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As my first personal-chart review was read by over 340 people, without any negative comment, neither positive ones (*smiles*), I guess it seems okay to write such and I will continue now with these in a monthly rhythm.

So the revolution of the female fronted metalbands continues, even if not as much as anticipated. Whilst Stream of Passion continued to conquer the Top 50 and even reached the Top 15 now, Epica had to shed feathers but still keeps their 12th position.

So on the Charts for the last three Months, maybe the best statistic for the actual musical taste, Opeth not just lost their leading position, they also dropped to third behind the now leading Stream of Passion and Epica.

Completely new in my library is the swiss band Eluveitie. I like their Album "Evocation" a lot and listened to them so much, that they made it into my Top 50 in just one week, also winning the "Weekly Top Artists" Charts then.

But as I mentioned earlier, the revolution hasn't unfolded as much as a I thought, seeing a Band like Iron Maiden as a weekly winner. But I was just in the mood for this kind of music these days :).

When we talk about new bands in my library, I have to recommend these to you:
Beautiful Sin
Virus IV
Aesma Daeva
Darzamat

I think they are more than worth a short mention, but as time runs out I have to keep it short. Especially the first two bands are extremely good if you like Bands like Triosphere or Amaran, bands with a strong female voice in the lead and not too boring music behind them. All these bands are far off the cliché of being in any way something like a "Gothic Metal Band with female vocals", so even typical Heavy-Metal Fans of Iron Maiden, Dio, Saxon or Judas Priest. Surely a female voice is different and some do hate that, but I think they are quite nice to listen to :). Give them a try!

All in all I not just made my 1.100th Muician/-s in my library, I even topped that with a whopping 1.128 Artists now. And that without more than two hours of listening to the last.fm radio in my whole two years after resigning here again! My harddisc isn't even halfway through with music, so there is still a lot to come!

Greetings and have a nice Christmas and a very much better new year!

empii

Statistics:

Top Artists
1. The Beatles - 628 scrobbles
I confess that I am one of the many suckers who shelled out a crapload of money to buy the remasters that came out in September. They certainly sound better than the original '87 CD releases, but unless you have a really good stereo system (which I don't) the difference isn't big enough to be worth all that money. Still, at least I finally completed my collection and now I'm forced to admit that there are some very good songs in their early catalog.

2. Bob Dylan - 486
This is all back-catalog listening. Dylan released two albums this year, neither of which I bought. And based on the reviews, I don't intend to.

3. Opeth - 476
This is mostly back-catalog listening. Opeth released Watershed in '08 and I still had it on heavy rotation for much of this year. I don't think it was their best album to date, but it was very good and I like the direction they're heading in. I'm looking forward to a new album sometime in 2010.

4. Johann Sebastian Bach - 466
What is there to say? Timeless.

5. Mastodon - 413
I discovered Mastodon late last year. I bought Leviathan in December '08 and by the middle of this year I'd bought their complete catalog. Crack The Skye is my absolute favorite album of '09. From what I hear there'll be no new album in 2010 which is fine with me since (a) I'll still be listening to Crack The Skye on heavy rotation for a while and (b) I have no idea how they can possibly top themselves.

6. Bruce Springsteen - 412
In one sense this is all back-catalog listening. The newest Springsteen album I own is The Rising from 2002. But earlier this year I bought The River from 1980. It's a mixed album. There are great songs like the title track and "Hungry Heart" and there are no bad songs. But unlike most Springsteen albums, it felt like a collection of random songs; their sum was no greater than the parts.

7. Marisa Monte - 390
Love her voice. Always have, probably always will. And I absolutely love the lyrics that Arnaldo Antunes writes for many of her songs. Her last album was in 2006; Here's hoping there'll be another one in 2010.

8. Pink Floyd - 357
I have finally come to terms with the fact that I only like 70's Pink Floyd. I gave up trying to like their psychedelic stuff from the 60's and I've always been lukewarm about their glossy cinematic rock from the 80's. I used to own their entire catalog but now I'm selling everything pre-Meddle and postThe Wall to free up some space on my CD shelf. Still, I like the stuff from the 70's so much that I don't expect them to drop out of this top-10 list next year.

