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Well 2009's not quite over yet, but I probably won't get a chance closer to New Year's to do this, so here ya go. And yes, this took forever. I don't mind though ^__^ Means I had something to do whilst scrobbling! \:D/

So here we go, my top 40 most scrobbled artists of the year, accompanied by their most scrobbled albums and tracks. Knock yourselves out xD


DNC = "Did not chart"
NTY = "New this year"
IC = "Incomplete" i.e. I don't have the full album yet. This is usually because I've downloaded two or three songs so that I can listen to them a fair few times before deciding whether or not to buy the full album. If I just research on youtube, I wouldn't be giving a band enough time to grow on me (or to grow old, in fact!)

Chart positions determined 5:30 p.m., Thursday 17th December 2009. As if that matters xDD


=#40 - Circa Survive (103 plays)
> One of the best bands I've listened to. They're just not my genre xD
Top Album of 2009: On Letting Go (#75, 57 plays)
> An almost flawless album
Top Track of 2009: DNC

=#40 - Genesis (103 plays)
> Grew up with these guys, one of the only bands that both my parents like xD
Top Album of 2009: We Can't Dance (#136, 28 plays)
> The final track, Fading Lights, is just pure amazingness
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#39 - Depeche Mode (112 plays)
> They seem to have inspired everyone somewhere along the lines, and for good reason xD DM are one of the main reasons for English pride!
Top Album of 2009: Playing The Angel IC (#101, 38 plays)
> A superb album, really superb :)
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#38 - Amorphis NTY (114 plays)
> Initially interested, I slowly realised that it all sounded the same ¬__¬
Top Album of 2009: Silent Waters NTY (#84, 49 plays)
> What a disappointment. It's so mediocre, easily my worst buy of 2009.
Top Track of 2009: House of Sleep NTY (#105, 36 plays)
> See, this was interesting. It's just that the rest is either boring or a boring clone >__>

#37 - 下村陽子 NTY (121 plays)
> Because I like the Kingdom Hearts game >w<
Top Album of 2009: KINGDOM HEARTS Original Soundtrack COMPLETE [Disc 1] NTY (#121, 31 plays)
> Same as above, really xD
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#36 - Metallica (130 plays)
> The influence of the great 'Tallica just can't be ignored, nor escaped :)
Top Album of 2009: S&M (#97, 41 plays)
> The first time I heard a proper orchestra used in metal - in other words, the set-up for Nightwish ;)
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#35 - Korpiklaani NTY (135 plays)
> A pure last.fm discovery, this was. My first taste of folk metal too, I think.
Top Album of 2009: Korven Kuningas NTY, IC (#62, 76 plays)
> I still want to buy this at some point...
Top Track of 2009: Kipumylly NTY (#94, 38 plays)
> I love this song! I even learned the Finnish lyrics, though I forgot them before too long... xD

#34 - Indica NTY (138 plays)
> I got into Indica because they were one of the support bands for the Nightwish gig. They're a pretty fun little group ^__^
Top Album of 2009: Valoissa NTY, IC (#71, 60 plays)
> Ah, the infamous Tuomas-produced album. If I ever buy an Indica album, it won't be this one xD
Top Track of 2009: Vuorien taa NTY (#100, 37 plays)
> Easily the best out of the few I know. Jonsu's fiddle *makes* it :)

=#32 - Deadlock (144 plays)
> I've known about them for ages but last.fm rekindled my drive to investigate their music :) and MAN they're good! :D
Top Album of 2009: Manifesto NTY, IC (#82, 52 plays)
> Getting this album for Christmas :D It was a hard choice which to get, though, this or Wolves...
Top Track of 2009: Martyr To Science NTY (#206, 25 plays)
> What a great track @__@ I'm not sure you can get much better than this, the guitars are great and Sabine's voice... wuaaah!

=#32 - Evanescence (144 plays)
> This artist had the single greatest influence on my musical (and personal, thinking about it) life. Evanescence showed me that I liked rock/metal combined with classical styles, which has paved the way for the vast majority of what I listen to today. And they're still fun to listen to occasionally, even after six years x) (Feels like longer...!)
Top Album of 2009: The Open Door (#108, 36 plays)
I actually prefer this to Fallen, I really do. Fallen is too boring and samey - there's some fail on The Open Door but there's much more win too to make up for that.
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#31 - Kate Bush (157 plays)
> Probably one of the greatest solo artists ever. She's just amazing @__@
Top Album of 2009: Aerial: A Sky of Honey NTY (#130, 29 plays)
> Easily, *easily* my favourite Kate Bush album. The way it just flows as if it's just one massive, chaptered song... amazing, and so calming to listen to ^__^
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#30 - For My Pain... NTY (162 plays)
> I listened to these guys because of Tuomas being in the band and to be fair, I do like their music, but... it's just so incredibly emo!! @___@ And emo in a very unemotional way, which is... just weird xD
Top Album of 2009: Fallen NTY, IC (#42, 129 plays)
> I nearly bought this. I'm glad I didn't xD Though maybe one days... *shrugs*
Top Track of 2009: My Wound Is Deeper Than Yours NTY (#214, 24 plays)
> Not my favourite FMP song xD It's good, but not the best :P

#29 - Green Day (165 plays)
> I got really fond of these guys again during the summer x)
Top Album of 2009: International Superhits! (#89, 46 plays)
> It's my top album mostly because it has the most tracks xDD
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#28 - Eluveitie NTY (172 plays)
> Another last.fm discovery. I really love their brand of folk metal, especially since they're not afraid to put down their guitars and stuff and just play pure folk.
Top Album of 2009: Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion NTY, IC (#69, 62 plays)
> This is probably the album I'd buy, if I get round to it. Like I said, the "pure folk" element is what makes me respect Eluveitie the most...
Top Track of 2009: Bloodstained Ground NTY (#177, 27 plays)
> ...even though what made me fall for them was the combination of metal and folk on this here track x) Bloodstained Ground is pretty close to perfect :P

