iPod shuffle redux

i posted this a while back and it had entertaining results. just put your iPod on shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up. i only have my phone with me in my office and it doesn't have that much stuff, so i'll do it once now and then later when i have the full library. i don't just wait til then because i'm hungover and bored now.


neutral milk hotel - two headed boy part 2
explosions in the sky - day 5
holy **** - tone bank jungle
beck - waitin' for a train
the national - the geese of beverly road
drive-by truckers - puttin' people on the moon
the hold steady - first night
the besnard lakes - ride the rails
pavement - here (alternate mix)
the national - mistaken for strangers
 
The New Year - Gasoline
M83 - Gone
Camper Van Beethoven - All Her Favorite Fruit
Block Party - Compliments
The New Pornographers - All For Swinging You Around
The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out
Unsane - 455
The Delgados - One More Question
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lament
Guided By Voices - Motor Away
 
NOTE: I have 16,203 songs on my 80GB Ipod. 42,000 on my home PC.

Here's what it spit out:

1. "Victoria" by The Fall
2. "Ridin' the Storm Out" by REO Speedwagon
3. "You Gotta Sin To Get Saved" by Maria McKee
4. "Deep Dense" by Lindsey Buckingham (bootleg)
5. "Windout" by R.E.M.
6. "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" by Elton John
7. "2112" by Rush
8. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John
9. "It's Only Love" by Steve Perry
10. "Loose Change" by Bruce Springsteen

Bonus tracks!

11. "Bye Bye Love" by the Everly Brothers
12. "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot
13. "It'll Probably Make Me Cry" by Mary's Danish
14. "Holy Diver" by Dio
15. "Mihalis" by David Gilmour
16. "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" by Andy Gibb
17. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" by Erasure
18. "A Few Simple Words" by the Cowboy Junkies
19. "Failures" by Joy Division
20. "Look What You Done For Me" by Al Green

I'm 41, so don't make fun of me.
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1. Release - Pearl Jam
2. The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths in the Cold) - Radiohead
3. Hold Me Tight - The Beatles
4. Top Dollar - Whiskeytown
5. Roller Derby Queen - Jim Croce
6. If You See Her, Say Hello - Bob Dylan
7. Somebody Remembers the Rose - Whiskeytown
8. For No One - Ryan Adams
9. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - Wilco
10. - English Girls Approximately - Ryan Adams
 
1. " Roundabout" by Yes
2. "Bella" by Santana
3. "Born with a Broken Heart' by Kenny Wayne Shepard
4. "Top of the Hill" by Robben Ford
5. "She's All Right" by Double Trouble
6. "The Song Remains the Same" by Led Zepplin
7. "Come Together" by The Beatles
8. "Bandera" by Willie Nelson
9. "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys
10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" by ZZ Top
 
1. Beck -- Sexx Laws
2. Domenico + 2 -- Tarde De Chegada
3. The Sea and Cake -- Try Nothing
4. Green Arrows -- Doro Renyu Rinonaka
5. Wu Tang Clan -- Clan in da Front
6. M.I.A. -- 10 Dollar
7. Domenico + 2 -- Aeroporto 77
8. The Termites -- My Last Love
9. Ed Robinson -- Face It
10. Orchestra Super Mazembe -- Lukasi

First 10 out of about 1750 on my 8g I-Phone.
 
1. Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots
2. Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress- The Hollies
3. Tears in Heaven- Eric Clapton
4. Layla- Eric Clapton
5. Truck Drivin' Song- Weird Al Yankovic
6. Reptilia- The Strokes
7. Generic Blues- Weird Al Yankovic
8. Tiger Rag- Dukes of Dixieland
9. Whip It- Devo
10. Time- Pink Floyd

Really strange- Clapton and Weird Al got 2 songs each. I have 3 songs by Clapton and 125 by Weird Al currently on my iPod.
 
