March 13, 2008
iTunes by the Numbers
I picked up this game from my friend Cynthia “Cindy” Closkey—who may be referred to by y’all as that other Cindy.
Total Length
7803 items, 19:23:55:16 total time, 31.50 GB (ah, so that’s what’s taking up all my hard drive space; a lot of this is podcasts and audiobooks, though)
First and Last Songs (by title)
“A.M. Slow Golden Hit,” Hotel Lights (No idea what this song is; it’s from the SXSW 2006 Showcase, which I’m still sorting through to see what’s worth keeping. Played once.)
“?,” The Mommyheads, from Bingham’s Hole (this is the album’s hidden track, I assume)
Shortest and Longest Songs
Once I deleted all the junk at either end (interrupted downloads, broken tracks, streams, and the like):
“Part 2: No. 42 Recitative, He That Dwelleth in Heaven” (0:15) by the Ambrosian Singers/Händel, The Messiah
“Something in the Way,” (20:36) Nirvana (same answer as Cindy had)
First and Last Albums (by title)
Abbey Road, The Beatles
2000, Mathieu Boogaerts
First and Last Artists
A-ha (!)
1986 (another barely-listened-to song from a SXSW Showcasing Artists set)
Top Five Most Played Songs
“Break,” Fugazi, End Hits
“Get Lucky,” Heatmiser, Mic City Sons
“All My Little Words,” Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
“Red Vines,” Aimee Mann, Bachelor No. 2
“The Book of Love,” Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 42 (most from Coop’s “Sexy Coffee Pot” collection)
Death: 73 (mostly Death Cab for Cutie)
Love: 338
You: 652
Home: 55
Boy: 172 (mostly Beastie, Soft, and Beach)
Girl: 103
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle
I’ve been using Party Shuffle to sort through all the SXSW sampler songs that I’ve never rated, in an attempt to purge, so these are all from those compilations. Each has a play count of only 1, but apparently I didn’t hate them so much that I instantly hit “delete”:
“Chinese Phrasebook,” The Freak Accident
“Under the Radar Screen,” T-minus Band
“Mr. Milk,” Errors
“Red Drop,” The Standard
“I’ve been Lost,” +/–
Your turn.
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So here’s what I want to know: Why don’t I have any AC/DC? That should be the first band, not fucking A-ha. Where did that track even come from???
Total Length
5768 items, 15.5 days, 24.62 GB
First and Last Songs (by title)
“A-Punk”, Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
“!!!!!!!”, The Roots, Phrenology
Shortest and Longest Songs
Once I deleted all the junk at either end (interrupted downloads, broken tracks, streams, and the like):
“Act Fore… The End?”, The Roots, Things Fall Apart. 0:06
“Quand Je Marche”, Camille, Le Fil, 39:00
First and Last Albums (by title)
Abbey Road, The Beatles
8 Diagrams, Wu-Tang Clan
First and Last Artists
A.C. Newman
1990s
Top Five Most Played Songs
“Smiley Faces”, Gnarls Barkley
“Airport Song”, Guster
“Tomorrow Never Knows”, The Beatles
“Sexx Laws”, Beck
“Baby You’re A Rich Man”, The Beatles
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 44
Death: 39
Love: 391
You: 575
Home: 49
Boy: 121
Girl: 104
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle
“Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey” Sly and the Family Stone
“Lacville ‘79″ Devin the Dude
“Instant Karma” John Lennon
“Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night” The Fratellis
“Yeah! Oh, Yeah!” The Magnetic Fields.
This took awhile but it was fun. I think my results overestimate my interest in hip-hop - that’s recent but I do love me some Roots and some Devin the Dude. 18, white, suburban college sophomore. Imagine that.
Total Length:
5946 songs, 16.4 days, 33.34 gb
First/Last:
First: “A.T.H.F.”, by Danger Doom, an artist(s) whose songs , I must admit, I think I’m going to delete (recommended by some 20-something kid who’s into “underground hip-hop”— but this stuff is just awful). The next on the list is Nirvana’s “About a Girl,” which I can live with.
