10 Random Songs From My Playlist:

1. "Stressed Out" by Twenty One Pilots
2. "Live to Tell the Tale" by Passion Pit
3. "Oh(Remix)" by Micky Green
4. "River Deep, Mountain High" by Tina Turner
5. "If" by Janet Jackson
6. "Symphony 8 & the Canary's Last Take" by Emily Wells
7. "Used To Be" by Beach House
8. "Rain" by Samantha James
9. "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" by The Killers
10.  "Dark Night of the Soul" by Loreena McKennitt

10 Random Songs From My Playlist

1. "Better Not Lie To Me" - Garbage
2. " Lost It To Trying" - Son Lux 
3. "Tomorrow Never Came" - Lana Del Rey 
4. "Fernando" - ABBA
5. "bop it up!" - The Marias
6. "Girls and Boys - Blur
7. "Sabre Dance" - Khachaturian
8. "Avalon" - Foxygen
9. "Dreaming" - Blondie
10. "Don't Stop Making it Happen" - Grouplove 

What's Your Music IQ? 

 

My Music IQ is 89.  That's the low side of average.

Similar Song Finder - Have a favorite song? Find a song that is similar.

Top Of The Charts Quiz - Can you recognize the most famous songs in the world?

My results: 

 You identified 10 out of 14 songs correctly. You scored 66 points!

 The Evolution Of Music - The history of popular music from 1958 to 2016

Best Music of 2021

Artist: Billie Eilish

Album:  Happier Than Ever

Highlights: "Getting Older" and "My Future"

Artist: Jungle

Album: Loving In Stereo

Highlights:  "Truth" and "Goodbye My Love"

Artist: Liz Cooper

Album: Hot Sass

Highlights: "Motorcycle" and " Getting Closer" 

Artist: Madi Diaz

Album:  History Of A Feeling

Highlights: "Crying in Public" and "Forever"

Artist: The Marias

Album: Cinema

Highlights: "Little By Little" and "Fog as a Bullet"

 

Artist: MARINA

Album:  Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land

Highlights: "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" and "I Love You But I Love Me More"

Artist: mazie

Album: The Rainbow Cassette

Highlights:  "i think i wanna be alone," "dumb dumb," and "sippy cup"

Artist: Olivia Rodrigo

Album: Sour

Highlights: "drivers license" and "happier"

Artist: Silk Sonic

Album: An Evening With Silk Sonic

Highlights:  "Silk Sonic Intro" and "Leave the Door Open"

Artist: Weezer

Album: Ok Human

Highlights: "Grapes of Wrath" and "All My Favorite Songs"

Bongo Cat - play bongos, piano, and other instruments with a cute kitty.

This link has different songs you can play with Bongo Cat.

Tone-Deafness Test

Take this quiz to find out if you are tone deaf 

 

My score:   

You listened to 32 sounds. Of those you guessed 23 correctly!

You did better than 16% of people. Your average speed was 0.8 seconds

The History of Electronic Music 

My Favorite Music Of 2020

 This is a little late.  Oh well.

Artist: AWOLNATION

Album: Angel Miners & The Lightning Riders

Highlights: "Battered, Black & Blue,"  "The Best," and "Pacific Coast Highway In The Movies" 

Artist: Drew Citron

Album: Free Now

Highlights: "Kiss Me" and "Don't Know A Good Thing"

 

Artist: Katie Gately

Album: Loom

Highlights: "Waltz" and "Flow"

Artist: Lady Gaga

Album: : Chromatica

Highlights:  "Fun Tonight," "Sine From Above," and "Stupid Love

 

Artist: Lido Pimienta

Album: Miss Colombia

Highlights:  "Coming Thru," "Para Transcribir (SOL)," and "Eso Que Tu Haces"

 

Artist: Perfume Genius

Album:  Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

Highlights: "Jason,"  "Nothing at All," and "One More Try"

 

Artist: Tennis

Album: Swimmer

Highlights:  "How To Forgive" and "Matrimony II"

 

 Artist: The Weeknd

Album: After Hours

Highlights:  "Alone Again" and "Blinding Lights"

Edited on 8/8/21

Judge My Spotify - let this tool judge your taste in music.

 

My results: 

 > Your spotify was adult-skateboarder-retirement-home-

nobody-puts-baby-in-a-corner bad.

> Thank your obsessions with Green Day, adult standards, and (I've Had) The Time of My Life - From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack for that.

> Based on your listening habits, I can also tell you your spotify was...

> stuck-in-the-fifties bad

> napping-in-your-mancave bad

> your-gen-x-is-showing bad

> conscious-uncoupling-rock bad

> bono-worshipper bad

> Here's what else is going on in your aural trash fire:

You listen to these tracks too much:

• Lust For Life by Iggy Pop
• I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness
• When I Come Around by Green Day
• Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds
• Baba O'Riley by The Who

You stan these artists to an uncomfortable extent:

• Green Day
• Chuck Berry
• The Rolling Stones
• Daft Punk
• Alanis Morissette

You are 22% basic. Yeah, you've got some obscure artists like De Novo Dahl, but your real top ones are ultra-mainstream like Coldplay..

