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ererchaer's top albums (12 months) 1. Nickelback - Dark Horse (342) 2. SOiL - Scars (204) 3. SDM - Cudne Manowce cd1 (200) 4. Apocalyptica - Reflections (154) 5. Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire (Japanese Edition) (138) 6. Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean OST (135) 7. Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison (134) 8. SOiL - Redefine (128) 9. Crossfade - Falling Away (127) 10. EastWest Rockers - Ciezkie czasy (124) 11. Godsmack - Faceless (122) 12. Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces (119) 13. DevilDriver - Pray For Villains (119) 14. Acid Drinkers - Verses Of Steel (115) 15. The Offspring - Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace (113) 16. Frontside - Teoria Konspiracji (109) 17. Godsmack - Awake (108) 18. Black River - Black And Roll (102) 19. Drowning Pool - Full Circle (102) 20. Epica - The Phantom Agony (100) 21. SOiL - True Self (99) 22. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (96) 23. Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide (96) 24. Normalsi - Soliloquium (96) 25. Mindless Self Indulgence - FGWSSS (94) 26. SDM - CUDNE MANOWCE (94) 27. Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (94) 28. Nickelback - All the Right Reasons (92) 29. Acid Drinkers - Acidofilia (91) 30. The Cranberries - No Need To Argue (90) 31. Korpiklaani - Karkelo (87) 32. Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (85) 33. Normalsi - Pokój z widokiem na wojnę (85) 34. Pearl Jam - No Code (83) 35. Seether - Karma & Effect (81) 36. The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (81) 37. Pain of Salvation - 12:05 (79) 38. Opeth - Damnation (77) 39. Godsmack - Godsmack (77) 40. Apocalyptica - Apocalyptica (75) 41. Pink Floyd - The Wall (disc 1) (74) 42. WWW.POLSKIE-MP3.TK+%21+wlochaty" class="bbcode_artist">! WWW.POLSKIE-MP3.TK ! wlochaty - WWW.POLSKIE-MP3.TK ! wlochaty - zmowa (powszechna przeciwko rzadowi)" href="http://www.lastfm.es/music/%21+WWW.POLSKIE-MP3.TK+%21+wlochaty/zmowa+%28powszechna+przeciwko+rzadowi%29" class="bbcode_album">zmowa (powszechna przeciwko rzadowi) (74) 43. Vavamuffin - Inadibusu (73) 44. Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead (72) 45. Pink Floyd - The Wall (disc 2) (72) 46. Pearl Jam - Vs (70) 47. Maximum the Hormone - BuiikiKaesu (70) 48. Machinae Supremacy - Deus Ex Machinae (70) 49. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (66) 50. Trivium - The Crusade (65)

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 8 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

J.U.F.
Kultur Shock
Balkan Beat Box
DeVotchKa x2
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra/artist]
Fanfare Ciocărlia
Jason Wbley x2
The World/Inferno Friendship Society
Los Tres
[artist]De Saloon/artist]
Teleradio Donoso
Primavera de Paraga
Los Prisioneros x2
Lucybell x2
Difuntos Correa
Fother Muckers
Soda Stereo
Cerati / Melero
Babasónicos
Charly García
Fito Páez
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Pescado Rabioso
Los Marty
Le Baron
Pastilla x2
Los Concorde x3
Eufemia
La Gusana Ciega x6
Los Dynamite x2
Thermo
A Hawk and a Hacksaw x2
Beirut
Gogol Bordello
Firewater
Andrew Bird x2
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
The Decemberists
Pink Floyd
Kaleidoscope
Jefferson Airplane
Rick Wright
13th Floor Elevators
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
The Velvet Underground
Porter x2
Fobia x3
Kinky
Bengala x2
Jumbo x4
Chetes
John Lennon x2
Julian Lennon
thenewno2
Paul McCartney x2
George Harrison x2
Albert Hammond Jr.
Rufus Wainwright
Ben Kweller
Sufjan Stevens
Grizzly Bear
Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes
The Dodos
Devendra Banhart
Kaiser Chiefs
Dirty Pretty Things
The Pigeon Detectives
Franz Ferdinand
Arctic Monkeys
The Wombats
The Kooks
The Zutons
Caifanes x2
Maldita Vecindad
Liquits x2
Zoé x4
Plastilina Mosh x2
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney & Wings
Wings
The Who
Paul & Linda McCartney
William Shatner
William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy
DarkMateria
Warp 11
Brent Spiner
Alexander Courage
Dennis McCarthy
Jonathan Coulton
Gustavo Cerati
Emmanuel Horvilleur
Café Tacuba
Los Auténticos Decadentes
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Dave Gahan
Martin L. Gore
Recoil
Camouflage
De/Vision
And One
Erasure
Mesh
Tin Machine
Roxy Music
Lou Reed
T. Rex
Iggy Pop
Mott the Hoople
Bryan Ferry
The Rolling Stones
La Lupita
Los Bunkers
Pettinellis
Chancho en Piedra
Los Jaivas
Angel Parra Trio
Sinergia
Camera Obscura
God Help The Girl
The Magnetic Fields
Jens Lekman
of Montreal
Architecture in Helsinki
The Boy Least Likely To
The Gentle Waves
Zurdok
Vaquero
Niña

132/160
Mmm... supongo que no está tan mal :/

It is exam season again, so that means it's time to procrastinate again!

