It’s the end of the weekend. The Steelers found a way to lose, and I’m in my office putting in a little weekend work to ramp up for a long week ahead.
I’m in need of a pick-me-up.
iTunes is apparently magical, because it sensed my need and cued up the perfect tune: Tom Jones, “It’s Not Unusual.”
In case you need a little boost too, I offer the video version from 1965:
I bet Mr. Jones would be very good at Wii Fit Super-Hula. Also, how about those dancing girls? So much goodness here.
Turntables DJ, originally uploaded by pixel0908.
Some days I feel that I have listened to everything on my iTunes playlist as many times as is possible and that I do not have nearly enough music. On such days, I need a wake-up call like this iTunes list meme: a brief tour of my music library should be enough to remind me that I have lots and lots and lots of music ready to play.
Total length:
5594 items, 14:15:08:16 total time (more than 14.5 days’ worth!), 20.25 GB
First and last songs (by title):
"Abacus," Fionn Regan
"2000 Miles," The Pretenders
Sort by time – shortest and longest:
"One Last ‘Whoo-hoo!’ for the Pullman," Sufjan Stevens (6 seconds)
"O.K. Go Nike Treadmill Workout (Continuous Mix)," OK Go (31:04)
Bonus: Longest non-workout mix: "Something In The Way," Nirvana (20:36)
Sort by Album – first and last:
A.D., Heretix
52nd Street, Billy Joel
Sort by Artist – first and last:
AC/DC
50 Foot Wave
Top five most played songs:
"Giant Spiders," Devin Davis
"Looking At the World from the Bottom of a Well," Mike Doughty
"Iron Woman," Devin Davis
"Busting Up a Starbucks," Mike Doughty
"I Hear the Bells," Mike Doughty
Bonus: Top played song not by Devin Davis or Mike Doughty: "You’re So Damn Hot," OK Go (14th most-played)
Extra bonus: Top played song not by Devin Davis, Mike Doughty, or OK Go: "Waters of March," Cassandra Wilson (24th most-played)
Find the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 23 (most from the album Fig. 14 by Human Sexual Response; others include "Sexbomb" by Tom Jones, "Man-size Sextet" by P.J. Harvey, "Sexy Sadie" by The Beatles, and "Sexx Laws" by Beck)
Death: 24 (most from an album by Death From Above 1979)
Love: 371
You: 727
Home: 55
Boy: 263 (lots from the T. Rex compilation 20th Century Boy)
Girl: 71
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle:
"A Tisket, A Tasket," Ella Fitzgerald
"Freaky Hijiki," Beastie Boys
"The Brothers Cup," Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Fa Ci-La," The Feelies
"Lost in Space," Aimee Mann
Now it’s your turn. What’s on your playlist?