It’s that time again: Fire up your iTunes, Windows Media Player (probably just me…) or other music software of choice, set it on shuffle, and show us what you’ve got. If all your music is still on CD/cassette/vinyl/abacus/what-have-you and thus not shuffleable, just sit quietly and twiddle your thumbs. We’ll be done soon.
Remember, embarrassing surprises give your list character, so leave ‘em in. We promise not to laugh… too much.
- This Train – Randy Travis
- Guess Things Happen That Way – Johnny Cash
- Comanche (The Brave Horse) – Johnny Horton
- Fallin’ for You – Dierks Bentley
- When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) – Johnny Horton
- Working Without a Net – Waylon Jennings
- Buy Myself a Chance – Randy Rogers Band
- Leavin’ a Lonely Town – Easton Corbin
- Indian Outlaw – Tim McGraw
- Harlem River Blues Reprise – Justin Townes Earle
- When I Get Through With You (You’ll Love Me Too) – Patsy Cline
- 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
- On a Day Like This – Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford
- Long Hard Lesson Learned – John Anderson
- The Guilt Was Gone – Shawn Camp
- It Came from San Antonio – Bruce Robison
- Promises – Randy Travis
- Good News Blues – Billy Joe Shaver
- Mess Around – Ray Charles
- New Strings – Miranda Lambert
Whew, I came out pretty clean this time. Hope you have similar luck.
When Less Is More
Should Music Be Given Away?
Summer Olympics Shuffle
A freelance writer and humorist with an abiding love of country music, C.M. Wilcox's cutting, clear-eyed take on the genre has drawn the attention of Country Weekly, The Washington Post, and The Tennessean in the years since this site began. He lives near Sacramento and can be reached by email at CMW (at) countrycalifornia.com.
Disclaimer: I actually DO listen to a lot of the good old stuff on my iPod, like Pasty and Loretta and Johnny Cash and Vern Gosdin. It’s just that all those longs like to run away and hide whenever I do these shuffles.
1. Daydreams About Night Things – Ronnie Milsap
2. (Cue embarrassing surprise number one) Lasagna – Weird Al Yankovic
3. Red Umbrella – Faith Hill
4. Concrete Angel – Martina McBride
5. What I Really Meant to Say – Cyndi Thomson
6. Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
7. The Way You Love Me – Faith Hill
8. The Trouble With Love Is – Kelly Clarkson
9. He Hates Me – Sarah Johns
10. My, Oh My – The Wreckers
11. Blue Bayou – Martina McBride (bonus track from the “Waking Up Laughing” album)
12. Mud On the Tires – Brad Paisley
13. Every Other Weekend – Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney
14. Will You Dance with Me – Julianne Hough
15. Nah! – Shania Twain
16. Bobby – Reba McEntire
17. Come On Get Higher – Matt Nathanson
18. Lost – Faith Hill
19. Tracks of My Tears – Linda Ronstadt
20. Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac
Not surprisingly, your playlist spanked mine. I swear half of these songs I haven’t listened to in ages. I oughta do one of these Shuffle posts sometime. They often furnish good oppurtunities for cleaning out the iPod.
1. Red Molly, Keep your Lamp Burning
2. Byron Hill, Took Her to the Moon
3. Ricky Skaggs, I’m Ready to Go
4. Marty Stuart, Half A Heart
5. Johnny Cash, Sea of Heartbreak
6. Jim Lauderdale, Mighty Lonesome
7. Rascla Flatts, Love You Outloud
8. Bastard Sons of Jhnny Cash, Austin Night
9. Wayne Kirtpatric, Wrapped Um
10. Bruce Springsteen, Paradise
11. Shawn Camp In Harm’s Way
12. Waylon Jennings, MacArghur Park
13. Bob Dylan, Diamond Joe
14. Grant-Lee Phillips, Older Now
15. Yarn, Cat and Mouse
16. Steve Earle, Sometimes She Forgets
17. Ricky Skaggs, Somehow Tonight
18. Dianna Jones, Pretty Girl
19. Dixie Chicks, Godspeed
20. Raul Malo, Pocket of a Clown
One of these is not like the others.:)
we both had a similar song
I used to be big into Weird Al in the ’90s.
Leeann: Byron Hill!!! I like his recording of that better than Trace’s.
Me too.
1.) All I Have To Do is Dream, Everly Brothers
2.) Up on The Roof, Micky Dolenz
3.) It Don’t Come Easy, Ringo Starr
4.) Mandolin Rip, Marty Stuart
5.) It Aint Me Babe, Johnny Cash & June Carter (live)
6.) Hell Yeah, Montgomery Gentry
7. Still, Bill Anderson
8. Take Me Back to My Boots & Saddle, Riders in the Sky
9. Down Home, Marty Stuart
10. The Letter, The Box Tops
11. Million Dollar Baby, Hal Ketchum
12. My Girl, The Temptations
13. Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly
14. Happy Jack, The Who
15. With a Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles
16. Mama Tried, Merle Haggard
17. By George, Marty Stuart
18. Beer Run, George Jones & Garth Brooks
19. Faded Love, Bob Wills
20. The Pilgrim (Act III), Marty Stuart
Lots of Marty Stuart… and all from different albums. Pretty cool.
