[m a d r a]

i posted this on my blog earlier, but seeing as how no fecker ever reads that self-pitying drivel, i thought i'd throw it into the mix here:

i've just looked in itunes and sorted my tunes by playcount, so i could find out which ones i've been listening to the most during 2005. if [like me] you're extremely bored and have too much time on your hands, you might like to do likewise and compile your own "top ten hits" of the past year. there aren't really that many surprises in mine, apart from the snow patrol tune in at no. ten - dunno how that got there. i'm sure i've only listened to that about three times!

[Face Ache]

Considerably mellower than yours...


'ows about that then?

[storer]

Wow... my play counts are up at 216!

[mdc]

smart playlist of songs added in 2005 sorted by most played.
i had no idea it would come up with mainly the grayskul album.

[m a d r a]

Originally Posted by Face Ache

'ows about that then?

[Doofy]

Hmmm... I've mostly just had "Strange Times In Casablanca" by John Cale and "The One And Only" by Chesney Hawkes on constant rotating play. All year.

[dav]

angeles (elliott smith)
let it fall (sean watkins)
more than this (peter gabriel)
between the bars (elliott smith)
the sounds and the times (toshack highway)
stravinsky (the forms)
stumbleine (smashing pumpkins)
can-utility and the coastliners (genesis)
i grieve (peter gabriel)
cuckoo cocoon (genesis)

[Tesseract]

iTunes sayeth:


Plus a recently added one: "Angel" - Aerosmith - A Little South of Sanity

[alphamatrix]

The time on that Alice Russell track is incorrect, that whole album and Nicola Conte album I have do that, no idea why.

[ghporter]

Mostly through month or so we've just listened to Christmas and related music. But tesseract's playlist works great for me!

I really don't think I can produce a "top ten of 2005" list since we only got our iPod in August. Not enough time to really get used to having it.

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by storer

Wow... my play counts are up at 216!

Yeah, are you the kinda person who just leaves iTunes play whether or not you're in the room listening?

[philm]

Desktop (work):



Laptop (travel):

[Ghoser777]

How are you guys restricting your play counts to 2005?

[philm]

(err, q? p)

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by Ghoser777

How are you guys restricting your play counts to 2005?

I don't see how they could.

Personally, I thought this would be restricted to music released in '05.
But then again there's enough onscure stuff on here that I can't be sure whether some people aren't.

[m a d r a]

mdc's idea of using a smart playlist is a good one - but his logic's slightly flawed

making a smart playlist of "songs added in 2005 sorted by most played" won't include songs you've had in your playlist since before 2005, but which you could still have played during 2005.

unfortunately, i couldnae find a way of showing only tunes played during the previous year [as there's no option for "played" only "last played"]. however the following setup will give you a top ten of your most played tunes during the previous 365 days, irrespective of when they were added to your library. arrgh! - if only i'd posted this on 31st december. how much more straightforward would it all have been!




those folks with the play counts up in the 200's are either counting the number of 'plays' in the past 4 or 5 years, or are like that bloke who lives downstairs from me and only seems to have two tunes!

[andi*pandi]

my playcounts must have gotten lost, it says the most I've ever listened to anything is 6 times. :/ Must be wrong.

Ghost Riders In The Sky 5:12 Concrete Blonde Mojave Alternative & Punk
Mojave 5:00 Concrete Blonde Mojave Alternative & Punk
Times Like These 4:26 Foo Fighters One By One Alternative & Punk
Fresh Blood 4:56 Johnette Napolitano none Alternative
Juan Quezada 5:26 Johnette Napolitano none Alternative
Heat Miser 3:39 Massive Attack Songs For Autumn And Elsewhere Electronica/Dance
Cold Blooded Old Times / Smog 4:12 Various Artists High Fidelity Soundtrack Soundtrack
Tonite Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love 3:37 April Wine Songs For Autumn And Elsewhere Classic Rock
Turn Back Time 4:09 Aqua Songs For Autumn And Elsewhere Pop
Prayer '94 5:17 Bon Jovi Cross Road Rock

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by m a d r a

mdc's idea of using a smart playlist is a good one - but his logic's slightly flawed

making a smart playlist of "songs added in 2005 sorted by most played" won't include songs you've had in your playlist since before 2005, but which you could still have played during 2005.

unfortunately, i couldnae find a way of showing only tunes played during the previous year [as there's no option for "played" only "last played"]. however the following setup will give you a top ten of your most played tunes during the previous 365 days, irrespective of when they were added to your library. arrgh! - if only i'd posted this on 31st december. how much more straightforward would it all have been!




those folks with the play counts up in the 200's are either counting the number of 'plays' in the past 4 or 5 years, or are like that bloke who lives downstairs from me and only seems to have two tunes!

Hmmm... Maybe if you added a Date added after 5/01/05?

But yeah if you heard a song 215 times this year, either you had your computer waking you up with it, or you were looping it and not really paying attention.

Edit: This would have been pretty fun had my laptop not died with my nice fat playcounts...

[Mr Kino]

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by Mr Kino

So basically you listened to every song on there about once a day. Why?!