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by **drsevrin** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:36 pm

With credit to Spaz and Blir for inspiration, fire up the iPod/iTunes or equivalent and tell us what your 25 most played tracks are. In iTunes, go to your playlists and there it is. . . I apologize if this has been done before - just direct me to the earlier thread if it has.

For me, it's always been revealing to periodically check in on my 25 most played list - I'm surprised at what I find - not only what's there but also what is not. these tracks don't represent the best musically or even my favorite bands necessarily, and certainly not the most obscure, but instead have a strong nostalgia factor - reminding me of a particular time, event, and place. Or instead, they have simple staying power - tracks so powerful to me that I simply don't tire of them.

My list is biased by at least three factors: much of my vinyl is not yet ripped, and some tracks show up simply because they come after a favorite. Some also get overplayed in the car, on cd, so don't get as much iPod play.

Realizing they might not all be new wave, here are mine, in order of most played . . . it was news to me, but I guess I really like China Crisis.

1. Mask - Bauhaus
2. Jean Walks In Fresh Fields - China Crisis
3. My December - Linkin Park
4. Seconds (Instrumental) [Remix] - The Human League
5. Come Back to the Living - The Lucy Show
6. The White Space - The Lucy Show
7. Wipe Out - The Lucy Show
8. The Twister - The Lucy Show
9. Perfect (12" Version) - The The
10. Seconds - The Human League
11. I Love You Goodbye - Thomas Dolby
12. The Bridge - Cactus World News
13. Watching Over Burning Fields - China Crisis
14. New Life - Depeche Mode
15. Dreaming Of Me - Depeche Mode
16. Fish (Reprise) - King
17. Remain - The Lucy Show
18. Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park
19. Canvas Beauty (Romance Version) - Peter Murphy
20. The Highest High - China Crisis
21. Strength Of Character - China Crisis
22. To Wish Impossible Things - The Cure
23. Bullets - Editors
24. New Song - Howard Jones
25. Another World - Joe Jackson

by **Peter Venkman** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:07 pm

1. Helium - Silver Angel
2. XTC - Roads Girdle The Globe
3. Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
4. Gene Vincent - Crazy Legs
5. ELO - Last Train To London
6. Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
7. The Fall - Eat Y'Self Fitter
8. Tears For Fears - Advice For The Young At Heart
9. Pop Will Eat Itself - Oh Greebo, I Think I Love You
10. Wire - Map Ref 41N 93W
11. Tones on Tail - Real Life
12. Orange Juice - Wan Light
13. Stranglers - Five Minutes
14. King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
15. Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl
16. Heaven 17 - Play to Win
17. Echo & the Bunnymen - Angels and Devils
18. George Harrison - What is Life?
19. The Other Half - Mr. Pharmacist
20. Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town
21. Devo - I Desire (Demo)
22. Sparks - Tips for Teens
23. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Eve White/Eve Black
24. The Cure - Primary
25. Elvis Costello - High Fidelity

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by **waldnorm** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:21 pm

[quote]Originally posted by drsevrin
[br]With credit to Spaz and Blir for inspiration, fire up the iPod/iTunes or equivalent and tell us what your 25 most played tracks are. In iTunes, go to your playlists and there it is. . . I apologize if this has been done before - just direct me to the earlier thread if it has.

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It was here, but it's always fun to bring this back.

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.as ... Terms=ipod

I also noticed that there's this other Ipod game that never took off, which is here (I'll do one of these):

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15232

by **drsevrin** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:21 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by waldnorm[/i]
 [quote]Originally posted by drsevrin
[br]With credit to Spaz and Blir for inspiration, fire up the iPod/iTunes or equivalent and tell us what your 25 most played tracks are. In iTunes, go to your playlists and there it is. . . I apologize if this has been done before - just direct me to the earlier thread if it has.

[/quote]

It was here, but it's always fun to bring this back.

