Playlist Word Association

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Okay, so sometimes on iTunes, when I can't remember the name of a song - and because my music library is so extensive that I can't conveniently scroll through the whole damn thing - I like to pull up the whole library and use the search feature at the top. This is handy because you can type in a word and it will pull up any track that has that word in the song info.

So, for example, I can't sleep right now, and it's 4am. The song "I'm Not Sleeping" by Counting Crows shuffled up to play, and it made me curious as to what other "sleep" songs I have in my library. So I typed it in and this is what I got:

sleepwalkin' - modest mouse
overnight sleeper - acoustic alchemy
who needs sleep? - barenaked ladies
we are the sleepyheads - belle & sebastian
ariadne sleeping - the clientele
i'm not sleeping - counting crows
everything but sleep - denison witmer
song for a sleeping girl - devics
the science of sleep - dick annegant
sleeperhold - dolorean
while you were sleeping - elvis perkins
we sleep in the afternoon -the fauves
sleeping on the roof - the flaming lips
sleep over jack - guided by voices
no sleep - jebediah
two sleepy people - julie london
before i sleep - mazzy star
sleep awake - mother mother
vengeance is sleeping - neko case
sleepy little deathtoll town - the panda band
let me sleep (christmas time) - pearl jam
sleep better - pete yorn
the district sleeps alone tonight - the postal service
sleeping in - the postal service
the sidewinder sleeps tonite - rem
daysleeper - rem
sleeping lessons - the shins
sleeping pills - suede


CONCLUSION: Here is the game. It's like word association, only in playlists. Sleep was my word; the above was my resulting playlist.

So, now it's my turn to give the person below me a word to search for, that I associate with the word "sleep," and they will post at least 10 songs that show up in their results with that word IN THE SONG TITLE, unless you only have songs that have that word in the band or album name, in which case, I'll be ok with you including those.

(Hopefully that makes sense. I AM typing this while pretty sleep-deprived, remember.)


Ready, set... go!


New word: CAN'T
 
nice idea poeser!

1. can't believe a single word - vhs or beta
2. can't stop - RHCP
3. I can't - radiohead
4. why can't i be with you? - the cure
5. you can't always get what you want - the rolling stones (possibly the most fitting at the moment)
6. can't tell me nothing - kanye west
7. can't buy me love - the beatles
8. can't keep it in - cat stevens
9. I can't help it - the roots
10. I want you so bad I can't breathe - OK Go

next word: WON'T
 
Glad you like it. It sounded like a good idea at 4am, and it still seems like a pretty good idea 4 hours and some coffee later, so yay. Though I'll be pulling from my work pc library, so my lists for now won't be so extensive. :lol:

Apparently I only have one song with "won't" in it:

1. won't get fooled again - the who

Although I do have:

2. i will not take these things for granted - toad the wet sprocket


Next word: SHOULD
 
I'm going again, because if this thread dies, I will be so musically disappointed in EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU. :lol:

should i stay or should i go - the clash
lover, you should have come over - jeff buckley
what is and what never should be - led zeppelin
lovely shoulders - panda band
you should have never opened that door - the ramones
light on your shoulder - rhubarb

Next word: COULD
 
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I forgive you, and I will allow this moment of weakness on your part.
 
I had nothing with "could" so I went with song titles containing "cou". I know all the songs with acoustic in the titles are a bit cheap but in the interest of keeping this topic going....

Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Hey Now (Don't Dream It's Over (acoustic)) - Neil and Tim Finn
Broken (acoustic)- Seether
Country - Empire Of The Sun
Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
Melanie (Acoustic - live 02-13-98) - Guster
Dancing in the Dark (Acoustic) - Pete Yorn
Such Great Heights ( Acoustic ) - Ben Gibbard
Only Talking Sense (Acoustic) - Neil and Tim Finn
Im So Sick (Acoustic) - Flyleaf

New word:Sick
 
FUN!

countdown (sick for the big sun) - phoenix
subterranean homesick blues - bob dylan
gettin' sick - western keys
love sick - bob dylan
sick in her skin - the get up kids

Man, I thought I'd have more songs with "sick" in the title than those 5. Phooey.


