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September 13, 2005
My 25 Most Played
Like anyone else, I love my iPod. The name of mine is SQUID (not just because it's white, but also because that was, for a brief time, my nickname in college).
My favorite feature on it is its meticulous "song counting" feature, and the "25 Most Played List" that constantly changes. Since I usually keep my iPod on "shuffle," it's like a little contest, each song fighting it out to be the all-time most played.
I've got about 7200 songs on my iPod right now. Here are the 25 (well, actually 29, because of ties) that have been played the most--title, artist, and number of times played. (Didn't I say I was obsessed with lists?)
1. "Wonderful Combat," Jay-Jay Johanson, 40
2. "Step Into The Breeze," Spiritualized, 38
3. "Fugitive Motel," Elbow, 37
3. "Bitter Kiss," Faultline, 37
5. "Lazy Day," The Boo Radleys, 36
5. "Jewel Sky," Felt, 36
5. "Obstacle 1," Interpol, 36
5. "We Have A Map Of The Piano," Múm, 36
5. "Go To Sleep," Radiohead, 36
10. "Nothing Feels," Bark Psychosis, 35
10. "Not A Job," Elbow, 35
10. "Quiet & Still," Even Johansen, 35
10. "Museum Mile," Geneva, 35
10. "Viðrar vel til loftárása," Sigur Rós, 35
15. "In Dark Trees," Brian Eno, 34
15. "Everything's Perfect," Magnet, 34
15. "Ratts of the Capital," Mogwai, 34
15. "Let Down," Radiohead, 34
15. "Planet Telex," Radiohead, 34
20. "21 York Street," And Also The Trees, 33
20. "For You," Big Star, 33
20. "Medusa," Clan of Xymox, 33
20. "Orange Appled," Cocteau Twins, 33
20. "Drug," The Czars, 33
20. "Three Elements [Watamu Remix]," Malory, 33
20. "Leave Me Alone," New Order, 33
20. "Sennen," Ride, 33
20. "Tegan," Sing-Sing, 33
20. "The Hurting," Tears For Fears, 33
PS-- I'd love to hear your "Most Played" iPod lists.
Posted by at September 13, 2005 12:23 AM
Comments
How can you find out what your top played songs are? I have the non-color screen but with the clickwheel. 20g. Can I find out from the ipod? Also, how can I tell from iTunes?
I really want to know what my top played are.
Posted by: Scott at November 25, 2005 04:33 PM
The play count on the ipod unfortunately includes the playcount from when i transferred it from itunes to my ipod. so bear in mind that these numbers are off by as much as 70 plays. Be that as it may:
1. Knuckles -- The Hold Steady -- 151
2. Crucifixion Cruise -- The Hold Steady -- 137
3. Multitude Of Casualties -- The Hold Steady -- 129
4. Banging Camp -- The Hold Steady -- 125
5. Don't Let Me Explode -- The Hold Steady -- 124
6. Killer Parties -- The Hold Steady -- 122
7. Charlemagne In Sweatpants -- The Hold Steady -- 120
8. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night -- The Hold Steady -- 117
9. Stevie Nix -- The Hold Steady -- 115
10. Hornets! Hornets! -- The Hold Steady -- 113
11. Hostile, Mass. -- The Hold Steady -- 107
12. How A Resurrection Really Feels -- The Hold Steady -- 107
13. Modesto Is Not That Sweet -- The Hold Steady -- 106
14. Cattle And The Creeping Things -- The Hold Steady -- 104
15. Sketchy Metal -- The Hold Steady -- 100
16. Certain Songs -- The Hold Steady -- 100
17. Sweet Payne -- The Hold Steady -- 94
18. You Gotta Dance (with Who You Came to the Dance With) -- The Hold Steady -- 93
19. Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem -- The Mekons -- 90
20. Mississippi -- Bob Dylan -- 79
21. These Days -- Nico -- 74
22. The Swish -- The Hold Steady -- 73
23. Barfruit Blues -- The Hold Steady -- 73
24. Caravanna -- The Lucksmiths -- 68
25. Linda Blair Was Born Innocent -- The Mountain Goats -- 66
Posted by: teenagekicks at November 16, 2005 01:17 PM
I don't have an IPOD, but I do have Itunes with the same feature. I think this list may make me look bad, but here it goes...
Compromise (Be a Poet About It)- Edie Carey
Tugboat - Galaxie 500
Gold Pants - Leslie & the LY's
Big Dipper- Cracker
Still BE Around - Uncle Tupelo
On a Joyride - Cody ChesnuTT
Any Way You Want Me - Spiritualized
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
Suki - Untrest
I Don't Like Mondays- The Boomtown Rats
Medicine Bottle- Red House Painters
Rain Dogs- Tom Waits
Gazebo -The Wedding Present
Black Jets - Thee Electric Bastards
Fear and Loathing on Cape Cod - Piebald
Kiss & Make Up - The Blake Babies
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Bastards of Young - THe Replacements
Never Ending Math Equation - Sun Kil Moon
Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
Car Wash Hair - Mercury Rev
Rocket Queen - Guns 'n Roses
Woman King - Iron & Wine
Arizona - The Constantines
Posted by: bree at November 7, 2005 03:02 PM
i am a self-avowed comment-whore and ipod nerd, and though i've only posted once before, i couldn't resist. everyone has such good taste so far! this is mostly a mix i made recently that i have been listening to non-stop:
1. sweet - lamb
2. sleeping in - the postal service
3. this is the day - the the
4. life on mars (cover) - seu jorge
5. moscow is in the telephone - rachel's
6. midnight radio - hedwig
7. only living boy in new york (cover) - everything but the girl
8. red right ankle - the decemberists
9. the man who loved beer - david byrne
10. fight test - flaming lips
11. desire constellation - björk
12. leavin' on a jet plane (cover) - chantal kreviazuk
13. terrible angels - cocorosie
14. little bombs - aimee mann
15. the end of the summer - dar williams
16. wonderful stevie wonder - india.arie
17. i don't really love you - magnetic fields
18. pull up the people - m.i.a.
