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1. How did you get into 29? blink-182 & The Killers
Errr... blink, I've no idea. It was like... 6 or 7 years ago. And The Killers I think by hearing Somebody Told Me on the radio.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Dropkick Murphys
Bastards on Parade

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Our Lady Peace
you worry about the future; the sign said "yoga class for cats"
it's okay...

4. What is your favorite album by 49? 30 Seconds to Mars
A Beautiful Lie

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Story of the Year
0

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? My Chemical Romance
I'm Not Okay kinda makes me feel worse if I listen to it when depressed

8. What is your favorite song by 15? Switchfoot
Easier Than Love & Awakening

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Sum 41
Sooo many, but Hooch has been played a lot lately.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? HIM
I guess their cover of Larger Than Life is amusing...

11. What is your favorite album by 40? 12 Stones
12 Stones

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Good Charlotte
The World is Black

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Three Days Grace
No 30.

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
No 38.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Gob
Ming Tran

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? Simple Plan
0

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? The Offspring & The Sounds
Dunno The offspring / Living in America

18. What is your favorite album by 11? Zebrahead
MFZB

19. Who is your favorite member of 1? Rise Against
Tim McIlrath

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? Anti-Flag
Nada

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Nickelback
Nothing.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Fightstar / 3 Doors Down
We Apologize For Nothing / Loser

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Billy Talent
Nothing to Lose

24. What is your favorite album by 18? Bad Religion
The Gray Race

25. What is your favorite song by 21? Cauterize
Something Beautiful

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? All Time Low
Acoustic version of Six Feet Under the Stars

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Ramones
Mondo Bizarro

28. What is your favorite song by 2? Social Distortion
Reach for the Sky<3

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Mobile
See Right Through Me

30. What is your favorite song by 8? Pennywise
Alien

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
No 17.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
No 44.

33. What is your favorite album by 12? Placebo
Without You I'm Nothing

34. Do you own any merchandise of 45? Scary Kids Scaring Kids
nope

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Paramore
Misery Business?

36. What is your favorite album by 48? The All-American Rejects
Move Along

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? The 69 Eyes
0

38. What is your favorite song by 36? Ten Second Epic
Old Habits Die Hard

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Three Days Grace
uh. /Pain?

40. What is your favorite album by 7? Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Faber Drive
G-Get Up and Dance, I guess. Not that I'm ever happy...

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Smile Empty Soul
Anxiety

43. What is your favorite song by 24?
No 24.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? Matt Willis
Music video for Crash. Gotta love Mr. Bean :)

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Linkin Park
Breaking the Habit

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Lostprophets
no

47. What is your favorite album by 4? CKY
Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild & An Answer Can Be found

48. Who is your favorite member of 37? Flogging Molly & Treble Charger
Flogging Molly, dunno / Treble Charger, dunno

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Smashing Pumpkins & Misfits
No idea.

50. How many albums do you own by 20? Green Day
2: Dookie & American Idiot. Well, Dookie was 'borrowed' off my mum's bf... but he had 2 copies, I'm sure it's not missed.

1. How did you get into 29? blink-182 & The Killers
Errr... blink, I've no idea. It was like... 6 or 7 years ago. And The Killers I think by hearing Somebody Told Me on the radio.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Dropkick Murphys
Bastards on Parade

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Our Lady Peace
you worry about the future; the sign said "yoga class for cats"
it's okay...

4. What is your favorite album by 49? 30 Seconds to Mars
A Beautiful Lie

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Story of the Year
0

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? My Chemical Romance
I'm Not Okay kinda makes me feel worse if I listen to it when depressed

8. What is your favorite song by 15? Switchfoot
Easier Than Love & Awakening

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Sum 41
Sooo many, but Hooch has been played a lot lately.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? HIM
I guess their cover of Larger Than Life is amusing...

11. What is your favorite album by 40? 12 Stones
12 Stones

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Good Charlotte
The World is Black

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Three Days Grace
No 30.

