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  • 50 Questions About My Top 50 (7/1/09)

    Jul 1 2009, 6h59 por iheartziyi

    1. How did you get into 29? (KT Tunstall)
    TocarBlack Horse And The Cherry Tree. It's amazingness stuck immediately.

    2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? ((Beyoncé)
    As a solo artist, obviously TocarCrazy in Love.

    3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Christina Aguilera)
    I can't post all of TocarReflection, can I? Ugh.

    4. How did you get into 49? (Louis Garrel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet)
    Watching Les Chansons d'Amour obvi. Who WOULDN'T get into them? They're so freaking sexually attractive, gah.

    5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Lady GaGa)
    Well, since The Fame her only album to date...

    6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Delta Goodrem)
    TocarYou Will Only Break My Heart.

    7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Patrick Wolf)
    TocarAugustine, TocarLycanthropy, TocarThe Stars, etc.

    8. What is your favorite song by 15? (MGMT)
    TocarKids!!!!!!!

    9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Natasha Bedingfield)
    "A-N-G-E-L" (TocarAngel).

    10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The Killers)
    TocarRead My Mind does weirdly. As does TocarHuman.

    11. What is the worst song by 40? (Nelly Furtado)
    Ugh, I'm so not a real fan of TocarIn God's Hands. TocarShowtime either.

    12. What is your favorite song by 10? (The Ting Tings)
    Probably TocarThat's Not My Name.

    13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Annie)
    Lol, I haven't known her long enough to have those yet.

    14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Édith Piaf)
    TocarLa foule? Or maybe Milord. Or TocarNon Je Ne Regrette Rien. They're all awesome.

    15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Feist)
    A lot of her songs, but I Feel It All most of all.

    16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (Shigeru Umebayashi)
    WHAT DOESN'T?! But, gun to head, TocarUntil The End.

    17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Imogen Heap)
    TocarCan't Take It In from the first Narnia movie. Then when TocarGoodnight and Go randomly started airing on VH1, I actually paid attention to it!

    18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (The Saturdays)
    "ALL YOU EVER TOLD ME, ALL YOU EVER TOLD ME, ALL YOU EVER TOLD ME WERE LIES!" from TocarLies (!) probably.

    19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Girls Aloud)
    Nicola, Cheryl or Nadine. I can never decide.

    20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (Kelly Clarkson)
    TocarMy Life Would Suck Without You, in a twingy, masochism-meets-romanticism kind of way.

    21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Dario Marianelli)
    Watching Atonement for the first time in theatres. I was so STUNNED. AAAAAH.

    22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Little Boots)
    "Dancing is my remedy, Remedy, OH!"

    23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Marina & the Diamonds)
    TocarObsessions. dwupton1 forced me to listened to it. I've never looked back.

    24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Madonna)
    I don't actually have any full albums of hers yet ( :( ), but Confessions on a Dance Floor seems likeliest at this point in time.

    25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Solange)
    Either TocarSandcastle Disco or TocarI Decided (both versions simultaneously, I can definitely take both).

    26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (My Chemical Romance)
    TocarHelena, if we're being totally truthful. TocarWelcome to the Black Parade is the first one I can really actually remember, tho.

    27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Kate Bush)
    Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love, Hounds of Love. HOUNDS OF MOTHERFUCKING LOVE.

    28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Britney Spears)
    UGH. TocarStronger and TocarToxic are at the top of the list. As is TocarOops!...I Did It Again, TocarIf U Seek Amy, TocarHeaven On Earth, Tocar...Baby One More Time, TocarBorn To Make You Happy, etc. I love her so goddamn much, y'all.

    29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Panic at the Disco)
    TocarI Write Sins Not Tragedies, I guess?

    30. What is your favorite song by 8? (Duffy)
    TocarWarwick Avenue may be my highest in plays, but it's really TocarDistant Dreamer (or TocarRockferry, depending on my mood).

    31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Rihanna)
    None. Same for all of these :(

    32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Kate Nash)
    TocarMariella exhausts me because I always rapidly try to sing along with her cockney yelling, which is kinda the same thing as happiness.

    33. How did you get into 12? (Vampire Weekend)
    I can't really say! Maybe hearing A-Punk online someplace?

    34. What is the worst song by 45? (La Roux)
    I JUUUUST got her full album, so I can't answer this yet. There really wasn't any that annoyed me.

    35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (The Pussycat Dolls)
    TocarDon't Cha. Yeah.

    36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (Paramore)
    I'm figuring TocarMisery Business.

    37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Tan Dun)
    Yeah, again, none. That'd be a bit awesome, though, no?

    38. What is your favorite song by 36? (Danny Elfman)
    Give 'Em Hope, which is MADE OF <3.

    39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (David Archuleta)
    I probably stumbled across Idol at some point, but officially - TocarCrush, of course.

    40. What is you favorite album by 7? (Dixie Chicks)
    Taking The Long Way. It's just so epic and middle finger raised-y.

    41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (M.I.A.)
    ...TocarPaper Planes? I guess?! She's not "happy."

    42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Carrie Underwood)
    Hmmm. I'm not sure, lmao? They haven't really really set in with me, so it could definitely be either of her albums.

    43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Agnes)
    "OH GIVE ME LOVE LOVE LOVE, LIFT ME UP TO THE SKY." (Love Love Love (Extended Mix) - yeah.)

    44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Avril Lavigne)
    She's more whiny than happy, but... um... yeah, I don't know, sorry.

    45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Robyn)
    Be Mine! and/or TocarWith Every Heartbeat. I just don't. know. which.

