i swear i listen to more than TV tunes.

[ironymaiden]

Music geekery meme. Ganked from aprivatefox.

Open your media player of choice to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is.

How many songs? 2864.

Sort by artist
First artist: 1000 Mona Lisas (A.C. Newman in the alphabet.)
Last artist: ZZ Top vs Pink

Sort by song title
First Song: "Chief Wiggum, PI" Main Title - the Simpsons
Disregarding punctuation, 10,000 Years (Peace Is Now) - Live
Disregarding numbers, A Boozehound Named Barney - the Simpsons
Last Song: Zoo Station - U2

Sort by time
Shortest Song: The shortest track is scream, the sound effect at the beginning of many versions of the Doctor Who theme. Shortest actual song, "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show Theme" - the Simpsons.
Longest Song: The Appalachian Spring Suite - Aaron Copland, Boston Symphony.

Sort by album
First Album: (The Best Of) New Order
Disregarding punctuation, 14 Songs - Paul Westerberg. Disregarding numbers, A Night at the Opera - Queen.
Last Album: Zooropa - U2
First song that comes up on shuffle:
First Impressions - Yo Yo Ma

How many songs come up when you search for "sex"?
21, but the majority are from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

How many songs come up when you search for "death"?
12, but four are from Death Rides a Pale Cow, the Dead Milkmen collection.

How many songs come up when you search for "love"?
157, but this is heavily skewed by my Clumsy Lovers albums, Finley Quaye's Much More Than Much Love, and all the songs Mrs Lovett sings in Sweeney Todd.

Comments

I *cannot* resist

[the-monkey-king.livejournal.com]

How many songs? 4192.

Sort by artist
First artist: 'Til Tuesday
Last artist: Zombina and the Skeletones

Sort by song title
First Song: $160 Million Chinese Man - David Holmes
Disregarding punctuation, 01 Darkest Hour - The Spectacular Fantastic
Disregarding numbers, Aalach Tloumouni - Cheb Khaled
Last Song: 博徒九十七 - Illmariachi

Sort by time
Shortest Song: The shortest track is "Sacristy Bell" by the Gabreli Consort and Players, though really it's just a bell. There's a number of spoken interludes as well, but the shortest actual song you could sing is "Her Majesty" by the Beatles, clocking in at 23 seconds.
Longest Song: The Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven. Roughly 23 minutes.

Sort by album
First Album: !bossa brava! - volume 2
Disregarding punctuation, 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976 - 1979 (Disc 2).
Disregarding numbers, A.M. - Wilco.
Last Album: Zydeco Sont Pas Sale - King of the Real Creole French Zydeco

First song that comes up on shuffle:
That's Life - Frank Sinatra

How many songs come up when you search for "sex"?
24, with a goodly chunk from Social Distortion's Sex Love & Rock and Roll. Plus three from The Essex Green.

How many songs come up when you search for "death"?
21, but ten are by Death Cab for Cutie.

How many songs come up when you search for "love"?
215. I blame teh pop music.