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Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Vertigo : Olivia Lewis (Score = 294.18)
Shady Lady : Ani Lorak (Score = 241.14)
If We All Give A Little : Six4one (Score = 221.8)
Love Me Tonight : Angelica Agurbash (Score = 214.82)
American Pie : Don McLean (Score = 204.01)
Save Tonight : Eagle-Eye Cherry (Score = 203.68)
Closing Time : Semisonic (Score = 202.07)
Say Goodbye to Hollywood : Billy Joel (Score = 199.53)
Breakfast At Tiffany's : Deep Blue Something (Score = 197)
I Do : Fabrizio Faniello (Score = 192.11)
Mr. Jones : Counting Crows (Score = 186.3)
Joy To The World : Three Dog Night (Score = 185.86)
Bring It On : Billie Piper (Score = 184.86)
Dream Weaver : Gary Wright (Score = 184.27)
Congratulations : Silvia Night (Score = 183.07)
On Top Of The World (The Netherlands) : Edsilia Rombley (Score = 183.03)
I love you mi vida : D'Nash (Score = 182.55)
Two Princes : Spin Doctors (Score = 180.34)
Mum : Polina Smolova (Score = 180.15)
Stop : Omar Naber (Score = 179.43)
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) : Looking Glass (Score = 177.18)
Hold On Be Strong : Maria Haukaas Storeng (Score = 176.59)
Electric : Lisa Scott-Lee (Score = 173.27)
Everything You Want : Vertical Horizon (Score = 170.91)
Partners In Crime (Estonia) : Gerli Padar (Score = 170.19)
She's So High : Tal Bachman (Score = 168.36)
Absolutely (Story of a Girl) : Nine Days (Score = 166.38)
Ajde Kroci (Montenegro) : Stevan Faddy (Score = 162.45)
I Love You Mi Vida (Spain) : D'Nash (Score = 161.9)
Peace Will Come (Georgia) : Diana Gurtskaya (Score = 161.32)
Dance With Me : Zoli Ádok (Score = 160.82)
Never Let It Go : Afro-Dite (Score = 160.53)
Era stupendo : Paolo Meneguzzi (Score = 160.48)
One Headlight : The Wallflowers (Score = 160.35)
Stronger Every Minute : Lisa Andreas (Score = 157.57)
I'll Be : Edwin McCain (Score = 156.6)
Më merr në ëndërr : Kejsi Tola (Score = 155.73)
Feels So Good : Melanie B (Score = 154.87)
Complice (San Marino) : Miodio (Score = 154.86)
Drama Queen (Denmark) : DQ (Score = 154.22)
Flying The Flag (For You) (United Kingdom) : Scooch (Score = 151.96)
Teenage Dirtbag : Wheatus (Score = 151.42)
Twist of love : Sidsel Ben Semmane (Score = 151.06)
Hero (Sweden) : Charlotte Perrelli (Score = 148.63)
Let Me Try : Luminita Anghel & Sistem (Score = 146.1)
Ven A Bailar Conmigo (Norway) : Guri Schanke (Score = 144.28)
If You Could Only See : Tonic (Score = 144.22)
The Way : Fastball (Score = 142.32)
Show Me Your Love : Tina Karol (Score = 141.02)
Baila el Chiki Chiki : Rodolfo Chikilicuatre (Score = 140.83)
Truly Madly Deeply : Savage Garden (Score = 140.69)
Bridge Over Troubled Water : Simon & Garfunkel (Score = 140.29)
Vodka (Malta) : Morena (Score = 139.72)
The Joker : Steve Miller Band (Score = 139.58)
Listen To The Music : The Doobie Brothers (Score = 139.45)
Africa : Toto (Score = 139.07)
The Balkan Girls : Elena Gheorghe (Score = 138.95)
Sister Golden Hair : America (Score = 138.43)
My Number One : Helena Paparizou (Score = 138.4)
Still the One : Orleans (Score = 138.32)
Take Me to Your Heaven : Charlotte Nilsson (Score = 137.79)
Hasta La Vista (Belarus) : Ruslan Alehno (Score = 136.58)
Come on Over : Kym Marsh (Score = 136.3)
Love Song : Sara Bareilles (Score = 135.05)
Walking in Memphis : Marc Cohn (Score = 134.98)
Düm Tek Tek : Hadise (Score = 134.74)
I Don't Want to Wait : Paula Cole (Score = 134.33)
Through my window : Sandra Oxenryd (Score = 133.41)
Lovey Dovey Stuff : Geri Halliwell (Score = 132.51)
Barely Breathing : Duncan Sheik (Score = 132.16)
Every Morning : Sugar Ray (Score = 131.94)
Iris : Goo Goo Dolls (Score = 131.18)
This Is Our Night : Sakis Rouvas (Score = 131.01)
Always : Aysel & Arash (Score = 130.53)
Femme Fatale (Cyprus) : Evdokia Kadi (Score = 130.19)
All for You : Sister Hazel (Score = 129.89)
Hotel California : Eagles (Score = 128.91)
Wild World : Cat Stevens (Score = 128.87)
Zauvijek Volim Te (Montenegro) : Stefan Filipovic (Score = 128.67)
You're a God : Vertical Horizon (Score = 128.56)
Fire And Rain : James Taylor (Score = 128.44)
Love is gonna get you : Man Meadow (Score = 127.79)
Work Your Magic (Belarus) : KolduN (Score = 127.59)
Drops of Jupiter : Train (Score = 127.55)
Leto Svet (Estonia) : Kreisiraadio (Score = 127.12)
Promises : Billie Piper (Score = 125.51)
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight : England Dan & John Ford Coley (Score = 125.51)
Cold As Ice : Foreigner (Score = 125.43)
Roll To Me : Del Amitri (Score = 124.98)
Fight (Moldova) : Natalia Barbu (Score = 124.89)
Follow my heart : Ich Troje (Score = 124.07)
Firefly : Christina Metaxa (Score = 122.91)
Jessie's Girl : Rick Springfield (Score = 122.39)
Unwritten : Natasha Bedingfield (Score = 122.19)
If It Makes You Happy : Sheryl Crow (Score = 121.3)
Pe-o Margine De Lume (Romania) : Nico & Vlad (Score = 120.89)
Follow You Down : Gin Blossoms (Score = 119.48)
A Century Of Love (Moldova) : Geta Burlacu (Score = 118.45)
I Need You : LeAnn Rimes (Score = 117.95)
Lemon Tree : Fool's Garden (Score = 117.74)