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
No 38.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Gob
Ming Tran

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? Simple Plan
0

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? The Offspring & The Sounds
Dunno The offspring / Living in America

18. What is your favorite album by 11? Zebrahead
MFZB

19. Who is your favorite member of 1? Rise Against
Tim McIlrath

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? Anti-Flag
Nada

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Nickelback
Nothing.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Fightstar / 3 Doors Down
We Apologize For Nothing / Loser

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Billy Talent
Nothing to Lose

24. What is your favorite album by 18? Bad Religion
The Gray Race

25. What is your favorite song by 21? Cauterize
Something Beautiful

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? All Time Low
Acoustic version of Six Feet Under the Stars

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Ramones
Mondo Bizarro

28. What is your favorite song by 2? Social Distortion
Reach for the Sky<3

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Mobile
See Right Through Me

30. What is your favorite song by 8? Pennywise
Alien

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
No 17.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
No 44.

33. What is your favorite album by 12? Placebo
Without You I'm Nothing

34. Do you own any merchandise of 45? Scary Kids Scaring Kids
nope

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Paramore
Misery Business?

36. What is your favorite album by 48? The All-American Rejects
Move Along

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? The 69 Eyes
0

38. What is your favorite song by 36? Ten Second Epic
Old Habits Die Hard

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Three Days Grace
uh. /Pain?

40. What is your favorite album by 7? Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Faber Drive
G-Get Up and Dance, I guess. Not that I'm ever happy...

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Smile Empty Soul
Anxiety

43. What is your favorite song by 24?
No 24.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? Matt Willis
Music video for Crash. Gotta love Mr. Bean :)

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Linkin Park
Breaking the Habit

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Lostprophets
no

47. What is your favorite album by 4? CKY
Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild & An Answer Can Be found

48. Who is your favorite member of 37? Flogging Molly & Treble Charger
Flogging Molly, dunno / Treble Charger, dunno

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Smashing Pumpkins & Misfits
No idea.

50. How many albums do you own by 20? Green Day
2: Dookie & American Idiot. Well, Dookie was 'borrowed' off my mum's bf... but he had 2 copies, I'm sure it's not missed.

Opening Credits
Johnny Cash - Sam Hall
Never actually heard this before now, but it seems the typical song for opening credits, driving along through the town, beginning of a happy film.

Waking Up
Pantera - Walk
I reckon this would be me waking up to someone being loud next door or something, or waking up to a bad mood. Awesome solo though

First Day At School
Fuel - Bad Day
That can't be good, I can imagine the first part of the day eing quite bad, but meeting someone, who gives me reassurance or something. Good Song

Falling In Love
The All-American Rejects - Night Drive
Seems as though this would be the kind of song that would go better with breaking up tbh, or just ending up with someone you didnt expect, god knows.

Losing Virginity
Heavens - Dead End Girl
Erm...it seems to kind of fit the scene i guess. By the sounds of it, it's someone i've been with for a while.

Fighting
Coheed & Cambria - The Running Free
It's a quick paced song, therefore i think it would be a group fight, in a bar or something. I'm guessing it would result in me trying to run away or something, going by the title.

Breaking Up
Sevendust - Beautiful
I reckon this would be just after breaking up, an angry outburst.

Prom
Alexi Murdoch - Home
I thought something heavy would come out for this, but no, good old acoustic music, kinda fitting. But he is singing about going home, which kinda makes me think that it didn't go well. typical

Life
Strike Anywhere - Chalkline
Err...Well this doesn't seem to happy, well...least it's not an angry song i guess, or dance music.

Depression
The Distillers - Hate Me
What a song, certainly an angry song,don't know about depressed.

Driving
Audioslave - Before Your Time Has Come
Ideal, either I am in a car racing away from something, bank job or something, you never know.Or it is a hot day, convertable, on my way to a party or something. Awesome.

