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Перед Вами каталог малой части нашей семейной фонотеки - 77 пластинок, которые были отобраны мной по следующему принципу. Это те пластинки, которые так или иначе были отмечены мной - в большинстве случаев, выдвинуты вперёд из общего ряда с тем, чтобы их проще было доставать. Таким образом, можно предположить (в большинстве случаев это подтверждается моими воспоминаниями), что именно так выглядели мои музыкальные вкусы за n лет до того, как у меня появился профиль на Last.fm.

I

1. Bruno Walter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, KV 626 / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra (дирижёр - Bruno Walter) (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Дирижёры) (Мелодия, 1980) [1]
2-3. Eugen Jochum
Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 / Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (дирижёр - Eugen Jochum) (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Дирижёры) (Мелодия, 1981) [2]
4. Samuil Feinberg - Johann Sebastian Bach, Александр Николаевич Скрябин (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Фортепиано. Клавесин. Орган) (Мелодия, 1980)
5. Dimitri Mitropoulos
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra (дирижёр - Dimitri Mitropoulos) (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Дирижёры) (Мелодия, 1980)
6. Franz Schalk
Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a, Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 / The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (дирижёр - Franz Schalk) (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Дирижёры) (Мелодия, 1980)
7. Tito Schipa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, Ambroise Thomas, Friedrich von Flotow, Giuseppe Verdi, Domenico Scarlatti, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Ernesto de Curtis, Salvatore Gambardella, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Geni Sadero (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Вокалисты) (Мелодия, 1983)
8. Леонид Собинов - Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский, Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Михаил Михайлович Иванов, Юрий Иванович Блейхман, Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, Stanisław Moniuszko, Пётр Ильич Чайковский, Giuseppe Verdi, Леонид Владимирович Николаев, Charles Gounod, Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Gaetano Donizetti, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Вокалисты) (Мелодия, 1983)
9. Francesco Tamagno - Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jules Massenet, Umberto Giordano (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Вокалисты) (Мелодия, 1983)
10. Franco Corelli - Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Umberto Giordano, Giacomo Puccini, Vincenzo Bellini, Salvatore Cardillo, Rodolfo Falvo (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Вокалисты) (Мелодия, 1983)
11. Владимир Касторский - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Александр Николаевич Серов, Richard Wagner, Пётр Ильич Чайковский, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, Heinrich Marschner, Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Антон Степанович Аренский (Из сокровищницы мирового исполнительского искусства. Вокалисты) (Мелодия, 1983)
12. Николай Тихонов (Страницы русской поэзии XVIII-XX в.в.) (Мелодия, 1982)
13. Александр Полежаев, Николай Огарёв (Страницы русской поэзии XVIII-XX в.в.) (Мелодия, 1981)
14. Алексей Плещеев, Михаил Михайлов, Николай Добролюбов (Страницы русской поэзии XVIII-XX в.в.) (Мелодия, 1981)
15-16. Фёдор Тютчев (Страницы русской поэзии XVIII-XX в.в.) (Мелодия, 1982) [3]
17. Яков Полонский, Аполлон Григорьев (Страницы русской поэзии XVIII-XX в.в.) (Мелодия, 1982)

II

КЛАССИКА
18. Илья Калер (Ilya Kaler) - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Johannes Brahms, Niccolò Paganini, Alessandro Marcello, Henryk Wieniawski (Мелодия, 1990)
19. Борис Штоколов - Арии и сцены из опер (Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Михаил Иванович Глинка) (Мелодия, 1981)
20. Сергей Лемешев - Пётр Ильич Чайковский: Избранные романсы (Мелодия, 1990)
21. Симфонический оркестр Ленинградской государственной филармонии (дирижёр Евгений Мравинский) - Дирижирует Евгений Мравинский (Александр Николаевич Скрябин, Richard Wagner) (Мелодия, 1976)
22. Борис Виноградов, Анатолий Скобелев, Виктор Венгловский, Алексей Евтушенко - Играет квартет тромбонов (Desire Dondeyn, Henri Tomasi, Jean-Michel Defay, Владислав Иванович Кладницкий, Eugène Bozza) (Мелодия, 1980)
23. Государственный симфонический оркестр Министерства культуры СССР (дирижёр Геннадий Рождественский (Gennady Rozhdestvensky) - Приглашение к танцу (Émile Waldteufel, Johann Strauss II, Eduard Strauß) (Мелодия, 1985) [4]
24. Edvard Grieg - Пер Гюнт. Лирическая сюита, соч. 54 / Большой симфонический оркестр Всесоюзного радио (дирижёр Геннадий Рождественский (Gennady Rozhdestvensky) (Мелодия, 1975)
25. Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka. Wiener Blut. Kaiser-Walzer. Perpetuum Mobile. Künstlerleben / Симфонический оркестр Всесоюзного радио (дирижёр Геннадий Рождественский (Gennady Rozhdestvensky) (Мелодия, 1975)
26. Émile Waldteufel - Вальсы / The London Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Willi Boskovsky) (EMI; Мелодия)
27. Нева Кръстева - Dietrich Buxtehude, Nikolaus Bruhns, Johann Sebastian Bach (Balkanton)
28. Nino Rota - Амаркорд (Мелодии зарубежного экрана) (Мелодия, 1988)

