Because it's holidays and I am in lazy mode, I thought I'd do this post tonight. Feel free to join in on your own blog or in the comments.
Instructions: Put your ipod or media player on Shuffle. The the first fifteen songs that play must be written down, with a short explanation of what it means to you (if anything)
Home by Michael Buble - I have no excuses for myself. Judge me harshly
Because you Loved Me - Celine Dion - OK, I have no freaking idea why this is on my iPod. None. I think someone is fucking with me.
Big Love - Fleetwood Mac - Because I lub Fleetwood Mac. They got me through 1993
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson - Am a bit of a bandwagon jumper. Jumped on that sucker when he died and got every song he'd ever sung.
Grace - Jeff Buckly - I got a little on myself in the great Tax Off Season of 1997 and thought I was going to be the next big script writer. I listened to A LOT of Jeff Buckley.
Sunshine - Ricki-Lee - Let's face it, I could have quite easily lied and said this NEVER came on. Even omitting this would be lying. It is a catchy song "You had me hellooooo" OK, continue to judge.
I'm Free - Kenny Loggins - Footloose. I will defend this until I die. Footloose and Kevin Bacon and I were meant to be married.
Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer - Sure, he's a bit of a dick, but his voice is heavenly.
You're the World to Me - David Gray - Probably my favourite artist. EVER.
Cherish - Madonna - My girlfriend Bronwyn and I used to dance around her living room pretty much every afternoon to the Like a Prayer Album. Madonna had it goin on.
Begin - Ben Lee - Am a Ben Lee tragic. One album I listen to from start to finish
Work - Kelly Rowland - I do believe I intended to exercise to this song. Oh Yeah
Sunday Best - Washington - I only just got this CD yesterday. And this song and this particular line "Holy Shit, you Sure can turn it on" makes me particularly happy.
No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand - Just a hot song
Mad World - Gary Jules - I don't have a story. I just think it's a vividly beautiful song.
I've put the songs below in case you're unfamiliar with them.
Go on, I've shown you mine, show me yours..
29 comments:
Oh, OUCH, this is gonna hurt (my first one was from Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.... WTF is that doing in my iTunes?!) so I'm going to sleep on it and do it in the morning.
Signed,
Chicken
Footloose. Greatest.Movie.Of.All.Time.
The end.
1st song- Years go by -Split Endz
2nd I belong to you Muse
3rd don't let me get me Pink
4th Careless Paul Kelly
5th get over it The Eagles
That is a scary look into the ecletic mix of random songs on my iPhone
You should look at the top 25 played songs - equally scary
My iPod is MIA since either Xmas Day or Boxing Day (I don't even want to think that someone who's been a guest at my house has pinged off with it, but I'm coming to that conclusion), I'll be brutally honest and do my own random shuffle using songs I can remember being played on Xmas Day.
1. Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse - just makes me feel oh so happy. Memories of sitting at the kitchen table as a kid listening to 4BH.
2. Rock'n'Roll All Night- KISS - oh yeah, the inner rock child in me comes out.
3. Mmm Bop - Hanson - how can you not want to bop along to this song? Another "happy all over" kinda song.
4. Boys from the Bush - Lee Kernaghan - reminds me of the B & S Ball 1992 in Charters Towers & Cloncurry ... yee ha!
5. At Last - Etta James - such a sexy song to dance with your man.
6. Bing Bang (Time to Dance) - Lazy Town theme song - hey, have you checked out Sporticus' muscles & moves? Dang hot!
7. Welcome to Paradise - Green Day - my favourite band in the world singing it loud.
8. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba - did I really like this song? It reminds me of Irish pubs.
9. I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys - I want this song played at my funeral. Those harmonies will send me to heaven.
10. Doin' the Do - Betty Boo - I could be seen bustin some moves to this little number at some night clubs in 1990.
11. Evening Rose - The Gingers - the kind of song I'd want to sing if I were in a girl band. These chicks from Melbourne are great!
12. All Over You - Live - I'd mess with the scheduled play list and play this song whilst doing a mid-dawn announcing shift to wake me up.
13. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs JXL - if I could dance, I'd dance to this.
14. Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams - you sure could entertain me, Mr Williams ;-)
15. Join in the Chorus - North Melbourne FC club song, sung to "A Wee Doch & Doris" - kids are true footy fans.
A few embarrassing ones here ... if only I could have shuffled for real. Where are you iPod Classic???
1. Taking Back Sunday- Up Against
My now fiance introduced me to this band when we first started dating, and the album holds a special place in my heart.
2. Them Crooked Vultures- No One Loves Me And Neither Do I
TCV features Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters. I love both of those bands, so this one was a bit of a no-brainer. My fave song on the album.
