Alphabetically speaking, I bet I know the first artist in your iTunes

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It's either !!! or .38 Special.

You know I'm right!

― Justin, Monday, 17 October 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

10cc, sorry.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

? and the Mysterians

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

what is the first/last artist on your ipod?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

!!!1111

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Mine is 10cc also.

But Aavikko is close . . .

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

!!!
? and the Mysterians
20/20
The 5,6,7,8's
The A's

― Matt Carlson (mattsoncarlhew), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Thanks, cutty. But things change, don't they?

I figured the great .38 Special revival of March '05 would have made for new answers.

Hold on loosely, indeed.

― Justin, Monday, 17 October 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

And I bet the first song in your iTunes is:

"...and Carrot Rope"

followed closely by

"...Baby One More Time"

The Britney version, not Fountains of Wayne.

― Justin, Monday, 17 October 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

First song is

"H" Friend

by Black Devil Disco Club.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

50 Cent - In Da Club

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

First song is

'55

by The Perfect Disaster.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

Here are all of my numbers that come after ? and the Mysterians:

2 Live Crew, 2raumwohnung, 4 Hero, 10cc, 45 Grave, 45 King, 50 Cent, 69 Boyz, 808 State, 999, 1910 Fruitgum Co.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

My copy of "Heroes" by David Bowie has quotation marks around it, placing it towards the top of the songs. None of the other tracks from the CD has quotes. Is there a reason for that? Like they're not really heroes...they're "heroes"?

― Justin, Monday, 17 October 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

ARTISTS

!!!
...And the Native Hips...
(MF Doom is) King Geedorah
(Smog)
2Pac

SONGS

...City of Stars - United State of Electronica
...Meets His Maker - DJ Shadow
...The Chase - United State of Electronica
'Til I Die - Beach Boys
'Til Tuesday - Number One Cup

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

It's because the song is called ""Heroes"."

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

The 7 Sounds
The 8th Day
A.A. Gray and Seven Foot Dilly
A.C. Reed
Aaron Neville
Abraham and the Casanovas
...
Young Marble Giants
Yusef Lateef
Yuusama
The Zeros

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

(Smog)

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Songs:

'A' Bomb in Wardour Street - The Jam
'Cause I Love You - Rufus and Carla
'Round About Midnight - Dizzy Gillespie
'Til the Following Night - Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages
#1 Hit Jam - Brian Jonestown Massacre
(Don't Sit Down) - Bowie
...
Zeldar - Devin the Dude
Zero Hour - The Plimsouls
Zerox - Adam & The Ants
Zinabu - Bunzu Sounds
Zurich is Stained - Pavement
ZX-1, Matthew Shipp

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

? and the Mysterians

― Old School (sexyDancer), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

'Lectric Workers

― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 17 October 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

13th Floor Elevators

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

"-" by aereogramme.

and, er, "-" by isis.

".", which is an empty track on clinic's "internal wrangler".

where's yer emo-rock and droning psych, dudes?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

2 Much. Doin it and doin it and doin it well.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Mine's ZZtop.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Mine is

All (360 artists)

followed by

Compilations

but I can't find any songs by them...weird...

The first song is '57 Chevrolet by Billy Jo Spears- the last is Zoetrope by Boards of Canada. Wow...there's my musical listening history right there.

― Ned T.Rifle, Monday, 17 October 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

'N-Tyce

― jergins (jergins), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

2raumwohnung is the first artist

first song is "...And More" by Can

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I figured it was called "'Heroes'" - I just figured someone might have an amusing anecdote as to why.

― Justin, Monday, 17 October 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

+/-, actually. Song name: "Summersault" by Dangermouse.

― js (honestengine), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Hi, first time caller long time listener.

Bowie put Heroes with quotation marks as he was trying to "add a dimension of irony" (according to this month's Q magazine)

― rubbergenius (rubbergenius), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

7 Seconds here.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

1. %20 & Sen. Orrin Hatch & Overpeer ("Uniting Everyday Internet Heroes w/ Freedom's Glitch")
2. +/-
3. 1-Speed Bike

But then again I have "!!!" spelled out as "Chik Chik Chik"

First song is "'Cross The Breeze" by Sonic Youth--sweet!

― nancyboy (nancyboy), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

!!! - $tinkworx - 3 Phase - 3MB (feat. Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes/Juan Atkins) - 4Hero
...
Yokota - The Young Gods - Zimt - Zoot Woman - µ-Ziq

― Hans Veneman (veneman), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

[Unknown Artist]

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Artist: 2 Live Crew

First song is "-" by Aereogramme.

― stet (stet), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

at last, another aero ... oh, it's only you. bugger.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

"Speckled Red" Rufus Perryman; I guess quotation marks are earlier in the alphabet than numbers. Next is 2Mex, then the 5 Blazes...first actual alphabetical act is Aashiqui and the great bollywood jam "Nazar Ke Samne".

