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The latest in blog time-wasting from Will, Will, and Amber. Open up your entire music library, hit shuffle, and see what the first ten songs to come up are:
- "The Sound of Settling," Death Cab for Cutie.
- "Those To Come," The Shins.
- "On The Verge," Le Tigre.
- "Knock Down Drag Out," Weezer.
- "I Don't Wanna Be A Player," Big Pun.
- "Break Out," Foo Fighters.
- "Shanty for Arethusa,"The Decemberists.
- "New York City," They Might Be Giants.
- "Lost, Dropped, And Canceled," Rainer Maria.
- "Milk It," Nirvana.
UPDATE: Speaking of lists of ten songs, how come the hypothetical always involves a desert island? Do things somehow change if you're stuck on a cold island or a rainy one?
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Comments
Foo Fighters? eh.
Posted by: praktike | Jan 14, 2005 2:12:07 AM
Mine came out fairly representative I guess, although I only have two Badly Drawn Boy songs in my whole library. At least the really embarassing songs in my collection didn't pop up (Spin Doctors and Jesus Jones, anyone?)
1) Rebels of the Sacred Heart - Flogging Molly
2) A Time To Be So Small - Interpol
3) You Were Right - Badly Drawn Boy
4) Lovely Day - Bill Withers
5) Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones
6) Lithium - Nirvana
7) Universal Traveler - Air
8) The New Romance - Pretty Girls Make Graves
9) Depending On You - Tom Petty
10) Make Up - Lou Reed
Posted by: Ricky Barnhart | Jan 14, 2005 2:12:16 AM
1. La Vie En Rose-Michel Legrand
2. You Win Again- Ray Charles
3. Tired of Being Alone- Al Green
4. Little Bluebird- Johnny Taylor
5. Fish and Whistle- John Prine
6. Got to Find My Baby- Little Walter
7. Heart of Saturday Night- Tom Waits
8. Harpsichord Concerto#1- Bach
9. Symphony #103- Haydn
10. A Wedding Cherokee County- Randy Newman
Jazz is oddly underrepresented; boomer singer/songwriters and obscure songs by well known 50s and 60s R&B singers are both overprominent enough to make me seem 20 years older than I am.
Posted by: rd | Jan 14, 2005 2:14:29 AM
Cold Islands require peppier music.
Posted by: Sebastian Holsclaw | Jan 14, 2005 2:38:02 AM
I think it's "desert" as in odd form of "deserted," not as in hot and sandy. In most books and movies desert islands turn out to be pretty lush, usually ...
Posted by: Peter Williams | Jan 14, 2005 2:43:34 AM
Don't know what that Big Pun song is or what it's doing on my computer.
Um, well, judging by the title, maybe it's your theme song?
Or not. Whatever.
Also, what Pete Williams said.
Posted by: P. B. Almeda | Jan 14, 2005 2:58:33 AM
That Little Sports Car - Shaggs
Let's Play House - Parliament
Casanova 70 - Air
Fluffy - Ween
We Got Panache - Princess Superstar
Deer Stop - Goldfrapp
Time To Go - Supergrass
Monkey Time - Major Lance
Track 7 - Dead Man Soundtrack
Hjartad hamast - Sigur Ros
Like Matt, my music is all albums and no singles. So I'm actually unfamiliar with a couple of these by title. But I am happy that the Shaggs came up #1 on the random hit parade.
