A-ward Bound, (iPod part 3)

No, my dear, dedicated...two readers. (Hi!), I have not forgotten about the iPod thing. Last week involved all sorts of shenanigans (soon to follow), So now it's time to catch up on the songs.

I started my new volunteering gig last week, a few mornings a week doing office work for a non-profit. It's calm and mindless, and a great time to make big headway on my track list. I started with the A's, since My car and my iPod differ as to how what order the symbols/numbers should be played in. But everyone can get along with regards to alphabetizing. It's pretty finite.

So far, I am still plowing through the As. Starting with  ABC by the Jackson 5 (still awesome) and i'm now up to Always by Blink-182. If there are any song writers out there, please take this moment to absorb that it is time to start coming up with songs that are NOT titled  starting with "All" or "Alone"....the 'Alls' chunk of my playlist is 46 songs, not including duplicates.  I also have 5 or 6 completely different songs that are titled "All I need".  Time to be more creative, kids.

Some highlights from the bunch:

-Acts 1-5 of Much Ado About Nothing by the Royal Shakespeare Company (radio version?). Always a fun listen, and kept me busy for much of my time in the office.
- I may have discovered a little bit of love for Toby Keith
- I seem to have an obscene amount of Bruce Springsteen. I knew this already, but i keep being surprised at the sheer amount of it. Particularly as I was never a huge fan? Not that I object, but just....seriously.

By my count i'm 149 songs in, not counting the symbol/number songs. Which should add another 20-30 or so. At this rate, I'll be done in a few years.

What the hell is on my iPod pt 2

More songs I didn't know I had. I'm pushing to get through the symbols and on to the letters, as my car and my iPod/iTunes seem to differ in opinion on how they should be handled. Which means keeping track of what I'm listening to involves taking a photo with my phone while driving. Not fun. Once I get to actual letters, i'm figuring I can just make playlists.

"It's Not a War Story. It's a Love Story. A Ghost Story." - This is How Rumors Get Started
- The band is headed by someone I knew in high school, every so often their stuff comes up, and I always get a bit of a smile out of it, quite catchy.

(All I have to do is) Dream - The Nylons - A capella version

(Everytime I hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Brian Setzer Orchestra

(Goin') Wild for you baby - Bonnie Rait

(Night time is) The Right Time - Ray Charles

(No More) Paddy's Lament - Flogging Molly

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Rockapella - This actually turned out to be their cover of Surfer Girl.

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Rockapella - Actual song

(The Legend of) Johnny Kool - Brian Setzer Orchestra

(Urban Edit) Stole - Kelly Rowland

(Where do I begin) Love Story - Tony Bennet

...And the Future - Robin Williams (tail end of Live at the Met)

[Bonus Track] - Fefe Dobson (Rainbow) (I really liked this one)

[Untitled Track] - Rockapella

This last one is making my brain hurt. I'm not entirely convinced it's even Rockapella singing, although I think i might hear that rather distinctive bass singer in there somewhere. What I DO know, is that it's sung mostly in Japanese, with the occasional chorus along the lines of
'Christmas Eve...something something? hold me, hold me, warm me love. Christmas time for you and me. Love me, Hold me, warm my body. Christmas time for you and me"

Not a damned clue, and google is turning up absolutely nothing. I know it's not a track on the Rockapella album it lists, as i have all of those other songs. I'm pretty stumped on this one.

What the hell is on my iPod, part 1 (?)

This past week, after being thoroughly destroyed in the local pub's Trivia Night, I had the thought that I really am somewhat devoid of musical knowledge. I never did claim to be terribly aware of what the current music scene is up to, but after a medley of 14 hit songs from 2008, of which i knew ONE? I might just be living under a rock. (My excuse is that I was living in London then, because, you know, there's no radio there....

I then furthered my acknowledgment of my musical illiteracy, admitting that I don't even know what's on my own iPod.

Now, I don't think I'm going to become music aware over night, but I can at least listen to the music I already have. Some 5000+ songs, to be precise.

I set my plan into action on my drive home this evening, starting alphabetically, since it's the only way I'll ever keep track.

Tonight I got:
'Cause you can - Birdmonster
'Round the World - String Cheese Incident
- Eternity - Avril Lavigne (Aka Two Rivers)
"Highway Blues" - New Stories, composed by Marc Seales

I wasn't particularly wild about any of them, may or may not delete them at a later date. I think most of these were from a chunk of music I got from my cousin, as I don't recognize any of them.