Journal

This from the HOTTEST FEMALE SONGS!!! Kind-off like Triple J's Hottest 100 of All-time early in the year but only female artists because there was very few women in Triple J's countdown. It's run by a new beer called Hummingbird and some pay TV channel (I don't know which one because I don't watch it). It's a cool idea and I found it so hard to cut it down just to ten in the end so I just made my own 100 tracks from my favourite female artists.


My Top Ten Votes
1. Portishead - Glory Box
2. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
3. Sarah Blasko - {Explain}
4. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
5. Fiona Apple - Fast as You Can
6. Björk - Army Of Me
7. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
8. Beth Orton - Stolen Car
9. PJ Harvey - This Is Love
10. Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans

This was very, very, very, very hard (have I made it clear how hard this was?) But I picked songs which I could listen to on repeat which I have done in the past (not here on last.fm yet). Most tracks are from the 90's too (I grew-up in that decade, if you haven't all ready guessed). It seems like last.fm's journals are made up of long lists of songs so I've joined in again with my very, very long short list of songs that didn't make it into the top ten. These songs can be any thing that I love really It's from A to Z (well it's Y really, then V). It's selected from the list of tracks which are on their website but I've added a few of my own ones at the end. If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here and read all about it (there's only 4 days left to vote so hop too it).
http://www.hummingbird100.com/home

Aimee Mann - Save Me
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Beth Orton - Galaxy Of Emptiness
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Björk - Pagan Poetry
Björk - Violently Happy
Blondie - Union City Blue
Blondie - X Offender
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
The Breeders - Cannonball
Cat Power - Living Proof
Carpenters - Close to You
Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within
Clare Bowditch - Lips Like Oranges
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Duffy - Syrup & Honey
Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed
Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil
Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
Fiona Apple - Never Is a Promise
Fiona Apple - Red Red Red
Gabriella Cilmi - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Janis Joplin - Tell Mama
Jessica Simpson - Angels
Jewel - Morning Song
Joan Baez - Suzanne
Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On
Joni Mitchell - Come in From the Cold
Kasey Chambers - Pony
Kate Bush - How to Be Invisible
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Kylie Minogue - Slow
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
M.I.A - Pull Up The People
Madonna - What It Feels Like for a Girl
Marianne Faithfull - Something Better
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Nico - Femme Fatale
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Patsy Cline - Life's Railway To Heaven
Patti Smith - Because the Night
Peggy Lee - Don't Smoke In Bed
PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Portishead - Humming
Portishead - The Rip
The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep
The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu
Regina Spektor - Samson
Renee Geyer - I Scare Myself
Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Sarah Blasko - No Turning Back
Sarah Blasko - Perfect Now
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
The Seekers - 500 Miles
Tiffany - I Think We Are Alone Now
Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
Tori Amos - Blood Roses
The Veronicas - 4ever
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Some tracks I think should be on the list but are not so I've added them here:
Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
The Audreys - Lay Me Down
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Resolve
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Divinyls - Boys In Town
The Drones - Work For Me
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Emilíana Torrini - Heartstopper
Emmylou Harris - Every Grain of Sand
Gillian Welch - Everything is Free
Jane Birkin - My Secret
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Better off Dancing
Jolie Holland - Old Fashioned Morphine
Jolie Holland - Mexico City
Karen Dalton - Are You Leaving for the Country
Karen Dalton - Down On The Street (Don't You Follow Me Down)
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
L7 - Shitlist
Martina Topley-Bird - Anything
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
The Paradise Motel - Bad Light
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down By The Riverside
The Triffids - Raining Pleasure
The White Stripes - In the Cold, Cold Night
Vashti Bunyan - Rainbow River

So that is it. It wasn't so hard really (but cutting it down to ten was). I've most likely missed something which I'll remember later and be kicking myself about but I'm pretty happy with this mix. It seems my favorite female singer songwriter is Beth Gibbons with my number 1 track in my top ten. Plus two more Portishead songs and one from Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man project album. If you don't know she wrote My Secret for Jane Birkin a few years ago too. That adds up to five tracks out of one hundred which is not many but more that anyone else.

