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A list of all the bands and artists I've had the chance to see.
Some willingly, some not so much.

A
The Abrams Brothers
Adam Green
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alex Lukashevsky
Amanda Blank
An Horse
The Antlers (x2)
Arctic Monkeys (x2)
Arietta

B
Backstreet Boys
Basket of Figs
Ben Harper and Relentless7
Bjork
Black Diamond Heavies
Bloodgroup (x2)
Blue Rodeo
Born Ruffians (x3)
Boys Like Girls
Brad Barr (*in an unnamed band)
The Bravery
Brian Borcherdt
Broken Social Scene
Bryan Adams
Burning Bridges

C
The Cab (x2)
Cale Parks
Calexico
The Canadian Tenors
Candy Coated Killahz
Cities in Dust
Clouds (that look like things)
Cold War Kids
Controller.Controller
The Cribs (x2)
Cryptacize
Cuff the Duke
Cut Copy

D
Dashboard Confessional
dd/mm/yyyy
the dead trees
The Dears
Death Cab for Cutie
The Dodos
The Dresden Dolls
The Dustys

E

F
Feist (x3)
The Fiery Furnaces
Franz Ferdinand (x7)
The Fray
Friendly Fires (x2)
Frightened Rabbit
Fucked Up

G
Gentleman Reg
Golden Triangle
Gonzales
Goregasm
The Grates
Great Lake Swimmers (x2)
Grizzly Bear

H
Harlem Shakes
Hayden
Hellogoodbye
The Henry Clay People
The Hidden Cameras
Holly Miranda
Holy Fuck (x2)
Hooded Fang
The Horrors
The Hush Sound (x3)

I
Interpol
Islands

J
Jack's Mannequin
Jaguar Love
Jann Arden
Jason Collett (x2)
The Jayhawks
Josh Groban

K
k-os

L
La Roux
Laura Barrett
Lights
The Like
Lily Allen
Living Things (x2)
Los Campesinos!

M
Madrid
Magneta Lane (x4)
Maps & Atlases
Mates of State
Matt & Kim (x2)
Metric (x9)
M.I.A.
Mika
Mike Relm
Motion City Soundtrack
Mutemath

N
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
N.E.R.D.
Nine Inch Nails
Ninjasonik
The Number Twelve Looks Like You

O
Opopo
Our Brother the Native
Our Lady Peace

P
Panic! At the Disco (x4)
Passion Pit (x2)
Paolo Nutini (x2)
Parlovr
Patrick Wolf
Pet Shop Boys
Phantom Planet
PIRATE LOVE (x2)
Pixies (x2)
Plain White T's (x2)
Plants & Animals (x2)
Plastiscinies
Princeton

Q

R
Ra Ra Riot
Rattlesnake Choir
Ruby Coast (x2)
The Ruby Suns
Ryan & Dan

S
Sarah McLachlan
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
Sharon Van Etten
Sheryl Crow
Sky Larkin
Sloan
Stars (x2)
The Stills (x2)
Sting
Stray From the Path

T
Taylor Knox And The Ishmaels
Team Robespierre
Teengirl Fantasy
Tegan and Sara
Telepathe
The Temper Trap
Titan
Tokyo Police Club (x6)
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

U
Ursa Major

V
We Are the take (x2)
The Weakerthans
Weezer
the wilderness of manitoba
The Wooden Sky (x3)
Woodpigeon

W

X
The xx

Y
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
You Say Party! We Say Die!

Z


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Bands I would like to see:
Animal Collective
Arcade Fire
Florence + The Machine
Metronomy
Movits!
Muse
The Strokes
Two Door Cinema Club
Vampire Weekend

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. Backstreet Boys
1) Nick Carter
2) Brian Littrell
3) *NSYNC
4) Aaron Carter
5) Westlife
6) Jesse McCartney
7) 98 Degrees
8) Blue

#2. Heather Nova
9) Jewel
10) Sarah Bettens
11) Chantal Kreviazuk
12) Beth Orton
13) Natalie Merchant
14) Paula Cole
15) Beth Hart
16) Lisa Loeb

#3. Westlife
17) Boyzone
18) Brian McFadden
19) A1
20) Backstreet Boys
21) Ronan Keating
Blue
22) Gareth Gates
23) Shayne Ward

#4. Bryan Adams
24) Bon Jovi
25) Phil Collins
26) Roxette
27) Richard Marx
28) Mike & The Mechanics
29) Jon Bon Jovi
30) Foreigner
31) Bonnie Tyler

