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May 29, 2006
By: FAVORITE MUSIC REVISITED....How do people come up with top ten music lists from their iPods? Several people for example, Professor Bainbridge, here have pointed out to me that iPods keep track of which songs you listen to most often, so it's pretty easy to come up with a list of favorites: Just ask your iPod. I didn't know that. I don't have an iPod, but I wonder if I can do the same thing? That is, not try to pick the music I think I like the best, but the stuff that I actually find myself playing most often. Or the individual pieces that I find myself looking forward to when I'm playing an album. My taste in music is strictly middlebrow Top 40 within the genres I like (classical and 60s/70s pop), although when I went through this exercise I did find a couple of pieces that were slightly off the beaten path. So here you go: a pair of top ten music lists, one for classical and one for pop. Let the mockery begin! Pop Stand By Me, Ben E. King Nothing by the Beatles, oddly enough, though there are half a dozen songs that could have made the list. On the great Beatles/Stones question, I'm solidly in the Beatles camp. Classical Harpsichord Sonata #11 in G Minor, Antonio Soler Comments
pandora.com is a particularly interesting tool. put in a song you like and it tries to find others, which you will also like. it sometimes makes interesting discoveries. Also, try putting in different favorites and you may understand better what characteristics of music actually appeal to you. Posted by: Bruce Wilder on May 29, 2006 at 1:21 PM | PERMALINKIf you listen to music on your computer, sign up for last.fm, download a plugin for your music player, and it'll compile some nice charts for your listening habits. Posted by: keith on May 29, 2006 at 1:21 PM | PERMALINKI'd vote for any presidential candidate, no matter which party or platform, who promises to outlaw the Eagles. Posted by: ogmb on May 29, 2006 at 1:22 PM | PERMALINKI find your music taste horrid, but I am sure that your tastes will be de rigeur in future "iPod playlist" articles about politicians who grew up during/after Vietnam, say slightly younger than John Edwards. Beatles vs. Stones? Who cares anymore? (The correct answer is Stones, by the way.) What will be interesting is when, as in the Tory Party in Britain, we have people in power who like New Wave or college rock. Who will be the first American politician to say they prefer Morrissey to U2, or Pixies to R.E.M.? Posted by: Ship Erect on May 29, 2006 at 1:27 PM | PERMALINKBut even such a 'counter' feature is (more or less) misleading, isn't it? I mean, the last couple months I've been listening to lots of early sixties "Brill Building" songwriters - Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Burt Bacharach, Barry Mann and Cythia Weil, etc - and my list (if I had an iPod) would certainly reflect that. So does that mean I "like" Carole King more than the Beatles, or Elvis Costello (or Elvis Presley), or ...? No, it just means I'm off on a Carole King jag. In time it will pass, and then I'll be off onto something else. Last summer, it would have shown lots of 'Bob Dylan as songwriter' cover song listening. And how is any of this meaningful, anyway? It is at best a snapshot, and a pretty inconsequential one at that. Hmm.. 1.16pm by the site clock, and still no post even mentioning Memorial Day? (Nor over this entire weekend, AFAICT.) Something I'd advise doing if you want to maintain the "support/honor the troops" stance. (Or wait, is that all a fiction?) Posted by: J.C. on May 29, 2006 at 1:35 PM | PERMALINKMy taste in music is strictly middlebrow Top 40 within the genres I like (classical and 60s/70s pop) oy... (but i still like you.) Posted by: rimone on May 29, 2006 at 1:44 PM | PERMALINKHere is a partial playlist of George W. Bush's iPod: - "Head Like a Hole" (Nine Inch Nails)
Here is a partial playlist of George W. Bush's iPod: - "Head Like a Hole" (Nine Inch Nails)
