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if you like 49 of these 50 songs of the 2000's, maybe we can be friends…


1. The Strokes - Hard to Explain


2. MGMT - Time to Pretend


3. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm


4. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)


5. Daft Punk - One More Time
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-0s0pRleg&feature=fvst[/youtube]

6. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVYH7CEkB8&feature=fvst[/youtube]

7. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army


8. Klaxons - Golden Skans
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiq_0vEDAbE&feature=fvst[/youtube]

9. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out


10. Interpol - Evil


11. The Killers - Mr. Brightside


12. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now


13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night


14. Radiohead - Idioteque
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnsfzlxs-KY&feature=related[/youtube]

15. Kings of Leon - California Waiting


16. Justice vs Simian - We are your friends


17. Bloc Party - Banquet


18. Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control


19. Muse - Starlight


20. Phoenix - Too Young
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIOL5SSjWdw&feature=fvst[/youtube]

21. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights


22. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me


23. Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning


24. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?


25. The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way


26. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor


27. Doves - There Goes The Fear
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZgBKVBduQg&feature=fvst[/youtube]

28. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar


29. Kasabian - Club Foot


30. Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow


31. Foo Fighters - Best Of You


32. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby


33. Blur - Out Of Time


34. Razorlight - Golden Touch


35. Maxïmo Park - Graffiti


36. The Hives - Hate Say I Told You So


37. The Vines - Get Free
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2OAfc52jY&feature=fvst[/youtube]

38. Editors - Munich


39. Modest Mouse - Float On


40. The Coral - Dreaming of You


41. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love


42. The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FME3pMY2NHw&feature=fvst[/youtube]

43. Groove Armada - Superstylin'


44. The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8YRx47oylM&feature=fvst[/youtube]

45. Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough


46. The Walkmen - The Rat


47. Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)


48. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle


49. Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks


50. Hot Hot Heat - Bandages

1. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
2. Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines
3. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
4. Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Out Of Time - Blur
6. Recokner - Radiohead
7. Reptilia - The Strokes
8. Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
9. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
10. I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
11. Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Manic Street Preachers
12. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
13. Clocks - Coldplay
14. That's No Way To Tell A Lie - James Dean Bradfield
15. The Age of the Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets
16. City Of Blinding Lights - U2
17. Carvel - John Frusciante
18. Living Well Is the Best Revenge - R.E.M.
19. Club Foot - Kasabian
20. The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis
21. Plug In Baby - Muse
22. Banquet - Bloc Party
23. Apply Some Pressure - Maxïmo Park
24. Munich - Editors
25. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
26. Dreaming of You - The Coral
27. All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
28. DOA - Foo Fighters
29. Time to Pretend - MGMT
30. Float On - Modest Mouse
31. Our Bovine Public - The Cribs
32. Golden Touch - Razorlight
33. Show Me How to Live - Audioslave
34. Drive - Incubus
35. Trains To Brazil - Guillemots
36. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
37. Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives
38. I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
39. Albion - Babyshambles
40. She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks
41. Black And White Town - Doves
42. The Rip - Portishead
43. The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
44. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
45. Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner
46. Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós
47. Another Sunny Day - Belle and Sebastian
48. Hounds of Love - The Futureheads
49. Grounds For Divorce - Elbow
50. ¡Viva La Gloria! - Green Day

This is the list.... until I realise I have missed something and redo it!

1 Bloc Party
2 The Libertines
3 The Cribs
4 The Smiths
5 The Killers
6 The Cure
7 Trentemøller
8 Blur
9 The National
10 a-ha




Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Just Like Heaven

What is your favourite album of 2?
The Libertines

What is your favourite lyric that 4 has sung?
Christ! Mozza is a truePoet. Hmm. either
'Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat?'
- This Charming Man

or

'Call me morbid, call me pale
I've spent too long on your trail
Far too long
Chasing your tail'
- Half A Person

But, all o Mozza's lyrics are gold

How many times have you seen 5 live?
0

What is your favorite song by 7?
Killer Kat

What is a good memory you have involving the music of 10?
Various karaoke moments. Seeing them for the first and last time in 2010.

Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Nope.

What is your favorite lyric that 2 has sung?
'Cornered the boy kicked out at the world,
The world kicked back a lot fuckin' harder...'
- Can't Stand me Now

What is your favorite song by 9?
Racing Like a Pro

How did you get in to 3?
Not sure. Think I might have been myspacing and found them. It really took off when I saw their gig in Brooklyn in 2008

What was the first song you heard by 1?
Two More Years, I think...

What is your favorite song by 4?
AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Half a Person, I think

How many times have you seen 9 live?
Only once

What is a good memory you have involving 2?
Seeing Peter Doherty doing a lot of old libs songs :)

Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
Hmm... not really.

What is your favorite album of 5?
They are all shit. when i liked them in 07 it was there second one. can't remember the title

What is your favorite lyric that 3 has sung?
'oh. oh, oh' - get it? :D

What is your favorite song of 1?
Cain Said to Abel

What is your favorite song of 10?
The Sun Always Shines on TV

How many times have you seen 8 live?
Sadly, 0

What is your favorite album of 1?
A Weekend in the City, but they are all class

What is a great memory you have considering 9?
Forgetting that other bands existed for one full month in the summer 08

What was the first song you heard by 8?
That is ages ago. Cannea remember

What is your favorite cover by 2?
They do covers?

Wyjaśnijmy sobie na początku - Blur jest lepsze od Oasis. Pomijając kwestię, że oba te zespoły są obecnie w rozsypce, niewątpliwie rządzą brytyjską muzyką.
A Demon - jest kimś w rodzaju Jacka White-a po naszej stronie oceanu. Niezwykle kreatywny, charyzmatyczny i opiniotwórczy. Kiedy (bardzo głupio! tzn.nie tylko on, ale Damon, ty ****!) zawiesił działalność Blur, zmęczony całym tym szołbiznesem, wraz z przyjacielem - twórcą komiksów - stworzył najorginalniejszy projekt muzyczny tej dekady. Them Crooked Vultures niech się schowa, Gorillaz to (super)grupa złożona z... animków. Założenie było takie, żeby wyeliminować element ludzki, gwiazdorski z muzyki, to ona ma być istotna. Damon miał też pewnie niezły ubaw wymyślając życiorysy dla komiksowych postaci, będących alter ego jego bandu (na koncertach zespół gra schowany za ekranem, na którym wyświetlane są animacje Murdoca, 2D i reszty).
Tyle historii, do rzeczy - dlaczego właśnie Gorillaz jest idealną muzyką na jesienną smutę? Dlaczego nie jest to Portishead,Radiohead, The Dead Weather, czy poczciwy Feel? Odpowiedź jest prosta i jest nią głos Damona Albarna. Zmęczony, zrezygnowany, śpiewa jakby od niechcenia (wspaniale oddają to animacje koncertowe, dosłownie pokazane niechlujstwo). Gdy słyszymy go w Blur, w takim Out Of Time, ten smutek jest dosłowny, namacalny, bardzo ludzki; powiedzmy wprost - niezwykle on dołuje (czy mało nam deprechy za oknem?). Tu - na Damon Days - jest wzięty jakby w cudzysłów, pokazany z koniecznego wręcz dystansu. Otoczony jest świetnymi bitami i plumkaniem basu, które wprowadzają wspaniałą równowagę nie pozwalającą nam pociąć się żyletką. Słuchając Feel Good Inc. dostajemy jasne przesłanie - "pieprzyć to, nie trzeba się tym przejmować przecież".
<Według jakiejś tam mojej filozofii życiowej, inaczej się po prostu nie da normalnie żyć i funkcjonować.>
Błędnie odrzuciłem kiedyś Gorillaz, od razu pakując je szufladki "elektronika i rap". Teraz słuchając genialnego El Manana, docierają do mnie te same emocje, uczucia co w Blur, inne są tylko środki przekazu. Bardziej elektroniczne, świeże, błyskotliwe (na pewno inne od tego, co normalnie słucham). Świetne połączenie elektronicznej perkusji z partią instrumentów smyczkowych.
Dlatego właśnie Albarn Rules.
O to chodzi w muzyce XXI w. - umiejętne korzystanie z elektroniki, powolne odsuwanie w cień gitar nawet. Tak robi Radiohead, są więc wielcy. Damona widzę jako podobnego wizjonera współczesnej muzyki pop (tzn. nie-alternatywnej; tzn. bardziej komercyjnej). Tym bardziej wkurza mnie brak działań nad nową płytą Blur !!! W połączeniu z gitarą (jednak) Grahama Coxona, syna marnotrawnego, byłaby duża szansa, abyśmy się wreszcie doczekali Wielkiej,w zgodnej opinii Epokowej Płyty. Radioheadostatnio się powtarza i ściemnia z koncepcją longplay-a jako całości zbioru piosenek, a ostatnią taką innowacyjną i Ważną płytą było chyba.. "Think Tank" - Blur właśnie ;)

