We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


billytea - Feb 05, 2009 3:14:46 pm PST #683 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

And I somehow have "Eyes Without a Face" stuck in my head

I sense definitional confusion.


Tom Scola - Feb 05, 2009 3:15:30 pm PST #684 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I actually have that on a Dr. Demento "Funny 25" cassette!

You can download it here: [link]


Vonnie K - Feb 05, 2009 11:27:37 pm PST #685 of 6436
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

A few that haven't been mentioned yet:

Ears to the Ground - Josh Rouse
Nails in My Feet - Crowded House
Detachable Penis - King Missile
On a Neck, On a Spit - Yellow House
Looking Over My Shoulder - Elliot Smith
My Iron Lung - Radiohead
Re. Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
Vertebrae - Christine Fellows
Wolf in the Breast - Cocteau Twins
Bad Liver & Broken Heart - Tom Waits
Priest's Knees - Destroyer
Maria's Little Elbows - Sparklehorse
Collarbone - Fujiya & Miyagi
Peacebone - Animal Collective
Red Right Ankle - The Decemberists
Rough Knuckles - Supergrass
Ribcage - Elbow
Lion's Jaws - Neko Case
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Richard Schnell


Fred Pete - Feb 06, 2009 4:54:28 am PST #686 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.

Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot


Tom Scola - Feb 06, 2009 6:30:42 am PST #687 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

More suggestions from this thread on another board: [link]


msbelle - Feb 06, 2009 6:45:19 am PST #688 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

In my efforts to do more and more and more dissection of my music, I started 2 new playlists on iTunes last night based on megan's playlists.

Bodies

Cities/States/Countries

In the process, I corrected genre on several songs. (David Bowie doing Peter and the Wolf with the Philadelphia Orchestra is NOT Rock) My largest obsession remains ranking songs though, I am woefully behind in the task though, with less than a 1/4 of the songs ranked.


megan walker - Feb 06, 2009 7:33:05 am PST #689 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I can't even think of ranking. I get really good at categorizing for a while, but then put it aside and essentially have to start all over again. My work playlists at least ensure that I listen to a variety of stuff.

Msbelle, I have most of my lists (which are usually about 50-60 songs) in Word format if you want some ideas:

Summer Wages: Songs about summer
High School Musical: Songs from 1981-1985
Stickshifts and Safetybelts: Songs about cars and driving
Groundhog Day: Originals and their covers
March Madness: Songs that reference insanity
April Showers: Songs about rain or with rain in the title
May Flowers: Songs with flowers in the title
Color Me Shocked: Songs with colors in the title
Eight Days a Week: Songs with days of the weeks in the title
No Lawyers or Guns: Songs with money in the title
Rikki Don't Lose That Number: Songs with numbers in the title
A Place for My Stuff: Songs with place names in the title
A Royal Pain in the A**: Songs with royal titles in the title
Body Language: Songs with body parts in the title


lisah - Feb 06, 2009 8:09:50 am PST #690 of 6436
Punishingly Intricate

Hey, Megan! Thanks for including one of our songs in the latest!


msbelle - Feb 06, 2009 8:18:44 am PST #691 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Ranking started as a way to keep track of songs I didn't like when listening to new stuff out and about on the iPod. I rank those with a 1 and then delete all the ones when I re-synch. Then I wanted a favorites playlist that auto updates, so I started one that would pull all 4&5 stars and started ranking those songs while on random play with the iPod. The it seemed logical to do something with 2 & 3. 2s are what I call cusp songs. I have that as an auto playlist also and everyso often give it a listen and decide if things move up to a 3 or get cut. 3 is the baseline for keeping a song. Some things don't get ranked like the rest: holiday music, relaxation stuff - and there are lots that do not get pulled to the favorites playlist: jazz, classical, children's, holiday.


tommyrot - Feb 06, 2009 8:30:50 am PST #692 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The iTunes five-star ranking system is why God gave us five fingers....

Let's see - 0 stars are stuff I keep for completionist sake, or holiday songs, recordings of violin class, etc. 1 star means I find it "interesting." 2 stars means I like the song. 3 stars if I get an immediate, happy recognition when the song starts playing. 4 and 5 stars are my faves.

Then I get all overly-analytical about it, and think things like, "To maximize the usefulness of the ratings system, songs should be roughly evenly-distributed amongst the five possibilities (0-stars is a special case), and I only have about 700 5-star songs out of 14,000. I should take some of the best of the 4-star songs and make them 5-star."