...but I am sure that your tastes will be de rigeur in future "iPod playlist" articles about politicians who grew up during/after Vietnam Well, maybe for politicians, which are an especially clueless and superficial bunch, but for the rest of us of that age I can assure you our tastes are much better. Posted by: Tom on May 29, 2006 at 1:46 PM | PERMALINKHmm.. 1.16pm by the site clock, and still no post even mentioning Memorial Day? Don't worry, I'm sure Kevin's omission of the "Ballad of the Green Beret" was a mere oversight! Posted by: Tom on May 29, 2006 at 1:51 PM | PERMALINKAnother thing is on my iPod, which has about 1400 songs on it, I almost always just let it randomly pick songs. The top-10 list wouldn't exactly reflect what were my favorites. The older I get, the more I appreciate the blues. Whether it's John Lee Hooker, Tah Mahal, or Keb 'Mo - I can listen for hours. Twelve-thirty and The Last Resort, two non-obvious favorites of mine. Obviously a gentleman of refinement and taste. Ignore the know-nothings. Posted by: Ken D. on May 29, 2006 at 2:03 PM | PERMALINKWell, the playlist I just burned to CD, and leave open for sharing on my laptop so that anyone who wants to can listen, begins (alphabetically): #2 for Gaia (Gyuto Monks) and ends Unsatisfied (The Replacements) Yes, it tilts left. That's intentional. Mockery? As near as I can tell, there's just no arguing taste. There is absolutely nothing any one anywhere can possibly say to me in any language that will somehow make bluefish taste better to me. And so it goes with music. You like what you like, and no amount of explaining why Group XZY is superior to Roberta Flack is going to make you like Group XZY better than you already like Flack. That said, your playlist would make me want to drive hot spikes into my ears. Amy Grant! There is hope for you yet, Kevin! Posted by: Freedom Phukher on May 29, 2006 at 2:14 PM | PERMALINKThere's not one patriotic song on the list. Why does that not surprise me? Posted by: American Hawk on May 29, 2006 at 2:15 PM | PERMALINKFor those whose tastes are higher-brow (and more progressive!), here are some suggestions: "Free Mumia" (50 Cent) -- There's not one patriotic song on the list. Why does that not surprise me? piss off, wanker. Posted by: cleek on May 29, 2006 at 2:29 PM | PERMALINKJoeW >"The older I get, the more I appreciate the blues. Whether it's John Lee Hooker, Tah Mahal..." I have an application that records radio streams according to a schedule; on Saturday & Sunday evenings it is busy recording a local FM station that plays nothing but blues from 18:00 until 00:00 I take those MP3 files and put them on my iPod to listen to; more blues than I`ll probably ever listen to but I do have the music available So how does that fit into the fav list hoo haa ? It doesn`t & Robert Earle tells us why these lists are indicative of very little And on this day of sorrow for those that died in (mostly senseless) wars... "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." - Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr. Amy Grant? I can only assume that, somehow, Bush is to blame for your musical tastes. I was looking at my iPod most played list, and I'm convinced it doesn't catch everything. There are songs I know should be high on the list but aren't, or at least that I've listened to many more times than it says. Anyone else come across this or know why this might be (unless I'm hallucinating here)? Posted by: ChiSox Fan in LA on May 29, 2006 at 2:35 PM | PERMALINKI think you need a 3rd category for "Showtunes" or "Vocal Music," Kevin, because I wouldn't exactly call Mary Poppins "Pop" but perhaps I'm being pedantic. Posted by: fiat lux on May 29, 2006 at 2:35 PM | PERMALINKDear Kevin: I am a musicologist, and your choices seem excellent and consistent to me. Your choices emphasise melody and songwriting craftsmanship, and there's nothing wrong with that! I've enjoyed your writing and analyses for years now, but it adds another dimension of respect for me to know that you are confident enough to ignore knee-jerk responses to anything Disney. "Feed the Birds" is a beautiful beautiful song. Posted by: Elizabeth Upton on May 29, 2006 at 2:37 PM | PERMALINKOn the