Posted by: Petey | Jan 14, 2005 3:12:38 AM
There's a gap between my music collection on CD and my music collection on MP3 - I tend to download whole albums (illegally), listen to them, and buy them if I like them. So my CD collection is more representative of what I like, and this list will be representative of what's been recommended to me. Still, here's my 10 :
1) Weight, Isis
2) Wolf Party, Blood Brothers
3) Green Typewriters (One), Olivia Tremor Control
4) Twenty-Three Full-Time Cowboys, The Locust
5) Champion Sound, Jaylib
6) A Cautionary Song, The Decemberists
7) No Regrets, Aesop Rock
8) The Electric Version, The New Pornographers
9) Right Now Real, Medaphor
10) Seabeast, Mastodon
Posted by: K | Jan 14, 2005 3:32:23 AM
1. How's It Gonna Be - Third Eye Blind
2. Annie's Song - John Denver
3. Why Does It Always Rain On Me - Travis
4. I'm So Ronery - Team America World Police Soundtrack
5. My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow
6. Today - Smashing Pumpkins
7. Big Me - Foo Fighters
8. Give Me One More Shot - Alabama
9. Where It's At - Beck
10. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Posted by: ddrem | Jan 14, 2005 3:35:34 AM
1 Thievery Corporation - Until the Morning
2 Beethoven - Opus 135 In F Major - 01 Allegretto
3 Thievery Corporation - Meu Destino
4 Beethoven - Opus 018 No 4 In C Minor - 02 Scherzo
5 Bach, Johann Sebastian - Aber Am Ersten Tage Der Sussen Brot
6 St. Germain - Rose Rouge
7 David Bowie - Station To Station
8 New Order - Crystal
9 Satie, Erik - Pieces Froides
10 Bach, Johann Sebastian - Var.13 A 2 Clav
Posted by: novakant | Jan 14, 2005 5:48:16 AM
ddrem,
You're either a pretty funny comedian, or else I really wouldn't want to sit next to you on a long airplane flight.
Posted by: Petey | Jan 14, 2005 6:36:37 AM
1. Little Hitler, Nick Lowe
2. My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder
3. I'll Follow the Sun, Beatles
4. I've Changed My Address, Diane Krall
5. Texas Playboy Rag, Bob Wills
6. Shut Up, Black Eyed Peas
7. Whistle Stop, Louie Prima
8. Redemption Song, Bob Marley
9. Baby's In Black, Beatles
10. Funny How Time Slips Away, Willie Nelson
Very odd.
Posted by: dmh | Jan 14, 2005 7:26:12 AM
hitting 'party shuffle' in iTunes gives:
Out Of Gas : Modest Mouse
Julia : The Beatles
Feel : Big Star
Midnight Marauders Tour Guide : Tribe Called Quest
Smells Like Teen Spirit : from my college band
Someone Is Waiting : Neutral Milk Hotel
In My Life : The Beatles
Clothes of Sand : Nick Drake
Why : Fleedwood Mac
Flux=Rad : Pavement
strange mix. almost managed to get a coherent sound going there with the Beatles, Big Star, Nick Drake and Fleetwood Mac.
Posted by: cleek | Jan 14, 2005 7:51:51 AM
Hey, Cleek, why'd you steal my iPod, punk?
Posted by: praktike | Jan 14, 2005 9:08:52 AM
Been waiting for a music thread, Matt, since my comrades tell me we have similar tastes.
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - The Who
Slow Worm - Archers of Loaf
Girl O'Clock - The Dismemberment Plan
Autumn Sweater - Yo La Tengo
Do You Love Coffee - Braid
Stronger Lizards - Guided by Voices
If Credit's What Matters, I'll Take Credit - Hot Snakes
Mercy Snack: The Laundromat - Pavement
Put Up a Fight - The Sultans
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Skulls - The Misfits
Very interesting mix. Connection obviously between the Hot Snakes and The Sultans (John Reis - from Rocket from the Crypt and Drive Like Jehu). I do like that 'Suspicious Minds' and 'Anyhow...' make it onto there. Also, 'Autumn Sweater' is just a fantatic song by Yo La Tengo. The outlier if the Braid song which is fantastic if you're into that weird kind of Midwest emo before emo became diluted by other Midwestern emo'ers.
