Remember no man is a failure who has friends.
“Maybe when you’re older, and you’re thinking back
You might recall
Now did I act carefully, did I do right?
Or were we meant to be, all of our lives
In love and harmony, all of our lives?
“So now, take my hand
Come, hold me closely
As near as you can
Believing all that we could be
And all that we have been
And all that we are”
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Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing.
How Many Songs: 6614
Sort By Song Title:
First Song: ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Last Song: Zoot Suit – The WhoSort By Time:
Shortest Song: Back – Janet Jackson
Longest Song: The Sinking of the Titanic – Gavin BryarsTop Five Most Played Songs:
1. (tie) Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Amy Grant
(tie) I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Amy Grant
(tie) Coventry Carol – Paul McCandless
(tie) Northumbrian Lullabye – Malcom Dalglish
(tie) Bring Me Back A Song – Windham Hill
(tie) Hopeful – Windham Hill
2. (tie) Christmas Hymn – Amy Grant
(tie) Heirlooms – Amy Grant
(tie) Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song) – Amy Grant
(tie) O’Come All Ye Faithful – Amy Grant
(tie) Winter Wonderland – Amy Grant
(tie) The Night Before Christmas – Amy Grant
(tie) Emmanuel, God With Us – Amy Grant
(tie) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring [Instrumental] – Amy Grant
(tie) Sleepers, Awake [Cantata #140 Wachet Auf] – Andy Narell
(tie) Gaudens in domino – Anonymous 4
(tie) Flute Sonata in Em, 3rd Movement – Barbara Higbie
(tie) Hopeful – Michael Manring
(tie) Snow Is Lightly Falling – Nightnoise
(tie) Earth Abides – Philip Aaberg
(tie) In the Bleak Midwiner – Pierce Pettis
(tie) Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Windham Hill
(tie) New England Morning – Windham Hill
(tie) High Plains (Christmas On The High-Line) – Windham Hill
(tie) Nollaig – Billy Oskay & Michael O. Domhnail
First Song That Comes Up On Shuffle:
Domino: Pt. 1 – In the Glow of the Night/Pt. 2 – The Last Domino – Genesis“sex” how many songs come up: 15
“death” how many songs come up: 3
“love” how many songs come up: 417
“you” how many songs come up: 737
From The Writer’s Almanac
It’s the birthday of the singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen, born in Freehold, New Jersey (1949). He was a working class kid. His father took odd jobs. His mother worked as a secretary. Bruce didn’t do well in school. He didn’t seem to have much ambition. Then he saw Elvis on TV, and he scraped together $18 to buy a secondhand guitar. Music was his way of being noticed by people. By the time he was 14, he was playing in local bands on the bar circuit, bands with names like the Rogues, the Castiles, the Steel Mill, Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom.
He played at prisons and mental hospitals, a rollerdrome, shopping center parking lot, and he played at firemen’s balls. His first album was Greetings from Asbury Park (1973). In just a few years, he’d been on the cover of Time magazine. He was a best-selling artist.
Monmouth County, where Bruce Springsteen grew up, lost more people in the World Trade Center than any other county in New Jersey. He read the New York Times obituaries, and he saw how many times one of his songs was played at a memorial service and how many of the articles mentioned that the deceased had loved Springsteen’s music. There was a headline for one man, Jim Berger, that read: “Fan of the Boss,” so Springsteen called up his widow, Suzanne. Another fan was a firefighter named Joe Farrelly, and Springsteen called his wife as well. She later said, “I got through Joe’s memorial and a good month and a half on that phone call.”
