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"Post your top ten bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite."

1. Arctic Monkeys :
a) First Song: When the Sun Goes Down
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Brianstorm
c) Current Fave: From the Ritz to the Rubble

2. Christina Aguilera :
a) First Song: Genie in a Bottle
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Dirrty
c) Current Fave: Dynamite

3. Avril Lavigne :
a) First Song: Complicated
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Sk8er Boi
c) Current Fave: Runaway

4. Ashlee Simpson :
a) First Song: Pieces of Me
b) Song When I Fell In Love: La La
c) Current Fave: Bittersweet World

5. P!nk :
a) First Song: You Make Me Sick
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Get the Party Started
c) Current Fave: Funhouse

6. Kelly Clarkson :
a) First Song: Miss Independent
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Since U Been Gone
c) Current Fave: If I Can't Have You

7. Hilary Duff :
a) First Song: Come Clean
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Wake Up
c) Current Fave: Reach Out

8. Kate Nash :
a) First Song: Foundations
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Foundations
c) Current Fave: Mouthwash

9. Paramore :
a) First Song: Emergency
b) Song When I Fell In Love: Misery Buisness
c) Current Fave: Decode

10. Gwen Stefani :
a) First Song: What You Waiting For?
b) Song When I Fell In Love: What You Waiting For?
c) Current Fave: Yummy (feat. Pharrell)

All Forgotten
Architects
Arctic Monkeys
Bring Me the Horizon
Busted
Canterbury x2
Cobra Starship
Danger Radio
Deaf Havana
Elliot Minor x3
Emarosa
Farewell
Forever the Sickest Kids
Furthest Drive Home
Glamour Of The Kill
Go:Audio x2
Hey Monday
Hollywood Undead
Kaiser Chiefs
Kids In Glass Houses
The Killers
Lily Allen
Lostprophets
Madina Lake
McFly
The Mission District
One Night Only
Paramore
Saving Aimee x3
The Scarlet Desire x3
Scouting for Girls
Twenty Twenty
We Are The Ocean
Winch House
You Me At Six x3


many more to come :)

This journal section looked so empty so I decided to do this and put it here.

1. How did you get into 29? (Rihanna)
Too many hits

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (David Bowie)
Hard to say but Lady Stardust was the first I downloaded

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Green Day)
Probably some lyric from American Idiot or Wake Me When September Ends

4. How did you get into 49? (Linkin Park)
Too many hits

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Radiohead)
One, In Rainbows

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Robbie Williams)
Angels

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Mika)
Nope, happy artist - happy songs

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Bob Dylan)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (ABBA)
So many great songs from them but right now my favourite is The Name of the Game

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Queen)
Killer Queen

11. What is the worst song by 40? (The Mamas & The Papas)
I don't know all their songs so I can't say

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Bee Gees)
How Deep Is Your Love

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Led Zeppelin)
None

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (M.I.A.)
Paper Planes of course

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (The Rolling Songs)
She's a Rainbow

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
No

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Michael Jackson)
Hard to say but Billie Jean was the first I downloaded

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (Kylie Minogue)
That French part in Your Disco Needs You

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (The Beatles)
George Harrison or Paul McCartney. I can't decide!

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (The Killers)
Read My Mind

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Keane)
No good or bad memories

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Duffy)
Rockferry

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (The Chemical Brothers)
Hey Boy Hey Girl

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (U2)
I don't actually have any full albums by U2 so I can't say

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Britney Spears)
Me Against the Music

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Sugababes)
Round Round

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Madonna)
Confessions on a Dance Floor

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Coldplay)
I can't say one so I say many: Clocks, Viva la Vida, Life in Technicolor ii, Speed of Sound, The Scientist

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Simon & Garfunkel)
Mrs. Robinson

30. What is your favorite song by 8? (Arctic Monkeys)
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (The Clash)
Oh, I'm too young

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (The Kinks)
You Really Got Me

33. How did you get into 12? (Muse)
When I heard Supermassive Black Hole for the first time

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Daft Punk)
Too Long because it's too long :D

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Gwen Stefani)
If we don't count No Doubt's songs then the first one is What You Waiting For?

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (Beyoncé)
If we don't count Destiny's Child's songs then the first one is Crazy in Love

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Scissor Sisters)
Never

38. What is your favorite song by 36? (John Lennon)
If we don't count Beatles' songs then probably Imagine

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Pink Floyd)
Another Brick in the Wall part 2

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (Elvis Presley)
Any greatest hits collection from him

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (The Who)
No because all songs remind about CSI's

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Justin Timberlake)
FutureSex/LoveSounds

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Disney)
Prince Ali from aladdin

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Björk)
When I listened All Is Full of Love in the middle of the Norwegian mountains. Great moment.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Kanye West)
Diamonds from Sierra Leone is very good

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Three Little Birds

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (The Beach Boys)
Pet Sounds

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Anthony Kiedis, the singer

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Nirvana)
Probably Smells Like Teen Spirit

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (Nelly Furtado)
All Good Things (Come to an End) - like this journal entry!