#27 - Galneryus (173 plays)
> Shock horror! A Japanese band that I discovered, not my sister! xD I really want to buy some albums of theirs but you know... postage from Japan is a killer T^T
Top Album of 2009: One For All - All For One NTY, IC (#82, 52 plays)
> When I eventually buy a Galneryus album, this is the one I want most!
Top Track of 2009: Cause Disarray (#118, 33 plays)
> My first Garu track :3 It struck me as similar to Sonata, and that was enough to investigate them further x3

#26 - Jamiroquai (182 plays)
> Aww, Jamiroquai :D *smiles at them in fondness* They were my favourites for a long, long time back at school and college, and I'll always have a soft spot for them :)
Top Album of 2009: The Return of the Space Cowboy (#97, 41 plays)
> THE best Jamiroquai album. There's no question - greatest sound, greatest consistency, just a great funk album :)
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#25 - The Gathering NTY (191 plays)
> They make very nice, calm music, but that's the problem xD It's so nice and calm that I got bored of it very quickly ^__^;; Still, it's good for relaxing every now and then :)
Top Album of 2009: The West Pole NTY (#31, 179 plays)
> A good solid album, if you don't mind music that doesn't really pack a punch.
Top Track of 2009: The West Pole NTY (#94, 38 plays)
> The song that made me pay attention to The Gathering, and probably still my favourite. It just transports you to another world~~

#24 - Sydänpuu NTY (192 plays)
> *flails arms in totally fangirly way* I love Sydänpuu!! \:D/ I got into them because I found out that Jani Liimatainen (ex-guitarist of Sonata, of course) does everything but drums for this project. I listened, not seriously expecting anything of Jani's voice, and OH MY GOD. BLOWN AWAY @___@ Jani, stop messing around with Cain's Offering and get your butt back to Sydänpuu! This project shows so much promise!!
Top Album of 2009: Sydänpuu NTY (#29, 192 plays)
> Well, it's not really an album xD It's six demo tracks, the only Sydänpuu stuff we have ;____; In a way that makes it more precious but at the same time I WANT MORE DANGIT!
Top Track of 2009: Hautaa Minut Tänään NTY (#33, 53 plays)
> The first track I listened to, the one that made me fall in love with Jani's voice, and I still can't get enough of it. REPEATREPEAT.

#23 - Michael Jackson (204 plays)
> Believe it or not, most of those scrobbles were from before his death. I've always loved this guy, for my whole life; a great man and a great musician. Rest in peace, dearest, rest in peace. *moonwalks*
Top Album of 2009: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Disc 2 (#84, 49 plays)
> Bad is actually my favourite album, but this one has more tracks so it gets more scrobbles :P
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#22 - Finntroll NTY (250 plays)
> Got into these guys because of the Nightwish-Tapio Wilska-Finntroll connection x3 Just gotta love the sound they create, trolls partying into the night x)
Top Album of 2009: Nattfödd NTY (#52, 94 plays)
> I finally bought this at Halloween, and it's absolutely perfect for that time of year x) And, oddly, Christmas xDD (don't know how that works... O.o)
Top Track of 2009: Hel Vete NTY (#108, 35 plays)
> This was my self-righteous anger song at some point, and I really don't know how I got that from the song xD It's great, in spite of my odd usage of it :P

#21- Elias Viljanen NTY (259 plays)
> Yeap, Sonata Arctica's current guitarist! I've only discovered his solo stuff really recently but OH MY GODD I absolutely adore his work!! @__@ Ahh, so amazing... Elias' music is just so great to listen to, because even though he's a fantastic guitarist, the album isn't just one long solo - he really thinks about the music. It's so heartfelt, and so uplifting, there's almost nothing that's better to listen to! :P
Top Album of 2009: Fire-Hearted NTY (#20, 259 plays)
> Got this for my birthday just over a week ago and it's already my third favourite album for this year :3 I could listen to it all day and night; I know I wouldn't get tired of that warm fuzzy feeling ^w^ And it doesn't hurt at all that this album features my two favourite male singers of all time, Tony Kakko and Marco Hietala :P
Top Track of 2009: Kiss of Rain NTY (#2, 101 plays)
> The song that features Tony Kakko x) For about a month or two, this was the first song I listened to when I woke up and the last song I listened to before I went to sleep. My god, it just doesn't get better than this. This is my official song of 2009 :)

#20 - Dark Moor NTY (295 plays)
> Since my sister's friend Harry is addicted to Dark Moor, I ended up inheriting seven albums at once xD It was pretty difficult to get my head around at first, and I was very scathing for a long time, but I'm at last enjoying and appreciating their somewhat... "not-perfect" style of symphonic power metal xD
Top Album of 2009: The Gates of Oblivion NTY (#76, 56 plays)
> Definitely one of my favourites. Elisa's great here, and the instrumentation is better than on post-Elisa albums, I think.
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#19 - Machinae Supremacy NTY (297 plays)
> I got these beauties from Chris x) They're good fun but to be honest the guy's voice kind of bugs me, which is why I'm not listening to them as much as I used to.
Top Album of 2009: Overworld NTY (#28, 194 plays)
> I actually like this pretty much the same as Deus Ex Machinae, but I got Overworld earlier.
Top Track of 2009: Violator NTY (#206, 25 plays)
> I still love this song :D It's one of those where the guy's voice doesn't annoy me, and I love the lyrical content >w<

#18 - Patrick Doyle (317 plays)
> Paddy! \:D/ Actually I'm in a bit of a rut with him - at one point he was my favourite Harry Potter composer and now he's my least favourite ^__^;; His themes are okay, but... not *Harry* enough I guess :P
Top Album of 2009: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (#16, 317 plays)
> Correction: ONLY album of 2009 xDD
Top Track of 2009: Harry in Winter (#177, 27 plays)
> I do still love this one :) Learned to play it on the piano, too!