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

my last 13 songs are all in Japanese kanji

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

!!!/LFO

then

(a)ppendics shuffle.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

first song is ? by Outkast

― a Side-walkin' Street Wheeler (aaron ef.), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

A bunch with no artist listed, then Hijo Kaidan spelled out in Japanese.

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

The "5" Royales.

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

10cc

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

artist: '68 Comeback

song: "'68" by '68 Comeback

album: '66: How Does That Grab You? by Nancy Sinatra (not sure why the '66 is there...)

― gear (gear), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

:Zoviet*France:

― one eye white, one eye black (FE7), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

(212 tracks!! jesus christ)

― one eye white, one eye black (FE7), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

artist: 1=0
song: "'It Is Time We Start Our Journey'" from the Broadway Cast recording of Sondheim's Frogs
album: 1st Infantry by The Alchemist

― Nöödle Vägue (noodle vague), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

14 Iced Bears
Zyklon

― fletcher dexter, Monday, 17 October 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

artist: 14 iced bears

song: (do not feed the) oyster

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

101'ers.

― kwhitehead (stephen schmidt), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

2 Many DJs thru Z-Ro.

― adam (adam), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

10 - couple of tracks from a Mo'Wax compilation. Closely followed by 10CC. Last is ZZ Top.

― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

2 Many DJs > Zorn

Ø is actually last, after Zorn, but that's probably a quirk (I used Wincue's library search for this, don't like iTunes).

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
(I'm) Chewin' Gum
(I Wanna Be a) Dumbcharger
(There's a) Cloud Over Liverpool)
(Untitled Two)
(Untitled)
... Und Es Geht Ab

101

― Tony Bleach, Monday, 17 October 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Wrong!

By artist: (Smog)
By song: -4 Sho Sho (Ghost Dog sdtrk)
By album: 99.9oF
And finally, by running time: 0.09, "Horn Intro" by Modest Mouse (blech)

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

? and the Mysterians.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 17 October 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Artist: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Song: "-" from The Absence of Blight by Lawrence
Album: & Yet & Yet by Do Make Say Think

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Monday, 17 October 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

:Zoviet*France:

― tolstoy (tolstoy), Monday, 17 October 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

12 Rods

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Monday, 17 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Artists: 50 Cent -> X
Songs: -Sleep/Swim -> Yours And Mine

― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Artists: 50 Cent - Zero 7

Song: '94 Ho Draft by Warren G and Zombie Jamborie by UConn's "A Completely Different Note" A Capella group...

Album: (Whats the Story Morning Glory) - Zuma

Time: :05 - 44:47

Play Count: 0 (247 songs) - 33 (Cliffs of Dover, Eric Johnson)

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

I have a couple of DJ mixes as my first two artists:

"The Sound of Young America" is the first entry, and
$mall ¢hange is the second.

I don't know the first one really (got it from a friend), but it's good. $mall ¢hange is a DJ I've met a couple of times. I think he has a show on WFMU?

The first 'real' artist is

(Unknown Artist)

The first 'known' 'real' artist is indeed

.38 Special

― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

― white dolemite (White Dolemite), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

1st/last artists; !!!; Zorn-Mori-Patton
1st/last songs: "-Here/+There" (Fushitsusha); "Zyklon B Zombie" (T.Gristle)
1st/last albums: "Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx"; You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With

― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

OK you got me - !!! - ...And Carrot Rope

BOOOOOYAAAAAAAA!!!

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Al Stewart, "Year of the Cat"
I'm too lazy to alphabetize by last name. Otherwise I think it's something by ABBA.

― Adam Harrison-Friday, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Wait, that makes no sense. It must be Animal Collective.

― Adam Harrison-Friday, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

First artist is !!! (beating +/- by a hair)

First song is "*" by M83 (beating out several songs that start with "..." by United State of Electronica)

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

100 pets

― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

somebody buy me an ipod please

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

The Afghan Whigs --> Yo La Tengo

― stephen, Friday, 27 July 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

My iPod has started filing all the bands that begin with punctuation or numbers at the bottom instead of the top. Was this in a software update I don't remember downloading, or is it just buggy?

― jaymc, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

software update to iTunes

― lukas, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

It is !!!, but I really want to delete that shit it's awful.

― Hurting 2, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

All except Hello Is This Thing On I love that song.

― I know, right?, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:07 (eighteen years ago)

A. Ibragimova
:zoviet*france:
3s

― hstencil, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:11 (eighteen years ago)

not one person so far for aaliyah . . . geez

― Kenny, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:12 (eighteen years ago)

It's The Adverts now

― admrl, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

It's a-ha now.

― jaymc, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

50ft Wave is my first artist...

― Aja, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

!!!...Zwan
"'80s Life"..."ZYX"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

'Til Tuesday (ah, the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe!).

― Phil Will, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

Damn, it really is !!! (Emperor Machine remix).

― willem, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

by artist: the last ... And You Will Know Us track left on my computer ("Another Morning Stoner")
by song: "... Baby One More Time"
by album: "One" from "...And Justice For All"

― milo z, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

mine is "Lost John" Ray and Walt Koken. Followed by the 13th Floor Elevators.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

8th day

― Billy Pilgrim, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

'Nsync. or *NSYNC. First, either way.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

i think it's (The Fabulous) Wailers

― will, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

(young) pioneers

― strongohulkington, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

but after that it is .38 special, yeah

― strongohulkington, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

Songs...

