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Fairly unproductive 1000, as acquired tendinitis or something like that fairly early on. Got replaced Epiphone. Again, pretty much all John Mayer. Not much to report, hoping to be better soon and learn and play more this 1000.

Getting back to the usual procedure. :-P
[ EDIT: I already wrote this on Monday, but somehow it got deleted :-/ ]
By the way... the title refers to the new album by John Mayer which is so brand-new you can almost feel the production heat... or whatever. Finally the wait is over. :-)

And guess what is played most often on my playlist these days? ^^
I can't wait to get to know the lyrics more deeply.

But looking at the stats of last week I see that Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams also had their moments. Both feature really good new songs on their new records.
I'm really surprised by Robbie's comeback album because I didn't expect that much. His music feels like he's still loving what he does. So it doesn't feel forced. But that's just my impression of it.
Regarding Bon Jovi's "We Weren't Born To Follow": Did anyone notice that there's a different guitar solo in the video/album version? It's missing on the radio/single version.



Oh... and then I have to add two songs to my favorites. First of all the unbelievably good new single of Lady GaGa - Bad Romance. Check out the crazy video for this (soon-to-be) classic. (let me try to give you an example... thanks to Nick ^^ )

I could almost bet that this one will become a major success. And I'm now officially looking forward to "The Fame Monster". :-P
Besides if you're lucky you should be able to hear one of the new songs here on last.fm - "Telephone" which features Beyoncé (what a combination).
The second track I was listening to a lot to last week is Obsessed by Miley Cyrus. Well, it might be a little cheesy, but I like it. This song fits her voice perfectly.

Last but not least I just recently had the chance to watch two concerts and thus would like to recommend both DVDs to home cinema concert fans: ^^
> Tina Live - A CD/DVD live album which features a stunning a 2 hour rock show spectacle.
and
> The Killers Live From The Royal Albert Hall - The first concert DVD by The Killers... finally! Here even the last skeptics should be convinced that this band knows how to do a live show.

Well, that's it for this week. Next time I probably will write some more about the new John Mayer songs. ^^

CU

A

First: A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, & Mahalaxmi Iyer
Last: Augustana
Fav: Amy Winehouse, Anna Nalick, Audra McDonald, Augustana



B

First: Baby Bash
Last: Bryce Ryness & The Tribe
Fav: Barenaked Ladies, Bob Marley, Beyonce


C

First: Caissie Levy
Last: Culver City Dub Collective
Fav: Carrie Underwood, Colbie Caillat



D

First: Daddy Yankee
Last: Duncan Sheik
Fav: Dashboard Confessional



E

First: Eagles
Last: Europe
Fav: Eric Hutchinson, Eagles, Earth Wind & Fire



F

First: Faith Hill
Last: The Fray
Fav: Flight of the Conchords, Fountains of Wayne



G

First: The Game
Last: Gym Class Heroes
Fav: Gavin Creel, Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms Graham Colton Band


H

First: Heavy Mojo
Last: Huey
Fav: Heavy Mojo, Hootie and the Blowfish, Hot Hot Heat



I

First: Idina Menzel
Last: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Fav: Idina Menzel, India.Arie



J

First: Jack Johnson
Last: Justin Timberlake
Fav: Jack's Mannequin, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Jon McLaughlin


K

First: K'naan
Last: KT Tunstall
Fav: Kelly Clarkson, Kristin Chenoweth, Kanye West, Kings of Leon


L

First: Lady GaGa
Last: Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Fav: Les Miserables Original London Cast, Lady GaGa, Lil' Wayne



M

First: M.Ward
Last: The Moldy Peaches
Fav: Maroon 5


N

First: Nancy LaMott
Last: No Doubt
Fav: Natives Of The New Dawn, No Doubt


O

First: O.A.R.
Last: Original Cast Of Billy Elliot
Fav: O.A.R.


