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くるりとユーミン（松任谷由実） のシャツを洗えばを
聴いてると、BlurのParklifeを聴きたくなる。
だって、ほとんど同じアレンジ。まあここら辺は共有財産ですかね。
Chuck Berryなんか獲られすぎだし。

(some of them I don't even know why still after SO LONG on my top 20. It's easier to be sadistic with my commentaries this way :D)

20. Babyshambles
the 2nd record is just awwwwwwwwWwwwWful. (Yeti and Dirty Pretty Things, I love you guys!)

19. Norah Jones
Your biggest fault, my dear, is haven't come to Brazil. ARGH can't stand these people, you know.

18. Gnarls Barkley
The same answer (vide #19) (but keep on doing the great job :)

17. Bob Dylan
(Christ, I don't believe I'm going to criticize mr. Zimmerman) Er, you could have not be part of that SCARING Santa Claus video, i mean, seriouly. (i'm lying, even though pretty scary, that video rocked my christmas) p.s.: I wouldn't mind if you release more books :)

16. Lily Allen
I like her, she's OK, but there is no sense in her high position on my charts.

15. Phoenix
they're great, as much as Lily, but is the same thing here. AH! and if you listen to them too much, the singer's voice gets REALLY annoying. get away from here kind of annoying.

14. Graforréia Xilarmônica
They're all sorts of dirty. Some people don't like that. I don't mind. another problem? THE BAND IS OVER grrrrrrrrrr. this is a terrible fault/negative side.

13. The Smiths
THE BAND IS OVER, AWFUL. But being honest here, what a greaaat band for pussies. (I am one of those, don't mind admitting either)

12. Elvis Presley
I can't say a thing about Elvis, sorry. (You were the greatest, I love you, but I hate the fact that half of your recognition - or MORE - should belong to CHUCK BERRY, not just him, Bill Halley and a thousand others doo-woop, blues, whatever musicians.) Slap in the face OR WHAT. (and YOU SHOULD NOT HIDE YOURSELF FOR SO LONG. that's cruel. we all know you're still alive, bastard!)

11. Aimee Mann
Really sweet and talented and everything, but I can't believe she's on my top 20 and Rickie Lee, Janis or Ella are not. I feel embarrassed.

10. Adele
Just ONE album released. You should be ashamed of yourself, get over the '2nd record ghost', get up, move your lazy ass and go do something about it. (You are not 19 it's been a LONG time, dear)

9. Nat King Cole
It was all lost when you recorded Mona Lisa, fucker. NEEEEEEEXT

8. Chuck Berry
There will NEVER be anything wrong with Chuck Berry, and you know what? He CAN be a fucking old man interested in money traveling around the world doing bad gigs because he is CHUCK BERRY. I mean it.

7.The Cure
You don't come to Brazil, bitches, that's a problem, that's a BIG BIG BIG deal.

6. Radiohead
You guys are good, really good. But no, you aren't THAT great. Too much hype, I don't believe it. I don't care. I listen to the first records way more than to the later ones (excluding In Rainbows). I cannot stand Ok Computer, sorry.

5. Pink Floyd
I will never forgive them for don't reunite before Wright was dead. They tried, I know, then a stupid festival didn't allow them but it was already too late. Get real before too late, you know?
(I'll never understand why they lost contact with Syd and wrote Shine On, I never considered it nice or right)

4. Kings of Leon
They opened to U2 (Young and Youth era) then the damage was done. They thought they could and should be an arena-band and these kinds of shit and they fucked up with the music (Liam Gallagher will agree with me - for the first and ONLY time). Caleb ruined his amazing and unique voice, Jared thought he was too much of a genius (what he's not), Matt would try to do things he's not able with the guitar (instead of keeping simple and GOOD), they would change the producer, stick to the plan (and get really paranoid about it) 'conquer America' (STUPID, you would only conquer it making bad music. guess what? you got it, MAKING BAD MUSIC). Caring more with looks than with musicality, makes me sick, Kings of Leon.
They were the biggest waste of potential of the last decade.

3. The Beach Boys
negative side that happened inside the band, not with all the members: They ruined the best shoot they, themselves, got: Smile, simply the best album ever (almost fully) recorded.
As a band I only see faults after all the brothers Wilson collapsed, and (summarizing) it has a name: Mike Love. (but after seen him live I can't go on saying bad things any further.)

