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Keep Hoping Machine Running ([personal profile] thefourthvine) wrote2011-08-08 10:22 am

[Poll] MUSICS

For reasons that do not need exploring at this juncture, I am a Giant Ball of Anxiety.[1] I am actually considering renaming myself that (GBA for short, I guess, although I do realize that that is not the ideal acronym). I cannot sleep without having the worst anxiety dreams I've had in years, and that's assuming I get to sleep, which mostly I don't; I just stare at the clock and think anxious thoughts. My skin is breaking out! I am covered in hives! I keep walking into things! If this keeps up, by the time I get to Vividcon, I will be fit for nothing but crying in my hotel room for three days. I, um, really don't want to spend three days crying in a hotel room. For the record. I mean, I could cry at home much more cheaply; there's no point in going to Chicago for that. So I have decided it is time to make some posts designed to distract me and, with luck, reduce the possibility that I will have to ask for an extremely late change to my badge name. ("If 'GBA' doesn't work for you, you could always call me Inappropriate Hysterics!")

The first such post went smashingly. I thank you all. I now know much more about classic beauty. I've also learned that if Gina Torres and Audrey Hepburn were, through the miracle of - time traveling lesbian reproduction magicians? Look, I think this is the kind of thing that doesn't need a reason - to have a child, it would be the most classically gorgeous person of all time. I think someone needs to get right on making that happen.

So. We have done photos! Clearly it is time for MUSIC. And also POLLS, as those are the traditional, time-honored distraction techniques of people too distressed to provide actual content.

This is a poll for people who have music playing devices or programs. I am hoping that's most of you. There are some, you know, questions and things, but there is also a Bonus Content Option that I am really really hoping a lot of you take, because nothing is more distracting than new music.

So, to start things off in the Bonus Content arena: the most played song on my iTunes is Roscoe, by Midlake, which I have played 513 times. (Obviously, this is a hate-free zone. If you think it sucks, don't tell me. Instead, post your most played song. I bet it is far, far better than mine. Cooler. More classic. Whatever.)

And the song I am most obsessed with at the moment is The Chaconne, by Dessa.

Now, tell me yours! (People not taking the poll are still entirely invited to post their most played and current obsession songs in the comments, by the way. Encouraged. Begged. Whatever.) And also about your music. (And join with me in lamenting that there's no numerical entry poll option that would do averages and means and so on but not require scales.)

[1] Okay, I know at least some of you are going to want to know, so: it's mostly to do with Leaving My Baby for the First Time Ever. Also imperfect traveling arrangements. And OMG SOCIAL TIME fear. But mostly Leaving My Baby, who is actually three and will be at home with his mommy and perfectly fine, no matter what my dreams persist in suggesting.

Poll #7701 music
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 201


How many songs do you have on your music player? (Rounding to the nearest thousand. Overachievers should pick the highest category.)

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Mean: 6358.59 Median: 5000 Std. Dev 5396.19
0
3 (1.5%)
1000
30 (15.2%)
2000
19 (9.6%)
3000
20 (10.1%)
4000
13 (6.6%)
5000
24 (12.1%)
6000
19 (9.6%)
7000
17 (8.6%)
8000
9 (4.5%)
9000
4 (2.0%)
10000
9 (4.5%)
11000
2 (1.0%)
12000
4 (2.0%)
13000
2 (1.0%)
14000
2 (1.0%)
15000
1 (0.5%)
16000
0 (0.0%)
17000
2 (1.0%)
18000
2 (1.0%)
19000
1 (0.5%)
20000
15 (7.6%)

How many songs have you never listened to? (Rounding, again.)

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Mean: 1692.31 Median: 1000 Std. Dev 3379.62
0
89 (48.9%)
1000
50 (27.5%)
2000
10 (5.5%)
3000
8 (4.4%)
4000
7 (3.8%)
5000
3 (1.6%)
6000
2 (1.1%)
7000
2 (1.1%)
8000
0 (0.0%)
9000
2 (1.1%)
10000
3 (1.6%)
11000
1 (0.5%)
12000
0 (0.0%)
13000
0 (0.0%)
14000
0 (0.0%)
15000
2 (1.1%)
16000
0 (0.0%)
17000
0 (0.0%)
18000
2 (1.1%)
19000
0 (0.0%)
20000
1 (0.5%)

How many playlists do you have?

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None. If I want to listen to music, I listen to all the music.
26 (13.0%)

Oh, somewhere around ten. Some variety, you know.
73 (36.5%)

Looks like maybe 30! Variety is the spice of life.
54 (27.0%)

More like 50. Variety is the habenero pepper of life!
17 (8.5%)

Closer to 75. Variety may in fact be the silent killer.
10 (5.0%)

I am in no way counting, but I'm guessing 100. I have no idea what is even in some of these.
8 (4.0%)

200. I HAVE MANY IDEAS FOR PLAYLISTS, OKAY?
10 (5.0%)

A million. At least. Um.
2 (1.0%)

Of your top 20 most played songs, how many are by women? (I am counting this as "mostly sung by a woman," but you make your own call.)

