Journal

... that's been around last.fm for ages now.

1. How did you get into 29?
Pasărea Colibri - overplaying their tapes as a kid.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Yann Tiersen - whichever is the first on the Amelie soundtrack.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Eagles of Death Metal - "get you home by midnight but it's 10 to 3".

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideals.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Phoenix (the Romanian one) - if my dad's vinyls count, 3 or 4.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Tarmac - Ce sourire est pour moi.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Iggy Pop - depends on the mood. I can totally cry to It's our Love.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Alexandrina Hristov - Nimic nu e ca tine.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Nine Inch Nails - hard to pick, really. Right now, probably Every Day Is Exactly the Same.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
The Killers - a whole lot of them, but most of all Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Placebo - Once More with Feeling, i guess.

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Leonard Cohen - can't pick. I'll go for Democracy, for now.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - dancing to Around the World with good friends.

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
The Doors - Love Me Two Times, 'cause of memories around it.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Kings of Leon - maybe Charmer. They're not jumping-happy music.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Manu Chao - none. Could have and I missed it.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow, and I loved the video.

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Richard Cheese - can't pick, most of his songs are just as funny.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Kumm - I won't say :) They're great together.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Depeche Mode - yes. One of the best concerts I ever saw.

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Nouvelle Vague - listening to their songs while having tea and heart-to-heart conversations.

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Noir Desir - A Ton Etoile. The Yann Tiersen version is lovely, too.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Alexandru Andries - Ce oras frumos. I was 3 and my dad was humming it.

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Soulsavers - definitely It's Not How Far You Get, It's What You Do With It.

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Muse - for the incredible fun of it, Supermassive Black Hole.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Explosions in the Sky - don't know, really. But the first I loved was Remember Me as a Time of Day.

27. What is your favorite album by 3?
Rome - Flowers from Exile, if only for Swords to Rust, Hearts to Dust.

28. What is you favorite song by 2?
Bon Jovi - seriously? Pick ONE?

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
The Cranberries - Zombie, like everyone else, I guess.

30. What is you favorite song by 8?
Mark Lanegan - hard to choose, but I'll settle for Hit the City.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
La Rue Ketanou - haven't. I hope to, though, I'm sure they're fun live.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Desert Sessions - uhm... I'm Here for your Daughter, maybe?

33. What is you favorite album by 10?
Urma - Anger as a Gift, the classic, though Trend Off isn't bad either.

34. What is the worst song by 45?
Goran Bregovic - Pitbull Terrier. Over-listened-to.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Manic Street Preachers - the over-played Your Love Alone Is Not Enough.

36. What is you favorite album by 48?
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas, a masterpiece.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
Johnny Cash - never have, never will.

38. What is you favorite song by 36?
Lhasa de Sela - Anywhere on this Road, great pick-me-up-and-keep-me-going song.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 31?
Green Day - Basket Case, and I hated it initially.

40. What is you favorite album by 7?
Alternosfera - Visători cu plumb în ochi. (You'd think it's easy to pick from just 2 albums, but I had to evaluate for a while.)

41. Is there a song by 35 that makes you happy?
Gogol Bordello - quite a few. Most of all, 60 Revolutions and Baro Foro.

42. What is your favorite album by 41?
Kaiser Chiefs - probably Yours Truly, Angry Mob, for the break-all-have-fun feel of it.

43. What is your favorite song by 24?
Jean-Michel Jarre - Je me souviens, off Metamorphoses.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46?
Oigan - getting past heartaches with his brilliantly ironic Teenage Love Song.

45. What is your favorite song by 36?
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook. Did I spell that right?

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Pink Floyd - not really, no. Not a happy band.

47. What is your favorite album by 4?
Byron - again, just 2 albums and I can't pick one for the life of me.

48. Who is a favorite member of 42?
Takida - why am I supposed to like one member or another? I don't even know what the look like.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 28?
t.A.T.u. - Nas ne dogoniat, or however you romanize that. The Russian version of Not Gonna Get Us.

50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Spiritual Front - none, though I would probably buy Armageddon Gigolo.

Aaaand it's a wrap. Did anybody actually scroll down through this?

