Mufan96, a Twitter friend of mine, wrote an intriguing tweet some time ago. He was blogging about who rules his iTunes library, and asked others on Twitter just who rules their libraries. I gave him a couple of answers that day. Recently, I was listening to the iPod and I thought back to that very question. I started going through my iTunes library, jotting down which bands had the most musical real estate in my library. The results are not too unusual, but a little surprising at the end and I thought it would make a cool blog entry. Well, let me take you, dear reader, by the hand and dive into the musical maelstrom…
1) Def Leppard (84 tracks)
— Most played track: “Dont Believe A Word” from Yeah!
— Most played album: Retroactive
— First album in my life: Pyromania
2) Megadeth (75 tracks)
— Most played track: “Blackmail The Universe” from The System Has Failed
— Most played album: Youthanasia
— First album in my life: So Far, So Good… So What!
3) Rush (73 tracks)
— Most played track: “Dreamline” from Roll The Bones
— Most played album: Signals
— First album in my life: Moving Pictures
4) Dream Theater (72 tracks)
— Most played track: “Constant Motion” from Systematic Chaos
— Most played album: Systematic Chaos
— First album in my life: Images And Words
5) Queensrÿche (46 tracks)
— Most played track: “Suite Sister Mary” (Operation: LIVEcrime version)
— Most played album: Operation: LIVEcrime
— First album in my life: Operation: Mindcrime
As you can see, I just touched on the top five in my collection. The real surprise was the sixth band on the list: Rammstein! The reason this German band has 45 tracks in my library is mainly due to my wife’s influence on some of my tastes. Rammstein, while putting out some brutal music, is also just as talented as the above bands and has some very intriguing songs. The first album I got from them was Sehnsucht, but my favorite album from them is their Reise, Reise album, where I got to hear them grow musically in so many ways between the two CD’s.
I’d like to hear from my commenters! Who rules YOUR music libraries? Go ahead and tell me, no matter how different your taste is from my own. I value our differences and I may even be introduced to some new stuff (well, new for me) that I might take a liking to.
Cheers!
