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This is simple, all you have to do is go to your Cd collection, and pick out 30 of your favourite artists, then pick 1 song from each artist, which doesn't have to be your favourite one. Then put them in alphabetical order like so:

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Beat It - Michael Jackson

Beautiful Day - U2

Bliss - Muse

Breaking The Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Civil War - Guns N' Roses

Come As You Are - Nirvana

Echoes - Pink Floyd

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

Forget Her - Jeff Buckley

Frankly, Mr Shankly - The Smiths

How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead

It's Only Love - Bryan Adams

Nijaay - Orchestra Baobab

No Quarter - Led Zeppelin

Orange Crush - R.E.M.

River Of Tears - Eric Clapton

Spider's Web - Katie Melua

Shoot To Thrill - AC/DC

Space Oddity - David Bowie

Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

Tatoo'd Lady - Rory Gallagher

The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins

Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Umbilical Town - Gary Jules

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

Waiting In The Weeds - Eagles

Wasting Time - Jack Johnson

Whitebird - KT Tunstall

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

My list is 10% Irish

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Yeah, and throw in a random fact about your list if you want to. I think this would be a quick and easy way to give people a taste of your music, wouldn't you say so?

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American Woman ~ The Guess Who

Angel Eyes ~ Jeff Healey

Animal ~ Def Leppard

Babe ~ Styx

Bat Out Of Hell ~ Meat Loaf

Breakfast In America ~ Supertramp

Don't Stop ~ Fleetwood Mac

Drops Of Jupiter ~ Train

Edie (Ciao Baby) ~ The Cult

Fly By Night ~ Rush

House Of The Rising Sun ~ The Animals

Jane ~ Starship

Leader Of Men ~ Nickelback

Lunatic Fringe ~ Tom Cochrane & Red Rider

Mercedes Benz ~ Janis Joplin

More Human Than Human ~ White Zombie

Ohio ~ Neil Young

Overkill ~ Motorhead

Remedy ~ Black Crowes

Roller ~ April Wine

Run Runaway ~ Slade

So Hard Done By ~ The Tragically Hip

Squealer ~ AC/DC

Summer Of '69 ~ Bryan Adams

The End ~ The Doors

Twitch ~ Bif Naked

War Pigs ~ Black Sabbath

Welcome To The Jungle ~ Guns N' Roses

Urgent ~ Foreigner

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet ~ Bachman Turner Overdrive

13/40 are Canadian artists, ranging from late 60's to early 2000's. :rockon:

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Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life - Jeanette MacDonald

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall

Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder

Castles Made of Sand - Jimi Hendrix

Everyday - Buddy Holly

Everything You Know Is Wrong - Weird Al

Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin

Freedom Children - The Growlers

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

Good Old Fashion Lover Boy - Queen

Happy Jack - The Who

Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel

I Wanna Be Your Man - The Beatles

Miracles - Jefferson Starship

Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye

Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

Ooh La La - The Faces

Piano Sonata in A major (Rondo alla turca) - Mozart

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Raspberry Beret - Prince

Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

Rock and Roll Music - The Velvet Underground

Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Secondhand News - Fleetwood Mac

St. Petersburg - Supergrass

Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello

Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan

Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead

Train in Vain - The Clash

Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

My list is 93.64% Earthling.

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Hahah. My collection is small and it would still take me an hour to go through it looking for 30 artists. I can just name 30 off the top of me head :beatnik:

Dave Berry - "The Crying Game"

Miguel Bose - "Morir De Amor"

F.R. David - "Words"

Death In June - "Runes And Men"

Depeche Mode - "A Question Of Lust (minimal)"

The Durutti Column - "Sketch For Summer"

Echo And The Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"

Emmanuel - "Insoportablemente Bella"

Bryan Ferry - "Which Way To Turn"

Mitsuko Horie - "Ashita Ga Tsuki"

Chris Isaak - "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)"

Japan - "Methods Of Dance"

Jeanette - "El Muchacho De Los Ojos Tristes"

Mila Jovovich - "The Gentleman Who Fell"

Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra - "Red Roses For A Blue Girl"

Kent - "Oprofessionell"

Loveholic - "Loveholic"

Madonna - "Crazy For You"

Mazzy Star - "Halah"

Ennio Morricone - "Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu"

Morrissey - "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get"

NewOrder - "Thieves Like Us (instrumental)"

Jose Luis Perales - "Un Velero Llamado Libertad"

Roxy Music - "More Than This"

Erik Satie (composer) - "Premiere Gymnopedie"

Camilo Sesto - "Amor De Mujer"

Sharan Q - "Shinguru Bedo"

The Smiths - "Oscillate Wildly"

The The - "Uncertain Smile"

Primarily New Wave synth stuff from the 80s with overtones of foreign Pop and Rock ballads.

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All This Useless Beauty-Elvis Costello

Anticipation-Carly Simon

Box of Rain-The Grateful Dead

Can't Buy Me Love-The Beatles

Coconut-Nilsson

Criminal-Fiona Apple

Daisy Jane-America

Daydream-The Lovin' Spoonful

Down on Me-Janis Joplin

Either Way-Wilco

Eye of the Tiger-Survivor

Fall on Me-R.E.M.

The Gambler-Kenny Rogers

Gimme Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment-The Ramones

Heart of Gold-Neil Young

Ice-Sarah McLachlan

If I Could Write-Sam Phillips

Into the Mystic-Van Morrison

It's a Long Way to the Top-AC/DC

Lay Lady Lay-Bob Dylan

Lola-The Kinks

Lust to Love-The Go-Go's

Make Your Own Kind of Music-Cass Elliot

Please, Please. Please Let Me Get What I Want-The Smiths

Pretty Baby-Blondie

Seven Nation Army-The White Stripes

She's Not There-The Zombies

Sister Christian-Night Ranger

Smack Water Jack-Carole King

Stephen, Stephen-The Apples in Stereo

Stumblin' In-Suzi Quatro/Chris Norman

Such Great Heights-Iron & Wine

Sway-Bic Runga

These Are Days-10,000 Maniacs

Until You Come Back to Me-Aretha Franklin

When I Need You-Leo Sayer

When the Stars Go Blue-Ryan Adams

Writing to Reach You-Travis

Xanadu-Olivia Newton-John

You Are My Destiny-Paul Anka

Just over half my songs are from the 60s or 70s, and only 13 are by female artists.

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Across The Universe – The Beatles

All My Love – Led Zeppelin

American Idiot – Green Day

Behind Blue Eyes – The Who

Blackberry – The Black Crowes

Dazed And Confused – Led Zeppelin

Excerpts From “The Six Wives Of Henry VIII†– Yes

Fine Girl – Frank Zappa

Forever Now – Cold Chisel

Hammer To Fall – Queen

Happy Days Toy Town – Small Faces

Hey Jude – The Beatles

Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin

I’m A Man – Chicago

In The End – Linkin Park

Let It Be – The Beatles

Light My Fire – The Doors

Real Good Looking Boy – The Who

Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones

Save You – Pearl Jam

Stray Cat Blues – The Rolling Stones

Supersonic – Oasis

Supper’s Ready – Genesis :bow: :bow: :bow:

That’s All – Genesis

The Dead Flag Blues – Godspeed You! Black Emperor

The Importance Of Being Idle – Oasis

The Rain Song – Led Zeppelin :bow: :bow: :bow:

Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Yakuza Girls – Cold Chisel

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – The Righteous Brothers

This list coincidentally contains probably my two favourite songs (guess which :wink: ).

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