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This from the HOTTEST FEMALE SONGS!!! Kind-off like Triple J's Hottest 100 of All-time early in the year but only female artists because there was very few women in Triple J's countdown. It's run by a new beer called Hummingbird and some pay TV channel (I don't know which one because I don't watch it). It's a cool idea and I found it so hard to cut it down just to ten in the end so I just made my own 100 tracks from my favourite female artists.


My Top Ten Votes
1. Portishead - Glory Box
2. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
3. Sarah Blasko - {Explain}
4. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
5. Fiona Apple - Fast as You Can
6. Björk - Army Of Me
7. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
8. Beth Orton - Stolen Car
9. PJ Harvey - This Is Love
10. Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans

This was very, very, very, very hard (have I made it clear how hard this was?) But I picked songs which I could listen to on repeat which I have done in the past (not here on last.fm yet). Most tracks are from the 90's too (I grew-up in that decade, if you haven't all ready guessed). It seems like last.fm's journals are made up of long lists of songs so I've joined in again with my very, very long short list of songs that didn't make it into the top ten. These songs can be any thing that I love really It's from A to Z (well it's Y really, then V). It's selected from the list of tracks which are on their website but I've added a few of my own ones at the end. If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here and read all about it (there's only 4 days left to vote so hop too it).
http://www.hummingbird100.com/home

Aimee Mann - Save Me
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Beth Orton - Galaxy Of Emptiness
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Björk - Pagan Poetry
Björk - Violently Happy
Blondie - Union City Blue
Blondie - X Offender
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
The Breeders - Cannonball
Cat Power - Living Proof
Carpenters - Close to You
Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within
Clare Bowditch - Lips Like Oranges
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Duffy - Syrup & Honey
Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed
Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil
Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
Fiona Apple - Never Is a Promise
Fiona Apple - Red Red Red
Gabriella Cilmi - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Janis Joplin - Tell Mama
Jessica Simpson - Angels
Jewel - Morning Song
Joan Baez - Suzanne
Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On
Joni Mitchell - Come in From the Cold
Kasey Chambers - Pony
Kate Bush - How to Be Invisible
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Kylie Minogue - Slow
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
M.I.A - Pull Up The People
Madonna - What It Feels Like for a Girl
Marianne Faithfull - Something Better
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Nico - Femme Fatale
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Patsy Cline - Life's Railway To Heaven
Patti Smith - Because the Night
Peggy Lee - Don't Smoke In Bed
PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Portishead - Humming
Portishead - The Rip
The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep
The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu
Regina Spektor - Samson
Renee Geyer - I Scare Myself
Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Sarah Blasko - No Turning Back
Sarah Blasko - Perfect Now
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
The Seekers - 500 Miles
Tiffany - I Think We Are Alone Now
Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
Tori Amos - Blood Roses
The Veronicas - 4ever
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Some tracks I think should be on the list but are not so I've added them here:
Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
The Audreys - Lay Me Down
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Resolve
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Divinyls - Boys in Town
The Drones - Work For Me
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Emilíana Torrini - Heartstopper
Emmylou Harris - Every Grain of Sand
Gillian Welch - Everything is Free
Jane Birkin - My Secret
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Better off Dancing
Jolie Holland - Old Fashioned Morphine
Jolie Holland - Mexico City
Karen Dalton - Are You Leaving for the Country
Karen Dalton - Down On The Street (Don't You Follow Me Down)
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
L7 - Shitlist
Martina Topley-Bird - Anything
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
The Paradise Motel - Bad Light
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down by the Riverside
The Triffids - Raining Pleasure
The White Stripes - In the Cold, Cold Night
Vashti Bunyan - Rainbow River

So that is it. It wasn't so hard really (but cutting it down to ten was). I've most likely missed something which I'll remember later and be kicking myself about but I'm pretty happy with this mix. It seems my favorite female singer songwriter is Beth Gibbons with my number 1 track in my top ten. Plus two more Portishead songs and one from Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man project album. If you don't know she wrote My Secret for Jane Birkin a few years ago too. That adds up to five tracks out of one hundred which is not many but more that anyone else.

Anyway what do you think??? I liked writing these journal entries but I do like reading you comments and It's also the only way I can tell if anyone has been reading or looking at them. Thanks and bye for now.

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vinyl

The B-52's - The B-52's
The B-52's - Wild Planet
The B-52's - Bouncing Off the Satellites
Blondie - Call Me (45)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock N Roll
The Cars - The Cars
The Cars - Panorama
The Clash - The Clash
The Clash - Groovy Times (45)
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Clash - London Calling
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo - Dev-O Live
Devo - Oh, No! It's Devo
Devo - New Traditionalists
Devo - New Traditionalists (Virgin records version w/ Booji Boy cover)
Devo - Duty Now for the Future
Devo - Disco Dancer
Devo - Peek-A-Boo!
Devo - Working In A Coal Mine (45)
Devo - Whip It (45)
Devo - Shout
Fred Schneider - Fred Schneider & the Shake Society
Peter Gabriel - Security
The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (45)
The Police - Synchronicity
Toni Basil - Word of Mouth
Toni Basil - Toni Basil
Toni Basil - Mickey (45)
....aaaand i think that's it for vinyl.

