Happy Thanksgiving! What better day to roll out a fresh list of the last eight shuffled-up songs to play from my iTouch?

Well, actually, these songs have practically nothing to do with turkey, pilgrims, the Mayflower, or any of the holiday’s themes. Really, the day just came, and this random grouping came with it (early, yet).

But I will say that it’s one of the odder consecutive sequence of songs to flow out of my iPod, simply because it’s notably light on the pop-music vibe. In fact, with the lyrical snippets, there’s something of a somber tone at work — at least until Marky Mark crashes the party.

So anyway, here we go:

1. “Private Conversation”, Lyle Lovett - And she watched the shade go down.

2. “Come On Get Happy”, The Partridge Family - A whole lotta lovin’ is what we’ll be bringin’.

3. “Always On My Mind”, Pet Shop Boys - I just never took the time.

4. “Chance (Atmosphere) (Piccadilly Radio Session)”, Joy Division - Always danger.

5. “Sometime To Return”, Soul Asylum - The hourglass is draining fast.

6. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”, Hank Williams Sr. - The moon just went behind the clouds.

7. “Spirits In The Material World”, The Police - But it’s the rhetoric of failure.

8. “Good Vibration”, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Made me want to know who done this.