    46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Lily Allen)
    Oh, most of her stuff. TocarSmile, TocarLDN and TocarFuck You make me sickly happy. But TocarChinese just makes me ETHEREAL.

    47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Regina Spektor)
    While I think I like individual songs on Begin to Hope more, Soviet Kitsch is stronger and as whole.

    48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Sugababes)
    Keisha probably. Her voice is distinctive.

    49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Alan Menken)
    Oh. good. lord. Why ask me this? HOW DO I KNOW?!

    ...Ship at Sea though? Maybe?

    50. What is your favorite song by 20? (Demi Lovato)
    TocarGet Back generally.
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  • What countries are your top 50 from? (7/1/09)

    Jul 1 2009, 4h33 por iheartziyi

    United States [21]:
    Alan Menken (43)
    Beyoncé (22)
    Britney Spears (2)
    Carrie Underwood (41)
    Christina Aguilera (33)
    Danny Elfman (36)
    David Archuleta (28)
    Demo Lovato (20)
    Dixie Chicks (7)
    Kelly Clarkson (14)
    The Killers (6)
    Lady GaGa (13)
    Madonna (18)
    MGMT (15)
    My Chemical Romance (26)
    Panic at the Disco (32)
    Paramore (48)
    The Pussycat Dolls (34)
    Regina Spektor (4)
    Solange (21)
    Vampire Weekend (12)

    United Kingdom [16]:
    Duffy (8)
    Girls Aloud (1)
    Imogen Heap (23)
    Kate Bush (3)
    Kate Nash (44)
    KT Tunstall (29)
    La Roux (45)
    Lily Allen (9)
    Little Boots (16)
    M.I.A. (31)
    Marina & the Diamonds (47)
    Natasha Bedingfield (5)
    Patrick Wolf (39)
    The Saturdays (11)
    Sugababes (37)
    The Ting Tings (10)

    Canada [3]:
    Avril Lavigne (46)
    Feist (19)
    Nelly Furtado (40)

    France [2]:
    Édith Piaf (38)
    Louis Garrel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (49)

    Sweden [2]:
    Agnes (24)
    Robyn (35)

    Australia [1]:
    Delta Goodrem (50)

    Barbados [1]:
    Rihanna (17)

    China [1]:
    Tan Dun (42)

    Italy [1]:
    Dario Marianelli (27)

    Japan [1]:
    Shigeru Umebayashi (25)

    Norway [1]:
    Annie (30)
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  • TOP 16 MUSICIANS FROM CHINA

    Abr 16 2009, 20h01 por selcukalhan



    TOP 16 MUSICIANS FROM CHINA

    1. Yo-Yo Ma
    2. Tan Dun
    3. Faye Wong
    4. Li Xiangting
    5. Leslie Cheung
    6. Zha Fuxi
    7. Guan Pinghu
    8. Wu Jinglue
    9. Karen Mok
    10. Kelly Chen
    11. Khalil Fong
    12. jacky cheung
    13. Cui Jian
    14. Lei Qiang
    15. Joey Yung
    16. Eason Chan



    Comment about missed names which should be in list and not deserving ones.

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  • MUSIC WORLD RANKING (TOP 50)

    Mar 23 2009, 15h54 por selcukalhan

    (All lists in www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com - Tüm listeler için www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com)





    Honorable Mention;

    New Zealand; Crowded House, Split Enz, Flight of Conhcords
    Colombia; Shakira, Carlos Vives, Aterciopelados
    Pakistan; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali, Sabri Brothers
    Egypt; Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Amr Diab
    Senegal; Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour
    Algeria; Khaled, Warda, Rachid Taha
    Georgia; Elisabeth Leonskaja, Katie Melua, Giya Kancheli
    Uruguay; Francisco Canaro, Julio Sosa, Alfredo Zitarrosa
    Nigeria; Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Keziah Jones
    Bosnia & Herzegovina; Goran Bregovic, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Indexi

    Edited Ranking

    MUSIC WORLD RANKING TOP 50 COUNTDOWN


    50. IRAN

    BESTS FROM IRAN

    Best Iranian Pop Singer: Googoosh
    Folk Artis: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

    49. LEBONAN

    BESTS FROM LEBONAN

    Academy Award Winning Composer: Gabriel Yared
    Best Arabic Singing Voice Ever: Fairuz
    Most Famous Lebanese Singer abroad: Paul Anka
    UNESCO Artist for Peace: Marcel Khalife

    48. LITHUANIA

    BESTS FROM LITHUANIA

    Best Lithuanian Classical Composer: Clara Rockmore
    Best Lithuanian Rock Band: Foje
    One of the Greatest Violin Players of All-Time: Jascha Heifetz

    47. ARMENIA

    BESTS FROM ARMENIA

    Four time Grammy Award nominated Armenian Band: System of a Down
    Best Armenian Classical Composer: Aram Khachaturian
    Three times Oscar Winner Composer: Michel Legrand
    Greatest Duduk Player Ever: Djivan Gasparyan
    Most Famous Armenian Singers : Cher, Charles Aznavour

    46. PERU

    BESTS FROM PERU

    Greatest Singing Voice Ever (over 4 octaves): Yma Sumac
    Greatest Peruvian Musician: Chabuca Granda
    Peruvian Hip-Hop Singer: Immortal Technique

    45. ICELAND

    BESTS FROM ICELAND

    Best Icelandic Band Ever Sigur Ros
    Greatest Female Musician of Iceland: Bjork
    Best Icelandic Classical Composer: Johann Johannsson