ИНОСТРАНЦЫ
29. Joe Dassin - Поёт Джо Дассен (Мелодия, 1985)
30. Elton John - Here And There (DJM Records, 1976) [5]
31. The Barry Sisters - Тум балалайка (Мелодия, 1990)
32. Elvis Presley - That's All Right (Архив популярной музыки: 11) (Мелодия, [1989]) [6]
33. Adriano Celentano - Una Festa Sui Prati, La Coppia Più Bella Del Mondo, Eravamo In 100.000, Chi Non Lavora Non Fa L'Amore, Storia D'Amore, Mondo In Mi 7a, Azzurro, Una Carezza In Un Pugno, Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck, Ciao Ragazzi, Una Storia D'Amore E Di Coltello, Buonasera Signorina (Мелодия, 1979)
34. Adriano Celentano - Soli, People, Pay, pay, pay, Io E Te, Amore No, Non E', Stivali E Colbacco, Medley (Мелодия, [1983])
35. Adriano Celentano - Поёт Адриано Челентано (Мелодия, [1986/1987])
36. Francis Goya - Франсис Гойя в Москве (In Moscow) (Мелодия, 1982)
37. Francis Goya - If I Only Had Time, Nostalgia, Elvira Madigan, Concierto D'Aranjuez, Ballade Pour Adeline, Jeux interdits, Sleepy Shores, Veronica, Mon Amour, La Comparsa, Love Story, chanson pour milan, Maria Elena, Nuages, Zorba's Dance, Argentina, The French Song [Мелодия, 1982)
38. Francis Goya - Symphony of Love (Мелодия, 1984) [7]
39. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Take the "A" Train, Satin Doll, Blow By Blow, VIP Boogie / Jam With Sam, Kinda Dukish, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, The Good Years of Jazz. Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Good Queen Bess, Jeep's Blues, Dooji Wooji, The Jeep Is Jumpin' (Мелодия)
40. Louis Armstrong - Какой удивительный мир (Мелодия, 1978)
41. Paul Mauriat Orchestra - Музыка из кинофильмов (Мелодия) [8]
42. Paul Mauriat Orchestra - Под музыку Вивальди (Мелодия, 1984)
43. Paul Mauriat Orchestra - Бабье лето (L'Ete Indien 'Africa') (Мелодия, [1979]) [9]
44. Paul Mauriat Orchestra - Оркестр Поля Мориа (Мелодия, 1977) [10]
45. Ray Conniff - Голубая рапсодия (Мелодия, 1987)
46. ABBA - The Album (Мелодия = переиздание Polar, 1977) [11]
47. ABBA - ABBA (Мелодия = переиздание Polar, 1975) [12]
48. ABBA - Voulez-Vous (Мелодия, 1985 = переиздание Polar, 1979) [13]
49. Оркестр Олега Лундстрема (Олег Лундстрем) - Серенада солнечной долины (Мелодия, 1976)
50. The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire (Архив популярной музыки: 4) (Мелодия, 1988) [14]
51. The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane (Архив популярной музыки: 5) (Мелодия, 1988) [15]
52. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (Мелодия, [1986] = переиздание Parlophone, 1964) [16]
53. The Beatles - A Taste of Honey (Мелодия, [1986]) [17]
54-55. The Beatles - Love Songs (Parlophone, Balkanton, 1977) [18]