El Manana Live ze smyczkami

MY FAVORITE ROCK ALBUMS

*Pixies - Come on Pilgrim / Surfer Rosa / Doolittle / Bossanova / Trompe le Monde

*The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The White Album

*The Clash - The Clash / London Calling

*Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

*Blur - Think Tank / Modern Life Is Rubbish / The Great Escape

*The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

*Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

*Nirvana - Nevermind

*Peyote Asesino - Terraja

*Santogold - Santogold

MY FAVORITE HIP-HOP/RAP ALBUMS

*A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / The Low End Theory

*Q-Tip - Kaamal the Abstract

*Dr. Dre - 2001

*Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2

*Nas - Illmatic

*Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth

*Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom

*Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

*Calle 13 - Calle 13 / Residente o Visitante

*Vico C - Desahogo / En Honor a La Verdad / Emboscada

MY FAVORITE POP ALBUMS

*Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

*The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

*La Roux - La Roux

*Little Boots - Hands

MY FAVORITE REGGAETON ALBUMS

*Alexis & Fido - The Pitbulls / Sobrenatural

*Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino / El Cartel: The Big Boss

*Don Omar - The Last Don / King Of Kings

*Divino - Todo A Su Tiempo (Platinum Edition)

*Eliel - El Que Habla Con Las Manos

*Héctor & Tito - A La Reconquista

*Johnny Prez - El Dragón / Knock Out

*Luny Tunes - La Trayectoria / Mas Flow / Mas Flow 2 / Mas Flow - Los Benjamins

*Noriega - Contra la Corriente

*Ñejo & Dalmata - Broke & Famous

*Tego Calderón - El Abayarde / El Enemy de los Guasíbiri / The Underdog

*Tito El Bambino - Top of the Line

*Tony Touch - The Reggaetony Album

*Trebol Clan - Los Bacatranes

*Voltio - Voltio / Voltage AC

*Wibal & Alex - El Repertorio

*Wisin & Yandel - Pa'l Mundo / Los Vaqueros

*Yaga & Mackie - La Reunión

*zion & lennox - Motivando a la Yal

*Zion - The Perfect Melody / Flow Factory

*DJ Goldy - El Désorden

*Various Artists - Blin Blin Vol. 1 / Gárgolas 5: The Next Generation / Kilates 2, Segundo Impacto / La Misión 4: The Take Over / Los Matadores Del Género / MVP / MVP 2: The Grand Slam / Sangre Nueva / The Godfather / Los Anormales

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. Muse (9)
// Franz Ferdinand
// Placebo
// Kasabian
// Radiohead
// The Killers
// Arctic Monkeys
// Kaiser Chiefs
// Keane

2. The Strokes (17)
// Julian Casablancas
// Albert Hammond, Jr.
// Little Joy
// The Libertines
// Kings of Leon
// The Last Shadow Puppets
// Moptop

3. Arctic Monkeys (20)
// The Rascals
// The Kooks
// Milburn

4. Radiohead (26)
// Thom Yorke
// Jonny Greenwood
// Coldplay
// Interpol
// Blur
// Beck

5. The Beatles (35)
// John Lennon
// George Harrison
// Paul McCartney
// Ringo Starr
// Paul McCartney & Wings
// Wings
// The Who
// The Rolling Stones

