Friday, February 17, 2006

iTunes Survey

Nico over at Eccentric Southern Gentleman did this last week and I thought it was kind of interesting. Feel free to post your iTunes survey in the comments.

How many songs: 4,622

Sort by song
First Song: “'78 Style” - John Spencer Blues Explosion
Last Song: “Zurich is Stained” - Pavement

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: “The Sky Is a Harpsichord Canvas” (0:04) - The Olivia Tremor Control
Longest Song: “Providence” (29:02) - Godspeed You Black Emperor
(not including podcasts or Yo La Tengo's WFMU Pledge Drive)

Sort by artist:
First Artist: 13ghosts
Last Artist: The Zincs

Sort by album:
First Album: '63 - '67 The Essential Ride - Paul Revere and the Raiders
Last Album: Z - My Morning Jacket

Top Three Most Played Songs:
1. “Green Hornet” - Al Hirt (47 times) (my kids play a favorite game that we call "Chase" to this one)
2. “Huddle Formation” - The Go! Team (34 times)
3. “Too Drunk To Fuck” - Nouvelle Vague (34 times)

First song that comes up on Shuffle:
“Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime” by Beck

Search ….
“sex”, how many songs come up? 13
“death”, how many songs come up? 28
“love”, how many songs come up? 268
“you”, how many songs come up? 494

Number of Songs Starting with "I", "I'm", "I'll", "I've", etc.? 48

Song With the Most Different Versions:
“Tangled Up in Blue” by Bob Dylan - 4 versions



7 comments:

  1. How many songs: 3,561

    Sort by song
    First Song: '84 Pontiac Dream” - Boards of Canada
    Last Song: “Zodiaccupuncture” - Aesop Rock

    Sort by time:
    Shortest Song: “Act Fore?...The End” (0:04) - The Roots
    Longest Song: “Tweezer” (30:55) - Phish

    Sort by artist:
    First Artist: The 4th Wave
    Last Artist: Zero 7

    Sort by album:
    First Album: ( ) - Sigur Rós
    Last Album: Z - My Morning Jacket

    Top Three Most Played Songs:
    1. “Feel Good Inc.” - Gorillaz (68 times)
    2. “Robot Rock” - Daft Punk (53 times)
    3. “Blink” - Blue Scholars (52 times)
    4. “Bellona” - Junior Boys (51 times)

    First song that comes up on Shuffle:
    “In the Flesh” by Pink Floyd

    Search ….
    “sex”, how many songs come up? 3
    “death”, how many songs come up?35
    “love”, how many songs come up?128
    “you”, how many songs come up? 329

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  2. How many songs: 11,364
    --sort by song--
    First Song: "---(Silence)---" - Show Business Giants
    Last Song: "Zuton Fever" - The Zutons
    ---sort by time---
    Shortest Song "All" (:04) - Descendents, "No All" (:04) - Descendents
    Longest Song "This Dust Makes That Mud" - Liars
    ---sort by artist---
    First Artist (Smog)
    Last Artisit ZZ Top
    ---sort by album---
    First Album ...And Justice For All - Metallica
    Last Album Zwei - Turing Machine

    Top Three Most Played Songs
    1. "I Am a Cinematographer" - Palace Brothers (37 times)
    2. "Only Somone Running" - Sweeney/Oldham (36 times)
    3. "New Slang" - Shins w/ Iron and Wine (35 times)

    First on Shuffle "Static" - Kool Keith
    sex, how many: 26 (just searching in song name, incl. sexy, sexx, etc.)
    death, how many: 31
    love, how many: 275
    you, how many: 705
    start with "I", "I'm", etc: 379
    Song with the most different versions Having trouble figuring this one out.

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  3. How many songs: 7939

    Sort by song
    First Song: “"...Sudden Stars" - Stereolab
    Last Song: “Zimbo (Live)- Echo & The Bunnymen

    Sort by time:
    Shortest Song: “One Last Woo-Hoo for the Pullman" - Sufjan Stevens

    Longest Song: “This Dust Makes That Mud" - Liars

    Sort by artist:
    First Artist: !!!
    Last Artist: Zero 7

    Sort by album:
    First Album: #1 - Fischerspooner
    Last Album: Zen Arcade - Husker Du

    Top Three Most Played Songs:
    1. “I Wanna Be Your Dog" - The Stooges 27 plays

    2. Von Bondies - "C'mon C'mon" 24 plays

    3. “Burn Baby Burn" - Ash 24 plays


    First song that comes up on Shuffle:
    “Swinging London Town" - Girls Aloud

    Search ….
    “sex”, how many songs come up? 55
    “death”, how many songs come up? 75
    “love”, how many songs come up? 569
    “you”, how many songs come up? 1007

    Number of Songs Starting with "I", "I'm", "I'll", "I've", etc.? 88

    Song With the Most Different Versions:
    “Black History Month” by DFA1979- 5 versions

    I can't believe I just did that...I feel so 10th Grade Live Journal.

