# Show the breadth of your music taste with 4 songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796 "2014-05-20T03:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/21 "2014-05-20T14:03:24Z")
From the CD collection (I could throw in Gamelan, Colan Nancarrow and Peter Maxwell Davis but though I’ve got that stuff it really doesn’t get listened to much). A spread of some typical stuff that _does_ get listened to (typically while doing the ironing). The Cramps: The Most Exalted Potentate of Love Kate Bush: The Big Sky The Puppini Sisters: Heebie Jeebies The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: The Intro and the Outro Style wise: 1: Err? It’s the _Cramps_… a cornucopia of _drugs_ and _horror_? 2: Um… it’s Kate Bush… 3: Close harmony 40’s swing 4: Adolf Hilter on vibes! Oh dear, all 4/4 western pop. We need to bring back John Peel ☹ ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/22 "2014-05-20T14:03:47Z")
I had planned to show my top four tracks on last.fm but three of them turned out to be by the same band so I scratched that idea. Instead I’ll pick four from “Tunes that make happy and stuff”, a Spotify playlist that has a selection of my favourite tracks and works as my “go to” list when I can’t think what to listen to. “Tunes that make me happy and stuff” > **[Tunes that make me happy and stuff](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bDuysJEgxkYt6tB8dHZTN)** > > Tunes that make me happy and stuff · Playlist · 287 songs · 4 likes “Hay Burner” - The Staff Band of the Royal Ordinance Corps > **[Hayburner](https://open.spotify.com/track/5bgiz7l5vRphzgTFNvWYNm)** > > The Staff Band of the Royal Army Ordinance Corps · Song · 2011 Unfortunately not on Youtube. It is my favourite version of [this tune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBQIb-sODA). “Courtesy” - Chipzel [Courtesy - song and lyrics by Chipzel | Spotify](http://open.spotify.com/track/5L85RFbWkbVnDXqNVhz7XW) “Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja” - Raymond & Maria [Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja - song and lyrics by Raymond & Maria | Spotify](http://open.spotify.com/track/3XAVtcuknTBICIbqIvZaKd) [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-ToLuCDJM) “Everest” - Public Service Broadcasting > **[Everest](https://open.spotify.com/track/6NorO8SVLXBm6Dd9gC8QhF)** > > Public Service Broadcasting · Song · 2013 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vhgfzEm3CWU/hqdefault.jpg "PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Everest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgfzEm3CWU) ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/23 "2014-05-20T14:13:06Z")
Russian Roulette- SPICA Wreck of the Old 97 - The Wanderers Everybody Wants Some - Van Halen Oceano- Josh Groban ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/24 "2014-05-20T14:22:09Z")
No iPod here either, but I listen to MP3 files on my computer and I have playlists… \*\* hits the random select \*\* •mod.DoxmopolitanII.mod by Stargazer, an audio composition in a long-time-ago format popular on Amiga computers back in the day • “Thickfreakness” by the Black Keys from _Thickfreakness_ • “Breast Milky”, Pink Floyd, from _Atom Heart Mother_ • “Children’s Dance”, Alex di Grassi, from _Turning / Turning Back_ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/25 "2014-05-20T14:54:25Z")
The songs I play most on my iPod tend to be the ones I like to fall asleep to. Hence my top four all-time, most-played songs: “What If We Do,” Mia Doi Todd “Whole Lotta You,” Pat Donohue “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” Roberta Flack “Edge of a Dream,” Sarah Jarosz In the interests of balance, if I go out into my whole iTunes library and hit shuffle, the first four tracks that emerge are: “Skink,” Sonic Youth “Studio Talk,” John Lennon & Paul McCartney (from the Toot & a Snore studio bootleg) “Epistrophy,” Thelonious Monk “I’m Alabamy Bound,” Lonnie Donegan Not sure how edifying that all is … ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/26 "2014-05-20T14:55:52Z")
1. “A Song for Douglas After He’s Dead” – **Current 93** 2. “Spirit” – **Noises of Russia** 3. “Edweena” – **The Residents** 4. “Cosmologamma Pt. 1” --\*\* Lunar Abyss Quartet\*\* ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/27 "2014-05-20T15:17:49Z")
Hank Williams Jr – _Feeling Better_ Kate Nash - _Mouthwash_ John Scofield – _Drop and Roll_ King’s X – _The World Around Me_ There are much-more obscure artist/songs in my library that get pulled-up frequently, but I wanted to list some that people might recognize at sight. After-all… I interpreted the spirit of the thread as not trying to show how esoteric our library is, but rather how diverse one might find it. Additionally, some genres I just dip my toe in every now and then, but these are samples of what my tub might be full of if I wanted to crawl-in and soak. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/28 "2014-05-20T15:26:40Z")
From my classical/baroque collection: Piano Sonata No. 13 (K333) by Mozart performed by Horowitz, similar to [this recording](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnupLNsw0oY) From my bossa nova/samba/MPB collection: [Recado Bossa Nova](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAqijo3d0qM) performed by Caterina Valente From my rock/pop collection: [If not for You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU-RNjPxsXI) by George Harrison From my paltry country collection: [Sunday Morning Comin’ Down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5s1-Fe9FA&feature=kp) performed by Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/29 "2014-05-20T16:14:37Z")
