Weirdest things on your MP3 player

[GuruGuru214]

So I was listening to my iPod on shuffle and it occurred to me that I have a lot of weird songs on there. So here's a thread about it.

My iPod has a song in Swedish on it, three skits recorded by me and my friends for a contest at an anime convention, an edited version of The Safety Dance for use in another skit we never did, and the soundtracks for the first four Sonic the Hedgehog games, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and the Kingdom Hearts series. And that's just what's off the top of my head.

[VeronicanPlay]

Most of my songs on my iPod are entire albums from my favourite artists, so I know exactly what I have on my iPod, but there is only a few I have put on there that doesn't belong to an album.

Like "The Time has Come" the battle theme for Nero in DMC 4, and Taste the Blood, the battle theme for Dante in DMC 3. I have the theme song from Soul Reaver 1, and one of the battle songs from HoMM 3 and the theme song from Face/Off. I even have the theme from Tin Tin. :p

[Avistew]

I've got some "saga MP3" which are an audio equivalent to webcomics, some comedian skits, some speeches and some language courses. I used to have some classes I had recorded but I deleted them.
This being said, they're not technically on my mp3 player because I store them on separate SD cards.

[Hayden]

I don't ever use my MP3 players, I still use a discman on long trips if anyone remembers what that is.

But the weirdest stuff I have on Windows Media would have to be the Monkey Island soundtracks, I know that that's not all that weird, but that's as far as I've ventured outside of the rock & metal genres. I also have some jazz rock/fusion on there as well. The weirdest band name that you'll find on my computer is BB Chung King & the Buddaheads.

I don't have anything too obscure on there because, as I said, I mostly stick to rock & metal.

[The Highway]

I have this song called "Puppets Gonna F*&% You Up" (Uncensored) on there. It's weird. And I have over 500 songs by They Might Be Giants, 6 of which I listen to.

[taumel]

Whiskey in the Jar (like the story) and I dissapear (great refrain) because i'm no Metal fan and not so much into Metallica as well but i really like these ones, so it feels kind of strange to me which again adds to the atmosphere i do get out of the songs.

Beside of this i have a lot of not this usual sfx on my iPod but this stuff sounds rather normal to me. :O) I also made an audio walkthrough with The DIG, which is brilliant listening to.

[Hayden]

Whiskey in the Jar (like the story) and I dissapear (great refrain) because i'm no Metal fan and not so much into Metallica as well but i really like these ones, so it feels kind of strange to me which again adds to the atmosphere i do get out of the songs.

'Whiskey in the Jar' is actually a traditional song that's been interpreted by several artists. I have the Thin Lizzy version on my computer - not as heavy as Metallica's version.

I also made an audio walkthrough with The DIG, which is brilliant listening to.

So, you actually like listening to your own voice?

[taumel]

Interesting, didn't know that.

I just recorded the audio of the game whilst playing through it.

[The Highway]

that walkthrough would be like;

"Ok, so you see the bone? Well, of course not, but there's a bone there. Now that goes in your inventory. Remember that, because I'm not saying it again..."

EDIT: I'd just like to say thanks to all the little people for helping me get the luckiest post ever:

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1549&stc=1&d=1275298472

[taumel]

Actually this could be pretty funny! :O)

[Hayden]

EDIT: I'd just like to say thanks to all the little people for helping me get the luckiest post ever:

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1549&stc=1&d=1275298472

Isn't that forum views?

Edit: Wait. No, I'm wrong. It's from the main page.

Well, congratulations. Maybe tomorrow will be your most fortunate day ever, and you will achieve a 100% mark in your exam... wait, no, 101%! Don't ask me how you'll be getting that extra 1%.

[Avistew]

Yes it his. The number of posts it 2,574 on this picture.

EDIT: really? Oooh, the first on is threads then, I get it.

[taumel]

@Hayden
Like the Blues feeling of the Thin Lizzy version, relaxed'n'stoned.

[Hayden]

@Hayden
Like the Blues feeling of the Thin Lizzy version, relaxed'n'stoned.

Glad you like it, it is quite enjoyable. I wonder if they were actually stoned when they recorded it. That's probably quite a large possibility :D.

I know you've only just heard the Thin Lizzy version, but which version do you prefer? Metallica's or Thin Lizzy's?

[Giant Tope]

The weirdest thing? The sound effects reel from earthbound. It just came with the soundtrack, and I didn't bother taking it out.

[prizna]

Well I have a lot of Weird Al on my ipod

[Astro Gnocci]

'Whiskey in the Jar' is actually a traditional song that's been interpreted by several artists. I have the Thin Lizzy version on my computer - not as heavy as Metallica's version.