Beatles/Stones question, the answer is: Led Zeppelin. Robert Earle And how is any of this meaningful, anyway? It is at best a snapshot, and a pretty inconsequential one at that. it depends on how long your lists are kept, right? My iTunes has been running for two years, it's tracked every piece of music that I have played, in my house, car or iPod, over that time frame. that's 1/15th of my life, more than a snapshot of what I listen to. Sure, I go on jags for things, like everyone, but it averages out over time. even with 5000+ songs on the table, the top 50 songs (my most played playlist) starts at 49 plays, so anything on the list has been listened to an average of once every two weeks, over two years. Posted by: northzax on May 29, 2006 at 2:48 PM | PERMALINKCivil, as always, cleek i feel no need to be civil in any way to someone as wholly uncivil as that. Posted by: cleek on May 29, 2006 at 2:52 PM | PERMALINKOn the great Beatles vs. Stones question -- is this really a question? Are there people out there who love one, hate the other, and argue over it at the drop of a hat? I think the vast majority of people who love rock love (or at least like and appreciate) both bands. Unlike, say, the Allman Brothers vs. Lynyrd Skynrd debate, where there is often real animosity on both sides. (Allman Brothers rule!) Posted by: Bob on May 29, 2006 at 2:53 PM | PERMALINKCleek-- I was going to comment that I was surprised that Kevin Drum didn't list a single patriotic song ON MEMORIAL DAY. But then I realized I wasn't surprised. I didn't want to lie and say I was surprised, so I stated that I wasn't in the form of a question. Would ou prefer it if I lied??? Posted by: American Hawk on May 29, 2006 at 2:55 PM | PERMALINKAmerican Hawk: you change your Top 10 songs because it's Memorial Day? Anyway, I don't prefer that you lie. I would prefer that you shut up. Posted by: a on May 29, 2006 at 3:00 PM | PERMALINKWhen I wrote a blog post of my top 15 records of 2005, I used compiled iTunes/iPod ratings (no. of stars, not play count) to do the first pass. It came out looking pretty damn close to what I would have written if I'd just written it off the top of my head. There were a couple of similarly scoring albums that seemed significantly different in my head, but the order and the degree of score difference was mostly right on. Posted by: Aaron S. Veenstra on May 29, 2006 at 3:24 PM | PERMALINKI think what we're seeing here from Kevin is our typical lefty trying to have it both ways. Mozart and Beethoven? Are you honestly telling me you're not just pandering and trying to have it both ways? Really, Mozart's Piano Concerto #20 in D Minor AND Beethoven's Piano Sonata #14 in C Sharp Minor? That's some waffling. Posted by: The Critic on May 29, 2006 at 3:31 PM | PERMALINKPlainly contrived and faked to appeal to the right constituents. Thats just what we'd expect from a big fakey fake faker like... oh, this isn't hillary's IPOD? Well, that's just like her, to make me think I was reading her fake Ipod list instead of someone elses. How can we trust her? Posted by: Mysticdog on May 29, 2006 at 3:31 PM | PERMALINKThis post replicates one earlier in the week, in which I reported that Kate Rusby was in the top position on my iTunes, and that the Fiery Furnaces were up-and-coming. I looked deeper into the numbers and found X in the top tier as well. I love "Los Angeles" by X because it reminds me of when I lived there. Then there is "The St. Stephen's Day Murders" by Elvis Costello and The Chieftains. But Ive never been to Ireland. But its Elvis Costello singing a Christmas song. Not an ounce of treacle. Posted by: troglodyte on May 29, 2006 at 3:33 PM | PERMALINKWould ou prefer it if I lied??? i'd prefer if you simply STFU and quit trying to politicize everything. Posted by: cleek on May 29, 2006 at 4:04 PM | PERMALINKI try to be civil to everyone, even you. you're on the record now, Mr Vice President. don't let us down. Posted by: cleek on May 29, 2006 at 4:05 PM | PERMALINK"Feed the Birds?" by Julie Andrews, from "Mary Poppins?" Wow. To like it is one thing. To admit it; now, that is true