November 10, 2008

Numerically speaking

Who knew so many songs began with numbers rather than words?

  • 135th Street Blues (Blue Monday), John B. Hughes & Warner Bros. Studio Chorus & Orchestra, George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood (Disc 1)
  • 1917, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
  • 1921, The Who, Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition]
  • 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, Jefferson Airplane,The Essential Jefferson Airplane
  • 49 Bye-Byes, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills & Nash [with Bonus Tracks]
  • 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 [Live] [Disc 2]
  • The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), Simon & Garfunkel Collected Works [Disc 2]
  • 5D (Fifth Dimension), The Byrds, 20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set: 1965-1990
  • 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night, Simon & Garfunkel Collected Works [Disc 2]
Posted by Linkmeister at November 10, 2008 11:20 AM | TrackBack
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Is it OK to embed videos? I linked to them instead, because I'm not sure whether you allow it.

Here's a few more, two of which should have been on the tip of your tongue...

1999 -- Prince, on 1999
1968 -- Dave Alvin, on Blackjack David
25 or 6 to 4 -- Chicago, on Chicago
2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten -- Lucinda Williams, on Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Posted by: N in Seattle at November 12, 2008 07:41 AM

Sorry, I should have been clearer. The songs I listed are ones in my iTunes library. I wasn't trying to be universal.

Posted by: Linkmeister at November 12, 2008 07:51 AM

Ahhh, I see. Self-reference 'R us. :-)

Well, the four songs I mentioned should be in your iTunes library. Even if they aren't in mine ... because I don't have an iTunes library, or whatever it is that would necessitate a person having one (is that what an iPod is for?).

Posted by: N in Seattle at November 13, 2008 07:09 AM

It's where iPod music would be stored if you synchronized an iPod with your PC or Mac. I don't have an mp3 player, iPod or otherwise, but the computer's in a different room from the stereo system. If I wanted to listen to music either I annoyed the neighbors by cranking up the 80-watt Pioneer speakers, I bought an iPod or equivalent and put in an earphone, or I loaded my CDs onto the machine and used its speakers. I don't like earphones.

Once iTunes was released for Windows I installed it.

Posted by: Linkmeister at November 13, 2008 08:20 AM

Love 3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds....
They don't make 'em like that anymore. I have the original album. Surrealistic Pillow. Groovy...
Come to think of it...they don't make people like us anymore, Linky...us being 58 and all... ;^}

Posted by: toxiclabrat at November 16, 2008 01:58 PM