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It have been now 2 years since I've registered on last.fm.
I've seen a similar journal entry like this and I thought this was a nice idea to preserve my listenings here and now so I can look back on them later on.
It's kinda interesting 'cause, in a year or more there can be changes in listening habits, musical preferences and so on.
So let's take a closer look now.


Number of Tracks scrobbled - 132,053

Total Number of Artists - 606

Shouts - 539


Top 20 Artists

1. Muse - 70,245
2. Sigur Rós - 5,720
3. Pink Floyd - 4,913
4. Radiohead - 4,232
5. Coldplay - 3,886
6. The Fray - 3,535
7. Jeff Buckley - 3,043
8. Jack Johnson - 2,087
9. Yann Tiersen - 1,846
10. Beirut - 1,535
11. Rage Against the Machine - 1,518
12. Ólafur Arnalds - 1,460
13. The Kooks - 1,316
14. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1,232
15. Placebo - 1,176
16. Bright Eyes - 963
17. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 873
18. Led Zeppelin - 850
19. Mono - 820
20. Eluvium - 803


Top 15 Albums

1. Muse – Origin Of Symmetry - 15,135
2. Muse – Absolution - 14,765
3. Muse – Black Holes & Revelations - 11,401
4. Muse – Showbiz - 7,782
5. Muse – HAARP - 3,761
6. Sigur Rós – Takk... - 3,165
7. Jeff Buckley – Grace - 2,629
8. The Fray – How To Save A Life - 1,842
9. Radiohead – In Rainbows - 1,788
10. Pink Floyd – Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd - 1,728
11. Pink Floyd – The Wall - 1,723
12. Radiohead – OK Computer - 1,437
13. Muse – Hullabaloo (Disc 1) - 1,390
14. Muse – The Resistance - 1,224
15. Coldplay – X&Y - 1,189


Top 10 Songs

1. Muse – Butterflies And Hurricanes - 1,661
2. Muse – Plug In Baby - 1,644
3. Muse – Map of the Problematique - 1,632
4. Muse – Bliss - 1,624
5. Muse – Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist - 1,610
6. Muse – Hysteria - 1,604
7. Muse – Micro Cuts - 1,584
8. Muse – Citizen Erased - 1,555
9. Muse – Space Dementia - 1,526
10. Muse – Showbiz - 1,473

1. How did you get into 29?
Édith Piaf - I don’t remember. I guess attention to her music was called when I started listening to Jeff Buckley, the fact that he was a fan of hers made me curious. But I’ve always loved La foule ...even before I even knew it was her song. :)

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
No Doubt - probably Just A Girl

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Jeff Buckley - well, he’s only got one studio album, but I’ve got most of his releases. Grace, Grace (Legacy Edition), Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk, Mystery White Boy, Live At Sin-é (Legacy Edition).

4. What is your favorite song by 5?
Kings of Leon - that’s a toughie… a toss-up between The Bucket because it’s just so catchy and Taper Jean Girl because this is THE best song when you see them live.

5. What is your favorite song by 15?
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - To Russia My Homeland I don’t know why, I’m a lyrics person, and I am known for my hatred of ambient or instrumental songs, but I LOVE that song…

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Muse - they’re all good, I guess. I don’t think there’s one particular song that I can say “makes me happy.”

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Rufus Wainwright - AH! I can’t pick just one! OK, In My Arms (:

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Bob Dylan - I don’t think I can say I have a good memory about him as an artist or his music... I have a bad memory about a live Bob Dylan show, but that’s not really the question. :x

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Glasvegas - YES. As with Radiohead, a song that’s supposed to invoke depression, or in this case sadness/disillusionment/disappointment, has the complete opposite effect on me: “It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry”

10. How many times have you seen 26 live?
Rise Against - zero. And I don't think I would. Let's just say it's never been a priority.

11. What is the first song you heard by 23?
Bright Eyes - I’m a late bloomer, “Another Travelin’ Song”

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
Interpol - Antics, hands down.

13. Who is your favorite member of 1?
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Robert Levon Been.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Queen - no.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Green Day - don’t recall any… no, wait, I liked Green Day, but the first time I heard 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, I was hooked. That song Going to Pasalacqua really struck a chord.

