Soccer Dad

All over the place

Well SerAndEz has tagged me. (I never did meme 7.):

I've seen this meme floating around, but not yet in the J-blogosphere. So here goes:

1. Turn on your mp3 player.
2. Hit shuffle.
3. Put the first fifteen songs that come up in a post. No matter how embarassing. No cheating!

Since I don't own an iPod, I couldn't do it.
So what to do? SerAndEz suggests:

Problems: I don't own an I-Pod. I DO own a Dell DJ20, a 20-GB MP3 player - but I took almost everything off of it to redo it. And, I haven't yet done that because someone stole ALL my music (about 4,000 songs) to copy it all - and hasn't returned it. So I'll look around and see what's here, and put down that.

So that's what I did. I wrote the names of my 28 popular music cds - none of the classical - in an Excel spreadsheet and wrote a quick random shuffle macro.

Here are the results:

Chronicle - CCR
Jim Croce - Greatest hits
Fleetwood Mac
Four Tops
Alan Jackson - Greatest Hits (vol 1)
George Jones - Super Hits (vol 1)
Cryin' Lyin' Lovin' Leavin' - Assorted country hits
All over the place - Bangles
James Taylor - Greatest Hits
Tom Petty Greatest Hits
Pop hits of the 70's - 3cds
Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer
Some Things I Know - Lee Ann Womack
Simon and Garfunkel - The Best of
16 Biggest Hits - Ricky Van Shelton

If I were stranded on a dessert island (and had an unlimited supply of power and cd player) and could choose only 3 CD's, I'd probably choose Chronicle, The Best of Simon and Garfunkel and Beatles 1.

I realize that Beatles 1 is not on this list, but I have it. It's nice. But it's missing so much good stuff ( While my guitar gently weeps, Back in the USSR, I am the Walrus, Fool on the hill, Day in the Life, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band). One of these days hopefully I'll get the red album and the blue album and be happy with those.

Which leads me to a discussion at Elie's Expositions about the most overrated pop/rock groups and acts. I'd agree with my former roommate about the Doors (who I don't think hold up well at all) and John Cougar Mellencamp.

I'd like to add: Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Bruce Springsteen (he's good, but I don't think as good as his avid fans make him out to be), Peter Frampton (a fossil from the 70's).

And while you're at Elie's Expositions why not leave him a birthday wish (Dec 7)! (No birthday kisses though, unless you're his wife.)

I'm tagging: Elie's Expositions, Crossing the Rubicon2, Meryl Yourish, The Colossus of Rhodey.Hube, Penny Stock, A Whispering Soul - (even though he's doing Haveil Havalim this week) and Boker Tov Boulder.