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1 Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
as used in "Basquiat"
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2 Underworld - Born Slippy
as used in "Trainspotting"
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3 Gioacchino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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4 Love and Rockets - This Heaven
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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5 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
as used in "Fritz The Cat"
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6 Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (78)
as used in "Smoke"
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7 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
as used in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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8 Dick Dale - Misirlou
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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9 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
as used in "Garden State"
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10 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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11 T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
as used in "Billie Elliott"
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12 Joy Division - Atmosphere
as used in "Control"
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13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
as used in "Broken Flowers"
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14 Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
as used in "A Home At The End Of The World"
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15 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
as used in "Trainspotting"
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16 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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17 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
as used in "Gegen Die Wand"
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18 Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Makes
as used in "Lola Rennt"
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19 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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20 Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights
as used in "Garden State"
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21 The Stranglers - Golden Brown
as used in "Snatch"
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22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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23 The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
as used in "O Brother Where Art Thou"
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24 The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
as used in "The Doors"
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25 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
as used in "Scream"
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26 The Doors - The End
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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27 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
as used in "Malcolm X"
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28 DeVotchKa - How It Ends
as used in "Little Miss Sunshine"
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29 Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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30 Van Morrison - Gloria
as used in "The Outsiders"
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31 Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
as used in "Shrek 2"
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32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin' And Lootin'
as used in "La Haine"
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33 Eddie Vedder - The Wolf
as used in "Into The Wild"
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34 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
as used in "Bowling For Columbine"
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35 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
as used in "Kill Bill"
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36 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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37 Folk Implosion - Nothing Gonna Stop
as used in "Kids"
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38 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3
as used in "Shine"
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39 Nine Inch Nails - Closer
as used in "Se7en"
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40 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
as used in "The Graduate"
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41 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
as used in "GoodFellas"
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42 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
as used in "Airplane"
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43 Death in Vegas - Girls
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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44 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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45 Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise
as used in "Elephant"
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46 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
as used in "Do The Right Thing"
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47 The Pogues - Summer In Siam
as used in "Basquiat"
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48 Smith - Baby It's You
as used in "Death Proof"
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49 Daniel Lanois - The Maker
as used in "Sling Blade"
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50 Harry Nilsson - Coconut
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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51 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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52 David Bowie - Cat People
as used in "Inglorious Basterds"
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53 The Pogues - The Old Main Drag
as used in "My Own Private Idaho"
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54 Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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55 Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me
as used in "The Ladykillers"
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56 Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
as used in "Mysterious Skin"
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57 Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
as used in "Fight Club"
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58 Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
as used in "La Bamba"
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59 Gary Jules - Mad World
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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76 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
as used in "Amadeus"
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61 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity
as used in "Der Himmel Über Berlin"
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62 Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Lost Highway"
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63 Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
as used in "Philadelphia"
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64 Carl Orff - O Fortuna
as used in "The Doors"
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65 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
as used in "Forrest Gump"
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66 George Gershwin - An American In Paris
as used in "As Good As It Gets"
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67 Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel
as used in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"
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68 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
as used in "Good Will Hunting"
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69 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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70 Patsy Cline - Crazy
as used in "C.R.A.Z.Y."
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71 Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
as used in "High Fidelity"
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72 Charles Trenet - La mer
as used in "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
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73 Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
as used in "The Crow"
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74 Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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75 U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
as used in "The Pillow Book"
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76 Richard Berry - Loui Loui
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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77 Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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78 Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
as used in "The Basketball Diaries"
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79 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
as used in "The People vs Larry Flynt"
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80 Boy George - The Crying Game
as used in "The Crying Game"
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81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If 6 Was 9
as used in "Point Break"
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82 Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
as used in "Clerks"
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83 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
as used in "Platoon"
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84 Portishead - Roads
as used in "Tank Girl"
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85 Ben E. King - Stand By Me
as used in "Stand By Me"
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86 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
as used in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
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87 Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
as used is "American Beauty"
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88 Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: Einleitung
as used in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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89 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
as used in "The Ice Storm"
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90 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
as used in "500 Days Of Summer"
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91 Ali Farka Touré - Ai Du
as used in "L'Auberge Espagnole"
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92 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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93 Charlie Parker - April In Paris
as used in "Basquiat"
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94 Nena - 99 Luftballons
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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95 Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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96 Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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97 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson And Clover
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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98 Bono & Gavin Friday - In the Name of the Father
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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99 Brian Eno - By This River
as used in "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
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100 Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
as used in "Wall-E"
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101 Sonic Youth - Superstar
as used in "Juno"
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102 Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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103 Nortec Collective - Babel
as used in "Babel"
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104 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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105 Elton John - Tiny Dancer
as used in "Almost Famous"
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106 Big Mama Thornton - Sing Out For Jesus
as used in "Vanishing Point"
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107 ZZ Top - Tush
as used in "Dazed and Confused"
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108 Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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109 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
as used in "Boys Don't Cry"
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110 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
as used in "Silence Of The Lambs"
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111 Pat Travers - Snortin' Whiskey
as used in "Sideways"
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112 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
as used in "Oceans Eleven"
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113 Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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114 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
as used in "Milk"
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115 Massive Attack - Daydreaming
as used in "Nowhere"
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116 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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117 The Troggs - Love Is All Around
as used in "Get Real"
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118 Chavela Vargas - Paloma negra
as used in "Frida"
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119 The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
as used in "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
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120 Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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121 The Church - Under The Milky Way
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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122 Roy Orbison - In Dreams
as used in "Blue Velvet"
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123 The Coasters - Down In Mexico
as used in "Death Proof"
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124 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
as used in "Midnight Cowboy"
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125 Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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126 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
as used in "Terminator II"
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127 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
as used in "Velvet Goldmine"
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128 Ludwig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy
as used in "Raising Arizona"
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129 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
as used in "I Am Legend"
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130 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
as used in "Groundhog Day"
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131 Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
as used in "La Haine"
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132 Yma Sumac - Ataypura
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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133 Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
as used in "I Love You, man"
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134 P.I.L. - This is Not A Love Song
as used in "Waltz With Bashir"
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135 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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136 Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
as used in "Amores Perros"
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137 Georg Friedrich Händel - Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve, ombre beate
as used in "Funny Games"
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138 Nirvana - Something In The Way
as used in "Jarhead"
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139 ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
as used in "From Dusk 'Till Dawn"
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140 Alphaville - Forever Young
as used in "Lilya 4-Ever"
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141 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
as used in "Shallow Grave"
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142 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
as used in "Bruno"
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143 Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
as used in "Blow"
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144 Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
as used in "Bachelor Party"
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145 Bryan Ferry - More Than This
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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146 Edith Piaf - Milord
as used in "The Bucket List"
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147 David Bowie - Let's Dance
as used in "Charlie Wilson's War"
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148 Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
as used in "U-Turn"
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149 Selena - God's Child (Baila Conmigo)
as used in "Blue In The Face"
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150 Gipsy Kings - Hotel California
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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By an impulse I can't explain, I'm at this moment listening to Last.fm artist radio, starting with Chopin. Of course, this means that the music I'm listening to is largely not Classical but Romantic, but there was no way I was going to title a journal entry "Romantic music".

