# Strange music choices ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704 "2002-05-01T18:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/1 "2002-05-01T18:17:35Z")
I just realized, by glancing at the jewel-cases on my desk, that I have a rather strange theme going today. In fact it’s so strange that I don’t even know what it is. Here are the last three CDs, in order, that I’ve played today. Elton John - Songs from the West Coast Prodigy - The Fat of the Land Brave Combo - Polkasonic Dammit brain, pick a genre. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/2 "2002-05-01T20:57:03Z")
I just saw the Prodigy on Sunday. (They rocked.) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/3 "2002-05-01T21:06:57Z")
I spent a fine afternoon at the laundromat listening to _Raw Power_ and reading _Pride and Prejudice_. ---
**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 1, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/4 "2002-05-01T21:12:41Z")
Homebrew-- immediatly go home and start drinking (beer) heavily! ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/5 "2002-05-02T05:20:21Z")
Sounds like what my ex once said while looking over my music collection: “You know, there’s a difference between eclectic and schizophrenic!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/6 "2002-05-02T05:26:07Z")
You want a strange music choice, watch the final episode of _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_. As the war ends and the characters scatter to their new duties, Julian thinks about his friend Miles while “The Way You Look Tonight” plays in the background. Uh, Julian? Miles is _married_. Miles don’t swing that way. ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/7 "2002-05-02T20:22:23Z")
I’ve spent the entire day listening to the same CD over and over, since it so perfectly fits my mood today (Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon). But if you looked at the variety of CD’s I have up here at work, you’d be convinced I was schizophrenic. From country to broadway to classical to jazz to disco to blues to Christmas music to word music to French music to mambos, cha-cha’s and Billy Idol! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/8 "2002-05-03T00:27:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \*\*\*I just realized, by glancing at the jewel-cases on my desk…Dammit brain, pick a genre. \*\* I’m 180 degrees away…Bring a few CD’s a week in from home, burn MP3’s onto my workstation and play the tracks throughout the day. 1600 tracks are only taking up 8gb drive space. The 1st thing I look forward to when I get in is launching the Mp3 player, hitting the shuffle button, minimizing the jukebox and prepare myself for some weird & unique segues. I just maximized the player for the 1st time today and here are the next 13 tracks on queue before I leave to head home: Whale-Homo Humpin Slobo Babe Luna-Anesthesia John Lee Hooker-714 Blues Traffic-House For Everyone Zebra-Take Your Fingers From My Hair Black Sabbath-Hand Of Doom Pretenders-Time The Avenger Mike Watt-Against The 70S Mondern Man-ESPN Prozzak-Sucks To Be You 12th Night-The Collector Stones-Stray Cat Blues Greg Brown-Let Me be Your Gigolo I’m looking at it now on screen and it appears to be total mish-mosh…a PD’s nightmare. The random variety thrown to me never gets stale. I’ve found even the weirdest segues can be interesting. I missed-out on the progressive FM radio era so I guess I’ll have to be content letting my PC’s mp3 jukebox be my deaf / mute air personality. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/9 "2002-05-03T02:24:11Z")
Hahahaha check out MY goofy cd library: Frank Sinatra Madonna No Doubt Rob Zombie Charlotte Church Christina Aguilera Garbage Shania Twain J-Lo ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/10 "2002-05-03T02:53:44Z")
KMFDM. Portishead. Tori Amos. Depeche Mode. Björk. The Beatles (including several MP3s of John Lennon’s solo stuff). Nina Hagen. Beethoven. Nirvana. Einstürzende Neubauten. Tchaikovsy. You guys are _weeeeird._ ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-music-choices/106704/11 "2002-05-03T07:49:12Z")
My current listening habits: Morten Lauridsen The Eels Louis & Ella Michael Jackson Dr. Dre The Beatles Welsh folk music Doc Watson The Strokes Tool