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10 Songs I Didn't Choose

Hello Everybody! It's Meme Time!
Source: Brad Wilson

Step 1: Open your mp3 player.
Step 2: Put all of your music on random.
Step 3: List the first ten songs it plays, no matter how embarrassing.

  1. Jimi Hendrix - Still Raining, Still Dreaming (Electric Ladyland)
  2. Tom Petty - The Waiting (Playback)
  3. The Beatles - Lovely Rita (Sgt Peppers)
  4. Counting Crows - Round Here (VH1 Storytellers)
  5. Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Live 1966)
  6. Jimi Hendrix - Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Electric Ladyland)
  7. Robin Williams - Ballet (Night at the Met)
  8. DJ Kick - Head Buster (The Trance Magnet)
  9. The Cranberries - No Need To Argue (No Need To Argue)
  10. Beck - Get Real Paid (Midnite Vultures)

Overall, a pleasing mix... but with over 5000 tracks, I thought it came out a little classic-rock heavy... and having two tracks from Electric Ladyland seemed rather bizarre.
 

Comments

 

Kent Sharkey said:

Not my MP3 player, but Launchcast (far more random these days than my Karma):

1. Nuspirit Helsinki - Montana Roja
2. Cirrus - Boomerang
3. Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
4. Enya - One By One
5. They Might Be Giants - Violin
6. Fischerspooner - !@*$%#
7. Mark Lewis - Eichelruck - DJ Hooligan
8. KMFDM - A Hole In The Wall
9. Front 242 - S. Fr Nomenklatura II
10. The Crystal Method - The Dubeliscious Groove (Fly Spanish Version)
February 25, 2004 8:23 PM
 

Kartal Guner said:

Well, not mp3 but APE:

1) Van Morrison - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Poetic Champions Compose)
2) Eminem - Brain Damage (The Slim Shady LP)
3) Dave Seamin - Format 2-1 (Back to Mine)
4) The White Stripes - You've Got Her In Your Pocket (Elephant)
5) Various Artists - Housewife's Choise (Derrick & Patsy) (Deep Ska Disc 2)
6) Natalie Cole - This Can't Be Love (Unforgettable: With Love)
7) Radiohead - You and Whose Army (Amnesiac)
8) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Around the World (Californication)
9) Queen - Good Old-fashioned Lover Boy (Greatest Hits, Vol 1)
10) Godsmack - Vampires (Awake)
February 25, 2004 9:09 PM
 

Dino Viehland said:

1. Old 97's (5/29/99) - Crash on the Barrelhead
2. Roots of Gamelan - Janger group Of Abian Timbul_ Putih Putih Saput Anduk.mp3 (huh?)
3. Tortoise - Everglade
4. XTC - That Wave
5. The Ziggens - Tim The Dinosaur (from Tickets Still Available)
6. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Somebody New
7. The Grateful Dead - Mississippi Half Step (7/16/90)
8. The Grateful Dead - Brown Eyed Women (7/28/73)
9. Phish - 94/10/13 - this was the 2nd half of the show
10. Beck - Mixed Bizness (Cornelius Remix)

Awesome topic!
February 25, 2004 9:38 PM
 

Matt Hawley said:

1) Papa Roach - Broken Home
2) SR-71 - Politically Correct
3) Dave Matthews Band - Crush
4) Blindside - Sleepwalking
5) Eminem - My Fault
6) Wyclef Jean - Gone Til' November
7) Coldplay - The Scientist
8) Linkin Park - Points of Authority
9) 2PAC - Changes
10) Eminem, Method Man, Dr Dre - Forget About Dre
February 25, 2004 11:54 PM
 

Jon Galloway said:

1) Blonde Redhead - A Cure
2) Matmos - Zealous Order of Candied Knights
3) Ennio Morricone - A Gun For Ringo
4) Dino Felipe - All She Does Is Talk And Talk
5) Amon Tobin - Paris Streatham
6) Do Make Say Think - Soul and Onward
7) Manitoba - Soul and Onward
8) Duke Ellington - Harlem Airshaft
9) Danielson Famile - Sing to the Singer
10) Cornelius - New Music Machine
February 26, 2004 12:11 AM
 

