What’s On Your iPod?
I was on a flight this week and I overheard two people discussing the idea of iPod music libraries and how revealing they are to the personality of the owner. The statement was made, “you can learn a lot about a person by what is on their iPod.” In recognition that there is probably some truth to this, below are my 20 last purchases on iTunes. They certainly don’t tell the whole story about who I am, but it probably does provide some insight. At Threads, we’d love to get to know you a bit better. Let us know a few of your most recent additions to your music library. Maybe we will learn about someone or something we’ve been missing out on.
The Stand - Hillsong United
From the Inside Out - Hillsong United
Boston - Augustana (the song is OK, but the video is really creative)
Everlasting God - Lincoln Brewster
Mighty to Save - Hillsong
Sweetly Broken - Jeremy Riddle
My Hero - Foo Fighters (old song, but great for the gym)
Crisis In Darfur, with Ann Curry - NBC News (FREE)
Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus) - Chris Rice
Oh the Glory Of it All - David Crowder
Zoolander, the movie - (Haven’t seen this yet. I got it for the plane. If it is shady, my apologies)
Continuum, the album - John Mayer
The Office - Seasons 1 and 2
Burn For You, the album - Steve Fee
Sound of Melodies, the album - Leeland
Ocean - Ten Shekel Shirt
Sweetly Broken - Vineyard Music
Forevermore - Michael Gungor
My Savior My God - Aaron Shust
Another Hallelujah - Lincoln Brewster
About the Author
Jason Hayes is the young adult ministry specialist for Threads. His primary role for Threads is to serve as a speaker, church consultant, and writer. He is the co-author of Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches That Reach Them and the author of Blemished: How the Message of Malachi Confronts Empty Religion. Jason earned a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to coming to LifeWay, he served at Long Hollow Baptist Church in north Nashville. He is also happily married to his beautiful wife, Carrie, and is a proud dad to their two sons. Learn more at jasonhayesonline.com.
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Hey! Thanks for this list, a couple tunes I’ve really enjoyed this summer are:
“Freedom” and “Joyful Boy” from Josh Garrels (you can download some MP3’s from his official site for free) “Come and Listen” from David Crowder “To Rescue Me” from The Choir “What Joy is Found” by Jeremy Riddle “There Is So Much More” by Brett Dennen “Your Joy” and “Best of Me” from Christte Michelle “Retrospect for life” from Common
1 | Ryan M
Thursday, July 26, 2007, at 7:47am
I added a few yesterday for a road trip this weekend. not all of it is super new, just new to me.
indiana-jon mclaughlin what light-wilco rock of ages-sandra mccracken feelings show-colbie caillat summertime-josh rouse till it happens to you-corrine bailey rae more than it would seem-gabe dixon band one step away-rob blackledge till a further date-nathan angelo the ball game-andrew osenga
2 | mustangsally6613
Thursday, July 26, 2007, at 10:49am
This is the same list of albums that have been on my ipod since I got it. Plus, I’ve owned all of these albums since college. Haven’t ever bought anything on iTunes (these facts alone should tell you something about me, I suppose):
AKUS Calibretto 13 Rusted Root Jennifer Knapp Howlin’ Wolf Green Day DMB Creed Cowboy Mouth Counting Crows Blues Traveler Bela Fleck BB King
I realize podcasts probably tell a story of who a person is in a much more overt and less-interesting way, but since these are what I actually listen to on a daily basis, here are the podcasts:
The Whitehorse Inn Steve Brown, Etc Mars Hill Church Sermons (not Mars Hill Bible Church) NPR: Car Talk InfoWorld Virtualization Report Filmspotting Slate Magazine Albert Mohler Radio Program National Constitution Center - discussions and debates Tony Campolo
3 | benny
Thursday, July 26, 2007, at 1:50pm
oooh recent additions! that’s a tough one. although they’re not all new to me, these are some of my recent additions (hooray for the zune pass):
several movie soundtracks written by Thomas Newman Derek Webb Falling Up The Almost Johnny Cash Peter Gabriel Phil Wickham Lost Ocean Imogen Heap Over the Rhine Red Waterdeep Selena Sia Weird Al Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
and as for podcasts, Rob Bell is always my favorite.
4 | Ashley
Thursday, July 26, 2007, at 3:00pm
Thanks for all the feedback! Keep it coming. I’m making my “to check out” list from this. Here’s a fun fact that might surprise you. I actually lost all my music in a tragic iPod/ new computer incident. Anyway, I contacted iTunes and they gave me access to all my past purchased music again. Sweet, huh? I was shocked.
5 | Jason Hayes
Thursday, July 26, 2007, at 5:38pm
Fun post, Jason! Your original thought reminded me of a seminar I took at the Flash Forward conference (conference for Macromedia Falsh programmers) last year. The presenter talked about in his younger days, if you wanted to get to know someone , you’d check out their LP collection, or wander over to their bookshelf to see what they read. He talked about how music, album art, and literature are quick cultural identifiers that reveal who a person is, and that as we “live” with those treasured items we leave our mark on them — dog-eared pages, coffee stains (actually, he was British…make that tea stains), evidence we’ve been there and left memories on their pages or covers.
Anyway, his main point that I thought was really interesting was that as we move into the digital age, those fingerprints are lost (who wants a coffee stain on their iPod?), and everyone’s digital copy of “King Lear” is perfectly identical. He thinks this is such a cultural loss that we need to program a way for people to leave “digital fingerprints” — ways to leave digital evidence that “I’ve been here” that makes my personal collection of music, art, and literature unique to me. Interesting, huh?
OK, now to the real stuff. I’m jotting down my “check out” list from everyone’s lists above. I’m not going to list my last 20 purchases (such a rule-breaker) because listing Dora the Explorer would just be too humiliating, so I’ll give you some of my summer downloads. I’ve been building my “mellow mix” I listen to at the office…
Tons of Jack Johnson Some Mat Kearney “3 AM” Matchbox 20 “From Sunrise to Sunset” Paul Wright A bunch of John Mayer “Nothing Fancy” and “Until You” Dave Barnes “Daniel” audio from Beth Moore Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers A couple Colbie Callat songs “Question” Old 97s audio books: The Count of Monte Christo, The Lion, Witch & Wardrobe, Russian Short Stories
6 | Stephanie Salvatore
Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at 8:22am
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