Do The Shuffle

It's been a while since I've done this (prior post here and here )...take your music device of choice, turn the shuffle on and list the first 15 songs that play.  I find it interesting to see what people have in their music library ... gives you a small window into their world and sometimes produces some good laughs ... or better yet good tunes you have forgotten about.

So here we go ... Yahoo Music Engine spitting out 15 shuffled songs from my library...

Smithereens - A Girl Like You
Newsboys - He Reigns
Matt Redman - Because of You There's a Place
Audio Adrenaline - I'm Alive
Flyleaf - Sorrow
Third Day - Show Me Your Glory
Tait - Reconnecting (makes me miss DC Talk)
Steven Curtis Chapman - Treasure of You
Rod Stewart - As Time Goes By
David Crowder Band - Wonderful King
Nickelback - Never Again (I remember the first time I heard this song...made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!)
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home (doh!  How'd that get in there?)
Delirious? - Fires Burn
Need to Breathe - I Won't Look Back
Sting - Message In A Bottle

Hmmm, aside from Ozzy and maybe Rod Stewart that's a pretty normal/tame sampling of my library.  Yes, I have 2 Ozzy songs in my library - Coming Home and No More Tears.  I enjoy the guitar tone Zak (their guitarist) pumps out ... especially on No More Tears ... crunchy with a capital C!

I'm bummed no classic 80's stuff appeared 'cept Sting.  There's always next time :-)

Your turn ... post your 15 random tunes...no cheating!

Comments

[Kevin]

At great risk of opening myself up, I really don't think anything classic came from the 80's. ;-}

Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Electric Light Orchestra - It's Over
Maranatha Promise Band - If My People
Robin Trower - Spellbound (Live)
Barlow Girl - On My Own
Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
Judas Priest - Exciter
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Stacie Orrico - Maybe I Won't Look Back
Ides Of March - Vehicle
J. Geils Band - Pack Fair and Square
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street
Third Day - Consuming Fire
Babe Ruth - Jack O'Lantern
Grand Funk Railroad - Heartbreaker (Live)

[Matt Singley]

My music taste is all over the board. I listen to as much current secular as I do Christian. I'm surprised that I didn't have to much 80's stuff in the mix, there is plenty here. Here they are, fresh from Windows Media Player v. 11:

David Crowder Band- D Part: We Win!
Lo Fidelty All Stars- Battleflag (Radio Edit)
Hoobastank- Crawling in the Dark
Passion Worship Band- Praise to The Lord, The Almighty
Chemical Brothers- Electronic Battle Weapon 7
David Crowder Band- You Alone
Chris Tomlin- All Slow Down
Derek Webb- Mockingbird (GREAT album!)
Herbie Hancock- Stitched Up
Jars of Clay- Lonely People
311- Mixed Up
Rob Bell- Between the Trees (sermon from Willow Creek)
George Winston- Linus and Lucy
Paul Oakenfold- The Spirit
Blur- Song 2

[Brad]

Don't be Sad - Dwight Yoakam
Easy - Cowboy Mouth
Eye of the Tiger - Paul Anka
Harmonica Rockin' - Muddy Waters
I Could not ask for more - Sara Evens
Jump - Van Halen
Let it Be - Nick Cave
Livin' it up - Jimmy Buffett
Love is here to stay - Frank Sinatra
Blue Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.
Mamma Don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys - Waylon Jennings
Mission Impossible theme - Limp Bizkit
Roadhouse Blues - Stone Temple Pilots
Margarittaville - Jimmy Buffett

This is a fun game. But, come on, everyone has got to cheat a little, when a song by Britney Spears or 'N Sync shows up, you don't skip that one? I think it would be interesting if people would scan a random generated list and post the first song that they are embarrassed to have living on their PC.

i.e. Hit me baby one more time - Britney Spears
(a random example in no way pertaining to my personal experience)

[Dave M]

I'm one of those guys that has their entire music collection ripped onto the hard drive. I don't like digging through CD's, and iTunes makes it terribly easy to look for what I want to hear.

