The "iPod on Random" Thread

[TelZilla]

I’m sure this has been done, but I haven’t seen it. Here are the first 15 songs that came up on shuffle on my iPod:

1. Can’t Be Still- Booker T and the MG’s- perhaps the iPod knows I watched that Stax thing on PBS last night. Probably the tightest band ever. Rock Solid.
2. Little Boy Blue- Robert Lockwood, Jr. and Otis Spahn- just a guitar and a piano playing the blues. Nice.
3. She Was Hot- Stones ripping off Chuck berry for the umpteenth time, but with lyrics that would not have made it on the radio in 1956. One of the few post-“Tattoo You” Stones tunes that can hang with their glory days stuff. “Undercover” is a good album.
4. Little Queenie- Chuck Berry. He pretty much invented rock n’ roll guitar (as distinct from Rockabilly). And he’s probably my favorite lyricist
5. Done Somebody Wrong- Elmore James. Essential slide work.
6. Natural Mystic- Bob Marley- I likes the reggae, I does.
7. Haffner Serenade, Allegro Assai- W.A. Mozart.- My favorite classical composer. Just gorgeous melodies.
8. Blue Christmas- Elvis Aaron Presley- A classic cheesy Elvis tune. Elvis, Mozart, Chuck Berry, the Stones- what else do you need?
9. Hot Love-Cheap Trick. Love the Trick. Seen em’ 5 times. From “Cheap Trick”, their first record.
10. Annie Get your Gun- Squeeze- not real axe-heavy, but Squeeze wrote some of the best pop tunes ever. Real music by real musicians.
11. West Savannah- Outkast- I used to be really into rap, now I dabble. It’s not the same since they can’t use as many samples. That said, Outkast is worth checking out for sure.
12. And Your Bird Can sing- Beatles-A perfect tune from their best record.
13. Move on Down the Line- ZZ Top- A little more rockish (as opposed to bluesy) than some of their other early stuff. Great solo, with the Rev Billy G copping some countryish bendy licks. From Tres Hombres.
14. Tip of My Tongue- John Hiatt- from Bring the Family- pretty sure that’s Ry Cooder playing on this ballad. John hiatt is a great songwriter, and makes a lot out of a pretty limited voice. If you don’t know him, buy this record and Slow Turning.
15. Do that Stuff- Parliament- Make my funk the P funk, I want my funk uncut! The second greatest funk band ever (James Brown’s band is first of course). This song is irresistible, and more on the party side of the Parliament /Funkadelic stuff, as opposed to some of the really weird stuff (which is good too). I love the “I wanna go back and get more of that funky stuff” part – killer horns.

I can live with that, nothing really embarrassing. But no country seems unusual.

Your turn. No cheating…

[eryque]

I don't have a playlist to share, but I will say that every once in a while I forget that I'm listening to itunes on shuffle and not the radio and wonder what what great radio station I'm listening to.

I guess I just have good taste in music :)

[Tdot]

My morning shuffle:

1. Wander this world - Jonny Lang
2. Highway - John Lee Hooker
3. No Substitute - John Lee Hooker
4. Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker
5. I'll I want is you - U2
6. Caravan - Adel's
7. Private Idaho - B-52's
8. Mr. Harris - Aimee Mann
9. I've had it - Aimee Mann
10. The very last time - Alan Parsons
11. You learn - Alanis Morissette
12. Je Pense A Toi - Amadou & Marium
13. Get up - Amel Larrieux
14. Track 12 - Andrea Bocelli
15. Guardame las vacas - Andes Segovia

A couple lemons, but 3-in-a-row JLH makes up for that!

[TelZilla]

Originally Posted by Tdot

A couple lemons, but 3-in-a-row JLH makes up for that!

You know, I'm convinced that "Random" is not random on an iPod. For instance, on some days my iPod is a huge Elvis Costello fan.

[Tdot]

Mine too. Sometimes I get a clump of Elvis, or Beatles, or Bach, or a string of Motown all day. I hate when it grabs chapter 4 of an audio book.

[garrett]

Round and round it goes, where it'll stop, no one knows...

Revolution by Derek Trucks
Blue Veins by Raconteurs
Space Rock by Weezer
Kick, Push by Lupe Fiasco
Gimme One of Those by Brand New Heavies
Revenge of the 10 Gallon Hat by Joe Bonamassa
Open Mic Night, pt2 by Viktor Vaughn
Build God, Then We'll Talk by Panic at the Disco
Juice by Steve Vai
Jacqueline by Franz Ferdinand

[eryque]

Originally Posted by Tdot

Mine too. Sometimes I get a clump of Elvis, or Beatles, or Bach, or a string of Motown all day. I hate when it grabs chapter 4 of an audio book.

If you uncheck the audio books they don't get played in iTunes. I'm not sure if it transfers that setting to the iPod or not.

