As noted previously, I decided it was necessary to amplify my music geekdom by turning the running list of my 2000 favorite songs (currently up to #1361) into a sortable database. Credit where credit's due, I filched the idea from Jim Connelly's far superior blog, which is pursuing a similarly absurd enterprise albeit proceeding alphabetically, currently at #3295 as he works his way through The Who.

I'll note that this was also just an excuse to play with AI (aside from exploring the havoc it's wreaking on the legal profession in my more serious pursuits), using it to turn my shoddy Word list into a spreadsheet format--something AI is more adept at than, say, constructing legal arguments.

The project also gave me a chance to figure out how my favorite artists are stacking up in terms of contributions to the list. Now, this is intentionally understated, as I've aimed to avoid overly stuffing the list with songs from my favorite artists in favor of a little more diversity--yes, I could probably have dozens of Beatles & Stones songs, but where's the fun in that? Yet notwithstanding this effort at variety--fairly successfully, as even deep into the 1300s I'm still adding a lot of artists for the first time--a few artists stand out. 

Now, an accurate count can be tricky. For example, today's song was by the Stills-Young band; I've opted to list it as a Neil Young track (his 9th), as it's essentially a Neil solo track; but we also have 4 Buffalo Springfield songs written by Neil on the list, so what to do with those? Ah, decisions!

Anyway, as of today, with that caveat, here are the artists making the most frequent appearances (which, not surprisingly, makes for a pretty good proxy of my musical taste):

Yes, I have way too much time on my hands.