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Mean: 8.14 Median: 8 Std. Dev 4.50
1
17 (9.2%)
2
6 (3.2%)
3
11 (5.9%)
4
13 (7.0%)
5
11 (5.9%)
6
10 (5.4%)
7
18 (9.7%)
8
15 (8.1%)
9
6 (3.2%)
10
23 (12.4%)
11
10 (5.4%)
12
13 (7.0%)
13
7 (3.8%)
14
8 (4.3%)
15
6 (3.2%)
16
6 (3.2%)
17
2 (1.1%)
18
1 (0.5%)
19
1 (0.5%)
20
1 (0.5%)

How many times has your most played song been played? (Rounding!)

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Mean: 277.09 Median: 150 Std. Dev 287.46
0
3 (1.7%)
50
40 (22.3%)
100
39 (21.8%)
150
13 (7.3%)
200
13 (7.3%)
250
13 (7.3%)
300
10 (5.6%)
350
4 (2.2%)
400
6 (3.4%)
450
3 (1.7%)
500
5 (2.8%)
550
4 (2.2%)
600
3 (1.7%)
650
0 (0.0%)
700
3 (1.7%)
750
0 (0.0%)
800
3 (1.7%)
850
1 (0.6%)
900
1 (0.6%)
950
0 (0.0%)
1000
15 (8.4%)

What is that most played song? (For bonus points, put a link to it, streaming or download, in the comments.)

And what song are you obsessed with lately? (Bonus points, link in comments, you know how this works.)

I like all music! Except:

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Theremin Core
38 (26.2%)

Gregorian Chant-Hop
16 (11.0%)

Rastabilly Skank
49 (33.8%)

Digital Baroque
16 (11.0%)

Unshaved Glam
26 (17.9%)

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[personal profile] thingswithwings 2011-08-08 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, but you have to understand: when I'm making a vid, I sometimes put the song I intend to vid to on repeat for HOURS while I watch footage. It's part of my process. So actually, of the top twenty listened-to songs in my itunes, 14 of them are songs that I have made vids to or intend to make vids to or once intended to make vids to but then stopped caring about. The top song that I've "listened" to is actually Neil Young's Heart of Gold, at #11, followed by Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, at #12. Plus sometimes I listen on my computer and sometimes on my ipod (the ipod is how I listen to music in the car, for example) and I don't synch them, so the numbers are probably off anyway. I suspect that my most listened-to car song is Mountain Goats, "No Children," which I listen to to cheer myself up because it's so peppy.
erika: (sga: snark like it's a bad thing)

[personal profile] erika 2011-08-08 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I love No Children! It's the foundation of my "music that sounds happy that is actually sad" playlist. (I need a snappier title.)
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[personal profile] thingswithwings 2011-08-08 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! That's totally what I love about it, the upbeatness of its ostensibly depressing lyrics. It's the foundation of my "happy (sounding) breakup songs" playlist, along with The Waifs "The Haircut."
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[personal profile] paxpinnae 2011-08-09 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be very interested in the contents of that playlist, since I have one that's very similar. One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young by The Ark is my favorite off it.
erika: (words: trainwrecks)

[personal profile] erika 2011-08-09 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
It's actually called "Inappropriately Cheerful", and "One of Us Is Gonna Die Young" is on it!

  • Scissor Sisters - I Can't Decide

  • The Mountain Goats - No Children

  • Metric - Help, I'm Alive

  • Scritti Politti - After Six

  • Les Cowboys Fringants - Joyeux Calvaire!

  • Les Cowboys Fringants - La Manifestation

  • Les Cowboys Fringants - La Tête À Papineau

  • Drive By Truckers - Nine Bullets

  • Dar Williams - Alleluia

  • The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young



you can download all the songs (@ mediafire) for, ahem, evaluation.
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[personal profile] paxpinnae 2011-08-09 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent choices! I have to say though, I don't really think of Alleluia as inappropriately cheerful - after all, the narrator has an awesome girlfriend and an eternity of perfect waves to surf! She just, you know. Had to die to get there.

If you'd like to, ah, evaluate my version, "Happy Songs to Kill By," it's here.

The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
The Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale of New York
Mika - Relax (Take it Easy)
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - I Don't Want to Die (In the Hospital)
Regina Spektor - That Time
The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
Queen - Hammer to Fall
The Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl
Jonathan Coulton - I Feel Fantastic
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[personal profile] erika 2011-08-09 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Alleluia is one of those "hmmm" choices. I feel the same way about "I Feel Fantastic"--living a medicated life, as I do, I find it an entirely appropriately cheerful anthem.

[personal profile] linabean 2011-08-11 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
If you ever feel like another song for that playlist, you could do Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJefPK_UkdM