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
Not having the decency of remember you GREW OLD. that's a fact, and sometimes you forget. Being hypocritical and disrespectful (sometimes too) with the ones who love your music. Keeping your heads down to Warner. Making a bad record as the last one with Frusciante on it. And I can't be sure yet, but it feels wrong to put Josh now, I just hope for a kick-ass last album. And I'll never forgive you guys for not have come to Brazil between 2002 and 2006. never.

1. John Frusciante
When you almost died, that was a close one, and that would be your biggest fault. I'm glad you didn't. (But being too much of an 'enclosed' person from now on till the rest of your life is not the brightest thing about you, still I love you.)
(p.s.: being a megalomaniac is a bummer too, Johnny Boy)
(p.s.²: still. I love you :))

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Purple Haze : Jimi Hendrix (Score = 144.86)
Iron Man : Black Sabbath (Score = 144.6)
Sunshine Of Your Love : Cream (Score = 113.98)
Light My Fire : The Doors (Score = 109.3)
Loser : 3 Doors Down (Score = 102.46)
Us and Them : Pink Floyd (Score = 100)
Walk On : U2 (Score = 100)
Crosstown Traffic : Jimi Hendrix (Score = 98.25)
Duck And Run : 3 Doors Down (Score = 97.44)
Scar Tissue : Red Hot Chili Peppers (Score = 97.05)
Elevation : U2 (Score = 94.73)
Summer's End : Foo Fighters (Score = 89.19)
Fortunate Son : Creedence Clearwater Revival (Score = 86.73)
You Really Got Me : The Kinks (Score = 85.08)
War Pigs : Black Sabbath (Score = 83.86)
Highway to Hell : AC/DC (Score = 76.44)
Me And Bobby McGee : Janis Joplin (Score = 72.57)
Highway Star : Deep Purple (Score = 69.88)
Cocaine : Eric Clapton (Score = 69.43)
The Sound Of Silence : Simon & Garfunkel (Score = 68.68)
Somebody To Love : Jefferson Airplane (Score = 68.31)
House Of The Rising Sun : The Animals (Score = 68.14)
All Right Now : Free (Score = 67.27)
Sweet Home Alabama : Lynyrd Skynyrd (Score = 66.45)
Crazy Train : Ozzy Osbourne (Score = 65.54)
Free Bird : Lynyrd Skynyrd (Score = 64.03)
Sympathy For The Devil : The Rolling Stones (Score = 64)
Layla : Eric Clapton (Score = 60.69)
White Rabbit : Jefferson Airplane (Score = 60.53)
Poison : Alice Cooper (Score = 59.87)
Bad Moon Rising : Creedence Clearwater Revival (Score = 59.45)
A Whiter Shade Of Pale : Procol Harum (Score = 59.45)
Back in Black : AC/DC (Score = 58.57)
The Boys Are Back In Town : Thin Lizzy (Score = 58.38)
Sultans Of Swing : Dire Straits (Score = 57.42)
Bohemian Rhapsody : Queen (Score = 56.32)
Walk This Way : Aerosmith (Score = 56.2)
La Grange : ZZ Top (Score = 55.44)
Magic Carpet Ride : Steppenwolf (Score = 54.59)
More Than A Feeling : Boston (Score = 54.44)
For What It's Worth : Buffalo Springfield (Score = 53.73)
Run To The Hills : Iron Maiden (Score = 53.61)
Purple Haze : The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Score = 53.11)
The Times They Are A-Changin' : Bob Dylan (Score = 53.05)
School's Out : Alice Cooper (Score = 49.89)
Piece of My Heart : Janis Joplin (Score = 48.35)
Comfortably Numb : Pink Floyd (Score = 47.34)
Breaking The Law : Judas Priest (Score = 46.78)
Aqualung : Jethro Tull (Score = 46.64)
Slow Ride : Foghat (Score = 46.57)
Go Your Own Way : Fleetwood Mac (Score = 46.14)
I Feel Free : Cream (Score = 44.47)
For Your Love : The Yardbirds (Score = 44.35)
Layla : Derek and the Dominos (Score = 43.82)
Sharp Dressed Man : ZZ Top (Score = 43.74)
Mr. Crowley : Ozzy Osbourne (Score = 43.63)
Alive : Pearl Jam (Score = 43.53)
Jump : Van Halen (Score = 43.12)
Kashmir : Led Zeppelin (Score = 42.98)
Ace Of Spades : Motörhead (Score = 42.93)
Detroit Rock City : KISS (Score = 42.79)
Animal I Have Become : Three Days Grace (Score = 41.9)
Mrs. Robinson : Simon & Garfunkel (Score = 41.7)
The Diary of Jane : Breaking Benjamin (Score = 41.66)
Lips Of An Angel : Hinder (Score = 41.44)
My Sweet Lord : George Harrison (Score = 41.39)
Black Hole Sun : Soundgarden (Score = 41.37)
Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry (Score = 40.66)
Holy Diver : Dio (Score = 40.15)
Symphony Of Destruction : Megadeth (Score = 39.67)
(Don't Fear) The Reaper : Blue Öyster Cult (Score = 39.17)
Wouldn't It Be Nice : The Beach Boys (Score = 39.01)
All Day And All Of The Night : The Kinks (Score = 38.46)
Break on Through : The Doors (Score = 38.4)
California Dreamin' : The Mamas & the Papas (Score = 37.84)
The Middle : Jimmy Eat World (Score = 37.67)
Fine Again : Seether (Score = 37.6)
Show Me How to Live : Audioslave (Score = 37.39)
Headstrong : Trapt (Score = 37.21)
The Joker : Steve Miller Band (Score = 37.19)
I'm Waiting for the Man : The Velvet Underground (Score = 36.85)
Paralyzer : Finger Eleven (Score = 36.46)
Are You Gonna Be My Girl : Jet (Score = 36.3)
Walk On the Wild Side : Lou Reed (Score = 36.14)
Still Loving You : Scorpions (Score = 35.77)
Wild Thing : The Troggs (Score = 35.72)
So Cold : Breaking Benjamin (Score = 35.61)
Cold : Crossfade (Score = 35.16)
Cowboys From Hell : Pantera (Score = 35.06)
Glycerine : Bush (Score = 35.02)
Crawling In The Dark : Hoobastank (Score = 34.9)
White Room : Cream (Score = 34.85)
Good Vibrations : The Beach Boys (Score = 34.78)
Lola : The Kinks (Score = 34.51)
Hanging By A Moment : Lifehouse (Score = 34.47)
Rainbow In The Dark : Dio (Score = 34.32)
American Woman : The Guess Who (Score = 34.26)
Space Oddity : David Bowie (Score = 34.24)
Time of the Season : The Zombies (Score = 34.11)
She's Not There : The Zombies (Score = 33.52)

