Saturday
According to iTunes, the top forty-five most played songs (which corresponds exactly with the songs which have been played, at time of writing, 75 times or more) over the past ~2 years contains:
- By band:
- 8 songs by the Magnetic Fields
- 7 songs by Nineteen Forty-Five (plus one by Snow Machine)
- 7 songs by the Hold Steady
- 2 songs by They Might Be Giants
- 2 songs by the Electric Six
- 2 songs by Kid Koala
- 2 songs by What the Kids Want and all other tracks were the only appearance by that group
- By album:
- 4 songs off I Saw a Bright Light
- 3 songs off Together We'll Burn Like Autumn Leaves
- 3 songs off 69 Love Songs
- 3 songs off Separation Sunday and all other albums had only one or two songs on the list
- By theme:
- 9 love songs
- 9 songs featuring illegal drugs
- 5 songs about death
- 5 songs offering advice
- 4 satirical songs (by which I mean songs satirizing other topics, eg. the government)
- 2 songs about the Bible
- 2 songs about the Devil (both different than the two above) and miscellaneous others
- By genre:
- 22 rock songs
- 14 pop songs
- 3 punk songs
- 3 rap songs
- 3 experimental songs
- By catchiness:
- 39 songs I've sung parts of while they're playing
- 19 songs I've sung all of while they're playing
- 11 songs I've belted out in the shower
- 16 songs I've hummed walking around in public
- 3 songs I've sung in public out loud
And, to my great surprise, not one song I've used a lyric from as a facebook status. No idea how that happened.
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