# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/61 "2014-05-22T04:02:41Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ugh. I’m getting my Specials and My Clash mixed up. It was “A Message to you Rudie” but the Specials. I was wondering if that was a cover of The Clash’ song. 🙂 My four - [I’m A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLprAUar11U). Jazz Odyssey 1 - Spinal Tap (sorry, I couldn’t find a video - you’ll have to iTunes it 🙂 ). [In Dulce Decorum - The Damned (Miami Vice Soundtrack)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JCUO4N790). [Lost in The World - Kanye West and Bon Iver](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofaRvNOV4SI). ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/62 "2014-05-22T06:38:51Z")
“At The Tone The Time Will Be…” by The Winston Psmith Project “Mundy: O Mater Mundi” (Elizabethan Consort Music) by Jordi Savall “You Turn Me Around” by Tandyn Almer “Team Zissou” by Seu Jorge ---
**Author:** ![MrSBaldrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@MrSBaldrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSBaldrick)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/63 "2014-05-23T04:12:07Z")
The last four songs I listed to in my car or at work on Computer (what is this iPod thing you young whippersnappers refer to): Holy Lamb - Yes Right about now - Fatboy Slim Running on Ice - Billy Joel That’s not my name - The Ting Tings ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/64 "2014-05-26T14:54:09Z")
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones - Beat on the Brat The Ramones - Judy Is a Punk The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/65 "2014-05-26T16:17:47Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop > The Ramones - Beat on the Brat > The Ramones - Judy Is a Punk > The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend So the breadth of your musical taste is black and slightly less dark black? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/66 "2014-05-26T16:31:26Z")
[Ai Du](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIp-KARF14), Ali Farka Toure [Naima](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqVT5I3jprU), John Coltrane [Long Cool Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0LTRPMpOVM), The Hollies [Corcovado](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMM2tgnzNhw), Getz/Gilberto ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/67 "2014-05-26T19:13:29Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Matthew - John Denver > > Can’t Get It Out Of My Head - ELO > > Promenade (Tourists On The Menu) [from “Jaws”] - John Williams > > Ragtime Dance - Scott Joplin This would probably be closest to my tastes. I adore ELO. Have lots of soundtracks, and enjoy earnest 70’s easy listening like The Carpenters. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/68 "2014-05-26T20:12:51Z")
Last 4 on shuffle: All Quiet Flows the Don (Don Tiki) Glass of Wine (Dengue Fever) I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) (Pitbull) Je Suis Sourde (Paris Combo) ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/69 "2014-05-26T20:22:10Z")
Libertango The Essential Yo-Yo Ma with Antonio Agri, Hector Console Leonardo Marconi Nestor Marconi Heart of Life John Mayer Wonderful India Arie Artificial Nocturne Metric ---
**Author:** ![moldmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/70 "2014-05-26T20:53:26Z")
On my phone: Yonkers-Tyler the Creator Shit Creek-Bad Livers (outlaw blurgrass) Fanfare for the Common Man-Aaron Copeland Breathe-Ministry ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/71 "2014-05-27T06:27:07Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > So the breadth of your musical taste is black and slightly less dark black? 🙂 I was going for the least possible variation, as a joke, since the Ramones are viewed (by some) the band with the smallest range. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/72 "2014-05-27T09:07:52Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > _Symphony No. 3 (Organ), 2nd Movement_ - Camille Saint-Saëns Coincidence, as I read this thread my grooveshark playlist played this very piece. Wonderful stuff, I recall seeing this performed at the BBC proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Even on TV the organ pieces almost ripped my face off and raised goose-bumps…brilliant. Anyway, the three songs bookending that on my playlist are [“Baby I call hell”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2OjVFp54po) by Deep Valley [“we’re not goin’ to take it”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqmC1T9rukk) by the Who [“Needles in the camel’s eye”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djf1_V4gjuc) by Brian Eno Make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796/73 "2014-05-27T09:14:19Z")
“The Crave” by Jelly Roll Morton “Three Witches” by The Sword “Lori Meyers” by NOFX “Symphony No. 2” by Beethoven, but couldn’t tell you who performed it without looking Had to cherry-pick a fair bit, as there are a lot of kid’s songs and documentaries in the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-the-breadth-of-your-music-taste-with-4-songs/688796.md?page=3)