You're stuck in the 2000s. You know there's been good music since Franz Ferdinand, right?

Analysis finally complete.

Thanks for letting me see your music I guess.

Shutting down

 

My Thoughts:

I think I have only listened to "Time of Your Life" and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" once in the past few months, but I guess that was once too much.

I am not Gen X.  I am not that old. How dare you.

It is not my fault Spotify insists on putting "Baba O'Riley" in my Daily Mix all the time.

Has there really been good music since Franz Ferdinand?  I have doubts.

Use this tool to discover new music.

The Chipmunks slowed done is surprisingly awesome. - I would totally listen to this willingly

Create a soundscape

Favorite Music of 2017

My very late and incomplete list of my favorite music released in 2017.

  Edit: Updated list to add more music.

Artist: Various Artists
Album: Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack
Highlights:  "What Is Love?" by Frances and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" by Zayn and Taylor Swift
The only good thing about these movies are their soundtracks

Artist: Foxygen
Album:  Hang
Highlights: "Upon A Hill" and "Avalon"

Artist: Goldfrapp
Album: Silver Eye
Highlights: "Faux Suede Drifter" and "Systemagic"

Artist: Gorillaz
Album: Humanz
Highlights: "Momentz" and "Ticker Tape"

Artist: Imagine Dragons
Album: Evolve
Highlights: "Believer" and "Rise Up
I get the feeling that Imagine Dragons are going to end up like Nickelback.  They are wildly popular now, but in ten years they are going to be a punchline and everyone will deny they ever liked them.

Artist: Japanese Breakfast
Album:  Soft Sounds From Another Planet
Highlights: "Road Head" and "Soft Sounds From Another Planet"
"Road Head" is the saddest song about giving road head ever.

Artist: Lana Del Rey
Album:  Lust For Life
Highlights: "Lust For Life," "In My Feelings," and " Tomorrow Never Came"

Artist:  Lorde
Album: Melodrama
Highlights: "Writer In The Dark" and "Perfect Places"

Artist: Magic Giant
Album:  In The Wind
Highlights: "Set On Fire" and " Glass Heart"

Artist: Perfume Genius
Album: No Shape
Highlights: "Go Ahead" and "Choir

Artist:  Sampha
Album: Process
Highlights:  "Kora Sings" and "Take Me Inside"

Artist: Sweet Crude
Album:  Creatures
Highlights: "Weather The Waves," Isle Dans La Mer," "One In The Hand," and "Finger Guns

Artist: Thievery Corporations
Album:  The Temple of I & I
Highlights: "True Sons Of Zion" and "Love Has No Heart"

Artist: Valerie June
Album: The Order Of Time
Highlights:  "Astral Plane" and "Two Hearts"


Honorable Mentions:

• "Fire Escape" by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
•  "No Reason To Run" by Cold War Kids
• "Be Our Guest" by Ewan McGregor
• "LOVE." by Kendrick Lamar
• "The Cure"  by Lady Gaga
• "Candy Pieces All Smeared Out" by Mew
• "3000 Megatons" by Pond
• Mr Lonely by Portugal. The Man (Feat. Fat Lip) 
• "SPL" by Vorhees
• "Spell It Out" by You Me At Six

What Goes On - Reference pages for what goes on in Beatles songs.

Music Shuffle Game

Rules: Put music on shuffle and answer the following questions.

1. This song describes how you die. - "People Are People" by Depeche Mode
 Am I going to be killed by a bigot?  That sucks.

2. This song describes your love life. - "Diet Mountain Dew" by Lana Del Ray
The first verse of this song is "You're no good for me/Baby, you're no good for me/You're no good for me/But baby, I want you, I want."  That doesn't sound promising.

3. This song will play at your wedding. - "O Fortuna" by Carl Off
Very ominous way to start a marriage.  Maybe because I'm marrying someone who's no good for me.

4. Add “in my pants” to the title of this song. -  "Good Vibrations" by Beach Boys
Good Vibrations in my pants!

5. This song will play at your funeral. - "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga

6. This is your theme song. - "Lonely No More" by Rob Thomas
How depressing.

7. This song will play when you think of someone you love. - "Rapture" by Blondie

8. Add “with a shovel and a screwdriver” to the title of this song.  "Sunday Morning" by No Doubt
Sunday Morning with a shovel and a screwdriver.  Maybe I spend my weekends building stuff in the backyard.

 9. This song describes your past week.  - "Please Please Me"  by The Beatles

10. This song will play when you’re missing someone. - "Jaws Main Theme"  by John Williams
Wow. 













   
   

Best Music of 2016

This is late, but I have been busy.

Artist: Andrew Bird
Album: Are You Serious
Highlights: "Puma" and "Roma Fade"

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