cassette tape

Ministry - Twelve Inch Singles
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Portishead - Roseland NYC Live
Rammstein - Mutter
Rammstein - Live aus Berlin
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI

vhs / videocassette
Toni Basil - Word of Mouth

dvd
Devo - The Complete Truth About De-Evolution
Nine Inch Nails - AND ALL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
Nine Inch Nails - LIVE: BESIDE YOU IN TIME
Rammstein - LIVE AUS BERLIN
Rammstein - Völkerball (SPECIAL EDITION)
Björk - VIDEOS
Björk - MEDULLA VIDEOS
Björk - THE MAKING OF MEDULLA

CD
omg this list is gonna take forever to make so i'm not tagging albums...
AFI -Sing The Sorrow
The B-52's - Good Stuff
The B-52's - Funplex
Björk - Debut
Björk - Greatest Hits
Björk - Medulla
Björk - Post
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Devo - Greatest Hits
Devo - Greatest Misses
Devo - Hot Potatoes: The Best Of DEVO
Devo - Live: The Mongoloid Years
Devo - Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology
Devo 2.0 - DEV2.0 cd/dvd
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Lost Highway (Soundtrack)
The Crow (Soundtrack)
Misfits - Famous Monsters
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget: The Very Best Of
Ministry - Greatest Fits
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Nine Inch Nails - Fixed
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails - Further Down The Spiral
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug versions
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails - Things Falling Apart
Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been
Nine Inch Nails - Still
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Nine Inch Nails - Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (Deluxe Edition)
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Portishead - Dummy
Portishead - Portishead
Portishead - Third
Pzychobitch - The Day After
Pzychobitch - Electrolicious
Rammstein - Herzeleid
Rammstein - Sehnsucht
Rammstein - Mutter
Rammstein - Reise, Resie
Rammstein - Rosenrot
Rammstein - Liebe ist Fur Alle Da
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Skinny Puppy - Greater Wrong Of The Right (autographed)
Various Artists For The masses: Tribute To Depeche Mode
Zoobilee Zoo - Zoomin' Along (lulz)

and the list would be extremely long if i included my dad's cds, too.

and the rest i just torrented but plan on buying

1. David Bowie
2. Britney Spears
3. Madonna
4. Queen
5. Lady GaGa
6. Lily Allen
7. The Velvet Underground
8. The Beatles
9. Blondie
10. Santogold

Q: What is the first song you heard by 6?
A: Smile

Q: What is your favorite album by 2?
A: In the Zone

Q: What is your favorite lyric by 5?
A: "I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me" (Paparazzi)

Q: How many times have you seen 4 live?
A: None.

Q: What is your favorite song by 7?
A: All Tomorrow's Parties

Q: What is a good memory you have for 10?
A: Showing my friend the video for L.E.S. Artistes and seeing her freak out, lol.

Q: Is there a song by 3 that makes you sad?
A: A few. Oh Father, Drowned World/Substitute for Love, Mer Girl, X-Static Process.

Q: What is your favorite lyric by 2?
A: "No wonder there's panic in the industry, I mean, please!" (Piece Of Me)

Q: What is your favorite song by 9?
A: One Way Or Another

Q: How did you get into 3?
A: My mom put on the radio when I was about 5, and Music came on, and I was instantly hooked. I didn't know who sang it or the title until about three years later, though. I just liked it whenever I heard it.

Q: What is the first song you heard by 1?
A: Probably Let's Dance, but I don't know for sure.

Q: What is your favorite song by 4?
A: Play the Game

Q: How many times have you seen 9 live?
A: None.

Q: What is a good memory for 2?
A: Me and my friends went camping a year ago and I brought a Britney CD and a radio and we danced to it all night long. Memoriessssss...

Q: Is there a song by 8 that makes you sad?
A: A Day in the Life

Q: What is your favorite album by 5?
A: The Fame (by default, lol)

Q: What is your favorite lyric by 3?
A: "When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything, that's what my mama told me" (Deeper and Deeper)

Q: What is your favorite song by 1?
A: Oh shit, that's hard. Uhm, Life On Mars?, Five Years, Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Time, Fame, TVC15, Golden Years, Be My Wife, Sound and Vision, "Heroes", Boys Keep Swinging, It's No Game (Part 1), Ashes to Ashes.
Did you really think I'd choose one?

Q: What is your favorite song by 10?
A: L.E.S. Artistes

Q: How many times have you seen 8 live?
A: None.

Q: What is your favorite album by 1?
A: Scary Monsters, Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Q: What is a good memory for 9?
A: Listening to Parallel Lines on my mp3 player in my car during a cross-country car trip to Los Angeles from New York.

Q: What is the first song you heard by 8?
A: Maybe Help!, but I have no clue.

Q: What is your favorite cover by 2?
A: The Beat Goes On

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
(Janet Jackson) Definitely Go Deep, it is in my opinion one of the best R&B tracks of all time.