I hate both those covers. They're not so bad in themselves, but for some reason i always hated the guitar intro thingie, which seems to pop up in every cover since these :eek:
The version i discovered the song with and still love is this one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eOIU9ekSMk


As far as the topic subject, i don't have a mp3 player, but just yesterday i discovered a country song sung by a kid (Named Troy Hess, aparently) and called "please don't go topless, mother".
There's also the whole album of "lounge" covers of the ramones and misfits...
Oh, and the star wars christmas album... And Hulk Hogan's album (an awful mix of bad hard rock and crappy-so-called rap) :eek:
I just love that kind of weird and lame crap :D

[The Highway]

I have a lounge music version of Rancid Amputation, originally by Cannibal Corpse, covered by Andrew Hansen (musical genius)

[Astro Gnocci]

Also, maybe not that "weird" but more "sick", i just love this thing :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtDLN4LoPZA

(lyrics are in the vid's description, read them if you're having trouble with oral english, they're what make it great) (And if you're into country, definitely check out more by this guy, he's got some GREAT other stuff).

[Hayden]

And Hulk Hogan's album (an awful mix of bad hard rock and crappy-so-called rap) :eek:

Oh no, he tried to make music?

[Astro Gnocci]

Oh no, he tried to make music?

yep :D "tried to" is the right word :p

[Hayden]

yep :D "tried to" is the right word :p

Haha, I thought that might be the case :). 'Twas deliberate word choice.

For some reason, I'm really curious to hear it now. I know it will be bad, but I feel the sudden urge to go and youtube some of his songs...

[Astro Gnocci]

Haha, I thought that might be the case :). 'Twas deliberate word choice.

For some reason, I'm really curious to hear it now. I know it will be bad, but I feel the sudden urge to go and youtube some of his songs...

I have the whole album in mp3 if you're "interested", but i'm not sure how i could send it

[Hayden]

I have the whole album in mp3 if you're "interested", but i'm not sure how i could send it

Sendspace is what I use for stuff like that. I think I'll just go with Youtube for now. If Hulk Hogan's album turns out to be an undiscovered gem then I might be 'interested', but I highly doubt it will be :D. I'm off to Youtube!

[JedExodus]

My friend once recorded himself screaming and put it in amongst the rest of my MP3's, according to him he did it like 4 months prior, but it was worth it I guess as my heart nearly exploded in the high street

[Hayden]

My friend once recorded himself screaming and put it in amongst the rest of my MP3's, according to him he did it like 4 months prior, but it was worth it I guess as my heart nearly exploded in the high street

Haha! That's actually a pretty awesome prank.

By the way JedExodus, were you the one that, several months ago, recommended that I buy Bruce Springsteen's 'Magic'?

[JedExodus]

Haha! That's actually a pretty awesome prank.

By the way JedExodus, were you the one that, several months ago, recommended that I buy Bruce Springsteen's 'Magic'?

Yeah that sounds like me alright, are you after your pound of flesh now? :p

[Hayden]

Yeah that sounds like me alright, are you after your pound of flesh now? :p

No, I actually wanted to say thanks. It's a great album, I've listened to it quite a few times now and I've really enjoyed it. "Radio Nowhere" is still my favourite Springsteen song, but the rest of the songs from the album are great as well (particularly "Last to Die"). It was a good recommendation.

So you may keep your pound of flesh. I have no use for it anyway.

[coolsome]

I have loads japanese anime, the eastenders theme song, metal gear solid, sailor moon, death note, monkey island, wwe songs and loads other random stuff XD

[Remolay]

I can not say is on my ipod, but was on my ipod, as somehow everything got erased on it and I still haven't bothered to put it back on

but the weirdest things on my iPod were ohmygodimonfire and Ice Crem Man by Logan Whitehurst

[Iryon]

The weirdest things on my mp3 player are a few of the parodies by Weird Al Yankovic, he's a genius ...

I really like some of these literal video versions, where they replace the lyrics with a description of the video, the best being

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTPko-aXvJM

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA&feature=related

[Silverwolfpet]

The entire Silent Hill Soundtrack Collection... about 9-10 albums (yes, including the super rare tracks released on super rare cds). It often inspires me.

Other than that... There's a Monkey in my Pocket :D

...narcissist much, I know :p

[Alcoremortis]

Weasel Stomping Day.

Also, for some reason I have a complete audio collection of Poe poetry. No idea how that got on there.

