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just because i thought it would be fun. :)

1. How did you get into 29?
Arctic Monkeys - after I've heard their third album, "Humbug".

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
White Lies - hm, I think it was "To Lose My Life", but I'm not quite sure.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Lake of Tears - "and with the morning sun, a lonely teardrop falls down from my eye and I die" ("The Homecoming")

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
AB4 - "Broken Trust"

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Anathema - none, unfortunately.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
The Tears - clearly, "Refugees". It is so Suede-ish. :)

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
The Velvet Underground - yeah. It's "Heroin".

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Snow Patrol - hm, it's difficult to mention just ONE song. Let's say it's "Chasing Cars".

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Kumm - again, it's very hard for me. But if I'd have to choose one, that would be "Curse".

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
The Horrors - "She Is The New Thing". Perhaps Joshua's guitar is the one to blame.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
My Dying Bride - I don't have any, to be honest.

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Green Day - hard to pick one. Let's say "Time of Your Life".

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside", one of the best videos I've ever seen. I didn't know what else to write.

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
Paramore - "Decode". And "Franklin". Actually these two are the only ones that managed to impress me.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Manic Street Preachers - "Love's Sweet Exile". Actually the video is the one that makes me happy. =))

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Brett Anderson - none. I still can't believe I missed that Muse concert he opened for.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Sneaker Pimps - "6 Underground". One of their best songs.

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Franz Ferdinand - "Franz Ferdinand", mostly because of "Tell Her Tonight" and "The Dark of the Matinée"

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Placebo - Brian Molko.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Omul Cu Şobolani - more than just once. I think I saw them five times already.

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Linkin Park - hm... can't remember. :))

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Muse - Many: "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist", "Knights of Cydonia", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Undisclosed Desires", "Starlight"...

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Deftones - "Digital Bath"

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Sonic Youth - "Confusion Is Sex", definitely.

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Nine Inch Nails - hahaha, "Closer". I also like "I'm Looking Forward to Joining You Finally" and "Hurt" - they're awesome.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
HIM - "Join Me", back in 2000.

27. What is your favorite album by 3?
The Killers - I like their last album, but I think "Hot Fuss" remains their best work.

28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Suede - =)) give me a break, you don't actually expect me to say only ONE, right?

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Panic at the Disco - "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - and it remains one of my favorites.

30. What is you favorite song by 8?
Coldplay - again, there's no chance in hell to write down just ONE song.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Klaxons - never. I should have seen them last year at B'estFest, but their instruments remained somewhere between Oslo and Bucharest. Damn.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Grandaddy - no. But I have one that gives me the creeps, and that's "what happened...?"

33. What is you favorite album by 10?
Green Day - let's say "American Idiot". I love the story.

34. What is the worst song by 45?
Hotel Persona - "El mar" - I find it boring.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - "May I Kiss Your Wound?" Wonderful.

36. What is you favorite album by 48?
Elastica - I can't say that I have a favorite album. But I do have a favorite song, and that's "2:1".

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
R.E.M. - never. Too bad.

38. What is you favorite song by 36?
Tool - "Prison Sex" - a masterpiece. Oh, and you have to listen "Faaip De Oiad".

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 31?
MGMT - "Electric Feel".

40. What is you favorite album by 7?
Pink Floyd - "The Wall". Of course.

41. Is there a song by 35 that makes you happy?
The White Stripes - more than just one. "Ball and Biscuit", "You're Pretty Good Looking For a Girl", "Seven Nation Army" and the list could continue.

42. What is your favorite album by 41?
R.E.M. - probably "Automatic for the People"

43. What is your favorite song by 24?
Radiohead - they're just awesome, so it's more than just one song: "Creep", "Street Spirit", "Climbing Up The Walls", "Fake Plastic Trees" etc.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46?
Vale - the fact itself that I discovered them on MySpace. Actually they discovered me. :))

45. What is your favorite song by 36?
Hey, I've answered that before. :|

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
The Cure - "The Perfect Girl". Lovely.

47. What is your favorite album by 4?
IAMX - all of them. :D

48. Who is a favorite member of 42?
Guns N' Roses - definitely not Axl. :))

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 28?
Jefferson Airplane - hm... maybe "She Has Funny Cars"...? I don't remember, honestly.

50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Nirvana - none. :">

1. She Bangs the Drums by The Stone Roses
"Kiss me where the sun don't shine
The past was YOURS but the future is MINE
You're all out of time!"

2. I Am the Resurrection by The Stone Roses
"Cut loose cause you're no use
I couldn't stand another second in your company
Don't waste your words, I don't need anything from you
I don't care where you've been or what you plan to do!"

3. Try Again Today by The Charlatans
"I'm going to try again today
To say whats in my heart
And pray for a better tomorrow
Make a brand new start
I'm telling everybody to turn it up again
Something's gotta change
Good bye yesterday
Try again today.."


4. Substitute by Blur (The Who covers)
"And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem that you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by.. pass it by!"

5. Maggie May by Blur
"I know I keep you amused
But I feel I'm being used
Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more

You led me away from home
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart
That's what really hurts!"