Posted by: peppers | Jan 14, 2005 9:12:59 AM
1. Grindstone by Uncle Tupelo
2. Dreams Come True by Willie Nelson
3. Human Touch by Elvis Costello
4. Star of Bethlehem by Neil Young
5. The Wild Wagoner by Jilson Setters
6. Shattered Image by Dolly Parton
7. Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud by Townes Van Zandt
8. IXO by Yo-Yo Ma
9. Handful of Keys by Fats Waller
10. Moving Nicely by The Modern Jazz Quartet
Posted by: catfish | Jan 14, 2005 9:35:07 AM
Ellen and Ben- The Dismemberment Plan
The World Has Turned- Weezer
Full Moon, Empty Heart- Belly
Pay It Back- Elvis Costello
Dogs of L.A.- Liz Phair
Rest My Head Against The Wall- Heatmiser
Love is Nothing- Liz Phair
By The Rivers of Babylon- Bob Marley
Sold Out- Sleater-Kinney
Ceremony- Joy Division
Posted by: TJ | Jan 14, 2005 9:59:49 AM
Ramblin Fever : Merle Haggard
Ainda Lembro : Marisa Monte
I Need You Now : Sinnamon
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) : George
Kick Along : Eric B. & Rakim
Boy Meets Girl : Junior Senior
Running Back To You : Eddie Hinton
Ole Man Trouble : Otis Redding
Where Will You Go When the Party's Over : Archie Bell & The Drells
Posted by: Billy Pilgrim | Jan 14, 2005 10:01:19 AM
Stagger Lee: Professor Longhair
Yèkatit (February): Mulatu Astatqé
Megamix: Reinhard Voigt
Dèwèl (Bell): Mulatu Astatqé
Traz d' Horizonte: Césaria Évora
Cheikh Ibra Fall: Youssou N'Dour
Venus as a Boy: Björk
Will O' the Wisp: Miles Davis
Casinha da baixada (favela funk)
Chocolate: Kylie Minogue (Tom Middleton mix)
Posted by: Paul | Jan 14, 2005 10:04:21 AM
1. Dawn Chorus - Boards Of Canada
2. Jazzed Carpenter - The High Llamas
3. King Of The Rumbling Spires - T. Rex
4. Day Is Done - Nick Drake
5. Drunk Trumpet - Kid Koala
6. Vienna Blood Op. 354 - J. Strauss
7. Introduccion - Savath & Savalas
8. Vous Et Moi - Django Reinhardt
9. Doctor's Orders - Sonic Youth
10.Spacer - Mercury Rev
A game I play by myself is "Name That Tune". My iTunes Library has over 6000 songs (all purchased and imported, dammit); I just hit shuffle and try to name the Artist and Song in 5 seconds. Impresses none at parties.
Posted by: bardp | Jan 14, 2005 10:04:50 AM
Too Wild to Tame--The Boys
Tumblin' Dice--The Rolling Stones
Danke Shoen--Wayne Newton
YMCA--Village People
Straight On--Heart
National Anthem--Francis Scott Key
Posted by: A Mr. Joseph Pissaro | Jan 14, 2005 10:05:42 AM
OT Death Cab and The Dismemberment Plan had the best tour name I've heard: Death and Dismemberment Tour. Ah, good times.
Posted by: TJ | Jan 14, 2005 10:08:18 AM
Hey, Cleek, why'd you steal my iPod, punk?
i'm not bad. i'm just drawn this way.
Posted by: cleek | Jan 14, 2005 10:08:49 AM
That Bug Pun song isn't bad, mainly because the line 'I ain't a playa, I just crush a lot' sounds pretty funny coming from a 400 pound man... although some alarming mental images can result.
1. String Quartet 1, 2nd movement - Bela Bartok
2. Displaced - Azure Ray
3. Holland - Sufjan Stevens
4. Sing - Slowdive
5. Praying - Deep Dish
6. In Church - M83
7. Electricity - The Avalanches
8. Svefn-G-Englar - Sigur Ros
9. The Employment Pages -Death Cab For Cutie
10. Gertrude's Bounce - Clifford Brown
Interesting. Like MY's list, all the punk was mysteriously excluded. Probably the hardest rocking thing on the list is Bartok...
Posted by: RC | Jan 14, 2005 10:15:28 AM
In Sadding Around--Jawbreaker
Private Sunshine (Big Lounge Album Mix By Carmen Rizzo)--Saint Germain
The New Year--Death Cab For Cutie
Bumblehaun--Fila Brazillia
Salina--Escape [Bedrock]
Today (Trance Ambient Mix)--Paul Van Dyk
Trilogy Medley--Sonic Youth
Certain People I Know--Morrissey
Dirty Larry (Crue-L Grand Orchestra Remix)--Dimitri From Paris
Heaven Scent [Lifeline Mix]--Edge
Fun exercise! Glad to see one of my favorite Jawbreaker songs pop-up number 1.