[Jake]

I think I've found the weirdest thing on my MP3 player

http://www.meltwizard.com/stuff/mysterioso.jpg

edit:but the weirdest things on my iPod were ohmygodimonfire and Ice Crem Man by Logan WhitehurstLogan Whitehurst is cool. I don't think he's that weird, though. But, yeah, awesome stuff.

[taumel]

@Astro Gnocci
The link doesn't work here...

Metallica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIh3nO6-V_A), Thin Lizzy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrguJziuq9s) (I'm also not so much into the guitar intro but the rest is cool), Jim Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BTgNv9_Vg&feature=related) (this one is creepy :O).

[taumel]

http://guckmal.lurulu.de/gfx/iPod.jpg

[puzzlebox]

Robotic treasure crab! Jake totally did not already do this!

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... I think he is more cool than weird though.

The strangest stuff on my iPod would be non-MP3, like all the work files I dumped on there when I didn't have a USB stick handy. Song-wise, it's probably the dozen different versions of Pachelbel's Canon, from when I had to choose the best one for a funeral. I can't actually listen to any of them.

[taumel]

Pachelbel in Faery Tale is epic, sort of. :O)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGO6XGunuzE)

[JedExodus]

No, I actually wanted to say thanks. It's a great album, I've listened to it quite a few times now and I've really enjoyed it. "Radio Nowhere" is still my favourite Springsteen song, but the rest of the songs from the album are great as well (particularly "Last to Die"). It was a good recommendation.

So you may keep your pound of flesh. I have no use for it anyway.

Oh nice one, glad you enjoyed it! My favourite (bar Radio Nowhere) has to be Long Walk Home, that SUnday afternoon saxophone gets me every time

[ShaggE]

I'd say the strangest would be my System of a Down albums... because, well, they're a strange band.

I also have two separate versions of the Avatar soundtrack on there: The normal 1CD, and a more expansive 3CD that I don't think is actually in stores. There's a full 5CD version floating around as well, but I can't find a good copy anywhere.

[der_ketzer]

By far this and the album it is on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8jxfWnRroY

[SHODANFreeman]

System of a Down are totally normal compared to Nuclear Rabbit (http://www.myspace.com/nuclearrabbitofficial).

[GinnyN]

Once I got like 3 versions of Rainbow Connection in my MP3 player. But I guess the weirdest one was "Count Von Count's Continuous Country Cookin' Downhome Diner" or "Megabaet" (I think) which was one of the Lazy Town's Songs but in Icelandic.

[Jenny]

that walkthrough would be like;

"Ok, so you see the bone? Well, of course not, but there's a bone there. Now that goes in your inventory. Remember that, because I'm not saying it again..."

That sounds really fun! I think I may record myself playing through SMI now. :D

[Astro Gnocci]

@Astro Gnocci
The link doesn't work here...

Metallica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIh3nO6-V_A), Thin Lizzy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrguJziuq9s) (I'm also not so much into the guitar intro but the rest is cool), Jim Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BTgNv9_Vg&feature=related) (this one is creepy :O).

weird, it works fine over here...
Just type it in manually then, and add "dubliners", you should find it.

The elvis imitating version is pretty fun, even if i'm not a huge fan ATALL of the arrangement ;)

[der_ketzer]

weird, it works fine over here...

It's a thing with youtube, Sony Music and Germany. No songs by SonyMusic cannot be watched over here.

[Silverwolfpet]

I think I've found the weirdest thing on my MP3 player

http://www.meltwizard.com/stuff/mysterioso.jpg


Oh my God! Jake, you have an iPod that's exactly like mine! ...Apple made more than ONE?? :eek: I want my money back!

[Astro Gnocci]

It's a thing with youtube, Sony Music and Germany. No songs by SonyMusic cannot be watched over here.

Oh, i see... Sucks :(

[coolsome]

Oh my God! Jake, you have an iPod that's exactly like mine! ...Apple made more than ONE?? :eek: I want my money back!


does yours have that guy on it to?

[Avistew]

Well in that case, the weirdest thing on my mp3 player is its crank.

http://i46.tinypic.com/30jllw3.png

What a cranky mp3 player.

[Hayden]

Yeah, well I've got a stethoscope on mine!

http://www.techshout.com/images/steth-mp3.jpg

[prizna]

I have a weird poo type thing on my iPod

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t205/frankthemonkey/DSC00612-2.jpg

[PressidentMax]

I have the Sam and Max soundtrack from my copy of Sam and Max Season 1: 20th anerversiry editon, now it's on my MP4.

[GaryCXJk]

My iPod has this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zQgKk3g7Uo). Not just the video, the actual song, taken from the episode "Mime For A Change". I remember the episode, because it's the best Powerpuff Girls episode ever, simply because of the song.