Anyway what do you think??? I liked writing these journal entries but I do like reading you comments and It's also the only way I can tell if anyone has been reading or looking at them. Thanks and bye for now.

This is actually really good. Dusty Springfield has a great voice and I think most people have heard most of these tracks. Mama Said and Will You Love Me Tomorrow? are outstanding, and for the life of me I can't get Wishin' and Hopin' out of my head. However, this is no masterpiece with a rendition of Mockingbird being too annoying to listen to again. This is a average album which is good in comparison to some of the albums in the challenge.

My rating: 2/5

A

First: a balladeer
Last: Azure Ray
Fav: Alejandro Fuentes, Alex Swings Oscar sings!, Ani DiFranco, Armchair Cynics
88 in Total


B

First: Baby Bash
Last: B-Zet
Fav: Backstreet Boys, Beatfabrik, Ben's Brother, Britney Spears
81 in Total


C

First: Caesars
Last: Cypress Hill
Fav: Carrie Underwood, Cary Brothers, Casper, City and Colour, Colbie Caillat, Cryptic
64 in Total


D

First: DaJule Steilz
Last: Dusty Springfield
Fav: DaJule Steilz, Daniel Powter, Dash Berlin, Daughtry, Dave Koz, Die Happy, Dishwalla
69 in Total


E

First: Eamon
Last: Eye Alaska
Fav: Eastmountainsouth, Elisa, Evans Blue, Eye Alaska
37 in Total


F

First: F.R.
Last: Fusion
Fav: Faith Hill, Favorite, Ferras, Fiva, FIVA & MNEMONIC, Fiva MC & DJ Radrum, Frankmusik
41 in Total


G

First: G.M.C
Last: Gym Class Heroes
Fav: Glashaus, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Eyed Stare, Gregor Meyle, Griffin House
33 in Total


H

First: H Is Orange
Last: Hurt
Fav: Herbert Grönemeyer, Holly Brook, Holly McNarland, Hollywood Undead
21 in Total


I

First: I-94
Last: Intwine
Fav: Inflabluntahz, Ingrid Michaelson
19 in Total


J

First: J. Stress & Azrael
Last: Justin Timberlake
Fav: Jack's Mannequin, Jakalope, Jet Black Stare, Jimmy Eat World, Jintanino, John Mayer, Josh Hoge, Juli
68 in Total


K

First: K.I.Z.
Last: Kyle and Brent
Fav: K.I.Z., Karmina, Katharine McPhee, Kelly Clarkson, Kidneythieves, Kings of Leon, Kutless
55 in Total


L

First: La Quinta Estación
Last: Lynzie Kent
Fav: Laith Al-Deen, Leigh Nash, Lesley Roy, Lifehouse, Like A Storm, Lionel Richie, Lu, Luxuslärm
53 in Total


M

First: M83
Last: My Favorite Highway
Fav: Maria Mena, Marit Larsen, Marquess, Mat Kearney, Matt Nathanson, Matt Wertz, Meat Loaf, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Metro Station, Miley Cyrus, Montana Max, Mopz Wanted, Morcheeba, My Favorite Highway
82 in Total


N

First: Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Last: Nosliw
Fav: Nathan Angelo, NEEDTOBREATHE, Nekst86, Nickelback, Niraj Chag
34 in Total


O

First: Oasis
Last: Outlandish
Fav: Ólafur Arnalds, Olivia Broadfield, One Less Reason
13 in Total


P

First: P!nk
Last: Pyranja
Fav: Parabelle, Peter Bradley Adams, Peter Fox, Phil Collins, Philipp Poisel, Prinz Pi, Prinz Porno
50 in Total


Q

First: Queen
Last: Quintino
Fav: Quietdrive
3 in Total


R

First: R. Kelly
Last: Ryan Star
Fav: Rapsoul, Reamonn, Red Goodbye, Robyn, Ronan Keating, Ryan Adams
56 in Total


S

First: Saad
Last: System of a Down
Fav: Sara Bareilles, Schiller, Shiml, Silbermond, Simple Plan, Sine, Slovo, Söhne Mannheims, Stabbing Westward, Staind, State of Shock, StilRize, Sunrise Avenue
123 in Total


