I blame thunder_cunt.

[bzarcher]

Here's the deal, kids: Put your iTunes in alphabetical order by song and note the first track for each letter (I also included both the symbol AND number categories as members of the alphabetical organization system 'cos I want to). Whichever artist shows up the most is the winner, and gets a vacation in the Bahamas. Or not. Maybe an email. Actually, not even that.

(Breathe Again) - ThouShaltNot
...And Justice For All - Metallica
01 - American Pie - Tori Amos
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
2 x 4 - Metallica
3rd Movement of the Odyssey - Incubus (Halo 2 OST)
4 A.M. - Our Lady Peace
64k - Apoptygma Bezerk
99 Luftballoons - Nena
A Case of You - Tori Amos
Baby Goes Boom - Chris Reed & The Anime Raiders
C'mon C'mon - Von Blondies
Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries
Eagle Rock Me Baby - Roosevelt Sykes
F-Zero Big Blue - Minibosses
G.L.M. - ThouShaltNot
H.T. - Trigun OST
I'll Cover You - Rent: Original Broadway Cast
Jack Hinks - Great Big Sea
K.O. Bombaye - Peelander-Z
La Rosa Negra - Gary Hoey
M.U.S.H.A. ForTheLove of 2D - DJ Pretzel
NA - GO - MI - Rurouni Kenshi OST
Obsession - Siouxsie and the Banshees
P.E.T.R.O.L. - Orbital
Q-Bert @$%*in' Hardcore - JAXX
Radiation Ruling the Nation (Protection) - Massive Attack & Mad Professor
S.T.E.A.K. - Peelander-Z
Tachikoma No Iede - GITS: SAC Be Human
Ukelele De Chocobo - Final Fantasy
Vampire Killer - NESkimos
Waiting for Mommie - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
X & Y - Coldplay
Yeat's Grave - The Cranberries
Z-ガンダムのテーマ - 三枝成彰

Looks like a tie between: Metallica, Peelander-Z, The Cranberries, ThouShaltNot, and Tori Amos.

Comments

[snowspinner.livejournal.com]

I did the symbol and number categories, but ignored cases where the number is because the id3 tag has track number information (i.e. "01 - Precious Things) or where there were other obvious errors in the naming. I also vetoed some number stuff, as it was treating 10 as coming after 1 and so on, so I picked the real alphabetical.

...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
'85 Radio Special Thank You - They Might Be Giants
"T" Is For Texas - Johnny Cash
(-) Ions - Tool
[Untranslated] - tATu
1 - ThouShaltNot (I have 0 idea what this is - presumably something Alex sent me once as a "listen to this." I suspect it's a very early prototype of the 100 Generations backing)
2 Become 1 - Jewel
30 Minutes - tATu
41 Thunderer - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
500 Miles - Peter, Paul, and Mary
6' 1" - Liz Phair
75 Septembers - Peter, Paul, and Mary
9-9 - R.E.M.
A Babe is Born - Cleveland Orchestra
B.J. Don't Cry - Moxy Fruvous
C Is For Cookie - Sesame Street
D-7 - Nirvana
E-Bow The Letter - R.E.M.
Faaip De Oliad - Tool
G.L.M. - ThouShaltNot
H. - Tool
I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
Jack Hinks - Great Big Sea
Kamikaze - The Nields
La Chanson des Vieux Amants - Judy Collins
M.V. - Nirvana
Naked Birthday - Uncertain
O Canada Girls - Dar Williams
P Funk - Parliament
Quarantine - ThouShaltNot
Rabbit in the Moon - Aztec Two Step
S-E-X-X-Y - They Might Be Giants
Ta Ta Rigami - Mononoke SYM
U & Me = Love - Jewel
Valentine's Day - Bruce Springsteen
Wabash Cannonball - Utah Phillips
X.Y.U - Smashing Pumpkins
Yarmouth Town - Great Big Sea
Zak and Sara - Ben Folds

Winner - Tool and ThouShaltNot

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Not bad at all! I only left out the Japanese, because I wasn't sure of proper order.

[buschap.livejournal.com]

I think you're right about 1.mp3. Though it was so far separated from when I heard "100 Generations" I never noticed. c.f. Oasis's "Wonderwall".

In any case (using my iPod, so it's not my whole library):
"T" for Texas - Johnny Cash
(-) Ions - Tool
100 Generations - ThouShaltNot
2+2=5 - Radiohead
32 Footsteps - TMBG
4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad) - Roger Waters
5:01 AM (The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking) - Roger Waters
672 - Dresden Dolls
A Better Future - David Bowie
B'Boom - King Crimson
C'mere - Interpol
Daddy - Jewel
E-Mail - Pet Shop Boys
Faaip De Oiad - Tool
G.L.M. - TSN
H. - Tool
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll - Louis Armstrong
Jack of All Parades - Elvis Costello
K-Stars - Stereolab
Lady Stardust - David Bowie
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle - ELO
Naive Giant - SNOG
O Children - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Packet of Good Times - Livingston Taylor
Quarentine - Thou Flaming Minister
Rabid Child - TMBG
Sacrificial Lambs - Warren Zevon
Taco Grande - Weird Al
U Got the Look - Prince
Vanishing Twin - Kristin Hersh
Waffle King - Weird Al
Yellow Gal - Ledbelly
Zaar - Peter Gabriel

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

You know, this is a fun little game.