#17 - 北出菜奈 (327 plays)
> Yay for Nana! \:D/ Probably my favourite solo singer (we'll have to see how Anette can do, hmm? x3) although I don't listen to her so much.. She was also the first step into the world of Japanese music for me and Chrissi, so we'll always be grateful to her for that :)
Top Album of 2009: BONDAGE NTY (#52, 94 plays)
> This new album is easily Nana's best. Sophisticated but fun at the same time. Hopefully if Loveless (her new project) sounds like any of her solo albums, it'll sound like this one :)
Top Track of 2009: 鏡の国のアリア NTY (#409, 16 plays)
> Easily, easily the best song Nana has produced. Now why the hell didn't you put it on an album, eh? This is too good for a b-side!!

#16 - Tarja (338 plays)
> The bitch is back! \:D/ Okay, I don't really mean that, it's a reference to a Sinergy song, but the point is that Tarja's back in my good books again (about time!). In fact, right now, she's my favourite female singer to listen to, which is JUST WEIRD xD (I phase with her like you wouldn't believe!! @__@) Looking forward to What Lies Beneath anyways! :3
Top Album of 2009: My Winter Storm (#19, 260 plays)
> Such a hit-and-miss album, and again I phase with it constantly, but I'm enjoying it for now :)
Top Track of 2009: Our Great Divide (#230, 23 plays)
> Yey! \:D/ My favourite song, at least from MWS - "sounds of waves" indeed, and I can't help but think it's about the friendship lost between her and Tuomas... It feels like we're actually seeing *Tarja*, rather than her "brave face" or her "ice queen" mask.

#15 - Stewart Copeland NTY (339 plays)
> HELL YEAH!! >8D Well, it says "new this year" but that's only in terms of scrobbles. I've actually been listening to Stewart Copeland for about two-thirds of my life since he made the.greatest.soundtrack.of.all.time for the original Spyro the Dragon game :P It's still my favourite game and the music has a huge part to play in that :3 And unlike most soundtrack music, it actually passes for popular music too, instrumental-style. The only reason he's not my highest soundtrack artist is because the Harry Potter OSTs are Harry Potter, I mean, what do you expect? ;D
Top Album of 2009: Spyro The Dragon OST - Disc 1 NTY (#32, 176 plays)
> ... which just means that I play the first half of the OST more than the second, which I guess makes sense. After all, Magic Crafters homeland is in the first half, and ALL the Magic Crafters levels have good music :D
Top Track of 2009: Ice Cavern NTY (#290, 20 plays)
> You can't really pick a favourite track from this OST but this is definitely one of the strongest ones :3

#14 - My Dying Bride NTY (342 plays)
> Oooh, dour and gloomy! I went and found MDB because Tuomas loves them, and I'm glad I took the effort. They're easily one of the most mature bands I've listened to. Their music is elegant and yet very rough at the same time. I can't listen to them for long periods of time, not because they're depressing but because I get a little bored, and that's why they don't have more scrobbles. (Plus that their songs are ridiculously long @__@)
Top Album of 2009: Like Gods of the Sun NTY (#40, 145 plays)
> The first of the two albums I've bought so far. There are a handful of really great tracks but the rest I can kind of overlook without even the slightest feeling of guilt .___.
Top Track of 2009: Catherine Blake NTY (#127, 32 plays)
> It would probably actually have been For You if it wasn't for the fact that For You was mistagged originally. But Catherine Blake deserves this spot, because it was the song that made me fall for MDB. And Aaron's voice @__@ Aaron's VOICE!

#13 - In Flames (343 plays)
> I listened to these guys loads when I first came to last.fm, I think because I wanted to boost scrobbles of such a non-mainstream band. I lol at my innocence back then xD I don't listen to them so much these days simply because they're a little *too* heavy for my tastes.
Top Album of 2009: A Sense of Purpose (#29, 192 plays)
> Of course, the trve fans hate this album. I care not. It's good ^w^
Top Track of 2009: The Chosen Pessimist (#167, 28 plays)
> Easily the best In Flames song. It shows such maturity, skill and emotion.

#12 - John Williams (359 plays)
> And the magic that is Harry Potter returns! :3 Johnny is the classic sound of HP :) I have mixed feelings about this guy coming back for the last two movies, though... on the one hand, Philosopher's Stone is my favourite HP score, but on the other, Prisoner of Azkaban was just two and a half hours of WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!
Top Album of 2009: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone NTY (#25, 213 plays)
> *The* Christmas album :D I love this so much, and it would be higher in the charts but the scrobbles are split because I had it mistagged initially ;____;
Top Track of 2009: Leaving Hogwarts (#177, 27 plays)
> This track always makes me want to cry xD Seriously, if they end the final movie with this piece, I will absolutely fall apart in the cinema. I promise ;D

