfade “I Want You Soo Hard (Boy’s Bad News)” Eagles of Death Metal “Too Drunk To Fuck” Nouvelle Vague “Break” The Cinematics “How Soon Is Now?” The Smiths “Faithless” Injected “Soul To Squeeze” Red Hot Chili Peppers Auto DJ thinks a lot like my grandma. It looked at the nearly 4,000 songs on my hard drive, and picked 19 of them that I put on my computer but haven’t listened to more than once recently (the sole other being “break”). In fact, at least 1/2 of them are from my “back in the day” playlist of 90s songs I wanted for the sake of completeness only. Auto DJ is obviously saying “You have such nice things! Why don’t you ever wear this one?” ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065/40 "2007-04-09T03:51:08Z")
20/4624 in iTunes 1. “Finally Free” by Dream Theater 2. “All That I Am” by Rob Thomas\* 3. “Waiting For The Worms” by Pink Floyd 4. “The Refugee” by U2 5. “Take, Take, Take” by The White Stripes\* 6. “English Rose” by The Jam 7. “Try Not To Breathe” by R.E.M. 8. “The City Waltz” by The Ghost Is Dancing 9. “Words Of Love” by The Mommas and The Papas 10. “Christmas Time” by Bill Cosby\*\* 11. “Health Clubs” by Lewis Black 12. “Requiem of the Gods” from the Castlevania - Symphony of the Night soundtrack 13. “Bring Em Back Alive” by Audioslave\* 14. “Don’t Tell Them You’re Sane” by The Jam\* 15. “Vision of Love” by Mariah Carey (Yes, I am justly ashamed of this, but I soothe myself with the thought that it’s the only one of her songs that I own) 16. “Road To Nowhere” by Talking Heads 17. “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon\*\* 18. “Sinfonia in D Major” by Wendy Carlos (Switched-On Bach 2000) 19. “On Top” by The Killers 20. “The American and Florence/Nobody’s Side” by Andersson-Ulvaeus (Chess soundtrack) Not a bad lineup, all told. The single stars are songs that I’d probably skip if I was listening in the car, but I don’t actually dislike any of them. Double stars I’d listen to around Christmas time, skip the rest of the year. Recent music is probably slightly underrepresented, as I always download all of the iTunes free tracks every week. So are soundtracks. And I really do have a little bit of everything, so there’s a fair bit of electronica, world, hip-hop, etc. if you go looking in my library for it. Almost all of the country is due to a secret love of Alison Krauss’ voice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-top-twenty/399065.md?page=3)