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Dead Man’s Bones - “My Body’s A Zombie For You” and "Young & Tragic" ..oh and "Name In Stone" and "Flowers Grow Out of My Grave" as well...yes, I know that's more than one, but I can't help most of their songs are so good..and sound like they're from the 50s.. (:

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
Radiohead - OK Computer

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
The Beatles - "Hello, Goodbye" and "Hey Jude"

19. What is the first song you heard by 25?
Weezer - probably Buddy Holly, I don’t remember

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

21. What is your favorite song by 3?
Pearl Jam - Given to Fly

22. What is your favorite song by 8?
Regina Spektor - it changes pretty much every month :x right now it’s “The Calculation,” right before her new album came out, it had been “Buildings,” and before that it was “Braille” for the LONGEST time..

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
She & Him - none

24. What is the worst song by 12?
Alanis Morissette - any song of hers after 2002.

25. What was the first song you heard by 28?
Johnny Cash - no idea. Probably one of his most famous ones I Walk The Line or Ring Of Fire

26. What is your favorite album by 7?
Feist - The Reminder, I guess. It’s the album where I skip less amount of songs than the others.

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Incubus - Talk Shows On Mute and Oil And Water, again, those songs are not really meant to make people happy, but somehow they do the trick for me.

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn…

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
Eddie Vedder - his one solo album, Into the Wild.

J'ai découvert cet album par hasard, en traînant dans un grand magasin spécialisé dans les produits culturels, et qui se défend d'être "agitateur de curiosités". A une époque où on n'en finissait pas de pleurer la mort prématurée de Jeff Buckley. Il est sans aucun doute un peu (trop) facile de faire un premier rapprochement entre LA voix de cet album et LA voix incontournable de Sir Buckley. Mais à l'évidence, cela s'impose. Des intonations graves à la voix écorchée dans les aïgus de Jimmy Gnecco, la comparaison est inévitable.

Alors bien sûr, posséder une voix pareille, ça crédibilise tout de suite un album.
Cela reste toutefois un album assez inégal, certaines chansons sont un peu sans saveur ("Fallen souls") voire carrément chiantes à mourir ("Medication", "Dancing alone", "Bleed") malgré quelques envolées lyriques de génie ("I'm a monster").

Une poignée d'autres titres sont de véritables bijoux. Car il ne suffit pas de posséder une belle voix, il s'agit également de trouver les lignes mélodiques qui la subliment ("Drowning", "Sometimes" et surtout "Miseryhead").

Malheureusement, si on passe un agréable moment à l'écoute de cet album, on n'y prêtera l'oreille qu'à quelques moments bien précis. Un nouvel album est prévu en mars 2008, on pourra donc caresser l'espoir d'y entendre une meilleure alchimie entre cette voix magique et une instrumentation qui doit encore faire ses preuves.

The Veils - The Letter








I’ve found the new Jeff Buckley!
Seriously... Finn Andrews from The Veils has such a stunning voice. A haunting, sexy voice. Lavinia, anyone? I guess he belongs to the category of "charismatic lead singers". And The Veils sound like they mean business. I’m in the middle of listening to their albums, that have so far completely flown off my radar. Great stuff.




The Veils looking rather spiffy

size=10]seansafc's top albums (overall)
1. Pixies - Doolittle (630) 2. Frank Turner - Sleep Is For The Week (352) 3. mclusky - My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful than Yours (335) 4. Pixies - Death To The Pixies (Disc 1) (325) 5. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (320) 6. Interpol - Our Love To Admire (293) 7. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (291) 8. Muse - Do We Need This: B-Sides & Rarities (1998-2007) (281) 9. Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (276) 10. mclusky - mclusky Do Dallas (262) 11. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (260) 12. Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song (255) 13. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: Dawn To Dusk (254) 14. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (252) 15. Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers (247) 16. Interpol - Antics (233) 17. Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul (232) 18. David Ford - I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused (225) 19. mclusky - Mcluskyism [Limited Box Set] Disc 2 (219) 20. Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (217) 21. Muse - Absolution (216) 22. The Ramones - Greatest Hits (206) 23. black swan green - The Ruin Gaze... (199) 24. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers (188) 25. White Lies - To Lose My Life (175) 26. Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (173) 27. Blur - The Best of Blur (171) 28. Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness (171) 29. Funeral for a Friend - Your History Is Mine: 2002-2009 (170) 30. Enter Shikari - Common Dreads (164) 31. Muse - Showbiz (163) 32. The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (162) 33. Radiohead - The Bends (162) 34. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (161) 35. David Ford - Songs For The Road (159) 36. Bloc Party - The Weekend Isn't Over Yet (158) 37. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (158) 38. Bloc Party - Intimacy (158) 39. Jeff Buckley - Grace (158) 40. The Stone Roses - the best of stone roses (154) 41. Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed (152) 42. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (151) 43. Pink Floyd - The Wall (Cd 1) (150) 44. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles (149) 45. The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths (148) 46. mclusky - The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not On Fire (146) 47. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (disc 1) (146) 48. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (144) 49. Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix (140) 50. Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut (138)