#11 - HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (379 plays)
> I am AMAZED that Haikara got that many scrobbles this year @__@ I've been a fan of them for a long time but I really hit a wall with them this year; I haven't got anything out of listening to them for ages now. They put on a good live show, though, I enjoyed watching the latest DVD :)
Top Album of 2009: ROCK PIT (#54, 89 plays)
> Yeah, this is my favourite, I think. I mean, it has MEKIMEKI. What more do you want? \:D/
Top Track of 2009: DNC

#10 - Nicholas Hooper NTY (392 plays)
> And thus completing the Harry Trinity of composers! \:D/ Nicky did the score for the most recent two movies, and whilst I was unimpressed by Order, Half-Blood was AMAZINGsauce. One of my favourite movie scores of all time! \:D/
Top Album of 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince NTY (#12, 367 plays)
> Freakin' love this xD It's so good. I could listen to it for years but I'd miss my other music xD
Top Track of 2009: Fireworks NTY (#214, 24 plays)
> Ironic, then, that my most played track is not from Half-Blood xD Well, actually it is, because they re-used it but didn't put it on the HBP OST. So there! :P

#9 - Pain NTY (444 plays)
> These guys also supported Nightwish and man were they amazing! \:D/ Such a good live band, and I totally fell in love with Peter's voice. I plan to go right through the back catalogue eventually :)
Top Album of 2009: Cynic Paradise NTY (#22, 256 plays)
> A good, solid album :) For some reason it's really good music to listen to when you're cleaning ovens O_o Anyway, it's the only album I have at the moment but that'll change! :D
Top Track of 2009: Play Dead NTY (#23, 62 plays)
> This is easily, easily my favourite Pain track. In fact, it's one of my favourite songs everever! :D I was so surprised when I found out it was a cover, but both this and the original are amazing pieces of music, and the way that Peter altered it to suit his own voice and style whilst keeping all the best parts of the original... just perfect evidence of his genius! \:D/

#8 - Versailles NTY (519 plays)
> Definitely my favourite new discovery this year :D No thanks to me though ^__^;; I got the free download from last.fm and didn't really think much of it... THANK GOD Chrissi picked it up herself and decided to investigate them further or we would have missed out on one of the greatest bands of all time @__@ They haven't put a foot wrong so far so I can't wait to see what comes next with Jubilee. And it's important to mention the sad loss of Jasmine You (rest in peace, you crazy witch, rest in peace ;___;) and the unbelievable strength the other members have shown in the wake of his passing. I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for those guys T^T
Top Album of 2009: Noble NTY (#17, 294 plays)
> The only full-length album so far. I actually prefer Lyrical Sympathy, but hell no am I complaining, because Noble is awesome as well :D
Top Track of 2009: SUZERAIN NTY (#118, 33 plays)
> This ends up being quite random because when a Versailles song comes up, I just can't skip it, ever xD They're just all so good and we have so terribly few! @__@

#7 - Dir en grey NTY (734 plays)
> The second-best new discovery of the year, and again it's thanks to Chrissi :D I used to think Diru were a complete waste of space before she came across the DOZING GREEN PV on youtube. Now I absolutely love this band! Kyo may be a bit (a lot xD) masochistic but if he wasn't, we wouldn't have Dir en grey. He's like a martyr for the exorcism of our darkest feelings >3
Top Album of 2009: UROBOROS NTY (#11, 378 plays)
> By far and away my favourite Diru album so far. It's pretty much perfect (aside from STUCK MAN and the incomprehensible decision to make the album versions of GLASS SKIN and DOZING GREEN in English) and it's my third favourite album by anyone at the moment :)
Top Track of 2009: GAIKA, CHINMOKU GA NEMURU KORO NTY (#88, 39 plays)
> This was the song that really made me fall in love with Dir en grey, and it's still one of my favourites ^__^ Although it's hard to pick favourites with Diru... they're just not a "this is my favourite song!" kind of band! ^__^;;

#6 - Kamelot NTY (746 plays)
> It's thanks to Cerefi that I went and looked up this band, and I'm glad I did. I was wayy over-obsessed with them when I bought my first albums from them, but thankfully a period of really not liking them calmed all that down, and now I'm enjoying them at levels I consider appropriate xD Musically, I love 'em, but Khan, not so much. I seem to be the only person who thinks this besides my sister, however @__@ (Also: Boo at Glenn leaving! :( I loved Glenn...)
Top Album of 2009: The Black Halo NTY (#14, 326 plays)
> Hands down the best. Best quality, best consistency, best album feel. And Khan's voice is sometimes very nice. O.o
Top Track of 2009: When the Lights Are Down NTY (#52, 47 plays)
> Not my *favourite* (that's Serenade) but one of my "preview" songs for Kamelot, which is why it's so dominant in the charts.

#5 - Tarot NTY (749 plays)
> I literally looked these guys up the very first day I got last.fm :D I actually love Marco more in Tarot at the moment than in Nightwish, he just seems more at home here. And I'm really getting fond of Zachary too, which is cool :)
Top Album of 2009: Suffer Our Pleasures NTY (#9, 390 plays)
> One of my favourite albums ever (it's just full of so much win) which leads me to wonder what the hell went wrong when they made that hit-and-miss oddity, Crows Fly Black o_O
Top Track of 2009: Tides NTY (#7, 76 plays)
> Haha xD Shall I tell the story of its dominance? I think I shall. It was one of my preview songs but more than that I listened to it about 30 times in one night when I was writing my Marco/Tuomas fanfic :P It really helped get the mood for that last scene, and also helped me get into Marco's head more. Add that to the fact that it is, of course, one of the greatest Tarot songs. Marco's voice is truly beautiful on it *__*

