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Stolen from CLOIZ

Here's again how to do it:

Step 1: Put your media player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 (or however many you like) songs that play.
Step 3: Bold out the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own!



1. How did I find myself in a world, I can't see through

2. If I could open my arms
Marching Bands of Manhattan

3. We came down by the factory Industrial yarns where my father did work
Snowy Atlas Mountain

4. I'd like to see you, thought I'd let you know

5. She’s not the one I would choose if I was 17

6. So I look in your direction
Shiver

7. A finger's touch upon my lips
Morning Yearning

8. Some days her shape in the doorway will speak to me

9. Hangin' 'round downtown by myself and I had so much time
Sex And Candy

10. Eventhough you told me I'm losing where I'm bound

11. The perfect words never crossed my mind
Signal Fire

12. Check your pulse its proof that you're not listening to
Great Indoors

13. In the quiet of the shadow, in the corner of a room
Breathe

14. There's a little black spot on the sun today
King of Pain

15. I'm going back to 505, if its a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive

505

16. I'm not alone cause the TV's on yeah
Bleed American

17. While the hands are pointing up midnight
Satellite

18. I've been angry and I have strayed

19. Wir grübeln leicht, wir tun uns schwer

20. Close your eyes, I see a tear commin' now look away so I can kiss your face
The Circle

21. Well I guess you left me with some feathers in my hand
Angels Of The Silences

22. I fell in love again, all things go
Chicago

23. The first time in the back yard
The First Five Times

24. I, I always thought that I knew
Is It Any Wonder

25. I've been trying to reach you ooohhhhh... I've been trying to get trhough ooohhhh...
Sirens In The Deep Sea


Alanis Morissette, Alexi Murdoch, Arctic Monkeys, Ben Harper, Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliott Smith, Fionn Regan, Glen Phillips, Herbert Grönemeyer, Iron And Wine, Idlewild, Jimmy Eat World, John Mayer, Keane, Kristofer Åström, Longwave, Marcy Playground, Snow Patrol, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, Wallis Bird, William Fitzsimmons

Stolen from CLOIZ

Here's again how to do it:

Step 1: Put your media player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 (or however many you like) songs that play.
Step 3: Bold out the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own!



1. How did I find myself in a world, I can't see through

2. If I could open my arms
Marching Bands of Manhattan

3. We came down by the factory Industrial yarns where my father did work
Snowy Atlas Mountain

4. I'd like to see you, thought I'd let you know

5. She’s not the one I would choose if I was 17

6. So I look in your direction
Shiver

7. A finger's touch upon my lips
Morning Yearning

8. Some days her shape in the doorway will speak to me

9. Hangin' 'round downtown by myself and I had so much time
Sex And Candy

10. Eventhough you told me I'm losing where I'm bound

11. The perfect words never crossed my mind
Signal Fire

12. Check your pulse its proof that you're not listening to
Great Indoors

13. In the quiet of the shadow, in the corner of a room
Breathe

14. There's a little black spot on the sun today
King of Pain

15. I'm going back to 505, if its a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive
505

16. I'm not alone cause the TV's on yeah
Bleed American

17. While the hands are pointing up midnight
Satellite

18. I've been angry and I have strayed

19. Wir grübeln leicht, wir tun uns schwer

20. Close your eyes, I see a tear commin' now look away so I can kiss your face

21. Well I guess you left me with some feathers in my hand
Angels Of The Silences

22. I fell in love again, all things go
Chicago

23. The first time in the back yard
The First Five Times

24. I, I always thought that I knew
Is It Any Wonder

25. I've been trying to reach you ooohhhhh... I've been trying to get trhough ooohhhh...


Alanis Morissette, Alexi Murdoch, Arctic Monkeys, Ben Harper, Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliott Smith, Fionn Regan, Glen Phillips, Herbert Grönemeyer, Iron And Wine, Idlewild, Jimmy Eat World, John Mayer, Keane, Kristofer Åström, Longwave, Marcy Playground, Snow Patrol, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, Wallis Bird, William Fitzsimmons

And again there's this feeling that I had when I first listened to that song on my ipod, waiting on my tram to come.

This time I was sitting on my couch, but I got the shivers again, and wanted to share it with you:

And here it goes: Song number 50.000:



The Golden Floor, by Snow Partol:

Tell me that you wanna dance
I wanna feel your pulse on mine
Just treat me like a stolen glance
In yourself

Dark shape on a golden floor
A sleeping planet with a molten core
From above we'd cut a slow eight shape
And much more

I'm a peasant in your princess arms
Penniless with only charm
As we're levelled by the low, hot lights
And disarmed

I'm not afraid of anything even time
It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine

I'm folded in the bread you made
You're cold until my body bathes
You in the heat I kept aside
All these days

I'm not afraid of anything even time
It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine

I'm not afraid of anything even time
It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine


I listened to this song the first time last Friday when A Hundred Million Suns were in my post box (I wonder how they fit in there...). A friend here told me that he thinks that song is "Der Abriss" which I didn't get first, but after listening I knew what he meant.

The style of the song is so not Snow Patrol, and a lover of the band, I dare to say that. I cannot really describe it, but listening first time to it, I got goosebumps. Ah well. It reflects a lot on what happended these last years and the last 50.000 songs on last.fm.

