Okay, so I decided I was going to let iTunes choose 20 random songs from my 4872-song library (music I’ve begged and borrowed, but not exactly stolen) and post them on the C+F. So here it is:
At the Zoo, Simon and Garfunkel
Andy Warhol, David Bowie
Bird Stealing Bread, Iron and Wine
Woman of the House / Morning Star, Tommy Peoples
Chelsea Morning, Joni Mitchell
Life’s Been Good, Joe Walsh
Sunday Morning Coming Down, Johnny Cash
Miss Johnson’s / Mike Russell’s, Mary Bergin
Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner
That’ll Be the Day, Linda Ronstadt
Same Old Blues, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Colours, Donovan
Ballad of a Thin Man, Bob Dylan
Pencil Thin Mustache, Jimmy Buffett
Love the One You’re With, Stephen Stills
Hey Jude, Beatles
Reconsider Me, Warren Zevon
Brother Louie, The Stories
Girl Inform Me, The Shins
Vega-Tables, Brian Wilson
Now, this list is not exactly representative of my music selection (predictably). And I didn’t include any classical music. Also, I don’t listen to my iTunes or iPod with the whole library on shuffle, so this doesn’t represent what I am listening to at the moment or ever. It’s just a fun thing to show people some stuff that I own and occassionally hear.
If anyone else uses iTunes or some other music program where they can put all of their music on random like this, feel free to participate!
Here is the 25 most played on my computer’s iTunes. Now mind you, typically the music I listen to is on the iBook, and since that is not here, I’m not listening to very much. I’ve been reduced to cd’s! And what’s funny is that the “Latin” one is from a Latin course, not a song
1: Some Free Advice - Kids Near Water
2: jaqueline - franz ferdinand
3: Black Steel In Hour Of Chads - Rage Against The Machine
4: Frances Farmer Will HAve Her Revenge On Seattle - Nirvana
5: Desperate Fool - Sick Of It All
6: Burn it - Refused
7: It Aint Right - John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
8: Funky New Year - Eagles
9: Melt - Monster Magnet
10: Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown - Mudhoney
11: Protest Song '68 - Refused
12: Scent of The Obscene - Sikth
13: Bad Day Contest - Kids Near Water
14: Gold Tooth - Kelly Joe Phelps
15: The News - Bill Hicks
16: Don’t Speak (I Came To Make A BANG!) - The Eagles Of Death Metal
17: River Rat Jimmy - Kelly Joe Phelps
18: Hive Destructions - Isis
19: Dehumanized - Mudhoney
20: Inside Whats Within Behind - Meshuggah
Here’s what iTunes said is my top 25…A couple of 'em even surprised me…
I Fled~Gang of Four
Same Dream, Same Destination~Ryuichi Sakamoto & Roddy Frame
Remember~The Mighty Wah!
Heroes~David Bowie
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before~The Smiths
Natural’s Not In It~Gang of Four
I Found That Essence Rare~Gang of Four
Chosen Time~New Order
Stormtrooper In Drag~Saint Etienne
The Missing Boy~The Durutti Column
What Do You Want From Me?~Monaco
Streets Of Your Town~The Go-Betweens
Isolation~Joy Division
Junk~Monaco
Ecstacy~New Order
Too Drunk To F**k~Nouvelle Vague
Kidney Bingos~Wire
Like A Motorway~Saint Etienne
Let’s Make It Happen~Electronic
Arabic~Gang of Four
Ando Meio Desligado~Os Mutantes
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others~The Smiths
King George IV/The King’s Reel~Ashley MacIsaac
My Foolish Heart~Bill Evans Trio
Otis~The Durutti Column
…But for the record, the last record that drove me wild was the Smithsonian Folkways’ CD “Northumberland Rant”…
The first few from one of my random compilation playlists. These kind of develop organically as I add stuff. There is no theme/artist/genre structure.
Tom Waits: On the Nickel
Sister Hazel: All for You
Gene Chandler: Duke of Earl
Hole: Dicknail
Elgar: Nimrod
Gene: Speak to me Someone
Django Reinhardt: La Mer
Daevid Allen: Poet for Sale
Soundgarden: Spoonman
Bullet Lavolta: Rails
The Very Things: The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes
Bothy Band: Do You Love an Apple
Trashmen: Surfin’ Bird
Albert Lee: Country Boy
Staind: It’s Been a While
Bob Marley: Stir it Up
BB King: How Blue Can You Get?
Alice in Chains: Them Bones
The Ramones: The KKK Took My Baby Away
Dick Dale: Miserlou
Aphrodite’s Child: Rain and Tears
Chicago: 25 or 6 to 4
Snow Patrol: Run
Devo: Jocko Homo
Mighty Mighty: Throwaway
Wow, I don’t believe it… No Pogues or Dubliners in there!
And what’s funny is that the “Latin” one is from a Latin course, not a song 
