music sorting again
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thedarlingoneOkay, where did I leave this off before? "Bluenose", apparently. (You see why I need to write these things down.)
* Boa Constrictor, Johnny Cash. I really don't think I've heard this one before; maybe it was one of the Shel Silverstein poems he turned into songs? Very odd piece about being swallowed feet-first by a boa constrictor. Cannot say it's my style.
* Boat Songs, Rob Crabtree. This is from an album of bagpipe instrumentals I acquired on CD many years ago uncredited under the title of "Atmospheres Bagpipes" at a Walmart or Target; it was only much more recently when trying to reconstruct my collection that I found out the performer's name and the actual album name (The Piper's Legacy). This track is a medley of Skye Boat Song and Mingulay. I thought there was a third song mixed in but if so I've forgotten the name and do not recognize it. Keeping it on my phone, like most of the tracks from this album.
* Bob-a-Needle, Pete Seeger. Folk song with a long series of tag-rhymes similar to "Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird" but much peppier. No strong opinion.
* Bold Riley, Wind in the Rigging. Not my favorite off this album but unobjectionably tweetly, I think perhaps recorder and definitely harmonica. Probably move it off shuffle after a few rotations.
* Boll Weevil, Great American String Band. I actually only knew a variation of this song further down the list (I'm A-Lookin' For a Home) that Pete Seeger wrote about the post-WWII housing crisis, but this one is also a bop.
* Bonnie Blue Flag, Gettysburg OST. I'd have sworn I had a version of this from Brentwood or Columbia also, but I do not see it. Anyway this is a very peppy marching-band instrumental version, which is a style of music that cheers me up just by hearing it, so I'm probably keeping it.
* Bonny Ship the Diamond, The Longest Johns. Traditional whaler's song from the early 1800s, in the cheerful tone I associate with songs for the beginning of a voyage.
* Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Andrews Sisters. Honestly I should look up more Andrews Sisters work, I mainly have their collaborations with Bing Crosby, and I really like how their voices work together.
* Boogie Woogie Chase, Tom Chapin. Tom Chapin is apparently Harry Chapin's brother, I think? I don't actually have any Harry Chapin, although I've heard Cat's Cradle occasionally. I have a lot of Tom Chapin because he does or did a bunch of children's music, ranging from the Raffi demographic to a preteen audience, so I grew up with his work. This one isn't my top favorite, it's a little bit too musically complex for my ear, with a "follow the leader" motif using boogie-woogie-style music.
* Book of Love, Dar Williams. I really can never understand what she's saying without looking up the lyrics and that's super frustrating for me. I hate to just delete songs off my phone without giving them a chance but I might cut some of these.
* Boot Soup, Tanglefoot. This one weirds me out and I can't articulate why. I think it's just not my sense of humor.
* Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen. You know, everybody has opinions about this one, but I'm not sure I've ever actually heard it. It's in that electronic screamy style that takes me a lot of auditory processing to listen to. Can't say I need it on regular rotation, but the tune is a bop and if it was covered in a more acoustic style I might keep it around.
* Born to Lose, Johnny Cash. Perfectly cromulent Johnny Cash pining breakup song. Not one of my top favorites.
* Boston and St John's, Great Big Sea. As usual, the electronic instrumentation isn't working for me.
* Boston Harbor (Sur l'Avignon), Wind in the Rigging. I have no idea why this one is labeled with two different titles and I never had a good enough grasp on the tune for Bridge of Avignon to know if it's accurate, but it's a fun tiddly fiddle and harmonica instrumental.
* Bought and Sold, Dar Williams. Anticapitalist, antiwar piece, interesting twangy instrumentation, still not quite loving it. It'd be right at home on a Johnny Cash album though (positive).
* Bound Away, Wind in the Rigging. Flute and something plucked, maybe a mandolin? I like how the sounds blend. Very soothing without putting me to sleep.
* Bound for South Australia. Two covers, one from Wind in the Rigging, one by the Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem. The Wind in the Rigging cover is instrumental, the other has lyrics with a basic backing track. I definitely need to hunt down some more Clancy Brothers work, I really like their voices. This is not going to end with me having less music, is it. I like both of these covers.
* Braw Sailin' On the Sea, Eileen McGann. Very melodic alto with a simple acoustic backing. Not quite as peppy as most of what I keep on shuffle but I really like the resonance of her voice? I'm running out of words to talk about why I like music.
* Breath of Life, Howard Shore. I should really just remove the LOTR soundtrack pieces, the Dar Williams I don't already know I like, probably keep the Great Big Sea to make notes of which songs I want other covers of.
Okay, I went and cleared those out, plus some more duplicates I'm sure of (there are so many more duplicates I have to actually check by ear). That brings us down to 93 hours of music, of which I'm almost six hours in. It's nearly midnight here; I think I'll wrap it up and go to bed. Next on the list is two versions of Bridge Over Troubled Water, the Simon & Garfunkel version and a Johnny Cash cover.
* Boa Constrictor, Johnny Cash. I really don't think I've heard this one before; maybe it was one of the Shel Silverstein poems he turned into songs? Very odd piece about being swallowed feet-first by a boa constrictor. Cannot say it's my style.
