music collection review, post 1
Jan. 21st, 2026 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thedarlingonePutting this under a cut because it will likely be Long:
* "What Does a Man Do...?" from Assassins: The Broadway Cast Recording. I assume I got this from Kat because she's the person I know who listens to Assassins but I have no idea why this is here. Perhaps I have the full set of tracks mixed in here somewhere? Anyway this one is an easy delete to start us off.
* (Ghost) Riders in the Sky, Johnny Cash: This one is difficult because my father ruined it for me some fifteen years ago, but it's such a good song and I don't *want* to let him have that. Probably keep it around?
(I haven't decided whether to listen fully through every single song. It's tricky because I always feel like I should listen through the ones I might delete to give them a fair chance, but if I skip all the ones I know I love that doesn't make for a good experience, but it takes so long to listen to everything all the way through.)
* (Theme From) The Monkees. I have a pretty near complete collection of the Monkees' discography and I really enjoy most of it -- my phone collection tends to be extremely heavy on Raffi, Pete Seeger, and the Monkees, which is a really specific venn diagram, huh.
* (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley Again, Johnny Cash: I have multiple variants of a bunch of songs, especially Johnny Cash since a friend helpfully sent me *his* entire discography after I lost the collection of music I have now retrieved. A lot of those I haven't even listened to yet. This one I have two versions of, a live Folsom Prison version that includes his wrap-up at the end of the show, and an album version with the Carter Family. It's not one of the hymns I'm especially attached to -- I do have some nostalgic Protestant hymns, because my mother was raised mixed faith so I grew up with some Bible church camp songs alongside my Catholic hymns, but this isn't one of them. I don't know that I need either one on shuffle but they can probably stay on my computer.
* (You're So Square) Baby I don't Care, Elvis Presley. I have literally zero idea why there is Elvis in my music collection. The only place I'm aware of having heard Elvis is the Lilo and Stitch soundtrack, and this isn't one of those songs. I mean, it's a bop (in a very Elvis way), it can stick around and I'll see how I feel after it comes up on shuffle a few times.
* (You're the) Devil in Disguise, Elvis Presley. Another Elvis song I've never heard and don't know why I have it. Not sure how I feel about it. I like that sort of early rock'n'roll instrumentation, but the lyrics aren't really grabbing me? Might let it come around on shuffle a time or two, or just see how I feel later.
* 25 Minutes to Go, Johnny Cash. Depressing song counting down to an execution. It's a good song but I don't need it on shuffle, which is true of a wide assortment of Johnny Cash songs. Also I have two versions and I definitely don't feel like listening to both in a row right now (although the Folsom Prison live version has got to be an intense listen in the right mood).
* 45 Years, Stan Rogers. One of his less depressing songs (if you don't factor in his early death), written for his wife, with the refrain "I want to see your smiling face 45 years from now". Definitely a keeper.
* 9 to 5, Dolly Parton. The only Dolly Parton song I have, downloaded it (or got it from Kat? I forget) because it's a bop and I'm always happy to hear it. I should probably look into more of her work.
* A Boat Like Gideon Brown, Great Big Sea. I really want to like Great Big Sea but their instrumentation is just a titch too... heavy on the electric guitar, I think? It's not as vocal-forward as the music I like, there's too much jangle to the instrumentation and it eats up more auditory processing than I want to spend on it. Which is a shame because their actual songs are ones I'd really like.
* A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash. One of those songs that formed the soundtrack of my early childhood and therefore I have a shitton of complicated feelings about it, and this one especially is tangled up with my gender feelings and my family feelings and the way I grew up sidewalk fighting with other kids... Definitely not something I feel like keeping on shuffle, I don't think.
* A British Bank, Mary Poppins soundtrack. I think I have the whole soundtrack (I had to source Sister Suffragette separately from Kat after I left home, and they're all fun songs. It's the rare Disney musical with zero flops.
* A Elbereth Gilthoniel, JRR Tolkien. For some reason I have three versions of Jirt's spoken word version and none I can find of the sung Elvin and Swann version? Oh, I see, I also have a couple filed under *O* Elbereth Gilthoniel, one that's just the spoken word version of the poem starting "Snow-white! Snow-white! O lady clear!" and one that has all three -- the spoken-word English, spoken-word Elvish, and sung Elvish in a row. Good grief.
(And then VQ recommended I should check out Hozier and Orville Peck as being similar to artists I enjoy, and Leia sent me a bunch of Orville Peck links and I got distracted listening to those, so I'll cut this post here and probably continue later. So far my opinion there is Orville Peck has a very articulate voice that's easy to understand without having to read the lyrics along, which is an important starting point for me.)