1. How did you get into 29? (Panic at the Disco)
after the release of their first album a friend of mine didn't stop listening to Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off and that's basically how I got to know them.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Starsailor)
Love Is Here and it's still my favourite.

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? (Something Corporate)
"I don't understand all the things you've seen but I'm slipping in between you and your big dreams, it's always you in my big dreams and you tell me that its over" Konstantine

4. What is your favorite album by 49? (VETO)
Crushing Digits

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (The All-American Rejects)
two

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Peter Fox)
Zucker

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Mando Diao)
Crystal a bit..

8. What is your favorite album by 15? (Just Jack)
Overtones

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Jimmy Eat World)
Let It Happen

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The Kooks)
Sofa Song

11. What is your favorite album by 40? (Crossfade)
Crossfade

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Family Force 5)
Face Down

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (One Fine Day)
the short insight of being independent of my ex-boyfriend.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (We Are Scientists)
It's a Hit

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Pete Blume)
Hörst du Lieder

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Ill Kidd)
none.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Gym Class Heroes)
Shoot Down the Stars

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (Bloc Party)
Silent Alarm

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Taking Back Sunday)
Adam Lazzara, not just because he's the lead singer.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (The Almost)
no.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Rise Against)
I first had to make a fool of myself before realising that "Rise against" isn't the same band as "Rage against the Machine" ...embarrassing, but in the end quite funny.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (The Wombats)
Moving to New York

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Voicst)
A Year And A Bit they were playing this song continuously on the radio while me and my roomate were on a trip in the netherlands... it was awesome!

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (The Films)
Don't Dance Rattlesnake

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Air Traffic)
Shooting Star in my opinion one of the most beautiful songs so far.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Bosse)
Liebe ist leise while making a list of the bands we were to see at the hurricane 2009.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Lily Allen)
changes all the time... I guess I just like them both equally. but my favourite songs aren't even on the albums.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Clueso)
Sag mir wo

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (The Hives)
Walk Idiot Walk in 2004 on a school trip.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Joy Division)
Disorder and it's definitely one of my all-time-favs as it'll always remind me of the beginning of my new life after finishing school and heading for university..

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Armor for Sleep)
none.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (+44)
Baby Come On

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (The Juliana Theory)
Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Looptroop)
naked lunch

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (The Wohlstandskinder)
Jungen weinen nicht

36. What is you favorite album by 48? (Matchbook Romance)
Voices

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Arctic Monkeys)
once in cologne.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Atmosphere)
Don't Ever Fucking Question That

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Casper)
Lippenlesen great lyrics!

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Dúné)
We Are in There You Are Out Here

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Story of the Year)
they usually do more tend to make me sad or reminiscing.. but maybe Five Against the World might do it.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Rx Bandits)
The Resignation

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (The Fray)
She Is but that was a hard decision.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Cute Is What We Aim For)
about three years ago I took a picture of myself and did some photoshopping. its title became "cute is what I aim for" and it attracted some interest..

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Babyshambles)
Fuck Forever another one of my all-time-favs. got me through a rough time.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (The Subways)
With You

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Blackmail)
awesome band! and I'd have to say... mh probably Aerial View

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Nneka)
Nneka, I guess :P

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Sum 41)
Pieces summer 2005 while walking through a cornfield during sunset - it totally tore me apart.

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (4Lyn)
three. and many, many other tracks.

Here's how you do it:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. No cheating!

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

Opening Credits:
Arctic Monkeys - The View From the Afternoon

Waking Up:
Britney Spears - I'm So Curious

First Day At School:
P!nk - Dear Diary

Falling In Love:
Kelly Clarkson - Hole

Losing Virginity:
Flo Rida - Low (feat. T-Pain)

Fight Song:
The Killers - Neon Tiger

Breaking Up:
Panic at the Disco - Mad as Rabbits

Prom:
30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill

Life:
M. Pokora - Internationalude

Mental Breakdown:
Röyksopp - It's What I Want

Driving:
Lily Allen - Not Big

Depression:
Lily Allen - Chinese

Partying:
Kate Nash - Mariella

Happy dance:
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Chamber

Betrayal:
Lindsay Lohan - Something I Never Had

Regretting:
Leona Lewis - Better in Time

Long night alone:
Christina Aguilera - Nasty Naughty Boy

Flashback:
Billy Talent - Living in the Shadows

Getting Back Together:
30 Seconds to Mars - A Modern Myth

Wedding:
Sven van Thom - Trauriges Mädchen

Birth of Child:
Christina Aguilera - I'm OK

Final Battle:
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... / ...Comes Around Interlude