from a more substantial iPod:

the centurians - bullwinkle part II
the rentals - naive
pearl jam - evenflow
mathematics - rush
woody guthrie - hard travelin'
goldfinger - 99 red balloons
uncle tupelo - d. boon
jeff buckley - nightmares by the sea
beck - soul of a man
king khan and the shrines - in your grave


strange that both started with a song that was a part 2
 
1. Friendly Fires- Jump in the Pool
2. Glasvegas - It's my own cheating heart that makes me cry
3. Mazarin - The New American Apathy
4. Maria Taylor -Good Start
5. Dinosaur Jr - Feel the Pain
6. Blur - Parklife
7. White Rabbits - The Plot
8. Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
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9. Milton Mapes -The Only Sound that Matters
10. Low vs. Diamond - Life After Love
 
1. Doctor My Eyes : Jackson Browne
2.Clubbed to Death II : Rob Dougan
3. Sorry... Wrong Trajectory : Flickerstick
4. Hearts of Darkness : Hans Zimmer
5. Change Your Mind : Sister Hazel
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6. Run To Me : Cross Canadian Ragweed
7. Jenny(867-5309) : Tommy Two-Tone
8. IceBox : Omarion
9. Diamonds : Slim Thug
10. Man With A Memory : Joe Nichols

11. Let the Bodies HIt The Floor : Drowning Pool
12. Work It Out : Jurassic 5
13. Santa Monica : Everclear
14. Upside Down : Jack Johnson
15. One More Goodbye : Randy Rogers Band
16. We're Not Right : David Grey
17. Nothing Feels Good : The Promise Ring
18. Not On Your Love : Jeff Carson
19. No Place That Far : Vince Gill & Sara Evans
20. California Soul : Marlena Shaw
 
Apparently my ipod was in an Austin-loving mood:

1 "World of Pretend" Bukka Allen
2 "Angel From Montgomery" Susan Tedeschi
3 "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" Randy Newman
4 "Man in a Suitcase" The Police
5 "Four Walled World" Temple of the Dog
6 "Down and Out in Paradise" John Cougar Mellencamp
7 "Not Lonely" Eliza Gilkyson
8 "Swaying" Train
9 "2002" Bob Schneider
10 "Girlfriend in a Coma" The Smiths
11 "The Maker" Willie Nelson
 
1 - "Heroin (Different Take" - The Velvet Underground
2 - "Lay Lady Lay (Live)" - Bob Dylan
3 - "Live or Die" - Mark Eitzel
4 - "Soon" - Squirrel Nut Zippers
5 - "Let Me Share the Ride" - The Black Crowes
6 - "Porcelina of the Vast Ocean Seas" - Smashing Pumpkins
7 - "Take Me To The River (Live)" - Talking Heads
8 - "How My Heart Behaves" - Feist
9 - "Ciperion" - Fair to Midland
10 - "Spin the Black Circle" - Pearl Jam
 
I don't have many songs on my new 8GB iPod Touch (but it's possibly my favorite purchase ever).1) "Voyeur" -Blink 182 (Dude Ranch)2) "Painter Song" -Norah Jones (Come Away With Me)3) "Le Telephone Pleure" -Claude Francois (Cafe Paris- Classic Sounds of Paris)
4) "Find My Baby" -Moby
(Play)
5) "Another Day" -Air
(Talkie Walkie)
6) "Rushing" -Moby
(Play)
7) "Gone For Good" -The Shins
(Chutes Too Narrow)
8) "Chickfactor" -Belle & Sebastian
(The Boy With The Arab Strap)
9) "Why Do I Lie?" -Luscious Jackson
(Good Will Hunting soundtrack)
10) "Shoot To Thrill" -AC/DC
(Back In Black)

NICE ending to that *****-assed list.
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True - Spandau Ballet
Rubicon - Journey
Thunder Road - Springsteen
Get Me Outta Here - Jet
Something to Hide - Journey
Gone Hollywood - Supertramp
Don't Panic - Coldplay
Amarillo By Morning - George Strait
Love Bites - Def Leppard
Strangers When We Meet - The Smithereens

Yes, I'm 41 and not as hip as you...
 