Next word: HEAD
 
Back in Your Head - Tegan and Sara
Skip To The End - The Futureheads
Decent Days and Nights - The Futureheads
Radio Heart - The Futureheads
Hounds Of Love - The Futureheads
Heartbeat Song - The Futureheads
Head Over Heals- Tears For Fears
Over My Head - The Fray

The Word: FALLING
 
Good one!

falling - missy higgins
falling slowly - the frames
the leaves are falling, falling as if from far off - me, reading one of my poems
as night is falling - the clientele
falling from the sun - the album leaf
listen, the snow is falling - galaxie 500
falling apart - matt nathanson
falling - david bowie
can't help falling in love - bob dylan
when the night comes falling from the sky - bob dylan
falling in love with love - julie andrews
the falling kind - veda
falling - roy orbison
falling - ben kweller
falling - olivia newton john
falling - the cat empire


New word: HIT
 
I have the Matt Nathanson, Missy Higgins, Frames and Clientele songs on my "falling" list too. :D

Only one song with the actual word hit in it, but here is what the search dredged up...


The Sound Of White - Missy Higgins
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Golden Cage - The Whitest Boy Alive
You Still Love Him - White Lies
To Lose My Life - White Lies
Bigger Than Us - White Lies
Death - White Lies
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Above You - The Whitest Boy Alive
It's A Hit - We Are Scientists

New word: BAD
 
I heart you, BS. You listen to great music.

bad horse chorus - from dr. horrible's sing-along-blog
it's fun to do bad things - i hate you just kidding
bad day - rem
captain badass -songs:ohia
something bad - idina menzel & william youmans from wicked
arrival in the big bad city - randy edelman, from the leap year soundtrack
i got it bad (and that ain't good) - julie london
my horoscope says this will be a bad year - beulah
bad blood - the big sleep
good times bad times - led zeppelin
i've got a bad feeling - eddie izzard
bad reputation - joan jett & the blackhearts
my my (bad fruit) - mason proper
the bad guy - reel big fish
strong badia anthem - strong bad
long time man feel bad - bob dylan
hurt so bad - linda ronstadt (that must have been one of my dad's... :lol: )
bad - u2

New word: Wrong
 
I has absolutely nothing with the word wrong in it. Weird. I substituted RIGHT. I hope that's okay.

You Were Right - Badly Drawn Boy
Right Now - SR-71
Alright - Reamonn
Brighter Than Sunshine- Aqualung
I Guess You're Right - The Posies
Always Right Behind You - The Zutons
Right Here in My Arms - HIM

New word: OLD
 
Substitutions are allowed, as long as they're associated with the replaced word. So good job, you read my mind. (This is like Playlist Word Association Calvinball.)

A few "OLD" songs...

old fashioned way of speaking - t.w. walsh (if you haven't heard this song, you need to.)
old old fashioned - frightened rabbit
older brother - pepper rabbit
older chests - damien rice
old ladies - eddie izzard
good old-fashioned lover boy - queen
older - they might be giants
you can see old santa claus (when you find him in your heart - gene autry (shut up. :P )
2 year-olds - ray romano
dear old shiz - the cast of "wicked"
slowly growing old - alasdair roberts
old man of the sea - baby gramps
the night they drove old dixie down - bob dylan & the band
the planets, op. 32 - saturn, the bringer of old age
old year - jesu
my old flame - john vanderslice

Next word: YOUNG
 
The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
Keep on Rocking in the Free World- Neil Young
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
Old Man - Neil Young
(It's Not War) Just The End Of Love [from the album Postcards From A Young Man] - Manic Street Preachers
Postcards From A Young Man - Manic Street Preachers
West Coast [from the album Young Baby] - Coconut Records
I Was Never Young - Of Montreal

Thank you for recommending the TW Walsh song. It has been added to my collection. Only 746 views on YouTube. Criminal, that is. By the way, you have the awesome-est musical taste of anyone I have ever encountered. I need to hire you as my personal assistant in charge of musical acquisition.

