en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal The Last.fm journal for mandraco. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/04/02/2m6f29_song_lyrics_challenge Thu, 2 Apr 2009 04:45:42 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/04/02/2m6f29_song_lyrics_challenge Instructions:Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 52 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are wondering -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.Let's face it. This is Last.fm, you already know what I'm listening to... so if you can't guess all the songs, I suggest you cheat.

And I know it didn't say anything in the rules, but I skipped songs that didn't have any words, and those that were not songs, and those songs that were in Simlish (because that's not a real language).

1.A place where nobody dared to go...
2.Hey there Bret I see you looking down...
3.Goodbye... Goodbye... Leggy blonde...
4.What gives a girl power and punch?
5.Things have come to a pretty pass...
6.I know you think that I shouldn't still love you, or tell you that...
7.It's funny how time has a way of erasing the pain...
8.Coming out of my cage and I've been doin' just fine...
9.Dang lei si liu xing...
10.I been missing you, I should be kissing you...
11.Sometimes I walk a little faster in the school hallway just to get next to you...
12.Oh no no no... don't phunk with my heart...
13.Frodo, don't wear the ring...
14.They say that falling in love is wonderful...
15.Now don't you even act like you don't want to get up...
16.She grew up with children of the stars...
17.Sky is clear tonight...
18.Hot diggity dog ziggity boom what you do to me...
19.I was so young I did not recognise the fire burning in her eyes...
20.Risin' up, back on the street...
21.Inner city life, inner city pressure...
22.At night I dream of your kind and intelligent face...
23.Seems we play the game but lost along the way...
24.I'm an angel, I'm a devil, I am sometimes in between...
25.Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
26.It's been one week since you looked at me...
27.Run... running all the time...
28.I know that you are something special...
29.Baby let me be, your lovin' teddy bear...
30.Round, round, get around, I get around...
31.I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today...
32.Waiting for the start of something...
33.What you say?... Woman oh woman don't treat me so mean...
34.You think you know me? Word on the street is that you do...
35.Lives are like retractable pencils...
36.Get your motor running... Head out on the highway...
37.Oh oh oh woke up today feeling the way I always do...
38.You can't stop an avalanche as it races down the hill...
39.There's children on the streets using guns and knives...
40.Captured effortlessly, that's the way it was...
41.She steps to the groove, her body in tune...
42.Oh yeah... I can't imagine all the precious time wasted on hazy ways to feel alive...
43.Here we are, shooting stars, renting time in someone else's space...
44.Twenty seconds on the back time, I feel you're on the run...
45.I've got you under my skin...
46.Away in a manger no crib for a bed...
47.If I were your woman and you were my man...
48.We don't have to try to think the same thoughts...
49.I love you... See baby I love you, you are my life...
50.I believe the sun should never set upon an argument...
51.I was free when we met you were eating a burrito...
52.Imprevisível... de longe em longe um sinal...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/03/27/2lluy7_top_5_songs_with_one_word_insult_titles Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:40:29 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/03/27/2lluy7_top_5_songs_with_one_word_insult_titles Um, yeah...

5. Weird - Hanson
Has Hanson ever not featured on one of my top 5s? I don't know. I just happen to have rather an extensive knowledge of their discography, that's all.

4. Bitch - Meredith Brooks
I loved this song as a kid. I knew all the words even though I wasn't really allowed to go around singing the word 'bitch'.

3. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
I think you're crazy. Crazy if you were considering leaving this song out of your top five countdown of one word insults.

2. Creep - Radiohead
Running out of reasons why I put things on my list. Because they were the only things I could think of, duh.

1. Freak - Silverchair
This song has the weirdest video clip. It freaks me out.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/03/03/2j4b1n_how_mainstream_am_i%3F Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:42:38 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/03/03/2j4b1n_how_mainstream_am_i%3F Taken from jessiebelle91's journal.
Take your top 20 artists, and find out how many listeners they have. Divide the number of total listeners by 20 to get the average listeners. Then divide by the number of Radiohead listeners, and multiply by 100.Flight of the Conchords (116,531 listeners)
Hanson (176,706 listeners)
Hi-5 (2,201 listeners)
Corbin Bleu (23,978 listeners)
Aly & AJ (121,191 listeners)
Hannah Montana (82,286 listeners)
Hilary Duff (367,943 listeners)
John Mayer (723,299 listeners)
Harry and the Potters (42,802 listeners)
Guy Sebastian (8,102 listeners)
Jesse McCartney (177,731 listeners)
Frank Sinatra (747,641 listeners)
Emily Williams (336 listeners)
Maroon 5 (1,014,252 listeners)
Backstreet Boys (419,481 listeners)
Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale (4,755 listeners)
Jonas Brothers (160,883 listeners)
Dean Geyer (3,607 listeners)
Dan England (406 listeners)
Westlife (214,246 listeners)

Total: 4,408,377
Average: 220,418.85

Divided by Radiohead (1,924,899 listeners): 0.1145
As a percentage: 11.45%

That's lower than I expected... but I guess I shouldn't be listening to Australian Idol people from seasons long past. I wonder how I could tweak this to get a more meaningful statistic...
...