I found some great people here that love music as much as I do (maybe even more). Some of them I met in person, and to meet some more is a work in progress. I listened to more than I could imagine.
When I signed up here, I was in a Snow Patrol fever (like I am now) and couldn't stop. But I had to take a break after a while, cause there was nothing new from the band, and the old songs were slightly "overplayed".
In the meantime I disovered a lot of great bands and musicians, or found old ones that I had forgotten.

Some people here kind of "challenged" me to listen more, and to listen to more different styles. Though I have to say I am still not converted to a certain style of female singer/songwriters ;) Some recommended music to me that I fell in love with, and some was worth a listen. But just a. And some people thanked me for the music I made them listen to or concerts I told them are worthy to go to.

It was always a lot of fun, and it will be. Right today came the news that Snow Patrol will play a concert in Berlin pretty soon. I'm not there yet, and there are some barricades I need to overcome, but I'm sure it will work out.


So, up to more music, wonderful friends, lovely concerts and the next 50.000 songs.

Thanks to everyone here! I love you guys!

Saw Newton Faulkner yesterday at the New Pop Festival in Baden-Baden...







Video can be watched here.

And the audio is available to download here: http://www.[spam] to make sure: it was a very short set, only 6 songs. But it was for free, and the people were great. Thanks to all my friends who joined me :)
Next time FLAMMKUCHEN SATT again :D :D :D

A - Alexi Murdoch

B - Bon Iver

C - Corinne Bailey Rae

D - Damien Rice

E - Elliott Smith

F - Fionn Regan

G - Glen Phillips

H - Helgi Hrafn Jónsson

I - Imogen Heap

J - John Mayer

K - Kristofer Åström

L - Laura Veirs

M - Matt Costa

N - Newton Faulkner

O -

P - Priscilla Ahn

Q -

R - Roddy Woomble

S - Sufjan Stevens

T - Teitur

U -

V - Victor Davies

W - Wallis Bird

X - Xavier Rudd

Y - Yann Tiersen

Z -

A - Arcade Fire

B - Band of Horses

C - Canadians

D - Death Cab for Cutie

E - Editors

F - Friska Viljor

G - GoodBooks

H - Headlights

I - Idlewild

J - Jimmy Eat World

K - Kowalski

L - The Last Shadow Puppets

M - Mobius Band

N - Nine Black Alps

O - Orson

P - Phoenix

Q - Queen

R - Radiohead

S - Snow Patrol

T - Tokyo Police Club

U - Undeclinable

V - Voxtrott

W - The Weepies

X - :P

Y - Yo La Tengo

Z - Zero 7

1-9 - 1990's

+#- - +/-

Mi., 21. Mai. – Newton Faulkner

When I write a review about a concert I always think about the words I choose to make the one reading feel what I felt when I was there. This time it will be hard to describe everything. I don't even know where to start. But let's try...

The mascotte is a sweet small club in Zurich. The atmosphere when you stand inside of that club is just breathtaking. You have to look at everything... the lights, the balcony, the bar (woooaaahhh!), the sofas, the equipment on stage... you cannot even stop looking at everything and everyone before the real magic of Newton Faulkner starts.

And when it started I was already mesmerized. Just to give you a slight idea about what was going on with me, here some random thoughts: "No shoes?" "Where the fuck is the security guy!" "You can play guitar with such big hands?" "Uhm... ohhh..." "He speaks GERMAN!" "I'm a little scared..." "Phhhew..." "Incredible." "What shall I focus on... guitar, left hand, right hand, face, socks, hair? Everything is impossible."

To make it clear... that guy has huge hands. These hands are all over his guitar when he plays. It's so fast you don't even try to think you wanna play like that one day. I don't know if he wasn't wearing shoes because of his new toy as he called it (a floor piano like you use it on organs in church) or if he felt more comfortable. Both is possible.
The set had everything you could wish for. Songs like "To The Light" or "I Need Something" were just brilliant, and I couldn't decide either to sing along, to keep on watching or to close my eyes.
In between the songs he was always joking around, telling us some bits about his songs and giving an example of his new toy or his amps. He even answered questions about his guitars and who made them (sorry, I cannot remember!), said he is totally distracted by the mirror behind the bar, cause he can never watch himself play during a concert, and by the shiny faces in the front row. Which was actually his fault, cause he blinded us with the reflection of the light in his guitar. For "UFO" Newton tought us how to dance and he even played some new tunes. One called "For God's Sake", something with "Billy" and the other one unfinished and untitled yet. The sing along tunes were "Dream Catch Me" and "Gone In The Morning" where he turned the crowd into a big background choir.
The encore wasn't really an encore. He told us that he thinks it's silly to run off the stage, stand in the corner for a few minutes to do nothing, and to come back on stage again. So the encore started with "This is the encore!". In songs it was "Lullaby" and "Bohemian Rhapsody".

When we were out of the venue and took a rest for a minute and everything in my head settled down, I couldn't decide what the best moment in the concert was. The Kings Of Leon interpretation, the guitar play, the jokes, Bohemian Rhapsody or songs like "Feels Like Home" or "I Need Something". The good thing is... I didn't need to decide. I got everything.
And as I think back now, it simply puts a smile on my face.



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