9. Iron Maiden - 349
Like Pink Floyd, I've come to accept the fact that I don't like Iron Maiden as much as I once did. With the exception of Brave New World and a few scattered tracks, I think most of their post-Powerslave output is pretty weak. Also like Pink Floyd, I'll probably start selling some of their CDs to make room on my shelf.

10. Metallica - 348
After all these years, still one of my favorites. Death Magnetic was a good comeback album after the underrated but ultimately unsuccessful experiment that was St. Anger. And though it came out in 2008, I listened to it pretty heavily throughout most of this year. Who knows when they'll get around to recording another album! In the meantime there's a lot of good stuff in their back catalog to keep me satisfied. Maybe I'll revisit Ride The Lightning sometime in 2010.



Top Songs
1. The Last Baron
2. Crack The Skye
3. The Czar
4. Ghost of Karelia
5. Oblivion
6. Divinations
7. Quintessence
8. Because the Night
8. The Lotus Eater
10. Jessica

Top Albums
1. (2009) Mastodon - Crack The Skye (161)


2. (1968) The Beatles - The Beatles (109)


3. (2009) Graveola E O Lixo Polifônico - graveola e o lixo polifônico (107)


4. (1744) Johann Sebastian Bach - WTC, Bk II (102)


5. (2000) Mastodon - Remission (95)


6. (2000) Marisa Monte - Memórias, Crônicas e Declarações de Amor (91)


7. (1889-1902) Gustav Mahler - Mahler: Symphonies #1 & 5, Lieder (90)


7. (1998) Manu Chao - Clandestino: Esperando La Ultima Ola... (90)


9. (2008) Watershed (89)


10. (2001) Tool - Lateralus(85)

top albums generator>>

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

#1 Madonna
1 Kylie Minogue
2 Janet Jackson
3 Cher
4 Lady GaGa
5 Britney Spears
6 Danii Minogue
7 Cindy Lauper
8 Spice Girls

#2 Marilyn Manson
9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
10 Nine Inch Nails
11 Rob Zombie
12 Rammstein
13 Deathstars
14 John 5
15 KoЯn
16 Dope

#3 Crass
17 Flux of Pink Indians
18 Conflict
19 Subhumans
20 Rudimentary Peni
21 Zounds
22 Poison Girls
23 Dirt
24 Aus-Rotten

#4 Icon of Coil
25 Combichrist
26 Rotersand
27 Panzer AG
28 Covenant
29 Assemblage 23
30 Seabound
31 Neuroticfish
32 Apoptygma Berzek

#5 Combichrist
Panzer AG
33 Icon of Coil
34 Suicide Commando
35 Grendel
36 Noisuf-X
37 Aesthetic Perfection
38 Agonize
39 :wumpscut:

#6 London After Midnight
40 Fear Cult
41 Clan of Xymox
42 All Gone Dead
43 Cinema Strange
44 Diary of Dreams
45 Rosetta Stone
46 Christian Death
47 Two Witches

#7Nightwish
48 Tarja
49 Epica
50 Within Temptation
51 Delain
52 Vision of Atlantis
53 Leaves' Eyes
54 After Forever
55 Sonata Artica

#8 Megadeth
56 MD.45
57 Anthrax
58 Testament
59 Slayer
60 Exodus
61 Kreator
62 Pantera
63 Annihilator

#9 Fun People
64 Boom Boom Kid
65 Cucsifae
66 Eterna Inocencia
67 Loquero
68 El Otro Yo
69 Shaila
70 Flema
71 2 Minutos

#10 Immortal Technique
72 Jedi Mind Tricks
73 Poison Pen
74 Akir
75 OuterSpace
76 Ill Bill
77 Sabac
78 dead prez
79 Army of the Pharaohs