P

First: Parachute
Last: The Pussycat Dolls
Fav: Pearl Jam



Q

First: Queen
Last: Queen
Fav: Queen



R

First: Rascal Flatts
Last: Rolling Stones
Fav: Rascal Flatts, Rihanna


S

First: S Club 7
Last: Sutton Foster
Fav: Sara Bareilles, Something Corporate, Sheryl Crow, Sutton Foster


T

First: T-Pain Feat. Yung Joc
Last: TV on the Radio
Fav: T.I., Taylor Swift


U

First: Unk
Last: Usher
Fav: Usher



V

First: Vanessa Carlton
Last: The Verve Pipe
Fav: The Verve Pipe, Vertical Horizon



W

First: Weezer
Last: WWE Anthology - The Attitude Years
Fav: The Wreckers, Westlife



X

First:
Last:
Fav:



Y

First: Yellowcard
Last: Yung Joc
Fav: Youth Group



Z

First:
Last:
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#

First: 2PAC featuring DR. DRE & ROGER TROUTMAN
Last: 50 Cent
Fav: 50 Cent


Soundtracks

First: Slumdog Millionaire
Last: WWE Anthology, Vol. 2: The Attitude Years
Fav: Les Miserables Original London Cast, Hair (The Broadway Revival), Spring Awakening, Thoroughly Modern Millie

01 01 Rihanna - Russian Roulette [1-1-1]
23 02 Rihanna - Hard (Feat. Young Jeezy) [23-2]
20 03 Leona Lewis - Happy [5-20-30]
ne 04 Paramore - Misguided Ghosts [4]
ne 05 Lady GaGa - Dance In The Dark [5]
07 06 Rihanna - Wait Your Turn [7-6]
25 07 Leona Lewis - Naked [25-7]
ne 08 Lady GaGa - Paparazzi [8]
04 09 Leona Lewis - Alive [9-4]
11 10 Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) [11-10]
03 11 Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart [3-11]
ne 12 Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams [12]
ne 13 Paramore - Careful [13]
ne 14 Leona Lewis - Don't Let Me Down [14]
16 15 Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything [3-16-15]
ne 16 Rihanna - Photographs [16]
12 17 Chris Brown - Crawl [12-11-12]
ne 18 Beyoncé - Broken-Hearted Girl [18]
14 19 Leona Lewis - I Got You [5-14-19]
ne 20 John Mayer - Who Says [20]
08 21 Leona Lewis - Lost Then Found (feat. OneRepublic) [25-8-21]
15 22 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance [6-15-22]
19 23 Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway [19-23]
re 24 Whitney Houston - I Look To You [17-00-24]
ne 25 Rihanna - Rude Boy [25]

Name your top ten artists on Last.fm:
1. Fightstar
2. Kasabian
3. Foo Fighters
4. Placebo
5. Angels & Airwaves
6. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
7. John Mayer
8. Oasis
9. Muse
10. Hoobastank

How many times have you listened to number one?
102

Is this your favourite band?
I tend not to have 'a favorite band', but if I did, Fightstar would be it :)

What got you into number one?
I think Last.fm first sparked an interest in them, and I downloaded a few of their songs, and then the more I listened to them, the more I loved them.

Why have you listened to them so much?
Because they are the one band that has the power to create an incredible high for me. No other music I have ever listened to has managed to do that.

Favourite song(s)?
I hate saying this, because it isn't really choosing, but all of them. Each and every one of their songs is awesome in its own right. My favourites would probably be Chemical Blood, Whisperer, and Waste A Moment.

Something you think you’d thoroughly enjoy doing with the band?
Er, meeting them! I would love the opportunity to tell them how important their music is to me and how it has helped me.

Favourite memory of the artist?
Buying their Be Human album and listening to it constantly. I still do.

How many times listened to number two?
52

What got you into them?
I noticed that they supported Oasis for their Heaton Park gigs, which I didn't manage to get tickets to. I downloaded a few of their songs and realised that I was already familiar with their music and remembered them being in the music charts constantly. I then bought all three of their albums and fell in love.

What makes you like them so much?
Their style is extremely distinctive and their lyrics are beautiful.

Favourite song(s)?
Empire or Secret Alphabets.

Favourite memory of artist?
Again, when I bought their CDs. I bought all three at once, it was a great day :)

How many times have you listened to number three?
45

Would you pay thirty dollars to see them in concert?
FUCK YES. There is no question about it. Besides, that is extremely cheap for a Foo gig.

Favourite song(s)?
The Pretender.