Thanks. I was *hoping* Marty would be prominent in my shuffle, and he was.
this is my actual list
1. tell me you get lonely-frankie ballard
2. love you out loud-rascal flatts
3. hey soul sister-train
4. are you gonna kiss me or not-thompson square
5. people are crazy-billy currington
6. raining on sunday-keith urban
7. we are the champions-queen
8. all about tonight-blake shelton
9. save a horse(ride a cowboy)-big & rich
10. boom boom pow-black eyed peas
11. top down-fast ryde
12. speed-montgomery gentry
13. honkytonk stomp-brooks and dunn
14. amarillo sky-jason aldean
15. firecracker-josh turner
16. need you now-lady antebellum
17. 1,000 faces-randy montana
18. rough and ready-trace adkins
19. last night again-steel magnolia
20. baby-justin bieber(don’t know how that got there)
1 Petals Back On The Rose – Jaron & The Long Road To Love (yeah, I’m off to a great start)
2 Hereby No One – Carlis Star
3 Resurrection – Bleu Edmondson
4 Victoria Lee – Old 97s
5 Love Everybody – Presidents of the United States of America
6 Trashcan Tomcat – Jim Lauderdale
7 This Is Clumsy Love – The Clumsy Lovers
8 Gene’s Machine – The Duhks
9 Portrait – Brandi Shearer
10 Runaway – Del Shannon
11 Life of the Party – Jason Ringenberg
12 I Know This Story – Randy Newman (Princess and the Frog Soundtrack)
13 Making It Up as I Go Along -Radney Foster
14 Charlie’s (Is Coming Down) – The Deep Dark Woods
15 The Only King – The Everybodyfields
16 World Came Tumbling Down – Al Anderson
17 Bayou Noir/Back Of Town Two-Step – Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
18 Junebug – Robert Francis
19 I’ll Give You a Ring – The Novaks
20 Shadow Ridge – Chris Thile
Not as many of the oddball indie rock freebies this time around, at least.
Disclaimer: I don’t have any Wu-Tang Clan on my iPod.
1. Faith Hill – That’s How Love Moves
2. Brooks & Dunn – Again
3. Lee Ann Womack – I’m A H***y Tonk Girl
4. Alan Jackson – If You Want to Make Me Happy
5. Clint Black – What I Feel Inside
6. Lee Ann Womack – The Bees
7. Elizabeth Cook – What About Now
8. George Canyon – Hello Darlin’
9. Brad Paisley – Me Neither
10. Tim McGraw – All I Want Is A Life
11. LeAnn Rimes – One Way Ticket
12. Reba McEntire – How Was I To Know
13. Rebecca Lynn Howard – It’s My Job To Fall
14. Rascal Flatts – What Hurts The Most
15. Toby Keith – How Do You Like Me Now?!
16. Reba McEntire – I’ll Give You Something To Miss
17. Patty Griffin – Mary
18. Toby Keith – Losing My Touch
19. Lee Ann Womack – Waiting For The Sun To Shine
20. Kenny Chesney – I Go Back
Nothing embrassing here, It really pays off not being a fan of The JaneDear Girls.
3. Lee Ann Womack – I’m A H***y Tonk Girl
Ha!
Thanks for the (roundabout) heads up on that George Canyon covers album. I hadn’t heard of it.
I especially like the Jim Lauderdale track, Sam.
HEADED FOR THE HILLS is a killer record. Trashcan Tomcat is one of my favourite Lauderdale melodies.
1. Islands in the Stream- Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
2. Real Things- Joe Nichols
3. Dust to Dust- Donna Ulisse
4. Dreamland- Mary Chapin Carpenter
5. I Miss Who I Was With You- Patty Loveless
6. No One Cares About Me- John Mellencamp
7. Strawberry Cake- Johnny Cash
8. Heal The Pain- George Michael (Ding Ding Ding!)
9. Capri- Coco Caillat
10. Steady On- Point of Grace
11. Real World- Big & Rich
12. Girl in Red- Eli Young Band
13. Don’t Fight It- Kenny Loggins
14. Forty Days & Nights- The Rankins
15. Rhiannon- Fleetwood Mac
16. Happy Happy Birthday Baby- Ronnie Milsap
17. A Thing Called Love- Johnny Cash
18. Take The Keys To My Heart- Garth Brooks
19. Stuck Inside A Cloud- George Harrison
20. Last Train To Clarksville- The Grascals
Two Cash tracks cancel out the George Michael one, right?
1. You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd- Roger Miller
2. I’ve Come Awful Close- Hank Thompson
3. We Had It All- Waylon Jennings
4. My Old Faded Rose- Johnny Cash
5. Smokey On Your Front Door- Waylon Jennings
6. Marina Del Rey- George Strait
7. You’ve Never Been This Far Before- Conway Twitty
8. Saturday Night- Don Rich and the Buckaroos
9. ‘Taint What you Want- Pee Wee King
10. Wildwood Flower- Johnny Cash
11. Suspicious Minds- Dwight Yoakum
12. Out There Chasing Rainbows- Buck Owens
13. You Can’t Break My Heart- Hot Club of Cowtown
14. Makeup And Faded Blue Jeans- Daryle Singletary
15. Smokey Old Bars- Dale Watson
16. Luckenbach, Texas- Radney Foster & Roger Creager
17. Stranger in My Mirror- Randy Travis
18. Mama Tried- John Anderson & Marty Stuart
19. Orange Blossum Special- Wynn Stewart
20. Don’t Pay The Ransom- Nat Stuckey
Wow. My iPod is treating me well today. No shame at all.