Wow, that last one was very heavily '80's. Lets try that again:

Erase/Replace - Foo Fighters
Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
Want You Bad - Offspring
Everyday Is Like Sunday - Morrissey
King of Hollywood - The Eagles
She Has No Time - Keane
Lost - The Cure
Amanda - Boston
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead
 
Redux the Redux

Happy Campers -- No Mind
Enon -- Shoulder
The Lijadu Sisters - Orere Elejigbo
Tunji Oyelana & the Benders -- To Whom It May Concern
Scienz of Life (DJ Mark Farina) -- Hot Banana's
Unsung Heroes -- Ken Boogaloo Freestyle
George Baker Selection -- Little Green Bag
Gnarls Barkley -- Whatever
El-P -- End to End Burners
African Head Charge -- Over the Sky

Apparently the last 10 of the 1721 would be:

Mr. Lif -- Earthcrusher
Johnny Tolbert & De Thangs -- Take it Off (Pt.2)
DJ Food -- Popnotised
Radiohead -- Myxomatosis
Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the Upsetters -- Dub Along
Amon Tobin -- Pirahna Breaks
Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso -- Haiti
Dub Syndicate -- Short Sharp Treatment
Brazilian Girls -- Le Territoire
Chocolate Genius -- Life
 
Alice in Chains - No Excuses
Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
Kiss - Rock n Roll All Nite
Train - Meet Virginia
Jim Croce - Operator
Stone Temple Pilots - Wicked Garden
Carolyn Wonderland - Breakfast Table
Bruce Spingsteen - Candy's Room (Live)
Cranberries - Linger
Left Banke - Walk Away Rene'


(...aren't you sorry you asked?)





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1. Take this Longing - Peter Astor

2. Rite of Spring, Pt 1, Adoration of Earth, Spring Round Dance - Stravinsky

3. What It Is - Bad Religion

4. Impure Thoughts - Reverend Billy Wirtz

5. A Voice From On High - Charlie Haden and daughters

6. Pity Poor Alfie/Fever - The Jam

7. Sea of Love - Phil Phillips

8. Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello

9. Cash on the Barrel/Hickory Wind - Gram Parsons

10. Tonight Is No Night - Julie Doiron
 
1. Nothing's Changed Here - Dwight Yoakam
2. Lost in the Backyard - James McMurtry
3. Long Year - Todd Snider
4. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie
5. Somewhere Down in Texas - Jason Boland
6. Rock the Casbah - The Clash
7. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
8. That's Right (You're Not from Texas) - Lyle Lovett
9. Rose Colored Glasses - John Conlee
10. You Got Lucky - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
 
1. this is the last time -- keane
2. stronger -- kanye west
3. you never even called me by my name -- david allan coe
4. clocks -- coldplay
5. that buckin' song -- robert earl keen
6. honky tonk man -- dwight yoakum
7. i'll be here for you -- robert earl keen
8. what light -- wilco
9. all my ex's live in texas -- george strait
10. lefty's gone -- george strait

my ipod is probably 25% country so that's weird.

second take:

1. killin' time -- clint black
2, creep -- radiohead
3. #1 -- nelly
4, 15 steps -- radiohead
5. seven nation army -- the white stripes
6. texas women -- hank williams jr.
7. i'm amazed -- my morning jacket
8. come on eileen -- dexy's midnight runners
9. float on -- modest mouse
10. house of cards -- radiohead
 
Velocity Girl - "not at all"
Loves Ugly Children - "surf nazis must die"
The Fall - "touch sensitive"
The Tree People - "better days"
Velvet Underground - "beginning to see the light"
Sebadoh - "zone doubt"
Portastatic - "silver screw"
Swirlies - "french radio"
Lou Barlow - "not nice to be nice"
Boyracer - "i thought even more of you when you told me you wanted me dead"
 

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