Posted by: bjurk | Jan 14, 2005 10:17:39 AM
So the question is, who gets the award for being the first music snob? Does praktike's first comment qualify? If not it's certainly Petey.
Also, Matt says
how come the hypothetical always involves a desert island? Do things somehow change if you're stuck on a cold island or a rainy one?
Isn't Antarctica a desert island (while also being cold)?
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/an/an1102_full.html
Posted by: Jeff | Jan 14, 2005 10:23:34 AM
Perhaps the phonetic similarity to "deserted" plays a role. The geography of the island is really beside the point; the problem is that there are no other people there.
Posted by: Nougaro | Jan 14, 2005 10:44:43 AM
who gets the award for being the first music snob?
while i was writing my original post, i also listed my second 10, because i didn't think the first ten were cool enough or representative enough of my collection. :) but, i bit the bullet and went with the top 10 anyway.
i'm proud to be a music snob.
Posted by: cleek | Jan 14, 2005 10:49:06 AM
"while i was writing my original post, i also listed my second 10, because i didn't think the first ten were cool enough or representative enough of my collection. :) but, i bit the bullet and went with the top 10 anyway."
The hardest thing about posting this list is not cheating.
I really wanted to substitute Peaches, Hardknox, and The Shins for some of my songs. However, not only is cheating wrong, but there is also beauty in randomness.
Posted by: Petey | Jan 14, 2005 10:59:26 AM
The Devil and I - Amy Correia
Please Tell My Brother - Golden Smog
Devil Song - Beth Orton
Holiday - Irving
Dog On Wheels - Belle and Sebastian
Can't Let Go - Lucinda Williams
Come On Home - Indigo Girls
If I Accidentally Take Your Life - Ware River Club
Eddie Walker - Ben Folds
Flake - Jack Johnson
Overall, there is more female representation on the shuffled 10 than in my music collection, and fewer indie pop songs. Also, I did not know that I owned Jack Johnson. Fun game, this.
Posted by: Oliver | Jan 14, 2005 11:00:44 AM
Um. Nope.
Check out my post here: http://mnpundit.blogspot.com/2004/02/heres-fun-game.html
Michelle has since become a real wingnut, but the point stands Neil Gaiman is where I traced it back to. Credit where credit is due.
Posted by: MNPundit | Jan 14, 2005 11:18:57 AM
# "The Sound of Settling," Death Cab for Cutie.
# "Those To Come," The Shins.
# "On The Verge," Le Tigre.
Wow. That's like hipster overload.
Posted by: niq | Jan 14, 2005 11:19:07 AM
the iPod shuffle is entertaining all on its own.
i've been playing this game on my own, for quite a while: here, here.
Posted by: cleek | Jan 14, 2005 11:27:15 AM
All of these lists are making me realize that I have a much less unique musical collection that I previously thought. I'll just list my 10 random bands, out of laziness. This list is quite representative, actually:
Ride
Supergrass
Oasis
Pulp
Super Furry Animals
Luna
Nada Surf
Olivia Tremor Control
Garbage
Folk Implosion
Posted by: Hmmm | Jan 14, 2005 11:36:34 AM
I couldn't resist, mainly out of curiosity to see what would come up. I must say these shuffle results paint an embarrasingly inadequate picture of my broad and eclectically tasteful musical preferences (especially amongst such cutting edge people who have generated results replete with artists and bands I've -- sadly quite literally -- never heard of in many cases), but, the honest results are:
People Will Say We're In Love - Ray Charles/Betty Carter
Schubert; Piano Sonata #21 - Mitsoku Uchida
Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
I Say a Little Prayer for You - Aretha Franklin
Trip through Your Wires - U2
The Very Thought of You - Nat King Cole
Clocks - Coldplay (I absolutely loathe this tune, but must have, er, purchased the Mp3 at some point)
When I Fall in Love - Aaron Neville
Hold Me Now - Thomspon Twins
Cousin Mary - John Coltrane
Posted by: P. B. Almeda | Jan 14, 2005 11:38:15 AM
Gravity Storm - Jimmy Buffet
2002 - Bob Schneider
Fall Dogs Bite the Moon - David Bowie
One Flight Down - Norah Jones
Man of Steel - Frank Black
Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
Bernard Jenkins - Eric Clapton
Silvio - Bob Dylan
Posted by: Ecofreak | Jan 14, 2005 11:53:32 AM
Alone Again Or ---Calexico
Red Dragon Tattoo--Fountains of Wayne
Wichita Lineman--Friends of Dean Martinez
Imperial Bedroom--Elvis Costello
OoohLala---Silkworm
Sinnerman--Nina Simone
Ah, C'mon--Lambchop
Numb--JayZ/Linkin Park
Boom Like That--Mark Knopfler
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot--Wilco
Posted by: Jadegold | Jan 14, 2005 12:02:53 PM
Red Dragon Tattoo--Fountains of Wayne
Second-best. Song. Ever.