    44. ETHIOPIA

    BESTS FROM ETHIOPIA

    Father of Ethiopian Jazz: Mulatu Astatqe
    Best Gurage Singer: Mahmoud Ahmed
    Ethiopian James Brown, Soul Singer: Alemayehu Eshete

    43. SOUTH AFRICA

    BESTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

    Best South African Composer (European Origin): Trevor Jones
    Best South African Jazz Musicians: Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela
    Grammy Award Winning Artist, Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba

    42. ROMANIA

    BESTS FROM ROMANIA

    Best Romanian Musicians Ever: George Enescu, Dinu Lipatti
    Best Gipsy Bands ever: Fanfarte Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks
    Master of the Pan-Flute: Gheorge Zamfir
    Greatest Band of Romania: Phoenix

    41. MALI

    BESTS FROM MALI

    One of the Top Three Greatest African Musicians Ever (with Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba): Ali Farka Toure
    Golden Voice of Africa, Albino Singer: Salif Keita
    Best African Music Duo ever (blind couple): Amadou & Mariam

    40. DENMARK

    BESTS FROM DENMARK

    Best Danish Composer Ever: Carl Nielsen
    Best Danish Bands: Mew, Mercyful Fate
    Best Danish Electronic Musician: Trentemoller

    39. UKRAINE

    BESTS FROM UKRAINE

    The Sound: Stan Getz
    Best Ukranian Bands: Fleur, Nokturnal Mortum, Drudkh

    38. SERBIA

    BESTS FROM SERBIA

    Greatest Garage Rock Band of Ex-Yugoslavia: Partibrejkers
    Best Serbian Gypsy Musician: Saban Bajramovic
    Best Acoustic Rock Singer of East Europe: Djordje Balasevic

    37. WALES

    BESTS FROM WALES

    The Most Inventive and Influential Figure in Contemporary Electronic Music: Aphex Twins
    One of the Most Powerful Singing Voices Ever: Tom Jones
    Best Welsh Bands: Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals

    36. CHILE

    BESTS FROM CHILE

    Best Chilean Musicians Ever: Violeta Parra, Victor Jara
    Best Chilean Folk Band: Inti-Illimani
    Best Chilean Rock Bands: Los Prisioneros, Los Jaivas

    35. CHINA

    BESTS FROM CHINA

    Multiple Grammy Awards Winner Cellist: Yo-Yo Ma
    Grammy and Oscar Winner Contemporary Classical Composer: Tan Dun
    Best Chinese Pop Singers Ever: Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong

    34. ISRAEL

    BESTS FROM ISRAEL

    Best Israeli Band: Orphaned Land
    One of the Greatest Violinist of the 20th Century: Itzhak Perlman
    Best Israelian Female Musician Ever: Chava Alberstein

    33. BELGIUM

    BESTS FROM BELGIUM

    Best Belgian Classical Composer: Cesar Franck
    One of the Most Renowned Jazz Guitarists due to His Innovative and Distinctive Playing: Django Reinhardt
    Greatest Belgian Singer Ever: Jacques Brel

    32. CROATIA

    BESTS FROM CROATIA

    Best Grunge Band of East Europe: Laufer
    Greatest Croatian Pianist: Ivo Pogorelich
    Best Croatian Bands: Azra, Prljavo Kazaliste

    31. FINLAND

    BESTS FROM FINLAND

    Greatest Finnish Musician of All-Time: Jean Sibelius
    Best Symphonic Metal Band Ever: Nightwish
    Death Metal Band: Amorphis

    30. CATALONIA (Autonomous Community)

    BESTS FROM CATALONIA

    Greatest Cello Player of All-Time: Pablo Casals
    Best Classical Guitar Composer Ever: Isaac Albeniz
    Mambo Musician: Xavier Cugat

    29. PUERTO RICO

    BESTS FROM PUERTO RICO

    Godfather of Latin Jazz: Ray Barretto
    Most Renowned Singer and Composer of Salsa Music: Ismael Rivera
    King of Mambo Music: Tito Puente
    Great Salsa Singer: Hector Lavoe
    Most Successful Puerto Rican Musical Group Ever: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

    28. HUNGARY

    BESTS FROM HUNGARY

    Top Hungarian Classical Composers and Pianists: Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok
    Best Film Score Composers: Gyorgy Ligeti, Miklos Rozsa
    Best Hungarian Folk Music Band: Muzsikas

    27. CZECH REPUBLIC

    BESTS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC

    Composer of New World Symphony, One of The Greatest Romantic Music Composer: Antonin Dvorak
    Most Famous Czech Composer just aftert Dvorak: Bedrich Smetana
    Best Czech Folk Musicians: Jaromir Nohavica, Karel Kryl

    26. INDIA

    BESTS FROM INDIA

    Greatest Indian Musician Ever: Ravi Shankar
    Sitar Maestro: Vilayat Khan
    Most Famous Female Bollywood Playback Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
    One of the Most Versatile Singing Voices Ever: Mohammed Rafi

    25. TURKEY

    BESTS FROM TURKEY

    Creators of Turkish Music, Classical and Sufi Music Composers: Dede Efendi, Tanburi Cemil Bey
    Best Turkish Singing Voices Ever: Zeki Muren, Muzeyyen Senar
    Best Anatolian Rock Musicians: Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Cem Karaca, Selda
    Queen of Turkish Pop: Sezen Aksu
    Best Turkish Band Ever: Nekropsi, Moğollar