19. beast of burden - the stones
20. nemesis - shriekback
Posted by: tania at September 22, 2005 01:18 AM
I don't own an Ipod but I do have an Iriver which has a my Favorites section. Here you go. I am kind of against Mp3 players now because I have music A.D.D. I give up on music very quickly it seems now and just skip ahead to another song.
1. Tuff Luff - The Unicorns
2. Hardest Walk - Jesus and the Mary Chain
3. Talkin bout the Smilin Deathporn Immortality Blues - Flaming Lips
4. Anthems for a Seventeen Year old Girl - Broken Social Scene
5. Great Curve - Talking Heads
6. In the Aeroplane over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
7. Blood Brothers - Tyde
8. Sit Down - James
9. Don't Just do Something - Spiritualized
10. Huddle Formation - Go Team!
11. My Friend Dario - Vitalic
12. On Peak Hill - Stars
13. Jesus etc. - Wilco
14. Suitcase Calling - Polyphonic Spree
15. Temptation - New Order
16. In Case We Die - Architecture in Helsinki
17. Bring on the Dancing Horses - Echo and the Bunnymen
18. Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
19. Ghosts Are Good Company - Bishop Allen
20. Twin Cinema - New Pornographers
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Posted by: Timothy Allison at September 17, 2005 04:45 AM
OK. So this is rather ridiculous because I typically listen to whole albums on my iPod instead of using the Shuffle feature. So, many of the songs are from the same artist. You'll see. Here's my list.
1. Mysteries of Love - Antony and the Johnsons - 34
2. Soft Black Stars - Antony and the Johnsons - 34
3. For Today I Am a Boy - Antony and the Johnsons - 33
4. My Lady Story - Antony and the Johnsons - 31
5. Man Is the Baby - Antony and the Johnsons - 31
6. Hope There's Someone - Antony and the Johnsons - 28
7. I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy - Antony and the Johnsons - 26
8. What Can I Do? - Antony and the Johnsons - 26
9. The Lake - Antony and the Johnsons - 25
10. Just One Star - Antony and the Johnsons - 25
11. The Horror Has Gone - Antony and the Johnsons - 25
12. Frankenstein - Antony and the Johsnons - 23
OK, another five songs from Antony and the Johnsons, which makes up the rest of the I am a Bird Now CD.
13. The Dead Only Quickly - The Gothic Archies - 14
14. The Sporting Life - The Decembrists - 12
15. Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire - 9
16. two more songs from Arcade Fire's Funeral - 9
17. three more songs from The Decembrists' Picaresque CD - 9
18. Illinois - Sufjin Stevens - the whole CD -9 (every song)
19. three songs from Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman - 8
20. Worlds Apart - And you will know us by the trail of the dead. . . . - 8
21. almost all of Bloc Party's CD Silent Alarm - 8
22. some songs from Tegan and Sara's CD So Jealous - 8
23. Judy Is a Punk - The Ramones - 8
24. more Arcade Fire, Decembrists, and Ben Folds - 7
25. Laverne and Shirly - TV Theme Song - 7
26. It's Useless to Struggle - Gothic Archies - 7
OK. That's it. I feel like I'm going to go mad from all of this typing. I don't even mind typing when I'm writing, but for some reason, typing this list is a bit unnerving.
I can't believe how often I've listened to Antony and the Johnsons I am a Bird Now. Insane. Well, I guess I do really love that CD.
take care all; love the lists Scott
robert
Posted by: Robert at September 17, 2005 01:02 AM
I don't have an ipod. Technology scares me. But here's a list of songs that I've been really into lately.
1. "Bog People" by Xiu Xiu
2. "E-Pro" by Beck
3. "Hope There's Someone" Antony & The Johnsons
4. "Sex With Sun-Ra" by Coil
5. "Run into Flowers" by M83
6. "Stigmata Martyr" by Bauhaus
Eh... yeah, that's really it. I've only been listening to like the six albums that those songs are from.
So why was 'Squid' your nickname in college?
Posted by: aaron at September 15, 2005 04:59 PM
Sigur Ros' "Takk..." is out today. Rejoice with a little happy skip.
Posted by: aaron at September 13, 2005 03:52 PM
I don't own an ipod, but have an audioscrobbler account so these are my most played artists. American Analog Set are top because because I left it on rotation for several hours whilst I was away from my desk. (sorry for the formatting or lack of...)
1. American Analog Set
2. Low
3. Architecture in Helsinki
4. Jens Lekman
5. Mates of State
6. Interpol
7. Sufjan Stevens
8. Khonnor
9. The Shins
10. M. Ward
11. Belle and Sebastian
12. Yo La Tengo
13. The Arcade Fire
14. Jim O'Rourke
15. Mazarin
16. Animal Collective
17. Matt Pond PA
18. Saturday Looks Good to Me
19. Sigur Rós
20. Okkervil River
Posted by: aisha at September 13, 2005 05:57 AM
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