What's In Your "Top 25 Most Played" Folder on ITunes - Does It Surprise You?

I bring this up because I find it funny what's on my top 25. I normally have it on shuffle as I use it alot at work so my top 25 most listened to really reflects that. Find it scary that 15 songs out of those 25 are by the same artist. (ashamed) :P

Been listening more often at home as I've been trying to clean out, add to, and update my itunes. I've found that the list has started changing because of this.

Would be interesting to hear how accurate this folder is for other people. What do you listen to the most? Number one?

Going to wait to share mine until I finish cleaning out my itunes in the next few days.

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Permalink Reply by Stina on December 2, 2010 at 5:39pm
Number one right now for me with eleven more plays than number two on the list ("House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals) is "Carolina Rain" by Ryan Adams. We'll see how the rest pans out later...
Permalink Reply by Hal Bogerd on December 2, 2010 at 8:37pm
Easily Bruised /Matthew Barber /Ghost Notes
Joey's Arm /Sons Of Bill /One Town Away
Broken Bottles /Sons Of Bill /One Town Away
The Rain /Sons Of Bill /One Town Away
Going Home /Sons Of Bill /One Town Away
Drowning In Amsterdam /Vanessa Peters & Ice Cream On Monday /Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up
Can't Get Out Of Love /Matthew Barber /Side Notes
Sirens In The Night /Matthew Barber /Side Notes
Better Loving Spent Than Loving Saved /Matthew Barber/ Side Notes
Down /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
Kerouac /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
The Heat The Light /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
Over And Over /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
Down A Long Haul /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
Shine /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
One Town Away /Sons Of Bill /One Town Away
Street Songs /Alejandro Escovedo /Street Songs Of Love
Anchor /Alejandro Escovedo /Street Songs Of Love
Down In The Bowery /Alejandro Escovedo /Street Songs Of Love
Seven-Mile Island /Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit /Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (Deluxe)
Sunstroke /Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit /Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (Deluxe)
Only Way Track /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
Salty Tears /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
This Bed Is Getting Crowded /Alejandro Escovedo /Street Songs Of Love
Tell You They Know /Chris Hickey /Razzmatazz
Permalink Reply by Stina on December 3, 2010 at 5:20am
Yours has alot of repears from the same artists as well. Maybe I'm not alone! Thanks for the reply. I'll check that music out. Trying to make my itunes a tight list - where I LOVE every song - not merely tolerate them. This is clearing up room on my ipod for new favourites.
Permalink Reply by RP N10 on December 3, 2010 at 7:13am
Top 26 in fact:

the whole of Jolie Holland's album "Springtime Can Kill You" (12 tracks) and the New Pornographers' "Twin Cinema" . The latter was just out when I get my iPod and has never been off it, so it has the boost from longevity. The former was a few months later but is an album I never ever tire of. Number 1 is that album's closer "Mexican Blue" - which is as good a way to spend 6 mins 30 seconds as you'll find anywhere on planet earth.
Permalink Reply by T Hanssen on December 4, 2010 at 1:11am
looking at the folder, the play counts must go back almost 10 years [iTunes early adopter] - for the most part the top plays of individual songs don't line up with artists I listen to a lot. Exceptions - The Wrens, Silkworm, The Hold Steady, and maybe Idlewild.
Permalink Reply by Stina on December 4, 2010 at 5:12am
Interesting to see, eh? I really should go t the downstairs computer and see the top 25 on that one. It's been about... a year/a year and a ahalf since I've done really anything on that since I have the laptop now. The laptops playcounts are fairly low. Be interesting to see how high and what songs are on the other computer
Permalink Reply by Tonya on December 4, 2010 at 4:50pm
Here's a peek at my top 10. A very small percentage of my listening is done via computer or I-pod, so I'm really not that surprised by the outcome.

I Must Be High - Wilco
It'll All Work Out - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ol' 55 - Tom Waits
The Golden State - John Doe
Downtown - The Dexateens
Your Hands On My Skin - Ricky Young
Cruel - Calexico
Acoustic Guitars - Ricky Young
Southside Of Heaven - Ryan Bingham
Blue Eyed Soul - Wilco
Permalink Reply by Greywolf on December 6, 2010 at 12:12am
Not exactly what you asked, because I don't use ITunes much, but for 30 years I have been putting together combinations of songs (ok mix tapes if you must) to try and express certain things in this way. This is my most recent attempt.

Not a Drop of Rain - Robert Earl Keen
Windfall - Son Volt
A Rainy Night in Soho - The Pogues
Dusty Sun - The Eastern
Revelator - Gillian Welch
I Doubt If It Does To You - Toni Price
Cave Man - Chris Smither
La Cienaga Just Smiled - Ryan Adams
California Bloodlines - Dave Alvin
Ventura - Lucinda Williams
El Cerrito Place - Charlie Robison
Laughing River - Robert Earl Keen & Greg Brown
Village Inn - Robert Earl Keen
South Texas Girl - Lyle Lovett
A Song I Heard - Maury Meuhleisen
Permalink Reply by Mary G on December 7, 2010 at 4:33pm
here you go *note= this is the work i-tunes folder
1. Faith No More - (covering)Easy
2. Handsome Furs - Legal Tender
3. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (this was a surprise I had no idea it played it so often)
4. Charlie Feathers - Man In Love (this was no surprise)
5. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
6. Eagles of Death Metal - Eagles Goth
7. Ryan Adams - Magnolia Mountain
8. Einsturzende Neubauten - Salamandrina
9. Handsome Furs - Nyet Spasiba
10. Rolling Stones - Heart of Stone
11. The Soft Boys - Tonight
12. Rolling Stones - That's How Strong My Love Is
13. Handsome Furs - Thy Will Be Done
14. Devendra Banhart - I Remember
15. Handsome Furs *the list is heavy on Handsome Furs
16. Patti Smith - Kimberly
17. Rolling Stones - That's How Strong My Love Is (*it is in my i-tunes twice)
18. Beach House - Master of None
19. Blow - True Affection
20. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (from BBC disc 3)
21. Handsome Furs - Radio Kaliningrad (*hahahaha here they are again)
22. Kevin Ayers - Stars
23. Modern Lovers - Astral Plane
24. Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
25. O.V. Wright - Born All Over
Permalink Reply by Mary G on December 7, 2010 at 4:35pm
the strange thing about this is if you asked me what I was listening to currently
the reply would not contain the same content
thank you for creating this forum it was a revelation for me on a few levels
Permalink Reply by Stina on December 7, 2010 at 4:47pm
It's funny when you look at something automatically generated like that, eh?
Permalink Reply by Stina on December 7, 2010 at 4:54pm
1. Ryan Adams - Carolina Rain
2. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
3. Ryan Adams - English Girls Approximately
4. Ryan Adams - Dear Chicago
5. REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
6. Dave Rawlings Machine - Ruby
7. Ryan Adams - Everybody Knows
8. Train - Hey, Soul Sister
9. Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than the Rest
10. Ryan Adams - Hallelujah
11. Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up
12. She & Him - I Was Made For You
13. The Corrs & Bono - When the Stars Go Blue
14. The Gaslight Anthem - '59 Sound
15. Gram Parsons - Sing Me Back Home
16. Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up (Early Version)
17. Whiskeytown - Ballad of Carol Lynn
18. Avett Brothers - Kickdrum Heart
19. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
20. Caitlin Cary & Ryan Adams - The Battle
21. Coldplay - Yellow
22. Michael Nesmith - Joanne
23. Wakey!Wakey! - Square Peg, Round Hole
24. Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy
25. Whiskeytown - Desperate Ain't Lonely

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