БАРДЫ
56. Песни на стихи Булата Окуджавы из кинофильмов / Булат Окуджава, Татьяна Доронина, Борис Иванов, Владимир Качан, Иосиф Кобзон, Нина Ургант, Павел Луспекаев, Любовь Стриженова, Елена Камбурова, Андрей Миронов, Людмила Гурченко и Зиновий Гердт (Мелодия, 1980)
57. Булат Окуджава - Новые песни (Мелодия, 1986)
58. Булат Окуджава - Песни (стихи и музыка) (Мелодия) [19]
59. Булат Окуджава - Песни (Мелодия, 1981)
60. Юрий Визбор - Наполним музыкой сердца (Мелодия, 1985)
61. Лев Барашков - Я всё память листаю... / Песни Юрия Визбора (Мелодия, 1990)
62-63. Татьяна и Сергей Никитины - С концертов клуба песни "Восток" (Мелодия, 1990) [20]
64. Татьяна и Сергей Никитины - Синий цвет (Мелодия, 1986)
65. Вадим Егоров - Патриаршие пруды (Мелодия, 1990)

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66. Еврейские народные песни в обработке Макса Гольдина (Мелодия, 1981)
67. Микаэл Таривердиев - Музыка из кинофильмов (Ольга Сергеевна, Ирония судьбы) (Мелодия)
68. Соломон Хромченко - Еврейские народные песни (Мелодия, 1988)
69. Ансамбль солистов Академического оркестра русских народных инструментов Центрального телевидения и Всесоюзного радио (дирижёр - Евгений Новиков) - Забытые вальсы (Мелодия, 1986)
70. Эльдар Рязанов - У природы нет плохой погоды / Алиса Фрейндлих и Олег Басилашвили, Эльдар Рязанов, Людмила Гурченко, Николай Караченцов, Валентина Пономарёва, Татьяна и Сергей Никитины, Алиса Фрейндлих (Мелодия, 1989)
71. Андрей Петров - Любовь моя - кино (Мелодия, 1987)
72. Андрей Петров - Музыка из кинофильма "Жестокий романс" (Мелодия, 1984)
73. Образцовый военный оркестр Почётного караула (дирижёры - Борис Дылдин, Анатолий Приходченко, Николай Михайлов) - В городском саду играет духовой оркестр (Julius Fučík, Андрей Петров, Johann Strauss II, Émile Waldteufel, Семён Александрович Чернецкий, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Матвей Блантер) (Мелодия, 1986)
74. Андрей Миронов - Вся жизнь моя, Ну чем мы не пара?, Друзьям, Финальный монолог и песня Мекки Ножа, Старый грамофон (Андрей Миронов и Людмила Гурченко), Песня о незнакомом певце, Большая дорога, Куплеты администратора, Ну почему ко мне ты равнодушна?, Некогда (Мелодия, 1983)
75. Валерий Александрович Гаврилин - Песни. Вокальный цикл "Вечерок" (часть I "Альбомчик") / Эдуард Хиль, Татьяна Новикова (Мелодия, 1980)
75. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Концерт Дюка Эллингтона и его оркестра. 1968 год. Пластинка 2 (Мелодия, 1988)
77. Трио Анатолия Беляева - Эх, дороги...: Популярные советские песни (Мелодия, 1989)

[1] Смотрите также следующий релиз: Walter: Mozart - Requiem.
[2] 2 пластинки.
[3] 2 пластинки.
[4] Относительно принятого написания фамилии Штраус смотрите соответствующую статью в немецкой Википедии.
[5] Оригинальная версия концертного альбома.
[6] Название пластинки переведено: "Всё в порядке" (смотри о ней также статью в Википедии).
[7] Другие композиции под той же обложкой. 12 композиций вместо десяти, шесть совпадений.
[8] Отсутствует оригинальный конверт.
[9] 12 композиций, совпадающих с двенадцатью первыми (из двадцати пяти) композициями на данном альбоме.
[10] Название пластинки условное. Список английских и французских названий композиций можно найти на одном музыкальном форуме.
[11] Оригинальная версия альбома.
[12] Оригинальная версия альбома.
[13] Оригинальная версия альбома.
[14] Название пластинки переведено: "Игра с огнём" (смотри о ней также статью в Википедии).
[15] Название пластинки переведено: "Леди Джейн" (смотри о ней также статью в Википедии).
[16] Оригинальная версия альбома, отсутствует композиция When I Get Home (№ 11).
[17] Название пластинки переведено: "Вкус мёда".
[18] 2 пластинки. Жемчужина коллекции!
[19] Отсутствует оригинальный конверт. Название пластинки, приведённое здесь, очевидно, условно.
[20] 2 пластинки.

Kong Pol Tmai Cheung Ti 12 - Leing Thet


The " Cambodian Elvis ", Sinn Sisamouth in a mixtape video
from the Chubby Checker video "The Twist" : "Chaya Ler Angkor"


Sinn Sisamouth dubbed in french in a khmer movie !