Frans Bouma said:

1) Yngwie Malmsteen - What do you want
2) Alice in chains - Rooster
3) Buena Vista Social Club - Amor de loca juventud
4) Gipsy kings - Tu Quieres Volver
5) Creed - Lullaby
6) Radiohead - My iron lung
7) Santana - American Gypsy
8) The Gathering - The big sleep
9) Megadeth - The killing road
10) Eric b & rakim - Put your hands together
February 26, 2004 3:53 AM
 

Mel Grubb said:

Kevorkian Death Cycle - Xenaphobe
The Evolution Control Committee - How low can you go.
Thomas Dolby - Europa and the Pirate Twins
Velvet Acid Christ - Disflux
Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
Scorn - Days Passed
Willie Wonka - Pure Imagination
Clan of Xymox - The Bitter Sweet (VNV Remix)
Snake River Conspiracy - Homicide
Seal - Where There's Gold
February 26, 2004 8:25 AM
 

jason tucker said:

krs one - music for the 90's
ryan adams - lash out
nelly furtado - forca
matrix rev. soundtrack - saw bitch workhorse
talking heads - stay up late
stroke 9 - just can't wait
incubus - megalomaniac
southfm - seven
vertical horizon - cry
unkle - tai mix
February 26, 2004 8:55 AM
 

hollywood cole said:

ok i'll play

dave attell - skanks for the memories - condoms
aesop rock - how to be a carpenter
eyedea and abilities - one twenty
spitfiya feat. anthony hamilton - make it home
del the funkee homosapien - town to town
dj shadow - last stop
10 - bend sinister (??)
mr lif. - live from the plantation
the les claypool frog brigade - barrington hall
bis - photo shop
February 26, 2004 9:03 AM
 

Todd Moon said:

The Lovin Spoonful [Simply The Best Of The 60s (disc 3)] 15 - Summer In The City.mp3
Gerry Rafferty [Baker Street] 01 - Baker Street.mp3
Talking Heads [The Best Of - Once In A Lifetime] 03 - Once In A Lifetime.mp3
The Smashing Pumpkins - Under Your Spell(Demo).mp3
The Animals [Good Times] 08 - San Franciscan Nights.mp3
Paul McCartney [All The Best] 04 - Listen To What The Man Said.mp3
Air [Moon Safari] - 07 - You Make It Easy.mp3
Radiohead - Towering Above The Rest (Disc 04) - 10 - Street Spirit [Fade Out] (Live).mp3
Radiohead - Towering Above The Rest (Disc 10) - 11 - Rabbit In Your Headlights (3d Reverse Light).mp3
Final Fantasy VII [OSV Disc 4] 15 - The Birth of God.mp3
February 26, 2004 10:05 AM
 

Todd Moon said:

I had to redo it because the first list was ENTIRELY Smashing Pumkins and Radiohead. While that would often accurately describe my listening habits, it was not a representative cross-section of my at-work MP3s.
February 26, 2004 10:07 AM
 

Josh said:

1) Eye of the Beholder - Metallica (And Justice for all)
2) Departure - REM (New Adventures in Hi-Fi)
3) Driver 8 [Live] - REM (In the Attic)
4) Diamonds on the soles of her shoes - Paul Simon (Graceland)
5) Hurtin Crue - Descendents (Hallraker)
6) Bring on the Night - The Police (Live)
7) All the way to Reno - REM - (In Time)
8) Foxey Lady - Jimi Hendrix (Are you experienced)
9) At my window sad and lonely - Wilco/Billy Brag (Mermad Avenue)
10) Anybody seen my baby - Rolling Stones (40 Licks)

Hmm... I would have expected more variety (3 REM??).
I once explained to my wife & inlaws how computer generated random numbers aren't usually REALLY random (most apps use pseudo-RNGs). Now whenever I mention that my CD or MP3 player is on random, the wife comments "but is it REALLY random?". I think she's making fun of me for being such a geek.
But looking at my list, maybe Windows Media Player needs a true random number generator. ;)
February 26, 2004 2:31 PM
 