#11 Propagandhi
80 I Spy
81 Dillinger Four
82 Good Riddance
83 Strike Anywhere
84 Bigwig
85 None More Black
86 A Wilhelm Scream
87 Dead to Me

#12 Social Distortion
88 Mike Ness
89 The Bones
90 Rancid
91 Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
92 Pennywise
93 Backyard Babies
94 Street Dogs
95 The Bouncing Souls

#13 Siouxsie and the Banshees
96 The Creatures
97 Siouxsie
98 Bauhaus
99 X-Mal Deutschland
100 The Glove
101 Alien Sex Fiend
Christian Death
102 Skeletal Family

#14 1200 Micrograms
103 Talamasca
104 Astrix
105 GMS
106 Hallucinogen
107 Infected Mushroom
108 Shpongle
109 Electric Universe
110 Astral Projection

#15 Depeche Mode
111 Dave Gahan
112 Martin L. Gore
113 Recoil
114 Camouflage
115 De/Vision
116 Erasure
117 And One
118 Pet Shop Boys

#17 Atmosphere
119 The Dynospectrum
120 Brother Ali
121 Slug
122 Eyedea & Abilities
123 Sage Francis
124 Murs
125 Mac Lethal
126 Aesop Rock

#16 Eminem
127 D12
128 50 Cent
129 Obie Trice
130 Stat Quo
131 Benzino
132 Proof
133 Dr. Dre
134 2Pac

#18. Mind.In.A.Box
135 Edge of Dawn
Seabound
136 Pride and Fall
Rotersand
137 Liquid Divine
138 Syrian
Neuroticfish
139 Code 64

#19. Black Sabbath
140 Ozzy Osbourne
141 Judas Priest
142 Dio
143 Heaven and Hell
144 Deep Purple
145 Motörhead
146 Iron Maiden
147 Rainbow

#20. Angelspit
148 Ayria
149 Helalyn Flowers
150 Zombie Girl
151 I:Scintilla
152 Pzychobitch
Combichrist
153 Hanzel und Gretyl
154 Psyclon Nine