Monthly Top Artists

Apr-2006
Jesse Malin (67 plays)
May-2006
Bon Jovi (71 plays)
Jun-2006
Jesse Malin (112 plays)
Jul-2006
The Kooks (75 plays)
Aug-2006
Vega 4 (50 plays)
Sep-2006
D Generation (37 plays)
Oct-2006
Ryan Adams (57 plays)
Nov-2006
Vega 4 (80 plays)
Dec-2006
Jesse Malin (212 plays)
Jan-2007
Jesse Malin (124 plays)
Feb-2007
Jesse Malin (146 plays)
Mar-2007
Jesse Malin (118 plays)
Apr-2007
Jesse Malin (72 plays)
May-2007
Jesse Malin (170 plays)
Jun-2007
Jesse Malin (44 plays)
Jul-2007
Andreas Johnson (154 plays)
Aug-2007
Ryan Adams (46 plays)
Sep-2007
Nada Surf (96 plays)
Oct-2007
Maxïmo Park (136 plays)
Nov-2007
Ryan Adams (183 plays)
Dec-2007
The Wallflowers (59 plays)
Jan-2008
Jesse Malin (117 plays)
Feb-2008
Jesse Malin (50 plays)
Mar-2008
Richard Bacchus (113 plays)
Apr-2008
D Generation (174 plays)
May-2008
Jesse Malin (205 plays)
Jun-2008
Joseph Arthur (99 plays)
Jul-2008
The Replacements (127 plays)
Aug-2008
Marah (103 plays)
Sep-2008
The Charlatans (199 plays)
Oct-2008
The Charlatans (450 plays)
Nov-2008
Joseph Arthur (112 plays)
Dec-2008
Joseph Arthur (88 plays)
Jan-2009
Marah (126 plays)
Feb-2009
The New Pornographers (77 plays)
Mar-2009
The Kills (134 plays)
Apr-2009
Joseph Arthur (64 plays)
May-2009
Green Day (18 plays)
Jun-2009
Kasabian (65 plays)
Jul-2009
Bruce Springsteen (68 plays)
Aug-2009
Joseph Arthur (78 plays)
Sep-2009
Brendan Benson (78 plays)
Oct-2009
Broken Records (38 plays)
Nov-2009
Lucero (61 plays)
Dec-2009
Lucero (52 plays)
Jan-2010
Joseph Arthur (46 plays)

Monthly Top Tracks

Apr-2006
D Generation : Sunday Secret Saints (6 plays)
May-2006
Snow Patrol : It's Beginning To Get To Me (7 plays)
Jun-2006
Vega 4 : you & me (8 plays)
Jul-2006
The Kooks : Sofa Song (6 plays)
Aug-2006
Vega 4 : Sophie Says (9 plays)
Sep-2006
Nova International : Falling In (6 plays)
Oct-2006
Bauer : gone (8 plays)
Nov-2006
Jesse Malin : Dont Let Them Take You Down (demo) (8 plays)
Dec-2006
Jesse Malin : Little Star (18 plays)
Jan-2007
[unknown] : Spur 1 (16 plays)
Feb-2007
Jesse Malin : Downliner (7 plays)
Mar-2007
Jesse Malin : Megan Don't Know (11 plays)
Apr-2007
Bright Eyes : Hot Knives (6 plays)
May-2007
Maroon 5 : Makes Me Wonder (11 plays)
Jun-2007
Jesse Malin : Gimme a Revolution (8 plays)
Jul-2007
Matchbox Twenty : How Far We've Come (24 plays)
Aug-2007
Bruce Springsteen : Radio Nowhere (6 plays)
Sep-2007
Stars : In Our Bedroom After The War (11 plays)
Oct-2007
The Replacements : Replacements - Live at CBGBs 1984 (13 plays)
Nov-2007
Times Square : People (8 plays)
Dec-2007
Jesse Malin : Basement Home (9 plays)
Jan-2008
The Replacements : live in Chicago 4th July 1991 last ever gig (23 plays)
Feb-2008
Bauer : Isn't it a perfect world (5 plays)
Mar-2008
Richard Bacchus : Skyscraper Soul (15 plays)
Apr-2008
D Generation : No Way Out (13 plays)
May-2008
Jesse Malin : Gates of the West (6 plays)
Jun-2008
Jesse Malin : Gates of the West (9 plays)
Jul-2008
The Replacements : Can't Hardly Wait (7 plays)
Aug-2008
Marah : Coughing Up Blood (6 plays)
Sep-2008
The Charlatans : You Cross My Path (9 plays)
Oct-2008
The Charlatans : One to Another (9 plays)
Nov-2008
Joseph Arthur : Ashes Everywhere (6 plays)
Dec-2008
Nada Surf : Always Love (3 plays)
Jan-2009
Animal Collective : My Girls (6 plays)
Feb-2009
Beautiful Small Machines : Robots In Love (8 plays)
Mar-2009
Antony and the Johnsons : Aeon (6 plays)
Apr-2009
David Poe : The Drifter (5 plays)
May-2009
Crystal Stilts : Prismatic Room (2 plays)
Jun-2009
Kasabian : Where Did All the Love Go? (7 plays)
Jul-2009
Oasis : The Shock Of The Lightning (9 plays)
Aug-2009
Joseph Arthur : Devil's Broom (5 plays)
Sep-2009
Brendan Benson : Eyes On The Horizon (6 plays)
Oct-2009
Paul van Dyk : Home (Bruce Gainsford remix) (7 plays)
Nov-2009
Lucero : Sixes And Sevens (5 plays)
Dec-2009
Nada Surf : The Way You Wear Your Head (3 plays)
Jan-2010
Spoon : Is Love Forever? (5 plays)

O q está sendo escutado demais nas gdes cidades, em comparação a outros artistas.

