Your Perfect Sixty Minutes

The idea behind this thread actually belongs to the Tympanogram Music Blog who are currently putting together 1000 minutes worth of music but I figured nobody would bother reading through lists of 250 tracks posted one after another, hence 60 rather than 1000.

The basic premise is simple – you're going to be stranded on a desert island with an mp3 player that will never need changing but can never be updated again. The player holds exactly sixty minutes of music – bit rates and file size don’t matter. The question: What would you do with the space on the mp3 player? What would be your Perfect Sixty Minutes?

Essentially this is an excuse to post "fav ever song" lists but if you're anywhere near the obsessive compulsive I am you'll probably find great pleasure in crafting a playlist that squeezes the most out of the 60 minutes you have. Obviously going under isn't a problem but lets all play along and not go over. And remember, if you cheat, you're only cheating yourself: :[

Anyway this is my attempt:

What I'd Say  by Ray Charles                          4:38
Sleep Now In The Fire  by Rage Against The Machine   3:26
London Calling  by The Clash		                3:24
Last Nite  by The Strokes	        	        3:18
Paranoid Android  by Radiohead                        6:23
Chicago  by Sufjan Stevens                             6:05
Saeglopur  by Sigur Ros                                5:00
So Here We Are  by Bloc Party                         3:52
Can't Stand Me Now  by The Libertines                3:23
What's It All About  by Girl Talk                    4:15
We Are Your Friends  by Simian & Justice             4:23
Rebellion (Lies)  by Arcade Fire                     5:07
Skinny Love  by Bon Iver	                       3:58
Blowin In The Wind  by Bob Dylan                     2:48
                                               TOTAL - 60:00

I tried my best to include tracks from a broad range of genres and periods as having an eclectic taste in music will probably prove essential for fitting in with the desert island scene kids. Some tracks like Saeglopur probably aren't my favourite tracks from the given artist but considering most of the best Sigur Ros tracks are over 8 minutes I had to settle for the single release of Saeglopur. During the process I added and then cut out tracks by Postal Service, Shins, Weezer, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Oasis, Dre, Beirut, Band Of Horses, Jay Z.

Pretty happy with my selection though even if it has taken most of this week to hit the 60:00 mark.

Keeping in mind the scenario of being stranded on a desert island, I tried to pick songs that generally put me in a good mood and remind me of certain people or enjoyable times in my life, since I'd want to be in a state of happiness before I died.

Kids  by MGMT                                                    5:03
Tick Tick Boom  by The Hives                                    3:25
El Caminos in the West  by Grandaddy		                  3:22
The General Specific  by Band of Horses	        	  3:07
Bruce Willis Was Dead the Whole Time  by Super Mash Bros.    1:59
True Believer  by Dragonette                                    3:43
Creeper  by Islands                                              3:15
My Little Japanese Cigarette Case  by Spoon                  3:04
You Are a Runner and I am My Father's Son  by Wolf Parade   2:55
The Slow Descent into Alcoholism  by The New Pornographers   3:57
Paradise by the Dashboard Light  by Meat Loaf                8:28
Walk Away, Walk  by We Are Wolves                               3:24
Music Box Dancer  by Frank Mills	                          3:12
Bohemiam Like You  by The Dandy Warhols                         3:32
Lay Down the Law  by Switches                                   2:46
Fell in Love With a Girl  by The White Stripes                 1:50
Smoke Detector  by Rilo Kiley                                   2:58
                                                          TOTAL - 60:00

This looks interesting, it really does.

Audioslave- Shadow on the Sun-5:44
Del Amitri- Tell Her This- 3:13
Dream Theater- Wither- 5:26
Darkfall- God Is An Astronaut- 3:42
James Blunt- Same Mistake- 4:58
Forget Her- Jeff Buckley- 5:13
Kings of Leon- Revelry- 3:24
Metallica- The Unforgiven II- 6:36
Sting- Valparaiso- 5:28
Tool- Patient-7:14
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova- Falling Slowly- 4:04
Total: 60:00 minutes

Not close to a list of my all time favourites- Opeth songs all border on 10 minutes, as do Dream Theater's longer songs, but with the above parameters, this is what I would choose.

If these were the only songs I could listen to, I'd still be extremely unhappy but it would be great to have this selection of songs to entertain me before I go insane.

Knights of Cydonia  by Muse 
6:06

Paranoid Android  by Radiohead 
6:23

SRXT  by Bloc Party 
4:52

Someday  by The Strokes 
3:07

505  by Arctic Monkeys 
4:14

Welcome Home  by Coheed and Cambria 
6:15

Starlight  by Muse 
3:59

Ára bátur  by Sigur Rós 
8:57

Sarah  by Thin Lizzy 
3:31

Harrowdown Hill by Thom Yorke 
4:39

Trojan Horse  by Bloc Party 
3:32

Do Me A Favour  by Arctic Monkeys 
3:27

Classico  by Tenacious D 
1:02

TOTAL - 60:00

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As you can see, I picked Classico to fit in the 60 minute mark. But it's also a song that would make me laugh, so that's good enough for me.

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Sleeping Sickness by City and Colour        4:08
Hemorrhage by Fuel                           3:57
In The Sun by Joseph Arthur                  5:36
The Scientist by Coldplay                    5:09
Mr Jones by Counting Crows                    4:33
Funny The Way It Is by Dave Matthews Band   4:27
Syndicate by The Fray                         3:32
Black Balloon by the Goo Goo Dolls           4:10
You're Beautiful by James Blunt              3:33
When You Were Young by The Killers           3:40
Scars by Papa Roach                            3:28
Quasimodo by Lifehouse                        4:33
Love and Memories by O.A.R.                  3:25
Dreamland by Our Lady Peace                   3:36
Don't Panic by Coldplay                       2:19
  
                                        Total: 60:00

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I had such a hard time getting the times to line up and even now they still aren't straight

Ahh. I was like trying to make some of spaces size one and stuff like that.

Interesting idea. It's going to be hard, but here I go...

• Alkaline Trio - Time To Waste (4:13)
• Manchester Orchestra - Pride (5:48)
• Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch (5:44)
• Brand New - Guernica (3:23)
• Manchester Orchestra - Tony The Tiger (3:09)
• Right Away, Great Captain! - Anna No (2:22)
• Matt & Kim - Daylight (2:52)
• Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr (3:20)
• Built to Spill - Car (2:57)
• The Spill Canvas - The Tide (5:59)
• Blink 182 - Dysentery Gary (2:46)
• InMe - In Loving Memory (4:19)
• In Case Of Fire - Do What I Say (3:56)
• Kevin Devine - Time To Burn (Another Bag Of Bones) (4:15)
• Brand New - I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light (3:57)
• Blink 182 - Asthenia (4:20)

60:00

That was hard. Had to take out a few awesome songs to hit 60 mins.

I envy those with straight lines.

It took me so long to mark mine out and they still weren't straight, so I just edited it now.

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