1. Loretta Lynn – Blue Kentucky Girl
2. Dolly Parton – Just As Good As Gone
3. Reba McEntire – Nothing To Lose
4. Dolly Parton – My Tennessee Mountain Home
5. Emmylou Harris – No Regrets
6. The Housemartins – Think For A Minute
7. X – I’ll Stand Up For You
8. Shawn Mullins – We Run
9. Belinda Carlisle – I Get Weak (12″ Version)
10. Charlie Daniels Band – Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues
11. John Anderson – Money In The Bank
12. Chely Wright – It’s The Song
13. Franz Ferdinand – The Dark Of The Matinee
14. Julie Roberts – That Ain’t A Crime
15. Nanci Griffith – One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge
16. Loretta Lynn – You Ain’t Woman Enough
17. Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
18. Radney Foster – Jesse’s Soul
19. The Kendalls – If You Break My Heart
20. The Go-Go’s – Apology
Nothing overtly embarrassing this time around. iPod was loving Dolly & Loretta today — but with 333 Loretta songs and 205 Dolly songs in my iTunes library, seeing them multiple times is no surprise.
1. The Mountains of Nuevo Leon – Paul Eason
2. Retreat – The Cody Gill Band
3. I’m Never Getting Married – Rodney Parker and the 50 Peso Reward
4. The Funeral – Mike McClure Band (first apperance of the song)
5. Grown Man – NKOTB (I refuse to apologize or be embassed by my love of the New Kids)
6. Red Headed Stepchild – Golden Smog
7. Lake Marie – John Prine
8. Layla – Eric Clapton
9. Lets Make Use – Seth James
10. Never Need to Fall in Love Again – Max Stalling
11. Funeral Drag (Bummer) – Two Cow Garage
12. King of Your Hometown – The Cody Gill Band (there second appearnce today)
13. The Funeral – Turnpike Troubadours ( same song as before but the versions are so different its like listening to two different songs)
14. Holiday – James McMurtry
15. Dollar a Day – Ryan Bingham
16. Stumblin’ – Slobberbone
17. I Believe (In Everything) – JJ Grey and Mofro
18. Took the Fall – Lucero
19. It’s You – Johnny Cooper
20. Bitter Branch – Glossary
None of my older country got on there which is odd but a good mix of music in my opinion.
Disclaimer: All songs are from 2008 or newer. I’ve acquired so much music over the last three years that I haven’t listened to much that I finally removed all of the older stuff for a while so I can focus on the new.
We Cry Out – Jeremy Camp
Whom Shall I Fear – Lincoln Brewster
Fight Another Day – Brandon Heath
Sleepwalker – Adam Lambert
Loose – Ray Wylie Hubbard
Outlaws and Renegades – Gretchen Wilson
What Do I Have To Do – Crystal Shawanda
Her Name Is Alice – Shinedown
Maggie May – Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Life Rolls On – Little Big Town
Mack The Knife – Clay Aiken
Kiss A Girl – Keith Urban
That Makes Me – Chris Young
Cowtippin’ – Sean Patrick McGraw
Old School – Sean Patrick McGraw
When You Can Fly – Victoria Banks
East Bound And Down – The Road Hammers
Memories of Heaven – James Dupre
Fast – Jason Aldean
Open Road – Whitney Duncan
i’m cool – Outkast
cigarettes and coffee blues – Lefty Frizzell
take this job and shove it – Johnny Paycheck
when he reached down – Johnny Cash
whatever’s left – Hank Thompson
de rama en rama -Los Tigres del Norte
stoney jackson – Kool Keith
empty bottles on a broken shelf – Jayke Orvis
b 52 – Taran
allegretto – Ludwig Von Beethoven
ruptured in purulence – Carcass
blueberry hill – Gene Autry
the things that i used to do – Stevie Ray Vaughn
i know you’re married – Red Sovine
are the good times really over – Merle Haggard
here i am to worship – Randy Travis
baby took a limo to memphis – Guy Clark
cracker jack – Old Dirty Bastard
i can’t help it – Hank Sr.
the storm i ride – I
blues at sunrise – SRV
1, This Must Be The Bottom – Randy Kohrs
2. Letter From My Darling – Jerry Douglas’s dad (Augusta Heritage Center, 2006)
3. Mississippi Railroad Blues – Marty Stuart
4. In The Maze – Noam Pikelny
5. Squirrel Hunters – John Hartford
6. Listen To The Mockingbird – Kentucky Colonels
7. Eminent Domain – David Via
8. Gospel Plow – Little Grasscals
9. Nine Pound Hammer – Bill Monroe (1960s version)
10.Stop In The Road – John Anderson
11.Rock Ssalt & Nails – Not Too Bad Bluegrass Band
12.God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign – Flatt & Scruggs
13.Drivin’ The Nails – Louis Wamp (from the Hornography compilation)
14.(Just Another Song About) Molly Brown – Kristin Andreassen
15.Back Of The Wagon – Billy Boone Smith
16.Catharsis – Richard Bailey & Tammy Rogers
17.’Til I Get It Right – Tammy Wynette
18.Before The Sun Goes Down – Jimmy Martin
19.No One Can Love You Dear – Lonesome River Band
20.Missing Vassar – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
An unusually high number of instrumentals…
Between Jennings and Jones — Jamey Johnson
The House That Built Me — Miranda Lambert
Whiskey’s Gone — Zac Brown Band
Intruder — Van Halen
The Saga Begins(I’m with you, Ben!!) — Weird Al Yankovic
Anyway You Want It — Journey
The Weary Kind — Ryan Bingham
Just Another Day in Paradise — Phil Vassar
Dreaming my Dreams With You — Jamey Johnson
Too Afraid to Love You — The Black Keys
Longer Gone — Eric Church
Candle In The Wind — Elton John
Baby, You’re a Rich Man — The Beatles
It Won’t Be Like This For Long — Darius Rucker
Lights — Journey
Something — The Beatles
Man In Your Life — Jack Ingram
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds — Elton John
Size Matters — Joe Nichols
Whatever It Is — Zac Brown Band
Well, not too bad!! Go my iPad!!
