February 19, 2004
I Usually Eschew Such Memes
But this one's kinda fun:
Your instructions
Step 1: Open your MP3 [CD] player.
Step 2: Put all of your music on random.
Step 3: Write down the first 20 songs it plays, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 4: Profit!
Let's see what comes up..
1. A snippet of me singing "Devil's Pie", for some reason
2. PJ Harvey - "Oh My Lover"
3. Vince Guaraldi - "Linus and Lucy"
4. Prince - "Controversy" (Live in Japan, 9/9/86 - his last show ever with the Revolution)
5. Oscar Peterson - "Volare"
6. Rosa Passos - "Inutil Paisagem"
7. Memphis Bleek w/ Freeway and Just Blaze - "Just Blaze, Bleek & Free"
8. Prince - "Lady Cab Driver" (same concert as above)
9. Wilson Simonal - "Nem Vem Que Não Tem"
10. Gangstarr - "Mass Appeal (instrumental)"
11. Jackie Mittoo - "Black Organ"
12. Dynamic Corvettes - "Funky Music Pt. 1"
13. Biggie - freestyle over Casual's "I Didn't Mean To" (courtesy of DJ Mister Cee)
14. Lewis Taylor "Electric Ladyland"
15. Brian Auger and The Trinity - "Tiger"
16. Prince - "Sex" (b-side on the "Scandalous" 12-inch)
17. BDP - "We In There" (downloaded so I could take that sample for my "Unicorn" song)
18. Antônio Pinto & Ed Cortês - "Estória da Boca"
19. Gilberto Gil - "Queremos Guerra"
20. George_Harrison - "Here Comes the Sun" (Live at the Concert for Bangladesh)
21. Dr. Dre and Royce the 5'9 - "The Way I Be Pimpin" (reworked into "Xxxplosive" after Dre and Royce had their falling out)
22. Peter Tosh - "Here Comes the Sun" (I DL-ed about 15 versions of this when George died)
23. Dan the Automator - "My Guru" (from the "Bombay the Hard Way" album)
24. Slave feat. Steve Arrington "Nobody Can Be You" (BEST SONG EVER)
25. Pretty Purdie & The Playboys - "Funky Mozart"
No way I could stop at 20 with all these dope jams popping up.
What y'all got?
Posted by jsmooth995 at February 19, 2004 11:07 PM
i am mostly amused yet slightly mortified at my own list. it's posted here. excellent idea.
Posted by: girlwonder at February 20, 2004 12:26 AM
haha, no way you could stop at 20 because you didn't want your list bookended with a live George Harrison song!
Posted by: M Matos at February 20, 2004 12:26 AM
hahahah, you got me Mr. Matos
can't wait to see your book btw
oh yeah and happy belated!
Posted by: Jay Smooth at February 20, 2004 12:58 AM
girlwonder - to be fair, i should admit the embarrassment quotient would probably be much higher on my old office computer, i try to keep only the good stuff here at home cuz my hard drive is limited.
Actually I'm going back there to freelance tomorrow, maybe i'll do another list.
Posted by: Jay Smooth at February 20, 2004 01:06 AM
1. Bahamadia - Uknowhowwedu
2. MC Solaar - Aubade
3. Talib Kweli - Memories Live
4. Air - Remember
5. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother?
6. Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo Remix by Chari Chari
7. Miles Davis - Out of the Blue
8. Bjork - Harm of Will
9. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - Autumn Serenade
10. Bahamadia - Wordplay
11. Radiohead - High and Dry
12. Smokey and Miho - Orixa and Iemanja
13. Gilberto Gil - Opachoro
14. Neil Young - Walk On
15. The Beatles - Sun King
16. Common - The 6th Sense
17. Luciana Souza - Pra Dizer Adeus
18. Morphine - Cure for Pain
19. John Coltrane - Giant Steps
20. Talking Heads - Puzzlin' Evidence
Hooray! I am not ashamed! :)
Posted by: mallarme at February 20, 2004 12:42 PM
How is that Bombay the Hard Way joint? Worth picking up?
Posted by: Dast at February 20, 2004 01:19 PM
Great list, Jay. I'll have to do this when I get home.
Posted by: jenny swizzle at February 20, 2004 02:54 PM
*delurks*
I don't even listen to hip-hop much, I read your blog for the witty social commentary. But this was too fun to pass up.
