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Disclaimer: my top 50 don't really reflect my current taste in music all that well. I'm working on changing that.

1. How did you get into 31?
In Flames. I was looking for a good metal instrumental, and someone recommended Man Made God.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Ah, Cynic's Veil of Maya. This may be my favorite album opener of all time.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 29?
"Bow to the savior of the fearful and desperate / Shepherd of deception / Prophet of infection / Behold the Xenochrist!". Awesome outro. The Faceless were the ones who convinced me that Deathcore wasn't all shit.

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
No contest, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The first hip-hop album I ever liked.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Mastodon. All five of their full-lengths. I also bough the ATHF movie soundtrack just for Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Demons and Wizards. Probably Fiddler On The Green.

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
I'm pretty sure that there's a Beatles song for every emotion. I'll go with Julia.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Tough one, because The Doors have a lot of amazing tracks, but I'll say The Unknown Soldier.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Kalmah is another tough one. Doubtful About It All, maybe?

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, of course. Off the top of my head, Angel.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Definitely Caught Somewhere in Time. Where Iron Maiden peaked in my opinion.

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Ensiferum. Has to be Into Battle. The guitar solo... rock.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
Explosions in the Sky. Too many to count, mostly involving psychedelics.

14. What is your favorite song by 37?
Radiohead. Surprisingly, I guess it's Meeting In The Aisle, a random instrumental B-side off of some EP.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Fuck yeah Necrophagist. To Breathe in a Casket always makes me glad that I'm not currently buried alive, I guess.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live?
Lamb of God - just once, in LA. Not that great a show.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Nirvana. Almost certainly Smells Like Teen Spirit.

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Death? The obvious answer, Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P.).

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Nope, never seen Joe Satriani.

21. What is a good memory involving 45?
Sir Mix-A-Lot? Well, this is embarrassing. The time the Pitt band played Jump on It at halftime at some football game, maybe? (This is one of the artists covered in the above disclaimer, by the way.)

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Metallica. Easily The Call of Ktulu.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Black Sabbath. Dunno, likely Iron Man.

24. What is your favorite album by 21?
Not much of a selection as far as Dethklok albums go. I liked Dethalbum II better than the first one.

25. What is your favorite song by 18?
Pixies. Hmm... I Bleed.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
Guns N' Roses. First I can remember is Welcome To The Jungle.

27. What is your favorite lyric by 3?
Sigh... Children of Bodom. Who knows, it's not like the lyrics to any of their songs are distinguishable anyways. Maybe "Warheart! With no compassion or love / Warheart! Hate your fellow as yourself" from Warheart.

28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Sublime. A lot of great songs, but I'll go with Boss D.J..

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Slayer. I think it was Angel of Death, which I still regard as their best song.

30. What is your favorite song by 8?
Wow, this is a tough choice for Led Zeppelin. I have to say Nobody's Fault But Mine, but this is very very close.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
I have no idea what OutKast is doing in this position. Never.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Yep, nearly all of Tenacious D's songs will do the trick. Double Team always cracks me up.

33. What is your favorite album by 12?
God Dethroned. Easily Bloody Blasphemy.

34. What is the worst song by 46?
Where to start with Styx? I used to like Mr. Roboto, but all it does now is raise my urge to kill.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Elvis. Hound Dog, I guess?

36. What is your favorite album by 42?
Immortal Technique. Revolutionary Vol. 2 is amazing.

37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Jay-Z, never.

38. What is your favorite album by 36?
Also a pretty sparse selection for Gorillaz. Between the two, I'll say Demon Days.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
The Who. This is unusual, but the first one I can remember is Christmas.

40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Queen, A Night At The Opera.

I've been lucky enough to be able to see so many bands that I love. But here are some that still need crossing off the list:

múm
Kimya Dawson
Pixies
Ryan Adams
The Smashing Pumpkins
Iggy Pop
Tokyo Police Club
Kraftwerk
M83
Daft Punk
Cold War Kids
AIDS Wolf
HEALTH
Sabrepulse
Pixelh8
PRE
Bon Iver
The Futureheads
Gary Numan
Green Day
Gregory and the Hawk
The Strokes
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Paul Baribeau
The Teenagers
Errors
Kasabian
Muse
Lightspeed Champion
Marilyn Manson

