I've got multiple home improvement projects that need work while SteelyKid is out of the house and the weather is reasonably nice, so no deep thoughts about science today. Instead, here's some silly pop culture: a selection of songs from my music collection starting with numbers from one to ten:
- "One," U2
- "Two," Ryan Adams
- "Three Easy Pieces," Buffalo Tom
- "Four-eyed Girl," Rhett Miller
- "5 Mile (These Are the Days)," Turin Brakes
- "Six O'Clock News," Kathleen Edwards
- "Seven Nation Army," the White Stripes
- (I don't actually own "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles, but it would go here)
- "Nine in the Afternoon," Panic at the Disco
- "Ten Little Kids," the Jayhawks
Some runners-up:
- "One Headlight," the Wallflowers
- "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," Meat Loaf
- "Three Little Birds," Bob Marley
- "4th of July," X
- "5 AM (A Love Song)," Blue Rodeo
- "Six Months in a Leaky Boat," Split Enz
- "Seven Seas of Rhye," Queen
- (I don't own a version of "Eight Miles High," either, but it would go here)
- (I've got nothing else for nine)
- "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out," Bruce Springsteen and the E St. Band
(There's a list of songs to demolish any hint of indie cred I might ever have had...)
I'm sure I've forgotten some worthy songs, even beyond my odd lack of 8-9 songs. So what are they?
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"One Fine Morning", Lighthouse
"Two Fingers", Jethro Tull
"Three Little Maids from School", Gilbert and Sullivan
"Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo", Aaron Copland
"5:15", the Who
(I have nothing for 6)
"The 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night", Simon and Garfunkel
(I have nothing for 8)
"Nine Tonight", Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
(I have nothing for 10)
Some higher numbers:
"Fourteen Black Paintings", Peter Gabriel
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen", from The Sound of Music soundtrack
"20th Century Fox Fanfare", from the Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope soundtrack
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", Paul Simon
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)", Simon and Garfunkel
"Sixty Years On", Elton John
"500 Miles", Peter, Paul, and Mary
1812 Overture, Peter Ilyich Tchaikowsky
"30,000 Pounds of Bananas", Harry Chapin
"Eleven", Primus
"Twelve Thirty", Mamas & Papas
"Thirteen", Big Star
"Fourteen", Tiny Tim & Brave Combo
"Fifteen", Thomas Dimuzio
"Sixteen Tons", Merle Travis (or Tennessee Ernie Ford)
"Seventeen", Sex Pistols
"Eighteen Bricks Left On April 21", David Bedford
One Step Ahead - Split Enz
Two Fine People - Cat Stevens
Three To Get Ready - Dave Brubeck
Four Sticks - Led Zeppelin
Five O'Clock World - The Vogues
Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen
Eight Miles High - The Byrds
#9 Dream - John Lennon
Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
One Long Pair of Eyes - Robin Hitchcock
Two Planets - Bat For Lashes
Three Peaches - Neutral Milk Hotel (Tom beat me to the Brubeck)
Four Fingered Fisherman - Sun Kil Moon
Just Who Is A Five O'Clock Hero - The Jam
Six Days - DJ Shadow
Seven - Fever Ray
Eight Piece Box - Southern Culture on the Skids
Madeline and Nine - Mike Doughty
Ten Miles Back - Crystal Method
Also:
#1 Crush - Garbage
2 Rights Make 1 Wrong - Mogwai
No Name #3 - Elliott Smith
4 out of 5 - Soul Coughing (A great number song in general: "4 and 5 therefore 9, 9 and 9 therefore 18, 18 and 18 therefore 36...")
Winter '05 - Ra Ra Riot
From a Buick 6 - Bob Dylan
Highway 7 - k-os
Driver 8 - R.E.M.
I'm 9 Today - Mum (because I won't take R.E.M. twice)
Romans 10:9 - The Mountain Goats
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One way or another - Blondie
Two of us - The Beatles
Three days - Jane's Addiction
Four horsemen - The Clash
Five years - David Bowie
Six to go - The Pouges
Seven chinese brothers - REM
8th wonder - The Sugar Hill Gang
Nine below zero - Muddy Waters
Ten second news - Son volt
19th nervous breakdown - The Rolling Stones
20th Century Boy - Siouxsie and the Banshees
21 Boogie - John Lee Hooker
22 Seconds - Goo Goo Dolls
23 Beats Off - Fugazi
Twenty four hours - Muddy Waters
25th Floor - The Patti Smith Group
27 Jennifers - Mike Doughty
Twenty nine - Ryan Adams
30 Gallon Tank - Spoon
32-20 Blues - Robert Johnson
#34 - Dave Matthews Band
35 Minutes - Moby
36-24-36 - Violent Femmes
39 - The Cure
40 - U2
#41 - Dave Matthews Band
Fourty-four - Howlin' Wolf
45 - Elvis Costello
47 - Sunny Day Real Estate
'49 Mercury Blues - The Brain Setzer Orchestra
50 ft queenie - PJ Harvey
52 Girls - B-52s
53rd & 3rd - The Ramones
54-46 was my number - Toots and the Maytals
97 Lovers - Pulp
99 Red Balloons - Nina Hagen
99 Problems - Jay-Z
180 Rain - Bob Mould
Six-sixty-six - Frank Black and the Catholics
911 is a joke - Public Enemy
1970 - The Stooges
1974 - Ryan Adams
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) - Jimi Hendrix
1992- Blur
1999 - Prince
2000 Light Years from home - The Rolling Stones
2112 - Rush
Million - REM
"26 Years", Veda Hille
For 8 and 9, it seems I have an Alanis Morrisette song called "Eight Easy Steps", and "Cloud Nine" by Evanescence. Has a 15 year-old girl been tampering w/ my iTunes library??
And if modern orchestral works count, I've got "Eight Lines" by composer Steve Reich.
Oh, and just because nobody above tried to one-up you by going BACKWARDS...
"Zero" - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
1-2-3-4 - Feist
Three Cool Cats - The Beatles (orig by The Coasters)
4'33" - John Cage
(Two from my iPod, one that anyone can play.)
Revolution 9...The Beatles
One Way Out- Allman Bros
Two Step- DMB
Three Time Loser - Bonnie Raitt
4 out of 5 - Soul Coughing
(nothing for Five...can I use the above?)
Six Strings Down - Jimmie Vaughan
Seven Years - Norah Jones
8 Easy Steps - Alanis Morissette
9-9 - REM
Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
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