Pan Ron singing " Rom Rom Rom " a khmer cover of the french song "L'amérique" from Joe Dassin...


Pan Ron : Sva Rom Monkee


A short clip from the movie apsara driving through Phnom penh
In 1965, before the red khmer revolution, dubbed in french...

All that artist are been victims by the red khmer army, Should all them stay on our memory ...

Some other good clips here : http://fr.youtube.com/user/jeffmagic32

еще раз взглянем на любимые группы на каждую букву алфавита:

A - Allister
B - Bad Manners
C - Coldplay
D - Dead Kennedys
E - Enya
F - The Fratellis
G - Good Riddance
H - The Hotknives
I - The Idoru
J - Joe Dassin
K - The Killers
L - Laika & The Cosmonauts
M - Madness
N - NOFX
O - Oceansize
P - The Prodigy
Q - Queen
R - Rancid
S - The Slackers
T - Tim Armstrong
U - The Used
V - Vincenzo
W - White Rose Movement
X - Xerxes
Y - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z - Zebrahead

7 из 24 сохранились по сравнению с ситуацией двухлетней давности

All the Cd's/7"/Lp's/etc... I Bought through my life

My First cd ever was: Manu Chao - Clandestino in 1998 when I was 7.
My Last cd at this very moment: Endzweck - We Are Not Pessimistic...

INFO:
Artist - Album (media)
*#*
-10 CC - Silly Love (7")

*A*
-a-ha - Hunting High and Low (Remix) (7")
-a-ha - Take on me (7")
-a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on Tv (7")
-ABBA - Dancing Queen (7")
-AC/DC - Thunderstruck (7")
-Adam and the Ants - Ant Rap (7")
-Afric Simone - Hafanana (7")
-Alvin Stardust - You You You (7")
-Ampere - First Recordings (7")

*B*
-The Bank - Lay All Your Love Over Me Legal Bootleg (7")
-Bee Gees - Paying The Price of Love (7")
-Black Haven - The Cleansing Storm (7")
-Black Haven - Lazarus (7")
-Bohannon - Let's Start to Dance (7")
-Bonde do Role - Solta O Frango (7")
-Boys Town Gang - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (7")
-The Brave Do Not Fear The Grave - S/T Demo (CD)
-Brooklyn Express - Disco Mix 69 (7")

*C*
-Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (7")
-Catapult - Seven-Eleven (7")
-Catapult - Teeny Bopper Band (7")
-Cliff Richard - Angel (7")

*D*
-Damaged Goods - s/t (7")
-David Bowie - Fame (7")
-David Bowie - Sound & Vision (7")
-Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You (7")
-Donny & Marie Osmond - I'm Leaving it (all) up to you (7")

*E*
-Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing (7")
-Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll is King (7")
-Emeth - Breathing The Unclean (7")
-Endzweck - We Are Not Pessimistic About Revolutionizing the World to be Peaceful 1998-2000 (CD)
-Enoch Ardon - s/t (7")
-Evergreen Terrace - Buried Alive By Time (CD)
-Evergreen Terrace - Writers Block (CD)
-Europe - The Final Countdown (7")

*F*
-First Impression - Going Up To (7")
-Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes (7")

*G*
-Golden Earring - Bombay (7")
-Gruppo Sportivo - Rock 'n Roll (7")
-Guns Up! - Outlive (CD)

*H*
-Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock (7")
-Hank the Knife and the Jets - Stan The Gunman (7")
-Heaven 17 - Let Me Go! (7")

*I*

*J*
-Joe Dassin - ca va pas changer le monde (7")
-Joe Dassin - Le Petit Pain Au Chocolat (7")
-John Lennon - Imagine (7")
-John Williams - Theme From Jaws (7")
-Justice - Look Alive E.P. (7")

*K*
-Kat-Mandu - I Wanna Dance (7")
-Kid Creole & the Coconuts - The Lifeboat Party (7")
-KISS - I Was Made For Lovin' You (7")
-KISS - Dirty Livin' (7")
-De Kreuners - Ik Wil Je (7")

*L*
-Lemming - Father John (7")
-Level 42 - Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? (7")
-Level 42 - Starchild (7")
-Livin' Blues - Boogie Woogie Woman (7")
-Love Unlimited - I'm so Glad to be a Woman (7")

*M*
-Madonna - Like a Prayer (7")
-Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light (7")
-Michael Jackson - Bad (7")
-Mud - Dyna-Mite (7")
-Mud - Rocket (7")