ramilein666's top albums (overall) 1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (301) 2. Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (289) 3. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (218) 4. Playing For Change - Playing for Change: Songs Around the World Disc 1 (208) 5. Brian Tyler - Children of Dune (179) 6. Bob Marley - B Is For Bob (167) 7. Pink Floyd - Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd [Disc 2] (140) 8. John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea (139) 9. Tool - 10,000 Days (135) 10. Gene Vincent - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps (128) 11. Queen - title (121) 12. Little Walter - Juke (119) 13. Little Richard - Little Richard (119) 14. Habib Koité and Bamada - Muso Ko (115) 15. Chuck Berry - The Ultimate Collection (113) 16. Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes (111) 17. Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters the Essential Collection (109) 18. The Cure - Disintegration (108) 19. Nirvana - In Utero (105) 20. Gorillaz - Demon Days (95) 21. Joe Satriani - Engines of Creation (87) 22. Joe Satriani - Is There Love in Space? (86) 23. John Butler Trio - 2004-05-27 - Albert Waterways Community Centre (82) 24. Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion: Esperanza (80) 25. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (79) 26. Jamiroquai - Greatest Hits (79) 27. A Perfect Circle - Acoustic (77) 28. Michael Jackson - History [Disc 2] (75) 29. The Beatles - Help! (74) 30. Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay - The Definitive Collection (74) 31. From Autumn to Ashes - Abandon Your Friends (73) 32. Fort Minor - We Major (Green Lantern Mixtape) (68) 33. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (68) 34. Charlie Winston - Hobo (68) 35. Led Zeppelin - Coda (67) 36. Rachel Portman - Chocolat (67) 37. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (67) 38. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (65) 39. Jimi Hendrix - Experience - Smash Hits (57) 40. MUCC - Cover parade (52) 41. Tool - Lateralus (50) 42. ムック - 球体 (50) 43. Aerosmith - The Very Best Of (49) 44. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (49) 45. L'Arc~en~Ciel - KISS (49) 46. Michael Jackson - History (CD 1) (47) 47. Joe Cocker - Across The Universe (Deluxe Edition) (46) 48. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (46) 49. David Garrett - Encore (45) 50. John Butler Trio - Three (45)

Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

My recommendations are

Aknestik Anssi Kela Bill Haley Bill Haley and the Comets Bobby Vee Brenda Lee Buddy Holly Carl Perkins Chubby Checker Chuck Berry Cliff Richard Creedence Clearwater Revival Del Shannon Dingo Dion Eddie Cochran Fats Domino Gene Vincent Happoradio Herra Ylppö & Ihmiset Irina Ismo Alanko Jenni Vartiainen Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Burnette Johnny Rivers Johnny Tillotson Kaija Koo Kolmas Nainen Little Richard Olavi Uusivirta Popeda Rick Nelson Ricky Nelson Ritchie Valens Roy Orbison Samuli Putro Scandinavian Music Group Shakin' Stevens Sir Elwoodin Hiljaiset Värit Stella Stray Cats Tehosekoitin The Beach Boys The Champs The Everly Brothers The Rolling Stones Tiktak Yö Zen Café

The number in brackets indicates last year's position.

(-) = not in last year's top 30

By Artist

1. (2) Muse 1,054
2. (4) The Beatles 873
3. (9) Volbeat 767
4. (1) The Kinks 477
5. (20) Deep Purple 325
6. (-) Dúné 287
7. (-) Sonata Arctica 280
8. (-) Noisettes 274
9. (15) Mando Diao 271
10. (8) Dave Davies 248
11. (-) Paramore 238
12. (-) Editors 220
13. (24) The Subways 210
14. (-) Razorlight 161
15. (13) Sunrise Avenue 152
16. (-) The Prodigy 114
17. (-) Glasvegas 106
18. (-) dredg 92
19. (-) Sugarplum Fairy 88
20. (-) Mark 'Oh 83
21. (-) Franz Ferdinand 81
22. (28) Chuck Berry 72
23. (26) The Airborne Toxic Event 64
24. (-) Kings of Leon 62
25. (-) Guillemots 57
26. (3) The Offspring 45
27. (-) The Ravens 43
28. (7) The Killers 41
29. (25) Gary Moore 37
30. (-) Wolfmother 34




Top 20 Albums 2009

1. Muse - The Resistance
2. Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
3. Volbeat - Live Sold Out
4. Volbeat - The Strength/The Sound/The Songs
5. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
6. Dúné - Enter Metropolis
7. Dúné - We Are In There, You Are Out Here
8. Volbeat - Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil
9. Muse - HAARP
10. The Subways - All or Nothing
11. Noisettes - What's The Time Mr. Wolf?
12. Muse - Absolution
13. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
14. Mando Diao - Give Me Fire
15. The Subways - Young for Eternity
16. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
17. dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
18. Sunrise Avenue - On The Way To Wonderland
19. Editors - In This Light And On This Evening
20. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die


Happy new year to all of you out there, enjoy the party ;)

TrizZtan

Seems like 90% of indie bands are just bunch of emasculated boys singing girly choruses in high-pitched, feminine tones. Where's the rock? Where's the testosterone, where's the edge, the aggression, the BALLS? Getting tired of these little heroin chic, girl men wailing in falsetto.

I guess the music is a by-product of the overly-feminized society we live in.

Remember grunge? At least those skinny white boys weren't afraid to get in yer face and let you have it. It seems now, the same generation of white boys have lost their balls. Guys like Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley at least burned bright while they were here. They weren't afraid to show their anger and angst in their music. Whereas these singers now...just seem passified, is that a word?

in days gone past, guys didn't learn to harness their testosterone until well into their twenties. Nowadays though, any sort of aggression or masculine behavior is quickly snubbed out in the classrooms and homes in our western culture as feminism asserts itself on young males and impresses itself on young females. So I think this new generation of "rockers" has been conditioned to be more passive and feminine.