1. Flowers – Cross Canadian Ragweed
2. Hello Darlin’ – Conway Twitty
3. Pills I Took – Hank III
4. Marie – Steve Earle
5. If You Were Only Mine – Jim Reeves
6. Gone Country – Alan Jackson
7. Loving County – Charlie Robison
8. That Lonesome Song – Jamey Johnson
9. Deguello Lullaby – Roger Alan Wade
10. La Freeway – Roger Creager
11. All the Good’uns – Ian Tyson
12. Let ‘Er Rip – Dixie Chicks
13. In a Mansion Stands My Love – Jim Reeves
14. Should’ve Been a Cowboy – Toby Keith
15. Kathleen – Townes Van Zandt
16. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Johnny Cash
17. I’ll Never Know – Elizabeth Cook & Dwight Yoakam
18. Country Girls – John Schneider
19. Me and Your Cigarettes – Miranda Lambert
20. I’m a Lonesome Fugitive – Merle Haggard
1. White Liar-Miranda Lambert
2. Class of ’57-The Statler Brothers
3. I Kissed a Girl-Katy Perry
4. O Holy Night-Jennifer Nettles
5. On Bended Knee-Boyz 2 Men
6. Rockstar-Nickelback
7. More Like Her-Miranda Lambert
8.Back Where I Come From-Kenny Chesney
9.A Different World-Bucky Covington
10.Breathe-Faith Hill
11.Angel-Jamey Johnson
12. Give Me One More Shot-Alabama
13.She Believes In Me-Kenny Rogers
14.That’s What She Gets for Loving Me-Brooks and Dunn
15.Time, Time, Time- Sugarland
16.Savannah Rain-Sons Of Bill
17.Days Like This-Rachel Proctor
18.Christchurch Woman-Justin Townes Earle
19.Everyday America-Sugarland
20.Give Me Some Wheels-Suzy Bogguss
Alright, alright, laugh it up.
My first time doing this, now that I’ve uploaded about half my CD collection:
1. Are There Any More Like You Where You Came From – Becky Hobbs
2. I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes – Carter Family
3. I Don’t Care – Bobbie Cryner (and Dwight Yoakam although he’s not credited on iTunes)
4. When Somebody Loves You – Alan Jackson
5. Back To You – Anita Cochran
6. Tell Me – Slaid Cleaves
7. Tonight I’ll Let My Memory Take Me Home – Mark Chesnutt
8. My Heart’s Too Easy To Break – Amy Farris
9. I Feel Love Closin’ In – Vern Gosdin
10. Honky Tonk Attitude – Joe Diffie
11. Watermelon Time In Georgia – Clinton Gregory
12. Open Road – Whitney Duncan
13. Hurt Train – Brooks & Dunn
14. Bad News – Emmylou Harris
15. Leonard – Merle Haggard
16. Unbreakable – Katrina Elam
17. You Win, I Win, We Lose – Kenny Chesney
18. I Learned That From You – Sara Evans
19. Little Heartwrecker – Dierks Bentley
20. How Far Do You Think We Would Go – Moe Bandy
1. Joe Diffie – Home
2. Lori McKenna – Witness To Your Life (not from the new album, but good nonetheless)
3. Suzy Bogguss – Aces (this is the only Bogguss song my player knows on random. I do have others.)
4. Reba McEntire – Old Man River (yawn)
5. Reba McEntire – I’m A Survivor (yawn again. It really is contagious)
6. George Jones – I Let Go (I should probably know this. I don’t.)
7. Lorrie Morgan – Reading My Part
8. Matchbox 20 – Back 2 Good
9. Rosanne Cash – Looking For a Corner (pretty good album cut from her early career)
10. Patty Loveless – To Have You Back Again
11. Kelly Clarkson – I Do Not Hook Up
12. Clint Black – Killin’ Time
13. Johnny Cash – The Beast In Me
14. Blake Shelton – I Don’t Care
15. Jamie O’Neal – There Is No Arizona
16. Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn – Let’s Stop Right Where We Are
17. Miss Leslie and Her Juke Jointers – I’ll Walk Out
18. Eli Young Band – Get In The Car and Drive
19. Rosanne Cash – Will You Remember Me (I highly recommend The Good Intent EP, a worthy supplement to The List.)
20. Dolly Parton – Bird That Never Flew (Porter Wagoner song, from the My Favorite Songwriter album)
Wow, from Outkast to Lefty Frizzell. Nice, brz — even if I am not a fan of that genre. Anyway…
1. “See If I Care,” Gary Allan
2. “Seven Bridges Road,” Alan Jackson
3. “As Long As I’m Rockin’ With You,” John Conlee
4. “Warning,” Queensryche
5. “Stars in Alabama,” Jamey Johnson
6. “Alabama,” Cross Canadian Ragweed
7. “The Week of Living Dangerously,” Steve Earle
8. “Master of Puppets,” Metallica
9. “This Time Around,” Randy Rogers Band
10. “Call Me When You’re Sober,” Evanescence
11. “Pretty Tied Up,” Guns’n'Roses
12. “Murder On Music Row,” George & Alan
13. “Pull Me Under,” Dream Theater
14. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Iron Maiden
15. “Work This Out,” Jack Ingram
16. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Miranda Lambert
17. “Love’s Gonna Live Here,” Buck Owens
18. “Gone,” Kelly Clarkson
19. “Jet City Woman,” Queensryche
20. “Some Kind of Wonderful,” Grand Funk Railroad
thanks Pistolero. i like a lot of stuff. i think i’m going to have to do some reading of your blog. the quote about “Iron Maiden and Hank Thompson” really hit home (although i’d swap out Motorhead for Iron Maiden).