Partying
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Not sure this is really a party song, maybe the relaxed feeling at the end, too drunk, just sitting around, happy and preferably with someone chilling.

Happy Dance
Imperial Leisure - In A Letter
Perfect!!! Definately a happy dance song, who doesn't want to dance to ska? Love It

You & Friends
Queens of the Stone Age - Tangled Up In Plaid
I am out drinking with mates, going from a chilling pint, to the shots etc. when the tempo kicks in a little, then moving from pub to pub I think.

Betrayal
The Distillers - Seneca Falls
Great song, "thinking about destiny" yea fits I guess. Second Distillers song though, obviously I'm a fan in the film.

Regretting
Silverchair - One Way Mule
Pissed Off I'm assuming, Flashbacks are taking place I think, back to good times.

Long Night Alone
Avenged Sevenfold - Chapter Four
Ha...Well...It's a night listening to music, playing guitar. Usual night alone, to be honest. Pretty Damn good though.

Flashback
Snow Patrol - Half The Fun
Damn good song, it would be flashbacks to happy times, such as out with mates. It talks of second chances etc, so maybe it would be bad memory, but i dout it, life's too fun.

Getting Back Together
The Subways - Alright
Happy, definately. Subways will put anyone in a good mood. And getting back together would certainly be joyous.

Wedding
Jack Johnson - Staple It Together
Love This Song..I reckon this song would be a look back at the wedding, or maybe the reception, sounds like a happy song but the lyrics seem to suggest the guy was in a bit of a mess, but being told to cheer up. Meh...

Honeymoon
Stone Sour - 30-30-180
Haha, Well... This song doesn't exactly fit, well done iTunes. Maybe there is a rush to the flight or something. Maybe an arguement or something has happened.

Birth Of Child
The Bloodhound Gang - Why Is Everyone Always Pickin' On Me?
Blatantly the birth of a hideous looking kid, haha. Ideal. maybe it'll show the kid growing up as a massive loner or something. and again...well done iTunes.

Losing Somewhere Dear
Snow Patrol - Chocolate
Fond memories, I'm thinking. looking at objects around the house, and flashbacks at times with that person.Pretty fitting song i think, snow patrol know how to do depressing songs, yet they can seem uplifting at the same time.

Final Battle
Oasis - Wonderwall
Erm...this song has been over used, so why not once more. It does seem fitting to someone in a hospital, being told they are about to die, or someone looking in on a surgery, and seeing it going wrong in slow motion. Fitting song really

Death
Phantom Planet - California
It is the type of song used at a death, but i think more along the lines of celebrating someone's life, as opposed to depressing images. Definately a vision of a beach, with mates, when we were young. It would not be a sad death, Happy all the way.

Funeral
Metallica - Sad But True
Yep, I'm Dead, Sad but true, but hey, it's a good song, especially this version on the S&M album, the orchestra does seem to make it fit a church or something. It would be a mix of the funeral and faded visions of my life, rocking out to guitar at one point, surely.

Final Credits
Biffy Clyro - Folding Stars
Even Though I'm not a massive fan of biffy, i think this song fits perfectly, it's a song that is happy, definately not a sad movie. Perfect ending.



Well...I'm not even sure why I did that but yea there you go, my soundtrack. Shame some of the songs didn't quite fit, but hey that's part of the point of doing this. Wish I didn't have repeated bands, maybe someone else could have been used. Anyways I'm off to listen to more music, cyaaaaaaa


So here's how you do it:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- No cheating!

Selected nominations by the Recording Academy. Awards show airs 31 Jan 2010, on CBS.

It's nice to see the Academy recognize Taylor Swift as a "POP" star--Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Good luck to her where she shines. Willie Nelson's American Classic in Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album? Brad Paisley in Best Rock Instrumental Performance? I don't know about that.

Nice to see George Strait with a nod for Twang. Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin for Beautiful World too. T. Bone Burnett get's a nomination for Production on Elvis Costello's Secret, Profane & Sugargane. And Neko Case has a bid for Best Recording Package--a good reason if you did the download thing to go find the real live CD. Look for more specifics below.

