What does my iTunes history say about me?

[billybreen]

Here's a fun game: assuming you've been using iTunes (or some other music management software) for a while, and it's been tracking your play counts, what are the top 10 most played songs?


Estranged, Guns N' Roses, Use Your Illusion -- 56
If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot, Songbook -- 53
Jackson Cannery, Ben Folds -- 52
My Michelle, Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction -- 51
Crumb By Crumb, Rufus Wainwright, Want Two -- 51
The Sounds Of Science, The Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique -- 47
Yesterdays, Guns N' Roses, Use Your Illusion -- 47
Let's Go Dancing, Drivin' N' Cryin', Fly Me Courageous -- 46
Definition, Black Star, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star -- 45
What Comes Around, The Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique -- 44


Fairly eclectic mix, and the GnR is more of an aberration -- for whatever reason, it tends to work well when I'm concentrating on writing code or something, so I can throw the albums on a loop and grind away for hours, racking up a high replay count.

[YmoBeThere]

When I need to really tune the rest of the world out, I listen to...haha, sorry not going to reveal that.

Yes, a very different mix of music.

[rthomas]

1. Eyes, North Mississippi Allstars -- 33
2. Simple Man, Gov't Mule -- 29
3. Golden, My Morning Jacket -- 29
4. Alone Again Or, Calexico -- 25
5. Last Goodbye, Jeff Buckley -- 25
6. Town Crier, The New Standards -- 25
7. Downpressor Man, Sinéad O'Connor -- 25
8. Spill the Wine. Eric Burdon & War -- 24
9. 40,000 Headmen, Dave Mason -- 24
10. All the Young Dudes, The New Standards -- 24

[hc5duke]

1. Kiss - Rock 'n Roll All Nite
2. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
3. Maynard Ferguson - Birdland
4. Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys Room
5. Three Dog Night - One
6. Outkast - Roses
7. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
8. Bob Marley - Jamming
9. Cake - I Will Survive
10. Cake - The Distance

and coming in at #13 is Mozart - Sonata #15 In C, K 545 - Allegro

[billybreen]

7. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Hmm, I think you had some sort of formatting issue.

[colchar]

Here's a fun game: assuming you've been using iTunes (or some other music management software) for a while, and it's been tracking your play counts, what are the top 10 most played songs?


Estranged, Guns N' Roses, Use Your Illusion -- 56
If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot, Songbook -- 53
Jackson Cannery, Ben Folds -- 52
My Michelle, Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction -- 51
Crumb By Crumb, Rufus Wainwright, Want Two -- 51
The Sounds Of Science, The Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique -- 47
Yesterdays, Guns N' Roses, Use Your Illusion -- 47
Let's Go Dancing, Drivin' N' Cryin', Fly Me Courageous -- 46
Definition, Black Star, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star -- 45
What Comes Around, The Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique -- 44


Fairly eclectic mix, and the GnR is more of an aberration -- for whatever reason, it tends to work well when I'm concentrating on writing code or something, so I can throw the albums on a loop and grind away for hours, racking up a high replay count.

I'm with you on numbers 1, 2, 4, and 7 (I was really impressed by #2 by the way).

[hc5duke]

Hmm, I think you had some sort of formatting issue.

Shhhh! My wife might be reading this!

[Lavabe]

1. Wild Wild Life Talking Heads 52
2. Calling America Electric Light Orchestra 50
3. Joey Don't Do It Johnny Clegg & Savuka 44
4. Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash 40
5. Suffragette City David Bowie 39
6. African Shadow Man Johnny Clegg & Savuka 38
7. Baby Stick Around Joe Jackson 37
8. Stand R.E.M. 37
9. Fety Tarika 36
10. Tatchédogbé Angélique Kidjo 34
10. Folsom Prison Blues (Live) Johnny Cash 34

What this list tells me is that I simply must do something about my commute.

Technically speaking, the top of my songlist is "JTGetsitRight," an mp3 file someone posted on the old board Feb 7, 2006. I want to thank whoever posted it, as it serves as my daily reminder about the evils of Chapaheeeya. As it's only a 30 second clip or so, I did not include it on the list.

Cheers,
Lavabe

[05dukie]

here's my top 10 played:

1: As I Went Out One Morning - Bob Dylan (190)
2: West Coast of Clare - Planxty (177)
3: Boys of Melody - Hidden Cameras (173)
4: Shady Grove - Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (152)
5: While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (143)
6: Oh! Sweet Nuthin' - Velvet Underground (135)
7: Days - David Bowie (129)
8: Rebellion (Lies) - The Arcade Fire (127)
9: Don't Think Twice - Bob Dylan (126)
10: Two Step - DMB (125)

[pamtar]

Sadly, my listening habits are so repetitive there are only 2 bands in my top 10, but there are about 10 in my top 25 so I'll just list them.

