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

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
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

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).

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.