renegadesteve2's top albums (overall) 1. The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths (153) 2. Deconstruction - Deconstruction (146) 3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (134) 4. Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (128) 5. John Frusciante - Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt (114) 6. Morrissey - Bona Drag (114) 7. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (112) 8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (111) 9. Hole - Live Through This (110) 10. Joy Division - The Best Of Joy Division (109) 11. Wiley - Treddin' on Thin Ice (108) 12. Primus - Pork Soda (106) 13. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (104) 14. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (102) 15. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.... (102) 16. The Smiths - The Smiths (102) 17. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (101) 18. Tool - Ænima (98) 19. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (97) 20. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (97) 21. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (96) 22. Sublime - Sublime (95) 23. The Beatles - Revolver (94) 24. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (93) 25. Nas - Illmatic (90) 26. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray (88) 27. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (88) 28. Pixies - Doolittle (87) 29. Ol' Dirty Bastard - The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story (87) 30. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (86) 31. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (85) 32. The Breeders - Last Splash (85) 33. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (84) 34. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (84) 35. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (83) 36. Wiley - Race Against Time (83) 37. MF DOOM - Metalfingers Presents: Special Herbs, The Box Set Vol. 0-9 (80) 38. OutKast - Stankonia (79) 39. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted/Kill At Will [EP] (76) 40. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda (76) 41. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (75) 42. Pink Floyd - The Wall [Disc 1] (72) 43. Madvillainy - Madvillainy (71) 44. Tricky - Nearly God (69) 45. Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (69) 46. Portishead - Dummy (68) 47. Tori Amos - Boys for Pele (68) 48. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (67) 49. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (67) 50. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (66)

So here's how you do it:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- No cheating!

Vamo lá...

Opening Credits
Pixies – Hey (pra começar...)

Waking Up
Franz Ferdinand - Tell her tonight (então tá)

First Day At School
Hole – Rock star (HAHA o começo da letra se encaixou perfeitamente. me imagino entrando numa dessas faculdades a la filme americano, só putaria.)

Falling In Love
Sonic Youth – Sacred trickster (i want you to levitate meee! don't
you love me yeeet?)

Losing Virginity
Nirvana – All Apologies (como assim? haha, pelo menos foi melhor
que a do pedro, com animais, credo haha)

Fight Song
Arctic Monkeys– Riot van (deve ter sido em câmera lenta... sei lá)

Breaking Up
Kings of Leon – Pistol Of fire (bolado!)

Prom
The Kooks – Got No Love (dancei coladin com o cara bonitão do time
de basquete -n)

Life
Flaming Lips – Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (sou hedonista e egoísta)

Mental Breakdown
REM – It's The End Of The World As We Know It (and i feel fine!)

Driving
The Smiths – This charming Man (deliciosa de ouvir na estrada mesmo. dirigindo, eu? quem sabe...)

Depression
Placebo – Black Market blood (é, pode ser.)

Partying
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (nossa, festa temática!)

Happy dance
The Vines – Get free (ia ficar pulando e gritando.)

You & friends
Sonic Youth - Drunken Burtterfly (HAHA geral bêbado falando que se
ama e se considera pra caralho)

Betrayal
The Underground Blues Experience – Great and Invisible Cold (me apaixonei, uso drogas e tenho lindas alucinações...)

Regretting
Giant Drag – Wicked Game (cover) (and i don't wanna fall in love! issaê!)

Long night alone
Arcade Fire – Vampire / Forest fire (i'm a vaaampire rere)

Flashback
Aerosmith – Ain't that A Bitch (tô tendo um flashback de quando eu
fui traída, pelo visto)

Getting Back Together
The Kills - Fuck The People (voltei botando moral na parada)

Wedding
Beirut - Elephant Gun (aaaah que lindo *-*)

Honeymoon
Radiohead - A Punchup at a Wedding. (No no no no no no no no.) (não
acredito! CARALHO, QUE MERDA!)

Birth of Child
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood
(gostei, quase tem a ver.)

Losing someone dear
Björk - Cover Me (hm...)

Final Battle
Maxïmo Park – Limassol (a morning fight and a wasted night, you
crept back to your room! - rá, ganhei)

Death Scene
The Strokes – Automatic Stop (i'm not your friend, i never was.)

