# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/41 "2014-05-20T22:02:50Z")
A sample of what may issue forth from my car speakers on a given day: Apocolyptica- The Hall of The Mtn King Black Keys- Fever Bad Religion- True North Lucinda Williams- Those Three Days Much other stuff from Beethoven to Pink Floyd to Animals As Leaders ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/42 "2014-05-20T23:05:00Z")
Wow, only four songs? I will go with stuff I have found in the past few years, just to narrow it down a bit. All on Youtube. [Chasing Shadows - Amirah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAbY2TVy7xQ) [Tech N9ne - Fragile (ft. Kendrick Lamar, ¡MAYDAY! & Kendall Morgan)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY2ugWgEQVQ) [Bonobo - Black Sands](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua2loiGHZ38&list=PL53F47E1CC85BFBB9&index=91) [The Neighbourhood - Afraid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LILL0AV0938&list=PL53F47E1CC85BFBB9&index=95&bpctr=1400628235) (explicit video warning, it’s a half second shot of a penis.) Also, cool thread! I always love music discovery threads. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/43 "2014-05-20T23:07:49Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Glad I’m not the only one who like Milla’s\* Gentleman Who Fell.\* Nope! I taped that one off the radio back in the day. People think I am crazy when I tell them Milla Jovovich was a recording artist before she broke into movies. ---
**Author:** ![Drummond\_Bays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/44 "2014-05-20T23:18:49Z")
Triple Science - Amon Tobin Menouthis I - E.S. Posthumus Cornered - Bill Laswell, Toshinori Kondo, Eraldo Bernocchi. Phobophile - Cryptopsy ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/45 "2014-05-20T23:20:48Z")
Shake Your Rump by the Beastie Boys Spanish Flea by Herb Alpert Boogie On Reggae Woman by Stevie Wonder Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/46 "2014-05-20T23:31:40Z")
“We play _both kinds_ of music here. Country _and_ Western!” ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/47 "2014-05-21T00:05:09Z")
Slow Down - Wyclef Jean Going Back to Harlan - Emmylou Harris Livin on A Prayer - Bon Jovi Ebay - Weird Al Yankovich ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/48 "2014-05-21T00:05:50Z")
Solid Gone- Doc and Merle Watson Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy- Frank Zappa No Sleep Til Brooklyn- Beastie Boys Dust My Broom- Elmore James ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/49 "2014-05-21T00:42:43Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Namza el Din, “Childhood” > AC/DC, “Whole Lotta Rosie” > Fanny Mendelssohn, “Piano Trio in D Major” > Shinehead, “The Truth” To clarify, these were among the last 10 songs played off of the SD chip I inserted in my car’s sound system. The SD chip contains a selection comprising maybe 5% of my music collection. So, not quite as “concentrated” a selection as a typical iPod (I think), but pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![StayseaDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/50 "2014-05-21T01:31:27Z")
Touch Me I’m Going To Scream- Part 2 by My Morning Jacket Night Moves by Bob Seger Fitzpleasure by alt-J Peace Frog by The Doors ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/51 "2014-05-21T02:13:57Z")
No iPod, but breadth…? Precious Memories Backfield in Motion Rolling in the Deep Pie Jesu …which leaves out the depth. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/52 "2014-05-21T02:19:34Z")
First 4 songs that came up when I put my iPod on shuffle: Cibo Matto - Deja Vu Yo La Tengo - If It’s True Bob Mould - If You’re True (Live) Eric B. & Rakim - Don’t Sweat the Technique ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/53 "2014-05-21T02:25:30Z")
I don’t own an Ipod either (I though I was the only one), but here’s favorite songs from my CD/LP collection [It’s My Party](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIsnIt1p978), Lesley Gore [My Favorite Things](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI), John Coltrane [If We’re Not Back In Love By Monday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VO9t8rBhYk), Merle Haggard [Let’s Lynch the Lanlord](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCiYmCVikjo), Dead Kennedys ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/54 "2014-05-21T02:44:12Z")
It’s surprising how many people don’t have an iPod. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/55 "2014-05-21T03:17:13Z")
I could go insane trying to second-guess myself on displaying my range\* with four songs so I’ll go the lazy semi-random route like so many others. [Do I Wanna Know?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM) - Arctic Monkeys [Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkLSjsiqlM) - Louis Prima [Cat Fancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dKlsLylvGg) - Tacocat [Never Going Back to Memphis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHr89hjHjM) - Shemekia Copeland > [@panache45](#): > > It’s surprising how many people don’t have an iPod. > > Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I used to use an MP3 player but these days I just use a USB drive in my car stereo or use Google Music at home (with my stuff uploaded to it). I suppose if I was going to spend the day out and wanted music I might dust it off to avoid the data/battery usage on my phone from streaming music. I suppose I could put music directly on my phone but never felt inspired to. - I don’t necessarily think I have some huge eclectic range and decided at some point that I’m fine with that and just enjoying what I enjoy. I still seek out new music and sometimes find stuff outside my normal spectrum but I’ve come to peace with the idea that I’ll never go from Peruvian pan flute music to old Soviet cartoon themes when hitting random play. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/56 "2014-05-21T03:24:25Z")
Yeesh, only four? This’ll be tough. _War Ensemble_ - Slayer _A Celtic Medley_ - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones _One Day More_ - Les Misèrables _Symphony No. 3 (Organ), 2nd Movement_ - Camille Saint-Saëns Obviously, diacritics mean good music. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/57 "2014-05-21T03:26:43Z")
I’ll hit shuffle (on my computer; I don’t have an iPod, but I do have an iPhone, but my iPhone only has a small sampling of music) and see what comes up: 1. Rudy Can’t Fail - The Specials 2. Monster - Kanye West 3. Naught More Terrific Than Man - Stereolab 4. Eat - Flop ---
**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:** [May 21, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/58 "2014-05-21T16:21:15Z")
From my most recent randomish play history… White Stripes - Ball and a Biscuit Les Claypool Frog Brigade - Long in the Tooth Cheap Trick - Dream Police Danielle Dax - Big Hollow Man It’s pretty reflective of my current listening phase, at least for the past month or so. I drift around though, heavy metal, classic blues, folk, electronica…ask again next week and it will look completely different. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/59 "2014-05-21T16:34:20Z")
Chevelle “The Clincher” Bjork “Army Of Me” Zac Brown Band “Colder Weather” Porno For Pyros “Cursed Female” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/60 "2014-05-21T16:58:12Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ll hit shuffle (on my computer; I don’t have an iPod, but I do have an iPhone, but my iPhone only has a small sampling of music) and see what comes up: > > 1. Rudy Can’t Fail - The Specials Ugh. I’m getting my Specials and My Clash mixed up. It was “A Message to you Rudie” but the Specials. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796.md?page=4)