* "What Does a Man Do...?" from Assassins: The Broadway Cast Recording. I assume I got this from Kat because she's the person I know who listens to Assassins but I have no idea why this is here. Perhaps I have the full set of tracks mixed in here somewhere? Anyway this one is an easy delete to start us off.
* (Ghost) Riders in the Sky, Johnny Cash: This one is difficult because my father ruined it for me some fifteen years ago, but it's such a good song and I don't *want* to let him have that. Probably keep it around?
(I haven't decided whether to listen fully through every single song. It's tricky because I always feel like I should listen through the ones I might delete to give them a fair chance, but if I skip all the ones I know I love that doesn't make for a good experience, but it takes so long to listen to everything all the way through.)
* (Theme From) The Monkees. I have a pretty near complete collection of the Monkees' discography and I really enjoy most of it -- my phone collection tends to be extremely heavy on Raffi, Pete Seeger, and the Monkees, which is a really specific venn diagram, huh.
* (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley Again, Johnny Cash: I have multiple variants of a bunch of songs, especially Johnny Cash since a friend helpfully sent me *his* entire discography after I lost the collection of music I have now retrieved. A lot of those I haven't even listened to yet. This one I have two versions of, a live Folsom Prison version that includes his wrap-up at the end of the show, and an album version with the Carter Family. It's not one of the hymns I'm especially attached to -- I do have some nostalgic Protestant hymns, because my mother was raised mixed faith so I grew up with some Bible church camp songs alongside my Catholic hymns, but this isn't one of them. I don't know that I need either one on shuffle but they can probably stay on my computer.
* (You're So Square) Baby I don't Care, Elvis Presley. I have literally zero idea why there is Elvis in my music collection. The only place I'm aware of having heard Elvis is the Lilo and Stitch soundtrack, and this isn't one of those songs. I mean, it's a bop (in a very Elvis way), it can stick around and I'll see how I feel after it comes up on shuffle a few times.
* (You're the) Devil in Disguise, Elvis Presley. Another Elvis song I've never heard and don't know why I have it. Not sure how I feel about it. I like that sort of early rock'n'roll instrumentation, but the lyrics aren't really grabbing me? Might let it come around on shuffle a time or two, or just see how I feel later.
* 25 Minutes to Go, Johnny Cash. Depressing song counting down to an execution. It's a good song but I don't need it on shuffle, which is true of a wide assortment of Johnny Cash songs. Also I have two versions and I definitely don't feel like listening to both in a row right now (although the Folsom Prison live version has got to be an intense listen in the right mood).
* 45 Years, Stan Rogers. One of his less depressing songs (if you don't factor in his early death), written for his wife, with the refrain "I want to see your smiling face 45 years from now". Definitely a keeper.
* 9 to 5, Dolly Parton. The only Dolly Parton song I have, downloaded it (or got it from Kat? I forget) because it's a bop and I'm always happy to hear it. I should probably look into more of her work.
* A Boat Like Gideon Brown, Great Big Sea. I really want to like Great Big Sea but their instrumentation is just a titch too... heavy on the electric guitar, I think? It's not as vocal-forward as the music I like, there's too much jangle to the instrumentation and it eats up more auditory processing than I want to spend on it. Which is a shame because their actual songs are ones I'd really like.
* A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash. One of those songs that formed the soundtrack of my early childhood and therefore I have a shitton of complicated feelings about it, and this one especially is tangled up with my gender feelings and my family feelings and the way I grew up sidewalk fighting with other kids... Definitely not something I feel like keeping on shuffle, I don't think.
* A British Bank, Mary Poppins soundtrack. I think I have the whole soundtrack (I had to source Sister Suffragette separately from Kat after I left home, and they're all fun songs. It's the rare Disney musical with zero flops.
* A Elbereth Gilthoniel, JRR Tolkien. For some reason I have three versions of Jirt's spoken word version and none I can find of the sung Elvin and Swann version? Oh, I see, I also have a couple filed under *O* Elbereth Gilthoniel, one that's just the spoken word version of the poem starting "Snow-white! Snow-white! O lady clear!" and one that has all three -- the spoken-word English, spoken-word Elvish, and sung Elvish in a row. Good grief.
(And then VQ recommended I should check out Hozier and Orville Peck as being similar to artists I enjoy, and Leia sent me a bunch of Orville Peck links and I got distracted listening to those, so I'll cut this post here and probably continue later. So far my opinion there is Orville Peck has a very articulate voice that's easy to understand without having to read the lyrics along, which is an important starting point for me.)