#5. Hanson
32) Tinted Windows
33) Everybody Else
34) The Moffatts
35) Ingram Hill
36) Ben Jelen
37) Locksley
38) O-Town
39) Michael Tolcher

#6. The Beatles
40) John Lennon
41) George Harrison
42) Paul McCartney
43) Ringo Starr
44) Paul McCartney & Wings
45) Wings
46) The Who
47) Paul & Linda McCartney

#7. Silbermond
48) Christina Stürmer
49) Juli
50) Revolverheld
51) Cassandra Steen
52) Rosenstolz
53) Ich + Ich
54) Wir sind Helden
55) Pur

#8. Allison Crowe
56) Josh Woodward
57) Rachael Sage
57) Rob Costlow
58) Ruth Theodore
59) Charlotte Martin
60) Maya Filipič
61) Vienna Teng
62) Steven Dunston

#9. Amanda Marshall
63) Jann Arden
Chantal Kreviazuk
64) Tara MacLean
65) Holly McNarland
66) Melissa Etheridge
67) Alannah Myles
68) Sophie B. Hawkins
69) Meredith Brooks

#10. Peter, Paul & Mary
70) The Kingston Trio
71) Joan Baez
72) Judy Collins
73) Pete Seeger
74) John Denver
75) Gordon Lightfoot
76) Arlo Guthrie
77) The Seekers

#11. Sarah McLachlan
Natalie Merchant
Jann Arden
Jewel
Paula Cole
Chantal Kreviazuk
Tara MacLean
78) Poe
79) Shawn Colvin

#12. Nerina Pallot
80) Amy Studt
81) Lucie Silvas
82) Sandi Thom
83) Anna Nalick
84) Siobhan Donaghy
85) Holly Brook
Charlotte Martin
86) Rachael Yamagata

#13. Sandi Thom
87) Nerina Pallot
Amy Studt
Lucie Silvas
88) Remi Nicole
89) Terra Naomi
90) KT Tunstall
Anna Nalick
Holly Brook

#14. Dixie Chicks
91) Trisha Yearwood
92) Faith Hill
93) Martina McBride
94) Sara Evans
95) Miranda Lambert
96) Gretchen Wilson
97) SHeDaisy
98) LeAnn Rimes

#15. Elvis Presley
99) Jerry Lee Lewis
100) Chuck Berry
101) Ricky Nelson
102) Roy Orbison
103) Eddie Cochran
104) Gene Vincent
105) Buddy Holly
106) The Everly Brothers

#16. Sheryl Crow
Jewel
107) Joan Osborne
108) Alanis Morissette
Meredith Brooks
109) Sarah McLachlan
110) Texas
Melissa Etheridge
111) Liz Phair

#17. 3 Doors Down
112) Nickelback
113) Breaking Benjamin
114) Three Days Grace
115) Hoobastank
116) Hinder
117) Theory of a Deadman
118) Daughtry
119) Creed

#18. Jewel
Sarah McLachlan
120) Sheryl Crow
Lisa Loeb
121) Heather Nova
Paula Cole
Alanis Morissette
Chantal Kreviazuk
Natalie Merchant

#19. Avril Lavigne
122) Pitty
123) The Veronicas
124) Ashlee Simpson
125) Hilary Duff
126) Paramore
127) Skye Sweetnam
128) Lindsay Lohan
129) Katy Perry

#20. Matchbox Twenty
130) Rob Thomas
131) Tabitha's Secret
132) Train
133) Goo Goo Dolls
134) Vertical Horizon
135) Nine Days
136) Counting Crows
137) Lifehouse

Final Score:
137/160

1. How did you get into 29? Pilot Speed
I'd heard Into Your Hideout and didn't like it...months later, an online friend got me to listen to Alright and I LOVED it. Have been a fan of all their stuff ever since.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Travis
I think it would be Sing in 2001. So glad I did.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own? Pete Yorn
Physically? 0. In file form, 4... and soon to be 5. :)

4. What is your favorite song by 15? The National
Slow Show for sure.

5. What is your favorite song by 5? Fiona Apple
Ahhh, this is tough! Gonna go with Oh Well

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Chantal Kreviazuk
Her happy songs make me a little sad these days, but yes... Before You, Wonderful, Mad About You.