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Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended artists)

Say Goodbye to Hollywood : Billy Joel (Score = 199.53)
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant : Billy Joel (Score = 103.34)
I Go to Extremes : Billy Joel (Score = 100)
Tell Her About It : Billy Joel (Score = 100)
Everybody Has a Dream : Billy Joel (Score = 98.87)
Bring It On : Billie Piper (Score = 184.86)
Promises : Billie Piper (Score = 125.51)
Ring My Bell : Billie Piper (Score = 100)
Vertigo : Olivia Lewis (Score = 294.18)
Vertigo (Malta) : Olivia Lewis (Score = 99.23)
Sibling Rivalry : Jonathan Coulton (Score = 100)
The Future Soon : Jonathan Coulton (Score = 100)
I Crush Everything : Jonathan Coulton (Score = 96.48)
Shop Vac : Jonathan Coulton (Score = 96.47)
I love you mi vida : D'Nash (Score = 182.55)
I Love You Mi Vida (Spain) : D'Nash (Score = 161.9)
Karate Schnitzel : Tenacious D (Score = 113.3)
The Road : Tenacious D (Score = 105.86)
Dio : Tenacious D (Score = 100)
Everything You Want : Vertical Horizon (Score = 170.91)
You're a God : Vertical Horizon (Score = 128.56)
My Secret : Klee (Score = 100)
We Go Against the Flow : Klee (Score = 97.02)
Not Even Ten Horses : Klee (Score = 96.91)
Electric : Lisa Scott-Lee (Score = 173.27)
You're No Good For Me (Album) : Lisa Scott-Lee (Score = 100.68)
Feels So Good : Melanie B (Score = 154.87)
Tell Me : Melanie B (Score = 105.64)
Still the One : Orleans (Score = 138.32)
Dance With Me : Orleans (Score = 113.61)
Love Song : Sara Bareilles (Score = 135.05)
Bottle It Up : Sara Bareilles (Score = 114.3)
Africa : Toto (Score = 139.07)
Hold The Line : Toto (Score = 106.77)
Drops of Jupiter : Train (Score = 127.55)
Meet Virginia : Train (Score = 115.12)
Shady Lady : Ani Lorak (Score = 241.14)
My Number One : Helena Paparizou (Score = 138.4)
You Set My Heart on Fire : Helena Paparizou (Score = 100)
Come on Over : Kym Marsh (Score = 136.3)
I Think It's Gonna Rain Today : Kym Marsh (Score = 101.29)
The Joker : Steve Miller Band (Score = 139.58)
Fly Like An Eagle : Steve Miller Band (Score = 95.54)
Wild World : Cat Stevens (Score = 128.87)
Peace Train : Cat Stevens (Score = 95.5)
Follow You Down : Gin Blossoms (Score = 119.48)
Hey Jealousy : Gin Blossoms (Score = 103.27)
If We All Give A Little : Six4one (Score = 221.8)
Love Me Tonight : Angelica Agurbash (Score = 214.82)
Like a Boss : The Lonely Island (Score = 106.92)
We Like Sportz : The Lonely Island (Score = 103.28)
Good Times : Dannii Minogue (Score = 110.91)
Sunrise : Dannii Minogue (Score = 98.16)
Revolution : The Veronicas (Score = 104.66)
Mouth Shut : The Veronicas (Score = 102.14)
Free Loop : Daniel Powter (Score = 105.1)
Jimmy Gets High : Daniel Powter (Score = 100.71)
American Pie : Don McLean (Score = 204.01)
Save Tonight : Eagle-Eye Cherry (Score = 203.68)
Closing Time : Semisonic (Score = 202.07)
You Get Me : Michelle Branch (Score = 104.79)
Something to Sleep To : Michelle Branch (Score = 97.03)
Grapefruit Diet (Parody of "Zoot Suit Riot" By Cherry Poppin' Daddies) : "Weird Al" Yankovic (Score = 100)
Dare to Be Stupid : "Weird Al" Yankovic (Score = 100)
Oops! I Did It Again : Children of Bodom (Score = 100)
Rebel Yell : Children of Bodom (Score = 99.92)
We Are Pilots : Shiny Toy Guns (Score = 100)
Waiting : Shiny Toy Guns (Score = 99.74)
Naked : Céline Dion (Score = 100)
Faith : Céline Dion (Score = 98.26)
Leap Of Innocence : Liz Phair (Score = 100)
Stars And Planets : Liz Phair (Score = 97.95)
Ticks : Brad Paisley (Score = 100)
