If I borrowed your MP3 player what interesting stuff would I find on it

[LynneSin]

I just love my MP3 player (I have a Sony Netman, 1gig but holds 638 songs). If anyone borrowed mine they'd fine everything Zeppelin on there (137 songs) and that when I work out I use some really great hard core industrial music like Marilyn Manson, NIN, Alice in Chains etc (the group is called Hard-Core Work Out and I have a set in there timed to just over 30 minutes - which I listen to for my ellipitical).

You'd also find everything ever released by Green Day and Queen (up to Jazz, I wasn't keen on Queen's music after Jazz). Plus a ton of Beatles and Yes.

So if I borrowed your MP3 player what treasures would I find hidden on it?

[Burma Jones]

1. Some Tidbits

The Abyssinian Baptist Choir with real live Black Gospel

Inti-Illimati

Beausoliel

Dan Zanes (not just for kids)

The Ditty Bops

The Dead Kennedys

Imani Coppola

Jethro Tull Christmas Music (along with much other Tull)

Nick Drake

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra

The Polyphonic Spree

Robin Williamson and His Merry Band

Status Quo

Pete Townshend and Ronnie Laine's Rough Mix

and a lot of obscure Classical

[bbernardini]

6. Hey, Status Quo!

I just finished watching their Live Aid set. God, I wish they would play in the States more.

[progmom]

10. Imani Coppola!

I had forgotten all about her - thanks for the reminder!

[Richardo]

15. Penguin Cafe Orchestra!!

Right on! :bounce:

[tjwmason]

2. Depends on what you think is a treasure.

Gesualdo's Tenebrae Responses (hard to believe that they were written in 1610).

Some motets by Vierne and Widor - greatly undervalued as choral composers in favour of their organ works (some of which are on there too).

Other than that - a nice jolly through 500 years worth of music.

[billyskank]

18. No Abba?

Not even a sneaky "Dancing Queen" buried in there? :o

[tjwmason]

20. The only dancing queen

Is the owner, and he's pretty hideous at it.

I'm afraid not only is there no Abba, there's nothing which is not classical - though there will be some jazz when I get round to those C.D.s

[bbernardini]

3. Loads of stuff. Here's the whole list:

3rd Matinee
Acoustic Allstars (Bela Fleck and others)
Adrian Belew
Al Franken
Alison Krauss
Bass Communion
BeatleJam (featuring Vince Welnick, Blue Floyd and others)
Bernie Worrell
Beru Revue
Beth Neilsen Chapman
Bill Hicks
The Bingo Kids (Beatles songs for kids)
Blackfield
Bluegrass Alliance
Bluegrass Buddies
Bongwater
Bonnie Raitt
Box
Brian Eno
Bryan Beller
Eric Burdon/Robbie Krieger
Butthole Surfers
California Guitar Trio
Carbon Leaf
Carter The Unstoppable Sex achine
Charlotte Martin
Cheap Trick
Coheed & Cambria
Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains
The Conet Project
Continuum
Cream
The Cure
Dan Bern
Dave Grohl
Dead Kennedys
Die Aerzte
Dogbowl
Dream Theater
Ethel
Fiona Apple
The Flaming Lips
The Flower Kings
Frank Zappa
The Fugees
Funkadelic
Garth Brooks
Genesis
George Gershwin
George Harrison
Gin Blossoms
Glenn Phillips
Hayseed Dixie
The Hooters
Howard Jones
IEM
Icehouse
Indigo Girls
ron Maiden
Jan Hammer
Jethro Tull
Jim Boggia
Joe Jackson
Jon Anderson
Kaipa
The Killers
Killing Joke
King Crimson
King Missile
Kino
Kramer
Kronos Quartet
Les Paul
Lou Reed
Marillion
The Mars Volta
Mary Black
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Matisyahu
Meat Loaf
Michael Moore
Mieka Pauley
Mike Keneally
Mike Oldfield
Moxy Fruvous
The Musical Box
Negativland
Neil Innes
Neil Young
Nena
No-Man
O.A.R.
Oingo Boingo
Parliament-Funkadelic
ProjeKct 3
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney w/ Elvis Costello
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Priums
Project Percolator
Project X
Presidents of the USA
Radiohead
Rick Springfield
Ringo Starr
Robert Fripp
Roxette
Rush The Rutles
The Samples
The Saw Doctors
Sean Kelly
Seldom Scene
The Semantics
The Shaggs
The Smithereens
Sneakin' Out
The Sneetches
Spastic Ink
Spice Girls
Spock's Beard
Status Quo
Stephen Bishop
Steve Reich
Steven Page
Steven Wilson
Strong Bad
Sugar
Talking Heads
Tango For Four
The Tea Party
Tears For Feats
Teenage Fanclub
Tenacious D
They Might Be Giants
Todd Rundgren
Tommy Emmanuel
Tragically Hip
Transatlantic
The Tubes
The Turtles
Utopia
Vince Welnick
The Waitresses
Warren Zevon
Wham
The Who
Widespread Panic
Yes

