If you follow along closely, you know that I’ve gone nutty for the band Frightened Rabbit over the past two years. Here’s a clear way to define how much I love them: they dominate my Top 25 Most Played Songs list 1 in iTunes.
Seriously, Buy their freaking albums
- A note on methodology. This list tracks plays since February 2008. I lost three years of metadata in a hard drive crash in June 2006, and then 18 months of metadata in February ’08 due to, ahem, user error. And yes, it kills me that I can’t track my iTunes listening habits all the way back to July 2004. I think Arcade Fire’s “Intervention” might give “The Modern Leper” a run for its money were my metadata in order.↑
Am I wrong, or does Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” stand out on this list? Is there a story here? Or are you just finding time for some air guitar between indie rock songs?
It does stand out, doesn’t it? I wondered if someone might ask.
I’ve always loved the magical high notes of Brad Delp and the iconic guitar sound of Tom Scholz; it is, in fact, one of only two classic rock songs that crack my Top 100 favorite songs list. I’m guessing the engineers behind iTunes dig it, too, because it seems to pop up a lot more than other songs do when I’m listening in my default Shuffle mode. I think buying the song from the iTunes Music Store may be a factor, as well. I’m convinced there’s something about iTunes that pulls those songs more often than ones that are ripped from a CD or downloaded from the ‘Net.
In other words, I have no explanation.