# Select my free itunes song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368 "2006-07-28T05:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/1 "2006-07-28T05:10:17Z")
I got a ‘free song’ coupon from some taco shells I got the other day. (the Old El Paso ‘Stand and Stuff’ taco shells, very good imho) Anyway, so I now get a free song from itunes. I was thinking of a particular song and they only have one version of it and I don’t like it. (I’ll take New York by Cole Porter) So, recomend me a song. The first song that gets five recomends from five different dopers will be the song I get.\* So suggest away.\*\* You may suggest as many different songs as you wish. I have all the Beatles songs and all the Buffet songs so don’t bother recomending the masters. - Unless I already have that song. \*\*the song must be available from itunes music store. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/2 "2006-07-28T05:35:34Z")
_Free Bird_, the perfect song for any occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/3 "2006-07-28T05:45:34Z")
_Maybe Sparrow_ - Neko Case. Everyone should listen to Neko Case. Honest, powerful, melancholy folkish stuff. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/4 "2006-07-28T05:47:55Z")
_Senses Working Overtime_ by **XTC** _Unsatisfied_ by **The Replacements** _Complete Control_ or _Spanish Bombs_ by **The Clash** _See A Little Light_ by **Bob Mould** _Ether, Natural’s Not In It, Return the Gift_ or _At Home He’s A TOurist_ by **Gang Of FOur** _I’d Rather Dance With You_ by **Kings of COnvenience** _These Photographs_ by **Joshua Radin** _Dance Girls Dance_ by **Cinerama** _YOu Trip Me Up_ by **THe Jesus and Mary Chain** _Taste_ or _Vapor Trail_ by **Ride** _Autumn Sweater_ by **Yo La Tengo** _This Ain’t No Picnic_ by **Minutemen** _Bittersweet_ by **Hoodoo Gurus** ---
**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:** [July 28, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/5 "2006-07-28T05:48:57Z")
> [@Foldup Rabbit](#): > > _Maybe Sparrow_ - Neko Case. > > Everyone should listen to Neko Case. Honest, powerful, melancholy folkish stuff. Oh, that reminds me - _THe Laws Have Chanfged_ or _Use It_ by **The New Pronographers**. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/6 "2006-07-28T08:04:47Z")
Ten random recommendations for you: Catch My Disease - **Ben Lee** (winner of Song of the Year at Australia’s APRA Songwriting Awards.) Crazy - **Gnarls Barkley** (hottest song of the year - so you may already have it) Funny Little Frog - **Belle & Sebastian** (this will make you dance around like a joyous loon) I Will Follow You Into The Dark - **Death Cab For Cutie** (a beautiful acoustic ballad, it’s like a hymn for atheists) Message To My Girl - **Split Enz** (a gorgeous love song from the singer/songwriter from Crowded House) Jerusalem - **Mirah** (an amazing singer and songwriter) He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot - **Grandaddy** (a nine-minute epic that will break your heart) The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth - **Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!** (chaotic and catchy) Girl Anachronism - **The Dresden Dolls** (“Punk Cabaret”. Also, they’re bonkers. Amazing lyrics.) 7/4 (Shoreline) - **Broken Social Scene** (amazing collision of mood, music and rhythm) ---
**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:** [July 28, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/7 "2006-07-28T10:01:41Z")
I second: The Clash - Spanish Bombs The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth ---
**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:** [July 28, 2006, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/8 "2006-07-28T10:06:06Z")
And I add: Ghostface Killah - Kilo Built To Spill - Goin’ Against Your Mind Camera Obscura - I Need All The Friends I Can Get Calexico - Across The Wire Townes Van Zandt - Rex’s Blues Band of Horses - The Funeral The Fiery Furnaces - Single Again ---
**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:** [July 28, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/9 "2006-07-28T10:37:53Z")
For a (roughly) old-fashioned, western theme, you might try… _Seven Spanish Angel_—Willie Nelson & Ray Charles _Whoopi Ti-Yi-Yo_—Garrison Keilor _Battle Cry of Freedom_—either Rob Carriker, or “119th NYSV Field Music” _Coyotes_—Richard Thompson Failing that, there’s a few of Ranchoth’s Greatest Hits (aka “offbeat, if not freaky”): _The Drums of Gaugamela_—Vangelis _Start a Fire_—The Tiger Lillies _The Great Edwardian Air-Raid_—Paul Roland _My Tank_—The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets ---
**Author:** ![Caparazon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Caparazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caparazon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/10 "2006-07-28T12:46:54Z")
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. The wind by Cat Stevens. You shook me all night long by ACDC. One by johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/11 "2006-07-28T14:25:34Z")
“Fields of Gold” by Eva Cassidy, or anything else by her for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/12 "2006-07-28T16:16:59Z")
I’ve got those Clash songs and the Cat Stevens. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/13 "2006-07-28T16:57:44Z")
The first time I got a free iTunes song I immediately downloaded Rasberry Beret. Fuckin’ Prince, man, the savant of the funked-up pop song. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/14 "2006-07-28T19:17:54Z")
Five random suggestions: “Stomp” by **Little Feat** “Yell Fire!” by **Michael Franti and Spearhead** “Mahjoun/Greensleeves” by **The Derek Trucks Band** (from _Songlines Live EP_ ) “Sun Dance” by **Gov’t Mule** (with Chris Squire on bass) “Deadwing” by **Porcupine Tree** ---
**Author:** ![purpler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@purpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purpler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/15 "2006-07-28T19:47:49Z")
> [@Monkey Chews](#): > > He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot - **Grandaddy** (a nine-minute epic that will break your heart) I’m going to second this recommendation. One of the best indie rock songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/16 "2006-07-28T20:13:12Z")
Random Suggestions: Way Behind The Sun : Pentangle Take This Waltz : Leonard Cohen (You’re So Square)Baby I Don’t Care : Joni Mitchell In a Rainbow : Sweetwater Peter Gunn : Art of Noise Darling Nikki : Prince Hurt : Johnny Cash Hora Decubitus : Mingus Epistrophy : Thelonius Monk So What : Miles Davis Shilo : Neil Diamond A Woman’s Worth : Alicia Keys A Mistake : Fiona Apple Local God : Everclear Don’t expect to be one of the five, but hey, it was a fun list to make. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/select-my-free-itunes-song/366368/17 "2006-07-29T04:34:29Z")
> [@purpler](#): > > I’m going to second this recommendation. One of the best indie rock songs ever. Ok, I went with this one. I’ve never heard of these guys. I’m listening to the song right now. Sounds interesting. Thanks for the help.