Any questions? :)

[bbernardini]

5. Forgot about the videos!

All various concerts:

Atom and His Package
Cream (the first night of the MSG run)
David Torkanowsky
Frank Zappa
Todd Rundgren
Men At Work
Mike Keneally
Primus
Rush
The Samples
Live Aid - 5 out of 6 DVDs of the complete BBC broadcast.

Also, "Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Prices".

[LynneSin]

8. Here's mine but I probably don't hold as much

1 Giant Leap
ABBA
Aerosmith
Aimee Mann
Alan Parson Project
Alanis Morissette
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Annie Lennox
Audioslave
B-52s
Beatles
Bee Gees
Big Audio Dynamite
Billy Idol
Black Crowes
Blind Faith
Blue Oyster Cult (but only for more cowbell!)
Box of Frogs
Bruce Springsteen
Cardigans
Cheap Trick
Cheryl Lynn (part of my DIsco group!)
Chicago
Coldplay
Cranberries
Creed (Yes, I like 2 of their songs - so sue me!)
The Cure
Damien Rice
Dave Matthew Band
David Bowie
Earth Wind & Fire
Eddy Grant
ELO
Eminem
Enigma
Eric Clapton
Fatboy Slim
Foo Fighters
Fugees
Genesis
George Harrison
George Michaels
Green Day
Heart
Honeydrippers (That's a Plant band)
Hooters
Hybrid ICe
James
James Taylor
John Lennon
Kanye WEst
Kid Rock (Just one song in my workout collection)
King Crimson
Lauryn Hill
Led Zepplin
Lou Reed
Madonna
Marilyn Manson
Marvin Gaye
Metallica
Moby
Mott the Hoople
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Ohio Players
The Outfield
P.O.D.
Page & Plant
Parliment
Pearl Jam
Pet Shop Boys
Peter Gabrial
Pink Floyd
Poison (oh god yes, I have 1 Poison song on there - ack!)
Police
Public Enemy
Queen
REM
Radiohead
Robert Fripp
Robert Plant
Rolling Stones
The Root
Rufus Wainwright
Rush
Santana
Sia
Skeleton Key
Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden
Spandau Ballet
Starland Vocal Band (how can an MP3 player NOT have Afternoon Delight on it?)
Steeldragon (it's a song from the moive 'Rock Star')
Stevie Wonder
Stone Temple Pilot
Supertramp
Talking Heads
Thompson Twins
Thunderclap Newman
Tom Jones
Tom Tom Club
U2
UB40
Urban Dance Squad
Verve
The Who
XTC
Yes

[taterguy]

4. mine's new and not fully loaded

However, here are some things you'd find:
lots of random sound effects from the BBC;
Slapp Happy albums, an obscure group from the 70s that I'm only familiar with because their member Peter Blegvad was also a member of the Golden Palominos
A Five Royales album: a pioneering R&B group that disbanded and turned to gospel but was very influential
The original version of that Whole Lotta Love song that Zep shamelessly stole from Willie Dixon
Otha Turner: world's greatest blues fife man

[meegbear]

7. Lots of rock ...

I use my iPod Shuffle at the gym - I'm there when it opens and the old guy plays 50's music, while it can be cool, it's not optimal workout music, IMHO. Mainly:

Black Sabbath
Alice Cooper
Judas Priest
Stone Temple Pilots
Heart
Soundgarden
Queen
...

and some single tracks from artists.