Oh yeah, Motorhead’s gotten to be a fave too, though I don’t have any of their stuff yet. To be fair, though, that’s because I’ve been buying up stuff from other older metal bands — Megadeth, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, etc. I am a relative latecomer to the more traditional metal; I’ve only really gotten into it in the last couple of years, via Sirius satellite radio. Like I tell people now and then, I hate that it took me 20 years to discover that music, but better late than never. ;-)
Let’s see!
01 Alanis Morissette – Your House
02 Deana Carter – I’ve Loved Enough To Know
03 Dolly Parton – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
04 Juliana R. – If You Could See Me Now
05 El Perro Del Mar – God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)
06 Amy Dalley – Let’s Try Goodbye
07 Barbra Zinger – You’ve Got A Friend
08 Tift Merrit – Never Talk About It
09 Spice Girls – Time Goes By [ohh my]
10 Catedral – Esperando Na Janela
11 Bebel Gilberto – Jabuticaba
12 Luísa Maita – Aí Vem Ele
13 Jewel – Haunted
14 Megh Stock – O Filme
15 The Higgins – Carry Me Away
16 Anna Nalick – Forever Love (Digame)
17 Carmen Rasmusen – Love Will Wait [ohh my again]
18 Carolyn Dawn Johnson – God Doesn’t Make Mistakes
19 Chely Wright – I Got Him Ready For You
20 Christina Aguilera – WooHoo [dear Lord!]
Yes, Spice Girls and Aguilera. And Carmen Rasmusen… you can kill me now
And suddenly some brazilian music all at once, at least they’re good.
1)Kylie Minogue – Confide in Me
2)Taylor Swift – Enchanted
3)Eric Saade – It’s Gonna Rain
4)Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
5)Dolly Parton – Jolene
6)When Your Eyes Say it – Britney Spears
7)Miranda Lambert – Somewhere trouble don’t go
8) Mans Zelmerlow – Hope anf Glory
9) What’s My Name – Rihanna
10) Keith Urban – Stupid Boy
11) Cheryl Cole – Paracute
12) Martina Mcbride – Concrete Angel
13) Katy Perry – Hummingbird Heartbeat
14) FireBomb – Rihanna
15) Carrie Underwood – Lesson Learned
16) Emma Bunton – Breathing
17) Girls Aloud – Call the Shots
18) Trace Adkins – I can’t outrun you
19) Where the Wild Roses Grow – Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave
20) Sara Evans – Born to Fly
1. “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
2. “Jesus and Ruger” – Jason Boland
3. “Another Bridge to Burn” – Ray Price
4. “Shotgun and a Pistol” – Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
5. “If Anyone Ought to Know” – Leona Williams
6. “A Night I Can’t Remember” – Married By Elvis
7. “Heaven Blues” – Lucinda Williams
8. “Peggy Sue Got Married” – Buddy Holly
9. “The Greatest Song Ever Written” – Brandon Kinney
10.. “You’ve Still Got It” – Alecia Nugent
11. “Cryin’ in the Deep Blue Sea” – Hank Thompson
12. “Find Out” – The Dixie Bee-Liners
13. “Salina” – The Avett Brothers
14. “You’re Not My God” – Keith Urban
15. “Names and Addresses” – Junior Brown
16. “Highway 40 Blues” – Ricky Skaggs
18. “Trucker Man” – John Rich
19. “A Voice from On High” – Ricky Skaggs
20. “Indigo Moon” – Heather Myles
Whoa, it tagged you as spam.
My moonlighting activities have been discovered!
We had some weird false positives lately, too. Juli was flagged as spam on one of her own articles.
1) Cream – What a Bringdown
2) Mark Chesnutt – Numbers On the Jukebox
3) Lady Antebellum – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
4) Paw – Texas (It’s grunge!)
5) Chris Cornell – Mission
6) Montgomery Gentry – You Do Your Thing
7) David Ball – Texas Echo
8) Phil Vassar – Stand Still
9) Jason Aldean – Restless
10) Sammy Kershaw – Meant to Be
11) Brooks & Dunn – My Heart’s Not a Hotel
12) The Who – Dreaming from the Waist
13) “Weird” Al Yankovic – I Was Only Kidding :)
14) Rodney Crowell – Above and Beyond
15) Pure Prairie League – Jazzman
16) Tanya Tucker – Bidding America Goodbye (The Auction)
17) The Beatles – How Do You Do It?
18) Grateful Dead – Cumberland Blues
19) The Byrds – He Was a Friend of Mine
20) Kenny Chesney – That’s Why I’m Here
Luckily it never landed on Metallica or this list would be really weird!