6. Oasis (43)
// Noel Gallagher
// The Stone Roses
// The Verve
// Stereophonics
// Richard Ashcroft
// The La's
// Ian Brown

7. Franz Ferdinand (45)
// The Fratellis
// The Rakes

8. The Cribs (53)
// The Maccabees
// Jamie T
// Bombay Bicycle Club
// Good Shoes
// The Paddingtons
// The Courteeners
// Johnny Foreigner

9. M83 (62)
// School of Seven Bells
// The Radio Dept.
// Slowdive
// Maps
// The Album Leaf
// Air France
// Hammock
// Eluvium

10. We Are Scientists (69)
// The Futureheads
// Maxïmo Park
// Boy Kill Boy
// The Automatic
// Bloc Party
// Mystery Jets

11. Nine Inch Nails (78)
// Modwheelmood
// Trent Reznor
// Marilyn Manson
// Tweaker
// Halo33
// Black Light Burns
// Puscifer
// KMFDM

12. The Presets (87)
// Pnau
// Midnight Juggernauts
// Grafton Primary
// Van She
// Cut Copy
// Muscles
// Bag Raiders
// Simian Mobile Disco

13. Foals (93)
// Maths Class
// Late of the Pier
// These New Puritans
// Friendly Fires
// Youthmovies

14. Hot Chip (100)
// LCD Soundsystem
// Junior Boys
// Metronomy
// Fujiya & Miyagi
// Lo-Fi-Fnk
// Grovesnor

15. Howling Bells (109)
// The Duke Spirit
// The Joy Formidable
// Giant Drag
// The Long Blondes
// Waikiki
// The Grates
// Little Birdy
// Sky Larkin

16. Friendly Fires (114)
// Passion Pit
// Jack Peñate
// The Temper Trap
// Frankmusik
// Delphic

17. The Last Shadow Puppets (115)
// The Little Flames

18. Glasvegas (123)
// White Lies
// Broder Daniel
// The View
// Timo Räisänen
// Kent
// The Twilight Sad
// Laakso

19. Rage Against the Machine (132)
// One Day as a Lion
// Audioslave
// Zack De La Rocha
// Street Sweeper Social Club
// The Nightwatchman
// Limp Bizkit
// Red Hot Chili Peppers
// Incubus

20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (140)
// Metric
// The Kills
// Be Your Own Pet
// Arcade Fire
// Florence + The Machine
// The Gossip
// Bat for Lashes

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 9 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 200 represents an extremely varied one.'

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. Cobra Starship
3. Bloc Party
4. Van She
5. The Dust Brothers
6. Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Catherine Cox & Jeremy Kushnier
7. Architecture in Helsinki
8. Beck
9. Lisa Mitchell
10. The Presets
11. Vampire Weekend
12. Katy Perry
13. Owl City
14. Lady GaGa
15. blink-182
16. Ben Lee
17. 3OH!3
18. MGMT
19. Wicked
20. Millionaires

21. The Last Shadow Puppets
22. The Rascals
23. The Strokes
24. The Kooks
25. Milburn
26. Franz Ferdinand
27. Kasabian
28. The Libertines
29. The Fratellis

30. The Academy Is...
31. All Time Low
32. The Cab
33. Panic at the Disco
34. Fall Out Boy
35. Midtown
36. Boys Like Girls
37. Forever the Sickest Kids
38. Hey Monday

39. Foals
40. Editors
41. Pin Me Down
42. The Maccabees
43. The Cribs
44. Maximo Park
45. We Are Scientists
46. The Rakes
47. Arctic Monkeys repeat

48. Pnau
49. Grafton Primary
50. Cut Copy
51. Midnight Juggernauts
52. The Presets repeat
53. Bag Raiders
54. Miami Horror
55. The Whip
56. The Black Ghosts

57. David Holmes
58. Clint Mansell
59. Rob Dougan
60. Don Davis
61. Eric Serra
62. UNKLE
63. Ramin Djawadi
64. Massive Attack
65. Tomandandy