Last: “333333333″, by the A-Frames, a song about a “fatal error” in computer code. Last “alphabetical song” is “Zombie Dance” by the Cramps.
Shortest/Longest actual songs:
0:15, “All of Us,” by Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman, from “Song X.”
27:29, “Thinkin’ Some More,” the Cheater Slicks
I only have 2 songs with the word “Sex” or “Sex” in the title….
But I have 4 versions by 4 different artists of “That’s How Strong My Love Is”..
The most versions of one song by different artists is “The Christmas Song” (11), by: Brave Combo, The Drifters, Ella Fitzgerald, the George Shearing Quintet, Jimmy Smith, Nat King Cole, James Brown, the Arthur Blythe Quartet, Carmen McRae, Mel Torme, and The Wailers (the Spokane garage band, not Bob Marley’s band).
iTunes by the Numbers — iPod edition
† = same as on my laptop
Total Length
4417 items, 10:18:49:11 total time, 17.05 GB
First and Last Songs (by title)
† “A.M. Slow Golden Hit,” Hotel Lights
“<–,” Andrew Bird, from Weather Systems
Shortest and Longest Songs
“Sooo Tired” (0:25), Radiohead remixed by I forget who, from Me & This Army
† “Something in the Way” (20:36), Nirvana
First and Last Albums (by title)
Achilles Heel, Pedro the Lion
† 2000, Mathieu Boogaerts
First and Last Artists
A.J. Croce (SXSW 2006)
† 1986
Top Five most Played Songs
† “Break,” Fugazi, End Hits
† “Get Lucky,” Heatmiser, Mic City Sons
† “All My Little Words,” Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
“Not Half Right,” Heatmiser, Mic City Sons
“Come Back from San Francisco,” Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 6
Death: 49
Love: 203
You: 323
Home: 19
Boy: 69
Girl: 49
Artists by Whom I Have the Most Tracks
Radiohead: 140
The Fall: 137
Leningrad (Ленинград): 128
Elliott Smith: 106
Magnetic Fields: 106
Total Length
1018 items, 2.9 days, 5.14 GB
First and Last Songs (by title)
Abandoned Love, Bob Dylan, Biograph
1989, Robert Fripp, Let The Power Fall
Shortest and Longest Songs
One Last “Whoo-hoo!” for the Pullman, Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise
Six Pianos, Steve Reich, Reich: Variations
First and Last Albums (by title)
Alpine Static, Kinski
Z, My Morning Jacket
First and Last Artists
AC/DC
Yo La Tengo
Top Five most Played Songs
That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!, Sufjan Stevens
Squalor Victoria, The National
Racing Like a Pro, The National
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us, Sufjan Stevens
Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 1
Death: 13
Love: 57
You: 139
Home: 11
Boy: 20
Girl: 10
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle
Turd On The Run, The Rolling Stones
Cursed Sleep, Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Loneliness Shines, Malcolm Middleton
1984, Robert Fripp
Beast for Thee, Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Total Length
14,721 items, 40:08:13:06 total time, 64.35 GB.
First and Last Songs (by title)
“A-1 On The Jukebox,” BR549
“2002,” Bob Schneider
Shortest and Longest Songs
Shortest: “Untitled” by Pete Yorn (4 seconds)
Longest: “Vahevala” by Loggins and Messina (20:58)
First and Last Albums (by title)
“A.J. Croce” by A.J. Croce
“2000 Years” by Billy Joel
First and Last Artists
A. J. Croce
10,000 Maniacs
Top Five Most Played Songs
“Pretty Sure I’m Over You” by Will Hoge
“Gotta Get Back To Forgetting You” by Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys
“Let Me Be Lonely” by Will Hoge
“Secondhand Heart” by Will Hoge
“All Night Long” by Will Hoge.
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
Sex: 52
Death: 25
Love: 1065
You: 1992
Home: 273
Boy: 241
Girl: 434
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle
“Jackson,” Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash
“She’s Got A Way,” Billy Joel
“Sometime Other Than Now,” John Hiatt
“San Antonio Girl,” Lyle Lovett
“Don’t Forget To Cry,” Mandy Barnett
I posted mine here.
oh no, i should use itunes urgently.
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