A Guy Called Gerald"A week" is through. Finally! Before anything I have to confess that it wasn't actually a week. It was nine days, since i started my week on sunday with the changing of the month, but Last.fm has it's own ideas of how to count weeks, so i had to extend the week for several days. I did this, so that i could have an awesome "Weekly snapshot", which you can see here: http://www.last.fm/user/celer2008/charts?charttype=weekly&subtype=artist&range=254
This experiment has led me to think that you CAN listen to bands only named this way for a longer period, IF you have a very eclectic taste of music. Since I'm more of a hip-hop head, I listened to A Tribe Called Quest more than other bands. I'm not very proud of that, but i did come to find that ATCQ is much better, than I had thought before. It actually sparked an interest to give De La Soul, Boogie Down Productions, 3rd Bass and other old-school conscious acts another try before the year 2010 kicks in.
As i listed all 14 bands like these that i had listened before the "A week" for comparison, I'm now going to generate the list again, to give you a hint of what i went through. This is, as far as i know, the most comprehensive list of these bands. If anyone finds more or even a better list, then please let me know. Before this year is through, I'm going to generate the list again. I would like to do it when six months have passed from the first "A week", but there's no point, since next year i will only listen to next year's albums (I'm a freak like that).
There's also a chance that I'll write a few words about the best discoveries of the "A week" and translate it to english for last.fm
Here's the list:
A (82 plays)
a balladeer (21 plays)
A Band of Angels (16 plays)
A Bass Day (2 plays)
A Beautiful Epiphany (4 plays)
A Beautiful Lotus (19 plays)
A Better Hope Foundation (26 plays)
A Big Yes And A Small No (80 plays)
A Bird A Sparrow (5 plays)
A Black Rose Burial (7 plays)
A Boy Called Joni (3 plays)
A Brand (8 plays)
A Breath Before Surfacing (11 plays)
A Broken Consort (8 plays)
A Bullet for Pretty Boy (5 plays)
A Camp (106 plays)
A Case of Grenada (44 plays)
A Certain Ratio (23 plays)
A Challenge of Honour (32 plays)
A Change of Pace (43 plays)
A Chinese Restaurant (8 plays)
A Chorus Line (11 plays)
A City Serene (5 plays)
A Company of Heroes (23 plays)
A Cuckoo (36 plays)
A Current Affair (5 plays)
A Cursive Memory (12 plays)
A Day Away (11 plays)
A Day in Black and White (5 plays)
A Day in the Life (9 plays)
A Day to Remember (47 plays)
A Death Among Heroes (6 plays)
A Death In The Family (10 plays)
A Dominant Species (3 plays)
A Drum and an Open Window (60 plays)
A Dying Dream (8 plays)
A Falling Tragedy (11 plays)
A Feast of Snakes (3 plays)
A Fine Frenzy (68 plays)
A Flock of Seagulls (35 plays)
A Flower Kollapsed (38 plays)
A Forest Mighty Black (20 plays)
A Forest of Stars (17 plays)
A Ghost Train (11 plays)
A Girl Called Eddy (15 plays)
A Grave With No Name (9 plays)
A Great Big Pile of Leaves (14 plays)
A Guy Called Gerald (12 plays)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (56 plays)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangár Ensemble (16 plays)
A Hero Next Door (9 plays)
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd (9 plays)
A Hope For Home (18 plays)
A House Without Windows (18 plays)
A Journey Down The Well (7 plays)
A Jovian Night (17 plays)
A La Carte (4 plays)
A Life Once Lost (19 plays)
A Light in the Attic (18 plays)
A Lily (8 plays)
A Loss For Words (35 plays)
A Love Ends Suicide (10 plays)
A Love Like Pi (94 plays)
A Man Called Adam (9 plays)
A Minor Forest (37 plays)
A Mountain Of One (18 plays)
A New Day (6 plays)
A New Honour (14 plays)
A New Spelling Of My Name (16 plays)
A Ninja Slob Drew Me (10 plays)
A Parade Of Bleeding Bullets (17 plays)
A Phoenix Forever (3 plays)
A Place to Bury Strangers (19 plays)
A Plea For Purging (20 plays)
A Plus D (9 plays)
A Poetic Yesterday (22 plays)
A Reflection Of You (10 plays)
A Reminiscent Drive (27 plays)
A Riot Of Colour (4 plays)
A Rocket To The Moon (6 plays)
A Second of June (8 plays)
A Sense of Summer (2 plays)
A Series of Dark Caves (3 plays)
A setting sun & Shigeto (7 plays)
A Shattered Hope (12 plays)
A Shoreline Dream (16 plays)
A Shoreline Dream & Ulrich Schnauss (3 plays)
A Silent Fiction (12 plays)
A Silent Film (11 plays)
A Silver Mt. Zion (22 plays)
A Skylit Drive (85 plays)
a slow in dance (15 plays)
A Small Good Thing (13 plays)
A Smile and a Ribbon (13 plays)
A Smile from the Trenches (27 plays)
A State of Mind (42 plays)
A Static Lullaby (10 plays)
A Step Apart (12 plays)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow (22 plays)
A Taste of Honey (16 plays)
A Thorn for Every Heart (15 plays)
A Toothless Life (90 plays)
A Traitor Like Judas (11 plays)
A Tribe Called Quest (219 plays)
A Vain Attempt (10 plays)
A Well Thought Tragedy (11 plays)
A Western Addition (18 plays)
A Whisper in the Noise (14 plays)
A Wilhelm Scream (86 plays)
A Witness (20 plays)
I'm absolutely sure that there's more than twice as much still out there than i managed to find and download. If you find more before this year is through, let me know!
