120gb iPod in Order by Song Title
by admin on Jan.11, 2010, under Uncategorized
So, on a road trip last Spring, I started listening to all the songs on my 120gb iPod in order by song title. It was kind of accidental, just happened to start with the letter ‘S’. Since then, I listen to my iPod every day on my subway commute, when I drive, and occasionally at work. I am now about 7 months into this and I am just wrapping up songs that begin with the letter ‘B’. I have learned a few things:
1. 120gb is a ridiculous amount of music
2. My music pain threshold. I established a rule that I would not fast forward through any songs, no matter how painful. I had to add exceptions to all songs by 10,000 Maniacs, Sheryl Crow, OMD, and 12″ remixes of 80’s hits. Brutal.
3. I discovered very few new bands in 2009 because I was listening to my iPod….and that was okay because I rediscovered so many neglected treasures in my collection.
4. You could argue that Funkadelic (and all its offshoots) has influenced popular music more than any other band over the last 40 years – seriously.
January 11th, 2010 on 9:22 pm
You could argue that Funkadelic was the band—and I often have—but one should not neglect James Brown, without whom there would have been no funk for your Funkadelic.
January 12th, 2010 on 12:18 pm
Very true. I thought of JB as I wrote the entry. A few sites like this: http://www.the-breaks.com/perl/stats.pl
show JB as the most sampled artist of all time. What I like about Funkadelic is their range and variety – funky like JB, but can rock it out hard i.e. Maggot Brain (which you could argue owes a lot to Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of the Star Spangled Banner).
Probably more than any other band, Outkast would never have existed without Funkadelic/P-Funk, particularly Speakerboxx/Love Below.
January 15th, 2010 on 7:18 pm
I don’t know if range is what you’re looking for. JB went from early R&B through soul to invent funk and then try his hand at swinging jazz. And his funk definitely evolved and changed over time.
That said, Funkadelic has provided the soundtrack since the early 1990s as sampling became more sophisticated and the West Coast sound took off.
Good thing there’s no real need to choose between them.