Funeral Song
Interpol – Next Exit (e não é que o começo lembra música de funeral
mesmo? mas não ia gostar do povo carregando meu caixão e cantando
'we're gonna trek this shit around' :/)

Final Credits
Datarock– The Most Beautiful Girl (de fato, o filme se tratava de mim rere -NOT)

tsc tsc

What I consider to be the best album released each year, starting from 1987 (my birth year). I forgot where I got this idea from.

1987: Scream Bloody Gore by Death
1988: Leprosy by Death
1989: Doolittle by Pixies
1990: Rust in Peace by Megadeth
1991: Human by Death
1992: The IVth Crusade by Bolt Thrower
1993: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
1994: Transilvanian Hunger by Darkthrone
1995: Symbolic by Death
1996: Sublime by Sublime
1997: Something Wild by Children of Bodom
1998: The Sound of Perseverance by Death
1999: Bloody Blasphemy by God Dethroned
2000: Elvenfris by Lykathea Aflame
2001: Ensiferum by Ensiferum
2002: They Will Return by Kalmah
2003: Revolutionary Vol. 2 by Immortal Technique
2004: Wintersun by Wintersun
2005: Řád a trest by !T.O.O.H.!
2006: Leading Vision by Gorod
2007: Colors by Between the Buried and Me
2008: In Hatred's Flame by Exmortus
2009: ...A Splendid Chaos by Coram Lethe

So what does this say about my taste in music? My favorite artist Death got top billing for four of their six releases, which is no real surprise (although they just narrowly edged out Gorguts in '98). Besides the past couple of years, for which my opinions are still solidifying, the hardest choices were in 1993 (the other contenders were Atheist, Death, and Pestilence) and 2004 (which had releases by Deathspell Omega, Disillusion, Ensiferum, The Fiery Furnaces, Mastodon, and Necrophagist. Whew!).

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 9 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 200 represents an extremely varied one.'

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. Cobra Starship
3. Bloc Party
4. Van She
5. The Dust Brothers
6. Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Catherine Cox & Jeremy Kushnier
7. Architecture in Helsinki
8. Beck
9. Lisa Mitchell
10. The Presets
11. Vampire Weekend
12. Katy Perry
13. Owl City
14. Lady GaGa
15. blink-182
16. Ben Lee
17. 3OH!3
18. MGMT
19. Wicked
20. Millionaires

21. The Last Shadow Puppets
22. The Rascals
23. The Strokes
24. The Kooks
25. Milburn
26. Franz Ferdinand
27. Kasabian
28. The Libertines
29. The Fratellis

30. The Academy Is...
31. All Time Low
32. The Cab
33. Panic at the Disco
34. Fall Out Boy
35. Midtown
36. Boys Like Girls
37. Forever the Sickest Kids
38. Hey Monday

39. Foals
40. Editors
41. Pin Me Down
42. The Maccabees
43. The Cribs
44. Maximo Park
45. We Are Scientists
46. The Rakes
47. Arctic Monkeys repeat

48. Pnau
49. Grafton Primary
50. Cut Copy
51. Midnight Juggernauts
52. The Presets repeat
53. Bag Raiders
54. Miami Horror
55. The Whip
56. The Black Ghosts

57. David Holmes
58. Clint Mansell
59. Rob Dougan
60. Don Davis
61. Eric Serra
62. UNKLE
63. Ramin Djawadi
64. Massive Attack
65. Tomandandy

66. Sutton Foster
67. Company
68. Original Cast
69. Original Cast Recording
70. Janine LaManna
71. Original Broadway Cast
72. Adam Pascal
73. Jason Robert Brown
74. New Broadway Cast

75. I'm From Barcelona
76. of Montreal
77. Los Campesinos!
78. Tilly and the Wall
79. The Boy Least Likely To
80. Stars
81. The Unicorns
82. Islands
83. Belle and Sebastian

84. The Flaming Lips
85. The White Stripes
86. Radiohead
87. Cake
88. Blur
89. Gorillaz
90. Pixies
91. Eels
92. Sonic Youth

93. Sarah Blasko
94. Paul Dempsey
95. Bertie Blackman
96. Kate Miller-Heidke
97. Josh Pyke
98. Yves Klein Blue
99. Art vs. Science
100. Angus & Julia Stone
101. Little Birdy

