iTunes: Your Top 25

1. Hey There Delilah--Plain White T's
2. In the Waiting Line--Zero 7
3. Special--Garbage
4. I think I'm Paranoid--Garbage
5. Broken--Seether and Amy Lee
6. Crush -- Jennifer Paige
7. Uninvited--Alanis Morissette
8. Waking Up in Vegas -- Katy Perry
9. Edge of 17 -- Stevie Nicks
10. Ring the Alarm -- Beyonce
11. Still -- Alanis
12. The Long Way Around -- Dixie Chicks
13. Paralyzer--Finger Eleven
14. From Yesterday -- 30 Seconds to Mars
15. Beautiful Liar -- Beyonce and Shakira
16. Push It -- Garbage
17. Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Warrant
18. I Saw Red -- Warrant
19. Ohio -- Crosby Stills Nash and Young
20. Only Happy When it Rains -- Garbage
21. Stupid Girl -- Garbage
22. The Way I am -- Ingrid Michaelson
23. The Kill -- 30 Seconds to Mars
24. Mixtape -- Butch Walker
25. SexyBack--JT

 

Was on quite a Stone Roses kick myself last year. Loved them in high school and I was surprised by how well their music has stood the test of time.

 

Only because all of these songs are on my Shuffle for the gym. Don't have counts because I'm not on iTunes now, but they have to be pretty high.
And Kato, iTunes does update the play count from your iPod when you sync it.

1. Little Dreamer - Van Halen
2. Influence - Jurassic 5
3. Back In Black - AC/DC
4. Glycerine - Bush
5. True Nature - Jane's Addiction
6. Can't Go Back To Jersey - G. Love
7. Road To The Riches - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo
8. One - Metallica
9. Too Much Posse - Public Enemy
10. Runnin With The Devil - Van Halen
11. TNT - AC/DC
12. Don't Matter - Akon
13. Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
14. Ain't Saying Nothin' New - The Roots
15. Roller Skates - Steel Pulse
16. You Really Got Me - Van Halen
17. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - Van Halen
18. Hell's Bells - AC/DC
19. Who Made Who - AC/DC
20. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
21. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica
22. Come As You Are - Nirvana
23. Atomic Punk - Van Halen
24. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
25. I'm The One - Van Halen

 

Appreciate the help, but after sampling through too many NOW albums to admit (I do admit I'm woefully out of touch when it comes to music) I figured out it was Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape."

 

What are iTunes?

It would be interesting to know what I listen to the most, but who knows?

I was listening to Chuck Mangione today (good stuff for cleaning up the house). Before then, Pearl Jam. Then Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago and a little Tony Banks.

Oh well ...

 

I leave mine on shuffle almost exclusively. There's been more than once where I left it on all night, which accounts for some of this. I also have only ripped just barely over 50 percent of what I have, so there's some artists towards the end of the alphabet, like the Stones, that are under-represented. It isn't a very good list. I know there's songs I've played that didn't make the cut that I sought out, like, 11 times, such as Tonight by The Raspberries.

With 25th place ties.

1. Turn To You, Go Go's (16)
1. Polk Salad Annie, Tony Joe White (16)
3. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, Ohio Express (15) -- this is one of those tunes my iPod mysteriously loves. Don't get me wrong, it rocks for a bubble gum tune.
3. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, Waylon Jennings (15)
5. Speed Of Life, David Bowie (14)
5. Your Imagination, Hall & Oates (14)
5. Harlem Clavinette, J.J. Johnson (14)
5. Turn Around, Nirvana (14)
5. Teenage Kicks, Undertones (14)
5. A Quick One (live), The Who (14)
11. Does Your Mother Know?, ABBA (13)
11. Get It Hot, AC/DC (12)
11. Allentown, Billy Joel (12)
11. If You Leave Me Now, Chicago (12)
11. Oh! You Pretty Things, David Bowie (13)
11. Hang On To Yourself, David Bowie (13)
11. Who Loves You, Frankie Valli (13)
11. Game Of Pricks, Guided By Voices (13)
11. The Closer You Are, Guided By Voices (13)
11. Rise, Herb Alpert (13)
11. Misty Mountain Hop, Led Zeppelin (13)
11. Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Stevie Wonder (13)
11. Pictures Of Lily, The Who (13)
11. Out-A-Space, Billy Preston (13)
25. And Your Bird Can Sing, Beatles (12)
25. The Mighty Quinn, Bob Dylan (12)
25. Dazz, Brick (12)
25. Death Or Glory, The Clash (12)
25. Always Crashing In The Same Car, David Bowie (12)
25. Philadelphia Freedom, Elton John (12)
25. Father's Name Was Dad, Fire (12)
25. Carefree Highway, Gordon Lightfoot (12)
25. Casino Royale, Herb Alpert (12)
25. Once Upon A Time In The Projects, Ice Cube (12)
25. Live It Up, Isley Brothers (12)
25. You Really Got Me, The Kinks (12)
25. Imperial March, Empire Strikes Back (12)
25. Look Around, Sergio Mendes (12)
25. Moondance, Van Morrison (12)