That took time -.-

My score is 154/160 :D

IZIA, Wu-Tang Clan, Suprême NTM, Assassin, Nirvana, IAM, Bob Marley & The Wailers, La Spirale, Django Reinhardt, Squarepusher, The Prodigy, Necro, Ill Bill, Cypress Hill, Craig Armstrong, Heather Nova, La Coka Nostra, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Keny Arkana, Bérurier Noir, Birdy Nam Nam, System of a Down, dead prez, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, Alpha & Omega, House of Pain, Seth Gueko, Aphex Twin, Profecy, DJ Krush, Prefuse 73, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rage Against the Machine, Laurent Garnier, Dead Can Dance, Kool Keith, High Tone, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Erik Truffaz, Portishead, Wax Poetic, Johnny Cash, Foreign Beggars, Lady Sovereign, Sinéad O'Connor, Vitalic, Radikal Dub Kolektiv, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jan Garbarek, Svinkels, Love Spirals Downwards, KRS-One, Dave Clarke, DJ Cam, The Doors, Clint Mansell, Lisa Gerrard, Fat Jon, Les Gourmets, The Beatles, Johannes Heil, KoЯn, Sleater-Kinney, Wax Tailor, B-Real, J Dilla, Filastine, Two Fingers, Asian Dub Foundation, Eminem, Jefferson Airplane, Autumn's Grey Solace, Gym Class Heroes, Shpongle, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Rockin' Squat, Mike Patton, Björk, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Waldeck, Millencolin, Massive Attack, This Ascension, Lordz of Brooklyn, Ensemble Badila, Snoop Dogg, The Problemaddicts, Dub Syndicate, Groundation, Wolf Myer Orchestra, Beth Orton, Oh No, Edward "Kid" Ory, The Offspring, Venetian Snares, Alexander Kowalski, Rageous Gratoons, Noir Désir, Ben Harper, Nas, Ideal J, Verbose, Micropoint, The Black Seeds, Metallica, General Elektriks, Buraka Som Sistema, The Chemical Brothers, Thom Yorke, Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Ayọ, EZ3kiel, Amon Tobin, Mano Negra, King of Conspiracy, Bob Marley, Moondog, 25G, Jimi Hendrix, Bauchklang, Moderat, Sigur Rós, DJ Muggs & Planet Asia, Louis Armstrong, Son Doobie, Tryo, Kronos Quartet, Iration Steppas, Looptroop, Mysa, Nine Inch Nails, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Olympic Gramofon, Leftfield, Fairy, Joy Division, 2Pac, Peace Orchestra, Eek-A-Mouse, Snowgoons, Heiko Laux, The Temptations, Le Trio Joubran, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Guru, Flunk, Earl Hines, Erykah Badu, Burning Spear, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Oi Va Voi, 80kidz, Infected Mushroom, Animal Collective, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, NOMAK, Year of No Light, Horace Andy, The Cinematic Orchestra, Red Snapper, Nneka, Leila, NOFX, Lucky Thompson, Cal Tjader, Le Klub des 7, Jeff Buckley, Manu Chao, Wagon Christ, Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin, Barney Wilen, Ol' Dirty Bastard, UNKLE, Erik Truffaz & Sly Johnson, The Blue Stars, Underworld, Shurik'N, Arsonists, Madeleine Peyroux, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Nostalgia 77, Terry Callier, Medine, Fingathing, Big Daddy Kane, Macka B, Keith Jarrett Trio, Iration Steppas Meet D. Rootical, De La Soul, Chali 2na, Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, John Coltrane, DJ Food, Sergent Garcia, Rockamovya, Antonio Vivaldi, Notorious B.I.G., Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter, Tracy Chapman, Angélique Kidjo, EPMD, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, St. Germain, Daft Punk, Fat Freddy's Drop, Fatboy Slim, Johnny Clarke, RJD2, René Thomas, Soul Assassins, Deftones, Kaophonic Tribu, Linkin Park, The Skatalites, Muse, Belleruche, Sunflower Caravan, Les Reines Prochaines, DJ Shadow, Mass Hysteria, múm, Кочани Оркестар, Israel Vibration, Jurassic 5, Gelka, Lionel Hampton, Lost in Hildurness, Hilight Tribe, Shadow Dancer, Elek Bacsik, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tânia Ârab, Troublemakers, William Orbit, Plastikman, The Specials, CunninLynguists, dead prez & DJ Green Lantern, Mansfield.TYA, Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Smooth, Kery James, DJ Muggs vs. GZA/Genius, Love Is Colder Than Death, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, YAS, Chet