Here's a fun exercise

[lazarus]

Let's all do this:

Open up WinAmp or whatever music player you use. Load every MP3 you have into. Randomise the list. List here the first 20 songs.

This could be fun. Here's mine:

Little Shop of Horrors Soundtrack: Suddenly, Seymour
Kitaro - Unicorn
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Cirque du Soleil - Marelle
Freddie Mercury - Let's Turn It On (Extended)
Keiko Matsui - Forever, Forever
John Lennon - Cleanup Time
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jamming
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World
ZZ Top - Arrested for Driving While Blind
Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather
Styx - Lorelei
Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendezvous IV
Enya - Deireadh an Tuath
PDQ Bach - My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth
Devo - Jocko Homo
Eurythmics - SexCrime
Communards - Lover Man
Sojiro - Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen

[Az]

1. Oooh good idea

Hamster Dance (Techno Remix)
Underdog
Incantation (From Cirque Du Soleil)
Kroshka Moya by Ruki Vehr
Kill the Rock by Mindless Self Indulgence
Papa Bill Prav by Leningrad
Lamb of God by Marilyn Manson
Gorgeous title song from movie Gorgeous (Jackie Chan)
The Devils Song by Big Pig
Munde Bhangra Paunde DJ Kucha
Samurai by Juno Reactor
Aaj Mera Jee Karda from Monsoon Wedding
Seraph by Malice Mizer
Power Puff Girls theme by Biz
I Am a Man by the Snuggs from The Avengers
Money God by Big Pig
Nemesis by Shriekback
Taxi Taxi by Blumchen
Curly Shuffle by Jump in the Saddle Band
Alternative Polka by Weird Al

Thats from a on disk library of nearly 3000 songs. :D

[lazarus]

2. I love a couple of those

Curly Shuffle is funny, as is Weird Al, of course.

Nemesis by Shriekback. How did I not love this song when it came out? Awesome.

Big Pig. I didn't know anybody else was even aware of them. Awesome band, 4 or 5 percussionists, but no guitars.

I demand that you get me that techno version of Hamster Dance.

My library is currently only 800 songs, but I've got 4 or 5 thousand I haven't loaded back onto the hard drive. I think I may just get a separate Big Ass Hard Drive to hold all my media.

[Tikki]

3. Random..from my mixer thingy....

Sunglasses After Dark The Cramps

Jet Fighter The Three O'Clock

Wild Wild Women Chris Spedding
P.S.M Phantom Rockers

Double Barrel Dave & Ansel Collins

Baila Morena (Spanish Version) Zucchero

Disneyland Eyes

Express Yourself (Mocean Worker Remix) Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band

Words Bee Gees

Let Go Cheap Trick

I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye

Smash It Up, Pt. 1 The Damned

Helium Bar The Weirdos

Fast Car Tracy Chapman

Talk to Ya Later The Tubes

Where It's At Beck

Dido & Aeneas: Thy Hand, Belinda . . . When I Am Laid in Earth Denyce Graves

Insect Lounge Mutants

Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs

Janitor Suburban Lawns




Tikki

[lazarus]

4. Love My Way The Psychedelic Furs

Great, great song.

I'm noticing that we're all rather eclectic.

[kaitykaity]

5. I'm so behind.

I know what Winamp is, but do you have to pay for all
of these songs???

:shrug:

[Az]

6. Yes and no

You can obtain most of these songs and others for free. But the legality of it is another issue. Lets just say that a member of Metallica may come and visit you when you least expect it.

[kaitykaity]

7. I can take him.

If it's Hetrick I'll just tell him is mother hated him
or something.

(Gotta watch that documentary to find their weak spots.)

[lazarus]

8. I certainly don't

Most of my library is stuff I've already paid for. Either way, I couldn't afford to buy the CDs, so the RIAA hasn't lost a penny.

I've got 80 CDs backed up with mp3s. So, that's over 40 gigs of music. Yikes!

[Kire]

9. From my iTunes' "Party Shuffle"

Belle - Al Green
Miss Gradenko - The Police
Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman - The White Stripes
A Warm Place - Nine Inch Nails
My Foggy Notion - Melissa Auf Der Maur
The Last of the Famous International Playboys - Morrissey
Borderline - Madonna
You - Radiohead
The Patient - Tool
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - The Beatles
Grace - U2
Shattering Song - Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
An Open Letter to NYC - Beastie Boys
Show Me - Bree Sharp
Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn
Jesus' Son - Joe Henry
To Find a Friend - Tom Petty
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Fantômas
Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash

[Mojambo]

10. Here's mine

1. The Dollyrots - New College (3:05)
2. Various Artists - The Societie / Bird Has Flown (2:38)
3. Deadline - The Way We Were (2:27)
4. Subhumans - Helicopter (1:33)
5. Megadeth - Captive Honour (4:14)
6. John Lennon - Oh Yoko! (4:16)
7. Various - The Scientists (2:14)
8. Sweet Baby and Brent's T.V. - Just Call Me Baby (2:45)
9. The Vindictives - The Invisible Man (2:28)
10. Nirvana - On A Plain (3:16)
11. The Gc5 - Turn Their Backs (2:51)
12. John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good (3:41)
13. Sweet Baby - Two Tons of Dynamite (1:42)
14. Ramones - I Want You Around (3:02)
15. The Clean - Getting Older (4:18)
16. Forgotten Rebels - Rhona Barret (3:53)
17. The Fonzarellies - 3rd Degree (2:08)
18. UK FreakBeat - One Third (1966) (2:16)
19. The Modern Lovers - Hospital (5:35)
20. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Timber (2:35)

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. Okay...

1. Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - I. Primo vere - V. Ecce gratum
2. Radiohead - Sulk
3. Paris - AWOL
4. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Agua de Beber
5. Barry Adamson - Saturn in the Summertime
6. Soul Coughing - The Brooklynites
7. Rob Zombie - Meet the Creeper
8. Nine Inch Nails - Heresy
9. The Future Sound of London - Shortform
10. The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
11. Björk - Pluto
12. Tricky - I Like the Girls
13. Pixies - Blown Away
14. Current 93 - The Use of Compassion Explained
15. Talvin Singh - Distant God
16. Monolake - White II
17. Gearwhore - Passion (Dub Mix)
18. PJ Harvey - The Slow Drug
19. Recoil - Curse
20. Massive Attack - Group Four

[lazarus]

12. Orff and the Clash!

Now that's some damned fine music.

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. My tastes are pretty eclectic...

I listen to just about anything that doesn't (in my opinion, at least) suck. Heh. Which covers a lot of ground...

[lazarus]

14. same here

I have trouble writing off any specific genre as a whole. There's always something good to be found.

Except for mariachi, which is of the devil. Arr. :evilgrin:

[Az]

15. If the corporate planners could control it

There would be no ecclectic anything. Ecclectic is a bugger to plan budgets for.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Yeah, I've noticed.

That's why I've given up on corporate/commercial radio. Thankfully there are a couple of good college radio stations, a community station, and 2 NPR stations that I'm within range of. So I don't have to be subjected to the soundalike garbage that seems to make up most of what's on regular FM radio these days...

[cedahlia]

17. Cool idea

Here's my Windows Media Player random list...

Fiona Apple - The Way Things Are
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
The Posies - Coming Right Along
Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Sleater Kinney - Fortunate Son (live)
Crass - Poison in a Pretty Pill
Life of Agony - Angry Tree
Smashing Pumpkins -Soma
Smashing Pumpkins -Hummer
Tori Amos - Daniel (live)
Chris Cornell - Follow My Way
Belly - Someone to Die For
Life of Agony - This Time
Derek and the Dominos - Layla (piano exit)
Life of Agony - Bad Seed
Babes in Toyland - Angel Hair
Afghan Whigs - Be Sweet
Tori Amos - Virginia
NOFX - Go Your Own Way

[semillama]

18. here's whats in my WMP:

1. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Turn Your Lights Down Low
2. Isis - Syndic Calls
3. Manu Chao - El Viento
4. Bill Hicks - Step on the Gas (L. A. Riots)
5. Bill Hicks - Your Children Aren't Special
6. Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger - (You Gotta Walk and) Don't Look Back
7. Manu Chao - Rumba De Barcelona
8. Devin Townsend Band - Depth Charge
9. Bjork - Pleasure is All Mine
10. Manu Chao - King Kong Five
11. Kyuss - A Day Early and A Dollar Extra
12. Fu Manchu - Open Your Eyes
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Power of Equality
14. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Three Little Birds
15. A tribe called quest - Buster's Lament
16. Black Sabbath - Snowblind
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dosed
18. Bill Hicks - Please Do Not Disturb
19. Manu Chao - Mentira...
20. A Tribe Called Quest - Common Ground (Get It Goin' On)

So, obviously, my media player really likes Manu Chao and Bill Hicks. But that's random for you.

[lazarus]

19. Neat how that happens, eh?

I've done a random that pulled half of them from one person.

[Maestro]

20. Here is my latest iTunes shuffle

It's pretty varied. Even some of kids' music got in there. I'm pretty much a metal head but I have some deviations into good alt country and techno/electronic/dance/trance.

[realisticphish]

21. start with "Trust Your Mechanic"- Dead Kennedys

"Pinball Wizard"- The Who
"My Town"- Michal Stanley Band
"The Oliver Cromwell Song"- Monty Python
"Homeland Security"- Roy Zimmerman
"Almost Honest"- Megadeth
"Elenor Rigby"- The Beatles
"Birthday Boys"- Oysterhead
"Chemical Warfare"- Dead Kennedys
"Kashmir"-Led Zepplin
"Asche Zu Asche"- Rammstein
"Superfreak"- Rick James
"Eyeless"- Slipknot
"Nation of Assholes"- ?
"The Entertainer"- Scott Joplin
"Clocks"- Coldplay
"Is This Love"- Bob Marley
"Wayward Son"- Kansas
"I Am Somebody"- Jurassic 5
"Over the Hills And Far Away"- Nightwish

just try and figure out MY musical tastes :)

[Maestro]

22. Well, you are eclectic

but can you do what my shuffle did. I went from country with Radney Foster to some swing then ending up with Cabaret Voltaire and The Wiggles, children's music. Wow!!!!