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Take the top 10 overall artists, and ask for each of them the following questions:

1: First song heard from them
2: Favorite song
3: Favorite album
4: Seen live?
5: Favorite cover art

1. Bruce Springsteen
Born To Run
Jungleland
Born To Run
Yes
Born To Run

2. Pearl Jam
Even Flow
Black
Vs.
Yes
No Code


3. The Hold Steady
Your Little Hoodrat Friend
First Night
Separation Sunday
Yes
Boys And Girls In America


4. Bad Religion
Los Angeles Is Burning
Let Them Eat War
Stranger Than Fiction
Yes
The Empire Strikes First


5. Allison Iraheta
Alone
Alone
Doesn't have one yet
Not yet
Doesn't have one yet


6. The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby
A Day In The Life
Abbey Road
No
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band


7. Elliott Smith
Needle In The Hay
Son of Sam
Figure 8
No
Figure 8


8. Pink Floyd
Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2
Astronomy Domine
The Wall
No
Dark Side Of The Moon


9. Stars
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Set Yourself On Fire
Not yet
Set Yourself On Fire


10. Bright Eyes
When The President Talks To God
Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)
Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
Seen Conor, but not as Bright Eyes (MVB)
Digital Ash In A Digital Urn

Post your Last.fm overall top 20 artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite.

Keep in mind, current favorite =/= all time favorite

1. Bruce Springsteen
Born To Run
Jungleland
Zero And Blind Terry

2. Pearl Jam
Even Flow
Black
Breakerfall


3. The Hold Steady
Your Little Hoodrat Friend
First Night
The Swish


4. Bad Religion
Los Angeles Is Burning
Struck A Nerve
American Jesus


5. Allison Iraheta
Alone
Alone
Someone To Watch Over Me


6. The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby
A Day In The Life
Blackbird


7. Elliott Smith
Needle In The Hay
Needle In The Hay
Waltz #2


8. Pink Floyd
Another Brick In The Wall pt. 2
Comfortably Numb
The Gold It's In The...


9. Stars
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Set Yourself On Fire


10. Bright Eyes
When The President Talks To God
At The Bottom of Everything
Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)


11. The Flaming Lips
The W.A.N.D
One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
Watching The Planets


12. Weezer
Hash Pipe
Say it Ain't So
If You're Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To)


13. The Decemberists
16 Military Wives
The Crane Wife 3
The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid


14. Nine Inch Nails
Head Like A Hole
Starfuckers, Inc.
Hurt


15. TV on the Radio
Dreams
The Wrong Way
The Wrong Way


16. Marilyn Manson
The Dope Show
Sweet Dreams
Heart Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)


17. X
Los Angeles
Hungry Wolf
The Stage


18. Frank Zappa
Zomby Woof
Peaches en Regalia
Cosmik Debris

19. Green Day
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

20. Neil Young
Rockin' In The Free World
The Needle And The Damage Done
Down By The River

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

2. How did you get into 20?
Green Day - Heard them when I was much younger and liked them since.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Bruce Springsteen - Kind of obvious lol

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Lifter Puller - "Love is like a battle of the bands, crank up your amps man." - Lifter Puller vs. The End Of The Evening

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Neutral Milk Hotel - No.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Bright Eyes - Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
The Hold Steady - No, but I should.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Elliott Smith - The first time I saw the scene in The Royal Tenenbaums that uses Needle In The Hay.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
Pearl Jam - No.

10. When did you first get into 8?
Pink Floyd - 6th grade, heard The Wall and never looked back

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Bad Religion - My brother

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
TV on the Radio - Dreams

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Allison Iraheta - Her cover of Alone by Heart.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
X - I was never that into Devil Doll.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
The Decemberists - They're deliciously indie.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
The Beatles - Probably when I was very young.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
Frank Zappa - I started liking him way after he had died, so I guess since the 60s.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Hair - No.

19. When did you get into 17?
Marilyn Manson - Sometime during middle school.

20. How long have you been into 9?
Stars - A little over a year.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
The Flaming Lips - Oh hell yeah.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Weezer - Two or three I think.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done is pretty damn emotional.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
R.E.M - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Stone Temple Pilots - I think it was their cover of David Bowie's "Andy Warhol."

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Switchfoot - No, but Awakening's got 23, which is close.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Mark David Chapman

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
The Smiths - Nope, they have amazing replay value.

30. What song got you into 40?
Arcade Fire - Probably Antichrist Television Blues.

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
Karen O and the Kids - It's funny, because I actually know her, and she doesn't.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
System of a Down - That's an odd question.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
The Doors - Well one of them is dead, and I'm sure the rest are married.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
The Who - Roger Daltrey

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
The Gaslight Anthem - They're pretty cool looking.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart, 28 plays.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
The Velvet Underground - One.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
The Replacements - Nope.

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?
The Pixies - Frank went solo, and Kim joined the Breeders so...yeah.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (I've Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway), New York.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Simon and Garfunkel - Actually I did.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Heatmiser - lol I think I'm the only one who listens to 33.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Regina Spektor - They do.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
The National - Most of their songs are pretty dark and down, so not really.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
The Killers - Yeah, Coachella 2009.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Material Issue - Yeah, it's a cool name.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Arctic Monkeys - lmfao, no.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Nope.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
The Frogs - Nope.

• Name your top 15 artists.
• Come up with a set list for them to make your perfect gig
• The first 8 artists get a 5 song set list
• The next 4 artists get a 8 song set list
• The 3rd and 2nd artist get a 10 song set list
• The top artist gets a 12 song set list with a 3 song encore.