Baker, Pendulum, Claude Bolling, Hubert Rostaing, Georges Brassens, Refractory, Scarface, Bill Coleman, Funkdoobiest, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lightning Bolt, Morcheeba, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Tricky, Hafdís Huld, Sidsel Endresen & Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Akhenaton, Alif Tree, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Maurice Meunier, TAT, Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald, Stéphane Grappelli, Black Uhuru, Kid Loco, Common, Ellen Allien, Roots Manuva, Joris Voorn, Method Man, Jah'licious, Hux Flux, Toots Thielemans, Blockhead, Rokia Traoré, Max Romeo, Cœur de Pirate, Method Man & Redman, RND, Volta & FX909, Venetian Snares & Speedranch, The Rolling Stones, BHASS Project, Orchestre National de Jazz, Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Michel Legrand, Sayag Jazz Machine, Emilie Simon, Late Night Fruit, Buddy Banks, Pan•American, Booba, DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia, The Kumba Mela Experiment, Jeff Mills, Ulytau, ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir, Ematom, Harmonic 313, Freestylers, The Gladiators, Control Machete, The Bush Chemists, Twista, Orange Street, The Roots, Michael Jackson, Los Hermanos, Dub Incorporation, RZA, The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal, Da Taz, Thelonious Monk, Limp Bizkit, Mr. Oizo, 雅-miyavi-, Ella Fitzgerald, Sex Pistols, AC/DC, Minty Fresh Beats, Gus Gus, Gideon, Themselves, Parabellum, K2R Riddim, Easy Star All-Stars, Rhythm & Sound, The Toraia Orchestra Of Algiers, Lee "Scratch" Perry & King Tubby, Keziah Jones, Ataraxia, TTC, Immortal Technique, Coldcut, A Tribe Called Quest, Lali Puna, Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke, Iron Maiden, Dizzy Gillespie, Pierre Michelot, Umek, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, DJ Muggs, Orbital, OutKast, Anthony Rother, Donald Byrd Quintet, Diego, Igorrr, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Dream Theater, Anoushka Shankar, Sonny Criss, The Smashing Pumpkins, K's Choice, Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, The Herbaliser, Blakroc, Lenny Kravitz, Cujo, Cosma, Killarmy, Big Punisher, Jamiroquai, Charles Mingus, Missak, Burial, Bernard Peiffer and his Saint-Germain-des-Prés Orchestra, Albert Nicholas, Édith Piaf, Mix Master Mike, Maceo Parker, Rae & Christian, Steel Pulse, Hocus Pocus, Opeth, Dee Nasty, Tom Waits, DJ Fresh, Manu le Malin, Khoiba, Animaltek, Peter Tosh, Steppenwolf, Alter Ego, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Boards of Canada, Red Hot Chili Peppers9, Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes, Ill Bill & Necro, Sublime, Crystal Distortion, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, GZA/Genius, Salmonella Dub, Harold Nicholas et son Orchestre, Grems, Missy Elliott, Sammy Price & Lucky Thompson, The Herbaliser Band, Ghostface Killah, Cranes, Slaine, Necro & Ill Bill, Lars Klein, Outlines, Saïan Supa Crew, John Dahlbäck, Junior Murvin, Delinquent Habits, Dubians, Arom & Gourmets Beatclub, Afu-Ra, Slide Hampton, Agoria, 2Pac & The Outlawz, Archive, The Alchemist, Somogo, Toots and The Maytals, Philip Glass, Ray Charles, Sia, Marcel et son Orchestre, Trust, Aretha Franklin, Sinsemilia, Public Enemy, Buck Clayton, James Brown, Zenzile & High Tone, The Streets, Adam F, Oscar Peterson, The Abyssinians, Improvisators Dub, Yuksek, Alanis Morissette, Alici, Cake, Up, Bustle and Out, Art Blakey, Scan X, DMX, Etikal Lab, Lady B, Keith Jarrett, David Carretta, Cocteau Twins, Lhasa de Sela, Jacques Brel, Charlie Singleton, Dimitri from Paris, Bonobo, Emmanuel Top, CéU, Kosheen, Jungle Brothers, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Nada Surf, Cercle Rouge, Monolake, Marilyn Manson, Rachid Taha, Alain Goraguer, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Archey, Pat Metheny, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, Jimmy Riley, Wailing Souls, Taigaz, Air, Triston Palmer, Donald Byrd, Promoe, Ice Cube, Gang Gang Dance, Barbara Morgenstern, Technasia, Dubmood, Josh Wink, Eddy Louiss, Africa Combo & Bugge Wesseltoft.

