gordonshumway:

What better way to procrastinate than by plundering my iTunes library?

Here are some select data from yours truly’s music collection:

Number of Songs: 4,615
Number of Albums: 702
Most Recently Played Song: “Zat You Santa Claus” - Louis Armstrong
Most Played Song: “Suffragette City”- David Bowie
Most Played Song that maybe you haven’t heard: “A House Is Not A Motel”- Love
Most Recently Added Album: Wilco (The Album) - Wilco

First Song Alphabetically: “Abbaon Fat Track”- Tricky
Last Song Alphabetically: “Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)”- Harry Belafonte
Longest Title: “Americans Own The Moon, They Bought It From The Germans - Who Won It At A Poker Game In World War II”- Mushroom
Smallest Number In A Song Title: “.000.000” - Beck
Largest Number In A Song Title: “Excerpt 31 69 c. 121733-122533 PM NYC” - La Monte Young

Shortest Song: “Cosmic Tomes for Sleep Walking Lovers (Pt. 4) [Fifteen Ways Towards a Finite Universe]”- Exploding Star Orchestra (0:11) 
Longest Song: “Gondwana”- Miles Davis (46:05)
Shortest Song With A 5-Star Rating: “The Second Line” - Clinic (2:28) (Well, excluding Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of The Goldberg Variations)
Longest Song With A 5-Star Rating: “Bitches Brew” - Miles Davis (27:01)

First Album Alphabetically: ABC Music - Radio 1 Sessions, Stereolab 
Last Album Alphabetically: Young Team, Mogwai
First Album Numerically: The 3 EPs, The Beta Band
Last Album Numerically: 1968, Pajo

First Five Songs That Pop Up On Shuffle iTunes DJ:
“FDR in Trinidad”- Van Dyke Parks
“Think About Carbs”- Hot Snakes 
“Juramento”- Compay Segundo
“My Favorite Things”- Alice Coltrane
“I Think I’m A Mother”- PJ Harvey

Five Songs I have Never Played
“Lieber Honig”, Neu!
“Projection Esemplastic for White Noise” - Joji Yuasa
“Pop Tones” - Public Image Ltd.
“Frankie” - Mississippi John Hurt
“Airport Jail” - Tricolor (bullshit, iTunes, I’ve totally played that)

Notes on this post

  1. fuckyeaitsthewillz reblogged this from bullshit
  2. ajschuster reblogged this from mrgan and added:
    Crystal Village - Pete Yorn...Probably the one above, but maybe: American Thing - Scott...
  3. rockosmodurnlife reblogged this from thememegeneration and added:
    1937 (complete albums: 1445)...“Punk Jazz” Jaco Pastorius
  4. puffkrispy reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    The Take Over, the Breaks Over...Pineapple Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  5. airwalker reblogged this from oldtobegin and added:
    (oldtobegin: w33dprincess: a ton of other people)...Adult., “Herd Me”
  6. oldtobegin reblogged this from w33dprincess and added:
    Nodzzz, “Highway Memorial Shrine”...Torche, “Across the Shields”
  7. parentheses reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Dog Problems - The Format...I’ve Got Friends - Manchester Orchestra
  8. dotsara reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    I can’t sleep, so why not! (Mixing and matching w/ Neven Mrgan’s iTunes Stats and tossing in one of my own, too.)
  9. jukeboxbabe reblogged this from mrgan and added:
    The Field - Over The Ice...The Millioners - Assault In Space
  10. lauraglu reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Don’t Take Back Your Time”- Foreign Born...“War Torn”- Nicole Atkins
  11. reagank reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Closing - Steve Martin Let’s Get Small...Do You Believe in Gosh? - Mitch Hedberg
  12. benw reblogged this from timoni and added:
    I shall play your meme game, because this...a really interesting game of stats. It is...
  13. timoni reblogged this from mrgan and added:
    Fun stats time! This is just for my work computer, since that’s all I have at hand....I...
  14. mrgan reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Here are some select data from yours truly’s...“Zat You Santa Claus” - Louis...
  15. banterability reblogged this from indefensible and added:
    “I’ve Got to See You Again” - Norah Jones...“Late” - Ben Folds
  16. graceyu reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    Number of Songs: 2,590 Number of Albums: 838 Most Recently Played Song: Cat Power - The Greatest Most Played Song: John...
  17. mens-rea reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Because procrastination...my studying (or lack there of) later.
  18. limbobear reblogged this from kimalah and added:
    Number of Songs: 9,896 Number of Albums:Huh. Can’t figure this one out. Most Recently Played Song: “Wild Trip”- Flat Duo...
  19. musingsfromashoebox reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    Hunters & Collectors...Throw Your Arms Around Me...Lounge...
  20. lucius reblogged this from woodlandcreature and added:
    Penny Lane - The Beatles...Goodnight and Go...The Best of...
  21. nigelsanders reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    I want in on this as well....“Sunset Raft”...Death From...
  22. w33dprincess reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    I Promise Never to Get Paint on...The Olivia Tremor Control
  23. amandapearl reblogged this from bullshit and added:
    Unity of Earth 2002 [Radio Edit]...Givin’ Up [Don Diablo Remix]
  24. bullshit reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Dinah Washington - Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t My Baby?...Mannie Fresh - We Fresh
  25. kimalah reblogged this from gordonshumway
  26. peachcherub reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    These are actually the stats from...iPod. My computer is fairly new,
  27. morrowplanet reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Super Disco Breakin’”- Beastie Boys...“Queen of Quiet”- Erin McKeown
  28. theheatishere reblogged this from dascola and added:
    Enjoy it. This will not happen often / evaaarr. (...feel really good about myself now ) ((...
  29. indefensible reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    one of those dicks who has two libraries - one on a Mac Mini,...laptop. Don’t ask...
  30. woodlandcreature reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    How do you find this out? I am not counting....Don’t remember, it was yesterday.
  31. nilszero reblogged this from jaydensmommie and added:
    “Starry Eyed Surprise”- Paul Oakenfold...“London Drizzle”- McVaffe
  32. lexichelle reblogged this from jaydensmommie and added:
    Number of Songs: 9,679 Number of Albums: 1,649 Most Recently Played Song: “don’t look away” by joshua radin Most Played...
  33. storygoes reblogged this from bethlehems and added:
    “Satellite Mind”...“The Pretender”...Birdman & Lil’...
  34. hid reblogged this from thekeri and added:
    regret missing Sara Bareilles at Yardfest. I think my neighbor...planning to lecture me...
  35. kurtw reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Ramona”- Guster...“Jerk It Out”- Caesars...Time To Pretend...
  36. dascola reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Ugh…my first meme participation....“Sally Ruby”- Kelly Joe Phelps
  37. tonedeaf reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    fully expect everyone else...do this as well. REBLOG IT! REBLOG LIKE THE WIND.
  38. thekeri reblogged this from bethlehems and added:
    13,440. Number of Albums: 2,031....Zurich is Stained.
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    EDIT: Well, I fucked that up pretty nice. I’m too lazy...HTML on this, so my bad to...
  41. cleversimon reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Scouting for Girls, “Keep on Walking”...Against Me!, “Wagon Wheel” (Old Crow Medicine Show...
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  43. moistrobot reblogged this from myrm and added:
    Dragon Force? LOL myrm....[Eagles of Death Metal] Bag O’ Miracles
  44. bethlehems reblogged this from delgrosso and added:
    Hüsker Dü - “Pink Turns to Blue.”...The Last Days of April - “All Those Kisses.”
  45. tbmimsthethird reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Let’s Explode”- Clem Snide...“La Cienega Just Smiled”- Ryan Adams