[mistermullens]

I was thinking of starting a thread just like this! I can't remember all the songs, but my iPod was treatin me right yesterday. Here's what I remember

Allman Brothers - Morning Dew
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns
Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels
Poison - Stand
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
The Who - Happy Jack
Black Crowes - Darling Of The Underground Press

[TelZilla]

Originally Posted by mistermullens

Black Crowes - Darling Of The Underground Press

What is that? I thought I had all the Crowes... even "taller" and "Band"

[Hucklebilly]

Apple swears the shuffle function is random, but sometimes I get things so bizarre that it makes me wonder, like the same song three times in a row covered by different artists.

[stephent2]

You Wouldn't Know Love-Billy Joe Shaver
I'm Barely Hangin' On To Me-Johnny Paycheck
Beachcombing-Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris
Another Rainy Day-Corinne Bailey Rae
Gonna Send You Back To Georgia-James Carr
Long Line Rider-Bobby Darin
Nobody Better Than Us-Leadbelly
Southern Gul-Erykah Badu
Mojo Boogie-J. B. Lenoir
Do Wacka Do-Roger Miller
The Harder They Come-Jimmy Cliff
Louis Collins-Mississippi John Hurt
Ventura-Lucinda Williams
The Maker-Daniel Lanois
Low-Life Blues-Sean Costello
Blood Of The Ram-The Gourds
Rehab-Amy Winehouse
The Long Way Home-Norah Jones
Blue Horizon-Sidney Bechet
Yes We Can Can-Lee Dorsey

dang I like the shuffle feature, best radio station out there.

[Dillon]

Another morning shuffle:

1. Shapes of Things--Yardbirds
2. Back Door--Queen Ida and her Zydeco Band
3. Everyday People--Sly and the Family Stone
4. Up Where We Belong--Joe Cocker
5. Shake Your Hips--Rolling Stones
6. Give Back My Love--Lyle Lovett
7. Tennessee Plates--John Hiatt
8. Mothers of the Disappeared--U2
9. The Red Rooster--Howlin' Wolf
10. Saturday Gigs--Mott the Hoople
11. That Smell-Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. Big Love--Fleetwood Mac
13. I Just Want to Make Love to You--Rolling Stones
14. Just for Love--Quicksilver Messenger Service
15. Missing Your Love--Johnny Lang

[ibobunot]

Originally Posted by TelZilla

Here are the first 15 songs that came up on shuffle on my iPod: Your turn. No cheating…

Country Honk - The Rolling Stones
Bad Case of Love - B.B. King
Buzzin' - Slim Harpo
Jesus & Tomatoes - Kate Campbell
Little Sister - Dwight Yoakam
King Size Troublemaker - Too Slim & The Taildraggers
Runaway Soul - Ruthie Foster
The Things You Said To Me - The Mavericks
What's On Your Mind - The Mother Station
Feel Like Goin' On - Pat Boyack - Ruthie Foster
Round Midnight - Cornell Dupree
Tore Down House - Scott Henderson
Regular Man - Albert Cummings
Mexico - The Spares
I Just Want To See Your Flame - Arthur Neilson

My "Party Shuffle" playlist is linked to the "My Top Rated" playlist.
is that considered cheatin'....

[TelZilla]

Originally Posted by stephent2

Mojo Boogie-J. B. Lenoir

Is that the one with Sonny Landreth? That song is great.

[stevieboy]

I'm not near my ipod right now to do a list, but I listen to it on random most of the time. I have a jack in my car to plug it into, but it's not a controller, it just plays the ipod through the stereo. So for safety's sake I just put it on shuffle and let it rip. I listen to it that way frequently, like almost every time I drive somewhere, and for long periods, because I drive a lot.

I'm sure that it gets into an area where it will play the same artist several times near each other, not one song after another, but maybe three songs in six or seven. That happens way to often to be random. It does seem to have days when it's playing one song after another that fit my mood perfectly.

On the other hand, it does some funny things sometimes that have to be random that it couldn't have any reference to. Just for the most recent example, not the most remarkable, yesterday it played Dust my Broom by Elmore James. Then right after it played another song by another artist that started off with the Dust my Broom guitar riff, but wasn't called Dust My Broom. Little things like that happen all the time, so often that I don't remember the better examples.

[stephent2]

Originally Posted by TelZilla

Is that the one with Sonny Landreth? That song is great.

not familiar w/ the Sonny L. version, a few folks have covered this song.

This Mojo Boogie is from J.B.'s "Vietnam Blues", which is IMHO, one of the best blues albums period, though it doesn't get a lot of mention. Buy it today, really,... every song on the album/CD is just as good.

http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Blues-...n=5174&s=music

[TelZilla]

Originally Posted by stephent2

not familiar w/ the Sonny L. version, a few folks have covered this song.

This Mojo Boogie is from J.B.'s "Vietnam Blues", which is IMHO, one of the best blues albums period, though it doesn't get a lot of mention. Buy it today, really,... every song on the album/CD is just as good.

http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Blues-...n=5174&s=music

Oh, I remember now.. it's Allen Toussaint- he and Sonny play that tune on Sonny's "South of I-10" album. Just piano and a resonator. Good stuff.