T

First: Taichi
Last: Tyler Hilton
Fav: Taichi, Taylor Swift, Teddy Geiger, Terra Naomi, The Campaign, The Fray, The Script, The Veronicas, The White Tie Affair, Three Days Grace, Tina Dico, Tom Albrecht, Tone Damli Aaberge, Tracy Chapman, Train
91 in Total


U

First: U2
Last: Uyama Hiroto
Fav: Uh Huh Her, Uncle Kracker
8 in Total


V

First: Valezka
Last: Vonda Shepard
Fav: Vanessa Hudgens, Vienna Teng
11 in Total


W

First: Wallace Coleman
Last: Wyclef Jean
Fav: Wallace Coleman, William Fitzsimmons
12 in Total


X

First: Xavier Naidoo
Last: Xavier Naidoo
Fav: Xavier Naidoo
1 in Total
;)


Y

First: Yiruma
Last: Your Favorite Enemies
Fav: Your Favorite Enemies
4 in Total


Z

First: Zeichen der Zeit
Last: Zwang
Fav: Zeichen der Zeit
6 in Total


#

First: +44
Last: 257ers
Fav: +44, 3 Doors Down, 3OH!3, 10 Years, 12 Stones, 16 Frames
17 in Total


Soundtracks

First: 8 Mile
Last: Underworld
Fav: City of Angels, Cruel Intentions, Dirty Dancing 2, Hannah Montana The Movie, Jenseits der Stille, La marche de l'empereur, P.S. I Love You, Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack, The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
53 in Total

xxvii steps about the moon
an almost love story, with some kcrw experience.

1. Husky Rescue - Good Man
2. Iron & Wine - Waitin' for Superman
3. Tanya Donelly - Sweet Ride
4. Minotaur Shock - Motoring Britain
5. Jon Kennedy - Waiting for the Sea to Freeze
6. Nina Simone - I Can't See Nobody (Daniel Y. Remix)
7. The Real Tuesday Weld - The Day Before You Came
8. Camille - Au Port
9. Lunz - lunz (adem's lunz)
10.The Cardigans - Higher (Nåid Remix)
11.Clue to Kalo - Do You Know That Love Can End?
12.The Album Leaf - Storyboard
13.John Martyn - Glory Box
14.Dolly Parton - Jolene
15.Lindsey Buckingham - Never Going Back Again
16.Mary Margaret O'Hara - To Cry About
17.Tom McRae - You Cut Her Hair
18.Yo-Yo Ma - Cello Suite No.1, 1. Prelude
19.Frost - Byssan Lull
20.Piano Magic - never will it be the same again, pt. 1
21.Archive - I Will Fade
22.Under Byen - Plantage
23.Cousteau - You My Lunar Queen
24.Nick Cave - Into My Arms
25.Sia - I Go To Sleep
26.Brad Mehldau - Exit Music (for a Film)
27.Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back


front cover

back cover

http://rapid_share.com/files/257932838/xxvii_steps_about_the_moon.zip
(for the correct link, delete the '_' between rapid and share)