Having not listened to most of these composers in any real depth before, I'm just going to drop whatever impressions come to mind.

Frédéric Chopin: Strongly impressed; great depth and variation in tone.
Ludwig van Beethoven:Can't hate on this cat!
Franz Liszt: Crisp and clean sums it up.
Franz Schubert: Not bad, but a bit pompous and schmaltzy.
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Slow-burner with some real punch.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The guy had undeniable talent and made for a great movie; but I've always tended to see his compositions as too dense.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Always seemed a man's man to me; but his Badinerie is pretty fruity stuff.
Maurice Ravel: Could be described as "subdued", but has class.

Since so-called “classical music” is often thought of as being the dominion of Dead White Men from Europe exclusively, I think it’s important to draw attention to the many brilliant young composers of the here and now, both male and female, who come from all nations and ethnic backgrounds. With that in mind, I urge you all to check out Nora (b. 2003), an American composer who is currently turning out some very exciting and innovative music.

Like Chopin and Scriabin before her, Nora concentrates her compositional efforts on exploring the possibilities manifest in the solo piano. Although her first efforts utilized conventional tonality and traditional forms in a Stravinsky-influenced neoclassical style, by her second piano concerto she had moved to serialism, and then, finally, to the more free-form structures for which she is now best known.

At once simple and complex, her music draws from minimalism and impressionism while including some aleatory elements and utilizing a deceptively narrow tonal range. The end result is beautiful, haunting music that owes as much to John Cage as Erik Satie, while nevertheless remaining utterly original.

A musician of considerable technical skill, Nora’s playing style when interpreting her own works is noted for extensive (but always appropriate) use of rubato.
Here are a few clips of Nora playing selections from her Olympus Suite, a series of short piano pieces inspired by the poetry of Ezra Pound.



