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07 October 2004 — iTunes Top 25 (11)

Over the past few months, iTunes has become my primary music source. I listen to a little radio (mostly KBOO), a CD now and then, but mostly I listen to iTunes. I have my main music collection on the g5, and then subcollections scattered on the two Mac laptops I use.

These, then, are the 25 (er, 32) songs I've listened to most over the past six months (which is when I was forced to rebuild my g5's iTunes library):

01. Jet - Timothy (40 times)
--. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 (40 times)
03. Jet - Lazy Gun (38 times)
04. Jet - Look What You've Done (36 times)
05. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (34 times)
06. Ben Folds - In Between Days (30 times)
--. The Decemberists - Los Angeles, I'm Yours (30 times)
--. Fiona Apple - Better Version of Me (30 times)
09. Gary Jules - Mad World (28 times)
10. Dido - White Flag (26 times)
--. Dido - This Land is Mine (26 times)
12. Jem - Falling For You (25 times)
13. Nellie McKay - David (24 times)
14. Ben Folds Five - Kate (23 times)
--. Dynamite Hack - Anyway (piano version) (23 times)
--. Vanessa Carlton - Paint it Black (23 times)
17. Ben Folds Five - Magic (22 times)
--. The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament (22 times)
--. Jet - Radio Song (22 times)
20. Jet - Take It or Leave It (21 times)
21. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends (20 times)
--. Jet - Get Me Outta Here (20 times)
--. Maroon 5 - The Sun (20 times)
--. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (20 times)
25. The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep (19 times)
--. Dido - Who Makes You Feel (19 times)
--. Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child of Mine (19 times)
--. Jem - Finally Woken (19 times)
--. Jet - Come Around Again (19 times)
--. Maroon 5 - This Love (19 times)
--. Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost (19 times)
--. t.A.T.u. - How Soon is Now? (19 times)

Interesting things about this list:

  • This list does not reflect that I often listen to early American popular music (circa 1920-1955); when I do this, I random-play the genre, thus none of the songs is ever going to creep up the most-played list.
  • The stuff that both Kris and I love tends toward the top of the list. For example, Kris probably likes Jet more than I do even. She plays their album repeatedly. We both like Fiona Apple, etc.
  • Speaking of Fiona Apple: both of the tracks listed here are unreleased. They've been recorded for her next studio album, but the label believes the record is unmarketable and so have put it on the shelf? WTF? These songs are brilliant! (This is another valuable use of file-sharing, I should point out. Kris and I would buy this album on the day it was released, but we're not even given a chance.)
  • Hm. That Green Day album just came out last week, didn't it? It's a fantastic record, and "When September Ends" is my current favorite track.
  • The Decemberists would be higher on this list if iTunes hadn't crashed at the end of March.

Do you use iTunes? What are your top 25 songs? (Or top 10? Or top 5?)

More than that: what are you listening to lately? What songs do you find playing over-and-over? What groups do you love? What music would you like to share with others?

On this day at foldedspace.org

2005 — Self-Improvement Mix   I'd like to make a mix of happy, upbeat songs of self-empowerment: therapy through music. Any ideas?

2003 — Best Song of the 80s   In which I ask you for your favorite song of the 1980s.

2002 — 193-1/4   This afternoon I went to the gym for the first time in five months. The first thing I did was weigh-in: 193-1/4. Not great, but not bad, either. Certainly better than the 200 pounds I weighed at the beginning of the summer.

Comments
On 07 October 2004 (01:49 PM), J.D. Roth said:

Freaky. Two freak things.

Last year on this day, I wrote about music, too. Two years ago on this day, I began an exercise/fitness regimen. I'm doing so again today.

Okay, probably not that freaky since I do both of these things all the time, but still...


On 07 October 2004 (02:12 PM), Betsy said:

If you want to know what I'm listening to at any given time, you only need to check out my Audioscrobble history (I'm feeding my iTunes stuff there from work, although it's not too fond of the feed I send from home due to a date discrepancy issue.)

Betsy's Audioscrobbler history file.

Right now, since I don't have my entire collection loaded on the work machine, it's heavy on Steve Earle, Elvis Costello and Neil Finn. I think it's a bit more diverse at home.

I really want that new Green Day CD, though. Glad to hear yet another endorsement...


On 07 October 2004 (02:21 PM), Tiffany said:

Does KBOO play a lot of Halloween music? I mean how only can you listen to ‘The Monster Mash’?


On 07 October 2004 (02:45 PM), J.D. Roth said:

Hm. Very intersting, Betsy. I've heard of Audioscrobbler, but never really paid it much mind. Now I've signed up:

J.D.'s Audioscrobbler history file

I'll have to set it up on all my machines. :)


On 07 October 2004 (04:23 PM), nate said:

Here's the top 25 most played songs in my "Recently Played" playlist (the standard "Top 25 Most Played" list gets the snub since there's lots of songs in there I OD'ed on a while back and haven't lsitened to since):

1.) Rock 'n Roll - Stephen Ashbrook
2.) Hurt - Johnny Cash
3.) Aerodynamic - Daft Punk
4.) Let Go - Frou Frou
5.) Narc - Interpol
6.) One More Time - Daft Punk
7.) Slow Hands - Interpol
8.) Face To Face - Daft Punk
9.) The Gloating Sun - The Shins
10.) Digital Love - Daft Punk
11.) Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
12.) Who Let You Go - The Killers
13.) Main Title ( House Atreides ) - Children of Dune
14.) Kissing The Lipless - The Shins
15.) Young Pilgrims - The Shins
16.) So Says I - The Shins
17.) The Good Times Are Killing Me - Modest Mouse
18.) Short Circuit - Daft Punk
19.) Psychobabble - Frou Frou
20.) Son et Lumiere - The Mars Volta
21.) Those To Come - The Shins
22.) In The Waiting Line - Zero 7
23.) Around the World - Daft Punk
24.) Breathe In - Frou Frou
25.) Mine's Not A High Horse - The Shins

Pretty heavy on Daft Punk, The Shins and assorted "Garden State" music, but that's what I've been in the mood for lately.


On 07 October 2004 (04:23 PM), tammy said:

I'm listening to Wally sing the theme song from Lazy Town, a new kids show on TV. Most of the time I listen to the ABC song.


On 07 October 2004 (09:38 PM), jeremy said:

Sweet Child of Mine - Guns & Roses!

Rock On!!!!!

Seems kind of out of place on this list though :)


On 08 October 2004 (06:06 AM), Amanda said:

J.D., based on your praise of Jet I bought their album. I love it. Timothy is by far my favorite.

So, thanks.


On 08 October 2004 (06:51 AM), Joel said:

Yeah, I just don't get the Jet attraction. Diff'rent strokes, I guess.
By the by, I was trying to download a song from Itunes ("True Love is Hard to Find" with Bonnie Rait and Toots), received an error message during the download, and was still charged $.99. It's just a buck, but is there some recourse?


On 08 October 2004 (10:36 PM), Paul said:

I've gone on a "Gypsy Jazz" kick after seeing John Jorgenson at the Old Church a week ago. My current list (all CDs not iTunes) is:

John Jorgenson, Franco American Swing
Bireli Lagrene, Gipsy (sic) Project & Friends
Jimmy Rosenberg, Django's Tiger
The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing
Romane & Stochelo Rosenberg, Elegance


On 11 December 2004 (05:45 AM), Billy said:

zero 7 now that is a great band


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