(After "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by Tom Robinson)
Posted by: Thlayli | Jan 14, 2005 12:23:34 PM
1. Ms. Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
2. The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood # 1 (Tunnels)
3. Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule - Hard Life
4. The Kinks - Too Much on My Mind
5. The Kinks - Party Line
6. Sleater-Kinney - O2
7. Yo La Tengo - Our Way to Fall
8. Yo La Tengo - Cherry Chapstick
9. The Kinks - Mister Pleasant
10. Ted Leo/Pharmacists - My Vien Ilin
Odd, I have a fair amount of music; yet two Yo La Tengo songs and three Kinks songs. At least The Kinks are also my favorite band.
Anyways, keep up the great work Matt!
Posted by: Paul Adler | Jan 14, 2005 12:46:39 PM
Ooohoo a game!
1) New York USA, Serge Gainsbourg
2) Bird of Paradise, Moondog
3) The Rebel, Yves Deruyter (oh how time passes)
4) Memphis Soul Stew, King Curtis
5) Mas Que Nada, Sergio Mendes
6) Le Poinçonneur des Lilas, Les Freres Jacques
7) Kulun Mankwalesh, Mahmoud Ahmed
8) Get Get Down, Paul Johnson
9) Playboy Playgirl, Pizzicato Five
10) 4 Hero, Golden Solitude
No drum'n bass/drill, no classical, little french. Weird.
Posted by: yabonn | Jan 14, 2005 1:04:01 PM
Pretty shocking that after that rant about Zeppelin, 2 of their songs show up in this list - the only album I own of theirs is the box set. Also shocking that no non-soundtrack classical music showed up, considering my collection is half-classical. At least my favorite Rush song came out - that's pretty rare.
"Grunge Couple" that dog
"Mission" Rush
"Angel on my Bike" Wallflowers
"The End of Everything" Chris Isaak
"Spin the Black Circle" Pearl Jam
"Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin
"Creep" Stone Temple Pilots
"Nobody's Fault but Mine" Led Zeppelin
"Jive Talkin'" Bee-Gees
"A Wild and Distant Shore" Michael Nyman (the Piano soundtrack)
Posted by: Edge | Jan 14, 2005 1:04:35 PM
Proud To Be An American, Lee Greenwood
Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble, Mac Davis
Jesus Loves Me, unknown
Battle Hymn Of The Republic, J. W. Howe
Onward Christian Solders, unknown
Star Spangled Banner, F. S. Key
The Theme to Passion of the Christ, M. Gibson
Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Sam Houston
I've Got Spurs That Jingle, Jangle, Jingle, Tom Delay
Gone With The Wind (or, was that a movie?)
Posted by: George W. Bush | Jan 14, 2005 1:26:14 PM
Come on, George. I can't believe that NO John Ashcroft song showed up on your list! And where are the Singing Senators? I would have thought your iPod is filled with them! Is it because of Jeffords?
Posted by: Al | Jan 14, 2005 1:35:49 PM
Sun Ra: Drop me off i Harlem
Free: Cat Power
Di Do: Sigur Ros
Other Side of the Game: Erykah Badu
Team Spirit: Robert Wyatt
Packt Like Sardines...:Radiohead
White Rosary: Mark Eitzel
Scarred for Live: Peter Blegvad
I love a man in uniform: Gang of 4
I never use the shoreway: Aloha
Posted by: architect66 | Jan 14, 2005 2:03:27 PM
Just to establish my minimally semi-hip cred, my son (the one from Tufts) has played with the Decemberists (on Her Majesty) and knows the people in Death Cab for Cutey. see, I'm not all bad.