Oooops, the new word: DEVIL
 
Awww, thank you! :tb2: Man, why can't I have a job like that for a living? I should have been a DJ.

Coincidentally, T.W. Walsh is the drummer for a band called The Soft Drugs. I quite like their stuff too.

I am expanding the "devil" list to include "evil" songs as well, since i only had a few devil ones...

runnin' with the devil - van halen
devil will ride - gomez
devil's new - sparklehorse
devil song - beth orton
evil angel & dance with the devil - breaking benjamin
the devil's workday - modest mouse
evil hearted you - pixies
see no evil - television
the root of all evil - abney park (they were a Thel D'Ran recommendation)
evil the weasel - acoustic alchemy
i walked abroad in an evil hour - alasdair roberts
evil woman - electric light orchestra
dr. evil - they might be giants

New word: RED
 
I had a crapload of songs with devil in the title. Perhaps a moment of self reflection is in order. :blink:

Blood Red Blood- Voxtrot
Rollercoaster - Red House Painters
Summer Dreams - Red House Painters
Dressed In Dresden - The Hundred in the Hands
Katy Song - Red House Painters
Black Fingernails, Red Wine - Eskimo Joe
Songs For A Blue Guitar - Red House Painters
You Are My Everything - Red House Painters
Midnight on the Bay - Red House Painters
Golden - Red House Painters

Word up: BLUE
 
Red House Painters ftw! :D

Blue songs (holy crap there were a ton! these are my top 15 played):

black and blue - counting crows
blue light - mazzy star
behind blue eyes - the who
the blues are still blue - belle & sebastian (i love this song, it makes me dance)
california brown and blue - denison witmer
blue flower - mazzy star
perfect blue buildings - counting crows
blue moon - julie london
benton harbor blues - fiery furnaces
lean woman blues - t. rex
caribbean blue - enya
going for my blue belt - the fauves
another horsedreamer's blues - counting crows
blue hawaii - don ho
bluebird of happiness - mojave 3 (neil halstead, amazing singer/songwriter. <3 )

New word: DOWN
 
Don Ho? No way! I love reading your lists. If I know them, I nod approvingly. If I don't, I hunt them down.

Speaking of down...

We Both Go Down TogetherDecemberists
Burn It DownJonezetta
Let DownDead By Sunrise
Don't Let Me DownEskimo Joe
Mad World [from the album Tears Roll Down]Tears For Fears
Breakdown - Seether
Rain Down On Me - Blue Rodeo
When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys
BYOB- System Of A Down
Slow Down - The Academy Is...
What Katie Did Next [from the album Down in Albion] - Babyshambles
Modern Nature [from the album Faces Down] - Sondre Lerche
Don't Take Me To Space (Man) [from the album Touchdown] - brakesbrakesbrakes
Lay Me Down - The Frames

Word: FIRE
 
I love reading your lists! I do the same thing too! I think this thread is my new favorite. :lol:

Woooo Fire...good one.

rebellion (lies) - arcade fire
laser beam - low (from the album things we lost in the fire)
we didn't start the fire - billy joel
dig for fire - pixies
fire it up - modest mouse
piano fire - sparklehorse
never anyone but you - the clientele (from the album bonfires on the heath)
little victories - matt nathanson (from the album beneath these fireworks)
fireplace - r.e.m.
world on fire - sarah mclachlan
fire - ashley stove
house on fire - the clientele
adrenaline - by emma pollock (formerly of the delgados, from the album watch the fireworks)
bonfire - lamb
my brains are on fire! - dan kelly & the alpha males (an aus band recommendation from syb.)
fire and rain - james taylor
fire down below - nick cave & the bad seeds
the unforgettable fire - u2
the wheel's on fire - bob dylan & the band
campfire kansas - the get up kids
i love playing with fire - joan jett & the blackhearts

Next word: BURN
 
Shorter list this time.