*N*
-Noise Nomads - A Noise Nomad in a Bathrobe (7")
-Nuns Go Riot - S/T (7")

*O*
-Oliver Onions - Sandokan (7")
-Opus - Live is Life (7")
-Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Maid of Orleans (7")
-Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir (7")


*P*
-Paper Lace - The Black Eyed Boys (7")
-Patrick Hernandez - Born to be Alive (7")
-Paul Simon - You Can Call me Al (7")
-Pet Shop Boys - So Hard (7")
-Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (7")
-Primal Scream - Country Girl (7")

*Q*
-Queen - Killer Queen (7")
-Queen - It's a Hard Life (7")

*R*
-Raymond van het Groenewoud - Torremolinos (7")
-Resonance - Safari Love (7")
-Rheingold - Dreiklangs-Dimensionen (7")
-Righeira - Vamos a la Playa (7")
-Ritual - Wolves (7")
-Robert Plant - Big Log (7")
-Rolling Stones - Start me up (7")
-Rolling Stones - Angie (7")
-Rubettes - I Can do It (7")
-Rubettes - Juke Box Jive (7")
-Rubettes - Foe Dee O Dee (7")

*S*
-Salt-N-Pepa - Push it (Remix) (7")
-Scale Sheer Surface - Speaker Killer (7")
-The Setup - Nine Kinds of Pain (7")
-The Shadows - Let Me Be The One (7")
-Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (7")
-Sl-27 - s/t (7")
-Slade - Merry X-Mas Everybody (7")
-Snöras - Heart of Weakness (CD)
-Soft Cell - Tainted Love (7")
-Soul II Soul - People (7")
-Spooky & Sue - Swinging on a Star (7")
-Status Quo - Down, Down (7")
-Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster Jammin' (7")
-Sting - Russians (7")
-De Strangers - Vader Grijzenbaard (7")
-The Stranglers - Golden Brown (7")
-Sunpower - John Terror E.P. (7")
-Supertramp - Cannonball (7")
-Suzi Quatro - Too Big (7")
-The Sweet - Action (7")
-The Sweet - Fox on the Run (7")
-The Sweet - The Lies in Your Eyes (7")
-The Sweet - Turn it Down (7")

*T*
-Thema Eleven - Choose Your Beast (CD)
-Trash Talk - Walking Disease (7")
-True Colors - Perspective (7")

*U*

*V*
-Village People - Can't Stop the music (7")
-Village People - In The Navy (7")
-Village People - Y.M.C.A. (7")
-Vitamin X - Rip it Out (7")
-Vogue - s/t (7")

*W*
-White Circle Crime Club - These Are The Secret Sounds of Fear (CD)

*X*

*Y*
-yfere - 2k6 (7")

*Z*

*V/A*
-Amen Ra/Hitch - Split (7")
-Catena Collapse/La Quiete - Split (7")
-Champion/Betrayed - Split (7")
-Cosmic Note & Imperium Records Spring 2006 Label Sampler(CD)
-H8000 Crew: Violence.II Dawn of the Dead (7")

My New Mix :)

Barnaby Ortega's Jam Mix - 1:11:23

Recorded with Serato and with, of course, the usual mistakes - haha - hope you like it!


Gary (Tiga's Italia 90 Remix) - Alter Ego
Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) - Little Boots
Kelly (Alan Braxe and Fred Falke Remix) - Van She
Put Your Hands Up For Detroit - Fedde le Grand
Stress (Auto Remix) - Justice
Backfire at the Disco (South Central Remix) - Wombats
As Above So Below (Justice Remix) - Klaxons
NYC Beat (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Armand van Helden
Wildcat - Ratatat
Too Long - Daft Punk
Supersonic - Jamiroquai
Something About the Music - Da Slammin Phrongz
Shadows - Midnight Juggernauts
Flawless - The Ones
Over and Over - Hot Chip
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Will2k - Will Smith
Galaxy Bounce - Chemical Brothers
Human Traffic - Funky Number
Spinal Scratch - Thomas Bangalter
Fancy Footwork (Crookers Remix) - Chromeo
Lights & Music (Moulinex Remix) - Cut Copy
For Everyone (Stupid Fresh Remix) - Aston Shuffle
A Cause Des Garcons (Tepr Remix) - Yelle
Thrill Me - Junior Jack
Ready For The Floor (Soulwax - Hot Chip
Just Change - Combo
Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix) - Erol Alkan & Princess Superstar
Paris Four Hundred - Mylo
Remind Me - royksopp
Electric Mistress - Jamiroquai
Shine Shine (AC Slater Remix) - Boys Noize
Yippiyo-ay - The Presets
Volya (Olivier Giacomotto Remix) - Robot Needs Oil
Les Champs-Élysées - Joe Dassin


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I decided to write it, because I have nothing better to do.