So if I take all the other spellings of Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale (which would make it more accurate), that increases the total by 10,653 and brings it to: 4,419,030. The new average is now: 220,951.5
Divided by Radiohead: 0.1148
As a percentage: 11.48%
Which means that all that summing barely increases my total (i.e. if I'd rounded differently there would be no difference at all).]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/03/03/2j40bx_how_varied_is_my_music_taste%3F Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:26:22 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/03/03/2j40bx_how_varied_is_my_music_taste%3F I'm doing this from something I found at Bri_82's journal.

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add 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 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.'

1. Flight of the Conchords
2. Hanson
3. Hi-5
4. Corbin Bleu
5. Aly & AJ
6. Hannah Montana
7. Hilary Duff
8. John Mayer
9. Harry and the Potters
10. Guy Sebastian
11. Jesse McCartney
12. Frank Sinatra
13. Emily Williams
14. Maroon 5
15. Backstreet Boys
16. Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale
17. Jonas Brothers
18. Dean Geyer
19. Dan England
20. Westlife

21. Demetri Martin
22. The Lonely Island
23. The Mighty Boosh
24. Jonathan Coulton
25. Video Kid
26. David Cross
27. The Phoenix Foundation
28. Stephen Lynch

29. The Moffatts
30. Ingram Hill
31. Everybody Else
32. Ben Jelen
33. Pat McGee Band
34. Locksley
35. Nick Carter
36.Michael Tolcher

37. Helena Paparizou
38. LazyTown
39. Άννα Βισση
40. Evridiki
41. Tamta
42. Kalomoira
43. Justine Clarke
44. Alvin and The Chipmunks

45. Lucas Grabeel
46. Drew Seeley
47. The Cheetah Girls
48. Vanessa Hudgens
49. Ashley Tisdale
50. Jordan Pruitt
51. Raven-Symoné
52. Keke Palmer

53. Miley Cyrus
54. Brie Larson
55. Demi Lovato
56. Cheyenne Kimball

57. Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus
58. Selena Gomez

59. Lindsay Lohan
60. Ashlee Simpson
61. Haylie Duff
62. Britney Spears

63. John Mayer Trio
64. Jason Mraz
65. Matt Wertz
66. Amos Lee
67. Matt Nathanson
68. Gavin DeGraw
69. Josh Kelley
70. James Morrison

71. Draco and the Malfoys
72. The Remus Lupins
73. The Whomping Willows
74. The Parselmouths
75. Ministry of Magic
76. The Moaning Myrtles
77. Roonil Wazlib
78. Catchlove

79. Shannon Noll
80. Anthony Callea
81. Lee Harding
82. Damien Leith
83. Human Nature
84. Paulini
85. Ricki-Lee
86. Rob Mills

87. Aaron Carter
88. Dream Street
89. Ryan Cabrera

90. Dean Martin
91. Sammy Davis, Jr.
92. Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey
93. Tony Bennett
94. Nat King Cole
95. Mel Tormé
96. Bobby Darin
97. Ella Fitzgerald

98. Anne Robertson
99. Milly Edwards
100. Lavina Williams
101. James Kannis
102. Natalie Zahra
103. Laura Gissara
104. Tarni Stephens

105. OneRepublic
106. Matchbox Twenty
107. Rob Thomas
108. Kelly Clarkson
109. James Blunt

110. Brian Littrell
111. *NSYNC
112. 98 Degrees
113. O-Town
114. Five

115. Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens
116. Zac Efron
117. Corbin Bleu & Lucas Grabeel
118. High School Musical 2 Cast
119. Sharpay
120. High School Musical Cast
121. High School Musical 3

122. Joe Jonas
123. Camp Rock
124. Nick Jonas
125. Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas
126. Meaghan Martin

127. Matt Corby
128. Ben McKenzie

129. Daniel Spillane
130. Emily Williams
131. Courtney Murphy

132. Brian McFadden
133. Boyzone
134. A1
135. Ronan Keating
136. Blue
137. Gareth Gates
138. Shayne Ward

And done... my numbers are probably wrong because this takes so long and I can't be bothered to check it. I think my score is reasonably respectable.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/02/27/2ipadw_top_5_songs_about_sunday_morning Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:37:24 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/02/27/2ipadw_top_5_songs_about_sunday_morning I didn't put much thought into this one. I just did it. I haven't even listened to two of these songs. (Guess which two. I won't leave comments to make it more difficult.)