Alexander Scriabin Erik SatieJohn CageFrederic ChopinFranz LisztSergei RachmaninoffJohann Nepomuk Hummel

Дамы и господа, сегодня обсуждается статистика Last.fm по классической музыке.

Ladies and gentlemen, today our talk would be about classical music stats on Last.fm

предыдущие посты / previous entries
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black metal
jazz
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Сначала наше традиционное упорядочение по количеству прослушиваний и слушателей.

First of all, our traditional arrangement with respect to number of plays and number of listeners.








Признаться честно, здесь не 100 исполнителей как обычно, а всего 85. Всяких авторов музыки к блокбастерам я безжалостно удалил из статистики. Тем не менее, эти графики демонстрируют нам кое-что, чего не наблюдалось ранее: резкое падение популярности ближе к концу выборки. Такое впечатление, что существует некий стандартный набор классических композиторов, за пределами которого - полная безызвестность.

To be honest, there are not 100 artists as usual, but only 85, because I deleted all the authors of popular movies' soundtracks without a trace of pity. The graphs exhibit something new to us: a rapid decrease of popularity near the end. It seems like there's a standard set of classical composers, and composers out of that set are rather obscure.




А здесь видно, что "музыку заказывают" три самых известных композитора: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven. Отрыв от общей массы довольно большой.

From that plot we can see, that three most famous composers dominate in classical music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven.





А это график удельного числа прослушиваний для различных "классиков". Здесь ситуация еще хуже, чем в джазе - среднее значение составляет всего 9.5, максимальное значение этого показателя имеет неведомая широким массам D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - 36 прослушиваний на слушателя.

Here is specific number of scrobbles for classical composers and performers. The situation here is even worse than with jazz music. The average value is 9.5 and the maximal value belongs to quite unheard-of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which has 36 plays per listener.




Гистограмма лишь подтверждает то, что классику народ слушает без энтузиазма.

The histogram just confirms the fact that nowadays people listen to classical music without enthusiasm.




Наибольшее число сообщений в рупоре имеют наиболее популярные композиторы, как и следовало ожидать.

As one can expect, the most popular composers have the largest number of messages in their shoutboxes.




А здесь мы вновь видим эффект "потенциального баръера", заключающийся в том, что лишь исполнители с удельным числом прослушиваний выше среднего могут иметь большое число сообщений в рупоре. Правда, здесь он несколько хуже выражен из-за малости этого среднего значения.

And here I see the effect of "potential barrier" again: only artists with more-than-average number of plays per listener can have a lot of shouts. But in classical music it is less present than in another genres because of low average specific number of scrobbles.

P.S. Суммарное число прослушиваний классики на last.fm - 150 миллионов.
The total playcount of classical music on last.fm is 150 millions.


P.P.S. Спасибо Hzlqgmnzhh за полезный скрипт.
Thanks to Hzlqgmnzhh for his script.

List of considered artists:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Philip Glass, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Andrea Bocelli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ludovico Einaudi, Carl Orff, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg, Antonín Dvořák, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Nyman, Arvo Pärt, Georg Friedrich Händel, Max Richter, Franz Liszt, Gustav Holst, Glenn Gould, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Josh Groban, Richard Wagner, Camille Saint-Saëns, Igor Stravinsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Ennio Morricone, Maurice Ravel, Hayley Westenra, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sir Edward Elgar, Johann Pachelbel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gustav Mahler, Il Divo, Jean Sibelius, Steve Reich, Sergei Prokofiev, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Fauré, Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestr, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, Samuel Barber, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Robert Schumann, George Gershwin, Enrique Granados, Zbigniew Preisner, Kronos Quartet, William S. Gilbert, Luigi Boccherini, Paul Potts, Katherine Jenkins, Leoš Janáček, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Strauss II, Fernando Sor, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Bohuslav Martinů, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Broderick, Bedřich Smetana, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Arthur Rubinstein, Nino Rota

To me, vinyls represent the maximum quality and love one can put into a physical medium. Here's a list of my vinyls. At least 100 of them were (almost) freebies from a friend. In time, I will upload some videos and pictures of them (and well... mostly of my Clearaudio Emotion which I aim to buy). At this point, I haven't even been to a decent punk/Jungle/dubstep/retro vinyl store, so my collection is really immature.