[prizna]

Dont think anyone outside of Australia knows them but I have a Lano & Woodley album on my iPod

[RobD]

Weirdest (and the scariest, most evil sounding music in existance) I have is Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn 0))). It's horrible but utterly compelling.

[ShaggE]

Just remembered something that trumps my earlier post: "Abuse: Parts 1 & 2" by Marilyn Manson. Not songs, just backstage recordings of fans "confessing" their pasts to the band. Disturbing stuff.

[Hayden]

Dont think anyone outside of Australia knows them but I have a Lano & Woodley album on my iPod

Ah, one of the greatest comedy duos ever! It's always a bonus when the comedy channel decides to play one of their old episodes...

[PecanBlue]

I got a song called "Blue Hawaii" from this dude (http://www.youtube.com/user/MiuraErisa), which I would link to but he's taken it down completely after several re-uploads for some reason. You can get the general idea from listening to any of his songs though. My friends and I kind of stumbled on to this guy one day randomly and his strange music videos just became an inside joke with us. "Blue Hawaii" was our favorite because the song was strangely catchy and the video was the most hilariously weird out of all of them.

Also Birthday Cake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfEZEKVdN8). Thanks, Jet Set Radio Future!

[puzzlebox]

Dont think anyone outside of Australia knows them but I have a Lano & Woodley album on my iPod

Yaaaaaay!! Lovelovelovelovelove. :D

Quite a few of their lines have become embedded in the sibling shorthand between me and my brothers, particularly "serious business" and "don't [do X]" from Starquest.

[Avistew]

I remembered because I was just listening to it, I have the song from this ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d262BfXK1zc) in my player. Got it as a tiny CD in a cappuccino box yeaaars ago. It was neat.

[PecanBlue]

Aww, it's a pretty neat music video though.

[prizna]

Ah, one of the greatest comedy duos ever! It's always a bonus when the comedy channel decides to play one of their old episodes...

Yea there really great, I have their dvd so I have all their episodes :)

Yaaaaaay!! Lovelovelovelovelove. :D

Quite a few of their lines have become embedded in the sibling shorthand between me and my brothers, particularly "serious business" and "don't [do X]" from Starquest.

Don't open the doors, Don't get in the car, Don't start the enginge, Don't drive off, Don't turn the corner :D

[Ezny]

Weirdest is probably the music from Quake one I have... It's all done by Trent Reznor/NIN but I think everyone pretty much knows that already..

[prizna]

If anyone knows him I have all the Matt Tilley "Gotcha" Call CD's

[corruptbiggins]

the only real weird thing on my iPod is the 'music' I've attempted to create.

[Javi-Wan Kenobi]

Many songs from games, including:
A pirate I was meant to be (CMI), Still Alive (Portal), the main themes from all three Runaway games...

[prizna]

Many songs from games, including:
A pirate I was meant to be (CMI), Still Alive (Portal),the main themes from all three Runaway games...

Ah man thats such a weird but good song

[corruptbiggins]

...Still Alive (Portal)...

see, I have that too but I don't count that as weird!

[Hayden]

the only real weird thing on my iPod is the 'music' I've attempted to create.

What is it about it that prompts the apostrophes?

[corruptbiggins]

nothing really, just the usual putting down my own work.

[Hayden]

Ah, okay. Just out of interest (sorry, this is more conversation than discussion), what sort of music do you make?

[puzzlebox]

the main themes from all three Runaway games...

I have 'Le Spleen' on mine... Runaway has some good music.

[Hayden]

Runaway has some good music.

I can't deny that I quite enjoyed the main theme from the first game. But the singing in it sounds sort of... half-hearted, I guess. Like she's not committed to actually singing the song. I dunno, I might be the only one that thinks this.

[corruptbiggins]

Ah, okay. Just out of interest (sorry, this is more conversation than discussion), what sort of music do you make?

I would classify it as electronic dance music. Haven't done much new stuff recently, so here's one of the first tracks I made: Into The Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ABCs_Pa3HE).

[Shwoo]

I don't have anything that weird on my iPod.

a song in Swedish on it
[music from the] Sonic the Hedgehog games, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Well I have a lot of Weird Al on my ipod
japanese anime, monkey island
the Sam and Max soundtrack
A pirate I was meant to be (CMI), Still Alive (Portal)
I have all that stuff, though.

I like to listen to the same songs over and over during a period of time for nostalgia purposes, though I've been bad about it over the past few years, and at the moment it's the Phineas and Ferb soundtrack, which I guess is a bit weird. I could listen to Busted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfo9YJm4dk) and You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PRof4C__LM) all day.