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.as ... Terms=ipod

I also noticed that there's this other Ipod game that never took off, which is here (I'll do one of these):

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15232

[/quote]

Thanks, Waldnorm, guess I didn't look hard enough . . .

by **tileboy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:42 am

1.Gang of Four-What we all want
2.Siouxsie and the Banshees-Christine
3.Clash- This is radio clash
4.Soft Cell-Sex dwarf
5.The Briefs-Poor and Weird
6.Goldfrapp-Ooh la la
7.The Brakes -All night disco party
8.Steve Wynn-Killing me
9.Nada Surf-All ways love
10.The Subways-Rock and roll queen
11.Southern Culture on the skids-Just how lonely
12.Bow wow wow-Do you wanna hold me
13.The White Stipes-My doorbell
14.Living things-Bom bom bom
15.The Proclaimers-Role model
16.The Real Kids-Do the Boob
17.The Reverend Horton heat -the party in your head
18.Southern Culture on the skids-soulfull garage
19.Ben Lee-Catch my Disease
20.Luna-Tracy ilove you
21.Steve Wynn- Cindy it was only you
22.The Clash-Hitsville uk
23.Squeeze-heartbreaking world
24.Revolting Cocks-Fire engine
25.Division of Laura Lee-Dirty love

by **deethelurker** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:58 pm

I can't play this with iTunes because I don't really use it to listen to music, but I can play it with my Last.fm page because that's the best I can get. And, um, yeah, I obv get a lot of mileage out of tracks I've either downloaded straight off the NWO or gotten into FROM those NWO downloads:

1 Language – Goodbye Indian Summer 23
2 Josef K – Sorry for Laughing 20
3 Alden Tyrell – a1. Knockers 19
4 Coconut Rough – Sierra Leone 18
5 Alden Tyrell – Hills of Honolulu 17
6 Scars – Fear of the Dark 15
7 Trees – Midnight in America 14
7 Sights, The – So Much for Everlasting Love 14
7 New Musik – Hunting 14
10 Trees – Delta Sleep 13
10 Scars – all about you 13
10 Josef K – Revelation 13
13 Trees – Wildwood 12
13 Kajagoogoo – Hang on Now 12
13 George Lopez – george lopez comedy 12
16 Endgames – Desire (Vocal Mix) 11
16 Alden Tyrell – Love Explosion 11
16 Language – We're Celebrating 11
16 Gang of Four – I Love a Man in a Uniform 11
20 Moving Units – Submission 10
20 The Postal Service – Such Great Heights 10
20 Language – I'm Just a Boyfriend 10
20 Endgames – Love Cares 10
20 Hambi & The Dance – Too Late to Fly the Flag 10
25 Josef K – Forever Drone 9

by **Surly** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:15 pm

I've been listening using the shuffle function for the past few months, so a lot of the songs below #10 actually haven't been played in a while.

1. Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" (32)
2. Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars" (29)
3. Orson - "Happiness" (24)
4. Keane - "Is It Any Wonder?" (23)
5. Snow Patrol - "Chocolate" (23)
6. Editors - "Munich" (21)
7. Simple Minds - "Home" (21)
8. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" (20)
9. Scissor Sisters - "Take Your Mama" (20)
10. Sloan - "Money City Maniacs" (20)
11. Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out" (19)
12. The Shore - "Waiting For The Sun" (18)
13. a-ha - "Analogue (All I Want)" (17)
14. Coldplay - "Talk" (17)
15. Editors - "Bullets" (17)
16. Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To" (17)
17. Kraftwerk - "Numbers (live)" (16)
18. Fountains Of Wayne - "Stacy's Mom" (15)
19. Keane - "Somewhere Only We Know" (15)
20. Nada Surf - "Always Love" (15)
21. New Rhodes - "I Wish I Was You" (15)
22. Rinocerose - "Cubicle" (15)
23. Coldplay - "The Hardest Part" (14)
24. The Dears - "Lost In The Plot" (14)
25. Franz Ferdinand - "The Dark Of The Matinee" (14)

Here's the top 25 new wave(ish) songs:

1. ABC - "Love's A Dangerous Language" (12)
2. Simple Minds - "Promised You A Miracle" (11)
3. A Flock Of Seagulls - "The More You Live, The More You Love" (10)
4. ABC - "Be Near Me" (10)
5. The Chameleons - "Don't Fall" (9)
6. Kraftwerk - "Numbers" (9)
7. Thompson Twins - "You Take Me Up" (7)
8. a-ha - "The Sun Always Shines On TV" (8)
9. A Flock Of Seagulls - "Space Age Love Song" (8)
10. Difford & Tilbrook - "Love's Crashing Waves" (8)
11. The Fixx - "Stand Or Fall" (8)
12. The Fixx - "Secret Separation" (8)
13. Simple Minds - "Speed Your Love To Me" (8)
14. Thompson Twins - "Love On Your Side" (8)
15. a-ha - "The Swing Of Things" (8)
16. Adam Ant - "Car Trouble" (7)
17. Alphaville - "Big In Japan" (7)
18. Art Of Noise - "Close (To The Edit)" (7)
19. Duran Duran - "Planet Earth" (7)
20. The Fixx - "Sunshine In The Shade" (7)
21. Missing Persons - "Surrender Your Heart" (7)
22. Real Life - "Face To Face" (7)
23. Re-Flex - "Hurt (7" mix)" (7)
24. Simple Minds - "Thirty Frames A Second" (7)
25. Tenpole Tudor - "Wunderbar" (7)

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by **Frau_Blucher** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:19 am

Just noticing my recent playcount...funny how NWO conversations have driven the recently most played...

Wire Train - I'll Do You
Wire Train - Chamber of Hellos
The Jam - Man in the Corner Shop
Rocket USA - Suicide
Dragon - Rain
Bram Tchaikovsky - Robber
The Essence - Out of Grace
The Essence - Everything
Siouxsie - Dazzle
The Armoury Show - Castles in Spain
Echo & the Bunnymen - Seven Seas
British Sea Power - Apologies to Insect Life
Suicide - Rain of Ruin
The Chameleson - Up the Down Escalator
The Plimsouls - Hobo
Split Enz - Message to My Girl
Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (huh?!)
Sparks - I Married a Martain
3-D - There's a Sound
The Fleshtones - Hall of Fame
The Zutons - Valerie
Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
Metric - Succexy
Metric - White Gold (I could listen to this 10 times in a row)
The Feelies - Fa Ce-La

by **medication881** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:51 am

Surly, those are a couple of GREAT playlists! Wow!

by **Frau_Blucher** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:59 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by medication881[/i]
 Surly, those are a couple of GREAT playlists! Wow!
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Indeed. Looks a LOT like some of my playlists. I'll be seeing The Dears btw in Montreal next Thursday. Excellent band.

by **Wayne** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:04 am

1) Fortress-Pinback
2) PT Cruiser-Al Jardine
3) A Certain Romance-Arctic Monkeys
4) Children of December-The Slip
5) Nature of the Experiment-Tokyo Police Club
6) The Sound of Settling-Death Cab For Cutie
7) Black & White-The dB's

Electric Relaxation-A Tribe Called Quest
9) Karma Police-Easy Star All Stars
10)Goin' Thru Your Purse-Material Issue
11)Jane Fonda-Mickey Avalon
12)Cubicle-Rinoceres
13)Youth-The Adicts
14)White Riot (UK LP version)-The Clash
15)Unsatisfied-The Replacements
16)Saw Red-Sublime
17)Feeling Called Love-Wire
18)Moving To L.A.-Art Brut
19)Rosemary-Dislocation Dance
20)Divorce Procedings From Reality-The Homosexuals
21)Lesson 3 (History of Hip-Hop)-Double Dee & Steinski
22)Young Folks-Peter Bjorn & John
23)LDN-Lily Allen
24)Anticipation-Delta 5
25)Lev Bronstein-The Redskins