7. What is your favorite song by 10? Turin Brakes
Bye Pod because of timing and because the lyrics hit home. Beautiful song.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Anastacia
No real memory with her, but she is great to listen to when you feel feisty.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Coldplay
Green Eyes, which is actually one of my favorite Coldplay songs. I used to wish I had a boyfriend with green eyes so I could think of him while listening to it, haha. :) Sidenote...Coldplay actually disown this song and hate it/don't perform it anymore because the girl it was about is long gone - sadness.

10. How many times have you seen 25 live? Dixie Chicks
Never, but I'd love to.

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 7? Jewel
You Were Meant For Me of course.

12. What is your favorite album by 11? Patty Griffin
So tough!! Until the last few months, I would have said Flaming Red, but now it's between that and Silver Bell.

13. Who is a favorite member of 1? Aimee Mann
She is my favorite human being.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live? Everclear
No, and I'm glad, because their live recordings are awful.

15. What is a good memory involving 27? Nina Gordon
I loved listening to Bleeding Heart Graffiti the summer before I moved to Toronto. I also remember listening to 2003 a lot.. including the New Year's where it became 2003. :)

16. What is your favorite song by 16? The Dresden Dolls
Umm... The Mouse and the Model

17. What is your favorite album by 18? Ours
Distorted Lullabies

18. What is your favorite song by 21? Holly McNarland
Dry As A Bone easily.

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Natalie Imbruglia
Like everyone else, Torn

20. What is your favorite album by 2? Ashlee Simpson
Bittersweet World is underrated!

21. What is your favorite song by 3? David Usher
So tough, but I think it's Souring

22. What is you favorite song by 8? Alanis Morissette
From the newest album, surprisingly! Tapes

23. How many times have you seen 17 live? Kelly Clarkson
Never, but I would love to.

24. What is the worst song by 12? Sarah Harmer
I'm gonna pretend I wasn't asked this.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Jann Arden
Not sure! But it was probably Insensitive

26. What is you favorite album by 20? Sarah Slean
Another tough one.. but I'm gonna go with the live album, actually. Orphan Music

27. What is your favorite song by 24? Cat Power
Good Woman

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Keane
Better Than This

29. What is your favorite album by 4? Garbage
Tough again.. but gonna go with Bleed Like Me

30. How many albums do you own by 23? Bonnie McKee
She only has one, but I love it. Trouble.

First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add 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. 浜崎あゆみ
2. Emmy Rossum
3. Spice Girls
4. t.A.T.u.
5. Evanescence
6. 楊丞琳
7. 玉置成実
8. Lacuna Coil
9. Visions of Atlantis
10. Tristania
11. 蔡依林
12. Nightwish
13. Within Temptation
14. 宇多田ヒカル
15. Epica
16. Xandria
17. Kamelot
18. The Beatles
19. blink-182
20. Destiny's Child


similar artist

1. 倖田來未
2. 安室奈美恵
3. BoA
4. 宇多田ヒカル
5. alan
6. 鈴木あみ
7. 大塚愛
8. sifow
9. Sarah McLachlan
10. Bonnie McKee
11. Minnie Driver
12. Anna Nalick
13. Jann Arden
14. Vienna Teng
15. Michelle Branch
16. Katy Rose
17. Melanie C
18. Geri Halliwell
19. Emma Bunton
20. Victoria Beckham
21. Melanie B
22. Girls Aloud
23. Sugababes
24. All Saints
25. Ничья
26. Линда
27. Reflex
28. МакSим
29. Света
30. Serebro
31. Елена Катина
32. Катя Чехова
33. After Forever
34. Nemesea
35. Leaves' Eyes
36. T.M.Revolution
37. FictionJunction YUUKA
38. day after tomorrow
39. KOTOKO
40. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
41. 小坂りゆ
42. 愛内里菜
43. 蔡依林
44. S.H.E
45. 飛輪海
46. 梁靜茹
47. 李聖傑
48. 蔡旻佑
49. Flowing Tears
50. Magica
51. Edenbridge
52. Delain
53. Lunatica
54. Trail of Tears
55. Sirenia
56. The Sins of Thy Beloved
57. Draconian
58. Theatre of Tragedy
59. Elis
60. 王力宏
61. 周杰倫
62. 張韶涵
63. 梁詠琪
64. Tarja
65. Utada
66. Angela Aki
67. Sonata Arctica
68. Edguy
69. Avantasia
70. Symphony X
71. Rhapsody
72. Stratovarius
73. Box Car Racer
74. Angels & Airwaves
75. Sum 41
76. New Found Glory
77. MxPx
78. Bowling for Soup
79. +44
80. Yellowcard
81. Paul McCartney
82. John Lennon
83. George Harrison
84. Paul McCartney & Wings
85. Ringo Starr
86. The Who
87. Pink Floyd
88. The Rolling Stones
89. Beyonce
90. Michelle Williams
91. Aaliyah
92. Kelly Rowland
93. Ashanti
94. TLC
95. LeToya
96. Brandy

Let’s take a musical journey through my life...