This experiment has led me to think that you CAN listen to bands only named this way for a longer period, IF you have a very eclectic taste of music. Since I'm more of a hip-hop head, I listened to A Tribe Called Quest more than other bands. I'm not very proud of that, but i did come to find that ATCQ is much better, than I had thought before. It actually sparked an interest to give De La Soul, Boogie Down Productions, 3rd Bass and other old-school conscious acts another try before the year 2010 kicks in.
As i listed all 14 bands like these that i had listened before the "A week" for comparison, I'm now going to generate the list again, to give you a hint of what i went through. This is, as far as i know, the most comprehensive list of these bands. If anyone finds more or even a better list, then please let me know. Before this year is through, I'm going to generate the list again. I would like to do it when six months have passed from the first "A week", but there's no point, since next year i will only listen to next year's albums (I'm a freak like that).
There's also a chance that I'll write a few words about the best discoveries of the "A week" and translate it to english for last.fm
Here's the list:
A (82 plays)
a balladeer (21 plays)
A Band of Angels (16 plays)
A Bass Day (2 plays)
A Beautiful Epiphany (4 plays)
A Beautiful Lotus (19 plays)
A Better Hope Foundation (26 plays)
A Big Yes And A Small No (80 plays)
A Bird A Sparrow (5 plays)
A Black Rose Burial (7 plays)
A Boy Called Joni (3 plays)
A Brand (8 plays)
A Breath Before Surfacing (11 plays)
A Broken Consort (8 plays)
A Bullet for Pretty Boy (5 plays)
A Camp (106 plays)
A Case of Grenada (44 plays)
A Certain Ratio (23 plays)
A Challenge of Honour (32 plays)
A Change of Pace (43 plays)
A Chinese Restaurant (8 plays)
A Chorus Line (11 plays)
A City Serene (5 plays)
A Company of Heroes (23 plays)
A Cuckoo (36 plays)
A Current Affair (5 plays)
A Cursive Memory (12 plays)
A Day Away (11 plays)
A Day in Black and White (5 plays)
A Day in the Life (9 plays)
A Day to Remember (47 plays)
A Death Among Heroes (6 plays)
A Death In The Family (10 plays)
A Dominant Species (3 plays)
A Drum and an Open Window (60 plays)
A Dying Dream (8 plays)
A Falling Tragedy (11 plays)
A Feast of Snakes (3 plays)
A Fine Frenzy (68 plays)
A Flock of Seagulls (35 plays)
A Flower Kollapsed (38 plays)
A Forest Mighty Black (20 plays)
A Forest of Stars (17 plays)
A Ghost Train (11 plays)
A Girl Called Eddy (15 plays)
A Grave With No Name (9 plays)
A Great Big Pile of Leaves (14 plays)
A Guy Called Gerald (12 plays)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (56 plays)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangár Ensemble (16 plays)
A Hero Next Door (9 plays)
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd (9 plays)
A Hope For Home (18 plays)
A House Without Windows (18 plays)
A Journey Down The Well (7 plays)
A Jovian Night (17 plays)
A La Carte (4 plays)
A Life Once Lost (19 plays)
A Light in the Attic (18 plays)
A Lily (8 plays)
A Loss For Words (35 plays)
A Love Ends Suicide (10 plays)
A Love Like Pi (94 plays)
A Man Called Adam (9 plays)
A Minor Forest (37 plays)
A Mountain Of One (18 plays)
A New Day (6 plays)
A New Honour (14 plays)
A New Spelling Of My Name (16 plays)
A Ninja Slob Drew Me (10 plays)
A Parade Of Bleeding Bullets (17 plays)
A Phoenix Forever (3 plays)
A Place to Bury Strangers (19 plays)
A Plea For Purging (20 plays)
A Plus D (9 plays)
A Poetic Yesterday (22 plays)
A Reflection Of You (10 plays)
A Reminiscent Drive (27 plays)
A Riot Of Colour (4 plays)
A Rocket To The Moon (6 plays)
A Second of June (8 plays)
A Sense of Summer (2 plays)
A Series of Dark Caves (3 plays)
A setting sun & Shigeto (7 plays)
A Shattered Hope (12 plays)
A Shoreline Dream (16 plays)
A Shoreline Dream & Ulrich Schnauss (3 plays)
A Silent Fiction (12 plays)
A Silent Film (11 plays)
A Silver Mt. Zion (22 plays)
A Skylit Drive (85 plays)
a slow in dance (15 plays)
A Small Good Thing (13 plays)
A Smile and a Ribbon (13 plays)
A Smile from the Trenches (27 plays)
A State of Mind (42 plays)
A Static Lullaby (10 plays)
A Step Apart (12 plays)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow (22 plays)
A Taste of Honey (16 plays)
A Thorn for Every Heart (15 plays)
A Toothless Life (90 plays)
A Traitor Like Judas (11 plays)
A Tribe Called Quest (219 plays)
A Vain Attempt (10 plays)
A Well Thought Tragedy (11 plays)
A Western Addition (18 plays)
A Whisper in the Noise (14 plays)
A Wilhelm Scream (86 plays)
A Witness (20 plays)
I'm absolutely sure that there's more than twice as much still out there than i managed to find and download. If you find more before this year is through, let me know!