102. Pnau repeat
103. Midnight Juggernauts repeat
104. Grafton Primary repeat
105. Van She repeat
106. Cut Copy repeat
107. Muscles
108. Bag Raiders repeat
109. The Whip repeat
110. Riot in Belgium

111. Ra Ra Riot
112. Discovery
113. The Shins
114. Band of Horses
115. Passion Pit
116. Fleet Foxes
117. MGMT repeat
118. Black Kids
119. The Strokes repeat

120. Lady GaGa repeat
121. Kelly Clarkson
122. Ashlee Simpson
123. The Veronicas
124. Ashley Tisdale
125. Lindsay Lohan
126. Miley Cyrus
127. Britney Spears
128. Lily Allen

129. Swimming With Dolphins
130. Lights
131. A Rocket To The Moon
132. Breathe Carolina
133. nevershoutnever!
134. The Secret Handshake
135. Breathe Electric
136. PlayRadioPlay!
137. Hellogoodbye

138. Britney Spears repeat
139. The Pussycat Dolls
140. Space Cowboy
141. Ashley Tisdale repeat
142. Katy Perry repeat
143. Ke$ha
144. Little Boots
145. Madonna
146. Pixie Lott

147. Box Car Racer
148. +44
149. Angels & Airwaves
150. Sum 41
151. New Found Glory
152. Bowling for Soup
153. Zebrahead
154. MxPx
155. Yellowcard

156. The Bens
157. Ben Kweller
158. Alex Lloyd
159. Matt Nathanson
160. Bernard Fanning
161. Josh Pyke repeat
162. Bob Evans
163. The Whitlams
164. Ben Folds

165. Breathe Carolina repeat
166. Family Force 5
167. LMFAO
168. Brokencyde
169. Metro Station
170. The Medic Droid
171. Hyper Crush
172. A Rocket To The Moon repeat
173. Cash Cash

174. The Management
175. Klaxons
176. Vampire Weekend repeat
177. Passion Pit repeat
178. Black Kids repeat
179. The Kooks repeat
180. Empire of the Sun
181. Late of the Pier
182. Friendly Fires

183. Jonathan Larson
184. Robert Lopex and Jeff Marx
185. Idina Menzel
186. Hairspray
187. spring awakening
188. Kerry Ellis
189. Les Miserables
190. Kristin Chenoweth
191. Aida

192. Jeffree Star
193. Blood On The Dance Floor
194. Ultraviolet Sound
195. The Medic Droid
196. Scotty Vanity
197. gEOFFREY pARIS
198. Electric Valentine
199. Hyper Crush
200. Porcelain and the Tramps

170/200 are varied.
85%.

I listen to a wide variety.

Haven't posted anything in ages so why the hell not
"Post your top fifteen bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite."

1. The Beatles
a) I Want To Hold Your Hand (honestly don't know for sure, I was played Beatles music in the womb)
b) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (really could be anything, I just have a strong childhood memory of this song in particular)
c) While My Guitar Gently Weeps

2. The New Pornographers
a) Sing Me Spanish Techno
b) Mass Romantic
c) All For Swinging You Around

3. Beck
a) Loser (pretty obvious I guess)
b) Lord Only Knows
c) Golden Age

4. Super Furry Animals
a) Juxtaposed With U
b) Something 4 The Weekend
c) Do or Die

5. The Kinks
a) Waterloo Sunset
b) Victoria
c) Do You Remember Walter

6. Bob Dylan
a) Blowin' In The Wind
b) Simple Twist Of Fate
c) I Shall Be Free

7. Belle and Sebastian
a) Step Into My Office, Baby
b) The Blues Are Still Blue
c) Me And The Major

8. Pavement
a) Cut Your Hair
b) Gold Soundz
c) Folk Jam

9. The Smiths
a) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
b) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
c) The Queen Is Dead

10. Arcade Fire
a) Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
b) Wake Up
c) Keep The Car Running

11. Elliott Smith
a) Needle In The Hay
b) Ballad Of Big Nothing
c) Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands

12 Pixies
a) Monkey Gone To Heaven
b) Bone Machine
c) Velouria

13 Wilco
a) Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
b) Forget The Flowers
c) Pot Kettle Black

14. Radiohead
a) The Bends
b) Subterranean Homesick Alien
c) No Surprises

15 The Shins
a) So Says I
b) Know Your Onion
c) Turn On Me