[hekawi]

Originally Posted by TelZilla

What is that? I thought I had all the Crowes... even "taller" and "Band"

check details here:
http://frayed.org/crowes/songs/darli...und-press.html

[Mojohand40]

don't have an IPOD, just a off brand "trutech" MP3 player with shuffle.

1)Sweet Dreams- Patsy Cline
2)Pointed Toe Shoes- Carl Perkins
3) DoubleWide - Southern Culture on the Skids
4) Excuse Me, I think I have a Heartache- Buck Owens
5)Pipeline- The Chantays
6)Goin' Down That Road-Ersel Hickey (Obscure, Huh? )
7)Drinkin' Buddies- The Hillbilly Hellcats
8)Do Do Do - Commonwealth Jones ( Look it up! Real early Rockabilly Kid)
9)Solar Race- The Ventures
10)Snatch it and Grab It- Freddie Hart
11) Green Onions- The Ventures
12)You're Humbugging Me- Lefty Frizell
13)Blue Suede Shoes- Carl Perkins
14)Hang On- Link Wray
15)Mean Little Mamma- The Spinouts

I need some new tunes...

[Gibson]

Here goes, first 15 on shuffle:

1. Rags to Rags - Eels
2. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel
3. Right Brigade - Bad Brains
4. You're Nice and Kind to Me Lou Della - John Lee Hooker
5. Come On Children - Small Faces
6. Look What All You Got - Buddy Guy
7. Holiday in Waikiki - The Kinks
8. Live With Me - The Rolling Stones
9. Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan
10. Where I End and You Begin (The Sky is Falling In) - Radiohead
11. Merry-Go-Round - Cold Chisel
12. All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
13. Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana
14. The Gift - The Jam
15. Little Friend - Minor Threat

[pbenn]

TelZilla, Elvis' Christmas Album is quite a keeper!

My 15:

1. Honey Don't -- Perkins
2. Dancing In the Streets -- Vandellas
3. Sweet Soul Music -- Conley
4. I'll Turn to Stone -- Four Tops
5. Night Train -- James Brown
6. Are You Lonely For Me Baby? -- Al Green
7. Eloise! -- William Bell
8. Laugh, Laugh -- Beau Brummels
9. Expressway to Your Heart -- Soul Survivors
10. Going To A Happening -- Tommy Neal
11. Why When Love Is Gone -- The Originals
12. Abraham, Martin & John -- Marvin Gaye
13. Hush -- Billy Joe Royal
14. Heart Full Of Love -- The Invincibles
15. I Take What I Want -- Sam & Dave

[Mojohand40]

Originally Posted by pbenn

TelZilla, Elvis' Christmas Album is quite a keeper!

My 15:

1. Honey Don't -- Perkins
2.....

Hey, I got "Honey Don't" by Perkins in mine to.
all in all...you got a good list, IMO, Pbenn!

[Big Tony]

A related thread:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bad-dog-c...%2Anow%2A.html

/ Tony

[The Bone]

Juke - Little Walter
Blackstick - Sidney Bechet
Time - The Alan Parsons Project
2000 Years - Burning Spear
Rumble in Brighton - Stray Cats
Stop - Lonnie Mack
Living on the Highway - Freddie King
Alberta - Eric Clapton
When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley/Dolly Parton
Daybreaker - ELO
Still a Fool - Muddy Waters
Little Queen of Spades - Robert Johnson
House Burning Down - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Burial - Peter Tosh
T'wango - Redd Volkaert

[Onyx Z]

This is a little better than what I usually get. My iPod usually plays songs that I'm not really in the mood for at the time, with a few good ones thrown in. I would listen to all of these songs without skipping any.

1. RHCP - We Believe
2. Brad Paisley and Chely Wright - Hard To Be a Husband, Hard To Be a Wife
3. Eagles - There's Gonna Be a Heartache Tonight
4. James Taylor - Everyday
5. George Strait - I Can Still Make Cheyenne
6. Kenny Chesney - What I Need To Do (live)
7. Brandon Rhyder - Man of Conviction
8. Chris LeDoux - Amarillo By Morning
9. Foo Fighters - The One To Find
10.Shinedown - 45 (acoustic)

[lobotomyactivist]

1. Cadillac Ranch-Bruce Springsteen
2. Nothing of the Kind-Jimmie Dale Gilmore
3. New Englan-Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
4. The Ladder-Alejandro Escovedo
5. Someone I Care About-Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
6. I Don't Feel That Way-Jon Dee Graham
7. Black Cowboys-Bruce Springsteen
8. 40 Miles to Vegas-Southern Culture on the Skids
9. Vaseline Machine Gun-Leo Kottke
10. Take Me With You-The Jayhawks
11. I Wish I Was a Girl-Counting Crows
12. Sacramento & Polk-Alejandro Escovedo
13. Sistery Cry-The Jayhawks
14. Graceland-Paul Simon
15. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way-Bob Dylan