1992: Birth. I’ve been told I was humming as I exited the womb.

1993-1997: Sesame Street, Sharon Lois and Bram, and The Muppets.


My first CD purchased with my own money was Shania Twain. I made my parents take me to Sam the Record Man at age four and listened to it days on end. Man, I Feel Like A Woman! I could probably still sing all the lyrics if you asked me to.

My parents attempted to foster good music taste in me. We had a huge C.D and tape collection and my parents raised me, pretty much, on Barenaked Ladies. Other favourites were The Corrsand The Beatles. Although Girl Power hit me hard – NSYNC, 98 Degrees, soulDecision, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, The Spice Girls – I still secretly loved the classics my parents shared with me. I brought in Santana and Michelle Branch’s The Game of Love to Girl Guide’s “Favourite Songs!” night while the rest of the girl guides brought in Britney Spears.


SEVENTH GRADE
2004-2005
One word: Chum. This radio station helped me mainstream it out in middle school and fit in with the crowd. Among my typical favourites were Jeremy Fisher’s High School and Hey Julie by Fountains of Wayne.

The boy I had a crush on liked Neil Young and The Beatles (His favourite song was Hey Jude.)

EIGHTH GRADE
2005-2006
I saw Bob Kemmis open for Jann Arden, and The Perishers for Sarah Mclaughlin, and immediately fell in love with the two. Especially Bob Kemmis. Hello, creepy emails to the man who probably didn’t get much fan mail. He always replied. I hope he doesn’t think I’m weird. Because, well, I was this close to being one of those fucked up celebrity stalkers (He was a celebrity in my eyes.)

My three best friends in middle school had varying music tastes. The first, who I am still best friends with (and managed to slightly influence her to better artists), liked Family Channel Hits – i.e. Hannah Montana, The Cheetah Girls, Disneymusic, etc.
Best Friend 2 liked Death Cab for Cutie, Jem, and Jimmy Eat World. (AKA The O.C. mixes)
Best Friend 3 was a hipster – I don’t even know the names of the music she listened to. She was really wild and changed her mind every five minutes. I’ll guess that she liked things like Belle and Sebastianand Tilly and the Wall– a little beyond her time. Although her taste and style changed daily. She now attends alternative school and I hadn’t seen her since eighth grade when I ran into her at a bar. She smoked about 18 cigarettes in the time we spent together on the patio. If I hadn’t been drunk...I probably would’ve made up some reason to leave.

A friend outside of school sent me towards Teddy Geiger, Elvis Perkins, and The Artic Monkeys. THANK YOU!

NINTH GRADE
2006-2007
I went through weird music phases in grade nine. I was nostalgic over my favourite pop hits of the 90’s – looking back on it, in my opinion, it was a little too soon. My parents continued to attempt to influence my taste in music by taking me to see Micheal Franti and Spearhead at the Guverment and various musicals– i.e. Wicked and We Will Rock You.
I caught on to the musical trend and was so obsessed that I made my mother enroll me in a theatre Company. I was obsessed with music from what I saw live, as well as Rent, Hairspray, and the few musicals I was in: as Anne in Anne Of Green Gables (my big claim to fame) as well as Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and smaller parts in Annie, and Bye Bye Birdie. Unfortunately, I realized I’m completely and utterly uncoordinated and can’t take dancing roles, and thus my short-lived “stardom” came to it’s end.
Oh, also, my school choir made me obsessed with classical & 4-part music. Hello, Il Divo and Mozartin my library. We also performed a wonderful arrangement of Billy Joel’s And So It Goes which I will always associate with my choir crush on the bass section lead. He performed those Ooohs so god damn well!

TENTH GRADE
2007-2008
Fall 2007 – My older sister attempted to help my suffering music tastes and introduced me to The Mountain Goats, Tegan and Sara, TV on the Radio. I DISCOVERED Regina SpektorWHICH CHANGED MY LIFE. I saw her perform in October at The Kool House. Later in the fall I began writing my own music (aka emo beats) on piano about death and weird gothic shit. I listened to artists like Bayside, The Weakerthans, Paolo Nutini, The Clash, Bjork.

