music meme

Something to lighten the mood around here. (seen at Scrivener's and Laura's)

Total number of tracks in iTunes
2 566 songs (7 days' worth of music)
1 203 songs (3.2 days' worth) that I've actually listened to at least once. I really ought to listen to music more... I think I need an ipod :) I just did all the answers for my total library, but I think I need to redo it for songs I actually listen to. Unheard ones are in italics.

Sort by song title
First song: "1995" by the Whitlams, "A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off" by the Magnetic Fields
First song: "! (Song Formerly Known As)" by Regurgitator
Last song: "Zero" by The Smashing Pumpkins (who I don't even like (this was probably from my brother, the former obsessive fan) but I have listened to it)

Sort by time
Shortest song: 0:06 the mysterious "Track 1" from a microindie sampler
Shortest song: 0:01 "Never is Enough" by Barenaked Ladies (I would've denied owning anything by them before doing this. I wonder where I got that album from.)
Longest song: I would've guessed "The Beginning Stages, Part 10 (Exit Music)" by the Polyphonic Spree at 36:30. It's counting that as listened to, even though I've never made it all the way through. more Barenaked Ladies: "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" at 59:52 (obviously I've never listened to that one)

Sort by artist
First: "Take on Me" by a-Ha (from the same joke purchase as the unheard one)
Laura, I share your concern:"Aquarius - Let the Sun Shine In" by The 5th Dimension (I think this was from a joke group purchase when we won a halloween costume prize...)
Last: Zero 7, from the Garden State soundtrack
Most: The Beatles (103 songs I never listen to), The Lucksmiths (87), Ben Folds (with or without the Five) (52), Magnetic Fields (47/83, but 69 of those are "one" album)

Sort by album
First: #4 Record by You Am I, first number: 69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields, first letter: A Good Kind of Nervous by the Lucksmiths
Last: XO by Elliott Smith

12 most played songs (there are 12 because the last 8 are equal, I guess I don't listen to the same songs over and over. I'm not sure how this is so skewed, either; I do like more than 3 bands)
1. "Spring 2000, " Architecture in Helsinki
2. "There is No Such Place," Augie March
3. "Wyoming," The Lucksmiths (this is the cutest song - go read the lyrics)
4. "Like a Call" Architecture in Helsinki
5. "One Heavy February," Architecture in Helsinki
6. "This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers," Augie March
7. "Up the Hill and Down," Augie March
8. "He Misses You Too, You Know," Darren Hanlon
9. "Scar," Missy Higgins
10. "Mine's Not a High Horse," The Shins
11. "Caring is Creepy," The Shins
12. "New York City," They Might Be Giants

First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle
1. "Waiting on an Angel," Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World
2. "Spacelullabye," the Universe - Outer Void Intrepid Sailor (don't let LG near this album, Phantom)
3. "The Ground Beneath her Feet," U2 - ?
4. "Great Lengths," The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
5. "E flat major," J.S.Bach - The Well-tempered Clavier

1. "Reasons to be Beautiful," Hole - Celebrity Skin
2. "House Husband," Tim Oxley - Candle Compilation #11
3. "Good-day Ray," Powderfinger - Internationalist
4. "Good Feeling," Violent Femmes - ?
5. "Like Spinning Plates," Radiohead - Amnesiac

Number of search returns for:
sex: 1 (6)
love: 81 (184)
you: 105 (200)
death: 2 (3)
hate: 2 (plus 10 whatevers) (2 (plus 14))
wish: 3 (5)