Open iTunes/iPod (or whatever) to answer the following.

Total number of tracks: 13, 386
How many hours or days of music: 35 days, 15 hours, 54 minutes, 6 seconds
Most recently played: Jaymay - You Are The Only One I Love
Most recently added: Voxtrot - Trepanation Party

Sort by song title:
First Song
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Last Song
Regina Spektor - ***
(I'm surprised that both these stayed the same ... Huh)

Sort by length:
Shortest Song
My Morning Jacket - good intentions (0:04)
Longest Song
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (23:44)
(Well these changed!)

Sort by album:
First Album
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Last Album
Sigur Rós - ( )

Top 10 Most Played Songs:
(These are probably a bit skewed on my part because I have a tendency to delete all the songs in my library and then reload them .... don't ask me why)
1-10. They're all by Noah and the Whale cause I'm totally in love with them right now so I don't think there's any point in writing them all out.

First five songs that come up on shuffle:
1. Beirut - The Akara
2. Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
3. Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo, Alka Yagnik - Hindi Sad Diamonds
4. Devo - Gut Feeling
5. DeVotchKa - No One Is Watching

Search for ... how many songs come up:
sex - 48
love - 806
you - 1581
death - 154
hate - 33
wish - 19

This might take me a while, but I think it's worth a try! My Top 10 changes sort of frequently (although Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd are always vying for the top spot) so the exact artist position might not remain 100% accurate, but the favorite songs will. I also tried to put the favorite songs in order with my most favorite song first.

1. Syd Barrett
Love You, Here I Go, Long Gone, Rats, I Never Lied To You

2. Pink Floyd
See Emily Play, Brain Damage, Echoes, Candy And A Currant Bun, Bike

3. Led Zeppelin
What Is And What Should Never Be, D'yer Mak'er, Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman), Rock And Roll, Going To California

4. Roger Waters
The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range, Sexual Revolution, Every Stranger's Eyes, Amused To Death, Go Fishing

5. The Doors
Moonlight Drive, L.A. Woman, I Looked At You, Summer's Almost Gone, Peace Frog

6. David Bowie
Lady Stardust, The Prettiest Star, Ashes To Ashes, Sons Of The Silent Age, Diamond Dogs

7. Radiohead
Let Down, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, The Trickster, Idioteque, Like Spinning Plates

8. T. Rex
Life's A Gas, Jeepster, 20th Century Boy, Mambo Sun, Get It On

9. Ramones
Glad To See You Go, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, I Want You Around, What's Your Game, The KKK Took My Baby Away

10. Rufus Wainwright
Sanssouci (fun fact: this is also my favorite song of all time), Dinner At Eight, Between My Legs, In My Arms, 11:11

Thirty years ago on a cold Saturday morning in early December, I bought my very first Pink Floyd record. Even though as a naive young schoolboy, the refrain of “We don’t need no education” appealed, it was the second half of “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” that had really touched my musical side. The wonderful Hammond work of Richard Wright, topped with the sublime guitar work by David Gilmour just blew me away. The stark video by Gerald Scarfe, with the mesmerising marching hammers, had also played a large part in my appreciation of this record.

At the time, I had no idea who Pink Floyd were (or was, for it could easily have been someone’s name), and to all intents and purposes, this was their debut single (which ironically, was not far from the truth). Little did I know then how significant a part in my life they were to become. No other artist has come close to influencing and even defining my life. Even when I first heard “The Wall”, it struck a major chord (excuse the pun) with me. The feelings of anxiety, angst and alienation all resonated with me and even now it seems to form the blueprint of my life (I’m currently about half way through). Even at school, I was so passionate about it that I even wrote, produced and directed a stage version of the album. I amazed the staff at the school with my tenacity about putting the show on (“pupils don’t do shows, the teachers do!”) And then astounded them after they had relented and allowed me to do it, that I actually saw it through. “Yet Another Brick in the Wall” saw a week of sell-out performances in February, 1982.