1. Billy Joe Shaver – I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
2. Brad Paisley – Somebody Knows You Now
3. Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter – Yellow Rose of Texas
4. Katy Perry – Circle the Drain
5. The Friday Night Boys – Sorry I Stole Yo’ Gurl
6. Tim McGraw – Drugs or Jesus
7. Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Working
8. Merle Haggard – I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
9. The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers
10. Jamey Johnson – Good Morning Sunrise
11. Jonas Brothers – You Just Don’t Know It
12. Benton Paul – I Only See You
13. Kitty Wells – Paper Roses
14. Steve Earle – Hillbilly Highway
15. Kanye West – Jesus Walks
16. The Flying Burrito Brothers – I’m Drinking Canada Dry
17. Aly & AJ – If I Could Have You Back
18. Jonas Brothers – Hey Baby (ft. Jonny Lang)
19. Gary Allan – Smoke Rings in the Dark
20. Hellbound Glory – In the Gutter Again
Meh. My taste is so basic.
Good God! Now THAT’S some variety!
Hmmm… not a great deal of country stuff popping up this time. Still, fairly representative of my taste.
1. Honey Are You Straight or Are You Blind? – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2. Does My Ring Burn Your Finger? – Solomon Burke
3. Tokyo Storm Warning – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4. Big Bottom – Spinal Tap
5. Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
6. Gimme Shelter – Merry Clayton
7. Black & White World – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
8. Levi Johnston’s Blues – Ben Folds
9. Hole In My Head – Jim Lauderdale
10. Worry Too Much – Buddy Miller
11. Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Aretha Franklin
12. If It Wasn’t For Bad – Elton John and Leon Russell
13. Fair Game – The Like
14. I See Red (live) – Tim Finn
15. I Want To Be Loved – Muddy Waters
16. The Bus Driver’s Prayer – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
17. Sex n Drugs n Rock n Roll – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
18. Complicated Shadows – Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes
19. Stella Hurt – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
20. Burn Down The Trailer Park – Paul Thorn
21. Maybellene – Chuck Berry
22. Following The River – The Rolling Stones
23. You’ve Got The Love – Florence + The Machine
24. Close Up The Honky Tonks – Dwight Yoakam
25. What’s He Building In There? – Tom Waits
Nice to see Jim Lauderdale showing up on a few people’s lists.
1. Because of You – Reba McEntire w/ Kelly Clarkson
2. I Wanna Fall In Love – Lila McCann
3. Kerosene – Miranda Lambert
4. How Do You Fall In Love – Alabama
5. Backwoods Barbie – Dolly Parton
6. Lady Luck – Restless Heart
7. She’s My Kind of Rain – Tim McGraw
8. Supernatural – Sara Evans
9. Hold You Now – Restless Heart
10. My Give A Damn’s Busted – Jo Dee Messina
11. Fancy Free – The Oak Ridge Boys
12. Big Iron Horses – Restless Heart
13. Cryin’ Again – The Oak Ridge Boys
14. Step On Out – The Oak Ridge Boys
15. Repent – SHeDAISY
16. Somebody’s Gonna Get That Girl – Restless Heart
17. State of Grace – Reba McEntire
18. I’m In A Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) – Alabama
19. Let’s Dance – Sara Evans
20. God Don’t Make Mistakes – Jamie O’Neal
Lots of Oak Ridge Boys and Restless Heart in there, for some reason.
01) Alan Jackson – “Bring On The Night”
02) Dixie Chicks – “I Hope”
03) Kellie Pickler – “Happy”
04) Nicki Minaj – “Fly (Feat. Rihanna)”
05) Lisa Brokop – “Say”
06) Jack Ingram – “In The Corner”
07) Tyler Barham – “Slow Down”
08) Brad Paisley – “Is It Raining At Your House”
09) Loretta Lynn – “Country In My Genes”
10) Travis Tritt – “Southern Justice”
11) Doc Walker – “She’s My Remedy”
12) Thrasher Shiver – “Goin’, Goin’, Gone”
13) Martina McBride – “I Don’t Want To See You”
14) Brad Martin – “Run To Me”
15) Tracy Byrd – “Better Places Than This”
16) The Wrights – “Always Tomorrow”
17) Donna Ulisse – “Fire In An Old Flames Eyes”
18) Love And Theft – “Runaway”
19) Joanna Cotten – “Humble Town” (love this one look her up people)
20) Suzy Bogguss – “Live To Love Another Day”
overall I’m happy with this list. Thankfully it ends at 20 cause 21 was kinda embarassing.
1. Time to Get Crazy – Travis Tritt
2. No More – Three Days Grace
3. But For the Grace of God – Keith Urban
4. Doctor Time – Rick Trevino
5. Fire in the Sky – Ozzy Osbourne
6. That’s Just About Right – BlackHawk
7. Change Me – Chris Cagle
8. When I Close My Eyes – Kenny Chesney
9. The Game – Disturbed
10. Carolina – Eric Church
11. Senorita Mas Fina – Kevin Fowler
12. Don’t Stop Dancing – Creed
13. Your Man – Josh Turner
14. Set ‘Em Up Joe – Jamey Johnson
15. Bad Case of Love – John Schneider
16. Kristofferson – Tim McGraw
17. One – Metallica
18. Lonesome On’ry and Mean – Waylon Jennings
19. Heartless – Hinder
20. Place Out on the Ocean – Jamey Johnson
By chance, I had the computer on shuffle today so I went into my Recently Played list to find the most recent 20…and then had to include the next five when I saw Grandpa Walton in the mix.