I'm Still a Guy : Brad Paisley (Score = 97.45)
Breakfast At Tiffany's : Deep Blue Something (Score = 197)
Seek You Out : Poets of the Fall (Score = 100)
Overboard : Poets of the Fall (Score = 96.75)
Bullet : Covenant (Score = 100)
Prometheus : Covenant (Score = 96.57)
Dancing in the Dark : Bruce Springsteen (Score = 99.24)
No Surrender : Bruce Springsteen (Score = 97.1)
Dirty Road : Days of the New (Score = 100)
Hang on to This : Days of the New (Score = 95.16)
Rough Stuff : Adam Ant (Score = 100)
Apollo 9 : Adam Ant (Score = 95.04)
Now Is the Time : Dope (Score = 100)
Bring It On : Dope (Score = 94.98)
I Do : Fabrizio Faniello (Score = 192.11)
Mr. Jones : Counting Crows (Score = 186.3)
Joy To The World : Three Dog Night (Score = 185.86)
Dream Weaver : Gary Wright (Score = 184.27)
Congratulations : Silvia Night (Score = 183.07)
On Top Of The World (The Netherlands) : Edsilia Rombley (Score = 183.03)
Two Princes : Spin Doctors (Score = 180.34)
Mum : Polina Smolova (Score = 180.15)
Stop : Omar Naber (Score = 179.43)
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) : Looking Glass (Score = 177.18)
Hold On Be Strong : Maria Haukaas Storeng (Score = 176.59)
Partners In Crime (Estonia) : Gerli Padar (Score = 170.19)
She's So High : Tal Bachman (Score = 168.36)

Here is a selection from among the highest voted and most read news stories on videogame music posted to the Nobuooo website during the month of September 2009.

A hectic month for videogame music news, September witnessed the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle and the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, Japan.

News

Japan's Comic Market 76 - An Audio Report

Comic Market is a Tokyo exhibition that this summer attracted more than half a million visitors over the course of its three-day run. This report, featuring comments from game composers Shinji Hosoe, Hiroki Kikuta and various doujin musicians offers an overview of the game arrangement side of the widely attended fan event.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6182

Flickr Set: PAX 09 (200 photos)

Flickr photo set will be updated with images from the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle until Sunday. (Updated with Friday night Metroid Metal & Anamanaguchi concerts, Jonathan Coulton, PAX VGM roundtable, 2 Player Productions)

http://nobuooo.com/item/6164

Flickr Set: Tokyo Game Show & Sense of Wonder Night 2009

Photos from the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, the site of the Tokyo Game Show, number over 100 in total. (Inti Creates, Noisycroak, Simon Carless & Keita Takahashi, Dan Paladin, Baiyon, Tyrone Rodriguez)

http://nobuooo.com/item/6216

First Sakura Note soundtrack samples online

Marvelous has added four samples from Nobuo Uematsu's soundtrack to Sakura Note to the official website for the Nintendo DS game. The title, which takes place in a suburb in Japan, will be out November 5 in Japan.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6167

Mamoru Has Been Cursed Arrange Soundtrack announced

Super Sweep published the soundtrack album to arcade title "Mamoru Has Been Cursed" last year, and now an arrange soundtrack featuring music from the XBox 360 port will be making its debut at the M3 doujin music event on October 11. You can hear a cross-fade music sample on the Sweep Record blog. Music is by Yousuke Yasui, featuring remixes by Yasuhisa Watanabe and Hiroto Saitoh.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6246