Belém
Paralamas do Sucesso
Esteban
Vanguart
Julian Casablancas
Interpol
Ivete Sangalo

Belo Horizonte
Milton Nascimento
Marcelo D2
Silverchair
Rolling Stones
Colbie Caillat

Brasília
Glee Cast
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Marcelo D2
David Guetta

Curitiba
Sabonetes
Metallica
AC/DC
Faichecleres
Nickelback
Copacabana Club

Manaus
Gram
Ashley Tisdale
Roberto Carlos
Miley Cyrus
Beyonce
Cobra Starship

Porto Alegre
Bidê ou Balde
Nenhum de Nós
Armandinho
Bon Jovi
Oasis

Recife
Eddie
Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Nação Zumbi
Lenine

Salvador
Banda Eva
Ivete Sangalo
Vivendo do Ócio
Maria Gadú
Black Eyed Peas

São Paulo
Madonna
Gloria
Paramore
Guns N' Roses
RestArt

Band - Album (the point\10; hits)

01. Evans Blue - Evans Blue (9.6, 11 hits)
02. Skillet - Awake (9.0, 12 hits)
03. Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony (8.8, 10 hits)
04. Thousand Foot Krutch - Welcome To The Masquerade (8.3, 9 hits)
05. Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (8.0, 9 hits)
06. Bon Jovi - The Circle (7.8, 8 hits)
07. Adelitas Way - Adelitas Way (7.7, 7 hits)
08. Hoobastank - For(n)ever (7.6, 8 hits)
09. Lazy Bitches - Good Luck (7.6. 8 hits)
10. The Veer Union - Against the Grain (7.3, 6 hits)


Ну что тут сказать... 2009 год выдался очень очень урожайным: с таким большим количеством суперхитовых пластинок я еще не сталкивался никогда.. Хотя, скорее всего, это потому, что я умудрился прослушать порядка 200 пластинок прошедшего года... И это радует!
Большое впечатление на меня произвел так называемый стиль Alternative Rock с примесью пост-гранжа: сразу несколько топовых групп этого жанра выпустили свои пластинки (в 2006 году было тоже самое, они как будто сговорились) - Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Hoobastank, Skillet. Из них в этот раз выделились "брекеты" и "скилеты": настолько сильных альбомов я от них просто-напросто не ожидал. Немного разочаровали TDG: по сравнению с прошлыми двумя почти идеальными релизами новое творение группы можно назвать только "хорошим".. Хотя по сравнению с другими альбомами групп TDG выпустили отличную пластинку.
Более чем порадовали старички Bon Jovi - снова хороший альбом, правда, слушая некоторые песни, испытываешь чувство дежавю: некоторые песни явно слизаны с прошлых хитов группы.
Очень приятный альбом выпустили Lazy Bitches - группа явно повзрослела, на смену полтора-минутным песенкам пришли серьезные баллады, да и инструментальная составляющая стала заметно технологичней.
Не обошлось, конечно, и без групп, разочаровавших своими релизами. Особенно огорчили Тараканы!: по сравнению с альбомом 2006 года новое творение просто ужасно. На смену драйвовым песенкам с классными мотивами пришли однообразные композиции за исключением 2-3 песен, из которых больше всего запомнилась То, что не убивает тебя - вот она действительно суперхит.
Так же разочаровали альбомы групп 30 Seconds to Mars, AFI, Franz Ferdinand, Rammstein, Panic и чувачков Eminem и Timbaland.
Ну и конечно, как же без новых открытий. В 2009 я впервые познакомился и глубоко проникся творчеством таких групп, как Adelitas Way ("My Dirrrty little thing..."), CAVO, Corroded, Dead by Sunrise (сайд проект Честера Беннингтона получился более чем хорошим), Decyfer Down, Evans Blue, Halestorm, Jonas Brothers, Paramore, Red, The Veer Union и Thousand Foot Krutch.
В общем, год выдался просто восхитительным. От 2010 хотелось бы ждать хоть половину от прошлого, и это вполне реально: должны выйти альбомы Linkin Park, Disturbed, Bullet For My Valentine и многих других.

As the title suggests, a list of all the greatest hits / best of CD's I own in non-digital form ;) I didn't buy all of them, a lot of them were given to me as gifts because some people know I collect them, and some I got for dirt cheap and was purely for collections sake. I wouldn't listen to a fair few of them :P (a couple havent been!).