 

Did you ever get into any of the other songs on BTCD?

 

Seriosuly, Sam, if you like music, you need to have an iPod. One of the best investments I've ever made. Shuffle's only 50 bucks. Just put all your albums into iTunes and load them on the iPod. I also have the classic iPod so I can listen to playlists or just a random selection from my 2,400 or so songs. I listen at work and at the gym always, and I can use it in my car, though I don't drive enough to do that too often.

 

As of 10:58 p.m. EST Jan. 9, 2009:

1. Stand Back (Fleetwood Mac - Live in Atlanta 2003), 269 times
2. Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac - Live from The Dance), 229 times
3. Stand Back (Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston), 223 times
4. Destiny Rules (Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will), 213 times
5. They Want It All (Crosby and Nash - Crosby Nash, 173 times
6. Freedom (Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask), 171 times
7. Fall From Grace (Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow - Live from the 2001 Blockbuster Awards), 159 times
8. Everybody Finds Out (Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will), 158 times
9. Shambala (Three Dog Night - Celebrate - The Three Dog Night Story 1965-1975), 145 times
10. Love That Never Dies '90 (The Byrds - The Byrds: 20 Essential Tracks from the Box Set 1965-1990), 144 times
11. Round Of Blues (Shawn Colvin - Fat City), 140 times
12. Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston), 136 times
13. Stand Back (Stevie Nicks - Live on The Tonight Show (1998)), 135 times
14. Fall From Grace (live - sick) (Stevie Nicks - Trouble in Shangri-la tour. This was the night her bronchitis was at its worst.), 134 times
15t. Stand Back (Stevie Nicks - Live in Philadelphia (first night of the Two Voices tour in 2005), 131 times
15t. Fall From Grace (Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow - 2001 Arizona Heart Institute benefit concert), 131 times
17. Smile At You (Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will), 125 times
18t. Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac - Live from The Dance), 123 times
18t. Not Make Believe (Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will bonus disc), 123 times
20. Bad Love (Eric Clapton - Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton), 118 times
21. You Wreck Me (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Wildflower), 114 times
22t. Long Time Gone (Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash), 112 times
22t. Fall From Grace (Stevie Nicks - Live from Ft. Meyers Fla., 2001), 112 times
24. Eyes Of The World (Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston), 111 times
25. Green Grass and High Tides (The Outlaws - Best of The Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides), 109 times

 

Problem is I'm an audio snob. No doubting the portability of the iPod, but the music is still being compressed when it's loaded and that affects the sound quality.

I'm still a component guy. No, no turntables, pre-amps and truly hi-end stuff - there's a budget given my situation - but I can't bring myself to do iPod. Not all my stuff is orchestral or anything like that, but I like the music, not necessarily the lyrics and I don't know how badly the timbre and instrumentation will be compressed.

It's getting better, but it still has some work to do.

 

Never thought of that, since I'm not an audio snob at all. I could see that being an issue with the compression, but they definitely have plenty of high-end headphones, speakers that could help with the quality. I just like the portability of it. I truly don't know how I got by without it.

 

Outing alert: Sam Mills is Don Cheadle from Boogie Nights.