by **birdmadgirl** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:24 pm

1. Blue Lamp--Stevie Nicks
2. Just Like Heaven--The Cure
3. Disappointed--Electronic
4. A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)--Romeo Void
5. Secrets--The Cure
6. It's Alright--Pet Shop Boys
7. Just Another Day--Oingo Boingo
8. Orange Crush--R.E.M.
9. Halo--Depeche Mode
10. Regret--New Order
11. How Still My Love--Stevie Nicks
12. Electrical Storm--U2
13. Only the Lonely--The Motels
14. How Soon is Now--Psychedelic Furs cover
15. Revolution Earth--The B-52s
16. The Big Hand--The Cure
17. Dear Prudence--Siouxsie and The Banshees
18. What Happens Tomorrow--Duran Duran
19. Precious--Depeche Mode
20. Stupid Girl--Garbage
21. Word Up--Korn cover
22. Go Insane--Lindsey Buckingham
23. Charlotte Sometimes--The Cure
24. Storms--Fleetwood Mac
25. All I Want is You--U2

by **Mechi** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:49 am

Hehe... I can play this now. [:D]

1- Brutal- New Order
2- Stripped- Depeche Mode
3- Only when I lose myself- Depeche Mode
4- Obstacle 2- Interpol
5- Crystal- NO
6- Master and servant- DM
7- PDA- Interpol
8- get the message- Electronic
9- Getting away with it- Electronic
10- sooner than you think- New Order
11- A question of lust- DM
12- Feeling down- Camouflage
13- But not tonight- DM
14- Nodisco- DM
15- Love in itself-DM
16- Subculture- NO
17- Lillian- DM
18- Love will tear us apart- Joy Division
19- The landscape is changing-DM
20- Martyr- DM
21- Policy of truth- DM
22- Kein Morgen- Melotron
23- Lie to me- Dm
24- Monkey Gone To Heaven- Pixies
25- Tighten up- Electronic

Well, seems like I fancy Depeche Mode a lot. Same for New order. Big News.
It's funny to see this list and to see Ger's too. Good thing that you take your love for OMD seriously. [;)]

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by **glokstadt** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:35 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Mechi[/i]
 Hehe... I can play this now. [:D]

Well, seems like I fancy Depeche Mode a lot. Same for New order. Big News.
It's funny to see this list and to see Ger's too. Good thing that you take your love for OMD seriously. [;)]

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Well nice birthday present... what color is your iPod? My 25, at first was all OMD... go figure... I'm surprised with the amount of DM, JD, and NO I play their songs are not in my Top 25! Oh, well, I'm sure that'll change soon enough! Happy tuning!!!! [:p]

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by **Surly** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:52 am

I decided about a month ago to reset all my play counts to zero, because I listen to shuffle mode a lot more than I used to. I like using the Top 25 for current songs to tally up at the end of the year. So, my Top 25 has changed quite a bit; only 3 old songs in there now, and the highest ranked one is by my favorite band! I'll be interested to see what this looks like at the end of the year.

As of 4/1/06:

1. Keane - "Nothing In My Way"
2. Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good"
3. The Killers - "Read My Mind"
4. Scissor Sisters - "She's My Man"
5. Simple Minds - "Promised You A Miracle"
6. Aqualung - "Pressure Suit"
7. Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running"
8. Beck - "Think I'm In Love"
9. Bloc Party - "I Still Remember"
10. Coldplay - "Talk"
11. Damien Rice - "Rootless Tree"
12. The Decemberists - "O Valencia!"
13. Depeche Mode - "Martyr"
14. Keane - "She Sells Sanctuary"
15. LCD Soundsystem - "Watch The Tapes"
16. Muse - "Starlight"
17. OK Go - "Do What You Want"
18. Peter Bjorn And John - "Young Folks"
19. Regina Spektor - "Fidelity"
20. The Shins - "Phantom Limb"
21. Snow Patrol - "Open Your Eyes"
22. U2 - "Window In The Skies"
23. Altered Images - "Don't Talk To Me About Love"
24. Big Country - "Wonderland"
25. The Fratellis -"Flathead"

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