Some interesting Categories:

Category 40 - Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Under The (Five) Wire
Alison Brown
Track from: The Company You Keep
[Compass Records]

• The Crystal Merchant
The Greencards
Track from: Fascination
[Sugar Hill Records]

• Mansinneedof
Sarah Jarosz
Track from: Song Up In Her Head
[Sugar Hill Records]

• Producer's Medley
Steve Wariner
Track from: Steve Wariner c.g.p. My Tribute to Chet Atkins
[SelecTone Records]

Field 13 - American Roots
Category 64 - Best Americana Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Together Through Life
Bob Dylan
[Columbia]

• Electric Dirt
Levon Helm
[Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]

• Willie And The Wheel
Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel
[Bismeaux Records]

• Wilco (The Album)
Wilco
[Nonesuch]

• Little Honey
Lucinda Williams
[Lost Highway Records]

I've got lots o' commentary brewing on these, but I'd better let it perc a bit. Take the edge off my dismay. the phrase "what the HECK are they thinking" comes to mind....

The established categories seem a bit more, um, stable.

Category 65 - Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Could We Get Any Closer?
Jim Lauderdale
[Sky Crunch Records]

• The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin
[Rounder]

• Buckaroo Blue Grass
Michael Martin Murphey
[Rural Rhythm Records]

• Almost Live
Bryan Sutton And Friends
[Sugar Hill Records]

• Destination Life
Rhonda Vincent
[Rounder]

Category 66 - Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• A Stranger Here
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
[ANTI]

• Blue Again
The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito
[429 Records]

• Rough & Tough
John Hammond
[Chesky Records]

• Stomp! The Blues Tonight
Duke Robillard
[Stony Plain Records]

• Chicago Blues: A Living History
(Various Artists)
Larry Skoller, producer
[Raisin' Music]

Category 68 - Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Cutting Loose
David Holt & Josh Goforth
[High Windy Audio]

• Naked With Friends
Maura O'Connell
[Sugar Hill Records]

• Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes
Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
[Starr Records]

• Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips (That's right, Utah Phillips)
(Various Artists)
Jacqui Morse, Kendall Morse & Dan Schatz, producers
[righteous babe records, inc.]

• High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (That's right, Charlie Poole)
Loudon Wainwright III
[2nd Story Sound Records]

Category 69 - Best Contemporary Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Middle Cyclone
Neko Case
[ANTI]

• Our Bright Future
Tracy Chapman
[Elektra]

• Live
Shawn Colvin
[Nonesuch]

• Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Elvis Costello
[Hear Music]

• Townes
Steve Earle
[New West Records]

At the very end of the list is Category 109-Best Long Form Music Video. Anybody seen this nominee?
• Johnny Cash's America
(Johnny Cash)
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville,
video producers
[Columbia/Legacy]

http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx

-jc

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Get Back: The 21 best albums of the 21st century [part 2]

The Beatles - Love [2006]
It's like seeing the house you grew up in after it appeared on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." - the doors and windows are right where they should be, but the rest of the place looks brand new. Really? All you did was move the picture from the dining room into the kitchen? Well, it looks great in the kitchen!
Anyway, that's how I felt about "Love," The Beatles' collaboration with Cirque Du Soleil. It's a greatest hits album, but mashed-up, remixed and the result is breathtaking. From a surprising new horn section on 'Drive My Car,' (taken from "Savoy Truffle") to much more major mashups ("Get Back" utilizes the opening guitar from "A Hard Day's Night", the drum and guitar solos from "The End", percussion from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", and the orchestral swell from "A Day in the Life") - the album is an inspired reinvention of a well-worn back catalog.
Listen, Watch - "Get Back"


Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band - Live In Dublin 2007

Bruce Springsteen recorded a fun little album of his favorite Pete Seeger tunes with some folk musicians. The album was loose and carefree. At points, you can hear people shouting out the chord changes. It felt like sitting on a front porch with some very talented friends. Then Bruce took that group of musicians, spit-polished them, and put them on the road. He sculpted these breezy folk musicians in much the same way he did his E Street Band, and as a result, created the first turbo-powered arena folk band. Three concerts from Dublin were filmed and recorded, and the best of those three became this album as well as a DVD (and PBS pledge-drive favorite). As a fan of rock and roll, this is a very accessible way to get into some back-catalog Pete Seeger tunes...and as a folk fan, the re-imagining of the Springsteen originals (especially "Further On Up The Road") makes this live album great fun. The Dublin crowd seems to know every word to every song, and the band switches from celtic to bluegrass to New Orleans-gospel without skipping a beat.
Listen, Watch "American Land" http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7onao_american-land-bruce-springsteen_music

Atom & His Package - Hair:Debatable [2004]
Hair: Debatable
This Bryn Mawr chemistry teacher is everything I love about punk rock. Okay, I'm not a big punk rock fan. But Atom & His Package's sole member, Adam Goren, has captured my attention and I love his enthusiasm, spirit and humor. And it's all on display on his farewell-to-the-business live album from 2004. "I'm Downright Amazed (At What I Can Destroy With Just a Hammer)," my personal favorite, is performed with great skill and enthusiasm, as are "Pumping Iron For Enya," "Hats Off To Halford" and the rest of the set list. The audience is so close in the mix as to make this sound more like a bootleg, and one would expect nothing more from this bare-boned comic of Philly punk.
LIsten, Watch '"(Lord It's Hard to be Happy When You're Not) Using the Metric System"

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 [2000]
Maybe I'd go along with the critics who didn't like this album as much as "XO," (Smith's album that preceded it) if I had heard "XO" first. But that's not how it worked for me. "Figure 8" was my introduction to Elliott Smith, and it has remained a perennial favorite ever since I first gave it a spin back in 2000. The guitars are brash yet subdued somehow, and Smith sings like he's trying not to wake up his roommate in the room next door. The melodies are more inventive than they first appear, and the song title sequencing makes the track listing sound like a conversation: [ "Everything Reminds Me of Her" "Everything Means Nothing to Me" ; "I Better Be Quiet Now" "Can't Make a Sound" "Bye"]. A side note, this is the first of two albums in my list that have a song about Mary Kay Letourneau. I guess she inspires great art. Hmph.
Listen, watch "Son of Sam" -

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me [2002]
Don't Give Up On Me
I had Johnny Cash's American recordings on this list, until I remembered this gem by Solomon Burke. The two are not without their similarities. Burke, like Cash, was a houshold name from the 60s that spent much of the intervening decades recording second-rate material only to return to form with great songs written by heavy hitters, and stripped-down production that allows us to hear every crag and croak in these senior citizens' voices. But while Johnny Cash's American recordings span 5 albums, Burke managed to capture the same excellence in just one. Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits were among the songwriters who contributed a new song for this album, and the still none of the songs shine brighter than Burke does.
Listen, watch "None of Us Are Free"


The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love [2009]
In an era of 99¢ songs, where the single has trumped the album, and the attention span for long works has diminished to almost non-existence, it's a wonder that The Decemberists would put out a rock opera. Telling a single story over the course of an hour of a shape-shifting deer, the queen of the forest, a pregnant damsel in distress, all as told by an infanticidal rapist of a narrator...well, okay, it's better than I can describe it, really. This album really rocks. It gets downright metal at moments, even if the lyrics would have gotten you beaten up in gym class if recited ("And we'll lie awake 'til the corn crake crows/bereft the weight of our summer clothes"). If you've known me on facebook at all over the course of this last year, you'll know that I think this is quite possibly the best album I've ever heard, period. So, it should be no surprise that I've listed it.
Listen, watch 'The Hazards of Love, pt 1'

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