Feel free to suggest me some to get. I have a list of what I want, but you may surprise me with an artist I haven't thought of :)

Current list as of 1st Feb 2010 - Current count: 59

ABBA
Atomic Kitten
The Beatles
Björk
blink-182
Blondie
Bon Jovi
David Bowie
The Brady Bunch
Mariah Carey
Belinda Carlisle
Carpenters
Crowded House
Elvis
Eurythmics
Fatboy Slim
Garbage
Girls Aloud
Whitney Houston
Natalie Imbruglia
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
The Jacksons / The Jackson 5
Jamiroquai
M People
Madonna
Matchbox 20
George Michael
Dannii Minogue
Kylie Minogue
The Monkees
Alanis Morissette
No Doubt
Oasis
The Partridge Family
Pet Shop Boys
Prince
Real McCoy
Roxette
S Club 7
Sash!
Savage Garden
The Smiths
Britney Spears
Spice Girls
Steps
Donna Summer
T.A.T.U
Tina Arena
Travis
U2

Japanese
後藤真希
浜崎あゆみ
松浦亜弥
モーニング娘。
Tommy february6
Tommy heavenly6
宇多田ヒカル
大塚愛

Starting off with albums.
Rules: one record per band, so no writing your favourite band's entire discography.

A: Adelitas Way - Adelitas Way
B: Blackbird - Alter Bridge
C: Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem
D: Dookie - Green Day
E: Enema Of The State - blink-182
F: Flavors of Entanglement - Alanis Morissette
G: Good Morning Revival - Good Charlotte
H: Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
I: Infinity On High - Fallout Boy
J: Joy - Giovanni Allevi
K: Kiss or Kill - Endeverafter
L: La Flaca - Jarabe De Palo
M: Make Yourself - Incubus
N: Natural Selection - Fuel
O: One by One - Foo Fighters
P: Phobia - Breaking Benjamin
Q: Queen II - Queen
R: Rock 'n Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
S: Silver Side Up - Nickelback
T: Take It To The Limit - Hinder
U: Untitled - Korn
V: Venus Doom - H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty)
W: We Are The Night - The Chemical Brothers
X: X&Y - Coldplay
Y: You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand
Z: Zooropa - U2

...and then the artists.
Rules: no bands that were used in the previous list.

A: Aerosmith
B: Bon Jovi
C: Creed
D: Depeche Mode
E: Evanescence
F: Finger Eleven
G: Goo Goo Dolls
H: Hoobastank
I: Imogen Heap
J: Jet Black Stare
K: Killswitch Engage
L: Limp Bizkit
M: Metallica
N: Nirvana
O: Oasis
P: Puddle of Mudd
Q: Queens of the Stone Age
R: Red Hot Chili Peppers
S: Saliva
T: Theory of a Deadman
U: Usher
V: Vanessa Carlton
W: Within Temptation
X: Xzibit
Y: Yellowcard
Z: Zebrahead

#:
30 Seconds to Mars


A:
Alter Bridge 2x


B:
Bon Jovi


C:
Counterpoint


D.


E:
Enjoy Destroy
Enter Shikari


F:
Fused


G:


H:


I:


J:


K:


L:
Linkin Park
Logan


M:


N:
Nickelback


O:


P:


Q:


R:
Reamonn


S:
Shinedown
Silbermond
SOiL
Straight Curve 2x


T:


U:


V:


W:


X:
X-change


Y:


Z:

Best Studio Album

The Circle
Have A Nice Day
Crush
Bounce
Lost Highway

Best Compilation Album

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
This Left Feels Right
One Wild Night Live

Best Overall Song

Last Man Standing
Brokenpromiseland
Superman Tonight
Whole Lot Of Leavin'
Novocaine
Walk Like A Man
Undivided
Love's The Only Rule
I Am
Work For The Working Man
Any Other Day
When We Were Beautiful
It's My Life
Just Older
Mystery Train
Have A Nice Day
Next 100 Years
Learn To Love
Welcome To Wherever You Are
One Wild Night

Best B-Side / Demo

Stay
Neurotica
Kidnap An Angel
Lonely
Temptation
The One That Got Away
Dirty Little Secret
Postcards From The Wasteland
Breathe
Nothing

Best DVD

Live From Madison Square Garden
This Left Feels Right Live
The Crush Tour
Lost Highway Live

Best Music Video

Whole Lot Of Leavin'
It's My Life
Have A Nice Day
We Weren't Born To Follow
Make A Memory
Welcome To Wherever You Are

Best Tour

Have A Nice Day
Crush
Lost Highway
Bounce

Best Individual Show

Giants, 3rd night 2006.
Giants, 2nd night 2001

Bon JoviCrushBounceThis Left Feels Right100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be WrongOne Wild Night LiveHave A Nice DayLost HighwayThe Circle