Because I'm Too Lazy To Post Anything Original Today...

The meme below has been circulating around one of my music forums, and rather than be the millionth person to post it there, I decided to transport it over here. I only do these when I think a good one crops up, so enjoy it.

1. Song from the last record bought/downloaded [legally]: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean [iTunes]
[yes, the last album I legitimately paid money for was Thriller]

2. Blues: The Animals - House of the Rising Sun [iTunes]

3. Romantic song: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars [iTunes]

4. One of the earliest records from your collection: American Hi-Fi - Flavor of the Weak [iTunes]
[This question was originally earliest record you remember listening to, but this works better]*

5. Song discovered from a film: Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor or Humanity [iTunes]
[First heard in Kill Bill, Vol. 1]

6. Song from a favorite band/artist: Foo Fighters - Big Me [iTunes]

7. song from an artist/band that you otherwise don't like, but this one: Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. [iTunes]

8. Song that makes you laugh/ you find funny: Nickelback - Rockstar [iTunes]
[Hooray for unintentional comedy!!]

9. Really good cover version: Bedlight for Blue Eyes- Jumper [Third Eye Blind] [iTunes]

10. Song that reminds you of high school: Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down [iTunes]

11. Funky: Earth, Wind & Fire - September [iTunes]

12. Song for those quiet rainy days: Jars of Clay - Worlds Apart [iTunes]

13. Feel good song: Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light [iTunes]

14. From a member of the "Dead Rockers Society": Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee [iTunes]

15. Your favorite Elvis song: A Little Less Conversation [iTunes]
[Actually the only Elvis song in my collection]

16. Wildcard: Train - Meet Virginia [iTunes]
[First song up on shuffle]

*American Hi-Fi's Debut was the first album in my current collection. You have till the end of this sentence to finish judging me.

Well, now. Wasn't that fun? For the record I finally saw High Fidelity earlier today, so you might expect a few Top 5-based posts in the near future. Back soon.

==TJ==

VLM Celebrates One Year of Indie-Bashing!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, it was one year ago today that Viva La Mainstream first launched. It's gone through a number of changes, most notably its name and its focus, but the goal is the same: Bringing the ROCK back to the blogotubes, or whatever the hell it's called these days.

In celebration of one year of blogging, I'm reposting the intro survey I did in the first entry. You can see the original answers here. Also posting MP3s when available. Let's get started!

Number of songs: 3058
Total Time: 8:05:33:38 (days:hours:minutes:seconds)

Sort by song title:
-first song: Bowling For Soup - A-Hole
-Last song: Jay-Z - 99 Problems

(Note that in the past year iTunes in their infinite wisdom did an update which decided that numbers now belong at the end of the alphabet.)

Sort by length:
-Shortest song: Ronnie Day - Insert 1 (:09)
-Longest Song: Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam (33:41)

Sort by album:
-First Song: The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun (Abbey Road)
-Last Song: Collective Soul - The World I Know (last listed album; there are a bunch of songs with unknown album)

First five songs that come up on shuffle:
1. Linkin Park - Crawling
2. The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
3. U2 - One
4. My Chemical Romance - All I Want For Christmas is You
5. Familiar 48 - Learn to Love Again

Top 10 Most Played Songs:
1. Linkin Park - Bleed it Out (22)
2. Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch (16)
3. Buckcherry - Everything (15)
4. Foo Fighters - Long Road to Ruin (14)
5. Stone Sour - Zzyzx Rd. (14)
6. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down (13)
7. AFI - Summer Shudder (12)
8. The All-American Rejects - Move Along (12)
9. The Fray - How to Save A Life (12)
10. Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me (12)

Search "sex", how many songs come up? 16
Search "love", how many songs come up? 111
Search "death", how many songs come up? 2
Search "hate", how many songs come up? 14
Search "wish", how many songs come up? 6

(adding some more questions for the hell of it)
Which artist appears most often?
Foo Fighters (125 songs)

Sort by date added:
Most recent: Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain (added 1/16/08 4:36 PM)
Least recent: 3 Doors Down - Let Me Go (Acoustic) (Added 7/20/06 5:37 PM)
[About 20 songs are listed as being added at that time, but this is the one at the bottom of the list]

Which song appears most often?
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" (6 Versions)
Versions by Acceptance, The Fray, John Lennon, Melissa Etheridge, Sense Field, and The Used/Street Drum Corps

Number of songs never played: 780
Number of songs with 5-star ratings - 618
Number of songs DRMed/bought on iTunes - 195

And I think that just about does it. Here's to another year of blogtastic awesomeness!

Currently listening: Jimmy Eat World - Electable (Give It Up) [iTunes]

SaveFile acting up right now...will be back with MP3s...sorry!

==TJ==

Listen to the Sound...

Welcome to my newly made music blog. I figured that most of the readers on my LiveJournal and other various blogs didn't read the music-based entries posted there, and my Last.fm page was a bit too low profile for what I'm trying to do. So I started yet another blog, dedicated entirely to all things music (hence the title). I'm not entirely sure what exactly is going in here, but expect lots of musings on songs, albums, anything that makes me a music geek. If you have something you want me to rant about, let me know, I will consider the topic. Some ground rules about commenting may come in later, depending on what kind of feedback I get.

Most of my readers probably know what kind of music I'm into, but just to get things started off, a quick iTunes survey for the sake of getting a general idea in case i have any new readers:

Number of songs: 1627 (and growing)
Total Time: 4:09:35:00 (days:hours:mins:seconds)

Sort by song title:
-first song: Queen - '39
-Last song: Stone Sour - Zzyzx Rd.

Sort by length:
-Shortest song: Merry Christmas from Mr.T (:14)
-Longest Song: Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (17:29)

Sort by album:
-First Song: Beyonce - Check On It
-Last Song: Collective Soul - How Do You Love? (That's the last listed album; I have several with no album title given)

First five songs that come up on shuffle:
1. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
2. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
3. Stone Sour - Sillyworld
4. No Doubt - Don't Speak
5. 30 Seconds to Mars - Attack

Top 10 Most Played Songs:
1. All-American Rejects - Move Along
2. The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) [Live at the Electric Factory]
3. Omnisoul - Waiting (Save Your Life)
4. AFI - Summer Shudder
5. Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
6. Our Lady Peace - Innocent
7. Stone Sour - Through Glass
8. 30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill
9. Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane (Acoustic)
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around the Bend

Search "sex", how many songs come up? 3
Search "love", how many songs come up? 54
Search "death", how many songs come up? 3
Search "hate", how many songs come up? 4
Search "wish", how many songs come up? 4

Yeah that's it for me. I'll be back probably tomorrow. Feedback of any sort is appreciated from here on out.

==TJ==