“The Eagle and the Hawk” by John Denver “Come Along” by Salty Dog “The Longships” by Enya “All For the Best” from original _ **Godspell** _ soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/30 "2014-05-20T16:21:16Z")
No iPods or such but from the CDs in the front of the car we have Schuberts “Trout” quintet The Singing Ranger by Hank Snow That Was the Year That Was by Tom Lehrer Steppenwolf Live And GWARs Scumdogs of the Universe ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/31 "2014-05-20T16:31:19Z")
Morphine - French Fries With Pepper Phish - The Mango Song Holtz - The Planets Suite Return to Forever - The Romantic Warrior ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/32 "2014-05-20T16:36:10Z")
Alright, let me do it too… 1. Fleet Foxes - [Blue Ridge Mountains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8CkxXhPtw). Covers the indie sound and the general more lighthearted stuff I like to listen to (Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons, Bob Dylan and many more) 2. Death Grips - [Guillotine (It Goes Yah)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orlbo9WkZ2E). Yep I actually do listen to and finally understand Death Grips. This covers all the electronic stuff (which the vast majority is obviously less experimental and crazy) and experimental stuff I can listen to. 3. Miles Davis - [Blue In Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPL7BExSQU). I love listening to a lot of jazz late at night and have a lot on vinyl. This also can cover any soul, blues, or funk kind of stuff I listen to that falls from the jazz beginnings. 4. Waka Flocka Flame - [Still Standing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSIGfH7AYK0). Covers not only rap, trap, and drill music, but also showcases the whole style of hip hop mixtapes with the constant ad libs, shouting, gun shots, air horns, etc. Its all hilarious and amazing to me haha If I got a few more, I’d probably add in a dance or more legit electronic song like a Daft Punk song or a more mainstream hip hop song like [Devil in a New Dress.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ejqE3ktFU) But, in accordance with the thread’s intentions, I broke it down to just 4 songs to show the extremes of each spectrum in my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/33 "2014-05-20T16:39:25Z")
Sloop John B - Beach Boys The Rascal King - Mighty Mighty Bosstones Caldonia - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Bodies - Drowning Pool ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/34 "2014-05-20T17:25:47Z")
The first four songs that popped into my head (that are on my iPod) were: “New Language” - The Pursuit of Happiness “Eat It” - “Weird Al” Yankovic “The Imperial March” (from the Empire Strikes Back soundtrack) - John Williams “Big Bad Moon” - Joe Satriani That covers clever alt rock, comedy based on R & B, movie soundtrack stuff, and blues/rock. It’s also a little guitar-heavy based on what I typically listen to. Here’s a random sampling: “New Language” - The Pursuit of Happiness (well then, I guess the machine and I are in tune with each other…) “Automatic Sighs” - Strange Advance (I have a lot of 80s music and a lot of Canadian tunes) “Whatever” - En Vogue (funky female vocalists are also well represented in my music collection) “Savoir Fair” - Sheena Easton (I pretty much have every record Sheena recorded. All the 80s stuff is also on vinyl 🙂 ) ---
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Songs that are really and truly in my car’s CD changer right at this very minute? The Man by Aloe Blacc Under the Double Eagle by Norman Blake Briefcase No. 1 by Tartanic Bossa Per Due by Nicola Conte I have really good taste, if I do say so myself… ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/36 "2014-05-20T17:42:47Z")
Last 4: Luke Bryan: Shut it Down INXS: Mystify Kenny Chesney: I Go Back Tool: Hooker with a Penis ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/37 "2014-05-20T18:15:15Z")
On a 560-kilometre round trip yesterday in the car with my elderly iPod, Schehazarade (Vienna Philharmonic), The Locomotion (Grand Funk Railroad), Moten Swing (Benny Goodman), some of Abraxas (Santana). ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/38 "2014-05-20T18:33:49Z")
Narrowing it down to just four was _extremely_ hard: 1. Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero 2. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle 3. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning 4. Opeth - Blackwater Park deluxe edition bonus track: 5. [Sunn O))) - Ra at Dusk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buA_xDQQg74) ---
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> [@Equipoise](#): > > **Mr. Dibble** , are you on Facebook? If so, you might like [this page](https://www.facebook.com/suspendedingaffaradioshow). If not, [take a look here](https://vimeo.com/suspendedingaffa/videos). Check out the playlists. You might find some female artists you’ll like. The “mixtapes” are fairly eclectic. Thanks, I can see the eclecticism. Glad I’m not the only one who like Milla’s\* Gentleman Who Fell.\* ---
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[She’s So Cold](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo34VhfcetU) by the Rolling Stones [Too Fancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkthHrys2Y) by Debbie Gibson [Carry On, Wayward Son](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baExq6xNhQ8) by Gwar (RIP Dave Brockie) [Bitches Ain’t Shit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-l-c3rTlnE) by Ben Folds [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796.md?page=3)