Bloc Party
Pinback
+/-
Goodbye Blue Monday
Imogen Heap
Say Hi to Your Mom
Ratatat
Jose Gonzalez

Well, maybe only 8.

[dukegirlinsc]

my top ten most played songs:
(i only have my iPod right now, no iTunes.)

1. Crank That - Soulja Boy (kinda embarassed.) :o
2. Jesus - Brand New
3. Heartbreak World - Matt Nathanson
4. The End's Not Near - Band of Horses
5. For The Sake of Remembering - Dave Melillo
6. Hunting For Witches - Bloc Party
7. Montauk (Acoustic version) - Bayside
8. Figure It Out - Maroon 5
9. Comfortable - John Mayer
10. Megan (Acoustic Version) - Bayside (and my name is Megan, HA.)

[bdh21]

7. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Ahhh, the guilty pleasures in life!

[ohioguy2]

1--Why A Lennox
2--Satisfied A. Monroe
3--Save a Horse B + R
4--Thunder Road Bruce
5--Sultans of Swing Dire S.
6--Bad Company
7--Southern Cross C S And N
8--Benny's Cadillac Iguanas
9--Saving Grace Everlast
10-Sands of Nevada Knopfler

Some of these are in the top 10 simply because of longevity (Why), others are moving up quickly (Saving Grace).

[CathyCA]

1. My Life - Billy Joel
2. Everywhere - Michelle Branch
3. Insatiable - Darren Hayes
4. Reasons - Earth, Wind & Fire
5. Blue Eyes Blue - Eric Clapton
6. Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) - Vertical Horizon
7. South City Midnight Lady - Doobie Brothers
8. No One In The World - Anita Baker
9. Fantasy - Earth, Wind & Fire
10. When Did You Fall - Chris Rice

[billybreen]

1. My Life - Billy Joel

Rock! Great call :)

[YmoBeThere]

1. Catch the Wind - Donovan
2. Finiculi, Finicula - Pavarotti
3. Thunder Road(Live) - Springsteen from an MTV Storytellers concert I think
4. Crazy Love - Morrison & Dylan from a BBC show?
5. One - REM and U-2 from a benefit concert in the 90's
6. Nessun Dorma(Turandot) - Pavarotti
7. La Donna e Mobile(Rigoletto) - Pavarotti
8. If I Should Fall Behind - Springsteen and the Band Live in NYC
9. Corcovado - Jobim, Gilberto, Getz
10. Mad World - Andrews & Jules (Donnie Darko Soundtrack)
11. Yah Mo Be There - James Ingram, Michael MacDonald

[billybreen]

11. Yah Mo Be There - James Ingram, Michael MacDonald

Ah ha!

[A-Tex Devil]

Let Go - Frou Frou
What Would Willie Do - Bruce Robison
Hit 'em Up - 2Pac
Sunset Boulevard - Charlie Robison
Misterdobalina - Del the Funky Homosapien
Underdog - Spoon
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
The Body of an American - The Pogues
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn - The Pogues
I Turn My Camera On - Spoon


The only song that may need explaining is Hit 'Em Up. BUt you gotta give it to 2Pac for making the most hateful dis song in the history of popular music.

... and yeah... Let Go is a girly song, but for some reason, I always make sure it plays when I'm listening. It works well with online poker for some reason.

[YmoBeThere]

Ah ha!

Yeah, actually #11 was tied for 383 or so. I included it because I doubt anyone had ever heard of it and of course it is how I got my screenname for DBR. I used to be known as Yamo as a kid because of my last name. Yah Mo and Yamo...well kinda the same. When I first heard the song(MTV or VH-1) in the '80's I wondered where they had gotten my name from. Haha, what a ...

[YmoBeThere]

The only song that may need explaining is Hit 'Em Up.

Well, actually the whole list....you do know there are quite a few Duke alums that work as psychiatrists? I am sure they can give you an alumni rate...:p :)

[A-Tex Devil]

Well, actually the whole list....you do know there are quite a few Duke alums that work as psychiatrists? I am sure they can give you an alumni rate...:p :)

Ha! Well if you don't like the Robison brothers or the Pogues, I don't know what to tell ya. Different srokes, I guess.

It's funny, though. None of those would be considered favorite songs of mine, but I keep playing them. Maybe I do need a shrink.