6. 4 Day Weekend by The Bluetones
"The future is dead, that's what you said
It's all in your head you see, not mine
I am fine, I'm alive, I've arrived

Here comes my everything
This is my everything
There goes my everything
Bye bye love!"

7. Satan Is Boring by Sonic Youth
"Lost in laws of deception
We shake our heads
As your tables turn
They'll always turn
And you'll never burn
That's the real promise
You'll never burn
You get the lies
We get the fire"

8. Plastic Sun by Sonic Youth
"You burn my heart with your frigid stare
I hate you and your fishy friends
I hate you and it never ends

Tired of the times I wound up dead
Tired of the dogs inside your head
Tired of the needles beside your bed
Tired of the crap you keep me fed!"

9. You're Just Dead Skin To Me by Primal Scream
"Your pretty face hides a darker place I got damaged
When my soul was sick you pushed I tripped
I hurtso hard I hurt
Addicted to you I was weak you stole my mind
It's a twisted world you're a twisted girl
Your curse don't hurt no more

I don't care now you are dead skin to me.."

10. Ciao! by Lush
"Well, I've been in heaven since I walk away
I never thought that I could feel as great as I do today
'Cause you were nothing but a waste of space
And life is wonderful now that I'm over you!"

11. Smile by Elastica
"Sweetness and light
I don't wanna fight you
But I don't wanna listen to lies
Your face is a mess
You know you should drink less
I said I don't want to hear how time flies
'Cos I know from the look in your eyes
You were talking to some girl
Who'd seen you on her T.V. set
She said that she felt like she knew you
Although you'd only just met"

12. Something So Clear by Mudhoney
"There's a certain comfort in being confused
I find certain comfort in being confused
It's clear to me, and it's clear to you
No more confusion with you"

13. Mr. Self Destruct by Nine Inch Nails
"I am the bullet in the gun (and I control you)
I am the truth from which you run (and I control you)
I am the silencing machine (and I control you)
I am the end of all your dreams (and I control you)

I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. self destruct!"

14. I Love You, I'll Kill You by Enigma
"Love and hate are one in all
Sacrifice turns to revenge and believe me
You'll see the face who'll say:
I love you... I'll kill you..."

15. Get Over You by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
"You had me taken in
But know I've found you out
And I won't go through that again
You've always had to win
You'll have to go without!"

16. End of the World by The Cure
"You want me to cry and play my part
I want you to sigh and fall apart
We want this like everyone else

Stay if you want to
I always wait to hear you
Say there's a last kiss
For all the times you run this
Way, it's not my call
You couldn't ever love me more!"

The artists I've liked most in my life. Some of these "win" because they start with a rare letter (Inspiral Carpets were well liked but never a true favourite), while others won in highly contested categories but come out the clear winner (The Cure was my absolute fave for years so it beats Coldplay which is a current fave).

A Tori Amos
B David Bowie
C The Cure
D Depeche Mode
E Elastica
F 54-40
G Garbage
H The Housemartins
I Inspiral Carpets
J James
K The Killers
L John Lennon
M Morrissey
N New Order
O Sinéad O'Connor
P Pixies
Q Queen
R Radiohead
S The Smiths
T Talking Heads
U U2
V Violent Femmes
W Weezer
X XTC
Y Neil Young
Z Nobody!

I've done this before, but that was more than a year ago. Plus, I just feel like doing these things right now.

1. How did you get into 29?
(Previously: The Who)
Editors
They were going to perform at a local venue early last year - so I looked them up, and liked what I heard.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
(Previously: Sleeper)
Gorillaz
Feel Good Inc.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
(Previously: The Good, The Bad & The Queen)
The Beatles
... 3.

4. What is your favorite song by 5?
(Previously: Oasis)
Belle and Sebastian
... again, I can't answer this. There's too many.

5. What is your favorite song by 15?
(Previously: The Velvet Underground)
She & Him
This Is Not a Test

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
(Previously: of Montreal)
Franz Ferdinand
Van Tango

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
(Previously: Coldplay)
The Libertines
What a Waster

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
(Previously: The Killers)
Sleeper
Constantly listening to Inbetweener during summer vacation.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
(Previously: Regina Spektor)
Richard O'Brien
Shock Treatment

10. How many times have you seen 26 live?
(Previously: The Hives)
The Velvet Underground
0.

11. What is the first song you heard by 23?
(Previously: Damon Albarn)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Tarantula

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
(Previously: The Beatles)
Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha!

13. Who is your favorite member of 1?
(Previously: Blur)
of Montreal
Kevin.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
(Previously: The Smashing Pumpkins)
Sex Pistols
Wasn't alive, I'm afraid.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
(Previously: Kasabian)
Regina Spektor
... hearing her over the speakers at Farm & Fleet. Ha.