Winter/Spring 2008- In early winter I listened to Kimya Dawson, Damien Rice, The Smiths, and other slow-moving music. However, my ex boyfriend who I began dating in December really changed and influenced my taste in music. He loved M.I.A, Fiest, New Pornographers, C.S.S, Imogen Heap, etc.

His friends, who I began rolling with as well, got me hooked on Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, a little Ron Sexsmithand R.E.M.
I went to the M.I.A concert in June with my boyfriend and my sister, at which point, I threw up before she came on. A little too much mixing of substances, yes. My biggest mistake in my life thus far.

And summer? This would be my time to embrace the pop music at Camp as well as abroad on a Blyth Trip in Italy. At camp, I loved New Kids on the Block’s comeback music, Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours. Also, Sara Barielles’ Love Song. In Italy, I loved their taste – it was like, they got all of our pop music five years later. It was a little bit of an oldschool jam on every radio station, in every store. And at the clubs, they had recent American Music so we embraced Radar by Britney Spears and Shake It by Metro Station. Oh, also, one of my roommates shared with me Norweigan Recycling and boy, I loved it. Although it isn’t in my library – I don’t know how or where to download/purchase it – I listen to it on YouTube.

GRADE ELEVEN
Now.
I suppose my current favourites range from MGMT, Rachael Yamagata, Fiona Apple, Kate Nash, Imogen Heap. A bit of Architecture in Helsinki, and beirut.
Oh! And one of my sister’s friends, Char McGee. I found her old CD which she made by herself, and really like her music.

My current best friends do not share the same music tastes as me at all. One loves country, another, punk, and another, dance music. The last one is good to have parties with because she makes rockin playlists. As much as I love that kind of music, I don’t know names or have much in my own music library.

I have also really begun to enjoy Original Movie Scores (John Powell’s P.S I Love You, and Cliff Eidelham’s Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.) I love Eddie Vedder’s Into the Wild music – the lyrics are beautiful. And if you have a chance, be sure to check the album art. It’s quite something.

Sooo...I doubt anyone completely read through that...
But it was fun to take a trip down memory lane.

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1. I crawled out from the pain of yesterday
I crawled to you

2. Calling places, collecting careless
Sentences I write them down
Idlewild - What I Am

3. Times when I just can't
Bring myself to say it loud
Poets of the Fall - Lift

4. For the pain and the sorrow caused by my mistakes
Won't repent to a mortal whom is all to blame
Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything

5. Who is the man I see
where I'm supposed to be?

6. It's true
We're all a little insane
Evanescence - Sweet Sacrifice

7. Say my name, and his in the same breath, I
Dare you to say they taste the same
Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care

8. I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
Simple Plan - Untitled

9. We've got one chance to break out
And we need it now
The Academy Is... - Black Mamba

10. Fear falls hard like rain again
Washing over me

11. I've been as far as you can go
I've learned a lot and now I know

12. If I had to I would put myself beside you
So let me ask would you like that
Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane

13. Rules without exceptions last eternally
Every move you make creates your destiny
Kamelot - When the Lights Are Down

14. It's in the water baby,
It's in the pills that bring you down
Placebo - Post Blue

15. I won't suffer, be broken, get tired, or wasted
Surrender to nothing, I'll give up
30 Seconds to Mars - Attack

16. Is it true what they say, are we too blind to find a way
fear of the unknown clouds our hearts today

17. There's a lot that I don't know
There's a lot that I'm Still learning
Jack's Mannequin - The Resolution

18. I've got the snowboard under my feet
I can fly so high, I can fall so deep
Guano Apes - Lords of the Boards

19. Ohh, watching the people get lairy
It's not very pretty I tell thee
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot

20. So a crowd he gathered round us
I'm pining one last kiss

21. I wake up exhausted it's not morning
It's back to sleep to re-dream me
Tegan and Sara - Wake Up Exhausted

22. I'll make a soldiers decision to fly away
Load my gun, paint my face, call me misery
Cold - When Angels Fly Away

23. There's a lit cigarette...
In the hand of my new angel
Evans Blue - Beg

24. If I find that love I've known before... I will never ever
Never ever let it go

25. I wish that I could break all the mirrors in my mind
The ones that lie to me and steal away my pride
Fireflight - It's You