3. Everclear- Local God
From the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack. I love that movie oh so much, and I randomly downloaded the soundtrack one afternoon and reignited my love for Everclear.
4. The Offspring- Genocide
Off the album Smash. Reminds me of my teenage years, being all rebellious. Smash also features Self Esteem, and the fave for hardcore little teens, Bad Habit.
5. City and Colour- The Girl
Ahhhh. This song reminds me of my fiance and makes me smile everytime I hear it. City and Colour is Dallas Green, singer from Alexisonfire, and he sings the most beautiful acoustic songs.
6. Philadelphia Grand Jury- 99 Problems
A hilarious version of the classic Jay Z song, I challenge anyone to stay in a bad mood while listening to this.
7. Linkin Park- Numb
Not the biggest fan of LP, but was working at a fan summit for them so thought I should actually know some of their songs.
8. Thrice- Image of the Invisible
Another band I discovered via the fiance. I love the way this song builds and swells. A good song to yell along to in the car. Not so great to yell to on the train. Scares people.
9. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes- Elenore
A punk rock version of the 60's song by half of NoFX. I love the original song, and this one, like all of the Gimme Gimme's catalogue, is fun!
10. Foo Fighters- The Pretender
I love the Fooeys. All of their songs. Just a fun band that makes a perfect soundtrack to a boozy summer BBQ.
11. Imelda May- Big Bad Handsome Man
A rockabilly chick from London who has a gorgeous throaty voice and makes you swagger a bit when you walk.
12. Florence and the Machine- Dog Days Are Over
I love, love, LOVE Florence and the Machine. I heard this on Triple J one morning and fell in love immediately. Luckily, I worked in the music department at JB Hifi and blasted this album EVERY day, much to the staff's chagrin.
13. Sia- Clap Your Hands
She's a crazy girl, this one. This song is another fun one to bring the mood up if I'm feeling a little low.
14. The Presets- My People
I'm here with all of my people NAH NAH NAHHH. I saw them live in the Boiler Room at the Big Day Out in Sydney when their album Beams first came out. It was my first experience of being high without taking any drugs. Just an amazing feeling.
15. Jace Everett- Bad Things
The theme to True Blood. Nuff said.
Great, eclectic mix there Bern. I love hearing about what music other people listen to... kind of an insight into their soul in a way. And some good suggestions too. Think I'll be borrowing some of yours to add to my mix ;-)
Fifteen you say? Randomly?
Here are mine:
1. Africa - Toto - well I could say it's because my husband's from Africa, or it's just one helluva catchy ditty, but the main reason is I'm smug about figuring out the damn lyrics "I've blessed the rains down in Africaaaa" (not that I know WTF it means, just what the lyrics *are*)
2. All This Beauty- The Weepies. Just a smiley, shiny, happy song. (From SATC soundtrack). Miss 2 calls it 'Tinkerbell music'
3. Breathe Me - Sia. One of her best songs IMO. A fabulous voice too. (used in final ep of 6 feet under)
4. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol - heard it too many times, reminds me of Grey's Anatomy, potential earworm hazard, still like it though.
5. Coming Around Again - Carly Simon. This song makes me cry. Every time. (from Heartburn soundtrack. Just starting to realise there's a pattern here with soundtracks.hmmm)
6. Love Song - Sara Bareilles (from Private Practice ads. Another soundtrack. WTF?? I'm so unoriginal). But another great feelgood track from a woman with a fine voice.
7. Marlene on the Wall - Suzanne Vega. Respec'.
Love the lyric 'but the only soldier now is me/ I'm fighting things I cannot see/ I think it's called my destiny that I am changing' - that meant the world to me on my great OS adventure in my 20s
8. Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun. Those David Bowie-esque Labyrinth-style 70s tricksters from the noughties. Every song sounds the same. But this is the best one.
9. (really? Still 6 to go?) Everybody's Talkin - Crowded House version (from Triple J's Like A Version) can't remember who sang the original but it's from many a car ad.
10. The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice. The melancholy man with the beautiful voice. Not for exercising with (unless you want to go into a coma or start going backwards)
11. Every You Every Me - Placebo . Emos with musical substance. Saw them at Brixton Academy in the early noughties. They have a massive French fanbase due to the fact that they speak French onstage sometimes. I went with a crazy French aquaintance called Benedicte.
12. You Bloody Mother Fuckin Asshole - Martha Wainwright- I'm new to Martha. She's deep, and real. Good song when you're pissed off with your current (or ex) man.
13. Forever Song - Josh Pyke. Love the Pyke-ster. So so cute.
14. Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes. Smooth grooves.