  46. guillee reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Solo Flights — Eagles of Death Metal...Frail — Nine Inch Nails
  47. myrm reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Disclaimer:This is the result...computer reformatted too many times -
  48. whitemeadows reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    doing it, stop the shouting, plz....Don’t know how to count albums.
  49. ladawn reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    can get behind. Here’s mine:...“Dance To Your Daddy”- Colin Meloy
  50. sloganeerist reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Ween, “She’s Your Baby”...Paul Collins Beat, “I Don’t Fit In”
  51. jaydensmommie reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Memory Lane”- Elliott Smith...I”- Ingrid Michaelson
  52. smartgoat reblogged this from delgrosso and added:
    This is on my work computer, so this isn’t representative of my full library. Which means it’s not as embarrassing as i...
  53. rafitorres reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    Here’s mine. I’ve added Youtube links...individual songs which are worth a listen:
  54. hellamike reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Bicycle Race”- Queen...“Jungleland”- Bruce Springsteen (This kills all the suspense no...
  55. thememegeneration reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    “Robot Rock / Oh Yeah” - Daft Punk...“Bliss In Concrete” - Pelican
  56. hurtling reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    J-Money, can’t you just log on to Simplify...mine for me? ::sigh:: OK, fine. Here...
  57. oledocweirdbeard reblogged this from jaydensmommie and added:
    I have the whole of Schoolhouse Rock on DVD, a birthday present from my wife. It’s nominally for our son—but she knew me...
  58. lilykily reblogged this from jaydensmommie and added:
    That is what i was thinking. As far as I know, TD has no child to hide behind. But I see he is just tapping into his...
  59. piscesinpurple reblogged this from jaydensmommie and added:
    I would like to go on the record as stating that my “HA” was entirely good-natured. I happen to have two copies of the...
  60. jaydensmommie reblogged this from piscesinpurple and added:
    Reblogged to say it was very honest of you not to just put in a different song. But more importantly reblogged so that...
  61. lilykily reblogged this from piscesinpurple and added:
    I admit it, I laughed.
  62. piscesinpurple reblogged this from delgrosso
  63. toseethis reblogged this from oledocweirdbeard and added:
    Sounds like fun. Let me try! Number of Songs: 6160 Number of Albums: Um…...figure that...
  64. idrvfast reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    It’s gonna be nice to see of musically different we all are....post. Yeah something like...
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    gordonshumway: My
  66. oledocweirdbeard reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    when I get home.
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