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50 Overall Top Artists - 50 Questions

1.How did you get into #29?
Seether - I heard their song featuring Amy Lee - Broken

2. What was the first song you ever heard by #22?
AC/DC - Highway to Hell

3. What's your favorite lyric by #33?
Scorpions - Send Me An Angel

4. How did you get into #49?
Afi - I saw their video on TV, Miss Murder

5. How many albums by #13 do you own?
Stephen Sondheim - Unfortunately, none.

6. What is your favorite song by #50?
Pezet - W moim świecie

7. Is there a song by #39 that makes you sad?
Aloha From Hell - Not at all.

8. What is your favorite song by #15?
Dream Theater - Through Her Eyes

9. What is your favorite song by #5?
Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece of Heaven

10. Is there a song by #6 that makes you happy?
Coma - Skaczemy

11. What is the worst song by #40?
Europe - Last Look At Eden

12. What is your favorite song by #10?
Queen - I Want to Break Free, though it's really hard to pick one of all these great songs!
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Last.FM Milestones1st track: (06 Apr 2009)
Aarne Tenkanen - Hemaisevan seksikäs pörröpää10th track: (07 Apr 2009)
Scorpions - Big City Nights100th track: (14 Apr 2009)
Kummeli - Olen Tehnyt Comebackin500th track: (17 May 2009)
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet1000th track: (08 Jun 2009)
Fozzy - Big City Nights (orig.Scorpions)1250th track: (17 Jun 2009)
The Balkan Girls - Elena (Romania)1500th track: (26 Jun 2009)
Fozzy - Blackout1750th track: (06 Jul 2009)
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius - Herra-47-Sextetti: Sex Machine2000th track: (26 Jul 2009)
Seether - Fake It2250th track: (02 Aug 2009)
Jean S. - Huone 1052500th track: (07 Aug 2009)
Jean S. - Ei Elämästä Selviä Hengissä2750th track: (14 Aug 2009)
Bloc Party - Flux3000th track: (24 Aug 2009)
Seether - Fake It3250th track: (06 Sep 2009)
Accept - Balls To The Wall3500th track: (18 Sep 2009)
Fozzy - Martyr No More3750th track: (25 Sep 2009)
Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave4000th track: (02 Oct 2009)
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So here is what you do. Take every year from the year you were born and pick a song you still like and listen to that was released in that year. Try to pick a different artist every year. This will make your chronological soundtrack!

Thanks to knirrie for inspiring me with her issue to do this.

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1954:Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
1955:Maybellene - Chuck Berry
1956:I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
1957:Mona - Bo Diddley
1958:Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
1959:Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1960:Stormy Weather - Etta James
1961:Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
1962:The Loco Motion - Little Eva
1963:You Really Got a Hold on Me - The Beatles
1964:Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
1965:Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
1966:Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
1967:Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
1968:In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
1969:Had To Cry Today - Blind Faith
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"But I guess that's just the way
The story goes" (Harry Nilsson » Without You)
or
"There's nothing left to try
There's no place left to hide" (Madonna » The Power Of Good-Bye)

"There´s so much I need to say to you, so many reasons why
You're the only one who really knew me at all" (Phil Collins » Against All Odds)
or
"Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head" (Queen » Bohemian Rhapsody)

"You're everything I hoped for
You're every, everything I need" (Joe Cocker » You Are So Beautiful)
or
"No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man" (The Who » Behind Blue Eyes)

"Don't you ever for a second get to thinkin'
You're irreplaceable" (Beyonce » Irreplaceable)
or
"Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love
never hesitating to become the fated ones" (Berlin » Take My Breath Away)

"Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on" (Céline Dion » My Heart Will Go On)
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I'm copying this from a journal entry by sparklish.

My birthday: March 29, 1979

On that day, the No. 1 single was:
US: Tragedy by Bee Gees
UK: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
AUS: Chic by Le Freak

On my 1st birthday 3.29.80:
US: Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd
UK: Going Underground / Dreams of Children by The Jam
AUS: Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen

On my 2nd birthday 3.29.81:
US: Rapture by Blondie
UK: This Ole House by Shakin' Stevens
AUS: Antmusic by Adam and the Ants

On my 3rd birthday 3.29.82:
US: I Love Rock 'N Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
UK: Seven Tears by The Goombay Dance Band
AUS: What About Me by Moving Picture

On my 4th birthday 3.29.83:
US: Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
UK: Is There Something I Should Know by Duran Duran
AUS: Gloria by Laura Branigan

On my 5th birthday 3.29.84:
US: Footloose by Kenny Loggins
UK: Hello by Lionel Richie
AUS: Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

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Put your Media Player on shuffle.
The song title is the answer.

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The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
Song: Everywhere
Artist: Michelle Branch
I'm sure this would have been more appropriate for another answer...

Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
Song: The End Is Over
Artist: Powerman 5000
Oh....

Your message to the world:
Song: Shriners Convention
Artist: Ray Stevens
OK, my message to the world is to laugh (o: And have a fine ol' time.

Your deepest secret:
Song: Black Velvet
Artist: Alannah Myles
Hmmm... nope, don't know what to say to that...


Your innermost desire:
Song: Sing
Artist: Travis
I like to sing... and I wish I actually could.

Somewhere in your wedding vows, you'll include:
Song: I'm No Angel
Artist: Heather Nova
... but I'll be "good enough"

On your deathbed, you'll whisper:
Song: Here I Stand and Face the Rain
Artist: a-ha
Hey, you never know...

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Ending the series on UK one-hit wonders with the Nineties. I've marked the songs I personally recall in italics. I've also included the date they charted, and the highest position (in brackets).

As explained in the first of these postings, the listing ends in 1996, yet even though it only covers half of the decade there are still a lot of one-hit wonder tracks here! Possibly because as the decades have moved on, the prominence of singles sales has fallen and so it has become easier and easier to have a chart-topping single and this has lead to a much higher turnover of tracks in the charts.

As with the other lists, if you think of any I might have missed from this decade, let me know here. Please drop me a note too if any bring back memories! :^)

Ok, for one last time, here we go:

20-Jan-90Welcome(17)
20-Jan-90Instant Replay(10)
03-Feb-90Probably A Robbery(38)
10-Feb-90Bikini Girls With Machine Guns(35)
10-Feb-90Walk On The Wild Side(27)
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...but do and wish I didn't.

What Is Love
Hung Up
Black Velvet
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Black Black Heart
Blue
Rock Me Amadeus
This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
Something In The Air Tonight
What You Waiting For?
24
Numb/Encore

Oh god that was a hard confession.