iT's been nearly a year since I posted my first iTunes top 25 list. This year I'm expanding the list to the top 50 most played songs of 2008. My iTunes library contains about three thousand songs now, and I usually, (but not always), play iTunes on the shuffle setting, therefore the following winners are mainly the selections which the computer has chosen to play most often. And as it turns out, the computer has pretty good taste.
1 Streaming in first place with 222 plays, is KZSC Santa Cruz. This excellent local listener sponsored radio station moves up from third place with an excess of a hundred views more than the second place winner. I usually tune in to Platterpus Rising on Tuesday mornings and Here There and Everywhere Thursday mornings. Congratulations KZSC.
2 In second place, moving up from fourth place with 99 plays, is another listener sponsored radio station, WORT in Madison, Wisconsin. Thanks to streaming technology, I can keep in touch with my favorite Wisconsin city and former home.
3 In third place with 90 plays, local Santa Cruz radio station KSCO who came in first place on the previous top list. Unfortunately KSCO stopped their live stream service about half way through the year, otherwise they would have come in first place again. Sorry KSCO. You blew it! Still, third place is not bad.
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4 Metropolis - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 87
5 Crazy Little Thing - Captain Beefheart - Spotlight Kid - 756 Brazil - Geoff Muldaur - Brazil (soundtrack) - 73
7 Frail - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 728 Send in the Clown - The Simpsons - Songs in the key of Springfield - 71
9 Dust - Adrian Belew - Dust- 7010 Totally Wired - The Fall - 50,000 Fans Can't Be Wrong - 6911 Frame by Frame - King Crimson - B'BOOM - 6712 Kaw-Liga - The Residents - Stars and Hank Forever - 65
13 Angela (Theme from Taxi) - Bob James - Man on the Moon - 6414 I Will Survive - Tony Clifton - Man on the Moon - 62
15 Click Clack - Captain Beefheart - The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot - 61
16 On the Beach Goes the Crimson King - Adrian Belew - Dust - 60
17 Greensleeves - California Guitar Trio - A Christmas Album - 59
18 Chase - Ravi Shankar - Tana Mana - 58
19 And She Was - The Talking Heads - 12 x 12 OriginalRemix - 57
20 Coconut - Harry Nilsson - Personal Best - 56
21 The Robots - Kraftwerk - The Man Machine - 55
22 I'm So Bored with the USA - The Clash - The Clash - 54
23 KUER - Public Radio - Salt Lake City - 53
24 Sheep - Les Claypool's Frog Brigade - Live Frogs: Set 2 - 51
25 Good as Gone - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 50
26 Trigger Hippy - Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust? - 48
27 Onward - Yes - Tormato - 47
28 Marble Hearts - Master Mason - Lektron - 45
29 Number One - The Rutles - The Rutles - 44
30* KRCL - Community Radio - Salt Lake City - 43
31 Men in Helicopters - Adrian Belew - Side Three - 39
32 MTV Get Off the Air - Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist - 38
33 Look Into the Future - Journey - Look Into the Future - 37
34 One time - Adrian Belew - Dust - 35
35 21st Century Schizoid Man - April Wine - Classic Masters - 33
36 Sinister Exaggerator - Primus - Miscellaneous Debris - 31
37 Swagger - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 30
38 Big Blue Sun - Adrian Belew - Dust - 29
39 Smithers Jones - The Jam - Setting Sons - 28
40 Level Five - King Crimson - Level Five - 27
41 Dinosaur - Adrian Belew - Side Four (Live) - 26
42 Goodbye Blue Sky - Various Artists - Back Against the Wall - 25
43 Harvest Moon - Neil Young - Harvest Moon - 24
44 Picnic in the Jungle - Snakefinger - Chewing Hides the Sound - 23
45 The Court of the Crimson King - Asia - Fantasia Live in Tokyo - 21
46 Anna - George Martin - Beatle Girls - 20
47 Fire at Midnight - Jethro Tull - Christmas Album - 19
48 Heroes - King Crimson - Heavy ConstruKtion - 18
49 Mother Nature's Son - Harry Nilsson - Harry - 17
50 Christmas is the Time - Kids of Widney High - Lets Get Busy - 15
The most represented artist on the list is Adrian Belew with three songs in the top 25 and another six in the top 50. Three of them are King Crimson pieces and feature Mr. Belew on guitar and vocals. Congrats Ade!
The second most represented act is the Vox Jaguars with a total of five positions on the list. Their song, Metropolis, comes in on the top of the songs list in position #4, and another Vox Jaguars song, Frail, at position #7 comes in on the top ten list. They hold three positions on the top 25 list and another two positions on the top 50. In position #28, Marble Hearts, by Vox Jaguars' Master bassist, Mason, is an electronique version of the Vox Jaguars song.
