Fr Jim Tucker started this musical game.  Here are the rules:

Get your ipod or media-player of choice, select your whole music collection, set the thing to shuffle (i.e., randomized playback), then post the first ten songs that come out. No cheating, no matter how stupid it makes you feel!

This is what turned up on my iPod:

  • 1. "Werewolves of London", by Warren Zevon, from Excitable Boy
  • 2. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", by Jimi Hendrix Experience, from Electric Ladyland
  • 3. "String Quartet no. 15 in D min, K. 421: Andante", composed by W.A. Mozart, performed by Alban Berg Quartett
  • 4. "Go Rest High On That Mountain", by Vince Gill, from When Love Finds You
  • 5. "In The Garden", by Johnny Cash, from My Mother's Hymn Book
  • 6. "Neon Bible", by Arcade Fire, from Neon Bible
  • 7. "Sunburn", by Muse, from Showbiz
  • 8. "Simon Says", by The Shangri-Las, from 45 rpm single
  • 9. "Why Believe In You", by Texas, from Mother's Heaven
  • 10. "The Ballad of El Goodo", by Big Star, from #1 Record/Radio City

That was so much fun that I did ten more:

  • 11. "Driving Wheel", by Emmylou Harris, from White Shoes
  • 12. "Slowburn", by Peter Gabriel, from Peter Gabriel [1]
  • 13. "Monkey In Your Soul", by Steely Dan, from Pretzel Logic
  • 14. "Dreams", by Allman Brothers Band, from Beginnings
  • 15. "Hello Goodbye", by The Beatles, from Magical Mystery Tour
  • 16. "I've Got To Find It", by Brenda Holloway, from Greatest Hits & Rare Classics
  • 17. "The Wanderer", by Dion, from King of the New York Streets
  • 18. "Day Of The Eagle", by Robin Trower, from Bridge Of Sighs
  • 19. "String Quartet in B flat, Op 71, no. 1: (Finale) Vivace", composed by F.J. Haydn, performed by Kodály Quartet
  • 20. "Paradise", by Sade, from Lovers Live

On the whole, that's a fair representation of my musical tastes although, inevitably, there are omissions: The Kinks, Procol Harum, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Beethoven.

h/t: Dappled Things and Insight Scoop