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1 Baxendale - I Built This City
2 Jape - Floating
3 Sparklehorse - Don't Take My Sunshine Away
4 Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Sand River
5 Patti Smith - Are You Experienced?
6 Feist - I Feel It All
7 Metric - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
8 Lync - Turtle
9 Goddamn Electric Bill - Climbing Spiral Stairs
10 David Byrne - The Great Western Road
11 Deftones - Jealous Guy
12 J. Tillman - When I Light Your Darkened Door
13 The Damnwells - I Am a Leaver (alternate version)
14 Teddy Thompson - Everybody Move It
15 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
16 Quasimoto- Greenery
17 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance
18 Smashing Pumpkins - 1799 (New Originals remix of 1979)

Hello world. Lately I have been obsessed with finding as many songs as possible featuring the clarinet, I can't say it's going all too well. I currently have about 5 songs. The Brunettes - These Things Take Time is very lovely and clarinety.

Instead of sleeping, I did this:

1) The Lucksmiths
2) Belle and Sebastian
3) Spearmint
4) Baxendale
5) Jens Lekman
6) The Wedding Present
7) The Field Mice
8) Blueboy
9) Ninetynine
10) Cinerama

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
I cannot remember.

What is your favorite album of 2?
This is probably a very unpopular opinion, but I absolutely love the new record.

What is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
"In the church on Sunday making out infront of the preacher/You had a black shirt on with a big picture of Nietzsche/When we had done or thing for a full Christian hour/I had made up my mind that there must be a higher power".

How many times have you seen 4 live?
NONE and this makes me very very VERY ANGRY.

What is your favorite song by 7?
Everything About You, probably. I don't know.

What is a good memory you have involving the music of 10?
They were nice live.

Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Fuck. A Different Lifetime.

What is your favorite lyric that 2 has sung?
"In your blue velour and silk you liberated a boy I never rated/Now he's throwing discus for Liverpool & Widness".

What is your favorite song by 9?
The Specialist, I think.

How did you get in to 3?
A song on a tape many, many years ago. (Isn't It Great To Be Alive?)

What was the first song you heard by 1?
Deep Sea Diving Suit, on a tape many, many years ago.

How many time have you seen 9 live?
None, but it seems like this will no longer be the case come October.

What is a good memory you have involving 2?
Having a kazoo thrown in my face by Stuart Murdoch.

Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
The Joy of Living.

What is your favorite album of 5?
When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog.

What is your favorite lyric that 3 has sung?
"When I'm you I feel it will never stop/When I'm with you I feel like I'm listening to Scottish pop"

What is your favorite song of 1?
First Cousin, probably. Because it features jingle bells, a Fender Rhodes, a nod to The Go-Betweens and a raspy cello - Nana's idea of heaven.

What is your favorite song of 10?
Always the Quiet One.

How many times have you seen 8 live?
GODDAMN, none! Argh.

What is your favorite album of 1?
Not picking.

What is a great memory you have considering 9?
Hmm. Couldn't say.

What was the first song you heard by 8?
Popkiss, I think.

What is your favorite cover by 2?
Um, I'll get back to you on this one.

What is the last song you heard by 4?
An American Friend.


A bit boring, but hey. Doing one's whole top 20 would have been a bit more interesting, I suppose, but whatever.

I have been missing and will be missing quite a few good gigs in London, this annoys me so much. Although I'm very exciting about seeing The Lucksmiths in two weeks and DJing. So it's not all bad...

Ok, ok, I admit it, I'm a complete loser. But I'm ridiculously proud of being the number one fan (of the last six months) of The Lucksmiths, Baxendale and Spearmint. Oh dear. Also, there's Ninetynine, Razorcuts, The Left Outsides and then I felt like too much of an anorak and stopped looking.

The letter B is a fantastic pop letter.

Belle and Sebastian, Blueboy, Brighter, Baxendale, Beat Happening, Barcelona, Ballboy, Boyracer, Biff Bang Pow!, The Bodines, Ballboy, Bearsuit, La Buena Vida, Blast Off Country Style, Broadcast, Black Tambourine, The Brunettes, Bubblegum Splash!, The Brilliant Corners, The Boy Hairdressers, The Butterflies of Love, Bis, Bella Vista, bIG fLAME, ie, eg, etc.

I dare any other letter to challenge B. Although C is the heavenly option, B is my choice.

(Also, my two current favourite Lucksmiths songs are Beach Boys Medley and Before the Sun Came Up)

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first XX songs that play, not matter how embarassing.
Step 4: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!


