Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.

'Destiny'


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."