# The First 12 Songs on your Random-Play Music Player? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772 "2004-10-23T16:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![satogata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@satogata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satogata)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772/1 "2004-10-23T16:07:29Z")
I was mowing the lawn (or rather, the leaves) this morning, a Saturday morning ritual that’s always accompanied by a random-play soundtrack from my iPod. Afterwards I realized that I’d listened to twelve songs that were an interesting cross-section of some of my musical taste, and wondered what a sampling of other people’s random-play would look like. No specific favorites, no skipping tracks – just list the first twelve tracks that come out of your next random-play and see what surprises await. Here are mine from this morning: [ol] [li] **Who Would’ve Known** - The Origin[/li][li] **Only Once** - Maria McKee[/li][li] **No One Can** - Marillion[/li][li] **Stumbling Home** - Professor and Maryann[/li][li] **Somebody Changed the Lock** - Dr John[/li][li] **Memory of You** - Richard Shindell[/li][li] **Wall of Death** - Richard and Linda Thompson[/li][li] **Carnival** - Natalie Merchant[/li][li] **Don’t Get Me Wrong** - The Pretenders[/li][li] **Lullaby** - Joe Jackson[/li][li] **Girls! Girls! Girls!** - Liz Phair[/li][li] **How Deep Is The Ocean** - Diana Krall[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![AmyG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AmyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmyG)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772/2 "2004-10-23T16:36:10Z")
1. **Emenius Sleepus** - Green Day 2. **A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin** - Dean Martin 3. **Don’t Dream It’s Over** - Crowded House 4. **Volare** - Gipsy Kings 5. **Manchester England** - Hair soundtrack 6. **We Are All Made of Stars** - Moby 7. **Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme (Remix)** - Cartoon Network 8. **Kernkraft 400** - Zombie Nation 9. **At Last** - Etta James 10. **Around the World** - ATC 11. **Barely Breathing** - Duncan Sheik 12. **Common People** - William Shatner ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772/3 "2004-10-23T17:33:40Z")
1. David Julyan - Motel Room, Arriving at the Derelict (memento score) 2. Howard Shore - Moth (silence of the lambs score) 3. Howard Shore - Crash (not sure of the origin) 4. Download - Cunning 5. Amon Tobin - Precursor (feat. quadraceptor) 6. Robert Rich - Book of Ecstasy 7. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture 8. Seven Trees - Overload 9. Gridlock - XIII 10. My Dying Bride - My Hope The Destroyer 11. Fallout 2 score (video game) - Hubologists 12. Autechre - Silverside I cheated somewhat. I go on sprees of sampling totally random music sometimes, and often not bother to delete really bad stuff, so stuff will pop up that I don’t like whatsoever and isn’t indicative of what I listen to so I skipped it, as I’d normally instantly skip it. I should really stop being so lazy and delete the garbage. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772/4 "2004-10-23T18:30:45Z")
[ol] [li]The Blood Brothers - My First Kiss At The Public Execution[/li][li]The Mars Volta - Concertina[/li][li]Guided By Voices - Little Lines[/li][li]The Decemberists - Billy Liar[/li][li]Q And Not U - The More I Get, The More I Want[/li][li]Spoon - Plastic Mylar[/li][li]Pavement - The List Of Dorms[/li][li]Yo La Tengo - Serpentine[/li][li]Bad Brains - Big Takeover[/li][li]M83 - Noise[/li][li]Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine[/li][li]Interpol - PDA[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772/5 "2004-10-23T18:39:45Z")
Helium – Tin Hat Trio Underwater Vibes – DJ Cam Thieves – Ministry The Lotus Eaters – Dead Can Dance Forty Fingers – Pullman You didn’t Know That Though – Blackalicious Fragile or Possibly Extinct – The Mercury Program Dear Jillary – Burning Airlines Blocking out the Friction – Death Cab for Cutie Midtown – Tom Waits Sound Check – Gorillaz 101 North – Tomahawk ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-12-songs-on-your-random-play-music-player/270772/6 "2004-10-23T18:56:46Z")
1. _Grammercy Ball_ - Pinataland 2. _Losing Your Place_ - George Carlin 3. _some unlabeled track_ - Robert Hawkins, _Smackin’ Kittens_ 4. _Make Oneself_ - Guilty Gear XX Soundtrack 5. _some unlabeled track_ - Ron White, _Drunk in Public_ 6. _Mein Herz Brennt_ - Rammstein 7. Another track from Ron White, _Drunk in Public_ 8. _Monopoly_, George Carlin 9. _Ota Benga’s Name_ - Pinataland 10._New News_ - George Carlin 11._Overture: Beautiful New World Jail_ - Pinataland 10. _No Rest for the Wicked_ - Bloodhound Gang Taken from my Neuros 20GB player. I just got the thing yesterday, and haven’t put all my music on it yet. Also, I almost never use shuffle – I much prefer listening to entire albums. And yes, it’s very heavy on stand-up comedy. There’s nothing better for long road trips.