1. I drive alone, home from work and I always think of her
2. I wanna be in another place, some other body and someone's else's face
3. Come over to the window, my little darling - I'd like to try to read your palm
4. You'd think the people would have had enough of silly love songs
5. JoJo was a man who thought he was an loner, but knew it couldn't last
6. When I was young, I'd listen to the radio waiting for my favourite songs
7. I feel tears wellin' up, cold and deep inside like my heart's sprung a big leak
8. Honestly what will become of me? Don't hide reality, it's way too clear to me
9. And through the wire I hear your voice, and through the wire I touch the power
10. Wake up you sleepy head, put on some clothes, shake off your bed
11. It isn't the way that you look and it isn't the way that you talk
12. In my eyes, in disposed, in disguise:as no one knows
13. She plays "Wipeout" on the drums, the squirrels and the birds come
14. Cause he gets up in the morning and he goes to work at 9
15. Baby, baby when I look at you I get a warm feeling inside
16. Back through the years I go wandering once again, back to the seasons of my youth
17. They were gonna meet on a Rocky Mountain street, two bashful heart beat in advance
18. I can feel it when you walk, even when you talk it takes over me
19. Got a wife and kids in Balitmore jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back
20. You're trying to make your mark in society, you're using all your tricks that you used on me
21. Don't get mad if I'm laughing - blame the caffeine for all the 5 AM phone calls
22. This year's crop of kisses don't seem as sweet to me, this year's crop just misses what kisses used to be
23. When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do is take a look at you then I'm not so blue
24. The fishing boats go out across the evening water, smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
25. Well my time went so quickly, I went lickity-a-splickly out to my ol' 55.
26. Please beware of them that stare, they'll only smile to see you while your time away
27. I don't want nobody always sittin' around - me and my man
28. Someday he'll come along - the man I love - and he'll be big and strong, the man I love
29. I`m young enough to still see the passionate boy that I used to be
30. Meet you downstairs in the bar and heard your rolled up sleeves in your skull T-shirt

Al Stewart
Amy Winehouse
Aretha Franklin
The Beatles
Ben Folds Five
Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
Cameo
Camper Van Beethoven
Carpenters
Chaka Khan
David Bowie
Dolly Parton
Dusty Springfield
George Jones
Hot Hot Heat
The Kinks
Lena Horne
Leonard Cohen
The Monkees
Nelly Furtado
Nick Drake
Nina Simone
Paul McCartney
Paul Westerberg
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Soundgarden
Tom Waits
Tony Banks

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1 Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
as used in "Basquiat"
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2 Underworld - Born Slippy
as used in "Trainspotting"
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3 Gioacchino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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4 Love and Rockets - This Heaven
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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5 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
as used in "Fritz The Cat"
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6 Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (78)
as used in "Smoke"
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7 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
as used in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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8 Dick Dale - Misirlou
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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9 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
as used in "Garden State"
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10 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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11 T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
as used in "Billie Elliott"
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12 Joy Division - Atmosphere
as used in "Control"
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13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
as used in "Broken Flowers"
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14 Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
as used in "A Home At The End Of The World"
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15 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
as used in "Trainspotting"
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16 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
_______________________________________________________________


17 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
as used in "Gegen Die Wand"
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18 Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Makes
as used in "Lola Rennt"
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19 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
as used in "Jackie Brown"
_______________________________________________________________


20 Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights
as used in "Garden State"
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21 The Stranglers - Golden Brown
as used in "Snatch"
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22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
_______________________________________________________________


23 The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
as used in "O Brother Where Art Thou"
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24 The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
as used in "The Doors"
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25 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
as used in "Scream"
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26 The Doors - The End
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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27 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
as used in "Malcolm X"
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28 DeVotchKa - How It Ends
as used in "Little Miss Sunshine"
_______________________________________________________________


29 Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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30 Van Morrison - Gloria
as used in "The Outsiders"
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31 Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
as used in "Shrek 2"
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32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin' And Lootin'
as used in "La Haine"
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33 Eddie Vedder - The Wolf
as used in "Into The Wild"
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34 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
as used in "Bowling For Columbine"
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35 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
as used in "Kill Bill"
_______________________________________________________________


