It's a Boy
03.17.08 I love using iTunes to answer surveys. Love Love Love it! I took bits and pieces from assorted surveys across the universe, and compiled the most complete and insightful iTunes survey ever. Feel free to mass produce! I’ve spent the majority of my evening on this, because I love being awake and
ANYway. Here it is, a culmination, and the Ultimate iTunes survey. It took me two hours to compile, format, add to, etc.... so please take it and add it as a comment, or as your next journal entry! I really hope Bony will do it for me. I know it’s childish and silly, but it’s a lot of fun!
::The Ultimate iTunes Survey::
All right kids, this is a long one. Take a breath, get some water, and start up your iTunes. You might want to put some headphones on, do a little stretching, and grab a snack. This may take you a while; be sure you can devote 5 to 10 minutes to this before you begin, because once you get started you get sucked in and you can’t stop.
I. What’s In Your Library?
(These numbers should be based on your entire music collection.)
1. How many songs do you have to choose from? 5556
2. How many artists? 737
3. How many albums? 369
4. How many genres? 35
5. How much total time? 15 days, 49 minutes, 29 seconds.
II. Sort By...
(Sort your music library by the following fields to fill in the result.)
::song title::
1. First song: “A-punk” (Vampire Weekend)
2. Last song: “96 heartbeats” (As Tall As Lions)
3. First song with a 5-star rating: “The A La Menthe (Laser Dance)” (Nikkfurie)
4. First song that starts with the letter “F”: “Fa Fa” (Guster)
5. Last song that starts with the letter “L”: “Lysed Lullaby” (Gregory and the Hawk)
::time::
1. Shortest song: “Then” by O.A.R. - 9 seconds long
2. Longest song: “Section 10 (A Long Day) by the Polyphonic Spree - 36 minutes 31 seconds
3. A song that is exactly 1 minute long: “Heinz Baked Beans” (The Who)
4. A song that is exactly 4 minutes 20 seconds long: “Oh, Sweet Mary” (Janis Joplin)
5. A song that has the same time (or as close as possible) as your birthday month and date (MM:DD) 6:13: “Fool In The Rain” (Led Zeppelin) , also “Quadrophenia” (the Who) and “Like a Rolling Stone” (Bob Dylan)
::album::
1. First song: “Come Together” (The Beatles, on Abbey Road)
2. Last song: “That Was A Crazy Game of Poker” (O.A.R., from 34th and 8th.)
3. First “live” album in the list: A’Live And Kickin’ (Incubus)
4. First self-titled album on the list: Ambulance LTD
5. Oldest album: 1962: Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
III. List the Top Three Songs in Your Music Library With...
:: the highest play count::
1. “Runnin’ Blue” (The Doors, from The Soft Parade) played 30 times
2. “On The Run” (Pink Floyd, from Pulse) played 27 times
3.“Us and Them” (Pink Floyd, also from Pulse) also played 27 times
::5-star ratings::
1. “Acrobat” (As Tall As Lions)
2. “Sad Song” (Au Revoir Simon)
3. “All Together Now” (The Beatles)
:: “You” as the first word of the title::
1. “You Wouldn’t Like Me” (Tegan and Sara)
2. “You Won’t See Me” (The Beatles)
3. “You Will Be a Hot Dancer” (Incubus)
::numbers in the title:
1. “96 Heartbeats” (As Tall As Lions)
2. “905” (The Who)
3. “8:16am” (311)
IV. How many songs come up when you search for the word...
1. sex: 11
2. love: 330
3. death: 14
4. hate: 4
5. wish: 27
6. life: 47
7. money: 16
8. sun: 73
9. happy: 14
10. night: 77
I was really glad I had many many more “love” songs than “hate” songs and more “live” songs that “death” songs.
The Party Shuffle Crystal Ball
Let iTunes gaze into the abyss! Cross my palm with silver and I will tell you your past, present, and future. (Go to Party Shuffle. Use your entire music library, and do NOT play higher-rated songs more often. Choose to display zero Recently Played or Upcoming Songs, so that only the current song is revealed. It adds to the surprise, and it makes it even more fun).
::ask me your questions, I tell you no lies...:
0. The subject of this post will be: "It's A Boy" (The Who)
1. What is the secret to true happiness? “Set Me Free” (The Kinks)
2. And what of love? “Glow Girl” (The Who)
3. How will your luck be? “Keep Fishin’” (Weezer)
4. How are you viewed by your colleagues and friends? “Good Day Sunshine” (The Beatles) Yay!
5. What can you do to improve? “No Sympathy” (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
::what is the theme song of..::
1. The coming weekend? “How Do You Feel” (Jefferson Airplane)
2. My future career? “Tight Connection To My Heart” (Bob Dylan)
4. My relationship status? “Complete Control” (The Clash) (me?!)
5. My personal philosophy? “This is My Life & I Like It” (Jefferson Airplane)
Finally... The Last Question for iTunes is:
When you kick the bucket, what will your last thought be?
“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (The Walker Brothers)
Creepy, some of them.
Anyway. I started typing this three hours ago. Time to study and make more coffee. It’s daylight, do you see?
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