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[qatarperegrine]

How many songs?
1795 total (Justin's and my music -- but for the rest of this survey I'm ignoring Justin's music that I never listen to)

Sort by artist
First: Kedrov's Our Father, from "Svetoslav Obretenov" Bulgarian National Choir, since quotation marks come before A.
Last: Strongbad's 45-second techno song, since it doesn't have artist info.

Sort by song title
First: (Da Le) Yaleo, Santana
Last: Zombie, The Cranberries

Sort by time
Shortest: "Who's Knocking on the Wall?" and "I Heard a Sound," both by They Might Be Giants. (:04)
Longest: "The Five Hinderances," a dharma talk from dharmasteam.org (1:03:11). The longest actual piece of music is "Alabama" from the Crimson Tide soundtrack (23:50).

Sort by album
First: "Englishman in New York," Sting, from ...Nothing Like the Sun
Last: my brother's recording of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" (called "Perfect Dave"), since it doesn't have an album title

Top Five Most Played Songs
1. "Sing Along," Blue Man Group & Dave Matthews
2. "Desert Rose," Sting
3. "For Lovin' Me," Peter Paul & Mary
4. "American Tune," Simon & Garfunkel
5. "La Llorona," Joan Baez
(I never realized I listened to 60s folk music so much)

First song that comes up on Shuffle
Holst's "Song Without Words"

Find "sex". How many songs come up?
Two: TLC's "Waterfalls," from an album called Crazysexycool, and Uncle Bonsai's "Boys Want Sex in the Morning." (Don't ask.)

Find "death". How many songs come up?
None.

Find "life". How many songs come up?
24, mostly from a local (to my hometown) klezmer band's album Spice of Life.

Find "love". How many songs come up?
40, and it was worth counting them just to see Veggie Tales' "Love Your Neighbor" and Violent Femmes' "Prove My Love" nestled together on my playlist.

Find "hate". How many songs come up?
Two: Kenna's "Love/Hate Sensation" and a track called "Rush Sings I'm a Nazi" by a genius who goes by Rush Limbaugh Hater.

Find "smile". How many songs come up?
None.

Find "frown". How many songs come up?
None.