Persona 3 Portable Original Soundtrack Announced

Aniplex Records announced an original soundtrack release to Persona 3 for the PSP at last night's Persona Music Live in Wel City Tokyo concert. P3P original soundtrack will be released on catalog number SVWC 7662 on November 25, including new music by series composer Shoji Meguro.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6205

Tale of Tales' Fatale Audio Trailer

Belgium developer Tale of Tales is now calling attention to the voice acting and music of upcoming game title Fatale with an audio-only trailer. Jarboe and Kris Force worked on the voice acting, ambient music, and sound effects. Gerry De Mol, the singer-songwriter behind The Graveyard, also composed dance music for Fatale.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6249

Jun Senoue: The Works tracklist revealed

JunSenoue.com has released the official tracklist of "Jun Senoue: The Works", a compilation album of songs from various games by the famed SEGA Wavemaster composer. The album will include tracks from Daytona USA CCE, NASCAR Arcade, Outrun 2 SP, SEGA Rally 2, Burnout Running, Managing J-League Football Club, and more. It will be released on October 21st from Wavemaster Entertainment. It will also be available to order directly from Jun Senoue via the JunSenoue.com forums.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6244

Video

Nobuooo TGS 1 / 4 - Baiyon interviews Dan Paladin (900 views)

Nobuooo's video coverage of the Tokyo Game Show (part one of four) begins with an interview conducted by PixelJunk Eden art and music director Baiyon. The Behemoth art director Dan Paladin (who also wrote the opening and ending musical themes of Castle Crashers) participates in an informal conversation on the influences underlying the visual design of the popular downloadable game title. The discussion also touches on how Newgrounds furnished the musical score for the game.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6240

Nobuooo TGS 2 / 4 - Nigoro talks La-Mulana Music (1100 views)

Coverage of the Tokyo Game Show continues with an interview with NIGORO, the company responsible for the popular slapping-based Flash game Rose & Camellia. Naramura-san and Samejima-san discuss the music for La-Mulana, which is headed to WiiWare later this year. The game is a remake of a retro archaeological adventure title created for the MSX computer and will receive a newly arranged score for the Nintendo downloadable service.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6245

Nobuooo TGS 3 / 4 - Dylan Cuthbert on Q-Games audio

Day Three of Nobuooo's video coverage of the Tokyo Game Show takes place at Kyoto-based developer Q-Games' booth. Miyu talks with company president Dylan Cuthbert about the work of band High Frequency Bandwidth on the music score for PixelJunk Shooter. Also detailed are the new tracks created by otograph for PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe, out October 1st on the Playstation Network.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6251

Nobuooo TGS 4 / 4 - Ippo Yamada introduces Chiptuned Rockman

Nobuooo rounds out video coverage of the Tokyo Game Show with an interview with Ippo Yamada, a composer on Mega Man 9. His new album Chiptuned Rockman, a compilation of Mega Man game themes arranged in the style of 8-bit NES music, includes retro remixes of SNES and Playstation music, along with improvisatory riffs on the Mega Man 1-6 classic themes.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6257

Gradius IV on guitar

Gradius IV theme Athena played on acoustic guitar by mackytube3216. Fantastic arrangement.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6170

Faxanadu acoustic (3 guitars)

Swedish guitarist playing the password theme of Faxanadu (Nes) in an arrangement for 3 guitars.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6191

Square Enix Music Director - Soushi Yoshida - TGS Interview

Square Enix Music this year had a fourth volume of their music sampler available to those who made a purchase at the booth. In this video interview conducted by Miyu, Square Enix Music Director Soushi Yoshida provides an overview of the game scores and arrange albums present on the CD sampler.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6255

Symphonic Fantasies - Secret of Mana medley

YouTube videos of the Symphonic Fantasies in Cologne concert are already online, such as this medley from Kikuta's Secret of Mana score. Arranged tracks include "Fear of the Heavens" "Into the Thick of It," "Eternal Recurrence," "Prophecy, "The Oracle" and "Rose and Ghost."

http://nobuooo.com/item/6186

Super Street Fighter IV teaser trailer

Capcom has released a teaser for a standalone title due out in 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, and will attempt to implement some gameplay balance fixes for Street Fighter IV. Eight additional fighters, including T. Hawk, Dee Jay and a new female character named Juri, will be playable. Music is by Hideyuki Fukasawa.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6241

Metroid Metal, Anamanaguchi videos from PAX

Another video from PAX, this time a recording of Metroid Metal Live playing Brinstar from their recently released Varia Suite album. You can also watch Anamanaguchi's chip-rock version of The Alan Parsons Project's "Sirius" -- and a well-received cover of Weezer's "Buddy Holly" (from the 8-Bit Weezer Tribute).

