20 Feb 05 Blogger — 2/20 04:10 PM

A fun little music meme from Mike Hanscom:

How many songs?

3,373 songs, 15.87 GB, 8 days, 8 hours, 3 minutes and 11 seconds total playing time.

Sorted by song title, the first and last songs?

“‘97 Bonnie & Clyde,” by Tori Amos, from Strange Little Girls, and “Zankoku na Tenshi no Teize (TV Version),” by Megumi Hayashibara, from Neon Genesis Evangelion (Original Soundtrack).

Sorted by artist, the first and last songs?

“I Saw the Sign,” by the ‘Slackers’ College Choir, from Slackers, and “themarriageunion,” which is some sort of file from a 1950s neoconservative album that was posted on Boing Boing at some point in the past. No artist tag, so it was one of the ones sorted last.

Sorted by album, the first and last songs

“Ooh Child,” by the Five Stairsteps, from ’70s Smash Hits, Vol. 2, and “Cobra Wants You!,” by G.I. Joe Killaz, with no album tag. No album tag, so it was one of the ones sorted last.

Top 10 most-played songs (Most-played song at No. 1)?

“I Saw the Sign,” by the ‘Slackers’ College Choir, off of Slackers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack);
“Whistler’s Delight (Full Version),” by DJ Riko;
“Waza,” by Da Mutz;
“Kyle’s Mom’s a Bitch (Techno Remix),” by the South Park Kids;
“Theme from Futurama (Beeboxing),” by various artists;
“We Don’t MMMBop,” by Hanson (and someone else — it’s a mash-up, but I forget with whom);
“1985,” by Bowling for Soup, off of A Hangover You Don’t Deserve;
“Hurricane 2000,” by the Scorpions & the Berliner Philharmoniker, off of Moment of Glory;
“Lonely,” by Akon, off of iTunes New Music Sampler (Universal Motown Edition); and
“Hit the Road, Jack,” by Ray Charles.

Last 10 recently played songs (Most recently played at No. 1)?

“I Wanna Be Sedated,” by the Ramones, off of All the Stuff (And More), Vol. 2;
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” by Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk, off of For the Kids;
“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Ragnar Bjarnason;
“When Harpo Played His Harp,” by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, off of Modern Lovers 88;
“Vedi, Maria,” by Emma Shapplin, off of Carmine Meo;
“Stand by the Breath You Take,” a mash-up of “Stand by Me” and “Every Breath You Take,” thus by Ben E. King and the Police;
“Baby I Need Your Loving,” by Michael McDonald, off of Motown Two;
“Robin Williams on Pixar and Disney,” by Robin Williams;
“It Mek,” by Desmond Dekker, off of Ska for the Skeptical; and
“Derrick!,” by Derrick Harriott, off of Ska for the Skeptical.