#4 - Fightstar (776 plays)
> In my opinion Fightstar is the one of the best English bands we have right now :) I really haven't listened to them that much recently (about half these plays probably came from the new album and when I wrote my Fightstar fanfic) I guess because they're not heavy enough, but I'll always support these guys. I love 'em so much, I shall always be a fan! >w</~~
Top Album of 2009: Alternate Endings (#27, 197 plays)
> I kind of wish my top album wasn't a collection of b-sides, but hey xD It can't be denied that many of the best Fightstar songs come from this collection :)
Top Track of 2009: The English Way NTY (#118, 33 plays)
> ENGLISH PRIDE!! \:D/ This song appeals to my patriotism and it is just raw awesome anyways :)

#3 - Within Temptation (802 plays)
> It's a miracle these guys hung onto third place, what with the fact that I'm... well... completely and utterly bored of them at the moment @__@ They're good (that's why they were my third favourite for about half the year) but there's just not enough substance to them. However, I'll always stay fond of them since they were part of my original eurometal trinity that started everything x)
Top Album of 2009: The Heart of Everything NTY (#24, 222 plays)
> The scrobbles for this are actually split because I had the album mistagged for ages before I actually did something about it and fixed it :P It's technically the best WT album in my opinion, but not always the most enjoyable to listen to.
Top Track of 2009: Sounds of Freedom NTY (#136, 31 plays)
> Mwahaha, I am unusual! \:D/ I just loved this song when I first got it, listened to it over and over again ^^ It made me feel like I could do anything >w<

#2 - Sonata Arctica (3,457 plays)
> Holy.... right, I'm going to have to be really careful not to talk forever about these guys. Because, over the course of this year, Sonata Arctica have truly earned the right to be called my favourite band :D Along with WT and Nightwish, they formed my original eurometal trinity but they always played second fiddle to Nightwish. Living in their shadow, they gradually grew on me more and more. Earlier this year I fell in love with them properly, but it was only with the release of Flag in the Ground video and the anticipation of The Days of Grays album that I realised the truth - Sonata were displacing Nightwish as my favourite band. I resisted the change at first, claiming they were equal favourites, but now Sonata is so far ahead Nightwish doesn't even figure. The simple fact is that I enjoy Sonata's music over and above everyone else's! And of course seeing them live earlier this month merely intensified my love for Sonata Arctica :) Five magnificent musicians (eight, including old members) and a ridiculously impressive back-catalogue of sensational music covering the whole spectrum of life... for me, right now, it just doesn't get better :)
(I didn't do very well at not writing much xD)
Top Album of 2009: Unia NTY (#2, 775 plays)
> This is the album that really made me fall in love with Sonata :) I was ridiculously late buying it but I'm actually really glad I waited. If I hadn't, I might have reacted like a lot of other Sonata fans and hated it. Instead, it became my favourite on the first listen :) It's second favourite now, after The Days of Grays, but seriously, by about *this* much *demonstrates tinytiny distance with fingers*
Top Track of 2009: In Black and White NTY (#6, 80 plays)
> Holy crap @__@ Could there *be* a more deserving top Sonata track? This song is the reason I bought Unia and thus really it's this song that made me fall in love with Sonata properly. When I first heard it my only thought was, "Why the hell do people hate Unia so much? THIS IS FUCKING GENIUS!!!" I listened it over and over again before I got my paws on the album and it still hasn't been beaten from the top spot :) Add to that that they used it as an encore song at our gig and oh my days, I can't help but say that this is one of my favourite songs of all time! :3

#1 - Nightwish (3,670 plays)
> What a surprise to see you here! */sarcasm* Until these last few months when Sonata displaced them, Nightwish were my most favouritest and bestest band of all time from the moment I first heard them :D That means two solid years at the top of my favourites list which, for someone as fickle as me, is really saying something @__@ I had a low with them recently, poking them and shouting at them, "WHY AREN'T YOU BETTER? DX" Mostly I was annoyed with Tuomas (he's suffered from negative comparison with Tony Kakko :P) which obviously meant that I was unable to help passing that annoyance on to the music. But thankfully (partly due to getting From Wishes to Eternity DVD for my birthday! thanks Chrissi! \:D/) I recovered my love and affection for that most magnificent of bands, Nightwish - I just don't love them *quite* as much as I did before. But you know what? I'm cool with that :) It was high time things changed around here :)
Top Album of 2009: Dark Passion Play (#1, 900 plays)
> The whole time that Nightwish were my favourite band of all time, this was my favourite album of all time. Now that Nightwish are less stable, so is DPP (Wishmaster and Oceanborn are fighting with it for first place) but all things told, I think I will still say that Dark Passion Play is my album of the decade. It just changed so much of the way I thought about music and really, despite currently boring me in places, it's a masterpiece of modern popular music. Let's see how the next album fares!
Top Track of 2009: The Poet and the Pendulum (#1, 110 plays)
> And all the time Nightwish were my all-time favourite band, Poet was my all-time favourite song. And just like DPP, with Nightwish being less stable, Poet has been displaced by Last of the Wilds and Over the Hills and Far Away. Nonetheless this is still one of the greatest songs ever written. This musical acheivement is something that I'll always, always respect Tuomas for :)


Finally, some predictions for 2010:
> Sonata Arctica for #1
> less symphonic metal, more power metal
> older Nightwish albums to become more dominant
> less listenings of old favourites and "classic" bands
> less listenings of British and American bands
> an even higher bias in favour of Finland xD
> fewer new discoveries. I'm taking a well-earned break ;)



If you read all that you deserve a medal @__@ And unfortunately I don't have any medals so you'll just have to make do with this virtual cookie. Don't eat it all at once now! \:D/

it's all my favourite! how lucky ;)

It would be playful sometimes that I realized I couldnt be live without song, lyrics, strings sound, piano, techno, jazz anything else. So I wanna appreciate them. Lists which are almost listened . This is it..