http://nobuooo.com/item/6174

Nobuooo August '09 - Highest Voted Items

Highlights of the month of August include Module's soundtrack to Shatter, the Press Start Symphony of Games Concert in Ikebukuro, the release of Kind of Bloop and the Blip Festival 08 live album, along with the commemoration of Comic Market 76.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6179

Podcasts

Nitro Game Injection #122: Time Warp

Kyle and Larry take you back to a time before the Reset Generation contest winners and the Metroid Metal Varia Suite were announced, before Arm Cannon’s new followup album was released, when Summoning of Spirits was in Nintendo Power, and when Dwelling of Duels had 3 entries. They also discuss the Otakon convention, Baconaisse, Game Unicon, and much more.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6114

Releases

Nitro Game Injection #123: Mysterious

To prove that NGI is NOT dead, KyleJCrb and Liontamer have returned with a jam-packed show! This time, the guys confirm the pronunciation of Live A Live while subsequently slaughtering the names of songs, remixers, and composers, as well as coining new terms, dropping the details on PAX ‘09, and laying down the hate on a number of games. Check out this exciting new episode!

http://nobuooo.com/item/6217

Listen to Armcannon on Bandcamp

Return of the Attack of the Legend of Pizzor, the critically acclaimed video game cover album by Armcannon, is available for listening on Bandcamp. The album includes arrangements of Super Mario World, Rygar, Contra, Kid Icarus, Mega Man 2, Castlevania 3 and more.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6233

YMCK offers free Magical 8bit Plug

Magical 8bit Plug by YMCK is a plug-in style software-synthesizer for producing primitive electronic sounds like the old 8bit game consoles. In Macintosh environment, it runs with AU (Audio Units)-supporting applications: ex. Logic, Digital Performer, Garageband. In Windows environment it runs with VSTi supporting applications: ex. Cubase.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6152

Armcannon - The Return of the Attack of the Legend of Pizzor album review

Anthony of Game Music 4 All provides an in depth track by track review of the recently released second album by Armcannon, The Return of the Attack of the Legend of Pizzor

http://nobuooo.com/item/6158

Christopher Tin's "Calling All Dawns" Debut Album Review

Be prepared - it's fantastic!

http://nobuooo.com/item/6232

Interviews

Jonathan Coulton On 'Still Alive', PAX Style

Gamasutra talks with singer/ songwriter Jonathan Coulton on the Press Start Symphony of Games Concert rendition of his end theme for Portal "Still Alive," along with his live performance coming up this weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6157

PAX 09 - Metroid Metal on Varia Suite

In this interview taking place at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Stemage describes the evolution of the Metroid Metal music. The discussion centers on the early musical experiments that led to the formation of a band, concerns over the course of the project's growth surrounding copyright, the PAX performance and timely release of the first full-length album.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6166

Christopher Tin - From Civilization IV to Calling All Dawns

Christopher Tin made his debut as a game composer with the tracks "Baba Yetu" and "Coronation" for the 2004 strategy title Civilization IV. In this music interview coinciding with the release of his album "Calling All Dawns," he describes his participation in the Video Games Live concert series.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6219

Catching Up with Sonic & Knuckles Composer Howard Drossin

In this music interview, composer Howard Drossin shares his experiences serving as music director at Sega Technical Institute, comments on the rumors regarding Michael Jackson's supposed involvement in the soundtrack to Sonic 3, and the past and present of sound design, from Comix Zone to Afro Samurai.

http://nobuooo.com/item/6188

This concludes another month in videogame music news. Highlights of October will be online this time next month.

Neil Patrick Harris's songs from his award-hostings (The Eleven O'Clock Number and Put Down The Remote).

I always was curious as to who sang Hallelujah in Shrek. One of my Rinkie friends told me this week, so I found the song.

Live Like We're Dying, Kris Allen's new single. It's kind of fun, but mostly unmemorable.

I listened all the way through to Adam Up, so added Boy Tell the World, Sweet Oholibamah, Listening After Midnight, The Word, Wherever You Will Sow, Hotel Can't Afford Ya, and Go Right Now.

Old stuff: Mass (why do I have this?), Little Me (Little Me), He will state the obvious (Captain Obvious Theme), The Face of Christ, Board of Governors (Anthony Warlow) (I so need to re-tag that), Father Found, My blanket and me (definitely need to re-tag that as well), Nocturnal By The Moon.

Another two episodes of Just a Minute.

Last Time.

Some random iTunes library listening, although not much. It only yielded me Baa! We're Lambs (Parody of "Barbara Ann" By Beach Boys) and Be Thou My Vision.

I finally got Gold Digger (Glee Cast Version). I love Matthew Morrison a lot.