Currently 125 albums in collection. Latest addition - Agalloch - From Which of this Oak (1997/2009 re-release)

Legend: Artist - Album (Year of original release / Year of re-release / Location of release if different from original) Format

A - F

Agalloch - From Which of this Oak (1997/2009 re-release) 12' Pic LP
Aleksander Rjabov - Synthesis (1983) 12' LP
Alo Põldmäe - Muusikat lastele (1989) 12' LP
Antonio Vivaldi - Four Concerts (1984 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (2009) 12' LP Gatefold sleeve
Aretha - Aretha Franklin (1986/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Astrofaes - Shu Nun (2008) 7' EP
Ben Webster - Джаэ галерея (1990) 12' LP (Compilation)
Benny Goodman - Что мошет сделат луный свет (1986) 12' LP (Compliation)
Bill Evans Trio - bill evans trio (1961/1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compliation)
Billie Holiday - Stange Fruit (1940/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Bing Crosby - Play A Simple Melody (1985 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) 12' LP
Burzum - Filosofem (1996/2007 reissue) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Cass McCombs - Catacombs (2009) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Cheo Marquetti - Joyas de Oriente - Volumen II (approx 1989) 12' LP
Claudio Monteverdi / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Cyrillus Kreek / Joonas Kokkonen - The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (1988) 12' LP
Count Basie - Четырнадцать золотых мелодий (1930s Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Cruachan - Tuatha Na Gael (1995) 12' Picture LP
Cyrillus Kreek - Kooriloomingut (1990) 12' LP
Cyrillus Kreek - Vaimulikud Rahvaviisid (1990) 12' LP
Dark Ages - A Chronicle of the Plague (2006/2007 reissue) 12' LP Gatefold
Dark Ages - Twilight Of Europe (2005/2006 reissue) 12' LP
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Dave Brubeck Quartet in Moscow (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Death - Meeting Your Archangel (1985) 12' Red Vinyl (Ltd Edition Rehersal Bootleg)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990/2007 reissue) 12' Red Splatter LP
Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light (1986/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Didier Marouani - Space Opera (1987/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Duke Ellington - Концерт Дюка Эллингтона И Его Оркестра (1968/1989 Soviet edition) 2x 12' LP
Ella Fitzgerald - Tанцы в Cавойе (1957/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Elton John - Honky Cat (1987 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1958/1990 Soviet Reissue) 12' LP
Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Enrico Caruso - Искусство Энрико Карузо (1990 Soviet edition) 2X 12' LP Gatefold
estrellas - De La Musica Cubana - Vol. 1 (1989) 12' LP
Fix - Värviline maailm (approx 1989) 12' LP
Focus - Moving Waves (1971 UK edition) 12' LP
Franz Liszt - Festklänge Hamlet (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Franz Liszt - Requem (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP

G - M

Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin - Carmen - Suite (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata (1853/1990 Soviet edition) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Glen Miller - In The Mood (1940/1986 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Guesch Patti - Labyrinthe (1990 German edition) 12' LP
Harry Belafonte - 20 Golden Greats (approx 1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Hate Forest - To Twilight Thickets (2005) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Hiina Muinasjutud (1990) 12' LP (Compilation of Chinese fairytales in Estonian)
Hortus Musicus - Hortus Musicus (1986) 12' LP
Hortus Musicus - saksa vabaroki tantsumuusika (1989) 12' LP
Hortus Musicus - Horvaatia XI-XIV Saj. diafooniline muusika (1987) 12' LP
Hugo Lepnurm - Eesti orelid (1985) 12' LP
Imagination - Imagination (1983/1985 Polish edition) 12' LP
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 (1986 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Jimmie Lunceford - Rhythm Is Our Business (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Johann Strauss - Johann Strauss by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Johann Strauss / Josef Strauss - Old Vienna Melodies (1989) 12' LP
Johannes Brahms - Sinfonie Nr. 4 (1989 German Edition) 12' LP
Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974 Canada edition) 12' LP
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978 US edition) 12' LP
Kukerpillid - KUKERPILLID (1982/1990) 12' LP
Kukerpillid - Täitapp, Kotinõel, Pikk Peeter, Nimetu Mats, Väike Ats (1987) 12' LP
Lahemaa linnud - Lahemaa lindude hääli (1982) 12' LP
Lantlôs - Lantlôs (2008) 12' LP
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven (1971/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Leigarid - Leigarid (1989) 12' LP
Lester Young - Джаэ галерея (1989) 12' LP (Compilation)
Loits - Ei Kahetse Midagi (2001/2007 reissue with bonus track) 12' LP
Loits - Legion Estland (2003) 7' EP
Loits - Meeste Muusika (2004) 7' EP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonatas for violin and piano - Op. 96 in G major, Op. 12 No. 1 in D major (1968 Czechoslovakian edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.3 (1991 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.5 (1981 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.9, Leonora No.3 (1990 Soviet edition) 2X 12' LP
Luigi Cherubini - requiem c-moll (1987) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - All Things You Are (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - Songs of Itali (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - the loveliest night of the year (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) 12' Tan LP
Master's Hammer - Ritual / Jilemnicky Okultista (1991/1992/2009 reissue) 4x180g Golden 12' LP
Metsatöll - Hiiekoda (2004) 2x 12' LP
Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Musik 80 - En musikalisk bild av musikvet i Karlstad inför 80-talet (1979) 12' LP