courage. I'm not sure I believe it. It's not the treackliest song ever (I'd put "The Lonely Goatherder" from "The Sound of Music" up for that award)...but it's close. Could our tough-minded Kevin be a softie at heart? Posted by: Kit Stolz on May 29, 2006 at 4:28 PM | PERMALINKAccording to my MP3 player the songs that I listen to the most are: 1. Armageddon by Primal Fear Id say that my tastes differ greatly from those of Kevin and most of this sites commenters. Has there been a study that links political preferences to musical taste? If so, I doubt that I fit the mold: A staunch metalhead and a guilty while liberal in the same body. NO ONE ADMITS THAT PACOBEL'S CANON IN D IS THEIR FAVE!! Kev, you would love Venice. Please, please go to HeadButler.com and find some good music!!! Posted by: helennyc1@aol.com on May 29, 2006 at 4:35 PM | PERMALINKHmm- Sound about right to me, I actually have more English Music than Japanese (though its a near thing) but my favorites are all Japanese. Ayumi Hamasaki - Trauma I'd vote for any presidential candidate, no matter which party or platform, who promises to outlaw the Eagles. I am so down with that. Posted by: obscure on May 29, 2006 at 5:02 PM | PERMALINKWould you prefer it if I lied??? If you really cared about our preferences you'd bugger off pronto. (!) Posted by: Googles McGurk on May 29, 2006 at 5:05 PM | PERMALINKI have not ten, but: no apologies for liking bubbly pop like Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Yet I also like out-boxy stuff like the ecelectic mix played on Rollie Radio (PBS, if still around.) As for some hidden gems from "pop tarts" - the big one in particular - listen to Madonna's soulful "Love Don't Live Here Any More" from her first or second album. It is truly more than you would expect from her, but sadly not played much on the radio. Posted by: Neil' on May 29, 2006 at 5:24 PM | PERMALINKNumbers don't lie, right? My most played in iTunes (on my laptop, but not my iPod)... Obscurity Knocks - The Trash Can Sinatras I don't use iTunes. (I've used a set MP3 sorting convention for about a decade now. I'm not changing it), but off the top of my head, songs that I don't skip while running them through WinAMP... Smashing Pumpkins-Mayonaisse (live), I of the Mourning (live), Bullet with Butterfly Wings (live) U2-Mysterious Ways (live..Sao Paulo from PopMart tour is my favorite), Acrobat, Please (live..Edmonton from the PopHeart LP is my favorite), Love is Blindness (Live from Sydney) Garbage-Parade, Happy Home James-5-0 (live from BBC), Space, Getting Away With It, Lost a Friend The Black Mages-Dancing Mad, J-E-N-O-V-A, Blue Burst, Into the Sky Phantom Brave soundtrack--Snowberry Notice the number of live tracks in my list? It's that way for a reason. Posted by: Karmakin on May 29, 2006 at 6:33 PM | PERMALINKobscure: I am so down with that. Me, too. Posted by: shortstop on May 29, 2006 at 6:34 PM | PERMALINK"There's not one patriotic song on the list. Why does that not surprise me?" Okay, now I don't believe Chicken Hawk is a real person. He is clearly a partisan wind-up animatron that can only pet a dog or cut the grass or read a book or make love to his grandmother while thinking sweet, sweet thoughts of Dick Cheney's underwear. The humans can actually give it a rest for ten minuteslong enough to listen to Brahms, or Coltrane, or George Jones, or the Who, or whatever. But, dear God, not Amy Grant! (Kevin, your list must still be weighted towards what you were playing around Christmas.) Posted by: Kenji on May 29, 2006 at 6:49 PM | PERMALINK"I'd vote for any presidential candidate, no matter which party or platform, who promises to outlaw the Eagles."