36 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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37 Folk Implosion - Nothing Gonna Stop
as used in "Kids"
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38 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3
as used in "Shine"
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39 Nine Inch Nails - Closer
as used in "Se7en"
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40 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
as used in "The Graduate"
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41 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
as used in "GoodFellas"
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42 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
as used in "Airplane"
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43 Death in Vegas - Girls
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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44 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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45 Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise
as used in "Elephant"
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46 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
as used in "Do The Right Thing"
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47 The Pogues - Summer In Siam
as used in "Basquiat"
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48 Smith - Baby It's You
as used in "Death Proof"
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49 Daniel Lanois - The Maker
as used in "Sling Blade"
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50 Harry Nilsson - Coconut
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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51 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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52 David Bowie - Cat People
as used in "Inglorious Basterds"
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53 The Pogues - The Old Main Drag
as used in "My Own Private Idaho"
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54 Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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55 Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me
as used in "The Ladykillers"
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56 Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
as used in "Mysterious Skin"
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57 Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
as used in "Fight Club"
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58 Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
as used in "La Bamba"
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59 Gary Jules - Mad World
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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76 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
as used in "Amadeus"
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61 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity
as used in "Der Himmel Über Berlin"
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62 Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Lost Highway"
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63 Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
as used in "Philadelphia"
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64 Carl Orff - O Fortuna
as used in "The Doors"
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65 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
as used in "Forrest Gump"
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66 George Gershwin - An American In Paris
as used in "As Good As It Gets"
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67 Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel
as used in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"
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68 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
as used in "Good Will Hunting"
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69 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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70 Patsy Cline - Crazy
as used in "C.R.A.Z.Y."
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71 Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
as used in "High Fidelity"
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72 Charles Trenet - La Mer
as used in "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
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73 Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
as used in "The Crow"
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74 Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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75 U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
as used in "The Pillow Book"
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76 Richard Berry - Loui Loui
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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77 Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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78 Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
as used in "The Basketball Diaries"
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79 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
as used in "The People vs Larry Flynt"
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80 Boy George - The Crying Game
as used in "The Crying Game"
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81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If 6 Was 9
as used in "Point Break"
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82 Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
as used in "Clerks"
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83 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
as used in "Platoon"
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84 Portishead - Roads
as used in "Tank Girl"
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85 Ben E. King - Stand by me
as used in "Stand By Me"
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86 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
as used in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
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87 Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
as used is "American Beauty"
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88 Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: Einleitung
as used in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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89 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
as used in "The Ice Storm"
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90 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
as used in "500 Days Of Summer"
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91 Ali Farka Touré - Ai Du
as used in "L'Auberge Espagnole"
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92 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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93 Charlie Parker - April In Paris
as used in "Basquiat"
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94 Nena - 99 Luftballons
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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95 Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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96 Richard Wagner - Ride Of The Valkyries
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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97 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson And Clover
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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98 Bono & Gavin Friday - In the Name of the Father
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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99 Brian Eno - By This River
as used in "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
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100 Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
as used in "Wall-E"
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101 Sonic Youth - Superstar
as used in "Juno"
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102 Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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103 Nortec Collective - Babel
as used in "Babel"
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104 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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105 Elton John - Tiny Dancer
as used in "Almost Famous"
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106 Big Mama Thornton - Sing Out For Jesus
as used in "Vanishing Point"
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107 ZZ Top - Tush
as used in "Dazed and Confused"
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108 Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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109 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
as used in "Boys Don't Cry"
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110 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
as used in "Silence Of The Lambs"
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111 Pat Travers - Snortin' Whiskey
as used in "Sideways"
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112 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
as used in "Oceans Eleven"
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113 Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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114 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
as used in "Milk"
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115 Massive Attack - Daydreaming
as used in "Nowhere"
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116 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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117 The Troggs - Love Is All Around
as used in "Get Real"
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118 Chavela Vargas - Paloma negra
as used in "Frida"
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119 The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
as used in "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
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120 Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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121 The Church - Under The Milky Way
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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122 Roy Orbison - In Dreams
as used in "Blue Velvet"
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123 The Coasters - Down In Mexico
as used in "Death Proof"
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124 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
as used in "Midnight Cowboy"
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125 Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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126 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
as used in "Terminator II"
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127 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
as used in "Velvet Goldmine"
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128 Ludwig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy
as used in "Raising Arizona"
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129 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
as used in "I Am Legend"
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130 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
as used in "Groundhog Day"
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131 Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
as used in "La Haine"
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132 Yma Sumac - Ataypura
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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133 Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
as used in "I Love You, man"
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134 P.I.L. - This is Not A Love Song
as used in "Waltz With Bashir"
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135 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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136 Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
as used in "Amores Perros"
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137 Georg Friedrich Händel - Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve, ombre beate
as used in "Funny Games"
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138 Nirvana - Something In The Way
as used in "Jarhead"
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139 ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
as used in "From Dusk 'Till Dawn"
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140 Alphaville - Forever Young
as used in "Lilya 4-Ever"
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141 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
as used in "Shallow Grave"
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142 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
as used in "Bruno"
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143 Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
as used in "Blow"
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144 Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
as used in "Bachelor Party"
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145 Bryan Ferry - More Than This
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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146 Edith Piaf - Milord
as used in "The Bucket List"
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147 David Bowie - Let's Dance
as used in "Charlie Wilson's War"
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148 Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
as used in "U-Turn"
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149 Selena - God's Child (Baila Conmigo)
as used in "Blue In The Face"
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150 Gipsy Kings - Hotel California
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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Thought I'd post this chart with some added commentary from me to make it a little bit more interesting than the usual long laundry list that usually gets posted on these journals from time to time.