When my mother found out she was pregnant with me, the song Wuthering Heights was playing. I don't remember it, obviously. I love that song though.

When I was a kid, my mother (and thus me as well) listened to a lot of Italian music. Eros Ramazotti was the most played artist in our house. I also have good memories with Joe Dassin, a French guy, and Randy Crawford. It took me a long while to love Street Life, I didn't care much for it as a kid, but I love it now. It's part of my childhood soundtrack. Another important track is Sara perche ti amo.

Of course this was all at a time when I wasn't very interested in music, so it was more of a background noise. I didn't understand much English (or Italian), so the lyrics of what was played were unintelligible, and I often wondered why they kept repeating "Baby" so much in English songs. Why did they all sing songs about babies? Aren't babies just annoying? ...such were the thoughts that crossed my mind at the time.

When I started I school I started noticing music on my own, albeit a lot later than the others. I would probably have loved the Spice Girls if only I had known their music! But my family didn't listen to that kind of music, so it totally went past me. I knew that all the kids at school were absolutely crazy about them and I saw their pictures everywhere, and I stubbornly claimed to hate them with a passion. I rather liked this - it shocked the other kids deeply, and I felt pretty damn cool since I wasn't mainstream. Typical of my 7-8 year old self (maybe even my current self, haha). Anyway, my first dive into music was probably a CD released in Norway called "Hits for Kids".
(Before that I'd had no way of listening to the songs I liked when I wanted to, although I loved Blue by Eiffel 65 ... and at some point there was also Better Off Alone by Alice Deejay which I also never got the chance to listen to anywhere besides on the radio/at stupid school parties)
Actually the first one I acquired was "Hits for Kids 2". It included artists like Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Cartoons and Stig Van Eijk among others. I remember a girl from my class owning it and it was the "cool" thing back then, so I asked my mother to buy it, which she did (she probably felt it was good that I was finally developing a musical taste of my own, no matter how crappy). Since this was the only CD I owned for maybe a whole year, I listened to it -a lot-. I secretly loved the Backstreet Boys track most of them all.

Later I got the first CD in the compilation series (this opened my eyes to the LOVE that is Together Forever (The Cyber Pet Song), more commonly known simply as "Tamagotchi") and then the fourth, which included a free Pokémon card. I got an energy card, which was disappointing, but at least it was one I could use for my deck.

At this point I became a huge Britney fan, and I guess this continued for the rest of my life. I started noticing her when she released (You Drive Me) Crazy, I think. I also remember being totally mesmerized by Born To Make You Happy when it was on MTV. My best friend back then and I would spend countless hours at her house listening to her second album, and most of all we loved Lucky. Because of money shortage I didn't own the album myself until I was much older.

Somewhere along the road came a Norwegian idol group produced by a TV show called Superstars (I think? Or was it Popstars?). They were called Cape and all teh kids loved them, including me. I bought their craptastic album for my own hard-earned money. Owning a CD was still very rare for me back then, and I had no access to music downloads or CD burners or the like. I recorded my favorite songs from the radio onto cassettes and listened to them, with a radio speaker intruding at the beginning and end of songs with his/her stupid comments. But somehow it was charming (and surely I was the only one who still listened to music this way!).

Because I was so hungry for the way too expensive CDs, I took everything I could get. When someone offered me a free or very cheap CD I'd grab it regardless of whether I liked the artist in question or not. Because of this I listened a lot to the Coast to Coast album (I think it was?) by Westlife and a small, home-burned compilation of songs by a pop group called Six, both of which I'd gotten for free from friends. I absolutely loathed the Westlife album, but because of lack of anything else to listen to I listened to it anyway in the hope of liking it more eventually. It never happened, and now I luckily don't have to suffer the Westlife fate anymore (no one can accuse me of not having tried to get into it). The Six CD was a bit more tolerable, but not much, really.

Two artists I have strong memories with are Pink and Christina Aguilera. I disliked Christina's first stuff a lot, but when her album Stripped came out... I was a big fan. Of course, after the initial shock of the Dirrty video had worn off! It was very controversial at the time, I remember it being a subject of discussion in the papers too. Now I can't for the life of me see why, really. Had we really not seen this before? Anyway, all the singles from this album as well as the album as a whole were very strong, catchy and lyrically decent tracks. This, and Pink's mizundaztood, both owned by my lucky friend, were played a lot for a period.