TV on the Radio

Young Liars
The Wrong Way
Dancing Choose
Wolf Like Me
Dry Drunk Emperor

Nine Inch Nails

The Perfect Drug
March of The Pigs
The Wretched
Hurt
Something I Can Never Have

The Decemberists

The Hazards of Love 1
O Valencia!
16 Military Wives
The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid
Valarie Plame

Weezer

My Name Is Jonas
Say It Ain't So
Pork And Beans
El Scorcho
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived

The Flaming Lips

Fight Test
One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots pt.1
Race For The Prize
Watching the Planets

Bright Eyes

The Calender Hung Itself
Method Acting
Four Winds
Soul Singer in a Session Bad
Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)

Stars

Set Yourself On Fire
Take Me To The Riot
Sleep Tonight
A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead

Pink Floyd

Dogs
Astronomy Domine
Us And Them
When The Tigers Broke Free
Brain Damage/Eclipse

Elliott Smith

LA
Flowers For Charlie
Between The Bars
Needle in The Hay
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Heatmiser)
In The Lost And Found (Honky Bach)
Son Of Sam
Waltz #2

The Beatles

Come Together
I Saw Her Standing There
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Strawberry Fields Forever
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Dear Prudence
Blackbird
A Day In The Life

Allison Iraheta

Friday I'll Be Over U
Don't Speak
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Just Like You
Someone To Watch Over Me
Don't Waste The Pretty
Alone
I Can't Make You Love Me

Bad Religion

Sinister Rouge
We're Only Gonna Die
Atomic Garden
A Streetkid Named Desire
American Jesus
Let Them Eat War
Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever
Fields of Mars

The Hold Steady

Stuck Between Stations
One For The Cutters
Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Stevie Nix
You Gotta Dance With Who You Came To The Dance With
Cattle And The Creeping Things
Constructive Summer
Banging Camp
How A Resurrection Really Feels
First Night

Pearl Jam

Wash
Deep
Insignificance
Jeremy
Off He Goes
Breath
Present Tense
Rats
Leash
Indifference

Bruce Springsteen

Thundercrack
Born To Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Spirit In The Night
She's The One
The E Street Shuffle
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
4th Of July, Asbury Park
Brilliant Disguise
New York City Serenade
Incident On 57th Street
Zero And Blind Terry
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Backstreets/Sad Eyes
The Angel
Jungleland

My newest article for MetalSucks.net. I write about the controversial genre post-black metal. I contend that the style exists and originates with the Celtic Frost album Into the Pandemonium.

Read and comment here:
http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/11/19/tiberian-vocalizations-arthur-von-nagel-on-post-black-metal-and-being-a-shameless-metal-nerd/

Bands cited in the article:
Mayhem
Bathory
Burzum
Darkthrone
Celtic Frost
Emperor
Venom
Enslaved
Ulver
Immortal
Wall of Voodoo
Sigh
Therion
Cradle of Filth
In the Woods...
Green Carnation
Pink Floyd
Fleurety
Opeth
Cormorant
Winds
Arcturus
Ved Buens Ende
Slint
Aura Noir
Virus
Dødheimsgard
...and Oceans
Spinal Tap
Solefald
Borknagar
Age of Silence
Asmegin
Carpathian Forest
Sturmgeist
Blut aus Nord

size=10]Jotheawesomest's top albums (overall)
1. Metric - Fantasies (151) 2. Metric - Live It Out (151) 3. Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (150) 4. Metric - Grow Up And Blow Away (145) 5. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (141) 6. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be (117) 7. Karen O and the Kids - Where The Wild Things Are (115) 8. R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (104) 9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (85) 10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (74) 11. The Johnstones - Can't Be Trusted (69) 12. Jeffrey Lewis - It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through (56) 13. The Stills - Oceans Will Rise (54) 14. Devendra Banhart - Oh Me Oh My... The Way the Day Goes by the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (49) 15. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (48) 16. CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy (46) 17. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (45) 18. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (43) 19. The xx - xx (43) 20. The Kills - Midnight Boom (41)

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. When you go to a new question, press the next button
5. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...

1. Opening Credits:

Anaal Nathrakh - Blood Eagles Carved on the Backs of Innocents

2. Waking Up:

Black Label Society - Suicide Messiah

3. First Day At School:

Pink Floyd - One of These Days

4. Falling In Love:

Dissection - Feathers Fell

5. First Life Struggle:

Graveworm - Bloodwork

6. Breaking Up:

Bloodbath - Trail of Insects

7. Prom:

Death - Empty Words

8. Life:

Metallica - Fade to Black

9. Mental Breakdown:

ZZ Top - Legs

10. Driving:

Dethklok - Murmaider II: The Water God

11. Flashback:

Hypocrisy - Compulsive Psychosis

12. Getting back together:

Korpiklaani - Northern Fall

13. Wedding:

Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses

14. Birth of Child:

Keep of Kalessin - Many Are We

15. Growing Older:

DevilDriver - The Fury of Our Maker's Hand

16. Final Life Struggle:

Kreator - Violent Revolution

17. Funeral Song:

Yngwie Malmsteen - I'll See The Light Tonight

18. End Credits:

Gama Bomb - Return of the Technodrome

Recuerdo las vacaciones del 99/2000 y por aquellos días... cuando mi papa trabajaba cerca del Lago de Yojoa y en las vacaciones de fin de año nos ibamos para su casa, recuerdo que también pasabamos a comprar cosas por San Pedro Sula, recuerdo cuando ibamos a las tiendas de disco y nos compraba un disco -el que quisiéramos- recuerdo que no tenía mucha idea de buena música, supongo que la música no era tan importante para mí en ese tiempo, estaba como en 1er curso.

Ojala en aquel tiempo me hubiera comprado un disco de Pink Floyd o Metallica o Rainbow o Black Sabbath... ¿cómo serían mis gustos ahora?