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I actually don't like music videos. What I like about music is the way it creates images in your head. Music videos destroy these images and set up some "ultimate" pictures you can hardly forget. Still, sometimes videos are able to establish themselves as an audiovisual piece of art. This is a short collection of videos I appreciate.




M83 - We Own the Sky official winning video for M83's "We Own the Sky"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzge5vY72hE


Klimt 1918 - Ghost of a Tape Listener official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv6anvuA_H8


Asobi Seksu -Thursday official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8paDhfGQH4E


Asobi Seksu - Transparence official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZUnLCM4R0Q&feature=grec_index
If youtube doesn't work...


Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Rockets Fall On Rockets Falls fan video
soon


to be continued...

1 - R.E.M.
2 - Verdena
3 - Afterhours
4 - Idlewild
5 - The Smashing Pumpkins
6 - The Cure
7 - Angelo Branduardi
8 - Asobi Seksu
9 - Fabrizio De André
10 - AYABIE
11 - Marlene Kuntz
12 - The Smiths
13 - Francesco De Gregori
14 - The Tellers
15 - Pizzicato Five
16 - Baustelle
17 - Litfiba
18 - Elio e le Storie Tese
19 - Perturbazione
20 - Ben Lee
21 - Shonen Knife
22 - Paola Turci
23 - Patti Smith
24 - Franco Battiato
25 - My Bloody Valentine
26 - Suede
27 - Jimi Hendrix
28 - Maximo Park
29 - Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica
30 - Donawhale

How did you get into 29?
Thank to Lastfm

What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Io E Maria when I was a child

How many albums by 13 do you own?
All

What is your favourite song by 5?
Many

What is your favorite song by 15?
Baby Love Child

Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Friday I'm in Love

What is your favourite song by 10?
I'm vogue

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Fate un elenco di dieci gruppi che vi piacciono, in ordine casuale o di classifica, prima di leggere le domande del test. Rifate poi la stessa cosa con dieci cantautori.

1 R.E.M.
2 The Smashing Pumpkins
3 Marlene Kuntz
4 The Tellers
5 The Cure
6 Idlewild
7 Perturbazione
8 Asobi Seksu
9 Verdena
10 Afterhours

Qual è la prima canzone che hai ascoltato del numero 2?
Bullet With Butterfly Wings

La tua canzone preferita del numero 8?
Thursday, Before We Fall, Mizu Asobi e NEW YEARS

Che impatto ha avuto sulla tua vita il numero 1?
Eh... ... ...

Quante volte hai visto il numero 4 live?
Nessuna

La tua canzone preferita del numero 7?
Così di botto mi vengono in mente Nel mio scrigno, Istruzioni per l'uso e I complicati pretesti del come

Quante volte hai visto live il numero 1?
Una sola. Meravigliosa

C’è una qualche canzone del numero 3 che ti rende triste?
Una Canzone Arresa

La tua canzone preferita del numero 9?
Una? Una sola??

Quando hai ascoltato per la prima volta il numero 1?
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1 - R.E.M.
2 - Afterhours
3 - Verdena
4 - Idlewild
5 - The Smashing Pumpkins
6 - Angelo Branduardi
7 - Asobi Seksu
8 - Fabrizio De André
9 - The Cure
10 - Marlene Kuntz

Q: What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
A: Vanità di vanità

Q: What is your favourite album of 2?
A: Ballate Per Piccole Iene

Q: What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
A: Impossible to pick just one of them

Q: How many times have you seen 4 live?
A: None

Q: What is your favourite song by 7?
A: Thursday, Before We Fall

Q: What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
A: None really, I just love them

Q: Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
A: La tua fretta

Q: What is your favourite lyric that 2 has sung?
A: Maaany

Q: What is your favourite song by 9?
A: Same for third question

Q: How did you get in to 3?
A: A friend talked to me about them

Q: What was the first song you heard by 1?
A: What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

Q: What is your favourite song by 4?
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1. Joanna Newsom - '81
2. Regina - Totuus minusta
3. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
4. Janelle Monáe - Cold War
5. Asobi Seksu - Thursday
6. Janis Joplin - Move Over
7. Zola Jesus - Manifest Destiny
8. Anna Calvi - I'll Be Your Man
9. Jex Thoth - Seperated at Birth
10. Them Bird Things - Like A Fire
11. Camera Obscura - Careless Love
12. The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
13. Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
14. Au Revoir Simone - Take Me As I Am
15. Bat For Lashes - Sleep Alone
16. Anna Järvinen - Ruth
17. Dusty Springfield - Little By Little
18. Feist - My Moon My Man
19. Pikku Kukka - Et istunut viereen
20. The Like - Square One
21. The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
22. Warpaint - Warpaint

Tue 8 Mar – Asobi Seksu, BRAHMS, The Dandelion War
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It's been two years since Asobi Seksu played a show in San Francisco. I know because I went to that show way back in March 2009 at the Independent. I was kind of surprised when I found out they'd be playing at the Bottom of the Hill this time around; when you compare both venues the Independent is about three times as big, and if that show was pretty crowded, then... yeah.

And truth be told I haven't been to the Bottom of the Hill much. In fact, this was only the second time I'd been there, the first being to see Metalchicks (an obscure metal side-project of the Japanese band Buffalo Daughter) ... back in 2007. Four years ago. It was certainly a lot bigger than I remembered, and the atmosphere was actually a lot different given that there seemed to be way more hipsters and people my age (I was a few days under 21 back then). There were also way more of my Asian brethren, heh.

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Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Lust For Life : Girls (Score = 1.04)
All You Get From Love Is A Love Song : Carpenters (Score = 1)
Maybe It's You : Carpenters (Score = 1)
Dum Dum Diddle : ABBA (Score = 1)
For All We Know : Carpenters (Score = 1)
Take Me For A Little While : Dusty Springfield (Score = 1)
Come Back To Me : Dusty Springfield (Score = 0.99)
Still Ill : The Smiths (Score = 0.97)
That's Me : ABBA (Score = 0.85)
Those Good Old Dreams : Carpenters (Score = 0.85)
Reason To Believe : Carpenters (Score = 0.84)
Drifter : Wild Nothing (Score = 0.83)
Never Stops : Deerhunter (Score = 0.82)
Morning Light : Girls (Score = 0.82)
Best Friend : The Drums (Score = 0.79)
Dominos : The Big Pink (Score = 0.76)
Graveyard Girl : M83 (Score = 0.75)
French Navy : Camera Obscura (Score = 0.74)
Never Follow Suit : The Radio Dept. (Score = 0.74)
Thursday : Asobi Seksu (Score = 0.71)
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Name your top 10 most played bands on Last.fm:

1 Arrah & the Ferns
2 Passion Pit
3 The Smiths
4 Asobi Seksu
5 Talulah Gosh
6 Animal Collective
7 Ellie Goulding
8 The Field Mice
9 Run Toto Run
10 The Sundays


Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
I think it was Purple Bottle. It's still one of my favourites :)

What is your favorite album of 2?
Manners...It's also the only one I have ):

What is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
"How I wish he would be mine
He looks so neat, he looks so fine
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, my beatnik boy" - Beatnik Boy.
They're kinda simple...("lalala", haha) but gah :) so cute.


How many times have you seen 4 live?
Never D:

What is your favorite song by 7?
Guns and Horses, Wish I Stayed and also her cover of Wolves and Black and Gold :D <33

What is a good memory you have involving the music of 10?
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