* KRCL changed their streaming address, therefore its position on the list is not representative of actual plays of this fine station streaming from the City of Salt. Otherwise, KRCL would have been in the top three. Better luck next year KRCL!
1 Streaming in first place with 222 plays, is KZSC Santa Cruz. This excellent local listener sponsored radio station moves up from third place with an excess of a hundred views more than the second place winner. I usually tune in to Platterpus Rising on Tuesday mornings and Here There and Everywhere Thursday mornings. Congratulations KZSC.
2 In second place, moving up from fourth place with 99 plays, is another listener sponsored radio station, WORT in Madison, Wisconsin. Thanks to streaming technology, I can keep in touch with my favorite Wisconsin city and former home.
3 In third place with 90 plays, local Santa Cruz radio station KSCO who came in first place on the previous top list. Unfortunately KSCO stopped their live stream service about half way through the year, otherwise they would have come in first place again. Sorry KSCO. You blew it! Still, third place is not bad.
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4 Metropolis - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 87
5 Crazy Little Thing - Captain Beefheart - Spotlight Kid - 756 Brazil - Geoff Muldaur - Brazil (soundtrack) - 73
7 Frail - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 728 Send in the Clown - The Simpsons - Songs in the key of Springfield - 71
9 Dust - Adrian Belew - Dust- 7010 Totally Wired - The Fall - 50,000 Fans Can't Be Wrong - 6911 Frame by Frame - King Crimson - B'BOOM - 6712 Kaw-Liga - The Residents - Stars and Hank Forever - 65
13 Angela (Theme from Taxi) - Bob James - Man on the Moon - 6414 I Will Survive - Tony Clifton - Man on the Moon - 62
15 Click Clack - Captain Beefheart - The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot - 61
16 On the Beach Goes the Crimson King - Adrian Belew - Dust - 60
17 Greensleeves - California Guitar Trio - A Christmas Album - 59
18 Chase - Ravi Shankar - Tana Mana - 58
19 And She Was - The Talking Heads - 12 x 12 OriginalRemix - 57
20 Coconut - Harry Nilsson - Personal Best - 56
21 The Robots - Kraftwerk - The Man Machine - 55
22 I'm So Bored with the USA - The Clash - The Clash - 54
23 KUER - Public Radio - Salt Lake City - 53
24 Sheep - Les Claypool's Frog Brigade - Live Frogs: Set 2 - 51
25 Good as Gone - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 50
26 Trigger Hippy - Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust? - 48
27 Onward - Yes - Tormato - 47
28 Marble Hearts - Master Mason - Lektron - 45
29 Number One - The Rutles - The Rutles - 44
30* KRCL - Community Radio - Salt Lake City - 43
31 Men in Helicopters - Adrian Belew - Side Three - 39
32 MTV Get Off the Air - Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist - 38
33 Look Into the Future - Journey - Look Into the Future - 37
34 One time - Adrian Belew - Dust - 35
35 21st Century Schizoid Man - April Wine - Classic Masters - 33
36 Sinister Exaggerator - Primus - Miscellaneous Debris - 31
37 Swagger - The Vox Jaguars - Good as Gone - 30
38 Big Blue Sun - Adrian Belew - Dust - 29
39 Smithers Jones - The Jam - Setting Sons - 28
40 Level Five - King Crimson - Level Five - 27
41 Dinosaur - Adrian Belew - Side Four (Live) - 26
42 Goodbye Blue Sky - Various Artists - Back Against the Wall - 25
43 Harvest Moon - Neil Young - Harvest Moon - 24
44 Picnic in the Jungle - Snakefinger - Chewing Hides the Sound - 23
45 The Court of the Crimson King - Asia - Fantasia Live in Tokyo - 21
46 Anna - George Martin - Beatle Girls - 20
47 Fire at Midnight - Jethro Tull - Christmas Album - 19
48 Heroes - King Crimson - Heavy ConstruKtion - 18
49 Mother Nature's Son - Harry Nilsson - Harry - 17
50 Christmas is the Time - Kids of Widney High - Lets Get Busy - 15
The most represented artist on the list is Adrian Belew with three songs in the top 25 and another six in the top 50. Three of them are King Crimson pieces and feature Mr. Belew on guitar and vocals. Congrats Ade!
The second most represented act is the Vox Jaguars with a total of five positions on the list. Their song, Metropolis, comes in on the top of the songs list in position #4, and another Vox Jaguars song, Frail, at position #7 comes in on the top ten list. They hold three positions on the top 25 list and another two positions on the top 50. In position #28, Marble Hearts, by Vox Jaguars' Master bassist, Mason, is an electronique version of the Vox Jaguars song.
* KRCL changed their streaming address, therefore its position on the list is not representative of actual plays of this fine station streaming from the City of Salt. Otherwise, KRCL would have been in the top three. Better luck next year KRCL!
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