My interest in the band has bordered on (though many would say crossed into) obsession. If you’re ever with me and you think I’m quiet and not saying much, just ask me about the Floyd and you’ll get me talking. However, by the same token, getting me onto them means I’ll be talking for hours about them and you won’t get a word in edgeways. For there’s so much to talk about. Not just their music, the analysis of both the musicianship and writing, but also the behind-the-scenes of a band that should never have survived the departure of founding member Syd Barrett; a band who shouldn’t have been able to produce “The Dark Side Of The Moon”; their exceptional live shows and album artwork; what fame did to them and the emergence of Roger Waters as the dominant member of the band; the extraordinarily acrimonious split and Waters departure; the “fuck you Roger” post-Waters Floyd; and the three events that symbolically marked the end of Pink Floyd - the death of Syd, the live reunion with Waters at Live 8, and finally (and for me most significantly), the death of Richard Wright.

Richard’s death had a intense effect of me. Even though by then I knew that it was very unlikely there was going to be any new Pink Floyd projects, as the band had always been considered Syd’s band - when he died it was as if the spirit of Pink had died with him. The body language at Live 8 was very much one of a band playing their swansong. But when Richard died, that was it. It was the end of an era. Pink Floyd was over. A band that had been such a profound part of my life had now gone to play the great gig in the sky.

Considering how few significant albums they produced, it seems strange that I should have been able to devote so much of my listening time to them. But as I’ve grown from the naive young schoolboy into the naive old fart, the music has taken on new meanings. And though I’ve been unable to listen to much Floyd since the sad news about Richard, I know that soon I will return to their music. To hear the hauntingly beautiful keyboard work of Richard Wright, the blinding guitar work and sublime vocals of David Gilmour. Both set to the passion and drive of Roger Waters. Because slowly, since my childhood, I have become Mr. P. Floyd.

vegas1's top albums (overall) 1. Muse - Absolution (429) 2. The Mars Volta - Amputechture (426) 3. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (355) 4. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (353) 5. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (305) 6. KISS - The Very Best Of Kiss (295) 7. Muse - Showbiz (290) 8. Muse - Origin of Symetry (271) 9. Ayreon - The Human Equation (270) 10. Dream Theater - Awake (263) 11. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (254) 12. Dream Theater - Octavarium (246) 13. Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity (243) 14. Pain of Salvation - BE (229) 15. Pain of Salvation - Entropia (223) 16. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite (210) 17. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (209) 18. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die [Bonus Tracks] (204) 19. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath (199) 20. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (198) 21. Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji - Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji Original Soundtrack (197) 22. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (196) 23. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (195) 24. Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (disc 1) (194) 25. Symphony X - The Odyssey (192) 26. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (186) 27. Pain of Salvation - 12:5 (177) 28. Wolfmother - Wolfmother (170) 29. Symphony X - Paradise Lost (167) 30. Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake (166) 31. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (164) 32. The Gentlemen - A Candid History of Faith, Hope, Love (164) 33. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I (163) 34. Dream Theater - Images and Words (162) 35. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle (162) 36. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick (161) 37. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (159) 38. Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory (155) 39. Ayreon - 01011001 (149) 40. Symphony X - Symphony X (148) 41. The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (141) 42. Ayreon - Timeline (139) 43. Rush - Snakes & Arrows (136) 44. Rush - Moving Pictures (133) 45. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (132) 46. The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgu (132) 47. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (131) 48. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose (128) 49. Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi - Death note anime Soundtrack (128) 50. Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (disc 2) (127)

vegas1's top albums (overall) 1. Muse - Absolution (429) 2. The Mars Volta - Amputechture (426) 3. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (355) 4. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (353) 5. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (305) 6. KISS - The Very Best Of Kiss (295) 7. Muse - Showbiz (290) 8. Muse - Origin of Symetry (271) 9. Ayreon - The Human Equation (270) 10. Dream Theater - Awake (263) 11. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (254) 12. Dream Theater - Octavarium (246) 13. Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity (243) 14. Pain of Salvation - BE (229) 15. Pain of Salvation - Entropia (223) 16. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite (210) 17. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (209) 18. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die [Bonus Tracks] (204) 19. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath (199) 20. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (198) 21. Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji - Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji Original Soundtrack (197) 22. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (196) 23. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (195) 24. Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (disc 1) (194) 25. Symphony X - The Odyssey (192) 26. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (186) 27. Pain of Salvation - 12:5 (177) 28. Wolfmother - Wolfmother (170) 29. Symphony X - Paradise Lost (167) 30. Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake (166) 31. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (164) 32. The Gentlemen - A Candid History of Faith, Hope, Love (164) 33. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I (163) 34. Dream Theater - Images and Words (162) 35. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle (162) 36. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick (161) 37. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (159) 38. Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory (155) 39. Ayreon - 01011001 (149) 40. Symphony X - Symphony X (148) 41. The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (141) 42. Ayreon - Timeline (139) 43. Rush - Snakes & Arrows (136) 44. Rush - Moving Pictures (133) 45. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (132) 46. The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgu (132) 47. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (131) 48. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose (128) 49. Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi - Death note anime Soundtrack (128) 50. Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (disc 2) (127)

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