How many times have you listened to four?
37

Would you go fishing with them?
Fishing isn't really my thing, and I can't imagine them fishing either?

Any particular emotions run through you when you listen?
Passion, and happiness. Brian Molko's voice is insane.

Favourite song(s)?
Infra-Red or English Summer Rain.

How many times have you listened to five?
34

What’s so intriguing about them?
Again, their style is incredibly cool. I got into them when I discovered that they were lead by Tom DeLonge of blink-182, and now I love them more than I love blink!

Could you imagine them in a circus?
Not really, no...

Favourite song(s):
Call to Arms, The War, or The Adventure.

How many times for six ?
32

How many 3’s in a <3333333 would you give them and why?
One, because one is all they need.

Favourite song(s)?
My all-time favourite song, by any artist is Your Guardian Angel, although it isn't their usual style, so one of their louder songs would be Damn Regret.

How many times for 7?
31

I hear 7 is a magical number, is this band magical?
John Mayer is beyond magical.

Favourite song(s)?
Gravity, Daughters, Clarity, and Who Says.

How many times for eight ?
26

How long have you liked this artist?
Pretty much my whole life, but the reason their play count is so low is because I haven't had Last.fm very long at all.

Favourite song(s)?
Falling Down and I'm Outta Time.

Poor nine and ten, how many times you listened to them?
Not poor at all! Muse have 26 also, and Hoobastank have 24.

Why have them as number nine and ten, where is the love?
Like I said, I haven't had Last.fm for very long, so the artists lower down have very few scrobbles as I haven't played them that much recently. The love is definitely there, I swear.

How long have you liked them?
Liked Muse for about a year, and Hoobastank only a few months.

What are the poor artists from 11-20?
They are not poor at all. For them to even be on my top 20 means I love them very much.

11. Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. Jimmy Eat World
13. Hard-Fi
14. Nirvana
15. All Time Low
16. Coldplay
17. blink-182
18. Nickelback
19. Good Charlotte
20. Paramore

dear last.fm,
I suppose I should only be slightly annoyed with the banner above my last.fm dashboard advertising the "John Mayer, liveonletterman" webcast brought to me by the fine people at american express? I know ya'll need to make money and shit but, would it be at all possible to taylor your ads to the type of music I have scrobbled? if one performs an alphabetical search of the artists I've listened to, they will discover no John Mayer tracks. instead why not try to sell me the new Animal Collective Fall Be Kind ep? I know I'm already planning on buying that, but at least I won't be offended in the process. fuck John Mayer...

sincerely,
storby

Take your 20 Overall Top Artists and find out how many listeners they have...

1. Adam Lambert (22,428)
2. Owl City (134,428)
3. Hollywood Undead (125,560)
4. CRASHDïET (19,911)
5. Patrick Wolf (399,179)
6. 3OH!3 (143,560)
7. The Killers (2,102,891)
8. Coldplay (2,526,926)
9. Panic at the Disco (923,457)
10. John Mayer (905,386)
11. Skillet (187,960)
12. Anberlin (375,072)
13. Keane (1,233,565)
14. Muse (1,897,587)
15. Rise Against (684,990)
16. Paramore (758,915)
17. Yann Tiersen (604,287)
18. Mew (373,178)
19. The Hush Sound (162,004)
20. The Medic Droid (60,220)

Total: 13641504

Divide by 20

Average: 682075, 2

Divide by the number of Coldplay listeners

Coldplay: 2,526,926

Result: 0,269922902

Multiply by 100 and round

Final result: 27

I am 27% mainstream

A few songs that were very important for me this year.. every song has a special meaning..

