Random Ten

To play: put your digital music player on shuffle, click play, and list the first ten songs that show up. You must resist the temptation to click past the bad or embarrassing songs.

'Cause I Lover Her - BJM
Visionary - Husker Du
I'm in Great Shape\I Wanna be Around\Workshop - Brian Wilson
Caterwaul - And You will Know Us by our Trail……..
From Safety to Where? - Joy Division
Take 5, D. - Minutemen
Dope Smokin Moron - Replacements
He Who Cannot be Named - Samhain
Shakedown - Huns
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash


……out 3230 possible songs.

(i actually saw a bulletin like this on myspace, was intrigued, without the time to reply…)

I Got This Feelin' - Mates Of State
Lose My Breath - My Bloody Valentine
Pretty Mary K - Elliott Smith
Whoomp There It Is - MC Hammer (i vowed to be truthful)
Entertain - Sleater-Kinney
On Guard - Le Tigre
Wonderful You - The Dandy Warhols
Love Fool - The Cardigans
My So Called Life - The Ataris
I'm A Terrible Person - Rooney


…out of a possible 3857 songs; my ipod cracks well under pressure!

"Kontakt der Jünglige" - Thomas Köner / Asmus Tietchens
"The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts" - Minutemen
"Jesus! What Gorgeous Monkeys We Are" - Last Exit
"Tone Zone" - The Raybeats
"Prader" - Slicker
"The Disrespectful Summons" - Max Nagl / Edward Gorey f/ Julie Tippetts
"Myrrh" - The Church
"The Fly" - Robyn Hitchcock
"43 RPM" - Ellery Eskelin w/ Andrea Parkins & Jim Black
"Music For The Home No 4 - Churge Opposite" - Rob Ellis

this is from the playlist i put together, it's random, but it's only my 4 star + songs that i haven't heard in two months:

"my back pages" - bob dylan
"johnny are you queer?" - josie cotton
"the irony of it all" - the streets
"remember me" - british sea power
"overs" - simon & garfunkel
"california love [remix]" - 2pac
"MFC" - pearl jam [live on two legs]
"in the city" - the jam
"the majestic" - superchunk
"it's like that" - de la soul

11) "when you sleep" - my bloody valentine

Quai Des Brumes, by Tunnels
I'm Yours, You're Mine, by Morphine
Nocturne of the Neon Night, by Laika & The Cosmonauts
Angel Voices, by Hawkwind
Strobe Light, by B-52's
Fiesta del Cossacapulco, by Space Cossacks
Full of Tension, by Wall Of Voodoo
Dentaku (mix), by Kraftwerk
Photophobia, by Cabaret Voltaire
Souvenir from a Dream, by Tom Verlaine

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aqua "doctor jones"
dark tranquility "final resitance"
thursday "paris in flames"
darkest hour "for the soul of the savior"
it dies today "setiments of you"
bloodhound gang "the roof is on fire"
norma jean "bayonetwork"
boys night out "a torrid love affair"
silverstein "smile in your sleep"
my chemical romance "vampires will never hurt you"


i have some explaining to do….i haven't loaded my cds…this is just stuff from cds i didn't buy….

F-Oldin MOney - The Fall
African Friend - Clem Snide
All I Ask - Crowded House
Wonderland - The Robot Ate Me
Crystal Canyons - The Tyde
Indie 500 - The Wrens
100 Bars (Flash Back) - Spiritualized
Banjo - The Grifters
Garageland - The Clash
Robots - The Golden Republic

"Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" - QOTSA (live 5/17/2002)
"Back of the Line" - Afghan Whigs
"Big Bang Baby" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Strange Fruit" - The Twilight Singers
"Une Annee Sans Lumiere" - The Arcade Fire
"Damage" - Athenaeum
"Set You Free" - The Black Keys
"Murder" - The Crystal Method
"There Is a Ghost" - Marianne Faithfull
"Triad" - Tool

out of 7359 songs….

Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young
Toxic Toast - Mighty Mighty Bosstones :eek:
Ice in Heaven - Grant McLennan
Poor Ellen Smith - Neko Case
Let the Idiot Speak - Old 97s
Jesus Christ - Big Star
These Things Are Sent to Try Us - Clearlake
Rose Rouge - St Germain
Wheels - Stars of Heaven
Listerine - Kristin Hersh
Trampoline - Julian Cope
Star 69 - REM
Scum - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Simon Diamond - The Coral
Stay the Same - Idlewild

ok, its more than 10 - so sue me!

mmm…the coral…

Parachute Woman – The Rolling Stones
Utilitarian – Spoon
Landslide Baby – Beulah
Statement – Ini Kamoze
Intelligence – …Trail of Dead
The Man In The Iron Mask – Billy Bragg
Heart Factory – Sleater-Kinney
(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister – The Stone Roses
Carnival – Burning Airlines
No Rights – Government Issue

'Cross The Breeze - Sonic Youth
Fucking Righteous - Pavement
Precious Games - stellastarr*
I Think It's… - Moodorama
For All You Happy People - Jaga Jazzist
Texas Never Whispers - Pavement
7 Nites, 7 Dayz - Jori Hulkkonen
The Build-Up - Kings of Convenience
Prelude to a Kiss - Ella Fitzgerald
Holy Toledo - RJD2

velvet underground - sunday morning
twilight singers - summertime
john vanderslice - peacocks in the video rain
smashing pumpkins - cash car star
local h - freeze dried (f)lies
ben lee - my drifting nature
low - medicine magazines
tw walsh - top of the food chain
statistics - 10/22
nada surf - do it again

Interesting mix here… I forgot I had some of these songs. I have 3,175 songs on the drive.

Okay, I'm at my computer, so this is shuffle from my iTunes, so it's out of 11,000 songs – hence the Christmas tune!

- Slow And Low, Beastie Boys
- Chandelier, Idlewild
- Still Burning, 60 Channels
- Pretty Is As Pretty Does, Guadalcanal Diary
- Let's Have A Jam, The Swingin' Neckbreakers
- About you, Teenage Fanclub
- Never Been Any Reason, Head East (I don't even know what song this is – it's from the Dazed and Confused soundtrack)
- Touched, My Bloody Valentine
- Away In A Manger, Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra
- Heels, Cinerama
- Lover's Spit, Broken Social Scene/
- Ruled By Secrecy, Muse
- Loli La Letta, Myracle Brah

joe strummer: "redemption song"
social distortion: "when she begins"
kermit the frog: "it's not easy being green"
shudder to think w/ jeff buckley: "i want someone badly"
elvis presley: "if i can dream"
morphine: "cure for pain"
new edition: "candy girl"
clutch: "texan book of the dead"
johnny cash: "sixteen ton"
rosey greer: "it's alright to cry"

I Love You, by Yello
Dracula's Deuce, by Freddie Fortune &amp; The Four Gone Conclusions
It Came From Outer Space, by Dick Jacobs
Theme From S.W.A.T., by Rhythm Heritage
Go!, by The Daytonas
Dirty Back Road, by The B-52's
Fantastic Voyage, by Takako Minekawa
Shaft In Africa, by Johnny Pate
Service With A Smile, by Happy The Man
Astrotica, by The Hypnomen


I got this mix from the artist-mix. The other list was from the album-mix. Both lists cum from approx. 30K songs. I do not own an Ipod, BTW.

Originally posted by thatguy:
joe strummer: "redemption song"
social distortion: "when she begins"
kermit the frog: "it's not easy being green"
shudder to think w/ jeff buckley: "i want someone badly"
elvis presley: "if i can dream"
morphine: "cure for pain"
new edition: "candy girl"
clutch: "texan book of the dead"
johnny cash: "sixteen ton"
rosey greer: "it's alright to cry"

I've gotta hand it to you thatguy, the best list so far, besides mine, of course.

Free Four - Pink Floyd
Head Above - Canyon
People of the Secret - The Helio Sequence
Olsen Olsen - Sigur Ros
Don Aman - Slint
Wine, Women and Song - Harvey Danger
Heartsick on the Open - The Autumns
Lips of Ashes - Porcupine Tree
I Didn't Understand - Elliott Smith
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

Originally posted by thatguy:
shudder to think w/ jeff buckley: "i want someone badly"

Brilliant…love that freakin song.