(Antony Hegarty, Lead singer of Antony & The Johnsons)

Indie music, as a genre, and it's toned-down, tamed, un-offensiveness is a direct reflection of the emasculation that feminism has achieved in young males. It's like every Indie band is a slightly different version of Bright Eyes. A castrated male plea to society. And the message indie music is sending is "I'm sensitive, I understand you, I'm aware of the harm men have done to women and the harm men have done to our environment".

My only point was that, as a result of the feminist movement, men in general have been emasculated and this is reflected in the music of our generation. Indie music, is a perfect example of this. Further, indie music, as a genre, is no longer relegated to the underground scene but has now moved into the mainstream. Masculinity and femininity are foreign concepts now, unidentifiable. And this is what I see in indie music.

Peter Frampton's music represents masculinity, that which is distinctly male. With his music he doesn't apologize for being a man, rather with it he embraces and expresses what it is to be a man. Unapologetic sexuality, the desire to conquer whatever he wants to conquer, non-accountability to the establishment. By "establishment" I mean government, feminism, liberalism or any movement or structure that would attempt to strip him of his masculinity.

To be a man is to be your own master. You don't answer to a bureaucracy and you certainly don't answer to women. To be masculine is to be the dominant one, the leader, the initiator, assertive, without fear of confrontation. Basically, the exact opposite of everything that indie music represents. Thus, indie music has been emasculated and now represents the traits of femininity rather than masculinity. Indie songs are always about how guys are in touch with the issues, especially those of women and the environment.


If you think the feminist movement is nothing more than women seeking equal rights, you're exceedingly naive. The feminist movement is THE prominent, all-encompassing philosophy of our society. The feminist movement brainwashes women into believing that they don't need men, that men are pigs and worth nothing more than servants with one task; to give women what they are entitled to. Which leads me to the sense of entitlement that feminism instills in women. Under the feminist philosophy, every woman deserves a perfect man, a perfect job, a perfect life, etc. and isn't required to do anything in order to earn these things.

Under the feminist movement, that reared its ugly head along with the abortion/eugenics movement, women are taught that nothing is more important than "ME". So women abort their babies because the babies are an inconvenience to them, they stick their infants in daycare because their job comes first and they divorce their husbands because he doesn't make them happy.


(Animal Collectivee posing nude, something clearly effeminate)

For the young males, the lines have been blurred, all but erased as to what it means to be a man and what those traits are that distinguish men from women. The people on this site, of whom most assuredly are all young males between the ages of 18-35, haven't the foggiest idea about what masculinity is, further, they misinterpret it as chauvinism, sexism and ignorance. They have proven my point that males have been brainwashed along with the females by the feminist/liberal movement.

Don't get me wrong, I like indie music. In fact, most of what I listened to is considered indie. But that's where the emasculation stops for me. Thankfully I have a dad who grew up pre-feminist era and he instilled in me a proper understanding of what it means to be a man.

I feel sorry for males that grow up without guidance from their dads, a role model to show a man how to be a man. But the fact is, that's the way most guys grow up. Most dads nowadays are already ruined, castrated by the feminist movement. Now that women have invaded the workplace and every other aspect of our society, men have become nothing more than accessories, even hindrances. Everything that was masculine has been removed, replaced with an asexual/feminine quality.

One need only take a look at the men, and I use that term very loosely, that are in most of these indie bands. They are weak, skinny, effeminate humans. Like I said earlier, it's almost like they're ashamed of being men. They are afraid they might offend someone by showing any masculine traits. And their songs reflect this. I can't be the only one who notices this.

Media portrays men as weak, unimportant buffoons, and that's what they've become. Look at how many tv shows and movies mock men, with characters that are constantly apologizing for being men. Music is no different, especially indie.

RadioheadLady GaGaMuseThe KillersBat for LashesNickelbackLa RouxSlipknotEminemChuck BerryThe CureBikini KillLe TigreSleater-KinneyOwl CityKanye WestCunninLynguistsSuper Furry AnimalsElvis PresleyBuddy HollyDaft Punk