66. Sutton Foster
67. Company
68. Original Cast
69. Original Cast Recording
70. Janine LaManna
71. Original Broadway Cast
72. Adam Pascal
73. Jason Robert Brown
74. New Broadway Cast

75. I'm From Barcelona
76. of Montreal
77. Los Campesinos!
78. Tilly and the Wall
79. The Boy Least Likely To
80. Stars
81. The Unicorns
82. Islands
83. Belle and Sebastian

84. The Flaming Lips
85. The White Stripes
86. Radiohead
87. Cake
88. Blur
89. Gorillaz
90. Pixies
91. Eels
92. Sonic Youth

93. Sarah Blasko
94. Paul Dempsey
95. Bertie Blackman
96. Kate Miller-Heidke
97. Josh Pyke
98. Yves Klein Blue
99. Art vs. Science
100. Angus & Julia Stone
101. Little Birdy

102. Pnau repeat
103. Midnight Juggernauts repeat
104. Grafton Primary repeat
105. Van She repeat
106. Cut Copy repeat
107. Muscles
108. Bag Raiders repeat
109. The Whip repeat
110. Riot in Belgium

111. Ra Ra Riot
112. Discovery
113. The Shins
114. Band of Horses
115. Passion Pit
116. Fleet Foxes
117. MGMT repeat
118. Black Kids
119. The Strokes repeat

120. Lady GaGa repeat
121. Kelly Clarkson
122. Ashlee Simpson
123. The Veronicas
124. Ashley Tisdale
125. Lindsay Lohan
126. Miley Cyrus
127. Britney Spears
128. Lily Allen

129. Swimming With Dolphins
130. Lights
131. A Rocket To The Moon
132. Breathe Carolina
133. nevershoutnever!
134. The Secret Handshake
135. Breathe Electric
136. PlayRadioPlay!
137. Hellogoodbye

138. Britney Spears repeat
139. The Pussycat Dolls
140. Space Cowboy
141. Ashley Tisdale repeat
142. Katy Perry repeat
143. Ke$ha
144. Little Boots
145. Madonna
146. Pixie Lott

147. Box Car Racer
148. +44
149. Angels & Airwaves
150. Sum 41
151. New Found Glory
152. Bowling for Soup
153. Zebrahead
154. MxPx
155. Yellowcard

156. The Bens
157. Ben Kweller
158. Alex Lloyd
159. Matt Nathanson
160. Bernard Fanning
161. Josh Pyke repeat
162. Bob Evans
163. The Whitlams
164. Ben Folds

165. Breathe Carolina repeat
166. Family Force 5
167. LMFAO
168. Brokencyde
169. Metro Station
170. The Medic Droid
171. Hyper Crush
172. A Rocket To The Moon repeat
173. Cash Cash

174. The Management
175. Klaxons
176. Vampire Weekend repeat
177. Passion Pit repeat
178. Black Kids repeat
179. The Kooks repeat
180. Empire of the Sun
181. Late of the Pier
182. Friendly Fires

183. Jonathan Larson
184. Robert Lopex and Jeff Marx
185. Idina Menzel
186. Hairspray
187. spring awakening
188. Kerry Ellis
189. Les Miserables
190. Kristin Chenoweth
191. Aida

192. Jeffree Star
193. Blood On The Dance Floor
194. Ultraviolet Sound
195. The Medic Droid
196. Scotty Vanity
197. gEOFFREY pARIS
198. Electric Valentine
199. Hyper Crush
200. Porcelain and the Tramps

170/200 are varied.
85%.

I listen to a wide variety.

I know, I left out many albums that'll be on any other list these days, I'm ready for getting slapped ;)

1. Hinter all diesen Fenstern - Tomte

2. Hail To The Thief - Radiohead

3. Sleeping With Ghosts - Placebo

4. Reconstruction Site - The Weakerthans

5. Room on Fire - The Strokes

6. Elephant - The White Stripes

7. Give Up - The Postal Service

8. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

9. Think Tank - Blur

10. The Black Album - Jay-Z

Runners-up: Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins, Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man