I thought I'd take a look at what my i-tunes says are my top 25 tunes. My i-tunes takes input from the following:-

• The computer itself
• My i-phone
• My kids ipads
• The ipod in the car

So therefore my top 25 tunes are not purely my tastes. Luckily for me, my girls play - and then over play - a particular song, and then never play it again. I'm a bit more constant in my likes!

To get in my top 25, you have to have been played at least 106 times (Henry Purcell - Rondeau). To top the charts, you need 265 plays (Vivaldi - RV535 iV Allegro - concerto for 2 oboes). 

What do we find in the list Tim?

Vivaldi - 7 'tunes' or 28%

Lucie Silvas and Taylor Swift are the only other artists that appear more than once (2 each).

Classical - 11 tunes or 44% (as well Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Beethoven, Elgar and Debussy)

0 Beatles. In fact the nearest Beatles song has 'only' been played 46 times (their final rooftop, complete with police, going-down-fighting Get Back).

1 Stones (live Street Fighting Man 1971)

1 Coldplay (Viva La Vida - Tiberius? Constantine? Pilate?)

3 definitely from my girls (Taylor - Shake it Off and Blank Space, Iggy Azelea - Black Widow)

1 from Iceland - Yohanna Funny Thing Is

0 Elvis (The highest Elvis - at 32 plays - is the rather mawkish Don't Cry Daddy)

Randoms - Neil Diamond (Glory Road), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Save the Population), GRL (Lighthouse), Todd Rundgren (I Saw the Light)

Dance - Matrix & Futurebound - Control

Most recent addition - Shania Twaine - You're Still The One. Added in February 2016. 110 plays.

So what does any of this prove?

1. I'm commuting again. I tend to listen to classical and Vivaldi on trains
2. The top 25 played (apart from Elgar, Vivaldi and Lucie Silva - Breath In) doesn't match up with my self-defined favourite songs.
3. I'm self-amusing again. Sorry. Music is important to me!

More updates next year when I reveal the shocking news that Vivaldi totally takes over the top 25 list (and he might, looking at the many, many concerti bubbling just under the top 25).

Split pea soup for lunch.

Tim