2. How did you get into 20?
(Michael Jackson) My mother was really into his music, and obviously the excessive plays from my childhood have made a lasting impression.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
(Fleetwood Mac) Stevie Nicks. I know it's cliché, but anyone who can write songs that beautiful and have such a prominent stage presence and keep the audience entranced with just the slightest gaze deserves to be a favourite.

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
(Midlake)
'Bring me a day full of honest work,
And a roof that never leaks
I'll be satisfied.'

In context of the song, these lyrics are magical.

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
(Dave Matthews Band) That would be a no.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?.
(Madonna) This is like asking me to pick a favourite child! I'm going to say Erotica, for the sheer fact I used to play it all the time when I was younger.

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
(Stevie Nicks) Just CDs.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
(Bat for Lashes) Walking along the beach near where I live listening to Two Suns just after it was released. The album fit the landscape so perfectly.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
(Tori Amos) She was thirty years ago!

10. When did you first get into 8?
(Peter Gabriel) When I was going through my Kate Bush phase last year, I discovered she'd sang on a few tracks with him. I downloaded them, loved his voice and then checked out 3. I was hooked, and here we are today.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
(Kate Bush) Quite a few of my friends like her, actually. Between me forcing them to endure her and loads of artists proclaiming her to be their main influence, she's became much more popular again than she was even a year and a half ago.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
(Suede) Saturday Night, because I found out Keeley Hawes was in the video. Love her, love the song.

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
(Lindsey Buckingham) Go Insane.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
(Cocteau Twins) There's none that I know of that I dislike. Perhaps I don't know enough of their work?

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
(Bryan Ferry) His voice is perfection, and they remind me of my childhood.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
(Roxy Music) Probably on some Sunday when I was tiny. My mother loves them, and they were the soundtrack to ironing days. (On another note, creepy coincidence with the above question, huh?)

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
(David Bowie) Only thirty-five years or so, not that long, ha.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
(Vanessa Carlton) Her songs are too pretty to give me bad memories.

19. When did you get into 17?
(Heart) I don't know, last summer?

20. How long have you been into 9?
(The Cure) About three and a half years.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
(Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) Due to the fact I worry that Tom Petty might die soon, I'd say a definite yes.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
(Buckingham Nicks) They've never released a CD, only a LP. Unless the album gets released on CD which I highly doubt, it'll probably always be none.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
(Siouxsie and the Banshees) Yes! The Last Beat of My Heart never fails to get me emotional.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
(Sarah McLachlan) Into the Fire brings a smile to my face, most definitely.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
(Paramore) Misery Business for pure nostalgia.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
(Björk) Venus As A Boy, and I do love that song.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
(Kings of Leon) As my iTunes has only been going since August on this laptop, it doesn't say but I remember I definitely played Knocked Up over thirty times.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
(New Order) There's a few.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
(Don Henley) Not really, because he isn't played often unless I deliberately listen to "Oldie" radio stations.

30. What song got you into 40?
(Pink Floyd) I've no idea, I'm wanting to say Comfortably Numb but I can't be entirely sure.

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
(Tegan and Sara) I have no idea what's been released as singles and what hasn't.

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
(Destiny's Child) I'd be slightly upset, because that would mean Beyoncé hates me, and as I love her, I'd feel like a right cock.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
(Whitney Houston) Even though I'd be creeped out, particularly as I'm straight and she's about the same age as my mother, I'd definitely say yes. It's Whitney fucking Houston!

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
(Eagles) Not really. They're all old enough to be my grandparents, although Don Henley was a handsome man.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
(Prince) As it's just Prince, he is the voice of the music. And I love it.

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
(Fiona Apple) She is beautiful, in a porcelain-doll way. My only qualm is that sometimes she looks too thin. That's not really my problem anyway though, is it?

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
(Journey) This is easy - Wheel In The Sky.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
(The Smiths) Just the one, which is Strangeways, Here We Come.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
(Lily Allen) Not really.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
(Demi Lovato) I don't really want her to join a group, I like her voice on its own.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
(Patrick Wolf) The Childcatcher reminds me of my old Spanish lessons, discussing with my friend how creepy yet good this song was.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
(Joni Mitchell) No, she's a legend! It took me a little while to "get" her, though.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
(Beyoncé) Yes, who doesn't listen to her?

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
(Amy Winehouse) They both like her, my mother especially.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
(Blondie) Well, come on. Who hasn't danced to Heart Of Glass at some point in their lives?

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
(The Beach Boys) Of course not.

47. Do you like 44's name?
(Hole) It has rude connotations and is pretty simple, but definitely sums up the group.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
(Ladyhawke) I wouldn't go out with Pip, but I'd like her to give me her hair.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
(Christine McVie) No, because not many people disassociate her from Fleetwood Mac. If they hate Fleetwood Mac (i.e., my stepdad) then they probably would.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
(PJ Harvey) Her songs aren't danceable, really. Unless you count grunge style mosh-pits. So, no.