It's the "Party Shuffle" meme (10 random songs via the Party Shuffle control from one's iTunes or other MP3 library system).

Today's winners:

1. "Dot's Song" (on the Animaniacs Variety Pack)
2. "Joy to the World" (perf. by the Yuletide Lounge Band, on The Gift)
3. "Hary Janos Suite" (by Kodaly, perf. by Ormandy and the Philadelphia, on Classics for Kids)
4. "You Only Live Twice" (by Barry and Bricuse, perf. by Nancy Sinatra, on The Best of James Bond, 30th Anniv. Collection)
5. "We Got the Beat" (by the Go-Go's on Beauty and the Beast)
6. "The Home Stretch" (by Louden Wainwright III, on So Damn Happy)
7. "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" (by Allan Sherman, on the Dr Demento 20th Anniversay Album)
8. "Day-O" (perf. by the Pomona College Men's Choir, on Silence Profound)
9. "Words of Love" (by the Mamas and the Papas, on All the Leaves are Brown)
10. "You've Got a Way" (by Shania Twain, on Come On Over)
11. "Fish" (on Television's Greatest Hits VI)

Hmmm. No more than mildly embarrassing. And fairly representative, at that.

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1. Breeze by Kevin Eubanks, from The Searcher
2. See Rock City by Béla Fleck, from Drive
3. Home by Pat Metheny from A Map Of The World
4. The Midnight Trail by Tangerine Dream, from Optical Race
5. Love For Sale by Talking Heads, from True Stories
6. Reflections Of Lucy by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, from Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
7. Bring On The Night by The Police, from Reggatta De Blanc
8. Stay Up Late by Talking Heads, from Little Creatures
9. Wherever You Go by Pat Metheny Group, from Speaking Of Now
10. West Side Nights by Synergy, from Metropolitan Suite

There are lots more artists in my library. I don't know why the party shuffle picked two by Bela Fleck, Talking Heads, and Pat Metheney. I do have several albums by each of those artists, but I didn't think I had so many that they would come up twice in a random list.

1) Video by India.Arie from Acoustic Soul
2) Ellora by VAS from Offerings
3) Endless Love by Lionel Richie w/ Diana Ross from Definitive Collection: The Best of Lionel Richie
4) Sunset Grill by Don Henley from Actual Miles
5) Della Brown by Queensryche from Empire
6) Nightingale by Lisa Lynne from Daughters of the Celtic Moon
7) Mix Plate by Hiroshima from Between Black and White
8) Feeling Music Brings by Susan Tedeschi from Wait for Me
9) Island in the Sun by Weezer from The Smallville Soundtrack
10) Ordinary World by Duran Duran from Greatest

I set my 100-CD changer on random, and the first 10 hits were these:

01. The Madhouse by Bernard Herrmann (Psycho)
02. Fully Functional by Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: First Contact)
03. Lando's Palace by John Williams (Star Wars: Episode V--The Empire Strikes Back)
04. A Spoonful of Sugar by Sherman & Sherman, vocal by Julie Andrews (Classic Disney Collection)
05. Star Trek: Voyager--End Credit by Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: Voyager--Caretaker)
06. I Wan'na Be Like You by Sherman & Sherman, vocals by Louis Prima & Phil Harris (Classic Disney Collection)
07. To Itch His Own by Carl Stalling (The Carl Stalling Project)
08. Anakin and Padme by John Williams (Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones)
09. Burning Homestead by John Williams (Star Wars: Episode IV--A New Hope)
10. Star Trek Main Title by Alexander Courage (Star Trek: The Cage & Where No Man Has Gone Before)

Notice a pattern here?

Yeah ... I'm a lot more likely to listen to your CD selection than Amanda or Dave's ... :-)

I'm surprised Star Wars turned up more than Star Trek, as there are only 8 SW CDs in there, versus 22 ST. And two of the 4 CDs from the Disney set are represented, but only one Hitchcock, and none of the James Bond soundtracks. Well, that's probability for you!

You'd probably like 2, 6, 7 and 8 Dave.