Burn It Down - Jonezetta
Picture To Burn - Taylor Swift
Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive
Burn Your Name - Powderfinger

Next: FALLING
 
I think I did a falling list already. This one is "fell"...

the day you fell apart - the new frontiers
i fell in love - alasdair roberts
till i fell in love with you - bob dylan
fell in love with a girl - brakesbrakesbrakes

New word: Crash
 
Ooops, sorry. :blush:

Car Crash - Matt Nathanson
The Party's Crashing Us - Of Montreal
So Much [from the album Sunsets And Car Crashes] - The Spill Canvas
Black Dresses [from the album Sunsets And Car Crashes] - The Spill Canvas
Superman's Song - Crash Test Dummies

New word: REASON
 
On my work pc, I have:

the reasons - the weakerthans
reasons for silence - the delgados
and every song from a momentary lapse of reason by pink floyd

new word: find
 
We've got a pair (sort of):

Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces (album) - Seether
True Love Will Find You in the End - Wilco


New word: GHOST
 
that's a good one. i have lots of ghost songs, apparently...

you know i'm no good (feat. ghostface killah) - amy winehouse :P
walking with a ghost - tegan & sara
chasing ghosts with alcohol - gomez
ghost highway - mazzy star
ghost in the trees - thee oh sees
dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts - wolf parade
ghost train - counting crows
i hope the ghosts of the dead haunt yr soul forever - valient thorr
anyone's ghost - the national
ghosts of york - as tall as lions
ghost in the sky - sparklehorse
the ghost of you lingers - spoon
i'm a ghost - ted leo & the pharmacists
welcome ghosts - explosions in the sky
ghosting - mother mother
the family ghost - paper rival
ghostbusters - ray parker, jr.
ghosts - faker
sound fx 2: ghosts galore - halloween all-stars must have halloween classics
the ghost who walks - karen elson
ghosts have the best time - the panda band


new word: white or clear or through (like, see-through.)
 
White has all the same stuff as that HIT one we did so I'll focus on the others:

Live Through This (album) - Hole
Life Through a Lens (album) - Robbie Williams
Through the Years - Tim Finn
Through The Glass - Stone Sour
Re-Education (Through Labor) - Rise Against
Through The Eyes Of A Child - Reamonn
As Tall as Cliffs - Margot & The Nuclear So & So's
On A Clear Night (album) - Missy Higgins

Next word:TIME
 
Nice.

i go to the barn because i like the -band of horses, from the album everything all the time (which is excellent, by the way. this song & the great salt lake are my favorites.)
one more time - the french kicks
the next time you say "forever" - neko case
out of time - jason collett
time to break the chains - peter mcconnell from the brütal legend original soundtrack
good times bad times - led zeppelin
oslo in the summertime - of montreal
in the time we've got - the one am radio
the longest time - billy joel
rambling through the avenues of time - flight of the conchords
foreplay/long time - boston
prelude for time feelers - eluvium
we don't cry at christmas time - oldfolks home
time - pink floyd
time - alan parsons project
business time - flight of the conchords
better time - french kicks
not just sometimes but always - idlewild
my time - minus the bear
there's never enough time - postal service
pass in time - beth orton
harvest time - the clientele
right in time - french kicks
one more time - french kicks
one time bells - french kicks
dancers at the end of time - howlin' rain
no time - the saints
knives of summertime - sparklehorse
end times - weekend
long time ago - white magic

new word: RUN
 
Greetings to the New Brunette - Billy Bragg
Love Like Winter [from the album Decemberunderground] - AFI
California Love [from the album Punk Goes Crunk] - My American Heart
The Great Defector [from the album Blue Lights On The Runway] - Bell X1
Damn You Look Good And I'm Drunk (Scandalous) - Cobra Starship
Lost and Running - Powderfinger
Run Run Run - Phoenix
Running Up That Hill - Placebo
I Run To You - Lady Antebellum
Runaway - Bon Jovi
Runaway - The Corrs
Runaway - The National