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    24. MEXICO

    BESTS FROM MEXICO

    A Rock and Roll Pioneer and a Forefather of the Chicano Rock Movement: Ritchie Valens
    Most Famous Actor and Singer of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema: Pedro Infante
    The King of Space Age Pop: Esquivel
    Internationally Known Music Trio: Los Panchos
    Best Ranchera Musicians Ever: Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Vicente Fernandez

    23. AUSTRALIA

    BESTS FROM AUSTRALIA

    One of the Greatest Hard Rock Bands Ever, Pioneers of Heavy Metal: AC/DC
    Rock Band fronted by Nick Cave: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
    Greatest Ethereal Wave Band Ever: Dead Can Dance

    22. SCOTLAND

    BESTS FROM SCOTLAND

    Greatest Electronic Music Duo Ever: Boards of Canada
    Best Scottish Bands Ever: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream
    Best Known Scottish Band: Belle & Sebastian

    21. PORTUGAL

    BESTS FROM PORTUGAL

    Queen of Fado, One of the Greatest European Singers ever: Amalia Rodrigues
    Most Talented Portuguese Musician in the 20th century, Man with a 1000 fingers: Carlos Paredes
    Most Famous Portuquese Singer abroad: Nelly Furtado

    20.GREECE

    BESTS FROM GREECE

    Greek Soprano, Best European Female Voice of the Twentieth Century: Maria Callas
    One of the Greatest Composers of Electronic Music of All-Time: Vangelis
    Modernist Composer: Iannis Xenakis
    Academy Award Winner Film Composer: Manos Hadjidakis

    19. NORWAY

    BESTS FROM NORWAY

    Greatest Norwegian Musician Ever: Edvard Grieg
    Electronic Music Duo: royksopp
    Famous New Wave Band of 80s: a-ha

    18. IRELAND

    BESTS FROM IRELAND

    Most f,Famous Irish Band: U2
    Grammy Award Winning Singer, Songwriter: Van Morrison
    Famous Hard Rock Band: Thin Lizzy

    17. NETHERLANDS

    BESTS FROM NETHERLANDS

    Greatest Dutch Bands: The Gathering, Golden Earring, Focus
    Top Djs of the World: Ferry Corsten, Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buuren

    16. SWEDEN

    BESTS FROM SWEDEN

    Greatest Pop Music Group of Scandinavia: ABBA
    Top Swedish Folk Singer: Cornelis Vreeswijk
    Best Swedish Band Ever: Opeth

    15. CUBA

    BESTS FROM CUBA

    The Best Known and Most Influential Female Figure in the History of Cuban Music, Queen of Salsa: Celia Cruz
    Greatest Guitarist and Composer of Cuban Trova Music: Compay Segundo
    Popular Afro-Cuban Singer of Cuba: Ibrahim Ferrer
    Leader of Nueva Trova Movement: Silvio Rodriguez

    14. ARGENTINA

    BESTS FROM ARGENTINA

    Creator of Nuevo Tango, Excellent Bandoneon Player: Astor Piazzolla
    The Most Prominent Figure in the History of Tango: Carlos Gardel
    Composer of Mission Impossible Theme, Four Times Grammy Award Winner, with 21 times Nominations: Lalo Schifrin

    13. JAPAN

    BESTS FROM JAPAN

    Best Japanese Film Score Composer: Joe Hisaishi
    Video Game Composer, Composer of Final Fantasy Series: Nobuo Uematsu
    Greatest Enka Singer: Meiko Kaji

    12. POLAND

    BESTS FROM POLAND

    One of the Greatest Classical Composers of All-Time: Frederic Chopin
    One of the Greatest Pianist of 20th Century: Arthur Rubinstein
    Best Sung Poetry Singers Ever: Marek Grechuta, Jacek Kaczmarski

    11. SPAIN

    BESTS FROM SPAIN

    Blind Composer and Virtuoso Pianist: Joaquin Rodrigo
    Greatest Classical Guitarist: andres segovia
    Most Famous Flamenco Guitarist of All-Time: Paco de Lucia

    10. CANADA

    BESTS FROM CANADA

    Greatest Canadian Musician Ever: Neil Young
    Jewish Canadian Folk Rock Musician: Leonard Cohen
    Best Canadian Female Singer and Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
    Greatest Canadian Bands Ever: Rush, Arcade Fire, The Band

    9. BRAZIL

    BESTS FROM BRAZIL

    A Primary Force Behind the Creation of the Bossa Nova Style: Antonio Carlos Jobim
    Creator of Bossa Nova Beat, Father of Bossa Nova: Joao Gilberto
    Bob Dylan of Brazil: Caetano Veloso

    8. JAMAICA

    BESTS FROM JAMAICA

    Most Well-Known Reggae Artist of All-Time: Bob Marley
    Ska and Reggae Vocal Group: Toots & The Maytals
    Influential Dub and Reggae Singer: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

    7. AUSTRIA

    BESTS FROM AUSTRIA

    One of the Three Greatest Composers of All-Time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Father of the Symphony: Joseph Haydn
    Composer of Unfinished Symphony: Franz Schubert
    The Waltz King: Johann Strauss II



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    6. RUSSIA

    BESTS FROM RUSSIA

    Last Great Representative of Late Romanticism in Classical Music. Sergei Rachmaninoff
    One of the Five Innovators of Russian Music: Modest Mussorgsky
    Russian Composer of Soviet Period: Dmitri Shostakovich
    Most Influential Composer of 20th Century: Igor Stravinsky
    Best Russian Bands Ever: Пикник, Алиса, Кино, Аквариум, ДДТ, Nautilus Pompilius
    Composer of Swan Lake and Nutcracker Ballets: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    5. ITALY