Posted by: John Emerson | Jan 14, 2005 2:20:13 PM
Furthermore, my sister-in-law used to know Sonic Youth. Yes, I'm trying desperately to stay relevant.
Posted by: John Emerson | Jan 14, 2005 2:24:30 PM
Welcome To This World, Primus
Psycho Killer, Talking Heads
Porch, Pearl Jam
Crater Lake, Liz Phair
Wake Up, Mad Season
Red Sector A, Rush
Oh Daddy, Fleetwood Mac
Human Beings, Patch
Play, Miranda Sex Garden
Now, Days of the New
What the hell, 10 more...
Rhapsody In Blue, Gershwin
High Bar (Jutras), Cirque Du Soleil
Long Distance Runaround, Yes
Mr. Tanner, Harry Chapin
Rotten Apple, Alice In Chains
Sleep Together, Garbage
Pandora's Aquarium, Tori Amos
Meniscus, This Mortal Coil
Lightning Crashes, Live
Samba Pa Ti, Santana
Posted by: Mark | Jan 14, 2005 2:36:27 PM
Come on, George. I can't believe that NO John Ashcroft song showed up on your list! And where are the Singing Senators? I would have thought your iPod is filled with them! Is it because of Jeffords?
It was long-a a-a-a-a-a shuffle, dude. It's not resentive of my total eyepot. I love Ashcroft. You know, is are alumni singing?
Don't bring up Jeffords. He left a bad taste inside my mouth.
Posted by: George W. Bush | Jan 14, 2005 2:45:26 PM
Y'all could save yourselves a lot of work (fun as it is) and check out Audioscrobbler which, via a plug-in, monitors what you listen to and creates charts like this, from which you can find similar users. You can then use Last.FM to stream music from them to see what you like. It's free and doesn't require an e-mail address to sign up.
Musicmobs is a somewhat similar deal for the iTunes crowd, but requires you to upload your iTunes XML file. Audioscrobbler has an iTunes plugin anyway.
Posted by: fling93 | Jan 14, 2005 2:46:17 PM
"Onward Christion Soldiers" is by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1864. "Jesus loves Me: Words by Anna B. Warner,
1820-1915, Music by William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868.
"Happy Birthday" was copyrighted by Jessica Hill, and the copyright is good until 2030.
Bloody-minded songs are fun. I like to sing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" or "Marching through Georgia" when the New Democrats get too pestiferous.
Posted by: John Emerson | Jan 14, 2005 2:56:11 PM
"Wake Up" The Walkmen
"Grey Machine" Pinback
"night stop" Fugazi
"From Point A to Point B" Modest Mouse
"Paper thin Walls" Modest Mouse
"N.A. Kicker" Superdrag
"Big time in the Jungle" Old Crow Medicine Show
"I love a Magician" Dismemberment Plan
"to Here knows when" My bloody Valentine
"Rose Parade" Eliot Smith
Posted by: Jacob | Jan 14, 2005 3:02:13 PM
William Shatner, Ben Folds, and Joe Jackson - Common People (actually, I started it from this song, but whatever)
MF Doom and RJD2 - Saliva
Paul Oakenfeld - Ready Steady Go
Randy Newman - I Love LA
Moby - The Beach Theme Song
The Black Keys - Hurt Like Mine
Dust Brothers - Homework
Transformers the Movie Soundtrack - Escape
MC Solaar - Bouge de La
Tom Waits - Goin' Out West
I'm still in the process of rebuilding my library after a November computer crash, and don't bother importing my cd collection since I still have no iPod, so don't take this as an especially representative sampling. Though it's not too far off, I guess.
Posted by: mc_masterchef | Jan 14, 2005 3:09:04 PM
I love that people here have Dismemberment Plan. You guys are cooler than my acquaintances. They all like Dave Matthews way too much. One guy told me I needed to "listen to this Dave Matthews song. It's called 'All Along the Watchtower.'"