15. Florence and the Machine - track 17 (don't know the name) but love her work nevertheless. Love every single song. Go Florence you good thing. She's got heart.
I'm bored too! I did it :)
http://johnsonfriends.blogspot.com/2011/01/ipod-shuffle.html
oh god i am scared.
1 50 Cent - I Get Money
2 Tegan and Sara - You Went Away (bit of a contrast!!)
3 Miike Snow - Silvia
4 Dido - Do You Have a Little Time
5 Eskimo Joe - London Bombs
6 Kelis - I Don't Think So
7 Miley Cyrus - See You Again
8 30 Seconds to Mars - This is war
9 Baby Cham - Ghetto Story (WTF!)
10 Sugababes - About You Now
11 Metallica - One
12 Jamelia - Superstar
13 The Killers - Spaceman
14 Rihanna - Umbrella
15 Coldplay - Clocks
That is why I never let my friends borrow/even look at my iPod.
I managed to do it :) With videos to boot !
http://iamarealmum.blogspot.com/2011/01/ipod-shuffle.html
Blogging mine on Tuesday but oh boy there are some interesting ones in my list!
1. 'Satellite' - Santana Feat. Jorge Moreno = I have absolutely no desire to listen to this song and have no idea where it came from.
2. 'In the wee small hours of the morning' - Carly Simon = that's more like it.
3. 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' - The Police = this one always takes me back to the '84 Olympics and the snippets of the Gymnastics they used to play with this as the score.
4. 'Eleanor Rigby' - Katie Noonan = inspired version of this song.
5. 'Laura' - Scissor Sisters = what 4yo can keep from doing a silly slow march-dance to this when they hear it?
6. 'Suzy-Hang-Around' - ABBA = 'Suzy was nine and I was ten...' Yawn. Not the greatest ABBA song.
7. 'Love In The 1st Degree' - Bananarama = Oh God. My guilty pleasure reared its ugly head. And when I say ugly, I'll leave it to you to decide if I meant the tall one.
8. 'Alphabetical' - Phoenix = Has to be one of my top favourite bands. They can do no wrong.
9. 'Zoom' - Lionel Ritchie = Oh. Heh heh... how did that get in my iTunes folder? I'm sure I don't know, sir.... *cough*
10. 'Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe' - Ella Fitzgerald = not my favourite EF song. But her voice is great to have in the background no matter what she's singing.
11. 'Bottle It Up' - Sara Barielles = "you're shit out of your luck", love that line.
12. 'Who Needs Ya' - Steppenwolf = Huh? Must be the husband's (and that Lionel Richie one too... yeah). I thought all they sang was Magic Carpet Ride.
13. 'When Doves Cry' - Prince = oh yeahhh, now we're talking. Is it still cool to like Prince?
14. 'Born Again' - Badly Drawn Boy. Again, I love him. He can do no wrong either. So there. :P
15. 'Six Little Ducks' - Play School. Oh. The synthesized "widdle-waddle" bits in this are masterful. I particularly love their use of layered "quack" backing vocals. Superb use of Dolby.
Freaky. We have such similarly embarassing music tastes. I am going to do up a post on this when I get back. And Kenny Loggins will feature.
Here is my list -
Jackson Hole - Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Sia - Stop Trying, The Beastie Boys - Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix), Tiddas - Burden to Bear, Angus & Julia Stone - For You, Lily Allen - Fuck You, Pink - So What, Bernard Fanning - Track 4, Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time, Ben Folds Five - Tour Most Valuable Possession, Beth Orton - Live As You Dream, Lisa Mitchell - Stevie, Paul Kelly - Before Too Long, Blur - She's So High, The B-52's - Private Idaho, Silverchair - Leave Me Out.
That was fun!
As luck would have it, I just happen to have my iPod handy. Ok, shuffling away.
1. Everybody - Keith Urban
2. At Your Feet - Darren Hayes
3. In My Dreams - Des'ree
4. Waiting For You - Thirsty Merc
5. Time To Begin - Katie Noonan
6. Hearts - Jet
7. Creepin' Up On You - Darren Hayes
8. Just The Way You Are - Diana Krall
9. Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts
10 Angels Cry - Mariah Carey
11 Know You By Heart - Eva Cassidy
12 Lose Your Way - Sophie B. Hawkins
13 Everybody Does - Martina McBride
14 Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds To Mars
15 In The Middle With You - Steeler's Wheel
Didn't realise there were so many sappy songs collected over the years. Will have to remedy that, pronto!
Loved this. Ive joined you. http://3precocious3lotus3.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/i-shuffled-oh-dear/
Lol.