    BESTS FROM ITALY

    Greatest Italian Composer Ever: Antonio Vivaldi
    One of the Most Famous Opera Composers Ever: Guiseppe Verdi
    Composer of More Than 500 Film and Television Productions: Ennio Morricone

    4. FRANCE

    BESTS FROM FRANCE

    One of the Two Key Figures of Impressionist Music Along with Ravel: Claude Debussy
    Composer of Gymnopedies: Erik Satie
    One of the World’s most Influential Musicians: Serge Gainsbourg
    Superstar of Minimalist and Avant-Garde Music: Yann Tiersen

    3. GERMANY

    BESTS FROM GERMANY

    Greatest Composers of All-Time: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach
    Most Influential Electronic Music Band of the History: Kraftwerk
    Pioneer of Classical Music: Hildegard von Bingen

    2. ENGLAND

    BESTS FROM ENGLAND

    Over One Billion Album Seller, Greatest Band of All-Time: The Beatles
    Greatest Rock and Roll Band Ever: Rolling Stones
    The Heaviest Band of the Seventies: Led Zeppelin
    Best Progressive Rock Band Ever: Pink Floyd

    1. U.S.A

    BESTS FROM U.S.A

    Greatest Contribution to Song-Writing: Bob Dylan
    Greatest Guitarist of All-Time: Jimi Hendrix
    Most Important American Musician of 20th Century: Louis Armstrong
    King of Rock ’n ‘ Roll: Elvis Presley


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  • Sunflower - Good British Jazzy Rock (Unsigned) - Updated

    Jan 14 2009, 19h45 por mellors-

    Sunflower (If you didnt already guess from the title,) currently unsigned band from Leicester in the UK, so If you're a fan of quite laid back rock with a jazzy touch and catchy melodies, or imagine that'd be your cup of tea (English cliches ftw) then check them out at the below links. The vocals might take some getting used to, but once you do they work well and the band plays some tightly performed and well written tunes, evoking some nice atmosphere but with a good pop sensibility.

    http://www.myspace.com/thesunflowerpage
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunflower/22138560181
    http://www.last.fm/music/Sunflower


    You can now find full track plays of 5 of their songs on an album of recordings from their first session a few months ago here:
    http://www.last.fm/music/Sunflower/Sunflower+Demo
    Sunflower Demo

    And also 2 tracks they recorded for a local radio station, Demon FM.
    http://www.last.fm/music/Sunflower/Live+at+Demon+FM
    Live at Demon FM

    There are other artists called Sunflower on that page, but only those recordings so far are the Leicester area group.

    P.s. Not my band.

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  • 50'000 Songs scrobbled

    Nov 28 2008, 19h30 por pratchettfan

    I'm extremely fond of statistics, thus I want to list here special play numbers of my last.fm account and the song that went with it:
    • Song 50'000: She seems by Coldeve on (June 27, 2009).
    • Song 49'000: TocarWhisper by A Fine Frenzy on (June 9, 2009).
    • Song 48'000: TocarSieben by Subway to Sally on (May 23, 2009).
    • Song 47'000: Das Problem by Des Koenigs Halunken on (May 9, 2009).
    • Song 46'000: Wenn Ich Tot Bin ...(sollst Du Tanzen) by Luna Luna on (April 28, 2009).
    • Song 45'000: The Guitar Man by Bread on (April 7, 2009).
    • Song 44'444: Concerto For 4 Violins, Strings & Continuo In D Major ("L'estro Armonico" No. 1), Op. 3/1, RV 549 by Antonio Vivaldi on (March 29, 2009).
    • Song 44'000: Big Falls, WI by Maggi, Pierce and E.J. on (March 22, 2009).
    • Song 43'000: Banned from the Roxy by Jeffrey Lewis on (March 1, 2009).
    • Song 42'000: Nur ihr Allein by Randalica on (February 16, 2009).
    • Song 41'000: Vampire by Antsy Pants on (January 26, 2009).
    • Song 40'000: I'm Dreaming of a Dead City by H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society on (December 19).
    • Song 39'000: TocarL'autre Valse D'Amélie by Yann Tiersen on (November 28.)
    • Song 38'000: TocarClint Eastwood by Gorillaz on (November 12.)
    • Song 37'000: TocarHerr Mannelig by Dunkelschön on (October 21.)
    • Song 36'000: New Born by Muse on (October 5.)
    • Song 35'000: TocarBaum by Subway to Sally on (September 20.)
    • Song 34'000: TocarDrunken Sailor by Captain Bogg & Salty on (September 5.)
    • Song 33'333: TocarWould? by Alice in Chains on (August 23.)
    • Song 33'000: Il canto del suicida #1 by The Vad Vuc on (August 12.)
    • Song 32'000: W. Nuss vo Bümpliz by Patent Ochsner on (July 22.)
    • Song 31'000: Loch Lomond (Live) by Runrig on (July 4.)
    • Song 30'000: Travelling by Marylane (on June 6.)
    • Song 29'000: What Are You Waiting For? by Coldeve (on May 9.)
    • Song 28'000: Forever And A Day by An Lár (on April 12.)
    • Song 27'000: Vondern in Not by Duivelspack (on March 19.)
    • Song 26'000: TocarThe Encounter by Tan Dun (on March 2.)
    • Song 25'000: TocarSabrina by elfish (on February 7.)
    • Song 24'000: TocarThe Only Living Boy in New York by Simon & Garfunkel (on January 15.)
    • Song 23'000: Man On The Moon by R.E.M (on December 21.)
    • Song 22'222: Saving Us by Serj Tankian (on December 4.)
    • Song 22'000: Mad World by Gary Jules (on November 30.)
    • Song 21'000: The Tide Turns (Suite) by Danny Elfman
    • Song 20'000: Der Schneck by Die Streuner
    • Song 19'000: TocarThis Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song by System of a Down
    • Song 18'000: Amerika Git's Nid by Züri West
    • Song 17'000: Off To California, The Silver Spire by Rapalje
    • Song 16'000: TocarThe Waiting Room by Sixpence None the Richer
    • Song 15'000: Dead Already by Thomas Newman
    • Song 14'000: i can't stand many things by grandmother's groove
    • Song 13'000: Hide me by Coldeve
    • Song 12'000: TocarHerr Mannelig by In Extremo
    • Song 11'111: Without a Trace by Labia
    • Song 11'000: Kinky Kamikaze by P.M.T
    • Song 10'000: TocarBohemian Polka by "Weird Al" Yankovic
    • Song 9'000: Afrikaan Beat by Bert Kaempfert
    • Song 8'000: TocarPlan B by Henchman
    • Song 7'000: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Marilyn Manson
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  • Top 10 at 10.000 Songs

