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Perhaps this year I will put some effort into something on some sites... Seeing as Last.fm is music, this seems a good place for it, seeing as it has helped me endlessly in my quest to find new music.

So, I stole this from somewhere, cos I r a thieving child I am... but it is questions relating to the top 50 artists if I understand correctly, so here goes...

(I do get the feeling that I have more of a top 20 to what I listen to most but nevertheless!)

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How did you get into 31?
Imogen Heap
I honestly have no idea, all I can recall is having an album of hers, (Speak For Yourself) and it coming on the iTunes party shuffle thingy while playing WoW and I got sickeningly hooked. Very strange stuff!

What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Avantasia
I can't be certain at all, I know it was off one of the Metal Opera albums... I didn't listen to it in order at first because clever clogs me didn't realise >.<

What is your favorite lyric by 29?
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann
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Number 1 song on the day I was born:
Stayin' Alive

Number 1 song on my birthday this year:
Right Round

Going to have to go with the Bee Gees on this one... (just like last year)

10 most listened to albums:
10. Dog Fashion Disco – Beating A Dead Horse, To Death... Again
8= Protest the Hero – Fortress
8= Dog Fashion Disco - Committed to a Bright Future
7. Jucifer - L' Autrichienne
6. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
5. Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
4. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty
3. Chimaira - Resurrection
2. Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
1. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

Top 10 most listened to albums of 2009:
9= The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
9= Trivium - Shogun (Special Edition)
8. (hed) Planet Earth - New World Orphans
7. Machine Head - The Blackening Special Edition (Disc 2-B-Sides-Rarities 1994-2008)
6. Protest the Hero - Fortress
5. Protest the Hero - Fortress (Instumental)
4. Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer
3. Mitch Hedberg - Do You Believe in Gosh?
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Last.FM Milestones1st track: (11 Oct 2006)
Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/3223900.jpg1000th track: (15 Nov 2006)
Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/38159015.png2000th track: (26 Dec 2006)
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/3787834.jpg3000th track: (29 Jan 2007)
Allison Crowe - Shine A Light
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/34836827.jpg4000th track: (15 Apr 2007)
Jimmy Eat World - The World You Love
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/28357009.jpg5000th track: (07 Jun 2007)
The Postal Service - Against All Odds
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/3787834.jpg6000th track: (10 Jul 2007)
Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/38777907.png7000th track: (08 Aug 2007)
Nikki Blonsky - Good Morning Baltimore
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/8133847.jpg8000th track: (01 Sep 2007)
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
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The People's Chart
Broadcast 13th April 2009 1-4 Radio 2
Source: bbc.co.uk/radio2

The UK’s most-heard recordings of the last 75 years. These are the records that have “outplayed” all others, not just on the radio but everywhere music is heard in public, from cafés to clubs and from high street to hospital radio.

The chart has been produced by PPL, the industry body that licenses recorded music on behalf of more than 3500 record companies. 2009 marks PPL’s 75th anniversary, and this special survey is being revealed first on Radio 2. These are the records that have been spun the most in clubs, pubs, supermarkets, stadiums, on jukeboxes, everywhere, since way back in 1934.

PLAY THE PEOPLE'S CHART RADIO

01 A Whiter Shade of Pale 8/6/67
02 Bohemian Rhapsody 29/11/75
03 All I Have To Do Is Dream 4/7/58
04 Love Is All Around 4/6/94
05 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You 13/7/91
06 Angels 1/12/97
07 All Shook Up 12/7/57
08 Dancing Queen 4/9/76
09 Magic Moments 28/2/58
10 White Christmas 01/01/1942
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Listen to music because you enjoy it.
Not because it's cool to be seen listening to.
I found this statement some days ago on this blog: Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It? and it is a wise device as I think. "A guilty pleasure is known as a something one considers pleasurable despite it being mainly received negatively or looked down on by a majority of society." A guilty pleasure is something you like, but you hide this affection, worrying about being uncool in the eyes of your environment. I looked at the guilty pleasure tag on Last.fm and found 87 of the top 100 songs in my iTunes. That makes me to the most uncool person here, doesn't it? Our friends, acquaintances, community, social life, whatsoever defines what a guilty pleasure is. Without doubt, everyone has some favorite songs that he/she listens, feeling inadequate, defining this to be a guilty pleasure makes it a bit more acceptable, doesn't it?
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For my b-day disco theme party, I made a playlist. (Requested by hdsander) I want to see people dancing all night! If you have any recommandations, feel free to reply I'll appreciate ^^

disco, soul, funk, house, 70s, 80s tags are accepted.

1- Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday
2- Village People - Y.M.C.A.
3- Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
4- Sister Sledge - We Are Family
5- Rufus - Ain't Nobody
6- Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
7- Patrick Juvet - Où Sont Les Femmes
8- Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul
9- Claude François - Alexandrie Alexandra
10- Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
11- Boney M - Sunny
12- Bee Gees - Night Fever
13- Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive
14- ABBA - Dancing Queen
15- Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
16- Imagination - Just An Illusion
17- Irene Cara - Fame
18- Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
19- Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know
20- Earth, Wind & Fire -…

Number 1 song on the day I was born:
Stayin' Alive

Number 1 song on my birthday this year:
Low (feat. T-Pain)

Going to have to go with the Bee Gees on this one...

Top 10 most listened to albums:
10=. The Truth
10=. The Blackening
09. Adrenaline
08. Our Time With You...
06=. Committed to a Bright Future
06=. The Big Dirty
05. Pass Out of Existence
04. From Beale Street to Oblivion
03. Adultery
02. Ire Works
01. Resurrection

Top 10 most listened to albums of 2008:
09=. Year Zero
09=. Icky Thump
08. Saturday Night Wrist
07. The Blackening
06. Fortress
05. Adultery
04. The Big Dirty
03. From Beale Street to Oblivion
02. Resurrection
01. Ire Works

Top 10 most listened to artists:
10. Dog Fashion Disco
09. Clutch
08. Marilyn Manson
07. Alice in Chains
06. Nine Inch Nails
05. Ani DiFranco
04. KoЯn
03. Nirvana
02. Red Hot Chili Peppers
01. Deftones

Top 10 most listened to artists of 2008:
10. Nirvana
09. Metallica
08. Machine Head
07. Every Time I Die
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For those of you who consider disco music entirely devoid of redeeming qualities, here's a weird little news item that combines two of my favourite things, music and science. Apparently there's been a study at the University of Illinois where they played the late 70s smash hit Stayin' Alive to physicians and students practising cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a training dummy and found that it helped them keep the correct rhythm. While I'm sure that the title is a major reason why that particular song was selected, the actual rationale behind the experiment is that the tempo of the song is close to 100 beats per minute, which happens to be the optimum frequency of compressions in CPR. This is why they couldn't use, say, Kickstart My Heart. I am told that keeping the right pace has a big effect on the patient's chances of survival, so be sure to remember Saturday Night Fever the next time you need to resuscitate someone.