1 - I'm the ..., doing ... things.
2 - I've lost my girl and I never could find her
3 - Do doo. I belive in you and me, I'm coming to find you
4 - It's Shy - short for ...!
5 - ... is long and boring, nobody can lift the damn thing
6 - When I look in the mirror, I can't belive what I see
7 - A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
8 - Vet inte vad det liknar, men jag tror nog att det kommer snart vår väg
9 - He said I'm going to buy this place and burn it down
10 - The colour of your eyes has faded
11 - Oh all I need is some better teeth so that I can sing right into what's underneath
12 - Baby, you've been going so crazy
13 - Brake up tears are falling down from the sky I hear you calling
14 - ...at your door, aaah aaah, maybe at a time
15 - Who am I? I'm just a girl who only wants to try to do what's right
16 - Om du frågar mig aning så minns jag ingenting alls


Travis, First Floor Power, The Killers, Bis, Florence Valentin, Brainpool, Coldplay, Concretes, Belle and Sebastian, Weezer, bob hund, BMX Bandits, Dr Kosmos, Magnetic Fields, Saint Etienne, Baxendale

I'd like to be there
• Aldebert, février 2007, le Bataclan
• Grand Corps Malade, février 2007, l'Olympia

I'll be there
• Damien Rice, 19 mars 2007, le Grand Rex
• Chemical Brothers, 7 juillet 2007, Le Zénith, Paris

I was there :
• Emily Loizeau, le 18 décembre 2006, la Cigale, Paris
• Nosfell, le 8 décembre 2006, Beaubourg, Paris
• Olivia Ruiz, le 30 octobre 2006, le Trabendo, Paris
• Grand Corps Malade, octobre 2006, le Bataclan
• Matt Costa, le 10 octobre 2006, la Boule noire, Paris
• Mogwaï, le 26 septembre 2006, l'olympia, Paris
• Sigur Ros, le 6 juillet 2006, l'olympia, Paris
• The Streets, le 29 mai 2006, Bataclan, Paris
• Jérémie Kisling, le 19 mai 2006, La Cigale, Paris
• Syd Matters, le 9 mai 2006, La Comedia, Paris
• Emily Loizeau, le 9 mars 2006 et 17 mars 2006, La Comedia, Paris
• Jack Johnson, le 3 Mars 2006, Zénith, Paris
• Thomas Fersen + Jérémie Kisling en première partie, le 23 février 2006, Olympia, Paris
• Emilie Simon, le 19 janvier 2006, Grand Rex, Paris
• U2, le 4 décembre 2005, Boston, USA
• Thomas Fersen, le 1er décembre 2005, Bataclan, Paris
• Coldplay, le 29 novembre 2005, Bercy, Paris
• Sigur Ros, le 16 novembre 2005, Elyséée-Montmartre, Paris
• Joseph Arthur le 2 novembre 2005, Bataclan, Paris
• Attention Talent Scène avec Jeanne Cherhal, Anaïs, Prohom le 27 octobre 2005, Bataclan, Paris
• Royskopp, le 26 octobre
• Nosfell, le 25 octobre, à la Cigale
• Camille, le 17 octobre, au Trianon
• Jamiroquaï, le 23 septembre 2005, Bercy
• Damien Rice, mai 2005, Paris (Le Trianon)
• Kate Earl, mai 2005, Paris (Le Trianon)
• Rubin Steiner, 2005, Paris
• Président Chirac, 2005, Paris
• Camille, 2005, Paris (théâtre des Blancs Manteaux)
• Mathieu Boogaerts, avril (?) 2005, Paris (La Cigale)
• Chemical Brothers, février 2005, Paris (Zénith)
• Odin's Raven Magic (Sigur Ros + Hilmar örn Hilmarsson), septembre 2004, Paris (Hall Villette)
• mùm, 2004, Paris (Café de la danse)
• -M-, novembre 2004, Paris (Bercy)
• Bénabar, octobre 2005, Paris (Le Zénith)
• Jeanne Cherhal, fin 2004, Paris (La Cigale)
• Loic Lantoine, fin 2004, Paris (La Cigale)
• Emilie Simon, octobre 2003, Paris (La Cigale)
• Amon Tobin, 2002, Toulouse (Rex)
• DJ Vadim, 2002, Toulouse, (Havana café)
• Tom Mc Rae, 2001 et 2003, Toulouse (Feu le Bikini et Ramonvile)
• Summer Festival (chilli gonzales, Ken Ishii,Manu Chao...), été 2001, Blaye-les-mines (12)
• Experience, 2001, Toulouse (Feu le Bikini)
• Yann Tiersen, 2001, Toulouse (Feu le Bikini)
• Ben Harper, 2000 ou 2001, Toulouse (Zénith)
• Moby, décembre 2000, Toulouse (Zénith)
• Festival Benicassim (Placebo, Saint Etienne, Jean-Louis Murat, Stereototal, Baxendale, Jay-Jay Johanson, Morcheeba, Primal Scream, Elastica, Moloko, Pizzicato Five,...), été 2000, Espagne
• Dolly, 1997, Rouen (76)
• Dionysos, 1997, Rouen (76)