* Boat Songs, Rob Crabtree. This is from an album of bagpipe instrumentals I acquired on CD many years ago uncredited under the title of "Atmospheres Bagpipes" at a Walmart or Target; it was only much more recently when trying to reconstruct my collection that I found out the performer's name and the actual album name (The Piper's Legacy). This track is a medley of Skye Boat Song and Mingulay. I thought there was a third song mixed in but if so I've forgotten the name and do not recognize it. Keeping it on my phone, like most of the tracks from this album.
* Bob-a-Needle, Pete Seeger. Folk song with a long series of tag-rhymes similar to "Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird" but much peppier. No strong opinion.
* Bold Riley, Wind in the Rigging. Not my favorite off this album but unobjectionably tweetly, I think perhaps recorder and definitely harmonica. Probably move it off shuffle after a few rotations.
* Boll Weevil, Great American String Band. I actually only knew a variation of this song further down the list (I'm A-Lookin' For a Home) that Pete Seeger wrote about the post-WWII housing crisis, but this one is also a bop.
* Bonnie Blue Flag, Gettysburg OST. I'd have sworn I had a version of this from Brentwood or Columbia also, but I do not see it. Anyway this is a very peppy marching-band instrumental version, which is a style of music that cheers me up just by hearing it, so I'm probably keeping it.
* Bonny Ship the Diamond, The Longest Johns. Traditional whaler's song from the early 1800s, in the cheerful tone I associate with songs for the beginning of a voyage.
* Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Andrews Sisters. Honestly I should look up more Andrews Sisters work, I mainly have their collaborations with Bing Crosby, and I really like how their voices work together.
* Boogie Woogie Chase, Tom Chapin. Tom Chapin is apparently Harry Chapin's brother, I think? I don't actually have any Harry Chapin, although I've heard Cat's Cradle occasionally. I have a lot of Tom Chapin because he does or did a bunch of children's music, ranging from the Raffi demographic to a preteen audience, so I grew up with his work. This one isn't my top favorite, it's a little bit too musically complex for my ear, with a "follow the leader" motif using boogie-woogie-style music.
* Book of Love, Dar Williams. I really can never understand what she's saying without looking up the lyrics and that's super frustrating for me. I hate to just delete songs off my phone without giving them a chance but I might cut some of these.
* Boot Soup, Tanglefoot. This one weirds me out and I can't articulate why. I think it's just not my sense of humor.
* Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen. You know, everybody has opinions about this one, but I'm not sure I've ever actually heard it. It's in that electronic screamy style that takes me a lot of auditory processing to listen to. Can't say I need it on regular rotation, but the tune is a bop and if it was covered in a more acoustic style I might keep it around.
* Born to Lose, Johnny Cash. Perfectly cromulent Johnny Cash pining breakup song. Not one of my top favorites.
* Boston and St John's, Great Big Sea. As usual, the electronic instrumentation isn't working for me.
* Boston Harbor (Sur l'Avignon), Wind in the Rigging. I have no idea why this one is labeled with two different titles and I never had a good enough grasp on the tune for Bridge of Avignon to know if it's accurate, but it's a fun tiddly fiddle and harmonica instrumental.
* Bought and Sold, Dar Williams. Anticapitalist, antiwar piece, interesting twangy instrumentation, still not quite loving it. It'd be right at home on a Johnny Cash album though (positive).
* Bound Away, Wind in the Rigging. Flute and something plucked, maybe a mandolin? I like how the sounds blend. Very soothing without putting me to sleep.
* Bound for South Australia. Two covers, one from Wind in the Rigging, one by the Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem. The Wind in the Rigging cover is instrumental, the other has lyrics with a basic backing track. I definitely need to hunt down some more Clancy Brothers work, I really like their voices. This is not going to end with me having less music, is it. I like both of these covers.
* Braw Sailin' On the Sea, Eileen McGann. Very melodic alto with a simple acoustic backing. Not quite as peppy as most of what I keep on shuffle but I really like the resonance of her voice? I'm running out of words to talk about why I like music.
* Breath of Life, Howard Shore. I should really just remove the LOTR soundtrack pieces, the Dar Williams I don't already know I like, probably keep the Great Big Sea to make notes of which songs I want other covers of.
Okay, I went and cleared those out, plus some more duplicates I'm sure of (there are so many more duplicates I have to actually check by ear). That brings us down to 93 hours of music, of which I'm almost six hours in. It's nearly midnight here; I think I'll wrap it up and go to bed. Next on the list is two versions of Bridge Over Troubled Water, the Simon & Garfunkel version and a Johnny Cash cover.
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Date: 2026-02-17 06:05 am (UTC)I love that song. I believe I own nine different versions of it. Not that one, though!
I definitely need to hunt down some more Clancy Brothers work, I really like their voices. This is not going to end with me having less music, is it.
It's certainly not doing anything to diminish my collection.
Braw Sailin' On the Sea, Eileen McGann. Very melodic alto with a simple acoustic backing. Not quite as peppy as most of what I keep on shuffle but I really like the resonance of her voice? I'm running out of words to talk about why I like music.
I will have to look up this one, too. I learned several songs from albums of hers, including one that for some time was part of my standard folk repertoire ("The Fair Flower of Northumberland." I also love her "Rolling of the Stones." I have more complicated feelings about "Isabella Gunn" since learning that its source history was likely less straight and definitely less happy).
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Date: 2026-02-17 06:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-02-17 11:56 am (UTC)"Boa Constrictor" is another Shel Silverstein song, yes. It's interesting to reflect that it originated on the same Silverstein album as "25 Minutes to Go", which from a certain point of view is effectively the same song.