I went to Paris in the sixth grade, and in Pigalle's McDonald's I saw the video for the song J'en ai marre ! by Alizée. I fell in love with it and bought her album based solely on that single, a decision I never regretted. For a good couple of months it was all I ever listened to. I totally wanted to take French later in school (someone should have warned me!).

Somewhere along the road I learned how to download mp3s. A whole new world opened to me. I can clearly remember the very first mp3 I ever downloaded. It was Girls Keep Secrets in the Strangest Ways by Ephemera. I had a dial-up connection at the time, which allowed to download at the maximum speed of 4kb/s. Each song that I managed to obtain was a treasure and I listened to every single mp3 a bazillion times. I remember listening to Sum 41, of all people. Another very notable song is The Last Goodbye by Atomic Kitten. I loved that song so, so much. If it was scobbled it would have like 10,000 plays, I kid you not.

In seventh grade sometime a girl named Avril Lavigne appeared. I am not going to hide that I developed the biggest celebrity crush I've ever had on her. I was as in love with her as you get when it comes to celebrities. My room looked like a shrine for her. All the other girls had posters of some "handsome" guys and other people thrown in for good measure, however, my walls were entirely covered in Avril. Damn, I stared hard at these pictures every night before going to bed, and when I slept I dreamt that she was real and alive in my room.

Later I found out that like very other pop star she was little more than a product of her management, and it was quite a letdown for a naïve girl like me. But I continued loving her music, and I feel that it has grown with me. The first album was as childish as I was when it was released, with silly nonsensical lyrics and also some pretty stupid subject matter on some of the songs (...but even though we don't want to admit it, we all feel a bit like Things I'll Never Say now and then.) The aforementioned song, and Anything But Ordinary were my favorite tracks, but I loved them all.
Avril's second album was a bit more emo at some parts I guess, but it had nice upbeatness too. It was more mature than the previous one, but still a bit too...I don't know. Again it fit well for me at the time.
The third album was fun and upbeat, which reflects more maturity in my opinion. Being able to not take everything so seriously, letting your hair down and stop being emo is, the way I see it, also a way of finally letting go of the typical teenage stupidity. (Sounds weird I suppose, but I feel a point is hidden in that mess.)

Now I've gone a bit too far ahead. I've now reached an exiting time - my first experiences with Japanese, and Asian music.

It started with (don't shoot me!) anime. My favorite anime was (no, please, spare my life!!) was Tottoko Hamutaro. It was the first time I heard songs in Japanese. Now...ミニモニ。 were voicing some characters in the movies, as well as singing the theme songs. These songs really were something special. I listened to them countless times, learned all the lyrics, the distinct voices of the four girls, and so on. Naturally I wanted to hear more of this, and so I became a huge ミニモニ。 fan. This was the ONLY Japanese music I knew of at the time, so I tolerated that the tracks were very silly and childish (they were a lot of fun though!). My mother hated that I played it all day long... However, simple lyrics like those allowed for me understanding more and more naturally, which was what awakened my single true talent in the world, the one for languages. I soon couldn't take any more unintelligible words, and this led to my Mission of Mastering Japanese. Yes, for the sake of ミニモニ。, and later モーニング娘。, I decided this at the tender age of 13, and I never looked back.

So, yeah, I found out about MoMusu. My favorite songs were Go Girl～恋のヴィクトリー～, Do it! Now and I WISH. I didn't have access to much of their stuff, really, all I had was Limewire. The one PV I remember very clearly is the one for Do it! Now, I absolutely loved it. The song I loved as well, so dramatic and catchy and with a lovely "rap" in the middle. After all these years it's perhaps the one song from that time that enjoy (almost) as much as I did back then. When I listen to it now I still get that special feeling...one that has been hard to find again in music later. (Now I understand the lyrics too, a big step forward).

A website called Toshinbu introduced me to early berryz koubou, 美勇伝, and some other H!P stuff from that time. It feels like a golden age of H!P to me, but I think it was because it was new to me.

Back then I honestly LOVED everything that was served me as long as it originated from the Japanese islands. I didn't have years of jpop listening behind me, so it all sounded new and fresh to my ears. I hadn't developed an ear for what is "generic" and it didn't feel recycled or anything like I feel about a lot of stuff now.