[Alcoremortis]

Not especially weird music, but I just found the soundtrack to the original three Star Wars movies. The weird part is that I have no memory of putting it on my iPod. It just appeared, like magic!

[Javi-Wan Kenobi]

Besides the music from games, other "weirdnesses" that can be found in my mp3 collection are:
All the Academy Award (Oscar) winners for best song
All the Goya (Spanish equivalent to the Oscars) winners for best song
All the Eurovision Song Contest winners
All the songs from Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest (winners or not)
All the official songs from the Spanish Cycling Tour
All the songs used in the slow motion repeat of the TV transmissions of the Running of the Bulls from the Sanfermines of Pamplona

[Ezny]

Not especially weird music, but I just found the soundtrack to the original three Star Wars movies. The weird part is that I have no memory of putting it on my iPod. It just appeared, like magic!

It was....... the force?

[Alcoremortis]

It was....... the force?

Witness the power of the Dark Side!

[coolsome]

a video file of CMI lechuck being defeated when the voodoo cannon ball blew up in his face when the pirates found the boots and when it shows hes demon form first time

[Captain Mickey]

I would say "Under the Sea" in Japanese but I think weirdest has to go to the Sesame Street theme song that's lodged into my ipod. A friend of mine made me a mix CD, and thought this would be funny, as well as the Austin Power's version of "Just the Two of Us" with Dr. Evil and Mini Me.

[someguyfromazoo]

Here's one of the many songs that show one of the causes of my insane mind. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEiy5ROsWqg&feature=related)
Here's another cause of my insanity. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am3i4tzURGY)
Now the song that sums up my insanity. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od_X29n0iA4&feature=related) (Warning, there's a bad word in this one. The one that begins with f, but they don't say it, it just appears on screen for a few seconds.)

[tredlow]

The Tardis engine sound. It's also my ringtone.

[Alcoremortis]

The Tardis engine sound. It's also my ringtone.

This makes me grin. A lot.:D

[GuruGuru214]

I would say "Under the Sea" in Japanese...

Yeah...I have that too. And I wish I didn't, but the soundtrack wouldn't be complete without it and the English version is unavailable. Well, the English version with the Kingdom Hearts cast. Not going to stick the original from the movie in my soundtrack, even though it might be an improvement.

[Remolay]

currently, counting videos. The first three episodes of Sam and Max

[Jenny]

Weirdest thing, well, I have Schlittenfahrt: Marlene Dietrich singing the Surrey song from Oklahoma.... in German. :o

[The Gentleman]

This. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8KsDx42CJ0)

[Chyron8472]

umm... I have the full soundtrack (not just the OST) to Twilight Princess and Tales of Symphonia, as well as the movie (not soundtrack) of Star Trek 4 on my Sansa Fuze, but I see none of these as odd, especially compared to other posts people have made on here.

[banishingseraph]

It's not really anyone thing, it's the assortment. Random can cause a real strange jump. Never seen anyone more freaked out then when your mp3 player goes from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog to a DDR soundtrack to Matson Jones then to Praxis. The transition from a musical soundtrack to a techno video game soundtrack to a classical/punk fusion band to an experimental rock band messes with me and I'm used to it but it made it so that other people I worked with didn't want to ride in my car. Or maybe it is weird and I just don't think it is.

[[TTG] Yare]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTIfXTd32M

[RingmasterJ5]

1. New years resolutions
2. A musical mix of George Bush saying "duty"
3. A musical arrangement of a KFC training video
4. An angry text message set to music.
5. A mashup of The Beatles "When I'm 64" and Chicago's "25 to 64"

Bonus points to anyone who can figure out the connection between all 5 items.

[roberttitus]

Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Peeping Tom....

Mike Patton is a musical genius... but lets just say that his music outside of Faith No More isn't exactly what you would call radio friendly.

Nuclear Rabbit (http://www.myspace.com/nuclearrabbitofficial).

Who ripped off Mr. Bungle's sound.... They are decent enough ripoff though.

[Remolay]

Anything by Tom Lehrer (By which I mean any of his songs)

[Leak]

That's either gotta be Gantz Graf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyJfHU4GoOQ&hd=1) by Autechre, or maybe "Kulma" by Pan Sonic...

I'm probably overlooking things here (and I personally don't consider any of the above as weird), but with nearly 20000 tracks on my MP3 player that just happens... :D

np: Oliver Hacke - Der Vampir Von Düsseldorf (Break 3000 Rework) (Trapez 100)