1. Dolly Parton- Jolene (live) (eMusic Daily Download)
2. Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen- Ominous Anonymous (bought July, You’re A Woman and then returned for the rest of the album)
3. The Charles River Valley Boys- What Goes On
4. Larry Stephenson- Talk to Me Lonesome Heart (purchased a couple months back after reading of Joe Val’s involvement)
5. Tom Tom Club- Lorelei (ripped just last night)
6. Frank Fairfield- Hesitating Blues (free on eMusic, I’m guessing)
7. Peter Wolf- There’s Still Time (still not real sure about this album)
8. Susan Cowsill- The Way That It Goes (was on a Cowsills kick a few months ago; I found this album underwhelming)
9. David Allan Coe- Cheap Thrills (purchased this weekend)
10. The Crooked Jades- Kingdom Calling (one of my favourite old-time bands- I discovered them at Wintergrass ’01)
11. Amazonics- I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Bossa Nova Ramones, y’all)
12. The Bird & The Bee- She’s Gone (a Hall & Oates tribute album? Dang, my secret is out)
13. Brand New Strings- Living Water (bought from eMusic this month- had been in my Saved For Later file for some time)
14. Eric Taylor- Postcards, 3 For a Dime (just bought from eMusic this weekend; enjoying)
15. Altered Images- See Those Eyes (ummmm…)
16. Marideth Sisco & Blackberry Winter- Ballad of Jessup Dolly (The Wind & Rain) (a great soundtrack, IMO- works on many levels- perfectly suits the tone of the movie- nothing fancy)
17. Joe Whyte- Suitcases (I keep listening and enjoying his material)
18. Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers- Don’t You Want to Go Home (purchased this month from eMusic in anticipation of writing a review of their new gospel album)
19. Jason & The Scorchers- Golden Days (thank goodness this one came up)
20. Chilliwack- Communication Breakdown (all Canadians of a certain age know and love Chilliwack- purchased from iTunes this month)
21. Three Dog Night- Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here (love 3DN- my first favourite band)
22. John Lee Hooker- Boom Boom (from the Mojo Dylan sampler)
23. Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen- If I Could Only Win Your Love (live) (did I ever tell you the one about almost seeing Hillman & Pedersen in Edmonton in November…)
24. Pastures of Plenty- Will Geer & Woody Guthrie (downloaded during my Waltons jag over Christmas)
25. Ola Belle Reed- I’m the Man, Thomas (if you don’t know Ola Belle Reed, you should. I know you do.)
1. Easy Money – Brad Paisley
2. Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning – The Wrights
3. A Love Like That – The Wrights
4. Where She Told Me to Go – Eric Church
5. Thank God I’m A Country Boy – John Denver
6. Dreamin’ In Color, Livin’ In Black And White – Billy Ray Cyrus
7. Cupid – Sara Evans
8. Free To Be Me [Dented Fender Sessions] – Francesca Battistelli
9. I Can’t Keep You In Love With Me – Vine Gill w/ Terri Clark
10. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
11. Woke Up on My Own – Toby Keith
12. What Would Willie Do – Gary Allan
13. Restless Heart – Martina McBride
14. You Can’t Help Who You Love – Garth Brooks
15. Indian Summer – Brooks & Dunn
16. Wheels – Hometown News
17. Fiddlin’ Around – Dierks Bentley
18. To Be Happy – Sara Evans
19. The Chair – George Strait
20. Every Little Lie – Kevin Welch
1. Shame – The Avett Brothers
2. Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger – Willie Nelson
3. Milk & Honey – Roger & the Rockets
4. Drive My Car – The Beatles
5. Oo-De-Lally/Whiste Stop (Live) – Roger Miller
6. Happy Happy (Country Country) – Jack Ingram
7. A Little More You – Little Big Town
8. Got to Get You Into My Life – The Beatles
9. Gasoline – Rob Thomas
10. Twist and Shout (Live) – Buck Owens
11. Song 6 – Daniel Powter [Forgot I had this - a one-hit wonder's non-hit]
12. Feelin’ the Same Way – Norah Jones
13. Every Once in a While – Bruce Robison
14. Your Cheatin’ Heart – Patsy Cline
15. Goodbye – Dusty Springfield
16. Silver Lining – Rilo Kiley
17. Mine – Taylor Swift
18. Happiness – Lee Ann Womack
19. Too Stubborn – The Marshall Tucker Band
20. Walking Away a Winner – Kathy Mattea
1. New Fool at an Old Game – Reba McEntire
2. John in the Jordan – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
3. My Neck of the Woods – Blake Shelton
4. Turn Around – Miss Leslie
5. Don’t It Make You Want To Dance – Chris LeDoux
6. Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello – Ernest Tubb
7. Went For A Ride – Radney Foster
8. Nobody Wins – Radney Foster
9. You Never Stop Loving Somebody – Big & Rich
10. Time That It Would Take – Toby Keith
11. Cowboys Like Us – George Strait
12. One of These Days I’m Gonna Sit Down And Talk To Paul – Johnny Cash
13. She Never Cried In Front of Me – Toby Keith
14. Mammas Don’t Let You Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys – Waylon and Willie
15. 19 Somethin’ – Mark Wills
16. The Way It Is – Lee Kernaghan
17. I Know One – Charley Pride
18. Me and Freddie and Jake – Dale Watson
19. The Road to Bakersfield – Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
20. I’m Against It – Groucho Marx
Bawlin’ Baby – Johnny Horton
Ships That Don’t Come In – Joe Diffie
Country Boy (You’ve Got Your Feet in L.A.) – Glen Campbell
You Don’t Mess Around with Jim – Josh Turner
Gracefully Facedown – The Devil Makes Three
Trouble’s Here – Lee Ann Womack
Will I Always Be This Way – Randy Houser
Online – Brad Paisley
Letter from Home – Alecia Nugent
A Penny for the Band – Justin Rutledge
Stayed ‘Til Two – Gord Bamford
Be That Way – Martina McBride
Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker
His Majesty Rides – Josh Rouse
God’s Green Earth – Gord Bamford
Cherokee Boogie – Johnny Horton
Charlie Darwin – The Low Anthem
This Uncivil War – Martina McBride
Empty Spaces – Steve Azar
A Man’s Home Is His Castle – Faith Hill
1. Baby Don’t Go – Dwight Yoakam & Sheryl Crow
2. Lot of Leavin’ Left to Do – Dierks Bentley
3. If I Were a Carpenter – Dolly Parton & Joe Nichols
4. Mendocino County Line – Lee Ann Womack & Willie Nelson
5. You’re The Love I Want to Be In – Jason Alden
6. Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox – Joe Diffie
7. Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
8. Wildflower – The JaneDear Girls
9. Somebody Help Me – John Fogarty
10. Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away – Vi nce Gill
11. Bad Day to Let You Go – Bryan White
12. Trash Women – Confederate Railroad
13. Still Cruisin’ – Beach Boys
14. It’s Just a Matter of Time – Randy Travis
15. Domestic Light & Cold – Dierks Bentley
16. Ain’t Back Yet – Kenny Chesney
17. Whistlin’ Dixie – Randy Houser
18. Suds In The Bucket – Sara Evans
19. You Look Good In My Shirt – Keith Urban
20. (I Like My) Cowboys Dirty – Bridgette Tatum
Several line dance songs and I didn’t know there were so many with the (g) left off the word!