5. Sunday Morning - Lily Allen

4. Easy - Lionel Richie

3. Sunday Morning - No Doubt

2. Sunday Morning Song - Howie Day

1. Sunday Morning - Maroon 5]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/02/15/2hk3vv_top_5_songs_that_have_the_words_%27hold_on%27_in_them Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:34:18 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2009/02/15/2hk3vv_top_5_songs_that_have_the_words_%27hold_on%27_in_them Oops, I deleted this accidentally. I hate it when that happens. Let's see if I can remember.

Short story: first 5 songs I could think of, in order of repetitions of 'Hold On'.

5. I'd Never Write A Song About You - Wheatus
Yeah, so I have this Wheatus single (it was a present) and this bonus track just keeps playing. Of course it was number 5. It's also a fun track because the lyric is "hold on me" rather than just plain old "hold on".

4. MMMBop - Hanson
My Last.fm top artists will tell you that I like Hanson more than some people probably should. And actually, I had to ask my siblings for help and my brother came up with this one. This one is more "hold on to". As you can tell, I was pretty lenient with my criteria, as always.

3. All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
I had to Google search to find out the title of this song because of course, all I could think of was the line with "hold on" in it.

2. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
I recently tried to Blip as many "must yell out the chorus" songs as I could. This was one of them and so ended up in my head.

1. Hold On - Jonas Brothers
It's called "Hold On". 'Nuff said.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2008/04/17/nkn_top_5_sad_songs_that_sound_happy Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:09:59 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2008/04/17/nkn_top_5_sad_songs_that_sound_happy It's been a long time coming, but here's my second top 5. I cheated a little, which is the main reason why it took so long for me to get to 5. They're not necessarily 'sad', just not quite as happy as they might sound.

5. I'm Not Crying by Flight of the Conchords
This is a sad song, but I defy you to listen to it and not laugh... which is the opposite of what I was going for, but oh well. I told you I cheated.

4. 1234 by Feist
I think this song sounds happy. I don't think its words really are.

3. Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston
This song is so upbeat. If only beautiful girls didn't make him suicidal.

2. Lovefool by The Cardigans
"Love me, love me" - Happy
"Fool me, fool me" - Sad =(

1. How Far We've Come by Matchbox Twenty
Let's see how far we've come... turns out it's not very far at all. Hence sad.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2008/02/12/nkm_top_5_stalker_songs Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:25:29 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2008/02/12/nkm_top_5_stalker_songs I've recently gotten into making top 5 countdowns like the music channels do. Via YouTube of course.

5. I Will Follow Him by Peggy March
If you don't think that this song is about God, then you're definitely going to think she's a stalker.

4. Wherever You Will Go by The Calling
If someone is there wherever I go, then I call them a stalker.

3. Invisible by Clay Aiken
If I was invisible, yes, I'd probably stalk people too.

2. Every Breath You Take by The Police
I think it is stalkerish behaviour when one can note every breath someone else takes.

1. Escape by Enrique Iglesias
This is number one because it's clear that the stalkee is trying their hardest to get away from the stalker. And not succeeding.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2007/10/30/nkl_i_didn%27t_realise_that_five_for_fighting_was_one_guy. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:42:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2007/10/30/nkl_i_didn%27t_realise_that_five_for_fighting_was_one_guy. I think that means there's something to be desired in his PR stuff.

But yeah, it's been years, but it's not like I've ever seen him live so I might have noticed that.

Thank you Last.fm. I am enlightened.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2007/06/19/nkk_i_think_i%27m_a_little_obsessed Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:44:51 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/mandraco/journal/2007/06/19/nkk_i_think_i%27m_a_little_obsessed I keep checking the list of songs I've played recently, as if they're going to change when I'm not listening to something. And as if it's so interesting. And that's why I think I'm obsessed. I have to have a browser open with my profile page open so that I can see what I just listened to... as though I don't remember.

Admittedly, sometimes I don't remember. It's true. I think, wow, did I really listen to that? Apparently I did. I mean, it's right there. Proves I have a short term memory... and that I don't actually listen to what I'm listening to. Surprising, huh?

Anyway, I think I shall end my journal entry here with a semi-musical note: Listen to Flight of the Conchords they will make love to your ears. Or so they say. I just like them. Possibly a bit too much.]]>