Posted by: TJ | Jan 14, 2005 3:09:06 PM
Herbie Nicols - Love,Gloom,Cash,Love
Beau Brummels - Nine Pound Hammer
Ten Years After - Sun Still Burns Away
Clark Hutchinson - Improvisation on an Indian Scale
Cowboy - Coming Back to You
McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
Front Page Review - Silver Children
Harold Land - Untitled
Pretty Things - I Can Never Say
Beach Boys - Caroline No
Hank Mobley - Straight Ahead
Posted by: bob mcmanus | Jan 14, 2005 3:14:43 PM
Aw heck,Next:Mobley,Hawkwind,Can,John Renbourn,Steve Miller,New Riders,Coltrane,Dexter Gordon,Faust,Fats Navarro,Ill Wind,Action,Lindisfarne
I use Winamp 3.0 with a plugin shuffler called RoboDJ; I also "merge" songs, connect three in a row so that every artist plays about 8-10 minutes.
Roughly 30k songs on 2 80gb hard drives. Mostly rock 1965-75 and bebop 1945-75.
Posted by: bob mcmanus | Jan 14, 2005 3:29:55 PM
bob mcmanus: I use Winamp 3.0 with a plugin shuffler called RoboDJ
Wow, I use RoboDJ as well (w/ Winamp 5.0). And my cousin is a co-worker of Steve Burnap. Small world. Shame he's not maintaining it anymore, though.
Okay fine, here's my shuffled list:
Michelle Branch - Everywhere
Radiohead - lozenge of love
West Side Story - Tonight
Jill Sobule - Houdini's Box
Peter Gabriel - Indigo
Tara MacLean - Let Her Feel the Rain (acoustic)
Infected Mushroom - Return of the Shadows
Aimee Mann - Amateur
Paula Cole - Mississippi (live)
Sarah McLachlan - Adia
Man, I'm pretty amazed that Tori didn't make it in there.
Posted by: fling93 | Jan 14, 2005 3:38:10 PM
Here Come the People in Grey - The Kinks
Sei Tu - the Dining Rooms
We're the Replacements - They Might be Giants
Pipeline - Challengers
You be the Actor - Monty Python
Texas Never Whispers - Pavement
Cream - Prince
Melody Lee - The Damned
Floyd - The Residents
Like Herod - Mogwai
Posted by: JDC | Jan 14, 2005 4:12:55 PM
New York Dolls "Personality Crisis"
Earth Quake "Hit The Floor"
Belle & Sebastian "Expectations"
Nerves "When You Find Out"
Flying Burrito Bros "Dark End Of The Street"
The Band "Up On Cripple Creek"
Big Star "Ballad of El Goodo"
Flying Burrito Bros "Just Because"
Feelies "Paint It Black"
Jimmie Rodgers "Mystery of Old #5"
kinda depressing how there's a certain sameness (half punk/indie, half roots) to these lists (obviously including mine, though at least there's a little power pop mixed in)
Posted by: ktheintz | Jan 14, 2005 4:34:02 PM
blind willie mctell - let me play with yo' yo-yo
django reinhardt and stephane grappelli - loves melody
the upsetters - ipa skank
dick dale - king of surf guitar
lali puna - fast forward
the band - lonesome suzie
buffalo springfield - neighbor dont you worry
the mountain goats - alpha double negative: going to catalina
the hollies - rain on the window
the delgados - sink or swim
Posted by: annoying pedant | Jan 14, 2005 5:00:26 PM
I used to be "WITH IT", then they changed what "IT" was, and what I was with wasn't "IT", and "IT" just seemed wierd and strange. It happened to me, it'll happen to you!
Abraham Simpson
Posted by: Njorl | Jan 14, 2005 5:07:14 PM
*Laugh* This has now gone through the circles of weblogs I read twice; the last time it went through was in November.
Playing today, I get:
- The Last Ray, This Mortal Coil;
- Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag, from the Chicago Soundtrack;
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2;
- Way Away, Toad the Wet Sprocket;
- In Dulci Jubilo, Bach;
- China, Tori Amos;
- Glow, U.N.K.L.E.;
- Good Feeling, Violent Femmes;
- I Saw Her Standing There, Paul McCartney;
- Today, Paul Van Dyk.
