Yesterday Charles Hill posted an instance of musical hybridization. According to iTunes, that particular song is the third-most-frequently-played tune in my collection. I’m surprised, too.1
For the heck of it, here’s my top ten, according to iTunes.
#10: Shoes, “Cruel You”
#9: Norman Greenbaum, “Canned Ham”
#8: The Rodeo Carburettor, “Bonnie” (You might want to turn the volume down for this one.)
#7: The Rascals, “See”
#6: Yello, “The Evening’s Young”
#5: Rhinoceros, “I Need Love”
#4: Roxy Music, “Editions of You”
#3 The Sir Douglas Quintet, “She’s About a Mover”
#2: The Mauroks, “Susan”
#1: Onmyouza (陰陽座), “Onikosae no Uta ~鬼拵ノ唄”
Expanding the list to the top 25 brings in The Hollies, Type O Negative, Spooky Tooth, Neil Young, Mott the Hoople and Charan po Rantan, among others.
Make of this what you will.
Are these actually my favorites? Nah. I like them — some of them quite a bit — but they’re the most-played because each is on several of the more active playlists that I’ve compiled.