Sunny Days and Shadow Woman on my mp3 player, because apparently I hadn't scrobbled them yet?

Blake Lewis's new CD.

And then all the songs Glee Cast has done so far.

A pretty decent week, I'm thinking.

Total Artists: 4018. Only two. I'm guessing John Cale and Julia Murney, because I'm fairly certain I haven't scrobbled either of them before.

Also, for the first time in weeks, Jonathan Coulton is not my #1 artist of the week. He is FIFTH, behind ApologetiX, James Marsters, Glee Cast, and Blake Lewis. I am so sorry, JoCo.

Not a lot this week, and even less that's noteworthy.

Blake Lewis's new track Afraid, which I don't really remember. I think I decided to keep it because I kind of liked it.

Grail Finale - I really need to just listen to Grail.

Really? I hadn't yet listened to Curl? I thought my Jonathan Coulton songs had ALL run their course in my library...

I Can't Stop Talking About Him, which I had downloaded awhile ago but was never in the mood to listen to.

After catching up on Glee, I downloaded the free iTunes video of them performing "Gold Digger" (Glee Sneak Peek: Gold Digger). And watched it about 10 times. I could watch Matthew Morrison dance for a long time...

One, which apparently Adam Lambert sang sometime on Idol. I just can't remember it.

Idag för mig, which is the Swedish version of some song from Rent.

And then I found and downloaded The Ten Commandments: The Musical. The music and lyrics are ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. So why did I purchase it? Because the cast is lovely. So that threw a BUNCH of new artists into my library, as well as songs.

And finally, it turns out I'd never added My New Philosophy to my library (what was WRONG with me?!).

So... mostly stuff I don't like all that much. Select songs from The Ten Commandments will definitely be appearing again.

Total artists in my library: 4009! Largely thanks to the many different people singing in The Ten Commandments.

Some of the new songs that made it into my Last.fm player during the past week.

A bunch of random Jonathan Coulton songs that I'd listened to multiple times on YouTube, but somehow never on iTunes. This includes Take Care of Me, Baby Got Back, Ikea, and When You Go.

Another Postcard (acoustic) and The End of the Tour, which played on my Jonathan Coulton Pandora station this week. We'll probably be seeing more of these guys in the next few weeks.

The rest of Long Story Short by Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda. Such a brilliant show. I'd listened to it over and over again on my Zune (which, sadly, is still unable to scrobble) but finally listened to it on iTunes.

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, which I obtained from Anna. I'd heard the Anberlin version and actually prefer that one just a tiny bit, but this one is quite excellent as well.

A bunch of songs from The Wedding Singer. Yes, I know tagging it as "Original Broadway Cast" is terrible, but there's really no good way to tag cast recordings, especially whole albums. I went an saw this live for the first time last Sunday afternoon and loved it, so I acquired the cast recording and listened to it once all the way through.

Jonathan Coulton Medley - Discovered this on my search for a JoCo fix. It's an almost-15-minute-long beautiful piano medley of 13 different Jonathan Coulton songs, including most of my favorites. It's up on YouTube, but I'm so happy to finally have an mp3 copy!

1. How did you get into 29? (The Decemberists)
Back in high school, my friend Clement gave me the song The Legionnaire's Lament and that's pretty much when I started listening to them.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (We Are The Physics)
Less Than Three. and it's just as awesome now.

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
"This autumn's got me feelin' kind of strange, but then it's just like every season." - So Scared

4. What is your favourite album by 49? (The Mountain Goats)
Not quite sure, I mostly just have favorite songs.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (The Beatles)
Um, between my mom, sister, and I, we own -all of them-.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (The Blood Brothers)
Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck. obviously.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (IMA Robot)
Not really, though Lovers In Captivity probably gets the closest

8. What is your favourite album by 15? (Sherwood)
I actually like A Different Light the most. I can't wait for their new album due out later this year though :)

9. What is your favourite song by 5? (The Higher)
Oh god, why are they so high up on my charts? Definitely Guts, but I really need to fix their position in my music listening life apparently.. goddamn you catchy pop punk.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The National)
WON'T FUCK US OVER, WON'T FUCK US OVER, I'M MR. NOVEMBER. And Apartment Story. But both for very different reasons.

11. What is your favorite album by 40? (The New Pornographers)
Twin Cinema. Easy.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (The Faint)
I really love Fasciinatiion, but Blank-Wave Arcade is also brilliant.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (This Is My Suitcase)
I don't have any bad memories of TIMS. Joe coming to UE was awesome, and seeing them again at Doug's was also epic. This next time will be even more so.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (of Montreal)
COME ON, CHEMICOH-UH-OH-UH-OH-UH-UH-UHLS.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Rainer Maria)
Catastrophe, for very special, cannot-tell-you reasons.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Her Space Holiday)
ONCE, finally, just this May. It was epic.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Hellogoodbye)
Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn. I still love that song.