--ogmb Me too, particularly if the promise includes a ban on the solo work of Don Henley and Glen Frey, too. That crap's every bit as bad as their Eagles collaborations. Posted by: Scribblerus on May 29, 2006 at 6:59 PM | PERMALINK"Feed the Birds?" by Julie Andrews, from "Mary Poppins?" Wow. To like it is one thing. To admit it; now, that is true courage. I'm not sure I believe it. It's not the treackliest song ever (I'd put "The Lonely Goatherder" from "The Sound of Music" up for that award)...but it's close. Treacle? Not if you actually understand what's going on in that movie. The song isn't about feeding birds at all, it's the nanny giving voice to the kids' fervent desire for their father's attention. It's very moving. FWIW, of all the many movies the studio made during Walt Disney's lifetime, that was his favorite song, and for good reason. So stuff it. Posted by: skeptic on May 29, 2006 at 7:27 PM | PERMALINKI will vote for any candidate who endorses the Eagles. Great band. Henley's got a monster voice. Posted by: kreiz on May 29, 2006 at 7:33 PM | PERMALINKCheney wrote: >>Had you heard the urban legend about "The Last Resort" by the Eagles being about the death of one of the band's girlfriends from a drunk-driving Provost of Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA? I don't know about one of the Eagle's girlfriends part, but I do remember the incident (it really happened) because it was an incident that really showed me the difference between being rich and influential -vs poor and black in this country. The Pepperdine guy was drunk driving and killed some young people who were on the side of the road. The judge sentenced him to probation and to give some talks on the evils of drunk driving. The judge commented that the Pepperdine guy had "suffered enough". About the same time a poor black guy rear-ended the Los Angeles Chief of Police's car. No one was hurt. It caused a couple of hundred dollars in damage. The black guy was sentenced to probation and several weekends in jail. Everyone seemd to agee it was a fair sentence. The news didn't contrast the sentences but I did. Posted by: Robert Forman on May 29, 2006 at 7:42 PM | PERMALINKKevin, your musical tastes match your taste in college football teams. GO LONG BEACH STATE!!! Posted by: MorganParakeet on May 29, 2006 at 7:54 PM | PERMALINKjeez, if you think political discussions can be vitriolic, try pop music discussions. (maybe classical music is the same, but i'm a philistine, so i don't see many of those.) i'm amazed that more assassins don't target pop stars instead of wasting their time on no-count politicians. barry manilow, start your engine. but kevin, i find your pop music list appalling, but not as bad as some of eric alterman's musings. he has an unhealthy fixation on this bruce springsteen person, when any person of taste and refinement knows that the true talent out of the jersey shore was southside johnny. in closing, shake a tail-feather. your pal, p.s. taj mahal is a poseur. Posted by: blake on May 29, 2006 at 8:00 PM | PERMALINKwriting about music is like dancing about architecture Posted by: someOtherClown on May 29, 2006 at 8:23 PM | PERMALINK"There's not one patriotic song on the list. Why does that not surprise me?" Me either. Patriots don't need to advertise their patriotism. That's for scoundrels, criminals, and to be redundant, Republicans. Posted by: Ray on May 29, 2006 at 8:49 PM | PERMALINK"The Last Resort" is a pretty great song about California. Well written and very nicely arranged. I dig the Wings song too, from 'Venus and Mars'. McCartney has really lost his gift for melody; stuff like this used to just seep out of his pores. Mamas and Papas, I prefer "Words of Love". That band was pure cheese, but that guy was a genius in the studio. Posted by: Noam Sane on May 29, 2006 at 8:58 PM | PERMALINKWhat, Kevin isn't downloading C-SPAN radio, Air America, Jon Stewart, SNL, NPR, Slate, all the good stuff? When you're trying to keep up with what's going on in the world, it's hard to find time for music.... Posted by: no one on May 29, 2006 at 9:04 PM | PERMALINKFunny you mentioned Top 40, because today, WABC radio in New York (generally now a purveyor of right-wing punks like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity) harkened back to its golden era as Top 40 legend with its annual Memorial Day "Rewound" -- rebroadcasts of classic WABC airchecks from DJ legends such as Bruce Morrow, Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy and the quintessential Top 40 jock, Dan Ingram. As