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  4. What is it with you guys who have less than 20 songs with the word "sex" in it? Are you eunuchs? ;-) I guess I shouldn't be slamming on you when I have Zwan in my survey.

    Here's mine:

    How many songs: 5,508

    Sort by song
    First Song: "'75 aka Stay With You" - Lemon Jelly
    Last Song: "Zooropa" - U2

    Sort by time:
    Shortest Song: “Intro” (0:05) - Luscious Jackson
    Longest Song (not including podcasts): “Sister Ray” (17:27) - The Velvet Underground

    Sort by artist:
    First Artist: !!!
    Last Artist: Zwan

    Sort by album:
    First Album: '64-'95 - Lemon Jelly
    Last Album: Zooropa - U2

    Top Three Most Played Songs:
    1. “Aerodynamic” - Daft Punk (38 times)
    2. “Apply Some Pressure” - Maximo Park (33 times)
    3. “Late Nite” - Gran Ronde (30 times)

    First song that comes up on Shuffle:
    “Choke" - The Cardigans

    Search ….
    “sex”, how many songs come up? 48
    “death”, how many songs come up? 37
    “love”, how many songs come up? 232
    “you”, how many songs come up? 571

    Number of Songs Starting with "I", "I'm", "I'll", "I've", etc.? 208

    Song With the Most Different Versions:
    “Chinese Rocks”, "Alone Again Or", and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - 3 versions

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  5. Here's mine, somewhat belatedly.

    How many songs: 4294

    Sort by song
    First Song: '74-75” - The Connells
    Last Song: “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" from Song of the South sdtk

    Sort by artist:
    First Artist: !!!
    Last Artist: Zouk Machine

    Sort by album:
    First Album: ( ) - '58 Sessions - Miles Davis
    Last Album: Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

    Top Three Most Played Songs:
    1. "Stumbling through the Dark" -The Jayhawks
    2. “Heavenly Pop Hit" -The Chills
    3. "Parklife" - Blur

    First song that comes up on Shuffle:
    "Everybody is a Star" - Earth Wind and Fire

    Search ….
    “sex”, how many songs come up? 6
    “death”, how many songs come up? 17
    “love”, how many songs come up? 267
    “you”, how many songs come up? 447

    Song with the most different versions - weirdly, I only have two versions of the same song, but for lots and lots of songs ... spooky, don't think twice, loads of beatles and dead covers etc.

    PS I think you know my friend Scott Lovelette?

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  6. Here we are:

    How many songs: 7063

    Sort by song:
    First Song: "A Tout Le Monde" by Megadeth
    Last Song: "10001110101" by Clutch

    Sort by Time:
    Shortest song: "Interlude #1" (0:10) by Warrant
    Longest Song: "Jddstd Syntynyt" (30:10) by Moonsorrow

    Sort by Artist:
    First Artist: AC/DC
    Last Artist: 311

    Sort by Album:
    First Album: "Abandon" by Deep Purple
    Last Album: "5150" by Van Halen

    Top Three Most Played Songs:
    1- "Jolene" by The White Stripes
    2- "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse
    3- "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King

    First song that comes up on shuffle:
    "Foreclosure of a Dream" by Megadeth

    Search...
    "sex" - 23
    "death" - 93
    "love" - 393
    "you" - 620

    Number of songs starting with "I", etc. - 153

    Song with the Most Different Versions:
    No song has more than two versions. And they are too many!

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  7. How many songs: 3255

    Sort by song
    First Song: A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
    Last Song: * - M83

    Sort by artist:
    First Artist: Aesop Rock
    Last Artist: 311

    Sort by album:
    First Album: Abbey Road - The Beatles
    Last Album: () - Sigur Ros

    Top Three Most Played Songs:
    1. Crush - Dave Matthews Band
    2. Live From 504 - Lil' Wayne
    3. Rhyme & Reason - DMB

    First song that comes up on Shuffle:
    Kiwi Maddog 20/20 - Elliott Smith

    Search ….
    “sex”, how many songs come up? 3
    “death”, how many songs come up? 16
    “love”, how many songs come up? 124
    “you”, how many songs come up? 328

    Song with the most different versions - a ton of songs with 2 versions

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