So...out of about 12GB of music, here's what I got. :-)

Brave - Nichole Nordeman
From Above - Burlap To Cashmere
Heaven Came Down - David Crowder Band
Maximum Overdrive - 2 Unlimited (yay for 90's dance)
Supersonic - Family Force 5 (brand new stuff!)
A Sunday - Jimmy Eat World
Get On - Third Day
On The Run - Pink Floyd
Mephistophele's Return - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
You Already Take Me There - Switchfoot
Don't Look Back - John Schlitt
Mary Antoinette - Hokus Pick
Sanctuary - Chris Rodriguez
Pandora's Box - The O.C. Supertones
Jason E - The W's

Hmm... not exactly what I listen to on a regular basis. Like Matt, my taste is all over the place as far as music goes. Maybe I should pull 15 songs from my "Top Rated" list. ;-)

[Greg]

Ok, I'll give it a shot while I listen to my iPod at work (which I always have on shuffle, since I lisen to it pretty much every day):

Crossfade - So Far Away
Kids In The Way - Head Over Heels (a decent Tears for Fears cover)
Kutless - Not What You See
Switchfoot - Daisy
Ace of Base - Living In Danger
Dashboard Confessional - Not So Easy
Groove Armada - I See You Baby
Panic! At The Disco - Camisado
Veggie Tales - I Love My Lips
Our Lady Peace - One Man Army
TobyMac - Tru-Dog
Seven Mary Three - Water's Edge
Arrested Development - U
Garbage - Push It
Counting Crows - Round Here

[Stuart Cowen]

Although, my musical diet of late has been a mix of Coldplay and New Wave with a splash of Jazz, here's my first 15 songs (out of 2,721 on the might iPod - that you foresook):

Every Time - CeCe Winans
Send Me a Song - Lisa Kelly
Mint Car - The Cure
Like the Starlight - Margaret Becker, Maire Brennan
Down in My Heart - Kid's CD (for the boys, bless`em)
This is My Commandment - Another kids' CD
The Ocean - The Choir
Suicide Alley - Shawn Colvin
Joy - Newsboys
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Eric Williams (Christmas! Woo-hoo!)
Father Abraham - Yet another kids' CD
Come to Me - Geoff Moore & The Distance
What Would Jesus Do? - Big Tent Revival
He Was Heard - Michael Card
Almighty - Wayne Watson

[Tony Dye]

Probably going to show my age here

4Him - For Future Generations
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Doors - People are Strange
Newsong - My Glorious
Styx - Blue Collar Man
Aaron Shust - Matchless
Styx - Show me the Way
Queen - Feel Like Makin' Love
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Mark Schultz - It's Been a Long Time
Queen (again, again!) - Bicycle Race
Michael W. Smith - Reach Out to Me
Alan Parson's Project - If I could Change Your Mind
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
Chris Rice - Come to Jesus

[Jason Powell]

These are great folks! Keep them coming as I've already spotted several things I need to add to my library.

Brad - sounds like a good idea for a future post - top 10 songs you'd rather people not know are in your music library :-)

[Chad Maag]

Jason - love the blog. Been reading for some time. Love to keep tabs and what you and your crew are doing at Granger.

Here's my sampling

Spanish Fantasy - Phil Keaggy
Forget What You've Heard - Yellow Second
Can a Good Thing Last Forever? - Joshua Redman (Jazz)
Come Ye Sinners - Todd Agnew
My Hope - David Crowder Band
Key to the Highway - B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Alive - Andy Hunter
Love is the Compass - Delirious?
Fivetweezy - KJ-52
Didn't We - Stan Getz (Jazz)
Violet - Johnny Q. Public
My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker
Walking Away - Lifehouse
Shut Me Out - Kutless
I've Been Wrong - The Elms