Played live acoustically at the ceremony:

Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
The Beatles - Real Love


Reception background music:

Adele - Make You Feel My Love
The Beatles - Something, Oh! Darling, Blackbird, Revolution 1, I've Just Seen A Face, Girl, In My Life, The Ballad Of John And Yoko, Real Love
Calexico - Two Silver Trees, Quattro (World Drifts In)
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
The Church - Under The Milky Way
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
The Cure - Close To Me
DeVotchKa - Along The Way, New World
Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
Feist - The Water, Past In Present, 1234
The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over The Rainbow
Jenny Lewis - Pretty Bird
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists!!, Melt Your Heart, Handle With Care
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life, Eternal Flame, The Ride, Flushed Chest, Anyone, Holiday, To Be Loved, To Be Lonely, Start Of My Heart
Little Birdy - Into My Arms
Little Red - So Long
Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Mazzy Star - Bells Ring (Acoustic Version), Fade Into You
Midlake - Roscoe (Beyond The Wizard aka Erol Alkan & Richard Norris Remix)
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells, Tightly, Look For Me (I'll Be Around), Stinging Velvet, I Wish I Was The Moon, Star Witness, Hold On Hold On, That Teenage Feeling, Lion's Jaws, Maybe Sparrow, This Tornado Loves You, Vengeance Is Sleeping, Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth, Middle Cyclone, Magpie To The Morning, The Pharaohs
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - A Teenager In Love
The Panics - Don't Fight It, This Day Last Year
Phoenix - Too Young
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Rand and Holland - It's Alright
Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
Ryan Adams - Two
Sade - No Ordinary Love
She & Him - I Should Have Known Better
Sia - Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven
Wilco - I'll Fight


I had to cut the first pick of songs down from over 10 hours of music to 5 hours, it sucked cause there so many songs i wanted to sneak in but there was no point, so i just picked the more well known/more appropriate stuff and leaned towards more of the fun side.

Artists i had to cut:

The Beach Boys
Bernard Fanning
Bob Dylan
Bob Evans
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
The Cat Empire
Empire of the Sun
Gillian Welch
Gipsy Kings
The Handsome Family
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
Imelda May
Jeff Buckley
Justin Townes Earle
Kate Miller-Heidke
Led Zeppelin
Merle Haggard
Metric
MGMT
Patsy Cline
Patterson Hood
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roy Orbison
Tift Merritt
Willie Nelson

Got your attention, didn't I? It's that 50 questions surveys. Proceed, if you dare.

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
TV on the Radio – Well, Wolf Like Me never ceases to be just plain awesome.

2. How did you get into 20?
Placebo – uh, I downloaded this themed mixtape, and every you every me was on it, and then it kind of snowballed from there.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Patrick Wolf – not that Wolf-guy anyway! Such a prick.

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Leonard Cohen – Daaaamn, that’s a hard question.
” Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
and everybody knows”
Is awesome, but:
”If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will”
Gets to me too. Cohens lyrics are like.. I don’t know. Just so good.

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Conor Oberst – No, but I will see Monsters of Folk in November, which he is a part of.
And this makes me happy. Like a… Horse.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?.
Chevelle – Aw, man, you can’t ask that question about them. I just love all their albums in different ways. If I must mention one it would be their debut, Point #1.

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
DeVotchKa – sadly, no.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Ryan Adams – When I was up in the middle of the night waiting for Friday the 13th part VII to begin, and suddenly the video for New York, New York popped up. It made that night all the more awesome.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
Rufus Wainwright - …. Nah.