always, great stuff, and reflections on an Americana we shall never see the likes of again. (One of the hours played today was Cousin Brucie the night of the '68 election, with music interspersed with national and local results from WABC and parent ABC radio. What a fateful night that was.) Anyway, my rock/R&B top 10 (perhaps I'll give you my jazz/standards top 10 some other time): "Lonely Avenue," Ray Charles First 10 songs that come to mind: Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan Cheney: northzax: I've always wondered about things like iPod, TiVo, and NetFlix privacy - aren't you the least bit concerned that someone get's a hold of those lists - maybe I'm just paranoid ever since Bork's video rental hearings? Sure, I suppose that someone knows what I listen to, but then, what a boring thing to bother learning about me. And if, someday, I am standing for the Supreme Court (given my lack of a JD, it's unlikely) if I'm living in a country that gives a flying f--k that I the most listened to song on my iTunes on May 30, 2006 was The Magnetic Fields' '100,000 Fireflies', then I probably don't want the job anyway. And yes, every song on my iTunes is legally owned by me, I either bought it online or own the CD/LP it came from. I know, it makes me incredibly square... 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The Appassionata, Pathetique, Das Lebewohl, and any of the last 5 Sonatas leave the Moonlight in the dust. (Here's a test to see if you like classical music: listen to a good recording of the Appassionata's final movement. If the conclusion doesn't set your pulse to racing, you don't like classical music.) Posted by: Norsecats on May 29, 2006 at 11:39 PM | PERMALINKKevin, I won't diss your tastes (Amy Grant?!?), but I am baffled as to why you've got Sarah Brightman on the pop list and Scott Joplin on the classical list....seems to me those are backwards.... On the Beatles/Stones question, the answer is: Led Zeppelin. Fuck yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. You're so right it's not even funny. Posted by: nota bene on May 29, 2006 at 11:40 PM | PERMALINKDamn straight, shortstop. Can I just say one thing, since music is so.... ephemeral? I can't find on the internet a recording of Ted Mulry's "Jump In My Car" and it's making me very grumpy. Posted by: obscure on May 29, 2006 at 11:40 PM | PERMALINKI'd vote for ANYONE who has '100,000 Fireflies' on their ipod. For anything. Posted by: michele on May 30, 2006 at 12:42 AM | PERMALINKClassical: Is there an iPod big enough to hold this? I am guessing 27 hours worth. Of course, if I were to specialize in kick-butt music, I'd go for early Verdi (eg, Nabucco, Ernani) and some of the Italian operas of Handel. These are deadlines accompanyment. Shows: Geez, not a mention of the Brahms Requiem or Carmina Burana by Orff? I'd say the classical music is kinda lacking thus far. Posted by: moe99 on May 30, 2006 at 2:26 AM | PERMALINKStand By Me, Ben E. King Wow! Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto made Kevin's list. And I thought I was the only one who loved Rachmaninoff. Matter of fact, I designed a house last fall while listening to Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto over and over and over and... well, you get the idea. Rachmaninoff is a very personal choice, made by very brave souls, and thus he appeals to a scant few wedges among Myers-Briggs test-takers, of which I'm certain Kevin is one (INTP, perhaps?) Don't have an IPOD, but if I did... Jenny Jones - The Clash God Save the Kinks Posted by: athos on May 30, 2006 at 3:34 AM | PERMALINKOh god. Killing me softly. A friend of mine had a set of discs labeled "evil". They were 2 cds each filled with various versions of killing me softly. He could go for 2 hours playing nothing but that song. Dementia Incorporated. Posted by: bago on May 30, 2006 at 5:52 AM | PERMALINKKevin, I presume that you're lying about your musical tastes. And because I make this presumption, this proves that you're a pandering liar. Posted by: Jacob Weisberg on May 30, 2006 at 7:25 AM | PERMALINKIs there an iPod big