Death Scene:
Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

Funeral Song:
Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better

End Credits:
Arctic Monkeys - 7

Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco

Vierdaagse Feesten Nijmegen 23 + 24 Juli.
Don Diablo, Cold War Kids, Go Back to the Zoo , Nobody Beats the Drum , Sidney Samson ,Johan

Lowlands 2009
Arctic Monkeys Bloc Party Maximo Park, Paolo Nutini, Boys Noize, Basement Jaxx, Prodigy, Mando Diao, Beirut, Bon Iver, Drive Like Maria, Grizzly Bear, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Kyteman, The Maccabees, Moke, Passion Pit, Razorlight, De Staat, Ska-P, Tiga, Vampire Weekend, White Lies, Whitest Boy Alive

Huntenpop 2009
Heideroosjes + The Offspring

Appelpop 2009
Kane, Kyteman, Heideroosjes, Milow, Novastar, Drive Like Maria, Babylon Circus

19 November 2009
Mando Diao @ Tivoli Utrecht <3

Nightwish Janis Joplin Arctic Monkeys The Last Shadow Puppets The Libertines Oasis The Beatles Radiohead Tristania Rammstein Britney Spears Cannibal Corpse Evanescence



Janis Joplin said...

Yeah, I heard that, man. How are you, how, I mean, er, how are you out there ? Are you are you OK ? You know that you stand stoned and you got enough water and you got a place to sleep and everything. What does that mean ? Huh ? Because, you know, because we ought, all of us, you know, I don't mean to be preachy but we ought to remember that in that case it means promoters, too, that music's for grooving, man, and music's not for putting yourself through bad changes. You know, I mean you don't have to go take anybody's shit, man, just to like music, you know what I mean ? You don't. So er, so if you're getting more shit than you deserve, you know what to do about it, man. You know, it's just music. Music's... music's supposed to be different than that.


After 3 years of displaying the "Overall" option as my image artists I decided to display now the "Chosen Selection" thing. When I was, well, choosing, I decided to include not the artists that I play the most or anything like that, but those I deeply and truthfully love and respect.

So obviously my 2 top favourite Gods of music were immediately in, Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets.

Then? Well, The Libertines seemed a perfect and obvious selection for they definitely fulfill what I've said. And then, my next thoughts were The Beatles and Oasis.

But why, why? Despite them both being loved by me, being respected, being worshiped to the point of being necessary for my own breathing, living being, why did I doubt?

Because this crazy shit everyone is giving here and everywhere these days of the underground pseudo culture is making us forget what music is about and how much fun and enjoyment we feel at listening at it.

Now being underground is what's in, there's this script to get How Underground You Are and vice-versa. Because being mainstream is of course, a sin in these communities and pretty much in everywhere.

Earlier this day I was discussing music with a friend and somehow I ended up watching Meds, I think, of course by Placebo and wondering if I should buy their latest album. Deep down I was already denying it, because, of course, they are "mainstream bitches".

It's a shame that people choose artists to listen to based on how many listeners they have, I myself I'm guilty of even comparing the number of listeners that Nightwish has with those of Arctic Monkeys only because I wanted to prove that Arctic Monkeys are way way way better. How can that prove anything?

This brainwash of everyone posting "sold out bitches, they look so poppy now" in most of the shoutboxes I visit, is getting on my nerves.

We all are sold out, we all want money for what we do, that's natural, that's, for God's sake, good, because it motivates the feeling of getting better and getting better things for our own lives.

Musicians aren't different, to sell or not to sell is an option and whatever the choose should be respected if we keep enjoying their music.

Scripts like "How Underground You Are" shouldn't exist, we shouldn't give a shit if we listen to Radiohead or to Tristania, who cares but you?

Music is nothing about this, music shouldn't be measure in this kind of charts. People forget what it means to enjoy art. To me, music is the best art of all.

What's in is to be underground-ed, to be indie. What does that even have to do with music? I can't find any relation at all.

And overrated means mainstream these days, no, it doesn't have to do with the quality of the tunes or so they say.

Most of the people who post at topics like "Rate above's user music" rate based on the names the see, musicians they don't even listen to but, since they saw them at MTV, are overrated, mainstream, and therefor, bad.

And Evanescence is mostly forbidden by "Female Fronted Metal Fans". Rammstein doesn't make music anymore. And Britney Spears is a curse in the dictionary. And Cannibal Corpse is so overrated.

I don't mean we have to like every kind of music and listen to all genres. I think that's quite impossible. But I do think we have to stop ranting on music because of the image, because of the number of listeners or because of how many videos they've made.

So they like money. If the tunes are quality, have no tricks, nothing else matters.

This mainstream vs underground battle, idiotic scene, should end, we should remember why we started listening to music in the first place.