This is scary stuff but here goes. (Pllllleeeeaaasssse be good to me iPod)
1. Do You Still? - East 17 (WTF?)
2. Rock the Shack - New Order
3. Why I Lie - Liz Phair
4. Baby Please Don't Go - AC/DC
5. Choose Life - PF Project/Trainspotting
6. Underneath the Sky - Oasis
7. She Moves She - Four Tet
8. Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead
9. All For believing - Missy Higgins
10. Wake Up - Alanis Morrisette
11. San Jacinto - Peter Gabriel
12. Deer Stop - Goldfrapp
13. Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
14. Capsize - Karen O and the Kids (Where the wild things are soundtrack)
15. Demon John - Jeff Buckley
Oh dear... my ipod is the place one-hit-wonders go to die, so this could be interesting.
1. Justin Timberlake - Take it From Here
2. Mel C - I Turn To You
3. Dance Hall Crashers - Beverly Kills
4. Weezer - My Best Friend
5. Elton John - Rocket Man
6. Britney Spears - My Baby
7. Backstreet Boys - Anywhere for You
8. The Cure - Lullaby
9. Circa Survive - In Fear and Faith
10. Missy Higgins - The River
11. NoFX - Creeping Out Sara
12. The Beatles - Michelle
13. Coheed and Cambria - Feathers
14. Hairspray - Big, Blonde and Beautiful
15. Against Me! - Animal
ooh that was fun!
Mine was so bad, that even tho I thought I'd posted it, it disappeared from the shame ...not doing it again.
Love the idea tho.
It takes a lot of guts to admit Michael Buble followed by Celine Dion. Hahaha. Love this idea. I'm blogging my list today. http://acajundownunder.com/
Ok, I've jumped in too!
I won't judge you if you don't judge me, ok? ;)
http://www.goodgollyholly.com/2011/01/hozpod-shuffle.html
I played too Bern....it's fun! http://beloverly.blogspot.com/2011/01/ipod-shuffle.html
Hey Bern,
Better late than never they say - here goes!
1. Crowded House - There goes God - (in his sexy pants with his sausage dog! <- love that line)(live)
2. Adam Lambert - Time for Miracles - yeh it is!
3. Mark Sholtez - A Thousand Lies (why would we talk it about it now, we never talked about it then...)
4. David Gray Made up my mind - first introduced when on holiday in Ireland in 1999 - loved it!
5. Crowded House - When you come (live)
6. Rob Thomas - all that I am
7. Robbie Williams - No regrets!
8. Kate Miller-Heidke - Caught in the Crowd - i play this to all the school kids i teach - think it has a v important message for them!
9. Paolo Nutini - Rewind - very ironic - listened to this with my ex - and NO - there is no rewind button!
10. Paolo Nutini - 10/10 - still looking...
11. Kate Miller-Heidke Supergirl - "She buys sex toys" <- fav line!
12. Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic
13. Crowded House - Don't dream it's over - love this song
14. Adam Lambert - For your entertainment
15. David Gray Flesh!
There you go...
Wx
An interesting exercise!
I found your blog by way of Mama Mia - you've got some great stuff here!
I did this too on my own blog - I was somewhat dismayed at what my iPod did to me however, I might have to shuffle from a playlist next time.
http://keepworkingthroughit.blogspot.com/2011/01/ipod-shuffle.html
Thanks -
Jackie
I've done it too, hope my link works, I'm new to this blogging thing.
faybian-lifeothercatastrophes.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-iPod-shuffle-list
Shuffled And
1. Chicken Payback - The Bees
2. At The River - Groove Armada
3. Thats It, I Quit, Im moving On - Adele
4. Sincerely - The McGuire Sisters
5. Bullet And A Target - Bliss n Eso
6. Bedford Drive - Artie Shaw
7. Cigarettes & Alcohol - The Leftovers
8. Cant take my eyes off you - Lauryn Hill
9. Frenesi - Artie Shaw
10. Mistadobalina - Del The Funky Homosapien
11. Complete Control - The Clash
12. Be With Me Jesus - Sam Cooke
13. Superstar - Lupe Fiasco
14. Candy - Jo Stafford & Johnny Mercer
15. These Foolish Things - Etta James
shaunurie
Shuffled my ipod,
1. System Of A Down - Suite-pea
2. Sum 41 - All She's Got
3. Fun Loving Criminals - Scooby Snacks
4. Soundgarden - Hands all Over
5. The Mavis's - Cry
6. Eminem - My Name Is
7. The Tea Party - Touch
8. Greenday - Brainstew
9. Foo Fighters - Everlong
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
11. Shihad - Home Again
12. KORN - Blind
13. Everclear - Herion Girl
14. Jane's Addiciton - Just Because
15. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (live version)
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