Agnes
• Big Blue Wall

Armchair Cynics
• Smile
• Can't Sleep

Ben's Brother
• Let Me Out

Beyoncé
• Halo
• Hello
• Smash Into You

Brandy
• Human

Britney Spears
• Out From Under
• Unusual You

Carrie Underwood
• You Won't Find This
• So Small

Casper
• Lippenlesen
• Unzerbrechlich
• hin zur sonne

Chad
• Dich zu lieben
• Anytime
• Erinner Dich

Chakuza
• Ugly Girl

Christina Stürmer
• Im Kreis
• Tanz ohne Musik

Colbie Caillat
• Fearless
• I Never Told You
• Begin Again
• Droplets
• Break Through

Curse
• Bis Zum Schluss (feat. Silbermond)

D-Bo
• Brief

Daughtry
• Open Up Your Eyes
• One Last Chance
• Tennessee Line

David Hodges
• Breathe feat. Amy Lee

Dishwalla
• Collide (Massy mix)
• Somewhere in the Middle
• Candleburn
• Every Little Thing

Elisa
• Dancing

Evanescence
• Breathe No More

Evans Blue
• Beg
• Q (The Best One Of Our Lives)
• Eclipsed
• Painted
• Look
• No One Looks as Good as You in That
• Cold (But I'm Still Here)

Eye Alaska
• Miles Don't Mean Anything

Faith Hill
• It Matters To Me (Acoustic)

Farin Urlaub
• OK

Ferras
• Take My Lips

G.M.C
• Verflossene Liebe feat. Casper

Gregor Meyle
• so soll es sein

Griffin House
• The Guy That Says Goodbye To You Is Out Of His Mind
• Better Than Love

Hannah Montana
• Every Part Of Me

Holly Brook
• Still Love

Holly McNarland
• Beautiful Blue

Hollywood Undead
• Black Dhalia

Inflabluntahz
• Wahrscheinlich das Beste

Jintanino
• Aus dem Brustbereich

John Mayer
• Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

Jordin Sparks
• Battlefield (Main Version)
• It Takes More (Main Version)
• Papercut
• No Air feat. Chris Brown
• Tattoo

Karmina
• Calling You Back

Kate Nash
• Nicest Thing

Krezip
• Fine

Leigh Nash
• Along the Wall

Leona Lewis
• Run

Lesley Roy
• Thinking Out Loud
• Dead But Breathing
• Make It Back

Lifehouse
• Everything

Like A Storm
• Keep The Pain Alive

Lionel Richie
• Just For You

Live
• The Dolphin's Cry
• Dance With You

Luxuslärm
• Von jetzt an
• Was ist mit mir?

Mariah Carey
• Angels Cry
• H.A.T.E.U.

Matt Wertz
• Sweetness In Starlight

Meat Loaf
• Cry Over Me
• I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

Me'Shell NdegéOcello
• Beautiful
• Wasted Time
• Faithful
• Love Song #1
• Love Song #2
• Love Song #3

Metro Station
• Now That We're Done

Miley Cyrus
• 7 Things
• The Climb

Montana Max
• Stueck der Sonne

Nathan Angelo
• Ode To Her

Nekst86
• Mit Dir (feat. Harry)
• Du Musst Mich Hassen (Liebe Tut Weh)
• Wieviel

Olivia Broadfield
• Lost In You
• Safe

One Less Reason
• A Lifetime Burning
• Worthless

Peter Bradley Adams
• The Longer I Run
• Always
• I Won't

Philipp Poisel
• Mit jedem Deiner Fehler

Prinz Porno
• Prinzessin

Prinz Pi
• Tief
• Dunkle Sonne

Rapsoul
• Eine Von Millionen

Red
• Start Again
• Never Be The Same

Red Goodbye
• Shakespeare Lied
• Hourglass

Rihanna
• Take A Bow

Silbermond
• Sehn wir uns wieder

Sine
• You Started Something In Me

Shiml
• Geradeaus

State of Shock
• Best I Ever Had

StilRize
• The Dream...

Taichi
• This Time (2004)
• Endgültig
• Brief
• Mädchen Nr. 1

Taylor Swift
• Breathe

TBurna
• Schau mich an
• Nur Dich Allein

The Veronicas
• Speechless
• This Love
• Nobody Wins

Vanessa Hudgens
• Say OK
• Make You Mine

Vienna Teng
• Antebellum

William Fitzsimmons
• Just Not Each Other
• After Afterall
• If You Would Come Back Home
• Find Me To Forgive

Xavier Naidoo
• Wann (feat. Cassandra Steen)
• Woman In Chains
• Bitte hör nicht auf zu träumen

Your Favorite Enemies
• Open Your Eyes
• No Time Left For Confusion (Acoustic Version)
• Midnight's Crashing (acoustic)
• Would you believe