They say you can tell a lot about a person by the kind of music they listen to. So we here at You’re Welcome, thought it’d be cool to start a new feature called, “What does your iPod say about you?” No pressure, (ahem, ahem), but it’ll only be fun if you participate ;) I thought it’d be cool to list all the artists that fall under a particular letter of the alphabet on my iPod and see what you think they say about me. And then you can send the artists on your playlists, and I can tell you what they say about you. For instance, if you listen to only rap music, your iPod might be saying that you are a 14-year old white kid. See how that works? This is probably gonna fall flat, but it won’t be the first time … or the last ;)
So OK, here goes… Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my “S’s” along with a little color commentary to jump things off:
Sa-Ra
Sade
Salt-N-Pepa – (This one says: Hell yeah I rocked an asymmetrical bob. It was the 90’s)
Sam Cooke
Sanchez
Santana
Sara Tavares – (This one says: So what I don’t speak Portugese… Her voice is amazing)
Scarface
Seal
Sean Paul – (This one says: I don’t know what he’s saying half the time, but it sure is catchy)
Shabba Ranks – (see above)
Shareefa
Showbiz & A.G.
Simply Red
Singing Melody (I don’t know who the hell this is)
Slick Rick
Slum Village
Smokey Robinson
Snoop Dog
Solange
Soul II Soul – (This one says: I watched ‘Belly’ on DVD the other nite)
Sounds of Blackness
Spanish Fly
Special Ed
Staind – (This one says: Black folks have angst too)
The Staples Singers
Stereolab
Steve Cropper
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Wonder – (This one speaks for itself)
Sting
Styles P
The Stylistics
The Sugar Hill Gang
Sun House – (This one says: I don’t know how to say ‘no’ to people on Myspace who ask me to buy their music)
Supa Funk Regulata Celo – (This one says: I’m a Washingtonian)
Super Cat
The Supremes
Sweetback
Switch – (This one says: Even though light-skinned cats are out of style, the DeBarges will always be the ‘ish’)
Swizz Beatz
SWV
Sybil
Oh you know I’ve been waiting for something like this. Here is the shortened version because I have limited stuff in my iPod Touch…only things I absolutely love. I give you me T’s….
T.I.
Talib Kweli
Tami
Teena Marie
Telepopmusik
The Temptations (Christmas music!)
Terror Squad
TEVIN (MOTHER F-ING) CAMPBELL (nuff said)
Teyana Taylor
Theodore Shapiro (??)
Three 6 Mafia (Cause I’m gully)
Timbaland
Tina Turner
TLC
Toni Braxton
Tony! Toni! Tone!
Total
A Tribe Called Quest (Yes, it’s under the T)
Troop
Twista
Tyra Banks (I know it may take you a while to wrap your head around that one song she lamely put out on ANTM, but I like to listen to it when I work out.)
Now what do you have to say about that!?!
Ok here goes L:
L7 (Angyry feminist music)
The La’s (that song that is now in 500 commercials, thanks for ruining that song TAMPAX – arg!)
Lascivios Biddies (More angry feminist music)
Lashunda (Angry feminist rap music)
Late Tuesday (a little lo-fi for hanging out at the beach)
Laurie Berkner (these are actually my kid’s songs)
Lee Scratch Perry
Lemon Drops (punk music in Italian? WTF?)
Lemon Jelly
Len
Lenny Kravitz (hottness!)
Leon Redbone
Les Than Jake
Liata (More people singing in Italian only this time it’s opera so it kinda makes sense)
Library Science (No idea where I got this or why it’s still on here)
Lisa Loeb (Feminist!)
Little Jack Melody (everybody SAMBA!!!!)
Living End
Livio
Lo Fidelity All Stars
Lo’ Jo (Sad sounding song and in French)
Loannis Halikias (Greek guitar picking)
Long Shot Hero
Los Lobos
Los Super Seven (Cuban groove)
Louie Austen (Dude with a French accent raps on top of jazz horns)
Louis Philippe
Louis Prima
Lucy Nation (More angry feminist music)
Lunachicks (and yet more angry feminist music)
Lynn august and the Hot August (Zydeco in French)
So apparently if you aren’t singing about angry feminist issues I’d prefer you just sing in another language and I not know what you are saying at all.
I love it Jenny ;) Very interested in the French Zydeco. I may have to check that out! Grew up on that stuff, my dad is a huge zydeco fan.
Aha! Then skip Lynn August and go straight to Bruce Daigrepont or my absolute favorite Les Freres Balfas.
I thought so… Lynn August and the Hot August is just plain ol’ Zydeco, not in French. Still very good though and worth a listen. My bad.
Let’s try a little M on:
Madonna (I think I’m required by law)
The Magnetic Fields
Man or Astroman?
Mariah Carey (Touch my body!)
Martin Buscaglia (spanish acousticness)
Martina Topley Bird (soulful, used to sing with Trip-hop master Tricky)
Mary J Blige (sometimes I need to feel like a grown woman)
Massive Attack (classic trip hop)
Matthew Dear (kind of like a more upbeat Trent Reznor)
MC Hammer (U definitely Can’t Touch This)
Michael Jackson
Michael Penn (80s!)
Mika (Imagine if Freddy Mercury were alive and in his 20s today)
Mike Doughty (ex Soul Coughing front man)
Missing Persons (what are words for?)
Missy Elliott (I love this woman)
Modest Mouse
Moloko (Roisin Murphy is into her solo career now. Pipes.)
Mono
Monty Python (Sit on my face …)
Morcheeba
Morrissey (when I’m feeling whiny)
Mr. Nogatco (concept rap a.k.a. Kool Kieth/Dr.Octogon/Dr Dooom)
Ms. John Soda
MSTRKRFT
Mum (tinkly, light, instrumental)
Murder By Death (think Irish Drinking + Johnny Cash)
Mylo (contemporary dance music, 80s style)
hmm. I like electronic music and things I can shake my ass to …
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