Monday :

1.Pony Pony Run Run
2.Mika
3.Cash Cash
4.Owl City
5.Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6.Jamiroquai
7.Ra Ra Riot

Tuesday

1.Agnes Monica
2.The Killers
3.Apparat
4.Crystal Castles
5.Paloma Faith
6.C.U.T.S
7.Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Wednesday

1.Camera Obscura
2.The Bravery
3.Peter Bjorn and John
4.Metronomy
5.Taken By Trees
6.The Horrors
7.The Strokes

Thursday

1.Bjork
2.Katy Perry
3.The Kills
4.Ne-Yo
5.Tegan and Sara
6.The Corrs
7.The Octopus Project

Friday

1.Jason Mraz
2.James Blunt
3.James Morrison
4.John Mayer
5.Jamie Cullum
6.Nat King Cole
7.Gang Gang Dance

Saturday

1.The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
2.The Verve
3.ABBA
4.The Trees and The Wild
5.Maliq & d' essentials
6.Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson
7.Passion Pit

Sunday

1.Vincent Vega
2.The Gossip
3.MGMT
4.Mystery Jets
5.13th Floor Elevators
6.John Legend
7.The Bird and the Bee


alternative
jazz
pop
indie
indie rock
singer-song writer
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electronic
antifolk
folk
70's
dance
noise

So, it's my birthday next week and I thought it would be fun to make a playlist of all the songs that has affected me in some way. These are songs that has been and some of them still are my favorite songs. Some of them aren't even necessarily songs that I liked, but which reminds me of something or someone. I divided the lists in four to represent certain parts of my life. So, here we go. Welcome to my life.

Part One - From birth to age 12
1. Backstreet Boys - Get Down (You're the One for Me)
2. Five - Everybody Get Up
3. Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
4. XL5 - Kaunis peto
5. 2Pac - California Love feat. Dr. Dre
6. Snoop Dogg -Who Am I (What's My Name?)
7. Xzibit - Paparazzi
8. Naughty by Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
9. MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
10. Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
11. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler
12. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parent's Just Don't Understand
13. Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
14. Nas - The World Is Yours
15. Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate
16. Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
17. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
18. Fintelligens - Kaikki tietää

Part Two - Between ages 13-15

1. Avain - Markus
2. Helpus - Sillalla
3. Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
4. Run-D.M.C. - It's Like That
5. Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President
6. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
7. Slick Rick - La-Di-Da-Di
8. Master P - I Miss My Homies feat. Pimp C, Silkk tha Shocker, Sons Of Funk, Mo B. Dick & O'Dell
9. D12 - Good Die Young
10. The Pharcyde - Passing Me By
11. Scarface - I Seen a Man Die
12. Jay-Z - Dead Presidents II
13. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
14. Linkin Park - One Step Closer
15. Westside Connection - Bow Down
16. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
17. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
18. Jari Sillanpää - Kaduilla tuulee

Part Three: Between ages 16-18

1. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller
3. Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
4. Egotrippi - Nämä ajat eivät ole meitä varten
5. Dizzee Rascal - Jus' a Rascal
6. Jurassic 5 - What's Golden
7. Usher - Yeah! feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris
8. Coldplay - Talk
9. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
10. Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
11. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing
13. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
14. Robin Thicke - When I Get U Alone
15. Jamie Cullum - Singin' In The Rain
16. Bell X1 - Eve, The Apple Of My Eye
17. The Kooks - Ooh La
18. The Thrills - Don't Steal Our Sun

Part 4 - From 19 to Present Day

1. Radiohead - high and dry
2. Panic at the Disco - Build God, Then We'll Talk
3. Muse - Uprising
4. Billy Talent - Red Flag
5. The Killers - When You Were Young
6. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
7. Secondhand Serenade - Why
8. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
9. Cobra Starship - Damn You Look And I'm Drunk (S.C.A.N.D.A.L.O.U.S.)
10. 3OH!3 - Starstrukk
11. Ronnie Day - Call My Name
12. Mika - Lollipop
13. Loost Koos - Kotka päälle feat. Edu Kehäfaija
14. Redrama - Music
15. T.I. - Live Your Life feat. Rihanna
16. Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
17. Asa - Varkaan laulu
18.Flo-Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
19. N*E*R*D - Spaz

So, that's it. My musical history in a nutshell. It was fun sharing it with you :)

1. How did you get into #29? [Manic Bloom]
I was watching a video on YouTube that had the song What Scares You Most in it, so I looked them up and was absolutely blown away with the rest of their EP. I eagerly await the day when/if they release a full-length studio album.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by #22? [Hiroshi Yamaguchi]
I guess Issun's Theme, because it constantly occurs in the game Okami.

3. What's your favorite lyric by #33? [Masami Ueda]
His music has no lyrics ;)

4. How did you get into #49? [Kasabian]
In an iTunes Essentials playlist somewhere, the reviewer described Club Foot as "the perfect song to rob a bank to." Deciding that sounded interesting, I found the reviewer was absolutely right, so I went and discovered the rest of Kasabian's work from there.