Band's I've seen :) [In no order]

Velvet Revolver x6

Backyard Babies x5

Megadeth x4

Trivium x6

Iron Maiden x2

Guns N' Roses

Slipknot x2

Slayer x3

System of a Down

AC/DC

Deep Purple x2

Black Sabbath

Anthrax

Machine Head x3

Metallica x2

Seether

The Offspring

Disturbed

Judas Priest x3

Scorpions x2

Bullet For My Valentine x2

Wednesday 13 x4

Whitesnake

Def Leppard

Black Stone Cherry

Duff McKagan's Loaded

H.I.M x2

Hellyeah

Iced Earth

Lamb of God x2

Arch Enemy x2

DevilDriver x2 (biggest pit I have EVER seen!!)

Heaven & Hell

Lost Prophets x2

My Chemical Romance

Korn x2

Deathstars

3 Doors Down

SOiL

Bullet For My Valentine x3

In Flames

Nightwish

Within Temptation x2

Lacuna Coil

DragonForce x3

Alter Bridge

Evanescence

Motley Crue

Thin Lizzy

Styx

Zico chain

The Crave

Crucified Barbara

Buckcherry x2

Bullets and Octane x2

Stone Sour x3

Papa Roach x3

Hanoi Rocks x2

The Wildhearts x2

Motorhead

Airbourne x2

Children of Bodom x2

Towers of London

Testament

Amen x2

Imperial Vipers x2

The Cult

Lauren Harris

The Answer x2

Garbage

Zebrahead

McQueen x2

Tokyo Dragons

The Glitterati

Pendulum x2

Wolfmother

Bowling for Soup x2

Biffy Clyro x4

ShadowsFall

Turisas

KISS

Alice in Chains

Shinedown

Opeth

3 Inches of Blood

Stone Gods

Evile

Hinder

Killswitch Engage

The Ga*Ga*s

Mastadon

Hurricane Party

Avenged Sevenfold

Heavens Basement

Roadstar

The Subways x2

Lauren Harris

In This Moment

Fly Leaf

Shinedown

There's probably some I've forgot...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aerosmith
Meat Loaf
Loverboy
Kansas
Journey
Steve Perry
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Def Leppard
Van Halen

K, so like, I'm bored, and I have nothing to do rather than wait for my sushi. Therefore, I will just post lyrics to songs that I really liked/ put me thinking/ caught my attention/ etc.

I'll be adding more when I'm bored.

Nadie Se Atreve - Cultura Profética

No se por que nadie se atreve
dime por que nadie se atreve ya
a hacer lo que les llene... aca.
nadie se atreve ya.
y no se por que nadie se atreve
dime por que nadie se atreve ya
a hacer algo decente, algo de musica...

Y tu que crees
Que es lo que esperabas de mi escuchar?
No soy de esa gente que canta y no piensa, ni siente, ni ve, no.
Yo lo se hacer me se expresa, la musa es mi razon de ser.
Solo se crear a mis sentidos fiel, nada comercial.

Aunque hay,
hay una escena; hay una escena,
que no come cuento con la mierda comercial.
Y no basa su musa en venderte nooooooo.
Solo en expresar sin miedo a opinar de lo que pasa y lo que tiene
que cambiar. Que cree en el arte puro y se mantiene real.

Pue por que hay tanto pop, lolly pop, pop corn...
pop tu camisa, pop tu pantalon.
el pop azucarado, pop rosita en un helado,
hay tanto pop que he vomitado pop
y esnap cracker pop, je! que imaginacion (corta!)
con tanto imagen y la mente ya no importa
y quien soporta, no se?
es solo el que se pasa tó el dia sentao viendo en la T.V.
tanto pop, lolly pop, pop corn
pop tu camisa, pop tu pantalón
el pop un engaño, pop realmente me hace daño
hay tanto pop que me vomito pop, pop volcón pop
no mezcla con (hip hop) ni con reagge, ni con jazz, ni con soul.
yo no me tiro de ese lado, el pop a mi me suena empaquetado!
(its real , its real) ah ah ah ah ah
Hace falta musica!! Hace falta musica real !

Saba dab da du dab de....... saba dep,,, dep be dep, OH OH ah ah ahhhh
Saba dep oh ah oh ah ah ah oh ....

Porque ya nadie quiere ser, nadie quiere decir.
Generalizar no es bueno pero ya no aguanto este sentir.
que haya tanta musica buena y lo que se escucha diario no,
no vale la pena, no vale la pena y que eso se venda
a mi me da verguenza ajena
que la musica real tenga que JODERSE y sudar!
mientras los que posan y solo posan se la guillan de derrochar
pa presumir y aparentar.

