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[Andy Whitman]

My buddy Hayseed invited me to play along via Facebook, but since I don't do Facebook, I'll do it here. Here's the deal:

Repost this note (if you want) and (at the very least) tag me. I want to see the results.

Once you've been tagged...
(1) Turn on your MP3 player or I guess your music player on your computer if you don't have an MP3 player.
(2) Go to SHUFFLE songs mode.
(3) Write down the first 15 songs that come up -- song title and artist -- NO editing/cheating, please.

Here's what came up for me:

1) Rococo -- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
2) Vampires and Failures -- Grampaboy
3) Cheap Ain't Cheap (For Crying Out Loud) --
Scott Miller
4) Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Opus 102, No. 1, Andante -- Ludwig Van Beethoven
5) Holland -- Sufjan Stevens
6) I Don't Care Who Knows -- Catherine Russell
7) Remembering Gamble -- Pierce Pettis
8) Gypsy Rover -- Boiled in Lead
9) Campus -- Vampire Weekend
10) New Brighton Promenade -- The Boo Radleys
11) I Can't Remember -- Vigilantes of Love
12) Cold Roses -- Ryan Adams
13) Another Morning -- American Music Club
14) Stumbling to Bethlehem -- Patti Scialfa
15) Classico -- Giant Sand

Edited by Andy Whitman, 10 June 2009 - 11:45 AM.

[Thom Wade]

1. the Zenith-Starflyer 59
2.Wake Up Promo-Jurassic 5
3.Get It-Grits
4.Come On, Come On-Billy Idol
5.Down In Yon Forest-Woven Hand
6. ...In That Quiet Earth-Genesis
7.Run to the Water-Live
8.Damaged I-Black Flag
9.Low-the Violet Burning
10.Show the World-Apples in Stereo
11.Deeper Tan Most-Maximillion
12.My Son, My Secretary and My Country-Guided By Voices
13.Iron Man-NOFX
14.Snakes in the Grass-Crystavox
15.Drifting, Falling-The Ocean Blue

[J. Henry Waugh]

Definitely no cheating here:

The Jelly Jam - The Jelly Jam
Lookout Mountain - Driveby Truckers
Nightwatchmen - American Music Club
What's Happening Brother - Marvin Gaye
Pivotal Film - Guided By Voices
Dancefloors - My Morning Jacket
Someday Soon - Wilco
Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana
Think About Me - Whiskeytown
Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins
Kiss Me On The Bus - The Replacements
My Winding Wheel - Ryan Adams
Natural Anthem - The Postal Service
A Life In the Day - Outkast
The Lovecats - The Cure

I'll be sure to check out what everyone else lists.

[Overstreet]

1. Star of Hope - Midnight Oil (from Breathe)
2. Countin' on a Miracle - Bruce Springsteen (from The Rising)
3. Go in Peace - Michelle Shocked (from Deep Natural)
4. All I See - Linda Thompson (from Fashionably Late)
5. Elevation (live) - U2 (from Go Home: Live from Slane Castle)
6. We Can't Help You - Stephen Malkmus (from Real Emotional Trash)
7. Light as the Breeze - Leonard Cohen (from The Future)
8. Fiona Meets Tadgh - Mason Daring (from the soundtrack to The Secret of Roan Inish)
9. The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix) - They Might Be Giants (from Then: The Early Years)
10. Edge of the World - Josh Ritter (from The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter)
11. Sunset and Soon Forgotten - Iron and Wine (from Our Endless Numbered Days)
12. Dedicace Outo - Dead Can Dance (from Spirit Chaser)
13. Sick of Goodbyes - Cracker (from Kerosene Hat)
14. Cuca's Blues - Latin Playboys (from Dose)
15. Not About To Lose - Ron Sexsmith (from Retirever)

J. Henry, half of your list is in my library too. Would have been interesting if any of the same songs had popped up randomly.

Edited by Overstreet, 10 June 2009 - 01:44 PM.

[Joel C]

"And a Tear Isn't Such A Bad Thing" - Guggenheim Grotto, from the album A Lifetime In Heat
"House By The Sea" - Iron and Wine, from the album The Shepherd's Dog
"Hey Jude" - Joe Anderson, from the album Across The Universe Soundtrack
"Ostinato" - Eluvium, from the album Copia
"Ohio" - Over The Rhine, from the album Ohio
"Your Russian" - Woven Hand, from the album Woven Hand
"Glad Tidings" - Van Morrison, from the album Moondance
"Hello Alone" - Anberlin, from the album Cities
"The First Five Times" - Stars, from the album Set Yourself On Fire
"Campana: The Road Is a Grey Tape" - Max Richter, from the album 24 Postcards In Full Colour
"Wonderwall" - Oasis, from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory
"Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato" - Henri Sigfridsson, from the album Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3

[Jason Panella]

