What are you listening to?
I need your help. I have 7 iPods and not nearly enough music to fill
them all. As I have admitted in the past, there are very few songs in the universe that I can tolerate listening to on
a regular basis - but I am sure there are more out there, worthy of my attention. Problem is, the only free time I have
is the time when I am already on the subway or walking the streets of NYC… listening to the same songs I already know
about, instead of sitting in front of my XM radio looking for new ones. Granted,
there are hundreds of songs I like well enough, but not enough to listen to more than once in a blue moon.
I rarely have the patience to browse and sample songs in the iTMS and I
only head over to allofmp3.com when I am looking for something specific that
iTMS doesn’t have. So I am asking you to do my homework for me, k?
If everyone reading this would please list (via the comments) the 5 most-played songs in their iTunes library, I’d
appreciate it :) I figure TUAW has a pretty broad readership so I should see a rather eclectic mix of stuff.
If I end up with enough songs that I really dig, I’ll even publish a TUAW
iMix of them and credit all the contributers. Deal?
[thanks to C.K. for helping me find the perfect image for this post.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 8)
Viola said 11:55AM on 6-15-2005
1. Run by Snow Patrol
2. Suspension by Mae
3. Death of an Interior Decorator by Death Cab For Cutie
4. Awakening by Mae
5. Work by Jimmy Eat World
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Indigo said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. Curtis Mayfield - Move on up
2. Beastie Boys - Ch-check it out
3. Aretha Franklin - Say a little prayer
4. Franz Ferdinand - This fire
5. Jazzanova - No use
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Al said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
Wait, you have *7* iPods?
Care to send me one?
1. Phish (12/01/03) - Wolfman's Brother
2. JUDE - Rick James
3. The Talking Heads - Slippery People
4. Dave Matthews & Friends - Stay or Leave
5. Gomez - Whippin' Piccadilly
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Indigo said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
With my #s 1-5 being quite obvious, I'd like to add #s 6-10 as well:
6. RJD2 - The Horror
7. Mardi Gras bb. - This is Heat
8. Calypso King & the Soul Investigators - Home Cooking Part I
9. Jackie Wilson - Light my Fire
10. Virgine Ledoyen - Mon amour mon ami
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b-52 macer said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. bloc party - tulips (minotaur shock remix) "helicopter single"
2. bloc party - banquet "silent alarm lp"
3. franz ferdinand - michael "franz ferdinand lp"
4. the libertines - can't stand me now "the libertines lp"
5. the futureheads - hounds of love "the futureheads lp"
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C.K. Sample, III said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
2. La La - Ashlee Simpson
3.... JUST KIDDING!
1. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
2. Dancing the Manta Ray - The Pixies
3. Gratitude - The Beastie Boys
4. The Sounds of Science - The Beastie Boys
5. Can't buy me love - The Beatles
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b-52 macer said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. bloc party - tulips (minotaur shock remix) "helicopter single"
2. bloc party - banquet "silent alarm lp"
3. franz ferdinand - michael "franz ferdinand lp"
4. the libertines - can't stand me now "the libertines lp"
5. the futureheads - hounds of love "the futureheads lp"
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Netzhaut said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. Loudon Wainwright III - The Swimming Song (BBC Sessions Version)
2. The Mountain Goats - Linda Blair Was Born Innocent
3. Carlos N? - The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
4. Bevis Frond - He'd Be A Diamond
5. Martha Wainwright - BMFA
(Top 5 most often played since 1/1/2005)
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Aaron Jacobs said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. Nine Inch Goombas - Closer to Mario
2. The Beatles - Rocky Racoon
3. Blur - Song 2
4. Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man
5. The 5.6.7.8.'s - Three Cool Chicks
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Joel Topf said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
The Memory Of Trees Enya The Memory Of Trees
Hope Has A Place Enya The Memory Of Trees
Hymm Moby Everything is Wrong
Anywhere Is Enya The Memory Of Trees
We Are All Made of Stars Moby 18
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Arne Midtlund said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. a-ha - Early Morning
2. Stan Getz - So Danco Samba
3. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
4. a-ha - Stay On These Roads
5. Eels - Beautiful Freak
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Netzhaut said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
2. The Pogues - Pair Of Brown Eyes
3. H?r D?I Apologize
4. Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready
5. The Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere
(All Time Top 5)
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David said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. Stay - Allison Krauss
2. If I Had a Million Dollars - Bare Naked Ladies
3. Good Man Good Woman - Bonnie Raitt
4. Holiday in Spain - Counting Crows
5. Circle of Quiet - Over the Rhine
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Zach Wood said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. ratatat - seventeen years
2. the unicorns - ghost mountain
3. jim o'rourke - halfway to a threeway
4. cat power - wonderwall(live)
5. fannypack - hey mami
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Mort said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
Anything from the Blue Weezer album
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ysm said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
That was interesting. My top 4 were all by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. They're:
1) "Waited Too Long" from The Funeral Pudding
2) "A Lamb's Lullabye" from I Hope It Lands
3) & 4) "My Pal The Tortoise" and "The Piston And The Shaft", both from Strangers from the Universe
5) "Create" by Cutty Ranks, ripped from a 7" single.
TFUL 282 are difficult-to-describe trippy rock. Cutty Ranks is dancehall.
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MC Larson said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. The Chauffer - Deftones
2. Primal Scream - Motley Crue
3. Cemetary Gates - Pantera
4. XYU - Smashing Pumpkins
5. Auf der Mauer - Taste You
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Joakim said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. No Use For A Name - International You Day
2. Capone N Noreaga - Invincible
3. No Use For A Name - Chasing Rainbows
4. Lost Prophets - Last Train Home
5. Incubus - New Skin
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Len Damico said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
the arcade fire: neighborhoods #3 (power out) [from the album Funeral]
twilight singers: feathers [ from the album Blackberry Belle]
turn a square: the shins [from the album Chutes Too Narrow]
pounding: doves [from the album The Last Broadcast]
love vibration: josh rouse [fromthe album 1972]
and a couple more, for good measure:
everybody's gotta learn sometime: beck [from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack]
make you feel that way: blackalicious [from the album Blazing Arrow]
freedom park: marah [from tha album 20,000 Streets Under The Sky]
coming and going on easy terms: john vanderslice [from the album Cellar Door]
on the table: a.c. newman [from the album The Slow Wonder]
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Doogs said 4:15PM on 6-16-2005
1. Burn - John Wesley Harding
2. Roll the Dice - Baseboard Heaters
3. Lone Wolf - The Eels
4. Runnin' Away Again - David Andrews
5. Title and Registration - Death Cab For Cutie
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