    Out 15 2008, 14h28 por art_anti_de

    N° 10.000: Nine Inch Nails - TocarPiggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)

    Top Artists:
    1. VAST (666 plays) :D
    2. Black Light Burns (341 plays)
    3. Nine Inch Nails (272 plays)
    4. Hellgate: London OST (195 plays)
    5. Tan Dun (177 plays)
    6. The Tea Party (163 plays)
    7. Tito & Tarantula (162 plays)
    8. Mastodon (157 plays) by narrow margin to...
    9. Porcupine Tree (156 plays)
    10. Kyuss (147 plays)
    followed by Samavayo, Dead Can Dance, La Ira de Dios, Tool and Boris

    Top Songs:
    1. 69x Black Light Burns – I Am Where It Takes Me
    2. 68x Boris – TocarElectric
    3. 57x Mastodon – TocarThe Wolf Is Loose shares rank with...
    3. 57x VAST – TocarTouched
    5. 56x Black Light Burns – Iodine Sky
    6. 42x La Ira de Dios – TocarVertigo
    7. 38x Cannibal Corpse – The Time To Kill Is Now Tank you, Audiosurf
    8. 37x VAST – TocarPretty When You Cry and Temptation
    10. 34x Masters of Reality – TocarDeep in the Hole and
    10. 34x Black Light Burns – Cruel Melody
    ...And some more from DeVotchKa, UNKLE, Samavayo and dredg...

    Surprisingly the top album is: Tan Dun – Hero Soundtrack with 162 plays by a clear margin to N°2: VAST – Music for People 97 plays. Moreover rank 3 goes to The Standard – Albatross with 95 plays, who do not show up in top artists or top songs.
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  • 50 questions on my Top 50

    Ago 23 2008, 16h53 por Poisoned_Apathy

    1. How did you get into 29? Frou Frou

    Funny enough, through Last.fm. I was listening to My Recommendations radio and TocarLet Go popped up. I loved it and I downloaded the full album.

    2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Muse

    New Born. I remember I watched the video on tv and it blew me away.It's such a powerful song.


    3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? Morrissey

    That's hard!! XDD Well, as a solo artist I think my favourite lyric has to be TocarThe World Is Full Of Crashing Bores.
    I even wrote a journal here with that lyric.XDDD

    4. What is your favorite album by 49? Enya

    Well, the fact Enya is so high on my charts in beacuse I become obssessed with the song Caribbean Blue a few months ago, and I just played it over and over again. But, I actually enjoy her music from time to time, so would say that
    Watermark is probably the one I like the most.


    5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Placebo

    All of them!! Including special editions and stuff. They were my first fetisch band - I have loads of stuff of them, and I love it.


    6. What is your favorite song by 50? The Sunday Drivers

    [track artist=The Sunday Drivers]I ain't down. That was easy.

    7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? The Kinks

    I don't think so. All their stuff has a lot of humour implied.

    8. What is your favorite album by 15? Georges Delerue

    Well, I think that [album artist=Georges Delerue[/album]Jules et Jim[/album] is probably my favourite soundtrack by him.


    9. What is your favorite song by 5? Delays

    What?? I really love all their songs.

    10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Nino Rota

    Well, there are parts on his soundtracks that are really uplifting. Love the ending of [track artist=Nino Rota]Parting is such sweet sorrow[/track]
    from the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack.

    11. What is your favorite album by 40? Depeche Mode

    [album artist=Depeche Mode]Music for the Masses, I think. :)


    12. What is your favorite song by 10? The Raveonettes

    Do I really have to answer that??? LOL I have tons of favourites!! To name a few: Bubblegum, Lust, That Great Love Sound,
    Love can Destroy Everything, Twilight, Chain Gang of Love, You Want the Candy...


    13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Crowded House

    Apart from all those afternoons listening to Four Seasons in One Day locked in my room when I was 12, my best memory is from
    last July 3rd, when I finally came to see them live!!!!! It was terrific!!

    14. What is your favorite song by 38? The Smiths

    They should be so much higher in my charts LOL I used to play their albums to death when I was in highschool.
    I have loads of favourites as well, but I think that [track artist=The Smiths]That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore[/track], [track artist=The Smiths]There is a light that never goes out[/track],
    and [track artist=The Smiths]Ask[/track] could sum them all up. :)


    15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Tan Dun

    Not really. His stuff is usually very dramatic and lyrical, and that's probably what I like most about him.