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (Architecture in Helsinki)
In Case We Die, mostly because the title track is my favorite song by them.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Motion City Soundtrack)
That's like asking me to choose a favorite child. I'll go with Jesse solely due to moogstands. But it's really a toss up.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (Anberlin)
Yes! Just once at the beginning of this year. Hopefully again soon.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Jonathan Coulton)
Seeing him live was awesome. Before that I had only heard Code Monkey and it really opened me up to how creative and nerdy his music is (ANDILOVEIT)

22. What is your favorite song by 16? ()
Oh god, um, probably 8 1/2 Minutes. Best song about the apocalypse, ever.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? ()
I think Hash Pipe, I remember watching the video on MTV and they bleeped the word Hash and I had no idea why. Little did I know..

24. What is your favourite album by 18? (Death From Above 1979)
You're A Woman, I'm A Machine. Not like I have much choice, though :P What an epic album, though.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Stars)
Geez, hard choice again. I'll go with You Ex-Lover Is Dead because it's freaking gorgeous.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? ()
Probably Bandages, something off of Make Up The Breakdown at the very least.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Death Cab for Cutie)
The Photo Album, followed closely by Transatlanticism.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (The Matches)
DIDI. BOTH PARTS. GODDAMN I MISS YOU :(

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (St. Vincent)
Something off of Marry Me, probably just the first track :P

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Tie between Tick and Cheated Hearts.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (The Pipettes)
NEVER. and probably never will since they're all.. not the same band that I enjoy anymore.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Saturday Looks Good to Me)
The Girl's Distracted (and it's just no use!)

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (Saves the Day)
Ups & Downs: The Early Recordings and B-Sides. Tons of quality music there. Stay What You Are is also very good, though.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (We Are Scientists)
I'm not versed enough in their discography to really answer that question.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (菅野よう子)
Tank!, the Bebop into song.

36. What is you favorite album by 48? (Math the Band)
Math the Band Banned the Math, though mostly because I haven't had a chance to listen to their new release. I hear it's really good, though.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (The White Stripes)
Never, probably never would because that would mean having to watch Meg White play drums (GUH).

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Polysics)
I My Me Mine!

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (The Postal Service)
Either Natural Anthem or Nothing Better, I cannot rememberrrr.

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Arcade Fire)
Funeralllllllll.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Regina Spektor)
Us.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Incubus)
Morning View, actually. Some gorgeous music on that album

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Jump, Little Children)
B-13. So much sentimental value attached to that song. And that album.S

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (She & Him)
Falling in love with Zooey Deschanel.. :P Man, she is marrying Ben Gibbard. What is this world?

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Tegan and Sara)
Living Room

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Los Campesinos!)
EVERY ONE OF THEM. But also miserable at the same time. Damn you Los!!!

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Patrick Wolf)
Holy crap I have no idea. Wind in the Wires, probably.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (!!!)
Whoever wrote All My Heroes Are Weirdos.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Does It Offend You, Yeah?)
Something off of You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, odds are.

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Troubled Hubble)
None, just what I've been able to scour off of the internet. I wish they were still together :(

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
I apparently don't have a 15! I have two 14s, though. If you go by.. whatever, though, it would be Here (In Your Arms)

2. How did you get into 20?
(Bloc Party) Uh. I don't actually know, but it probably involves somehow hearing my number one track someplace.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
HEEE. Hi, Hugh Dillon!

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Don't have a twenty-nine! Which is good, cause I dunno.

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Hans Zimmer? Yeah, not so much.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Oooo. That's a hard question. Probbbbbably.. This Business of Art. Yep.

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
(Green Day) Besides the CDs? um.. I think I have stickers or something. Wow, I'm kinda shocked that I don't have a shirt or poster or anything.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
HAHAHA! um, since my number 7 artist is Stephen Colbert, I don't think I can answer this question in less than 50 million words.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
(Stars) I.. don't know.

10. When did you first get into 8?
I got into Two Shots for Poe when watching Chris Lowell on Veronica Mars, and awesome people linked to them on youtube being adorable. Tra la la.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
(The Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir) Many, many people who have eyes and ears.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
... Best of Both Worlds. Shut up.

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Oh, man. um. I THINK it was Nothing Matters When We're Dancing. I feel like that's right.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
...Crap. I haven't listened to Drake Bell in quite a while. So I don't remember. heh.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
A tie! I like Frightened Rabbit's songs because they are AWESOME. Is that not an acceptable reason now?