enough to hold this? I am guessing 27 hours worth. my 20G iPod currently has holds 11 days worth of music (11:19:24:31, to be precise). Posted by: cleek on May 30, 2006 at 8:04 AM | PERMALINKPosted by: Ship Erect Actually, the correct question is Beatles vs. Beach Boys. The correct answer is Beach Boys. Mrs. Vanderbilt, Wings Actually, I believe it's "Mrs. Vandebilt" (no "r"). Okay stuff, but if I'm choosing something from "Band On The Run," it's either "Bluebird" (one of McCartney's finest ballads) or "Let Me Roll It" (a solid medium-tempo rocker where he brilliantly parodies Lennon's "primal scream"). Not that classic rock stations today would play either one -- not "familiar" enough to pass muster with the consultants. here I'm amazed and disgusted that no one has mentioned the World Famous Ramones. Lost in the Supermarket: Clash Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers I think I'm glad I don't know any of you. Somewhat a product of the shuffle and the fact the whole LP collection hasn't been loaded yet - my favorite tune, the Dead's Bird Song, isn't even gotten on the machine. I hasten to add that my son in the car has pushed the Monkees a bit further up the list than absolutely necessary. I'm surprised it wasn't the Shrek version of I'm a Believer. Beatles vs. Stones? Stones, but why choose? And now, as promised earlier, my jazz/vocals/standards top 10: "I'm Confessin'," Louis Armstrong (1930 version) Plus, as a bonus 11th, "Pretty Baby," Doris Day. Posted by: Vincent on May 30, 2006 at 11:24 AM | PERMALINKThe manner in which Americans "consume" music has a lot to do with leaving On the Beatles/Stones question, the answer is: Led Zeppelin. Greatest. Rock. Band. Ever.
Cleek-- I was going to comment that I was surprised that Kevin Drum didn't list a single patriotic song ON MEMORIAL DAY. But then I realized I wasn't surprised. I didn't want to lie and say I was surprised, so I stated that I wasn't in the form of a question. Would ou prefer it if I lied??? That's all you do is lie, Chickenhawk, why should today be any different? Should Kevin change his favorite songs because it's Memorial Day? You are such a total tool. If you list any "patriotic" songs, it's likely you're a)lying, or b) have crappy taste in music. My guess is a little bit of both. Posted by: MeLoseBrain? on May 30, 2006 at 12:30 PM | PERMALINKKevin, I don't know if you're aware, but they're still making music. They didn't stop in 1975. I am usually critical of people who diss Kevin, but my goodness! Such insipidity! Beatles v. Stones: yes Led Zeppelin: I hate to say it, but now I find Led Zeppelin to be boring (although Communication Breakdown is one of my favorite screaming heavy raver songs--and it doesn't go on forever). Kinks: Right on, Athos! Patriotic songs: Hendrix's Star-Spangled Banner; Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane Posted by: Wombat on May 30, 2006 at 2:00 PM | PERMALINKi don't own an ipod, but i do have itunes on my machine, and it tells me that the last few songs i played yesterday (memorial day) were: california sun/rivieras as you can see, i favor themes. back in the day, i was the program director of my college radio station. old habits die hard. today it's been all jackson browne, with a foray into more clapton acoustic. Posted by: g randy primm on May 30, 2006 at 8:13 PM | PERMALINKI like the same artists but different songs - New Kid in Town is my favorite Eagles song and have you ever heard the Mama & Papas version of Spanish Harlem? Its better I think even than Ben E. King's. AAnd I love Paul Simon's Under African Skies.Every group has at least one good song in them-no sense in mocking people's music tastes. Posted by: Dianne on May 31, 2006 at 7:39 PM | PERMALINKI always thought that "Feed the Birds" was a mirror of my own life: Good hearted impulse to help those less fortunate (and approved by my religious training) opposed by the elders that thought I was just a misguided, bleeding heart. Who knew Walt was such a liberal. Posted by: Rosie on June 1, 2006 at 8:28 AM | PERMALINK
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