26. I held my tongue too many times
Even though I should have spoke my mind

27. I whisper, "you don't have to worry we'll survive",
Forced smiles underneath the brittle frozen light

28. Gotta leave town
Got another appointment
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch

29. I cannot turn away
From this obscurity
Xandria - Fight Me

30. It's the first time I've ever felt this lonely,
wish someone cure this pain...
Avril Lavigne - Too Much To Ask

31. I have to block out thoughts of you so
I don't lose my head
Blue October - Hate Me

32. So far away
But still so close

33. When he was seeing her you colud see
he had his doubts
Relient K - My Girls Ex-Boyfriend

34. When they met she was fifteen
Like a black rose blooming wild
Kamelot - Love You to Death

35. Why don't you feel me
Why can't I hold your hand

36. Bright cold silver moon
Tonight alone in my room
Faber Drive - Tongue Tied

37. She takes me to the edge
This waiting, so frustrating

38. Tonight, I watched the lights go out in your house
Wondering how I could get so deep

39. I'm not afraid of anything
I just need to know that I can breathe
Avril Lavigne - How Does It Feel

40. You can call it anything you want
the fact reminds the same

41. I wake up to the sound of rain upon my sill
Pick up the pieces of my yesterday old thrill
Poets of the Fall - Someone Special

42. I want everything I see
I want you to want me

43. Do not use the past as an alibi
For all of your deficiencies always standing by

44. Sometimes life seems too quiet
Into paralyzing silence
Flyleaf - Sorrow

45. So sweet caress, never long to last!
You entered my soul and gave hope to my life
Epica - Illusive Consensus

46. Boy you're killing me
with your funny smile
Guano Apes - Don't You Turn Your Back on Me

47. I wanna meet up with you
And show you what I'm thinking

48. I want something
That's purer than the water
Snow Patrol - It's Beginning To Get To Me

49. The sun is sleeping quietly
Once upon a century
Nightwish - Sleeping Sun

50. How do you cool your lips
After a summer's kiss?


Artists:
12 Stones
30 Seconds to Mars
Avril Lavigne x2
Blue October
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Point
Butterfly Boucher
Cold
Epica x2 x1
Evanescence
Evans Blue
Faber Drive x2 x1
Fall Out Boy
Fireflight
Flyleaf
Guano Apes x2
Idlewild
Jack's Mannequin
Jann Arden
Jars of Clay
Jet
Kaiser Chiefs
Kamelot
Keane
Leaves' Eyes x2
Lucky Boys Confusion
Nightwish
Our Lady Peace
Placebo
Poets of the Fall x2
Relient K
Simple Plan
Snow Patrol
Something Corporate
Stabilo
Tegan & Sara
The Academy Is...
The Tea Party
Thousand Foot Krutch
Trapt
Within Temptation x2 x1
Xandria

1. How did you get into 29? (Fred & Ginger)
I love classic movies, and I love Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and I love their movies. So naturally I had to put some of their songs on my iPod. They’re so much fun!

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Aaliyah)
Are You That Somebody? It was a great video.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Thom Yorke)
From his solo album, probably all of Analyse. The first line rolls off the tongue so well:

A self-fulfulling prophecy of endless possibility

And also maybe Harrowdown Hill. With Radiohead…the list is endless! The lyrics from A Wolf At The Door are so much fun, and are so meaningful with so much subtext…so probably the whole song.

4. How did you get into 49? (Otis Redding)
Watching those old Time Life music informercials at 2 in the morning. Also, I made a CD of his songs for my mom and I ended up loving it too.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Feist)
I don’t get whole albums a lot of the time. I have all of The Reminder, though, and about half of Let It Die.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Gregory Isaacs)
Either Private Beach Party or Stranger In Town.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Bruce Springsteen)
Sad Eyes, maybe. Or Streets of Philadelphia. But mostly the thing I notice with those songs are how pretty they are and how awesome his voice is in them.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Eric Clapton)
The unplugged version of Layla, of course. I do love the version with Derek and the Dominos, though.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (The Beatles)
For a long time it was Let It Be, but now I’m really loving The White Album and currently it’s probably Happiness Is a Warm Gun.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Amy Winehouse)
I love her music. Me and Mr Jones makes me happy, I guess.