    16. How many times have you seen 25 live? David Bowie

    None :( I've tried it many times, but he always cancell the shows for one reason or another.


    17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? John Williams

    I don't have any idea. LOL Probably the main theme from Superman or Starwars...


    18. What is your favorite album by 11? The Smashing Pumpkins

    [album artist=The Smashing Pumpkins]Adore[/album]. I love it with the same passion that SP fans hate it.

    19. Who is a favorite member of 1? Duran Duran

    That's easy!! The charismatic and iconic Nick Rhodes!!! LOL


    20. Have you ever seen 14 live? The Jesus and Mary Chain

    I wish!!! They came last year to Madrid, and I couldn't go cause i was working. :(((


    21. What is a good memory involving 27? Yann Tiersen

    Several. Waking up every morning with the Amelie soundtrack during the whole winter of 2003, seeing him live for the first time in 2004 - it was stunning -,
    and probably, listening to Monochrome on my way back home from college on a rainy day, it was magical.


    22. What is your favorite song by 16? Suede

    You must be kidding again LOL They were one of my first true loves in music, and remain one of my dearest bands ever. It's really hard to pick just one favourite, cause they change all the time.
    The Asphalt World is probably the song that had a bigger impact on me, but really...Animal Nitrate, So Young, Filmstar, Killing of a Flashboy, Trash, She, Saturday Night, He's Gone, Indian Strings, Everything will flow,
    Pantomine Horse, We Are The Pigs, Heroine, Stay Together...ok, I'll stop now, cause I can't really pick just one.


    23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Sidonie

    It should be [track artist=Sidonie]Feelin' Down[/track] from the first record really.


    24. What is your favorite album by 18? Mazzy Star

    [album artist=Mazzy Star]So Tonight That i Might See[/album] It's just incredible.


    25. What is your favorite song by 21? Nine Horses

    At first it was Darkest Birds, but I think it evolved to Atom and Cell and Snow Borne Sorrow later.


    26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Snow Patrol

    Probably Chocolate.


    27. What is your favorite album by 3? Japan

    [album artist=Japan]Gentlemen Take Polaroids[/album] and [album artist=Japan]Tin Drum[/album].

    Just stunningly beautiful music.


    28. What is you favorite song by 22? Muse

    [track artist=Muse]Unintended[/track] will always be my favourite, though I love lots of them.


    29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Zoé

    Awww my new favourite band LOL hmmm I got interested in them cause I watched an interview with them at a music channel and the song that was playing in between takes caught my attention - I think it was [track artist=Zoé]Dead[/track],
    but the first song I listened to entirely was [track artist=Zoé]Peace & Love[/track].


    30. What is your favorite song by 8? The Beach Boys

    It changes everyday. Right now, I would say [track artist=The Beach Boys]'Til I Die[/track], but it might change next week.



    31. How many times have you seen 17 live? Milla Jovovich

    None unfortunately.


    32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? Jeff Buckley

    Happyness is not the word. Hallellujah usually puts me in this amazing sublime, almost mistyc state, but it's definetely not happyness.


    33. What is you favorite album by 12? Mansun

    [album artist=Mansun]Attack of the Grey Lattern[/album] really.


    34. What is the worst song by 45? Starsailor

    I haven't listened to a bad song by them yet.


    35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? The La's

    That's easy. [track artist=The La's]There She Goes[/track], obviously.


    36. What is your favorite album by 48? The Shangri-La's

    I only have a hits compilation. It's almost impossible to find their original records.


    37. How many times have you seen 42 live? Travis

    Once, on Benicassim 2003 I think. i want to see them again, cause i became a bigger fan of them after that.


    38. What is you favorite song by 36? Roisin Murphy

    hmmm That's difficult, I like a lot of her songs really. Right now, it's probably Ruby Blue and Primitive.


    39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? The Pipettes

    Easily, We Are The Pipettes, the first song on the album.


    40. What is your favorite album by 7? Air

    That's difficult too. They have amazing albums. [album artist=Air]Moon Safari[/album] and [album artist=Air]Talkie Walkie[/album].


    41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Goldfrapp

    Well, actually, [track artist=Goldfrapp]A&E[/track] leaves me in a really cool mood, and that's funny cause I think it's somehow a sad song.


    42. What is your favorite album by 41? Imogen Heap

    [album artist=Imogen Heap]I Megaphone[/album] probably.


    43. What is your favorite song by 24? White Rose Movement

    I think London's Mine has stablished itself as my favourite on the album, finally.LOL


    44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? Scissor Sisters

    The two times I've seen them live. They have an amazing show really. If I'd had to pick a moment, that would be me, standing on a chair while Laura was playing
    in Benicassim 2006.


    45. What is your favorite song by 35? Belle and Sebastian

    hmmm Take your carriage clock and shove it :)


    46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Kate Bush

    Again, happy is not the word.


    47. What is your favorite album by 4? Patrick Wolf

    I love all his albums really, but Wind in the Wires changed my life, and Lycanthropy has given me incredible listening experiences.


    48. Who is a favorite member of 37? Manic Street Preachers

    Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire were the most beautiful couple in Britpop XDDD


    49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Rufus Wainwright

    Complainte de la Butte.