5. How many albums by #13 do you own? [David Bergeaud]
Since he composes the music for the Ratchet and Clank video games series, I don't really own any CDs, but I do own five of the R&C games. :)

6. What is your favorite song by #50? [Red]
Already Over.

7. Is there a song by #39 that makes you sad? [Superchic[k]]
Stand In The Rain.

8. What is your favorite song by #5? [Muse]
Hard to pick, but probably Knights of Cydonia.

9. What is your favorite song by #5? [Anberlin]
Again, very hard to pick... either Alexithymia, or Feel Good Drag.

10. Is there a song by #6 that makes you happy? [The Classic Crime]
There are SO many; I love this group. 5805, however, is a special one because it reminds me of my best friends from my childhood.

11. What is the worst song by #40? [Ohio University Marching 110]
Considering I'm in the group, I can safely say that it depends on the arrangement of the piece, and how hard we're practicing. I'm not fond of quite a few songs the 110 has played over the years.

12. What is your favorite song by #10? [Frou Frou]
Psychobabble, without a doubt.

13. What is a good memory you have involving #30? [VersaEmerge]
Considering I just discovered VE literally this week, I have already had some really awesome times leaving Perceptions on repeat and singing along (In Pursuing Design and Clocks are great rock-out songs).

It's funny, though, how I found out about VE... there's a fictional character I draw quite often whose name is Versa, and I once made a Flair button with her picture on it on Facebook. When I was looking for the Flair again, I stumbled upon a huge bunch of VersaEmerge flair, naturally, because of keywords in the search. I was curious... and found one of my favorite bands of all-time!

14. What is your favorite song by #38? [The Graduate]
Doppleganger.

15. Is there a song by #19 that makes you happy? [Breaking Benjamin]
They're most depressing/angry songs, but sometimes that makes me happy (I'm a bit of a schadenfreude. Therefore, Breath.

16. Is there a song by #25 that makes you sad? [Saosin]
Eh, not really. They're hard rock, but generally upbeat.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by #23? [Jamiroquai]
It was definitely Canned Heat (Masters at Work remix). A friend sent it to me, and I was instantly hooked. They're so fun and unique.

18. What's your favorite lyric by #11? [Chevelle]
I think the opening of Emotional Drought is striking, and very applicable to parts of my life:

It's possible that the worst
Of the inside
Could take our pencils away
End creating
Can't let the teachers lay waste
Of a new mind
Prevent emotional drought
And watch the pace quicken
Try to never touch
Try to never touch

19. Who is a favorite member of #1? [Mae]
Dave Elkins, the lead singer. Not only is he a great musician, but a kindhearted soul (what other band starts a co-op with Habitat For Humanity and then records a full-length album about it, with the proceeds from online downloads going to the cause?), and quite funny in band interviews.

20. Is there a song by #14 that makes you happy? [中鶴純一]
Hour Of Destiny is epic... I could listen to it a million times.

21. What is a good memory involving #27? [Rei Kondoh]
Any time playing Okami is a good time! The soundtrack is stunning.

22. What is your favorite song by #16? [Gustav Holst]
Hmm... I'll say 1st Suite in E-Flat: I - Chaconne. Poor guy never gets recognized for anything but the Planets Suite. I'm really a fan of his military band works even more than those.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by #47? [Samuel R. Hazo]
Olympiada, which unfortunately is not in his track listing here. It was a part of my high school marching band's field show.

24. What is your favorite album by #18? [Pendulum]
In Silico.

25. What is your favorite song by #21? [Three Days Grace
Just Like You.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by #26? [Blue October]
Into The Ocean.

27. What is your favorite album by #3? [Fireflight]
Unbreakable! Home of my most-played song.

28. What is your favorite song by #2? [Imogen Heap]
This is almost impossible to choose... it's a toss-up between Closing In and Headlock.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by #32? [iiO]
Rapture, from some animation on AlbinoBlackSheep.com.

30. What is your favorite song by #8? [House of Heroes]
Depending on the day, either In the Valley of the Dying Son or By Your Side.

31. How many times have you seen #17 live? [Paramore]
Unfortunately never. I think I'd need to wear crazier clothing, pierce my nose, dye my hair, and learn to love mosh pits in order to fully enjoy a concert, though.

32. Is there a song by #44 that makes you happy? [Skillet]
Really, no.

33. How did you get into #12? [Shiny Toy Guns]
My friend was driving me home from a graduation ceremony practice when she started blasting Le Disko from her car radio. I asked her who performed it. Fom about that moment, I've loved STG (both versions: Carah and Sisely).

34. What is the worst song by #45? [Angels & Airwaves]
I don't listen to them much anymore because most of their songs from We Don't Need to Whisper all sound the same. I'd have to say, then, Do It For Me Now.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by #34? [Hans Zimmer]
I'm not sure... whatever the first thing I heard from Pirates of the Caribbean was.

36. What was the first song you ever heard by #48? [Kate Ryan]
A friend of mine made me listen to Je t'adore.

37. How many times have you seen #42 live? [Lostprophets]
Never.

38. What is your favorite song by #36? [Celldweller]
The Last Firstborn.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by #28? [Carolina Liar]
I checked out I'm Not Over after a friend plugged it in his Facebook status. I found a great band.

40. What is your favorite album by #7? [Switchfoot]
Oh! Gravity.

41. Is there a song by #31 that makes you happy? [Mute Math]
Typical in particular, but really all of them.

42. What is your favorite album by #41? [Original Broadway Cast]
I absolutely adore the songs from The Pajama Game.

43. What is your favorite song by #24? [Moloko]
Familiar Feeling.

44. What is a good memory you have involving #46? [32 Leaves]
Their music makes really great background music for drawing, so I'll give them that.

45. What is your favorite song by #35? [Bad Religion]
God, there are so many... I'll go with Stranger Than Fiction.

46. Is there a song by #9 that makes you happy? [Circa Survive]
Kicking Your Crosses Down, even though it's rather depressing.