1. The Gutter Twins — "I Was In Love With You" (from Saturnalia) (I'm surprised how much I come back to this album, actually)
2. Spoon — "Don't Let It Get You Down" (from Kill the Moonlight)
3. Frank Black & the Catholics — "Jet Black River" (from Black Letter Days)
4. Mogwai — "I Love You, I'm Going To Blow Up Your School" (from The Hawk is Howling)
5. Ash — "Kung Fu" (from 1977)
6. The Birthday Party — "She's Hit" (from Hits)
7. Pinback — "Soaked" (from Summer in Abaddon)
8. Cake — "Comfort Eagle" (from Comfort Eagle)
9. Tift Merritt — "Your Love Made a U Turn" (from Tambourine)
10. The Afghan Whigs — "Double Day" (from Black Love)
11. Drive-by Truckers — "One of These Days" (from Pizza Deliverance)
12. Semisonic — "Temptation" (from Great Divide)
13. Versus — "Angels Rush In" (from Secret Swingers)
14. Rachel Zylstra — "Under My Skin" (from Before You Could Decide)
15. Archers of Loaf — "Revenge" (from AoL Vs. the Greatest of All Time)

[draper]

Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
African Dub -Abyssinians
Hawaiian Wedding Song -the New Hawaiian Band
Outro With Bees -Neko Case
No Blue Skies - Lloyd Cole
Excerpt - Chris Whitley
All the Pretty Girls Go To The City - Spoon
Ask Me a Question - MiniPop
Suddenly (I Miss Carpaty) - Gogo Bordello
Bear Fight - Richard Thompson
Somebody Buy Me A Drink - David Johansen & the Harry Smiths
World Cup Fieber - Space Kelly
Cuyahoga - R.E.M
The Long Grift - Hedvig & the Angry Inch
East Of Asteroid - Phil Manzanera/801

[TheTrout]

Can - She Brings The Rain
Jellyfish - Man I Used To Be
John Doe - I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
PJ Harvey - O Stella
Prince - Scarlet P****
Gun Club - Preaching The Blues
David Byrne - Five Golden Sections
John Cale - Taking Your Life In Your Hands
Crowded House - She Called Up
Gene Clark - Opening Day
Andy Pratt - That's When Miracles Occur
Adrian Belew - Paint The Road
Weather Report - Cannonball
Shoes - Fire For A While
The Go-Betweens - The Clarke Sisters

[Greg P]

1) alaska-- dr dog
2) november thru june- sholi
3) blind little rain--asobi seksu
4) dont get born-- deerhoof
5) ive had enough-- the who
6) Been to kansas city in a minor-- frank zappa
7) sti lakasouli perassa--alekos kostas
8) ambulance man-- the felice bros
9) short haired woman--lightnin hopkins
10) smokey room- grails
11) keeper of the david gates (an incantation) st cloud
12) the alps and their orange evergreen-- akron/family
13) 400 years- bob marley
14) spirit fingers- four tet
15) the village--hans zimmer

[draper]

I'd ride around in a car with you lot for days.

[Teek]

1. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Save The Last Dance For Me
2. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Met Him On A Sunday
3. The Jam - The Modern World
4. Paul Coliins Beat - Afton Place
5. The Gaslight Anthem - High Lonesome Sound
6. Randy Newman - Something to Sing About
7. Hayes Carll - Drunken Poet's Dream
8. The Spongetones - Got Nothing Left to Hide
9. The Del Lords - Pledge of Love
10. Dave Edmunds - Take Me For A Little While
11. The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr. A
12. Peter Bruntnell - World Won't Wait
13. Son Volt - Going, Going Gone
14. AA Bondy - Of The Sea
15. Adam Marsland - Burning Me Out (of the Record Store)

Two observations:

1. I didn't know who three of the artists were until I looked at iTunes.
2. I'm so white.

[Ward in SC]

13. Versus — "Angels Rush In" (from Secret Swingers)

Versus ! Excellent!


Steve Taylor – Finish Line - Squint 4 minutes ago
Nora O'Connor – That's Alright 25 minutes ago
Smoke – Guilt - -Heaven on a Popsiclestick-31 minutes ago
Thin White Rope – Atomic Imagery - Exploring the Axis 1 hour ago
Masters of Reality - Theme For The Scientist Of The Invisible – Masters of Reality - 1 hour ago
The Walkmen – - My Old Man - Bows & Arrows 1 hour ago
Battles – Atlas - Battles 1 hour ago
Woven Hand – Dirty Blue - Mosaic 1 hour ago
Woven Hand – Story and Pictures - Woven Hand 1 hour ago
Janet Bean & Concertina Wire - cutter, dealer, cheater - Dragging Wonder Lake – 2 hours ago
The Walkmen – Little House of Savages - The Walkmen 2 hours ago
Moe Tucker –- S.O.S - I Spent A Week There the Other Night 2 hours ago
Janet Bean & Concertina Wire – Dragging Wonder Lake 2 hours ago
Snowglobe – Ms June - Doing The Distance 2 hours ago
Ottoman Empire – Train - Lester Square 2 hours ago

[draper]

Thin White Rope! I'm off to the stacks, searching for a near forgotten copy of Moonhead! Thanks for the reminder.