I found this link on quodlibetic’s journal on LiveJournal; it’s much too good to pass up. William Shatner, Joe Jackson and Ben Folds performing Pulp’s Common People on Jay Leno (ugh, I know, but it’s still a must see)
View it here
This meme is courtesy of Music Outfitters… songs in bold are those that I actually like
1. Roses Are Red, Bobby Vinton
2. I Can’t Stop Loving You, Ray Charles
3. The Twist, Chubby Checker
4. Stranger On The Shore, Mr. Acker Bilk
5. The Stripper, David Rose
6. Johnny Angel, Shelley Fabares
7. The Loco-Motion, Little Eva
8. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka
9. Mashed Potato Time, Dee Dee Sharp
10. Soldier Boy, Shirelles
11. Hey! Baby, Bruce Channel
12. The Wanderer, Dion
13. Duke Of Earl, Gene Chandler
14. Good Luck Charm, Elvis Presley
15. Let Me In, Sensations
16. Wolverton Mountain, Claude King
17. Slow Twistin’, Chubby Checker
18. It Keeps Right On A-hurtin’, Johnny Tillotson
19. The One Who Really Loves You, Mary Wells
20. Palisades Park, Freddy Cannon
21. Midnight In Moscow, Kenny Ball
22. Sheila, Tommy Roe
23. Twistin’ The Night Away, Sam Cooke
24. Wah-Watusi, Orlons
25. Peppermint Twist, Joey Dee and The Starlighters
26. Break It To Me Gently, Brenda Lee
27. Playboy, Marvelettes
28. Ramblin’ Rose, Nat King Cole
29. Sealed With A Kiss, Brian Hyland
30. She Cried, Jay and The Americans
31. Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You, Connie Francis
32. Dear Lady Twist, Gary
33. Norman, Sue Thompson
34. Love Letters, Ketty Lester
35. Party Lights, Claudine Clark
36. Cotton Fields, Highwaymen
37. Alley Cat, Bent Fabric
38. Twist And Shout, The Isley Brothers
39. Theme From Dr. Kildare, Richard Chamberlain
40. Tuff, Ace Cannon
41. Lover, Please, Clyde Mcphatter
42. I Know, Barbara George
43. Young World, Rick Nelson
44. Baby It’s You, Shirelles
45. Speedy Gonzales, Pat Boone
46. A Little Bitty Tear, Burl Ives
47. Crying In The Rain, Everly Brothers
48. Al Di La’, Emillo Pericoli
49. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out), Ernie Maresca
50. What’s Your Name, Don and Juan
51. Smoky Places, Corsairs
52. Having A Party, Sam Cooke
53. Green Onions, Booker T and The MG’s
54. You Don’t Know Me, Ray Charles
55. Sherry, Four Seasons
56. Johnny Get Angry, Joanie Sommers
57. Can’t Help Falling In Love, Elvis Presley
58. Shout, Joey Dee
59. Rinky Dink, Dave “Baby” Cortez
60. Moon River, Henry Mancini
61. Ahab The Arab, Ray Stevens
62. Things, Bobby Darin
63. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Gene Pitney
64. You Belong To Me, Duprees
65. Dream Baby, Roy Orbison
66. Snap Your Fingers, Joe Henderson
67. Lovers Who Wander, Dion
68. Let’s Dance, Chris Montez
69. Cindy’s Birthday, Johnny Crawford
70. You Beat Me To The Punch, Mary Wells
71. You’ll Lose A Good Thing, Barbara Lynn
72. Uptown, Crystals
73. Everybody Loves Me But You, Brenda Lee
74. Patches, Dickie Lee
75. Venus In Blue Jeans, Jimmy Clanton
76. Love Me Warm And Tender, Paul Anka
77. Teen Age Idol, Rick Nelson
78. She’s Got You, Patsy Cline
79. Dear One, Larry Finnegan
80. Her Royal Majesty, James Darren
81. Little Diane, Dion
82. Funny Way Of Laughin’, Burl Ives
83. A Swingin’ Safari, Billy Vaughn
84. Soul Twit, King Curtis
85. P.T. 109, Jimmy Dean
86. Old Rivers, Walter Brennan
87. Percolator (Twist), Billy Joe and The Checkmates
88. Twist, Twist Senora, Gary
89. Twistin’ Matilda, Jimmy Soul
90. Gravy, Dee Dee Sharp
91. If I Had A Hammer, Peter, Paul and Mary
92. Tell Me, Dick and Deedee
93. I’ll Never Dance Again, Bobby Rydell
94. I’m Blue, Ikettes
95. Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Kingston Trio
96. (Girls, Girls, Girls) Were Made To Love, Eddie Hodges
97. Town Without Pity, Gene Pitney
98. Walk On The Wild Side, Jimmy Smith
99. I Wish That We Were Married, Ronnie and The Hi-lites
100. Surfin’ Safari, Beach Boys
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