If I had a Nielsen Box - iPod Roulette

caitiedidit

twenty-something who worships at the altar of pop culture: politics, music, movies, books and especially tv / prone to obsessiveness and the excessive use of adverbs / most likely to kick your ass at trivial pursuit!

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27 March 2008 @ 05:04 pm

iPod Roulette

I am buying some R&Bish hip hop on iTunes, because it's that time of year. And I took one listen to the explicit preview of the song AND BOUGHT THE CLEANED UP KIDDIE VERSION. When did I turn old? Lameness!

My favorite radio show just added a new segment called iPod Roulette. They take a guest's iPod, put it on shuffle, and play three songs. And then the guest talks about each song, no matter how random or embarrassing! So I wanted to give it a try.

1. "Radio, Radio" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions [@ YouTube]

I wish I was cool enough to be an Elvis Costello fan, but the truth is I know next to nothing about him or his music. The only reason I have this song is because I obsessively collected PopMatter's 100 Best Songs Since '77. Why 1977? I think they agreed it was when the era of contemporary music began. (However, it is completely obvious to me that they just liked how alliterative "Songs Since Seventy Seven" is!) So I have this song, and according to iTunes I have played it only twice before. Which is a shame, because it is a cool song.

2. "Playground Love" - Air

This was the first song I had by Air, before I'd ever heard of them or The Virgin Suicides. Honestly, I only downloaded it (from Kazaa, geez that seems like forever ago!) because it was in a series of weird "dangerously low" Levi commercials. And while it's a very pretty song, I am SO OVER IT because it has become an ever-present fixture in fanmixes. Sort of like "Let Go" by Frou Frou or "Collide" by Rachel Yamagata or "Weapon" by Matthew ~~Sweet~~ Good. Enough is enough!

3. "Hold On" - Sun-60 [@ YouTube]

OH MY GOD. This one was from my Baby Sitter's Club soundtrack, and everything on that CD was so perfect. I miss 90s rock so much, you guys . Nothing will ever be as comforting to me as the sound of the bazillions of melodious, strummy strummy la la 90's rock songs.

I heard Helo from BSG has been cast on Dollhouse. Which, ha, does not bode well for me watching the show. Not that Tahmoh isn't hot and everything, but I hate Helo and think Tahmoh is at least partly to blame. A better actor might have been able to pull off Helo without making his moral! virtue! come off as insufferable prickitude. Tahmoh is not a better actor. Also, it's not exactly like he raised the level on Smallville or Need for Speed: Most Wanted. /snideness

Tags: meme, music

feeling: sad

hearing: "Lollipop" - Lil Wayne

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almightychrissy on March 28th, 2008 12:52 am (UTC)

Two things--

1. My Jehovah's Witness megacrush in college loved Air, and so I had to listen to a bunch of their songs because they were on our Writing Center playlist (we played quiet music to mask the annoying sound of keyboards.)

2. Man, I love Matthew Sweet's "Weapon."

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thermopylae_h on March 28th, 2008 01:02 am (UTC)

The 90's. They were great. The radio can now send me into an instant quarter-life crisis, though. Like, I've always equated Mix stations ("The best of the 80's, 90's, and Today" etc.) with adult-oriented pop. It's always been my station of choice, but only because I had an inflated sense of my own maturity. The last time I listened to it, I recognized all the songs as ones I loved from the 90's, and then was horrified to discover that I now am the target audience for the Mix station. Ah, lost youth!

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keenai on March 28th, 2008 01:23 am (UTC)

And I took one listen to the explicit preview of the song AND BOUGHT THE CLEANED UP KIDDIE VERSION. When did I turn old? Lameness!

HAHAHAHA. Ahem. Over the summer, we were talking about that Akon song (I think--it could have been anything, honestly) and how the radio version says one thing and the album version is, of course, full of the bad words, and my friend's friend (who, btw, cusses like a sailor) was like, "I DO NOT LIKE THAT DIRTY VERSION."

So, you know, it happens to all of us.

Plus, I realized that if Biggie or 2Pac or any of the other songs I loved when I was in high school were out now, I'd probably think they were trash. Ah, youth.

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carrielh on March 28th, 2008 01:46 am (UTC)

Do you mean Matthew Good's "Weapon", or am I thinking of a different song altogether?

I liked Helo all through season 1, but...yeah. Tahmoh's not exactly one of those OMGMUSTWATCH actors for me. Eliza Dushku usually is, but it still remains to be seen if I'll watch Dollhouse or not.

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caitiedidit on March 28th, 2008 02:00 am (UTC)

Ha, yeah, that's what I meant. I am forever mixing up Matthew Good and Matthew Sweet. I actually had a moment of hesitation before I posted, but I was too lazy to check.

And I liked Helo through most of the first two seasons, actually. It wasn't until S3 that I started wanting to reach through my screen so I could punch him in the face.

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themis on March 28th, 2008 03:33 am (UTC)

I wish I was cool enough to be an Elvis Costello fan, but the truth is I know next to nothing about him or his music.

Oh my god, I know! He is all literate and iconic and yet...I really am just not cool enough!

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wottie on March 28th, 2008 09:19 am (UTC)

You know, that is such a cool idea. I am stealing iPod roulette for my LJ!

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bwlergh on March 28th, 2008 12:06 pm (UTC)

Stealing :D

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la_dauphine on March 28th, 2008 03:57 pm (UTC)

I like to pretend I'm cool with my rap and indie rock, but if I ever played iPod Roulette I just know all of those Disney soundtracks and The Prince of Egypt would come back to haunt me. Damn it!

♥ the BSC soundtrack times infinity! I need to own that movie on DVD (if it's out on DVD, of course).

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lexy_ on March 29th, 2008 08:10 am (UTC)

omg, I loved the BSC! I think the tv show more than the actual movie. But I really like this iPod Roulette idea, I might steal it

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paradise_city on March 30th, 2008 12:22 am (UTC)

I love the idea of iPod roulette, and reading about your songs was awesome. :)

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