Leavin’ Slippin’ Cruisin’ Whistlin’
1. Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley/Allison Krauss
2. Sing ‘Cause I Love To – Rebecca Lynn Howard
3. Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
4. Sex and Violence – Scissor Sisters
5. Amazing Grace – George Jones (hmm, that’s an interesting back to back playlist there!)
6. Hold Me Closely – Oak Ridge Boys
7. Never Too Late – Michael Franti & Speahead
8. To The Border And Beyond – Collin Raye
9. It’s Not OK – Zac Brown Band
10. Mystery – Ashleigh Flynn
11. Love Makes The World Go ‘Round – Mustang Creek
12. Overrated – Thriving Ivory
13. Country Music – Kurt Nilsen
14. Miss Williams’ Guitar – The Jayhawks
15. One Step Closer – Wade Bowen (Live)
16. Address In The Stars – Caitlin & Will
17. Set The Fire To The Third Bar – Snow Patrol
18. What You’re Doing – The Beatles
19. Crazy – Lee Ann Rimes
20. Remember The Days – Drew Davis Band
21. Ticks – Brad Paisley
22. Crazy (Acoustic) – Seal
23. All I Can See – Brendan James
24. Fightin’ For – Cross Canadian Ragweed
25. Louise – Rob Baird.
As you can see, there’s a diverse group of artists on this little list with only Paisley getting repeated. I have great memories of riding my bike as a kid singing along to Crazy and adore the acoustic version even more than the original version.
>>>Country Music – Kurt Nilsen<<< The guy from Norway Idol? Really? Who knew! This has been a lot of fun- several CDs have come off the shelf as a result of having seen names/songs on the lists. Shaver and Myles, to point out but two. Thanks for the inspiration.
That’s the one. While that song is kinda ‘not country’ despite his title, there are a couple country/pop songs on the album that are pretty good.
Probably my most eclectic shuffle yet, and that’s saying something:
1. Buffalo Tom – CC and Callas
2. Nine Inch Nails – Last
3. Swamp Dogg – Sal-A-Faster
4. Diana Jones – The Day I Die
5. The Replacements – Nowhere is My Home
6. DB Rielly – Changed My Mind
7. I See Hawks in LA – Wonder Valley Fight Song
8. Weezer – Falling For You
9. Emory Quinn – Ride
10. Lil Wayne – Let the Beat Build
11. Def Leppard – All I Want is Everything
12. The Band – Whispering Pines
13. The Jayhawks – Let the Critics Wonder
14. Javi Garcia & The Cold Cold Ground – Madly in Anger
15. Bon Iver – Team
16. Josh Ritter – Lillian Egypt
17. Buck Owens – Act Naturally
18. Bob Marley – I’m Still Waiting
19. Trampled by Turtles – Pipe Knot
20. Varnaline – Down the Street
bored and kind a drunk so I’m doing another lol
01) Ricochet – “Love Is A Serious Thing”
02) Rodney Atkins – “I Will Come To You”
03) Diamond Rio – “I Think I Love You”
04) Todd O’Neill – “Runaway Angel”
05) Chris Young – “Rainy Night In Georgia”
06) Gloriana – “Come And Save Me”
07) Charlie Rich – “My Heart Cries For You”
08) George Strait – “The Big One”
09) Collin Raye – “I Volunteer”
10) Clay Walker – “A Few Questions”
11) Shooter Jennings – “Last Time I Let You Down”
12) Tammy Wynette – “Good Lovin’ (Makes It Right)”
13) The Killers – “Losing Touch”
14) Terri Clark – “Twang Thang”
15) The Greencards – “Marty’s Kitchen”
16) Tanya Tucker – “After The Fire Is Gone”
17) Mandy Moore – “When I Talk To You”
18) Ryan Adams – “Off Broadway” (kinda weird to see him right next to Mandy lol)
19) Lauren Lucas – “Addicted To The Rain”
20) Love And Theft – “Dancing In Circles