Kind of interesting to note that there are a number of artists in my top 25 list, that aren't featured here at all, those being Johnny Cash; Beyoncé; Girls Aloud; Alan Jackson; Dixie Chicks (those actually being in my top ten overall); Mariah Carey; Kylie Minogue; Rihanna; Vince Gill; Clint Black; Gwen Stefani; Christina Aguilera; Destiny's Child; and Avril Lavigne.

(14 in all, or over half of my top 25 not represented in my top 35 albums)

I also guess some of the Greatest Hits albums may have skewed the results as well. Still, here is the list:

david5970's top albums (overall)
1. Garth Brooks - The Hits (28) For all the essential Garth Brooks songs2. Dusty Springfield - Classics & Collectibles (1) (24) Dusty was just fantastic when you look at some of the songs on this album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, I Only Want To Be With You, The Look Of Love. The whole thing is just pure class of the highest order. 3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (22) One of the greatest albums of the nineties, I actually rediscovered it a little while ago. Of course, I love all the hit songs from it, but had forgotten just how great the rest of the album was as well. 4. Nat King Cole - The Ultimate Collection (21) Just some effortless singing at the piano. Smile currently my most played from this album is just an example. 5. Elvis Presley - Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (20) Elvis: do you really want me to say anything more? Do I need to say anything more? :) 6. Trisha Yearwood - Songbook: A Collection of Hits (20) Great singer; nice collection of good songs 7. ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (19) Just essential for those moments that only ABBA seem to do, fantastic unadulterated pop that just makes you smile and dance. What can be better than that? 8. The Mavericks - Trampoline (18) Good fun album - always had a soft spot for Dolores 9. Texas - The Greatest Hits (18) Got a lot of plays from my library radio with Summer Son with 12 plays, although it may not be my favorite song of theirs. Go figure! LOL 10. Madness - Divine Madness (17) Lovestruck is an underrated gem. 11. The Corrs - The Best of the Corrs (17) Have always loved the Corrs, just loved how they were seemingly fresh and different than anything else around at the turn of the millenium.12. Bananarama - The Greatest Hits Collection (17) Unadulterated pop again, this time from the SAW stable. Hey, I grew up with this stuff in the late 80s as a tweenager. 13. Garbage - Garbage (16) Never really appreciated them that much until years later when I just put this CD on and realised what I might have missed. 14. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (16) The more I listen, the more I like. Discovered her by reading an article in some magazine in the mid-90s and deciding just to take a chance on hearing some of her stuff. Kind of a diversion from my usual listening habits at the time but happy that I did. Fuck and Run is amazing.15. The Mavericks - Music for All Occasions (16) Another Mavericks album, boy, they were good :) 16. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business (16) Don't Phunk With My Heart and Don't Lie just remind me of driving through Atlanta listening to Star 94 in 2005. 17. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (16) The Hard Way, He Thinks He'll Keep Her, Passionate Kisses, I Take My Chances; just love them one and all! 18. Dean Martin - The Very Best of Dean Martin (16) Come on, it's Dino. You can't get much cooler than that. 19. Manfred Mann - The Best Of Manfred Mann (16) Great sixties pop music. Pretty Flamingo. 20. Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? (16) Strawberry Wine and the title track. 21. Matt Monro - The Very Best of Matt Monro (16) Perfect combination of a good singer and good songs. 22. Kelis - Kelis Was Here (15) Actually surprised that this album is in here, as Tasty is my favorite album of hers. Still Lil Star is a good track 23. P!nk - Try This (15) P!nk is one of my favorite artists, although this isn't necessarily my favorite album of hers (that's I'm Not Dead) 24. Roy Orbison - The Very Best of Roy Orbison (14) The Big O - nothing more needs to be said. One of the best and most distinctive voices in the history of pop music. 25. Mindy McCready - If I Don't Stay the Night (14) Have always liked Mindy ever since she first burst onto the scene. Just makes me wonder how successful she may have been now if she hadn't had all those problems that have dogged her. Still, there are some great and often sadly now forgotten songs in her back catalogue. 26. S Club 7 - Sunshine (14) Don't Stop Movin' to the S Club beat. Good unadulterated 2000s pop. 27. Harry Connick, Jr. - Forever For Now (14) Recipe For Love and You Didn't Know Me When are two of my favorite songs of his. 28. Pam Tillis - All of This Love (14) Deep Down and Betty's Got a Bass Boat have seven plays each. 29. Sugababes - Taller in More Ways (13) Push The Button and Ugly are two great songs. They made some of the best pop music in the 2000s.30. Paramore - RIOT! (13) To be honest, just getting into Paramore; loving this album. 31. Restless Heart - Greatest Hits (13) This is in the list just because I absolutely adore When She Cries 32. Aaron Tippin - Ultimate Aaron Tippin (13) There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio has got the most plays in my library, although Ten Pound Hammer is perhaps my fave song, just good fun. 33. All Saints - All Saints (13) Absolutely LOVE All Saints. favorite track off their debut album was/is Bootie Call . Saw them perform at a wind and rainsoaked Radio One Roadshow in Blackpool. Wish they were still recording together, it's so damn annoying thinking that they have deprived us of more All Saints material (for evidence just check out Appleton. Absolutely adored Melanie Blatt. Those lips.... :)~~~~~ LOL 34. Gretchen Peters - The Secret of Life (13) Isn't On A Bus To St. Cloud one of the greatest songs ever written? Actually prefer this version to Trisha's as well.35. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse (13) More of a discovery on last.fm than anything else... was just recommended to me on this site.