1. 10,000 Maniacs - She's Lost Control (Joy Division cover)
2. Nightwish - Crownless
3. The Sisters of Mercy - Comfortably Numb/Some Kind of Stranger (live)
4. Jamie O'Neil - When I Think About Angels
5. Outkast - Bowtie (Postlude)
6. Chicago Soundtrack - Cell Block Tango
7. Dan Bern - Workin' at the Ritz
8. Sam Cooke - What a Wonderful World
9. Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
10. Tori Amos - Tear in Your Hand
11. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
12. Outkast - War
13. Madonna - Ray of Light
14. Celtic Bagpipes - Braveheart Theme
15. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
16. R.E.M. - Electrolite
17. The Pogues - Maidrin Rua
18. John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads
19. Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
20. Adiemus - Hymn
OK, I am not *very* ashamed.
(Note: #21 is "Hit Me Baby One More Time." Um. Yeah.)
Posted by: Pookel at February 20, 2004 05:00 PM
Well I guess I better get some more snappy commentary going in here! :)
I saw Dan Bern opening for Ani Difranco once.
Posted by: jay smooth at February 20, 2004 06:03 PM
Thanks for the idea, here is my list.
Posted by: Matt at February 21, 2004 12:47 PM
I'm thoroughly impressed. About the first other person I ever run into who's even heard of Dan Bern, and it's a guy with a hip-hop blog.
Friend of mine hung out with Dan at a bar once and said he was a nice guy. But I heard he's not on speaking terms with Ani Difranco anymore; apparently she did some things he didn't like to the album of his she produced.
Posted by: Pookel at February 21, 2004 06:18 PM
This might be embarrassing, but...
1. Anticon - Buck 65
2. Gorillaz - Slow Country
3. Jay-Z - Soon You'll Understand
4. John Mayer - Home Life
5. A snippet of me singing/making fun of a friend, for some reason
6. Daft Punk - Digital Love
7. Prince Paul - Chryme Pays
8. LFO - Summer Girls (OH DEAR GOD!!!)
9. Rasco - Get Free
10. Ben Harper - Roses From My Friends (live)
11. Esoteric - Final Four
12. Prince Paul - What I Need
13. Big Boi - Church
14. Bush - Glycerine
15. Eminem - Infinite
16. Brother Ali - Bitchslap
17. Notorious BIG - Dead Wrong
18. Jack Black - Let's Get It On
19. Jay-Z - Hey Papi
20. N'Sync - Gone
Yes, I am a closet JT fan.. :*( sad. The LFO thing though - WOW.
Posted by: Jon at February 22, 2004 11:53 AM
Posted by: jenny swizzle at February 22, 2004 01:53 PM
1. Luda - Splash Waterfalls remix
2. Ruff Ends - We Can't Even Kick It No More
3. Musiq - Forthenight (ft Aaries)
4. DJ Sammy - we're in heaven remix
5. Outlandish - Belly Dance
6. Wyclef Jean - Party to damascus
7. JOE FT MYSTIKAL - STUDDER
8. Eamon-Fckit-(explicit)
9. J-Kwon - Tipsy
10. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
11. Jadakiss & Sheek - Jada.
12. J.Lo ft. Joe Budden- The One (remix)
13. Wayne Wonder - Crazy Feeling
14. Jagged Edge - Tryna Be Your Man
15. Mr. Cheeks - Worldwide Bouncin'
16. 112 feat. Mase - love me
17. Fadhel Shakir - Adeeha
18. Mario Winans - Take My Breath Away
19. Kanye West Feat. Lauryn Hill - All Comes Down
20. 50 Cent Feat. Destiny's Child - Thug Love
Posted by: AM at February 23, 2004 12:38 PM
Dr. Dre - Bitch Niggaz
Violent Femmes - Please Do Not Go (Demo)
Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell
Elton John - Rocketman
Bob Dylan and The Band - Katie's Been Gone
Dr. Octagon - Real Raw
Tortise - I Set My Face to the Hillside
Air - How Does It Make You Feel? (Edit)
Ben Folds - Jane
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Flaming Lips - With You
Miles Davis - All Blues
Elvis Costello - I Want to Vanish
Beck - Already Dead
Phish - Farmhouse
Tool - Flood
Nile - Serpent Headed Mask
The Roots - Rhymes and Ammo/Thirsty
Aceyalone - Golden Mic
Portishead - You Find the Earth Boring
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