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Dionne Warwick)
Blegh, probably something annoying that the record company made her sing. I only like her classic songs with Burt Bacarach.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Tori Amos)
It’s gotta be Sweet the Sting…though I also adore Crucify.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Leona Lewis)
Not many…if any at all. She’s a pretty new artist and I just started listening to her.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Etta James)
At Last…of course, cliché.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (M.I.A.)
Yes…and not just Paper Planes which everyone is currently crapping all over, but I don’t know…so many. M.I.A. is like a formula for happy. 20 Dollar, 10 Dollar, Amazon, Jimmy….all of her music pretty much makes me happy.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
No…they make me feel happy and romantic...lol

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (John Williams)
Probably tunes from countless movies that I saw when I was younger…he scored an awful lot of them.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (Lily Allen)
Probably from Littlest Things…so sweet!!

Drinking tea in bed, watching DVDs
When I discovered all your dirty grotty magazines
You’d take me out shopping, and all we’d buy is trainers
As if we ever needed anything to entertain us

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Radiohead)
Thom Yorke is so much love. As well as Jonny Greenwood. And Ed O’Brien. Or…well…all of them.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (Audrey Hepburn)
Yes. Definitely Just You Wait from My Fair Lady…she actually sang a lot of this one :P

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Green Day)
Um, how about me being 7 and liking Dookie, or their resurgence in 2004 when everybody and their mother was listening to them? The American Idiot video was classic. Oh, high school.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Mariah Carey)
Maybe Sweetheart…she takes me way back. The first album I ever bought was one of hers. She was so much better back in the day.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Ray Charles)
America The Beautiful? I heard that was by him. Lol. If not, probably Hit The Road Jack.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Elton John)
Caribou.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Sufjan Stevens)
To Be Alone With You…so soft and amazing.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Bernard Herrmann)
The score for North by Northwest. My gateway to classic movies.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Regina Spektor)
Soviet Kitsch!! It rules ALL. I love her SO MUCH.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Thirty-Three, hands down. They have SO MANY good songs though. For Martha might be a close second.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (The Decemberists)
The Crane Wife 3. I liked it so I decided to get into them.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Till It Happens To You…it tells the story of a relationship that has lost its spark so beautifully.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Alicia Keys)
Never, damn it…what a show that would be!

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Robin Thicke)
Shooter!! I love Shooter.

33. How did you get into 12? (Fiona Apple)
It was 2004 and I was watching one of those VMA Past Winners Video marathons on MTV2. I saw Criminal, loved the song (not the video), and was hooked.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (U2)
I don’t know. I only have The Joshua Tree and a few songs from War and Achtung Baby and none of those songs suck.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Queen)
We Will Rock You. I was 6 and a cheerleader in elementary school. It was our fight song. Lol.

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (Paramore)
crushcrushcrush. I had previously refused to listen to Misery Business. I love them now.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Jann Arden)
Never…and probably never will.

38. What is your favorite song by 36? (Henry Mancini)
Moon River, of course. That was just composed by him, though. Or maybe Lara’s Theme from Doctor Zhivago.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Judy Garland)
Over The Rainbow. Who’s wasn’t?

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Cat Power)
As a whole, You Are Free. It’s the only album of hers I think has no misses. Her others might have 2 or 3. My next faves are The Greatest and Moon Pix.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (The White Stripes)
Not happy…maybe complacent would be the best way to describe it. There’s No Home For You Here, anyone???

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Muse)
Black Holes and Revelations…not original at all.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Nirvana)
Come As You Are or About A Girl

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Norah Jones)
High school. Hanging out and being soothed by Come Away With Me.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Billie Holiday)
Strange Fruit. So beautiful, evocative, and tragic.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Ella Fitzgerald)
Basin Street Blues? She is so the queen of jazz in my heart.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Coldplay)
A Rush Of Blood To The Head. So much awesomeness.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (TLC)
Chilli!

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Michelle Branch)
Everywhere.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (John Mayer)
Belief. Currently I’m LOVING Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, though.

Worst cover tunes

Well, actually best and worst cover tunes...

Subject to change, of course:

Best

The Cliks - Cry Me A River (Justin Timberlake)
Duran Duran - Perfect Day (Lou Reed)
Jann Arden - Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benatar)
Barenaked Ladies - Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
CAKE - Mahna Mahna (The Muppet Show)
Sacre - Mad World (Tears for Fears)

Worst


Duran Duran - 911 Is A Joke and Ball Of Confusion
pretty much every song on The Duran Duran Tribute Album

to be continued