Time For Me To Fly

 

Podify Wrapped

May 2026

109 Plays. 40+ Artists. One iPod Refusing to Pick a Lane.

Every month I tell myself I'm developing a more refined musical taste.

Every month my iPod responds with hard data suggesting otherwise.

Welcome to Podify Wrapped: May 2026, where classic rock, country music, live albums, guitar heroes, truck-driving songs, and whatever else happened to wander into my headphones all fought for airtime.

Over the course of the month, I logged 109 plays, spread across more than 40 artists. The resulting playlist feels less like a carefully curated collection and more like somebody handed the AUX cord to everyone at a family reunion and said, "Let's see what happens."

The answer?

Musical chaos. Glorious musical chaos.

By the Numbers

🎵 Total Plays: 109

🎤 Unique Artists: 40+

📀 Unique Songs: 80+

🎙️ Live Recordings: Approximately 45%

🎸 Classic Rock & Hard Rock: 48%

🤠 Country & Americana: 32%

🎤 90s & Alternative: 10%

🎭 Everything Else: 10%

📈 Playlist Consistency: Currently missing.

Top Artists of the Month

🥇 Sawyer Brown

9 Plays (8.3%)

The undisputed champion of May.

Somewhere along the way I apparently decided that live country music was exactly what my listening habits needed.

Between "Some Girls Do" and "Six Days On The Road," Sawyer Brown spent the month quietly dominating the leaderboard while the classic rock artists were busy getting all the attention.

🥈 David Gilmour

6 Plays (5.5%)

Whenever I need thoughtful songwriting, emotional depth, and guitar solos that could qualify as weather systems, David Gilmour answers the call.

Apparently six separate times.

🥈 Aerosmith

6 Plays (5.5%)

Aerosmith's live recordings made a strong showing.

At this point I’m beginning to suspect that if a song exists in both studio and live versions, I'm picking the live version every time.

🏅 Dire Straits

5 Plays (4.6%)

Mark Knopfler quietly worked his way into the upper ranks with enough guitar wizardry to remind everyone why Dire Straits remains one of the most replayable bands in rock history.

🏅 REO Speedwagon

5 Plays (4.6%)

The recurring theme of REO Speedwagon this year continues.

Apparently "Take It on the Run" and "Time for Me to Fly" are becoming recurring characters in my musical universe.

🏅 Brooks & Dunn

5 Plays (4.6%)

Country music wasn't merely visiting this month.

It signed a lease.

🏅 Led Zeppelin

5 Plays (4.6%)

As always, Led Zeppelin remains the musical equivalent of comfort food.

Except louder.

Top Songs of the Month

🥇 Goin' Through The Big D

4 Plays (3.7%)

Mark Chesnutt takes Song of the Month.

Four separate listens suggest this moved beyond appreciation and entered the realm of academic study.

🥈 Time for Me to Fly

3 Plays

REO Speedwagon's anthem became one of the month's most revisited tracks.

🥈 Brand New Man

3 Plays

Brooks & Dunn helped reinforce the month's country-heavy tendencies.

🥈 Convoy

3 Plays

A truck-driving anthem from the 1970s somehow becoming one of the most-played songs in 2026 perfectly summarizes Podify Wrapped.

🏅 Notable Repeat Offenders

• Money For Nothing (Live)

• Sultans of Swing (Live)

• The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

• Take It on the Run

• Boot Scootin' Boogie

Genre Breakdown

🎸 Classic Rock & Hard Rock — 48%

Classic rock remained the backbone of the month.

Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Dire Straits, Peter Frampton, Eagles, David Gilmour, REO Speedwagon, and assorted guitar heroes accounted for nearly half of all listening.

At several points the playlist sounded like an FM station trapped permanently between 1975 and 1995.

🤠 Country & Americana — 32%

This was the real story of May.

Sawyer Brown, Brooks & Dunn, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson, Alabama, and various country legends combined for nearly one-third of all listening.

Apparently I spent a significant portion of the month one steel guitar away from a county fair.

🎤 Alternative & 90s Rock — 10%

The Presidents of the United States of America and a handful of 90s favorites made appearances to keep things unpredictable.

🎭 Everything Else — 10%

The category where Gordon Lightfoot, novelty songs, trucker anthems, and whatever else wandered through the shuffle button comfortably coexist.

Most Surprising Transition Awards

🏆 Grand Champion

David Gilmour → Convoy

One song explores memory, loss, and the human condition.

The next involves CB radios.

Perfect.

🥈 Runner-Up

Led Zeppelin → Brooks & Dunn

From legendary British hard rock to line dancing in under five minutes.

🥉 Third Place

The Presidents of the United States of America → Alan Jackson

The algorithm would like a word.

Podify Achievement Badges

🏆 The Live Album Addict
Nearly half your listening came from live recordings.

You don't listen to albums.

You attend concerts.

🏆 Most Unexpected Country Detour
Winner: "Convoy"

Because apparently truckers were an essential part of your musical journey.

🏆 Guitar Solo of the Month
Winner: Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler remains unfairly good at his job.

🏆 Classic Rock Preservation Society
Successfully prevented classic rock from becoming endangered.

🏆 The Shuffle Goblin Award
Granted for playlist decisions that no streaming service would willingly recommend.

🏆 Frequent Flyer Miles
Awarded to REO Speedwagon for repeatedly convincing you it was time to fly.

Listener Personality Report

If Podify generated a psychological profile, it would probably say:

"This listener enjoys classic rock, country music, live recordings, guitar solos, nostalgia, and complete unpredictability."

Translated into plain English:

"User approaches genres the same way people approach buffet restaurants."

And honestly, that's probably accurate.

May wasn't about discovering one favorite artist. It was about bouncing between Led Zeppelin, Sawyer Brown, David Gilmour, Mark Chesnutt, Aerosmith, and Dire Straits with absolutely no concern for continuity.

Was it coherent?

Not even remotely.

Was it entertaining?

One hundred and nine plays suggest the answer is yes.

And that's exactly what Podify Wrapped is all about.