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
(Previously: Graham Coxon)
Dethklok
Thunderhorse

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
(Previously: Arctic Monkeys)
Coldplay
A Rush Of Blood To The Head

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
(Previously: Editors)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
80's Life

19. What is the first song you heard by 25?
(Previously: Hard-Fi)
Arctic Monkeys
Brianstorm

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
(Previously: R.E.M.)
Blur
Modern Life Is Rubbish or Parklife

21. What is your favorite song by 3?
(Previously: Belle and Sebastian)
Sondre Lerche
Words & Music

22. What is your favorite song by 8?
(Previously: Sex Pistols)
Hard-Fi
Every single one.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
(Previously: The B-52's)
The Clash
... again, I wasn't alive. 0.

24. What is the worst song by 12?
(Previously: Gorillaz)
The B-52's
They don't have a bad song.

25. What was the first song you heard by 28?
(Previously: Elastica)
Kasabian
Shoot The Runner

26. What is your favorite album by 7?
(Previously: The Libertines)
Muse
Origin Of Symmetry

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
(Previously: Françoise Hardy)
Graham Coxon
You & I

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
(Previously: The Clash)
Oasis
Round Are Way

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
(Previously: Muse)
R.E.M.
Out of Time

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
(Previously: She & Him)
Kasier Chiefs
0, sadly.

claufav's top albums (overall) 1. Muse - The Resistance (174) 2. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (94) 3. The Clash - From Here to Eternity (79) 4. Muse - Absolution (78) 5. Faith No More - King For A Day , Fool For A Lifetime (76) 6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (73) 7. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (71) 8. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (71) 9. Andrés Calamaro - Made In Argentina (69) 10. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (68) 11. The Cure - Trilogy (61) 12. Los Peores de Chile - Los Peores De Chile (60) 13. Babyshambles - Down in Albion (59) 14. Joy Division - Substance (59) 15. The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (57) 16. The Horrors - Strange House (57) 17. Radiohead - In Rainbows (56) 18. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (55) 19. The xx - xx (54) 20. The Clash - Sandinista! (52) 21. Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation (51) 22. The Clash - The Clash (U.S.) (51) 23. MGMT - Time to Pretend (50) 24. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (50) 25. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (49) 26. Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar (48) 27. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (48) 28. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (47) 29. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations (47) 30. The Smiths - The Smiths (47) 31. Oasis - The Complete Singles Box (46) 32. The Libertines - Up the Bracket (45) 33. Interpol - Antics (43) 34. Radiohead - The Bends (43) 35. Ride - Nowhere (42) 36. The Clash - London Calling (42) 37. The Clash - The Essential (41) 38. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry (40) 39. The Libertines - The Libertines (39) 40. The Organ - Grab That Gun (38) 41. The Distillers - The Distillers (38) 42. The Cure - The Cure in Orange (38) 43. Oasis - Familiar to Millions (37) 44. The Killers - Hot Fuss (37) 45. Elastica - Elastica (36) 46. Muse - Radio 1's Live Hightlights from The Den, Teignmouth 05.09.09 (34) 47. Radiohead - OK Computer (34) 48. Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (33) 49. Héroes del Silencio - Senderos De Traición (32) 50. Manu Chao - Clandestino: Esperando La Ultima Ola... (32)

Following albums are available for full download in my personal blog here. Enjoy!

Monday Math Class - Demo [2008]
Siddal - The Pedestal [1995]
SPIRAL LIFE - Flourish [1995]
Azam Ali - Elysium For The Brave [2006]
Yat-Kha - Yenisei-Punk [1995]
Sainkho Namtchylak - Who Stole The Sky? [2003]
The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic [1990]
Morphine - Full Discography + EPs + Bootlegs
Atari Teenage Riot - Burn, Berlim, Burn! [1997]
Sebastian Bach - Angel Down [2007]
The Smiths - Full Discography
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy + Bonus [2008]
My Bloody Valentine - Rarities [2009]
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter [1970]
Elastica - Elastica [1995]
Злые Куклы - Странное Завтра [2007]
Värttinä - Seleniko [1992]
Nick Drake - Pink Moon [1971]
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left [1969]
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith [1995]
Luminous Orange - Drop You Vivid Colors [2002]
Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh [2005]
Cœur de Pirate - Cœur de Pirate [2008]
Condor44 - db [2002]
Sonic Youth - Full Discography + EPs + Bootlegs
Kaj Tiel Plu - Sojle De La Klara Temp' [2000]
Coaltar of the Deepers - Yukari Telepath [2007]
Faith and the Muse - : ankoku butoh : [2009]
Llangres - Esnalar [2005]
fra-foa - 13 Leaves [2002]
Triste Makrina - Ritual [2001]
Axiom of Choice - Unfolding [2002]
Trobar de Morte - Fairydust [2005]
Pievos - Mėnuli Baltas [2007]
Mediavolo - Unaltered Empire [2008]
Impressions of Winter - Cantica Lunae [1997]
VAST - Music For People [2000]
O Quam Tristis - Le Rituel Sacre [2002]
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [1991]
זקני צפת - זקני צפת
Blonde Redhead - Best Of [2007]
Neutral - Serpents In The Dawn [2008]
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One [1997]
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns [2009]
Sol Seppy - The Bells Of 1 2 [2006]
To be continued...