New word: Cry
 
crystalline green - goldfrapp
crystal village - pete yorn
i'm not crying. you're not crying, are you? - dear and the headlights
vanderlyle crybaby geeks - the national
crying baby - julie doiron
crying just for show - french kicks
cry me a river - julie london
the cry of man - mary margaret o'hara
jamie's cryin' - van halen

new word: gone
 
Four Thieves Gone (album) - Avett Brothers
Lost and Gone Forever (album) - Guster
Long Gone - Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
Long Gone - Lady Antebellum
Since U Been Gone - Ted Leo
Good Girls Gone Bad - Cobra Starship
Since You've Been Gone - Powderfinger
All Hope Is Gone (album) - Slipknot
Going, Going, Gone - Stars

Next word: Alone
 
wake up alone - amy winehouse
to be alone with you - bob dylan
don't walk alone - bob evans
we're all alone - boz scaggs
casiotone for the painfully alone joins the foreign legion - casiotone for the painfully alone
never here alone - collective soul
more alone - jebediah
schizophrenia is better than being alone - the lovecapades
alone down there - modest mouse
gardenhead/leave me alone - neutral milk hotel
the district sleeps alone tonight - postal service

new word: tonight
 
Tonight - Reamonn
Save Me Tonight - Benjy Davis Project
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
Not Tonight - Tegan and Sara
In the Air Tonight - Holly Mcnarland
You Held The World In Your Arms Tonight - Idlewild
Under The Milky Way Tonight - The Church
Tonight I Have To Leave It - Shout out Louds

Next: Next
 
Short list for me!

the next untouchable - cajun dance party
next homecoming - collective soul
star trek the next generation theme - jerry goldsmith
the next time you say "forever" - neko case
next time i fall in love - peter cetera & amy grant
the next life - suede

Next word: forever
 
Lost and Gone Forever (album) - Guster
For Emma, Forever Ago (album) -Bon Iver
Forever And Ever Amen - The Drums
Nothing Lasts Forever - Brett Dennen
Oh! Forever - Brakesbrakesbrakes
Feels Like Forever - Stone Sour

Next word: GUN
 
Aw, not too many. Btw, this game rocks. I am a genius!

orange leaves - appletown gun shop
tommy gun - the clash
the gunner's dream - pink floyd

New word: bang
 
Gee, I had tons with gun in it. Not much with bang.

Bang Bang You're Dead - Dirty Pretty Things
Bang Bang Bang - Mark Ronson

New word: PARTY

You iz genius. It would also be cool of others would join and play.
 
left at the party - the affair
weed party - band of horses
all night disco party - brakesbrakesbrakes
party's over - the end of the world (love this band!)
party favor - enon
taking cassandra to the end of the world party - fear before the march of flames
this party's over - narrator
crash the party - okgo
the high party - ted leo & the pharmacists

New word: NIGHT
 
I had 30+ songs with night in them. A sampling:

Suburban Knights - Hard-Fi
Favourite Worst Nightmare (album) - Arctic Monkeys
On A Clear Night (album) - Missy Higgins
Decent Days and Nights - The Futureheads
Nighttiming (album) - Coconut Records
Same Ghost Every Night - Wolf Parade
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
Nightsongs (album) - Stars
Not Tonight - Tegan and Sara
In the Air Tonight - Holly McNarland
HBO One Night Stand (album) - Flight of The Conchords
You Held The World In Your Arms Tonight - Idlewild
Wolves At Night - Manchester Orchestra
Midnight on the Bay - Red House Painters
Under The Milky Way Tonight - The Church
Tonight I Have To Leave It - Shout out Louds
Midnight Surprise - Lightspeed Champion
Unchain The Night - Dokken
My Country - Midnight Oil

New word: BLACK
 
hot black silk - songs: ohia
black dog - led zeppelin
little people (black city) - matthew dear
sea of black tears - peter mcconnell, from the brutal legend soundtrack
the kettle black - paper rival
sweet black angel - rolling stones
paint it black - rolling stones
black like me - spoon
back in black - ac/dc
black cadillacs - modest mouse
black umbrellas - broadcast
black friday rule - flogging molly
black cat - ladytron
black coffee - julie london
blackbird - the beatles
bye bye blackbird - joe cocker
black wave - the shins

New word: back
 
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