N - T

Noita laulan, joita tiijän.. - Lopen lapsi- ja nuorisokuoro (1985) 12' LP
Põhjamaa lapsed - Soololaulud (1984) 12' LP
Paul McCartney - Снова в СССР (1988/1989 reissue) 12' LP
Paul McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Paul Robson - Spirtual Black Poems (1982 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Peter Gabriel - So (1986/1990 Soviet reissue) 12' LP
Прахлада Чандра Кумар - Единый Бог (1991 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (1975 UK Edition) 3x 12' LP Box
Queen - Greatest Hits (1984 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Rahvapillipalu - Rahvapillipalu (1982) 12' LP
Samuel Saulus - Flööt (1989) 12' LP
Segakoor Noorus - Segakoor Noorus (1990) 12' LP
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Concerto No.1 For Piano And Orchestra / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra (1987 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Slavia - Strength and Vision (2007/2008 reissue) 12' Grey Splatter LP
Stevie Wonder - Sunsgine of My Life (1972/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) 12' LP
Tõnu Aav - Alice Imedemaal (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Tallinna Saksofonikvartett - Tallinna Saksofonikvartett (1989 edition) 12' LP
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey ( /1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
The Dave Brubeck Quartete - Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960/1980 German edition) 12' LP
The Jazz Trio - Images Of Ancient Egypt (1984) 12' LP
The Latvian SSR Chorus - Jewish Folk Songs (1989) 12' LP
The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Life (1986/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Thelonius Monk - Mysterioso (1959/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Tina Turner - Foreign Affaris (1989 Soviet Edition) 12' LP

U - X

U. Lattikase džässikvintett - Hämaras toas (1985/1986 Soviet edition) 7' EP
Uku Masing - Ja tuulelaeval valgusest on aerud (1990) 12' LP
Various Artists - Майлс Дейвис и гиганты современного джаза (1954/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Танцевальная музыка 30х годов - Мне так хорошо с тобой (1930s/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Традиционная музыка - популярные исполнители мадагаскара (1983) 12' LP
Various Artists - Cuba que linda es cuba (approx 1980) 12' LP
Various Artists - Eesti heliloojate klaveripalu lastele (1986) 12' LP
Various Artists - Forgotten Waltzes (1986) 12'LP
Various Artists - International Dixieland-Festival Dresden 1987/1988 (1988 German edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Liivi Rahvalaule (1989) 12' LP
Various Artists - Moscow Autumn Festival (1985) 12' LP
Veljo Tormis - Kalevala - XVII runo (1987) 12' LP
Veljo Tormis - Riiklik akadeemiline meeskoor (1990) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flöödikvartetid (1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Messe in C Major, KV 258 / Performed by Eesti Filharmoonia Poistekoor (1990) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Missa, KV139 (1983) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Antonio Vivaldi - Valery Popov plays Mozart and Vivaldi (approx 1990) 12' LP
Zdenek Fibich - The Bride of Messina - Highlights from the opera (1984) 12' LP


I might scrobble these if I play them. Mostly I don't feel like so, however.

TOP 30 MUSICIANS FROM RUSSIA and EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2. Sergei Rachmaninoff
3. Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
4. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
5. Igor Stravinsky
6. Dmitri Shostakovich
7. Sergei Prokofiev
8. Stan Getz (UKR)
9. Arvo Part (EST)
10. Alexander Borodin
11. Alexander Scriabin
12. Russian Red Army Choir
13. Sviatoslav Richter
14. Elmer Bernstein
15. Vladimir Horowitz
16. Vladimir Ashkenazy
18. Anton Rubinstein
17. Mstislav Rostropovich
18. Regina Spektor
19. Vladimir Vysotsky
20. Jascha Heifetz (LIT)
21. Alfred Schnittke
22. Aquarium
23. Sofia Gubaidulina
24. Kino
25. Mikhail Glinka
26. Fleur (UKR)
27. Anton Rubinstein
28. Andrei Makarevich (BLR)
29. Пикник
30. Emil Gilels(MOL)

This meme and journal entry will most likely be deleted after a period.