    50. How many albums do you own by 20? Shigeru Umebayashi

    Just one. House of Flying Daggers soundtrack. I can't believe how many times I've listened to it.
    It's beautiful music, for sure.
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  • These TRULY deserved the Academy Award (2008-2001)

    Jun 10 2008, 16h15 por Epitymbidia

    A few days ago I glanced over a list of the films the music of which won an Academy Award for Original Music Score, just out of curiosity, as I wanted to know what films were nominated in the year 2000 when John Corigliano's "The Red Violin" was the winner. What I found out, what must have been painfully buried deep in my little heart, was the crucial fact that the most gorgeous Rachel Portman WASN'T the winner with her phantastic music for "The Cider House Rules"! Don't get me wrong, I love Corigliano's score, but, I mean: WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE!

    That was the point when I started to have a closer look at that list and it was absolutely horrible. That experience, of course, is quite individual and subjective, depends on taste and blablabla, and although I always say to others "de gustibus non est disputandum" I decided that THIS is enough!

    I decided furthermore to create a new personal tag for me with which I will mark all of those filmmusic scores that I think deserve the golden boy, whether they actually received it - or not. And thus "this truly deserves the academy award" was born...

    Here are links to the other journal entries belonging to this (still shamefully incomplete) series:

    Part 2 (2000-1991)
    Part 3 (1990-1981)


    2008



    This was the year, I think everybody has it still in mind - AND SHOULD INDEED, that saw the winning of the absolutely phantastic composition of "Atonement" by Dario Marianelli, a choice that would have been 100% my own. Although Marco Beltrami and James Newton-Howard did wonderful jobs with "3:10 to Yuma" and "Michael Clayton" I really believe that Marianelli's work is just outstanding.


    2007



    This was truly disappointing. To be perfectly honest, I have not the slightest idea why Gustavo Santaolalla was chosen for the award for "Babel" the year Alexandre Desplat, Philip Glass and Javier Navarrete were also nominated - for scores which I think are by far way much better. But although "Pan's Labyrinth" is wonderful and lovely and I also like "Notes on a Scandal" quite a lot I have to chose Desplat's "The Queen", as it was, in my opinion, simply the best.


    2006



    Another HORRIBLE year for me! As in the following year (and as I just wrote) was Gustavo Santaolalla the composer who received the Oscar, this time for "Brokeback Mountain". Puh, the movie is nice, but why does everyone seem to be so mad about it? And the music, this twelve minute long cute playing with the guitar or whatever it was, interrupted by all those country songs...? My god, where those people deaf or just mad? "Pride & Prejudice" was nominated and did NOT win?! UNBELIEVABLE!


    2005



    Ah, just wonderful. 2005 saw five absolutely excellent compositions of the highest order, and the jury chosed one of the most phantastic scores I've ever heard to be the winner. With the rivals being John Debney's "The Passion of the Christ", James Newton-Howard's "The Village", John Williams's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and Thomas Newman's "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", truly the best that year was Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's "Finding Neverland"!


    2004



    This wasn't easy for me. The first moment I was seriously thinking that Danny Elfman's "Big Fish" would be a better choice than Howard Shore's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" because I like it so much, but that would be quite ignorant, as Shore's music for this part of the trilogy is just brilliant.


    2003



    Oh, this, my dear friends, is the year of the most crucial mistake of all times in the history of awarding filmmusic. The score, that received the Oscar this year, was "Frida", composed by Elliot Goldenthal. I enjoyed watching the movie quite a lot, and I also think that the music fits the visuals, and neither do I think that the music is bad nor do I dislike it... But it is ABSOLUTELY FEEBLE-MINDED to award it with the f*cking Oscar the same year Philip Glass' divine masterpiece "The Hours" is competing.
    Seriously, that is one of the most breathtaking pieces of music you will EVER hear, and they gave that statue to Mister Goldenthal??? NO!


    2002



    The choice in 2002 was also quite bad, and I can't understand it. The winner was Howard Shore's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", which is a good score, and I remember me being quite enchanted and loving those wagnerian motives that were used (I hated the theme for the hobbits though, as I abhor the hobbits...), but this is NOTHING compared to the phantastic work done by James Horner with "A Beautiful Mind", which deserved the award so badly...


    2001



    I was quite satisfied with the choice for 2001. I like the music for Hans Zimmer's "Gladiator", but mostly because of the collaboration with Lisa Gerrard I think, and the score isn't remarkable enough in my opinion, whereas I think of Tan Dun's music for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as absolutely wonderful. Of course such a choice can never be 100% fine with me when that means to ignore the nomination for my darling composer Rachel Portman, who was a rival with her pretty score for "Chocolat". But although I love this music I sorrowly have to admit: Tan Dun's is just better in this case...


    This is it for now. I'm done with tagging to the year 1960 I think, and I will try to continue tagging my favorites to the very beginning in the year 1935. Of course that means a lot of listening for me, as not every single score is known to me, so I'm sure this will take quite a lot of time.
    However, I will try to write the next entry with the years 2000-1991 within the next week.

    Feel free to comment, and write whatever you want, I'm open for harassement and baiting...

    You can continue with Part 2 (2000-1991) if you like.
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  • ☺ ☺ ☺ Evanescence and Nightwish are Plagiarists ☺ ☺ ☺

    Abr 30 2008, 9h32 por Fulvian

    Odes of Ecstasy - Embossed Dream in Four Acts (June 1998)



    (You can buy this album here)



    Evanescence - Evanescence EP (December 1998)



    (This EP is legally free and downloadable here)



    Nightwish - Once (June 2004)



    (Do I need to tell You where to get this?)


    Well those similar album arts shouldn't be a coincidence, there must be something in common between them, all I can tell is the presence of female vocalists on all those 3 albums, but there should be more...
    but more importantly, what the heck is so special in that sleeping angel cover art to be worth plagiarizing?

    Opinions are welcome but I would really appreciate some facts.
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