16. Where did you first hear 6?
SNORT. um, on Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog?

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
(Bowling for Soup) Probably a few years.. ;P Though I believe I got into them during their first CD, so.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Oh jeez. Any bad memory associated with Hard Core Logo would be, you know, the end of the movie. ;P

19. When did you get into 17?
(K's Choice) A long time ago! Almost ten years, actually. During the third season of Buffy, which was 99. ;P

20. How long have you been into 9?
(The Mountain Goats) Not that long.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
HAHA no, I would not go that far for Fall Out Boy

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
:( none; all my Jonathan Coulton stuff is computer-related.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
(Mika) Nope.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
omg 2gether has a LOT of songs that make me happy. :D

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
eh. ;P

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
blink-182! my darlings! ummm. probably Touchdown Boy.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
another tiiiiiie.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
I have no 50.. and also, none. ;P

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Not really SICK of, no, but I'm in no hurry to hear, well.. any that aren't the Cobra Starship songs I have heard many times.

30. What song got you into 40?
oh, snap. um, I know this, I swear. Offstage Lines

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
er, I dunno if Holland, 1945 was a single..

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
49 does not exist.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
HAHA if he sang You Can Call Me Al to me, I might accept.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
I have no 41.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
it's another tie! these answers are the easiest. ;P

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
no 26.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
according to this, 23, even though my actual favourite, Read My Mind, is only 10.. TEN!? WTF.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
I own.. um, three? four? Bright Eyes CDs.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
I don't.. think so. Lily Allen isn't really anger-causing.

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?
(Flogging Molly) Holy crap, none of them! THEY MUST NEVER END.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
.........I have FOUR 48s.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Tie! I hated neither Guster or Hanson, thank you.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
again, no 33.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
I don't haaaave a 37, but all the people around that number.. I'd say no, they would not. ;P

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
::cries::

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
The answer is noooo to both 34s.

47. Do you like 44's name?
THERE IS NONE.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
(The Decemberists) um.. not really?

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
I do indeed know some non-fans of spring awakening.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
my lack of 35, you mean? HAHA, if there WAS a 35, it'd apparently be Paul Gross. Which.. sadly, I have indeed. VOODOO, BABY. \o/

1. How did you get into 29? (Journey)

Hearing a couple of their songs on films :P

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Michael Jackson)

Smooth Criminal... I think

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? (Buckcherry)

I'm sorry I'm bad, I'm sorry I'm blue, I'm sorry bout all the things I said to you.

4. What is your favorite album by 49? (Brazen Abbot)

Live and Learn.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (John 5)

All of them, so that would be 5.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Three Days Grace)

I Hate Everything About You

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Helloween)

Nope

8. What is your favorite album by 15? (Stratovarius)

Elements, Part 1.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Buckethead)

Park Theme

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Ari Koivunen)

Yup, most of them do ^^

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

Paranoid or Heaven and Hell.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Iron Maiden)

The Thin Line Between Love and Hate.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (UVERworld)

First getting into them from the Anime Bleach :P

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Billy Talent)

Red Flag

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Avantasia)

The Scarecrow and I don't believe in your love.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Lordi)

None

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (HammerFall)

Blood Bound

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (X JAPAN)

Dahlia

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Marilyn Manson)

Either Marilyn Manson or John 5, but he left.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (Survivor)

Nope

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Warmen)

Hearing the lead singer of Children of Bodom doing a cover of Somebody's Watching Me :P

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

That's tough... Either Into the Mouth of Hell we March, Shogun or Dying in my Arms.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Disturbed)

Down With the Sickness

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Jonathan Coulton)

Thing a Week II, maybe?

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Sonata Arctica)

The End of this Chapter or Gravenimage

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (The 69 Eyes)

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Aerosmith)

Pump or Permanant Vacation

28. What is you favorite song by 22? (Michael Jackson)

They don't Care about Us or Smooth Criminal

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Bourbon Crow)

Alcohol Express

30. What is your favorite song by 8? (Metallica)

Without a doubt, it must be All Nightmare Long.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Breaking Benjamin)

None.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Bloodsimple)

Dead Man Walking!

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (Bon Jovi)

Slippery When Wet or These Days

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Jorn)

Hmm... probably one of the less powerful ones from Starfire.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Timo Tolkki)

I think it was The Message.

36. What is your favorite album by 48? (DragonForce)

Ultra Beatdown or Inhuman Rampage.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Elvenking)

None.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Yngwie Malmsteen)

Another Time or Alone in Paradise

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Creed)

With Arms Wide Open

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Guns N Roses)

Appetite for Destruction, of course!

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Mendeed)

Nope

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Mudvayne)

The New Game

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Teräsbetoni)

Metallitotuus

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (blink-182)

Them reforming ^^

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (hide)

Scanner

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Lionel Richie)

Yup, Dancing on the Ceiling.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Alice Cooper)

Without a Doubt, Trash.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Cradle of Filth)

Well that could only be Dani Filth.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Dane)

He's a comedian, so none.

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Bruce Dickinson)

All 6 ;)




God, I need to update my charts to more I actually like ><