Hmm, I'll go with artists from my last three months. Australian spelling edition.

1. How did you get into 29?
Patsy Cline
Most likely after hearing Willy Nelson's (who composed the song) cover of Crazy on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. However, I'm semi-certain that I was aware of Cline's reputation prior to that occurrence.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Nightwish
First track off Oceanborn, Stargazers. Album was recommended to me by WylieIsBalls, so cheers to him. It's a great album, solid all around, had not heard anything like it before (closest probably being early Children of Bodom).

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
The Smiths
Let's say two. The Smiths and Meat Is Murder.

4. What is your favourite song by 5?
Rancid
Time Bomb. I remember first seeing it on Rage (an Australian music video show), and thinking: "Well, there's an interesting band and song".

5. What is your favourite song by 15?
Immortal
Mmm, tough. Probably Withstand the Fall of Time, so epic, such a great opening.

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
My Chemical Romance
Anything with a strong, catchy melody makes me happy. Strongest at the moment is This Is How I Disappear.

7. What is your favourite song by 10?
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Not particularly familiar with Rachmaninoff's catalogue. From what I've heard, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato is great, and popular across the board.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Tracy Chapman
Back when I was listening to Gold 104.3 FM ("Good Times and Great Classic Hits") a lot, Chapman's Fast Car would be played every three hours. Just absorbing the experience and investing myself into the song were sweet moments. In particular, I marvelled at the simple contrast between verse and chorus, where the drum beat would kick in and you could headbang for a while.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Nasum
I approach Shift in whole. Heck, the songs are all one to two minutes long, so that's probably the case for most people. They're all furious and brutal, I love it.

10. How many times have you seen 26 live?
Rickie Lee Jones
Zip. Would love to though.

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
The Beach Boys
Most likely Good Vibrations or Wouldn't It Be Nice or Surfin' U.S.A.

12. What is your favourite album by 11?
Antony and the Johnsons
Have only heard I Am a Bird Now, and it is awesome.

13. Who is your favourite member of 1?
Buddy Holly
Not Buddy Holly.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Tears for Fears
Nope. Certainly wouldn't mind doing so.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Judy Garland
Watched 'The Wizard of Oz' a gazillion times as a youngster. I think I might still have it on video... Watched 'Meet Me in St. Louis' a short while ago, and that was very fun viewing. Garland was gorgeous in that.

16. What is your favourite song by 16?
Hank Williams
Gah, all his songs sound the same, and still they're all pretty great.

17. What is your favourite album by 18?
All That Remains
Have only heard The Fall of Ideals. Makes for awesome listening.

18. What is your favourite song by 21?
Secret Chiefs 3
Probably White As They Come.

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 25?
Tenacious D
Tribute. Got to #4 on the singles charts here. I was certainly caught up in the frenzy, having bought the single.

20. What is your favourite album by 2?
The Four Seasons
Don't have one. Got myself a compilation of their singles.

21. What is you favourite song by 3?
Mercyful Fate
Evil. Easy choice. "I was born on the cemetery... "

22. What is you favourite song by 8?
Satyricon
Now, Diabolical off Now, Diabolical. Love the simple textures and structures.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Eddie Cochran
Gah, this meme is targeted at people who listen to recent music.

24. What is the worst song by 12?
Ghostface Killah
Mmm... I'll just say that I struggled with Ironman.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Culture Club
Either Karma Chameleon or Do You Really Want To Hurt Me.

26. What is you favourite album by 7?
As I Lay Dying
Have only heard An Ocean Between Us. Awesome.

27. What is your favourite song by 24?
Bernard Herrmann
Main title of Taxi Driver fosho. Sends tingles down my spine. Trivia: I can't find my Taxi Driver DVD. One would have assumed that it'd be in its case, but no.

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Death
Lack of Comprehension. So many things about it make me feel good, enough to make me touch myself.

29. What is your favourite album by 4?
Céline Dion
Again and again, I've only heard the one album from her, D'elles. Again and again, it is very, very good.

30. How many albums by 20 do you own?
Scissor Sisters
Two, Scissor Sisters and Ta-dah.

Fark, these questions were so dull. I really should have inspected them closer beforehand.

If the above was a totally worthless experience to you, here are some of my favourite youtube videos.