[GOPisEvil]

9. A crappy Billy Idol song I got for free.

Remember that card you got at the Billy Idol show? I wasn't impressed with the song, but at least it was free.

[LynneSin]

16. That was my "Thank You" present for letting me stay at your place

well that and the box of Tastykakes

[GOPisEvil]

31. The Tastykakes, I liked!

:9

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

11. I've only got an ickle (256mb), incredibly cheap (£9-99) player

that is a sod to choose songs from, but right now I've got on it stuff by:

Patti Smith
Skunk Anansie
The Dresden Dolls
Bullette
and Deerhoof

[no name no slogan]

12. Too much

some old-skool flamenco (Paco de Lucia), some nuevo flamenco (Ketama & Ziroq), some 70s punk (The Stooges, Gang of Four, Wire), some country (Glen Campbell), a lot of shoegaze (Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Loop, Chapterhouse, Violet Indiana) and some post-punk (Siouxsie + the Banshees, the Church, Comsat Angels, Chameleons, Echo + the Bunnymen, The Jesus Lizard, New Order).

[ET Awful]

13. Well, my only MP3 player (aside from my PC) is permanently installed

in my car :P. So you'd probably find what's surrounding the player more interesting than the player itself :)

Currently, an MP3 CD containing a bunch of 80's crap that I burned for a laugh :)

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Lots of punk (in a broad sense) and hip-hop. Some stand-up comedy.

Nothing too exciting.

[billyskank]

17. I haven't got one

I am a techie luddite. Contradictory, but you'll have to just take me as you find me. :hi:

I was one of the last people to get a cellphone. As of now I think my mum is about the only person in the west left without one. :)

[Initech]

19. I've got a 40GB iPod which has my entire CD collection on it.

And you'll find a lot of interesting stuff:

- Heavy metal intstrumental bands (Liquid Tension Experiment, Isis, and Pelican, among others)
- Ambient electronic stuff (Autechre, Kraftwerk, and IEM)
- Everything by Frank Zappa (all 75 albums' worth of material!)
- Everything by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath (Ozzy era), Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Depeche Mode, Porcupine Tree, Neurosis, Queensryche, Beatles (post-Revolver era) and Dream Theater
- A few rap artists (including Dr. Dre, The Roots, and the Fugees)
- Tons of reggae (Toots And The Maytals, Matisyahu, and Bob Marley)
- Instrumental jazz (Miles, Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock, among others)

[LynneSin]

21. I'm stealing your MP3 player

thought I'd give you a heads up about that!

[Initech]

25. *locks it in safe*

[bbernardini]

22. I like the way you think. LTE! FZ!

[LeftyMom]

23. Dogs who hate Republicans (a video clip.)

There's some music and podcasts and stuff too, but that's the best thing.

[Dukkha]

24. currently have 2367 songs on it

mostly goth, industrial, EBM, shoegazer, ambient, a bunch of Pink Floyd ROIOs

[LSK]

26. an episode of Randi Rhodes, some Corrs concerts, some trance mixes

[XemaSab]

27. Mine's 75% bird songs

Stokes Eastern
Stokes Western
Birds of Arizona
Birds of Yosemite
Birds of Texas
Birds of California
Frogs and Toads

And the complete works of Modest Mouse, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, and Tool/A Perfect Circle.

There's more than that, but that's most of what I got.

[LSK]

28. and still no avator

:hi:

[XemaSab]

29. Shaddup...

:grr: :( :evilfrown:

[LynneSin]

30. Maybe the avatar is a box with a red "x"

:shrug:

I'm just saying!

[Reverend_Smitty]

32. Mine is a diverse collection

I've got everything from Bach to Phil Ochs to Rage Against the Machine to Noam Chomsky Audiobooks plus a ton of live stuff I've "lifted" from the net. All told I have about 2700 tracks on mine.

[RandomKoolzip]

33. Lots of pre-WWII blues and Zairean music.

For whatever reason, Zaire's music has always been heavy on guitar (I like it.)

Oh, and Eddie Money.