And now for something completely unrelated to Indiana Jones (no doubt my Three Loyal Readers are rejoicing at those words), a meme stolen from Javi. It’s one of those musical memes that seemed to be so popular a few years ago, when iTunes and iPods were the hot new deal. Up until fairly recently, I’ve been unable to participate in these memes as I remained stubbornly iTunes-less, but I’ve finally been assimilated into the intangible music paradigm. Well, I’ve got iTunes on my home and work machines, anyhow; I still don’t have much motivation to shell out my hard-earned cubits for an iPod. But then I always have been a late adopter.
Anyhow, here’s the meme. It’s probably worth keeping in mind that these results come from the version of iTunes I have on my work computer, so it’s based on the very specific (and generally pretty mellow) handful of CDs I’ve bothered to bring into the office with me. Or maybe that doesn’t matter. I don’t know… either way, enjoy the useless trivia…
Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.
How many songs total: 705
How many hours or days of music: 1.9 days
Most recently played: “Somebody’s Crying” by Chris Isaak
Most played: “Crockett’s Theme” by Jan Hammer [that would be from the original Miami Vice, kids; it’s good background music for proofreading]
Most recently added: Best of Chris Isaak (complete album)
Sort by song title:
First Song: “Act of Faith” by Rick Springfield
Last Song: “7 Deadly Sins” by The Traveling Wilburys
Sort by time:
Shortest Song: “A New World” by Boston (0:00:36)
Longest Song: “Wayang Kult/ Death Of A Child/Kwan/ Enchantment At Tuge/ Kwan’s Sacrifice” by Maurice Jarre (0:21:39) [That’s from the soundtrack for The Year of Living Dangerously, just in case you were wondering…]
Sort by album:
First album: ZZ Top, Afterburner
Last album: .38 Special, 38 Special: The Very Best Of The A&M Years (1977-1988)
First song that comes up on Shuffle: “Take Me Back” by .38 Special
Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death: 1 [Never been much for the Goth scene, I guess…]
Life: 6
Love: 54
Hate: 0 [Hey, I’m a lover, not a hater…]
You: 73
Sex: 5
