The iPod has a strange sense of humor

[jducoeur]

You have to keep in mind that most of what I listen to on the iPod is the "Road Music -- Good" playlist. That's the mid-grade list of fun, higher-energy music. (The plain "Road Music" playlist is bigger but contains some marginal stuff; "Better" and "Best" are progressively more selective.) There's a lot there -- about 1300 tracks -- and I listen to it on random shuffle, and I expect a lot of randomizing.

So when I'm listening to Clam Chowder's famous rendition of "MacIntyre", my initial reaction is, "Ah -- Lincoln Park Pirates should come up next", and my second reaction is, "Don't be silly -- the iPod is randomizing, and the chances of that are ridiculously low."

And sure enough, "Lincoln Park Pirates" doesn't come on. "Talk Like a Pirate Day" does...

Comments

I had that in my head...

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

...while flying into Chicago for a business trip last month.
BTW - do you have "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate"? You'll..
oh dear.

Now I have to a Pirate Day mix.

Arrogant Worms - "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate"
Steve Goodman (though I'm not sure he's singing it in my version) - "Lincoln Park Pirates"
Muppet Treasure Island "Dead Men Tell No Tales"
Disney Theme Park tracks - "A Pirate's Life for Me"
something from Pirates of Penzance...
Stan Rogers - "Barrets Privateers"
Decembrists - "Mariner's Revenge"



Hmm...this needs a twist, now.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Veggie Tales - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

Hm... who did the Chocolate Chip Pirates song... (googles...)
Hey, here's a great list of pirate songs!