Posted by: aphrael | Jan 14, 2005 5:23:09 PM
Dido - White Flag
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
Madness - My Girl
Green Day - When I Come Around
ABBA - Fernando
CSN&Y - Woodstock
Luciano Pavarotti - Excerpt from La Traviata
Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me
Frank Sinatra - It Was a Very Good Year
Widespread Panic - The Take Out
Not very representative, but there you have it.
Posted by: Mike Rothstein | Jan 14, 2005 6:34:23 PM
Yeah TJ, D-Plan was great, although I can't say the same for Travis Morrison's solo album. Since Dismemberment Plan is no more, I'd say Q & Not U is DC's best group now.
Posted by: Ricky Barnhart | Jan 15, 2005 1:33:54 AM
Very bizarre mix when you put in the whole library:
Firewater- I Am The Rain
Steve Reich- Music for 18 Musicians Section IIIB
Tom Waits- Closing Time
Cat Power- American Flag
Spoon- Believing is Art
Betty Adams- Make it Real (Ride On)
Ted Leo/RX- St. John the Divine
One Ring Zero- Nothing Else is Happening
Belle & Sebastian- I Fought in a War
The Flaming Lips- Buggin'
Posted by: Isaac Butler | Jan 15, 2005 11:04:04 AM
1.(Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes -- Elvis Costello
2. Jammin' Me -- Tom Petty
3. I Don't Wanna Know -- The Donnas
4. Strategem -- Big Head Todd
5. Too Hot Ta Trot -- The Commodores
6. Me and Mrs. Jones -- Billy Paul
7. The Sands of Iwo Jima -- Drive By Truckers
8. Time Out of Mind -- Steely Dan
9. This Masquerade -- George Benson
10. Person To Person -- Average White Band
Posted by: Joey | Jan 15, 2005 5:23:52 PM
discouraging lack of rock'n'roll here...
my 10 is a jukebox
abdul and cleopatra--jonathan richman
boys from the county hell--pogues
just head--teengenerate
living with the shades pulled down--merle haggard
away from the numbers--jam
futureshock--curtis mayfield
people who died--jim carrol band
barefoot rock--blasters
you know my love--otis rush
white girl--X
Posted by: spacetoast | Jan 16, 2005 12:06:26 AM
Yeah, the desert thing -- not to be a dork about it, but the principal meaning of 'desert' was 'uninhabited terrain' -- the present meaning is essentially an entymological derivative.
Actually 'deserted' is much closer to the original definition of desert:
An uninhabited and uncultivated tract of country; a wilderness: a. now conceived as a desolate, barren region, waterless and treeless, and with but scanty growth of herbage; b. formerly applied more widely to any wild, uninhabited region, including forest-land. Obs. (OED 1)
In case anyone was still wondering why desert island...
Posted by: nonymus | Jan 16, 2005 2:27:51 AM
Odd that there's no Dave Matthews on mine, I have about 25 hours of it on my computer. The quirks of a random selection.
1. "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes," Paul Simon
2. "Paul Revere," Beastie Boys
3. "Platypus," Green Day
4. "Perfect Teeth," Motion City Soundtrack
5. "Maggie's Farm," Bob Dylan
6. "Did You Know," Adam Richman
7. "Going Down," Godsmack
8. "Steamroller," James Taylor
9. "Winding Road," Bonnie Somerville
10. "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop," The Producers (soundtrack)
Posted by: matt | Jan 16, 2005 3:38:14 AM
"Life I Live", Delinquent Habits
"Glory Dub", Israel Vibrations
"?Y Tu Que Has Hecho?", Buena Vista Social Club
"Make Love, Fuck War", Moby and Public Enemy
"What They Do", The Roots
"Intil Waheeda", Hisham Abbas
"Break Stuff", Limp Bizkit
"Dead Men Tell No Tales", Cypress Hill
"All Over You", Live
"Drawing Down the Moon", The Tea Party
Posted by: hangtown | Jan 16, 2005 7:28:11 PM
Big River - Johnny Cash
Cherry Bomb - Runaways
Western Union - The Five Americans
Freshly Squeezed - Angelo Badalamenti
Little Girl - Syndicate Of Sound
With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
Whole Lotta Things - Southern Culture On The Skids
Barroom Confidential - Twistin' Turantulas
Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow
Down Down Down - Dave Edmunds
Lurking In The Shadows - Los Straitjackets
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