[YmoBeThere]

Ha! Well if you don't like the Robison brothers or the Pogues, I don't know what to tell ya. Different srokes, I guess.

It's funny, though. None of those would be considered favorite songs of mine, but I keep playing them. Maybe I do need a shrink.

Glad to see my comment was taken in the spirit it was meant. I suffer from a similar issue, I don't listen to my favorite songs on my iPod either.

[colchar]

Maybe I do need a shrink.

You're not the only one around here who needs one. Maybe we could get a group rate?

[YmoBeThere]

You're not the only one around here who needs one. Maybe we could get a group rate?

Count me in if we can get the group rate...

[duke74]

In a Big Country (Radio Edit) Big Country
Wicked Game Chris Isaak
Come On Eileen (Single Edit) Dexys Midnight Runners
Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot
Con te partiro Andrea Bocelli
A Long December Counting Crows
Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
(Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Öyster Cult
Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Judy Collins


Haven't been on the PC recently on iTunes (use it mostly for internet radio). But on the iPod itself, Gordon L. and Everything but the Girl would probably dominate

Number 100!!!!

[YmoBeThere]

Wicked Game Chris Isaak



I really liked his Baby did a bad bad thing video. Ahh, Laetitia Casta(in the video)...if she would have played her cards right, she could be living in the Boston area right now. Poor girl! :D :D :D :rolleyes:

[SouthgateWindsor]

Crazy --Gnarls Barkley

Eppur Si Muove--Enigma

Chan Chan--Buena Vista Social Club

Six Underground--The New Mastersounds

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)--Information Society

Electrik Heat - The Seekwill--K-OS

Perfect Way--Scritti Politti

Distant Green Valley--The Silk Road Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma

Say It Right --Nelly Furtado

Pale Shelter--Tears for Fears

I think my playlist says that I am a geek who perhaps remembers the 80s a little too fondly.

Can I join that group rate?

[dukestheheat]

Top 10:

10. 'Let's Roll'-The Stills.
09. 'Rest My Chemistry'-Interpol.
08. 'Lazy Eye'-Silversun Pickups.
07. 'Bodyrock'-Moby.
06. 'Watch Out'-Slaraffenland.
05. 'Friend of the Night'-Mogwai.
04. 'Weeping Willow'-The Verve.
03. 'Blind Man's Arrow'-The Appleseed Cast.
02. 'Lucky Man'-The Verve.
1. 'The Rolling People'-The Verve.

that was fun.

dukestheheat.

[rthomas]

(Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Öyster Cult


I swear everytime I hear this song or even think about it I think about Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. I gotta have more cowbell.

Possibly the funniest Will Ferrell thing I've seen.

[dukepsy1963]

Sorry...but can't identify on this end. Jazz (Miles, Coltrane, Dee Dee, Eigsti, Eldar, Oscar, Getz, Herbie, etc.) and Classical (Prokofiev piano concertos, Howard Hanson, the list goes on and on..)

I suspect I am one of the last jazz players/fans around it seems.

Anyone?

[CMS2478]

Sorry...but can't identify on this end. Jazz (Miles, Coltrane, Dee Dee, Eigsti, Eldar, Oscar, Getz, Herbie, etc.) and Classical (Prokofiev piano concertos, Howard Hanson, the list goes on and on..)

I suspect I am one of the last jazz players/fans around it seems.

Anyone?

My wife and I just spent a weekend in Brevard about 2 months ago. A friend's condo in Conastee Falls (sp?)...........Beautiful Place. :)

[Ben63]

1-Tribute- Tenacious D
2-Chop Suey- System of a Down (SOAD)
3-Bounce- SOAD
4-Bodies- Drowning Pool
5-Remember the Name- Fort Minor
6-Heart of a Champion- Nelly
7-Phsyco- SOAD
8-Rockstar- Nickelback
9-Shipping Up to Boston- Dropkick Murphys
10-Fury of the Storm- DragonForce

[YmoBeThere]

Well, my iPod just required a reformat...guess I get to start over.

[TillyGalore]

Finally loading stuff on my ipod. Am loading the first three (are there any more) greatest hits albums by Billy Joel, Boston's Third Stage, Journey's Greatest hits, and a Sytx classics CD, and a few Enya CDs.

Loading music from my college days has really brought back some memories. Thank God I remember something from those days. :D

Now I need to get a thingy for my car so I can listen to my ipod in the car. Anyone care to guess where I'll be tomorrow night after work? Hee hee

[TillyGalore]

Can anyone recommend a site to download free music or music less expensive than Apple's itunes? I'm going to go broke with all the things I want to download.