25 questions about my top artists:
(Based on my Top 50 from the last 12 months)

1. How did you get into 29?
Fergie from liking some of her stuff with the BEP and loving the The Dutchess album.

2. What was the first song ever you heard about 22?
Mindy McCready Ten Thousand Angels - and have liked her ever since then

3. What's your favourite lyric by 33?
Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? - maybe not a lyric but a kick-ass song title

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
Lonestar Lonely Grill, haven't listened to it for a while though :/

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Rihanna One... Good Girl Gone Bad, in case you were asking

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
Madness It Must Be Love, although it can get on my nerves after hearing it a few times over a few days

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Rhett Akins - Carolina Line ... underrated tear jerker

8. What is your favorite album by 15?
Greatest Hits - A celebration of old school Kylie

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues, but how can I really pick just one favorite?!??!?

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Beyoncé Crazy in Love ... one of my faves of hers, and I can always imagine the video when I'm listening to it :)

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Texas - Don't really know any of the albums, just pick and choose songs I like

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Dixie Chicks - tough one, probably There's Your Trouble

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
ABBA -car journeys when I was young and one of their greatest hits collections was one of the few tapes we had in the car

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
Lily Allen - Alfie ... sweet and innocent, but then it's not

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down at the Twist and Shout probably, although her songs are so well crafted that they all seem to make me happy, without necessarily being written to make people happy.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Pam Tillis Never

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Destiny's Child - hmmm, can't remember, could have been Bills, Bills, Bills, or Bug A Boo... can't remember which though

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Sugababes - Overloaded: The Singles Collection ... just a great collection of pop songs and just serves as a reminder of how great they are/were.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
P!nk - that's about all I need to say, huh? :)

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Clint Black - no, and I would have loved it if he did do a tour of the UK

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Nat King Cole - don't think I particularly have one to be honest

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Martina McBride Either My Baby Loves Me or Life #9

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know - a classic 90s track