Hace falta musica real (its real!)

Saba dab da du dab de....... saba dep,,, dep be dep, OH OH ah ah ahhhh
Saba dep.... oh ah oh ah ah ah oh .... (x2)

No se por que nadie se atreve
dime por que nadie se atreve ya
a hacer lo que les llene... aca.
nadie se atreve ya.
y no se por que nadie se atreve
dime por que nadie quiere ya
hacer algo decente, algo de musica...

Sorry for those who do not speak Spanish, but essentially, it talks about the current state of music. How pop music is now everywhere and peole get their brains washed with all the comercial music there is. The title can be translated to "Why doesn't anybody dare?" Which says that why doesn't anybody dare to do music just for the beauty of it and not for money or fame?

Connect the Dots - Ayreon

Ty:
I hugged the wife and drove to work today,
It was only a few miles.
Was in no hurry but the lights were changing up ahead,
So I stepped on the gas.

I checked the Mac,I left it on overnight,
Downloading all the latest files.
Peer-to-peer, the torrent flows into my lap,
And I disconnect.

Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, no need to remind us
Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, but won't connect the dots
Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, locked away inside us
Ty and Arjen:
We are dying for tomorrow, We are living for today

Ty:
I rushed back home to my family,
I got my son a brand new game.
No need to cook, I picked up fast food on the way,
And it's fingerlickin' good.

Have you seen little Steve today?
Guess he's still up there in his room.
But if he comes down, tell him
I'll be right here just staring at the tube
Playing his game.

Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, no need to remind us
Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, but won't connect the dots
Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, locked away inside us
Ty and Arjen:
We are dying for tomorrow, We are living for today

Don't you think it's rather warm tonight?
Especially for the time of year.
I turn up the air pull the sheets up to my chin,
And I close my eyes.

Can't relax, can't fall asleep,
Should I take another pill?
I turn on the lights, light up a cigarette and smile,
I've got it made.

Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, no need to remind us
Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, but won't connect the dots
Ty:
We all know
Arjen:
We all know, locked away inside us
Ty and Arjen:
We are dying for tomorrow, We are living for today

Yup. We all know, there's no need to remind us. The storyline follows a man who doesn't really care overusing energy and downloading illegal torrents, and who also is not worrying about his familly. I'm pretty sure some of us can relate to this, don't deny it, yet, we do not really care, for "We are living for today."

For the Greater Good of God - Iron Maiden

Are you a man of peace
Or man of holy war
Too many sides to you
Don't know wich anymore
So many full of life
But also filled with pain
Don't know just how many
Will live to breathe again

A life that's made to breath
destruction or defense
A mind that's vain corruption
bad or good intent
A wolf in sheep's clothing
Or saintly or sinner
Or some that would believe
A holy war winner

They fire off many shots
and many parting blows
Their actions beyond a reasoning
only god would know
And as he lies in heaven
or it could be in hell
I feel he's somewhere here
or looking from below
But I don't know, I don't know

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

More pain and misery in the history of mankind
Sometimes it seems more like
the blind leading the blind
It brings upon us more of famine,death and war
You know religion has a lot to answer for

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

And as they search to find the bodies in the sand
They find it's ashes that are
scattered across the land
And as their spirits seem to whistle on the wind
A shot is fired somewhere another war begins

And all because of it you'd think
that we would learn
But still the body count the city fires burn
Somewhere there's someone dying
in a foreign land
Meanwhile the world is crying stupidity of man
Tell me why, tell me why

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

For the greater good of God

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

For the greater good of God

He gave his life for us he fell upon the cross
To die for all of those who never mourn his loss
It wasn't meant for us to feel the pain again
Tell me why, tell me why

Even though I'm not a religious person, I found the lyrics to this Maiden song to be telling the truth. People claim themselves to be religious and ... *goes down to eat sushi* I'll write more when I'm done with my sushi.