Smallhouse Log

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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