10. When did you first get into 8?
Sufjan Stevens – Like many others I think it was after Little Miss Sunshine. I was like ”Sufjan Stevens? That’s a pretty name.” or something.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Bright Eyes – My friend Sebastian is kind of gay for Conor Oberst.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
Jeff Buckley – If we don’t count Hallelujah(’cause it’s a damn cover, come on, I know it’s a good one, but still); Grace.

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds. Still in love with it. Damn you, gay canadian guy, messing with my heart.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Loudon Wainwright III – Silly question, he’s too high up to have a song I dislike.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
Andrew Bird – I think they’re somewhat unique. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything like Bird before. And the lyrics are often very beautiful.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
The Mountain Goats – on a mixtape. (I do love mixtapes with a passion that breaks a man in two) It was Going to Georgia, but the song just skipped that place to settle for my heart. Or something corny like that.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
Antony and the Johnsons – Wait, what? I don’t know how long they’ve been active, but I discovered them around.. I don’t know, 2006-07?

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Elliott Smith – Naaah, man.

19. When did you get into 17?
The Smashing Pumpkins – I guess it was the summer of 07.

20. How long have you been into 9?
Our Lady Peace – Seriously, I can’t remember. 07 is a wild but still good guess.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Electric Six – Since I don’t have a driver’s license that would be PREEETTY illegal, but I must say that E6 does music that is so funny and good it should be illegal.. So.. Yeah. I would maybe do that.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Ben Kweller – Sadly, none. But that’s gonna change! Someday. Goddamnit, I’m a poor student.>:

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
[artist[Beirut – Well, I get teary in a nostalgic kind of way when I hear Nantes.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Arcade Fire – maybe The Well And The Lighthouse. It’s upbeat and, yeah, brilliant.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Neutral Milk Hotel – Well. Maybe.. No.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Bloc Party – Hunting For Witches! I actually watched the very uninspiring musicvideo just earlier this day. Their music is all kinds of awesome, but.. Damn. Boring videos.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
The Cribs – Our Bovine Public (48), I'm A Realist(40), Girls Like Mystery(39), Men's Needs (39). It’s a good band.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
Kate Bush – All the songs from the album Aerial.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Tool – Not really no!

30. What song got you into 40?
Death From Above 1979 – easily Black History Month . Still makes my body tingle.

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Brand New – Uhh. I don’t care about singles that much, actually.

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
Nick Drake – He’s dead, man. He ain’t hating on me, hoe.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
Mason Jennings – Oh my. I would totally say yes, ’cause he seems to be a sweet guy. Does some pretty awesome music.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Johnny Cash – Aw, man, he’s also dead!

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
The Mighty Boosh – Can’t choose which one I like the most. Their both awesome.

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
Okkervil River – I had to google some pictures before answering this; well, yeah. I guess they’re pretty cute in an awkward way. It’s not that important anyway, is it?

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Flight of the Conchords - Hip-Hopopotamus vs Rhymenocerous, 31 times.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Wolf Parade – None.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
The Dandy Warhols – Haha, no.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
South – Man, I don’t even know the names of the band members. I would be kind of sad if they split up. Maybe they have done that already. Depressing.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Ha Ha High Babe reminds me of sitting on the bus, ignoring everyone around me, napping and just thinking about nothing.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Bat for Lashes – no, but it took me awhile to listen to her, ’cause I thought that Fur And Gold sounded kind of silly.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Songs: Ohia – sadly, no.>: Well, maybe one of my best friends, you never know about him. But probably not.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Markus Krunegård – Naye.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
John Vanderslice – you can’t call it dancing, really, it’s just me jumping around in a sudden fit of ”THIS GUY IS MY NEW FAVORITE FO SHIZZLE”. It’s creepy, if you ask me. Nothing you wanna se.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
The Killers – But damn! Why can’t you ask me about Rufus Wainwright? I have met him. Like, for a second or so, but we said hello and so! I don’t care so much about the Killers though. Wainwright did write a song for the singer of that band! Aw, man.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Ed Harcourt – no, it’s awful and to be honest quiet offensive. (Haha.)

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
The Knife – It would be awesome to date Karin Dreijer Andersson, that’s for sure. Like an adventure or something.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Jamie T – haha, my bff hated his guts for awhile, but then she heard Sticks ’n’ Stones and was all like: ”Heee.”

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Stephen Lynch – Yes. It was a slowdance. (No, I don’t think so.)