47. What is your favorite album by #4? [Utada]
Exodus.

48. Who is your favorite member of #37? [The Killers]
Brandon Flowers, I guess.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by #43? [Kate Havnevik]
Unlike Me.

50. What is your favorite song by #20? [The Hush Sound]
Ugh, these guys are so wonderful, it's hard to choose. For now I'll say Wine Red.

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1.How did you get into 31? Jurassic 5
I knew something about their music before that, but it wasn't until Power in Numbers came out, that I really started to listen to them. What's Golden was first track of theirs that fell in love with, and it's still one of my favorites.

2.What's the first song you ever heard by 22? Pharrell
Well, Can I Have It Like That ft. Gwen Stefani, but of course I started with N*E*R*D

3.What's your favorite lyrics by 29? The Killers
"You sit there in your heartache, waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways. You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus, but he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined, When you were young"
From When You Were Young

4.What's your favorite album by 49? Michael Jackson
Thriller

5.How many albums by 13 do you own? Dr. Dre
Two; 2001 and The Chronic

6.What is your favorite song by 50? The All-American Rejects
Gives You Hell

7.Is there a song by 5 that makes you sad? 2Pac
There are songs like that, but the first one that comes to mind is definitely Brenda's Got A Baby

8.What is your favorite song by 15? Snoop Dogg
That's easy. Who Am I (What's My Name)?

9.What is your favorite song by 4?Nas
The World Is Yours

10.Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Jamie Cullum
Yes! Many! For example I Get A Kick Out Of You, What A Difference A Day Made and These Are The Days

11.What is your favorite album by 40? Snow Patrol
Eyes Open

12.What's your favorite song by 10? Talib Kweli
Beautiful Struggle

13.What's a good memory you have involving 33? Dizzee Rascal
Even though Bonkers isn't my favorite Dizzee song, it brings up the memory of last summer when it came out. Me and my friends listened to it a LOT and it reminds me of them <3

14.What's your favorite song by 37? Jamiroquai
Aaah, one classic song; Virtual Insanity

15.Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? OutKast
With the energy that Hey Ya! has, it should make everyone in the world happy.

16.How many times have you seen 24 live? The White Tie Affair
I've never seen them live.

17.What's the first song you ever heard by 23? N*E*R*D
I think it was Provider

18.What's your favorite album by 1? Xzibit
Do I have to choose?? Let's say... Restless

19.Who is your favorite member of 11? The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Let's give it to lead vocals, Ronnie Winter

20.Have you ever seen 14 live? Jay-Z
Nope :(

21.What is good memory involving 45? Avain
Between ages 12-15, I barely listened to anything else than Avain. His music has plenty to do with me growing up.

22.What is your favorite song by 16? Lupe Fiasco
Kick, Push

23.What is the first song you heard by 47? Jedi Mind Tricks
Could've been Animal Rap, but I'm not sure.

24.What is your favorite album by 21? Robin Thicke
The Evolution of Robin Thicke

25.What is your favorite song by 18? Run-D.M.C.
It's Like That which also has the coolest music video ever!

26.What is the first song you heard by 38? Big Daddy Kane
Raw

27.What's your favorite lyric by 3? Kanye West
"Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you, I'd gladly risk it all
Through the fire, through whatever come what may
For a chance at loving you, I'd take it all away
Right down through the wire, even through the fire"
From Through the Wire

28.What's your favorite song by 2? Beastie Boys
This is actually easier to pick than you'd think. Because if I had to choose my favorite song of all time, just one song, it would be: Paul Revere

29.What's the first song you heard by 32? Loost Koos
Pojast miehex

30.How many times have you seen 17 live? Coldplay
Never seen them live :(

31.Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? All Time Low
Well... Poppin' (Champagne) is a fun song!

32.What is your favorite album by 12? Panic at the Disco
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

33.What is the worst song by 46? Ritarikunta
Don't know. Can't say. Nope.

34.What's the first song you ever heard by 34? A Tribe Called Quest
And I'm seriously supposed to remember? Uhm... I'd guess it could have been Can I Kick It?

35.What's your favorite album by 42? Eric B. & Rakim
Paid In Full

36.How many times have you seen 39 live? Common
Never seen him live.

37.What is your favorite album by 36? Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere

38.What was the first song you heard by 28? Ronnie Day
Ever and After

39.What is your favorite album by 7? Secondhand Serenade
A Twist In My Story

40.How did you get into 8? T.I.
I heard U Don't Know Me on MTV and after that it was clear I loved T.I.

41.What's the first song you heard by 9? 3OH!3
Don't Trust Me

42.What's your favorite lyric by 20? Proof
The whole lyrics of Kurt Cobain and here's just a part of it:
"But now on I'm all alone
Just Proof, no shine, no friends, just fans
No wonder my hands, tight where the Internet ends
I take back most of the flack
The stress smokes, press me close to the crack
Like my pops, the ghost of my past"

43.What's your favorite album by 25? Cobra Starship
Hot Mess

44.How many albums by 26 do you own? Family Force 5
One, Dance Or Die

45.What's your favorite song by 27? Gym Class Heroes
Papercuts

46.How did you get into 30? Wu-Tang Clan
I stole their cd from my sister. Sorry, sys :)

47.What's your song by 35? Asa
Varkaan laulu

48.What's your favorite album by 41? Egotrippi
Vielä koittaa uusi aika

49.How many albums by 48 do you own? Naughty by Nature
Two; Naughty By Nature and 19 Naughty III

50.How did you get into 43? The Fray
Last.fm recommended it to me :)