iTunes: Your Top 25

I've had Bose headphones. The TriPorts are good-quality phones, but the piece that connects the ears broke three times - I might have a larger-than-average head. Upgraded for a small price to the NoiseCancelling phones.

Terrific phones ... but if it's connected to a limited unit, the sound will still be limited.

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Bubbler,

I'll never be as cool as Don Cheadle - who among us really is? - and I'll never have a shirt that out there. Just not my nature.

 

Speaking of iTunes and Sam Mills, I'm ripping Genesis' Duke album right now as we speak.

I'm a Man Of Our Times.

 

Terrific track. Outstanding.

"Duchess" is criminally underrated, and "Turn It On Again" has the honor of being a top hit and still worth numerous listens.

"Behind The Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal" should always be listened to in order - not shuffled - and same for "Duke's Travels/Duke's End." Might be the best thematic album the group did and should be listened to in the order in which it was mastered.

 

iTunes definitely has trouble with concept albums/joined pieces of music. Try listening to the Beatles' Abbey Road suite on shuffle. Doesn't work.

Before I rip an album I re-assess all the songs to see if they're worthy of my gigs. Forgot what an excellent song Alone Tonight is.

 

"Alone Tonight" is one of the weakest tracks, along with "Misunderstanding." But that's also an indication of how good this album is.

 

You can adjust the compression level when you rip the CD into iTunes. I have mine set at a pretty decent level. It's still being compressed, but if you go to 192 kbps or higher I think you'd have a pretty hard time noticing the compression. I don't notice it at that level, and I hate low-quality recordings.

 

1. Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver Theme
2. Pink Floyd - Us and Them
3. Kanye West - Spaceship
4. Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills and Far Away
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Universally Speaking
6. Vince Guaraldi - O Tannenbaum
7. The Beatles - I Want to Tell You
8. Led Zeppelin - I Can't Quit You Baby
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
10. Radiohead - No Surprises
11. Incubus - Talk Shows on Mute
12. Jay-Z - Ain't No Love (In the Heart of the City)
13. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
14. Kanye West - Roses
15. Weezer - Pork and Beans
16. Tupac - It Ain't Easy
17. Tupac - Me Against the World
18. T.I. - I'm Illy
19. Sublime - Get Ready
20. Cream - Strange Brew
21. Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
22. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (uhhh...how the fuck did that get there... :-X)
23. The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
24. The Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil
25. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling

 

I think what freaks me out is the literally hundreds of songs on my iTunes with zero listens.

 

They should all have that many listens.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Horrible.

 

1. You Shook Me (All Night Long) - AC/DC
2. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
3. So Small - Carrie Underwood
4. AM Radio - Everclear
5. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
6. Oh! Darling - Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy (from Across the Universe)
7. All-American Girl - Carrie Underwood
8. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
9. C'est La Vie - *Bwitched
10. Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
11. Dead! - My Chemical Romance
12. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
13. I 2 I - Rosie Gaines (from A Goofy Movie soundtrack)
14. Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
15. Galway Girl - Mundy
16. The More Boys I Meet - Carrie Underwood (shut up, I really liked Carnival Ride, okay?)
17. I Want it All - Queen
18. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
19. With a Little Help From my Friends - Jim Sturgess (from Across the Universe)
20. Those Magic Changes from the Grease OBC
21. Last Train Home - Lostprophets
22. Under Pressure - Queen
23. Hold Me Tight - Evan Rachel Wood (from Across the Universe)
24. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
25. You Can't Stop the Beat - Hairspray OBC

Don't ask me why...but I'm a huge country person and the only country on here is Carrie Underwood. I swear I have more stuff on here than just her. Also, how this list escaped my favorite artist of all time - Garth Brooks - is COMPLETELY beyond me. Maybe I need to start listening to more country.....

 

Two Queen songs ... nice.