[Ward in SC]

Thin White Rope! I'm off to the stacks, searching for a near forgotten copy of Moonhead! Thanks for the reminder.

As far as I I'm concerned, TWR are THE forgotten band of the eighties. I will champion them until the day...

You're welcome.

[Jason Panella]

Versus ! Excellent!

Oh yeah, I'm a big fan. Still haven't gotten into that crowd's other bands, but Versus were just fantastic. I think "Atomic Kid" might be one of my favorite songs ever.

[M. Leary]

Holes - Mercury Rev
Backdrifts - Radiohead
Things We Did And Didn't Do - Magnetic Fields
Super Goings - The Boredoms
Avatar - Dead Can Dance
Snake Mountain Blues - Townes Van Zandt
Over The Horizon's Radar - Boards of Canada
Drive - REM
Pitch to Voltage - Brian Eno and David Byrne
Bubble Gum - Sonic Youth
Crackity Jones - Pixies
Lisa Says - Lou Reed
Listen Now - The Knife
Legends - Company Flow
When I First Came to Town - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[Gavin Breeden]

"Iris Flowers" -- Benjy Ferree
"Teddy Bear" -- Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and the Amorphous Strums
"Sometimes" -- My Bloody Valentine
"Memorized" -- Crystal Antlers
"The Privateers" -- Andrew Bird
"Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song)" -- Fiona Apple
"Blowin' in the Wind" -- Bob Dylan & The Band
"Back Door Man" -- Howlin' Wolf
"Babyohbabyijustcantstanditanymore" -- Here We Go Magic
"Live Till You Die" -- Emitt Rhodes
"The Brave and the Snake" -- P.O.S.
"The Beatles" -- Devendra Banhart
"The Celibate Life" -- The Shins
"Now that I Know" -- Devendra Banhart
"The Crane Wife 3" -- Marianne Faithfull

Kinda funny. This isn't very representative of my music collection, but 15 songs out of thousands is a small sampling.

[Anders]

1. "Higher Learning" - Sam Roberts
2. "Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King of Swing, To Name A Few" - Sufjan Stevens
3. "Glósóli" - Sigur Rós
4. "Elegy For Dunkirk" - Dario Marianelli
5. "Take, Take, Take" - The White Stripes
6. "Hang Onto Your Ego" - The Beach Boys
7. "Evil And A Heathen" - Franz Ferdinand
8. "Revolutions" - Jars of Clay
9. "Do It Now" - Mos Def
10. "Intuition" - Feist
11. "Twist And Shout" - The Beatles
12. "Wash In The Rain" - The Bees
13. "Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan
14. "I'm Still Your Fag" - Broken Social Scene
15. "Hand In Glove" - The Smiths

[Joel]

From the computer...

Bon Voyage\Bon Voyage\01 Honeymoon.mp3
Death Cab for Cutie\Transatlanticism\10 We Looked Like Giants.mp3
Blur\The Great Escape\11 Ernold Same.mp3
Hem\Rabbit Songs\11 Sailor.mp3
Viva Voce\Get Yr Blood Sucked Out\04 Drown Them Out.mp3
The Carolines\Youth Electronics\02 Only What You Want.mp3
Oasis\(What's the Story) Morning Glory_\12 Champagne Supernova.mp3
The Mamas & The Papas\Gold\26 The Right Somebody To Love.mp3
The Smiths\Louder Than Bombs\24 Asleep.mp3
Brian Eno\Nerve Net\01 Fractal Zoom.mp3
Portishead\Portishead\03 Undenied.mp3
Harry Connick, Jr\Only You\12 Good Night My Love (Pleasant Dreams).mp3
Danny Elfman\Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1_ Fi\01 Pee Wee's Big Adventure- Overture-Breakfast Machine-Clown ....mp3
Bebel Gilberto\Bebel Gilberto\04 All Around.mp3
Jason Webley\Viaje\04 La Mesilla.mp3

[Phill Lytle]

1. Antichrist Television Blues – Arcade Fire
2. Worn Me Down – Rachael Yamagata
3. Good Times – Cush
4. Much Afraid – Jars of Clay
5. To Forgive – the 77’s
6. Ladders to Stars - Fielding
7. I Do Believe in Fairies – Peter Pan Soundtrack
8. …Like Starlight into Day – Hammock
9. Yesterdays – Switchfoot
10. About Love – The Choir
11. Aching – The Violet Burning
12. Burgundy Shoes – Patty Griffin
13. Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows – Petra
14. One Time – Earthsuit
15. Face Your Fun – The Lassie Foundation