Doin The Portable Digital Player Shuffle
The other day an old friend of mine – thanks Metul – sent me something on Facebook that was kind of cool and I figured you might like it too. It was one of those chain letter type things prompting you to do something. I usually HATE crap like that but this one was actually kinda fun.
What you do is hit shuffle on your iPod – or any mp3 player – and then list the first 25 tunes that come up. Then you show your list to everyone who cares so that they can see how eclectic – or should I say “Musicgoatish” – you are.
Anyway, What I figured I’d do here is show you my list and then offer you the chance to do offer yours up in the comments below. It is a pretty cool way to get to know peoples taste and maybe learn about some new artists. Plus I figured it would be even more interesting considering the crowd here, seeing as how you and I are all over the place music wise.
I’ll Show You Mine…
1. Chris Knight “Speeding Train”
2. Chris Knight “Move On”
3. Deflagration “Split Wide”
4. Metallica “Cyanide”
5. Darrin James Band “Thrones of Gold”
6. James Travis “Goin Downtown”
7. Blitzen Trapper “Black River Killer”
8. Cross Canadian Ragweed “Cry Lonely”
9. Ruby Rendrag “High And Dry” (AWESOME Radiohead Cover BTW)
10. Mad Margritt “Animal”
11. Oneill and Wean “I Found Out”
12. The Joe Perry Project “Let The Music Do The Talking”
13. The Joe Perry Project “Life at a Glance”
14. Donovan Frankenreiter “It Doesn’t Matter”
15. Snew “Got Love”
16. Metallica “Blitzkrieg”
17. Van Halen Tribute “Runnin With The Devil” (Bluegrass – great singer on this)
18. Fozzy “Stay Hungry” (Twisted Sister Tribute)
19. Leaf Hound “To Many Rock and Roll Times”
20. Mama’s Cookin “Aquarius Skies”
21. Doug McLeod “I’m So Broke (I Can’t Even Pay Attention)”
22. Chickenfoot “Soap On A Rope”
23. The Commodores “Easy” (one of my all time faves)
24. Robot Lords of Tokyo “Knock Em Dead Kid” (Motley Crue Cover)
25. John Legend “Lifted”
…Now Show Me Yours
Now, go ahead and show me what you have in the comments below. Just press shuffle and start typing (shouldn’t take more than 5-10 minutes). I am interested to see what you are listen and to see if you’ve been grabbing any of the stuff I’ve been pimping here. And if you’re feeling a little frisky, feel free to comment on my list.
Add To Yours
By the way, in case you are interested in adding to your list or need some tunes to fill it up – and you wanna support the Goat at the same time (wink, wink) – about 80% of the tunes listed above are available for download on eMusic. AND, if you don’t have an account with them, you will be able to get 35 tunes for free (to keep forever whether you sign up or not) just to try out the service for 14 days. It’s kinda like the old BMG/Columbia House deal where you get 12 cassettes/CD’s for a penny BUT much easier and with less commitment. Check out eMusic now!
For the record, and just so I am giving credit where credit is due, I did hear Micheal Butler talk about this on his Rock and Roll Geek Show podcast but never tried it out until now.
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I have not actually been shuffling some specific songs on my IPOD, but I have been listening to about 4 bands for about the last 3 months.
Evergrey
Dream Theater
RED
Circus Maximus
I know, not the most well known bands, but I have just been able to stop shuffling.
Thanks for stoppin Eric,
You haven’t been but what if you did! That’s the fun part. It give everyone a nice snapshot of everything on the pod.
i’ll have to look into those others (any links?). Also, which Dream Theater have you been listening too?
Thanks for stoppin Eric,
You haven’t been but what if you did! That’s the fun part. It give everyone a nice snapshot of everything on the pod.
i’ll have to look into those others (any links?). Also, which Dream Theater have you been listening too?
Google any of them and you should find a host of links to check them out on. Evergrey is most certainly turning into one of my all-time favorite bands.
As for DT, they are my all-time favorite band. I basically have every album of theirs on my IPOD. I let shuffle do the hard work….that is figuring out which song to play next.
1. Metallica – Seek and Destroy (live germany 14 -09-85)
2. Kreator – Some Pain Will Last
3. Voivod – Too Scared To Scream
4. Salem – The King (part III)
5. Exciter – Evil Sinner (live)
6. Exciter – guitar solo (live)
7. Manowar – Bridge of Death (live)
8. Witchfynde – The Divine Victim
9. Metallica – Creeping Death (live 04-11-83)
10. Kris Kristofferson- When She’s Wrong
11. Destruction- Life without Sense
12. Guns n Roses – Think About you
13. Discharge- I Won’t Subscribe
14. Voivod- Forgotten In Space
15. Deviated Instinct- Time And Tide
16. Trauma- The Beat of the Street
17. Inferno- Ronald Reagan
18. Exodus – Death and Domination (live 20-02-83)
19. Reverend Horton Heat- I Could Get Used To It
20. Pantera – Primal Concrete Sledge
21. JS Bach – Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude
22. Metallica – The Four Horsemen (live, 10-08-83)
23. Scorpions – I’ve Got To Be Free
24. Testament – C.O.T.L.O.D.
25. Disfear – The Cage