TrackBack said:

February 27, 2004 1:20 AM
 

Ole Lytjohan said:

1) Bob - Primus(You can't party without me!)
2) September song - Frank Sinatra(Sinatra The Classic Collection)
3) Pyscho Holiday - Pantera(Cowboys from hell)
4) Through the never - Metallica(Stone cold crazy tour)
5) Al Green - lala(Ultimate seventies 1974)
6) Grantstand - Grant Green (Grantstan Remastered)
7) Birdland - Weather Report (This is Jazz)
8) Tuesday's Gone - Metallica (Garage Inc.)
9) Catch me - Clawfinger (Deaf Dumb Blind)
10) The Unforgiving II - Metallica (Reload)

Sortoff wierd list, but pretty funny thinking about how broad ones taste really is:)
February 28, 2004 7:39 PM
 

Marty Garins said:

1) I'll Never Let You Go - Steelheart (Steelheart)
2) Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin IV)
3) The Modern Age - The Strokes (Is This It?)
4) A Night Like This - The Cure (Head on the Door)
5) Stumbleine - The Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie An The Infinite Sadness)
6) Open Your Eyes - Staind (Break the Cycle)
7) Gett Off - Prince (The Hits 2)
8) This Way - Jewel (This Way)
9) Double Bass - Gorillaz (Gorillaz)
10) Dirty Word - Swimmer (Surreal)

March 5, 2004 5:26 PM
 

TrackBack said:

April 21, 2004 6:55 PM
 

Chuck Black said:

1) Pantera - Planet Caravan
2) Stevie Wonder - Boogie on Reggae Woman
3) Grand Funk Railroad - Locomotion
4) Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
5) New Found Glory - Time After Time
6) Crystal Method - Name of the Game
7) Aphex Twin - Father
8) Red Snapper - Wesley Don't Surf(Chemical Brothers Mix)
9) Everclear - Santa Monica
10) Kermit the Frog - The Rainbow Connection
May 8, 2004 9:36 PM
 

Tantris said:

1) Freestylers - Check the Skillz
2) Folk Implosion - Natural One
3) Kool Keith - Don't Crush It
4) Laurent Garnier - Downfall
5) Erland Oye - Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Rubicon
6) Prodigy - Voodoo People
7) Blur - Essex Dogs
8) Dr. Octagon - Elective Surgery
9) Nobody - Sixth Sense
10) KRS-One - Mad Crew

Don't know how I ended up here, but good thread.
May 9, 2004 6:10 PM
 

Adam Chater said:

1) Marilyn Manson - The Bright Young Things
2) Counting Crows - Amy Hit The Atmosphere
3) St Johnny - I Give Up
4) Alkaline Trio - Blue Caroline
5) Kenickie - Walrus
6) Shampoo - Viva La Megababes (Radio Edit)
7) Dr Frank - Two Martinis From Now
8) 3 Colours Red - Paralyse (Junkie XL Mix)
9) Cuban Boys - Boot
10) Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt

Quite enjoyed this selection actually, despite the main artist being The Wildhearts and none coming up in this selection.
May 13, 2004 5:47 PM
 

Spazmo said:

these are my songs!
1. Pixies - Broken Face (Surfer Rosa) - Awesome Song!
2. Radiohead - Just - (The Bends) - Oh My GOD! YEAH!
3. Modest Mouse - Float On
4. The Shins - Young Pilgrims
5. The Beatles - Birthday
6. The Beatles - Long, Long, Long
7. Pink Floyd - Have a cigar
8. Luke Szklarz - Intelligent Snare
9. The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, tonight
10. The Beatles - Good Night - Holy Shit!!!

OMG! This was random! And i ended with good night! one of the most strangest and cool things to ever happen to me. I also got many good songs, actually ALL good songs... well, that was fun!
July 28, 2004 10:07 AM

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