Tracy Thorn - "A-Z"
Kitchen & The Plastic Spoons - "-(-)"

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

"Blue" Gene Tyranny

― chaki, Friday, 27 July 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

Pre-iTunes update:

!!!, followed by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Post-iTunes update:

A-Ha, followed by A.C. Newman

(Interesting note: iTunes now basically ignores the "..." in Trail of Dead's name and files it where "And" should go, right before Andrew Bird.)

― duestown, Saturday, 28 July 2007 06:58 (eighteen years ago)

:zoviet*france:

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 28 July 2007 07:03 (eighteen years ago)

"Weird Al" Yankovic

― Sundar, Saturday, 28 July 2007 07:18 (eighteen years ago)

!!!!

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 28 July 2007 08:16 (eighteen years ago)

23 Skidoo

― Rombald, Saturday, 28 July 2007 11:16 (eighteen years ago)

Artist:
¡Forward, Russia!

Song:
Kaito – ?

― ExtensionsOff, Saturday, 28 July 2007 14:15 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

a-team theme song (french version)

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 December 2008 17:27 (seventeen years ago)

artist: "the a-team"

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 December 2008 17:28 (seventeen years ago)

!!! is at the end now

― rent, Monday, 29 December 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

i noticed

― rent, Monday, 29 December 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

all numbers and symbols have been relocated

― cutty, Monday, 29 December 2008 17:37 (seventeen years ago)

Unknown Artist

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Monday, 29 December 2008 17:39 (seventeen years ago)

Adult.

― a mountain climber who plays an electric guitar (gabbneb), Monday, 29 December 2008 17:44 (seventeen years ago)

10CC come after 2 Unlimited at the end of mine (both trumped by 808 State). I'm not sure whether that's correct or not

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 December 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)

Abert [sic] Ayler.

― what U cry 4 (jim), Monday, 29 December 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)

corrected that, so now it's Abruptum.

― what U cry 4 (jim), Monday, 29 December 2008 17:56 (seventeen years ago)

Acid Bath

― fwiw (rockapads), Monday, 29 December 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

A-Boys

p.s. There's a French version of "The A Team" theme?

― Jake Brown, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)

A-Trak

― expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Monday, 29 December 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)

Aidan Baker

― Alex in SF, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:53 (seventeen years ago)

½ (Honda)

From that ILX comp

― that karate douche (╓abies), Monday, 29 December 2008 18:57 (seventeen years ago)

french intro for the a-team:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xa4wu2

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

for the record my ipod plays the first track ^ sometimes, and i have no idea why

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 December 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

Ac/Dc

― Bill Magill, Monday, 29 December 2008 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

― lucas pine, Monday, 29 December 2008 22:40 (seventeen years ago)

*** ***

― Lemonade In Hammocks (electricsound), Monday, 29 December 2008 22:43 (seventeen years ago)

which i'd say is more post-filesharing etc than crystal castles or girl talk or whatever, obviously these guys are banking on getting their listens from people wondering what this "Å" band at the top of their list sounds like

― lucas pine, Monday, 29 December 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)

Aaliyah

― Popture, Monday, 29 December 2008 22:49 (seventeen years ago)

I just checked my ipod and saw that All was the first band, which is weird since AC/Dc came right after it.

Then I realized that it wasn't talking about the band that came after the descendants.

― өөө (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 29 December 2008 22:59 (seventeen years ago)

Oh this is excellent. Thanks Tracer. Still 3rd in itunes after A-Boys and a-Ha though.

― Jake Brown, Monday, 29 December 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)

12 Rods
31 Knots
A-Ha
Aaliyah
Abba
ABC

― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 29 December 2008 23:02 (seventeen years ago)

iTunes now knows that (Smog) is the same as Smog apparently. Hence new first artist: A.K.C. Natarajan

― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 December 2008 23:02 (seventeen years ago)

Aaliyah
about half a dozen Afropop artists from various comps
AC/DC

― Hubie Brown, Monday, 29 December 2008 23:04 (seventeen years ago)

Justin OTM:

!!!
2 Live Crew
A-Track
A Frames
A Trois dans le WC
A. A. Gray
Abruptum
AC/DC
The Accused

― served by boot-face (contenderizer), Monday, 29 December 2008 23:13 (seventeen years ago)

2pac

― Дyo! (The Reverend), Monday, 29 December 2008 23:15 (seventeen years ago)

112

― thom yorke in the stripclub (The Brainwasher), Monday, 29 December 2008 23:17 (seventeen years ago)

anyone's start at B?

A Little Bit of Sound for me.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 December 2008 23:21 (seventeen years ago)

Achim Reichel

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 29 December 2008 23:29 (seventeen years ago)

I'm listening to TRACER HAND's free track!

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

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