Sabato 27 Mar 2010, 23:33
This has been a work in progress for a while. I started this compilation a few years ago & thought i'd put it together in no time… however, that wasn't so easy. It took longer than i anticipated, plus i kept changing my mind on what bands to include. But gradually, thanks to the use of Last.FM, Wikipedia, & xhochy.org, I was finally able to filter & narrow it down a lot easier. It will still take quite a bit of time to include songs & links, but at least for the time being, i have started the band lists. More to be updated later…
They came from … England - #1
1 The Damned - There'll Come a Day
2 Killing Joke - A New Day
3 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Desert Kisses
4 The Cure - The Blood
5 Echo & the Bunnymen - The Yo Yo Man
6 Love & Rockets - Mirror people
7 New Order - Mesh - Substance (Cries & Whispers)
8 Depeche Mode - In Your Room (album version)
9 The Chameleons - Is it Any Wonder?
10 Blur - To The End
11 Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
12 Doves - Break Me Gently
13 March Violets - Lights Go Out
14 Bauhaus - Spirit
15 Nosferatu - The Wiccaman
16 The Bolshoi - Books on the Bonfire
17 Danse Society - Hold On
18 Supergrass - She's So Loose
19 Placebo - Plasticine
20 The Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like a Train
21 Adam Ant - Survival of the Fetish
22 Fields of the Nephilim - Moonchild
23 Visage - Damned Don't Cry
24 Daniel Ash - Dream Machine
25 The Mission - Deliverance
I like waaaay too many British bands… & it's official: according to a website i found that generates where bands come from, British bands take up half of my listening time. I honestly didn't know where to start at 1st when i started compiling these lists a few years ago, so i decided to make it easier on myself & just take the top 25 listed bands on my last.fm page… & these honestly represent the types of bands i listen to on a very regular basis, as well as including most of my all-time favorites (my top 4 ever are listed here)! I'm sure i'll like this so much that i'll make a 2nd & maybe a 3rd later, but this will suffice for now ;-) I'm still always baffled how there are so many good bands in a small country…
They came from … the United States!! - #2
1 Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
2 Soundgarden - Zero Chance
3 Ministry - The Land of Milk & Honey
4 Dandy Warhols - Wonderful You
5 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Devil Bunnies
6 Interpol - Say Hello to the Angels
7 Alice in Chains - Dam That River
8 Until December - Free Again
9 Revolting Cocks - Something Wonderful
10 Juliana Hatfield - Dying Proof
11 Failure - Smoking Umbrellas
12 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Need Some Air
13 Sponge - Fields
14 Garbage - Temptation Waits
15 Concrete Blonde - Darkening of the light
16 The Shins - Australia
17 Sheryl Crow - There Goes the Neighborhood
18 Faith and the Muse - Scars Flown Proud
19 Deee-Lite - Good Beat
20 Static X - The Trance is the Motion
21 Autolux - Turnstile Blues
22 Cypress Hill - Cock the Hammer
23 The Wrens - Hopeless
24 Beastie Boys - Gratitude
25 R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here
One would think since i'm from the States that this would be easy… but I really had to sort thru all the British bands to figure out what were my top 25 listened to American bands… interestingly, there were only 10 bands from the US in my top 50, & the rest of the 20 barely came in the top 100 bands! Not that there aren't enough bands in this country, but i just prefer British ones. However, i will say my favorite female singers tend to be American, so a few of them are listed here. Bands are listed in order of frequently listened to.
They came from… Germany! #3
Project Pitchfork - Beautiful-Logic-Strings
And One - Schwarz
Melotron - Manchmal
Beborn Beton - Eisplanet
Nena - ? (Fragezeichen)
Wolfsheim - Kaufrausch
Das Ich - He Mensch
Funker Vogt - Nuclear Winter
Absurd Minds - Brainwash v2
Rammstein - Mutter
Santa Hates You - You're Fucking It Up
Paul van Dyk - Let Go
Camouflage - Dreaming
DeVision - Subtronic
& not finished with that one quite yet…
They came from … Canada!! - #4
Skinny Puppy - Candle
Front Line Assembly - Provision
ohGr - Cracker
Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her
Moev - Yeah, Whatever
Delerium with Sarah McLachlan - Silence
Broken Social Scene - Stars & Sons
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Alanis Morissette - Right Through You
The Stills - Of Montreal
Metric - Succexy
Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
Grimes - Genesis
Chromeo - Needy Girl
Trans X - Living on Video
Men Without Hats - Antarctica
The Dears - Lost in the Plot
Payolas - Where is this love
Cowboy Junkies - Common Disaster
Our Lady Peace - Starseed
Econoline Crush - Home
Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
3 more to come from: Australia, Ireland/Scotland, & mixed European!!