Friday, August 11, 2006

Setting the Record... um... Straight

Way back in January 2005, my iPod tried to convince me that I was a sensitive teenaged girl by insisting that I was listening to way too much Postal Service and Duran Duran. Well my new(er) iPod has proven that it really is man's best friend by producing a most-played list that a guy can be proud of. Or at least, not disturbed by.

So, as I have nothing of value to share even though the last post was a full week ago, here's *bitter defeat*'s top 25 most-listened-to tracks. (Please forward new post ideas. This is getting pathetic.)

25. Animal Midnight - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
24. Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks - The Rapture
23. Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives
22. Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith
21. Teenager - Camera Obscura
20. If She Wants Me - Belle & Sebastian
19. Something - The Beatles
18. Young Pilgrims - The Shins
17. Kilo - Ghostface Killah Feat. Raekwon
16. Needle In The Camel's Eye - Brian Eno
15. He Thought Of Cars - Blur
14. Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer) - Astrud Gilberto
13. Fox on the Run - Sweet
12. Gone For Good - The Shins
11. Hands - The Raconteurs
10. He's A Deep Deep Lake - Film School
9. Low - Cracker
8. Dimension - Wolfmother
7. So Says I - The Shins
6. Black Grease - The Black Angels
5. Its For You - Out Hud
4. Game Of Pricks - Guided By Voices
3. Heartbeats - The Knife
2. The First Song - Band Of Horses
1. Surf Wax America - Weezer

I gotta say... number one was a bit of a surprise. And apparently Shutes Too Narrow is still on heavy rotation. But nary a Postal Service song to be found! Still, the middle-class white male hegemony continues! The list is only 16% female and 4% black, and only 12% of the bands/artists come from non-English-speaking nations. Good thing I have Cracker on the list, because it appears I am one.

Have a great weekend.

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