Eventually I took the steps out of H!P, since Toshinbu had another section for non-H!P artists. I remember being totally blown away by every single song I heard from SweetS (that was in the good old days, with BOUNCEBACK. Their sound was dramatic and a bit atypical of idol groups. Then came the generic crap...). My friend burned me a CD with their songs and I think I almost wore it completely out.

Simultaneously I had my first contact with the music of ayumi hamasaki. Notable songs were No Way To Say, Evolution (OF COURSE.) and Vogue.

When I first encountered jpop, it was all I wanted. I remember signing up for Last.fm in 2005, when the site still was named Audioscrobbler. My first scrbbles ever was Berryz. I had a period of Berryz obsession, which then turned into a period of intense dislike. For a while I couldn't stand them. (Now I listen to them again, I think it would be interesting to listen to their oldest stuff once more...just to see if I can handle it). I went back to listening to more Western music, and now it's almost at 50/50 I'd say (which is perfect. I feel that there is almost as much Japanese music being produced as there is English, they churn out songs in a mind-blowing tempo!).

I discovered what might quite possibly be my favorite genre in Western music - folk.

A thing that I feel is prominent in all of my music history is the lack of access to music. First because I never was a rich kid and couldn't afford many CDs, and later because I had no CD burner, a maximum speed of 4kb/s and 4GB of disc space on the entire computer for a long time. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. I had to listen to what I could get a hold of, and I had to listen to it a lot. I thus developed strong memories with this music, and I like that feeling of being able to listen to a song and recall my entire register of emotions from a certain point in my past. It's a very special thing, and to me it is the best way I can preserve a memory.

Being so limited with downloads also made each song I got a treasure. I would listen to them many times and really appreciate all parts of the song. One song I remember fighting for to get to download properly is ささやかな祈り by Every Little Thing. That intro really captured me.. It's still my favorite intro for a song ever. I listened to this song again and again while daydreaming.

Now I have unlimited access to everything I could ever dream of. I can even listen to patriotic songs from North Korea if that's what floats my boat (Which I've done, just to see what they were like. Let's just say it's a funny, but not entirely bad genre). Like my previous situation this has its pros and cons.

I've discovered a shitload of new artists. "My library" in the Last.fm beta site has about 2500 artists that I've listened to, and if you think about it, that really is a lot. I mean, compared to what you are exposed to via normal radio and CDs that you own! This really is great and has broadened my horizons to the furtherest corners of the planet. Another thing I've experienced is that there now is at least -something- I am able to enjoy in every genre I've listened to. Music I earlier dismissed as "not my cup of tea" or downright bad has gotten a second chance and I now genuinely like a bunch of artists with very diverse styles of music. If you were to ask me what genres I like I'd have to list most of the genres I know of. (This doesn't mean that I'm not picky or don't have any defined taste at all, even though it might sound like it.)

However, these massive amounts of music available has resulted in me not "feeling it" as much as I did before. I don't mean that I don't get eargasms or whatever. But favorite tracks remain favorites for shorter periods of time, I get bored a lot more quickly, and I am not as easily impressed. It happens when I get into a new genre, but even then it doesn't last the way it did before. I can't recall being totally blown away by a H!P song in a looong while, and that really disappoints me. I miss the old feeling, the "Do it! Now" feeling, the listening to the voices of ミニモニ。 feeling. I am still waiting for that feeling to return. (Maybe the trick is to do a lot of repeat-listening, after all that's what I did in the past XD)

I feel that I now consume music in an entirely different manner. But don't get me wrong, they are both good in their ways.

I'll wrap up this story for now, some time later I will write more about the most recent events in my musical history. It pretty much stopped at 2004-2005 in this entry, and that's because the developments from there have to be written about in a different manner since there are extremely many new artists and genres. I'll write a separate story for each genre/type of music...because I like to bore the living shit out people with this. =)

Which Country Are Your Top 50 Artists From? (stolen from: Sayuri_x )

Australia:
Tina Arena
Natalie Imbruglia

Belgium:
Lara Fabian
Axelle Red
Kate Ryan

Canada:
Céline Dion
Garou
Nelly Furtado
Bryan Adams
Michael Bublé

France:
Emmanuel Moire
Le Roi Soleil
Christophe Maé
Amel Bent
Francis Cabrel
Zazie
Elodie Frégé
Roméo Et Juliette
Les Enfoirés
Grégory Lemarchal
Cyril Paulus
Emmanuel Moire, Christophe Maé & Merwan Rim
Yann Tiersen
Joe Dassin
Claire JOSEPH
Fight Aids

Indonesia:
Anggun

Ireland:
U2

Italy:
Carla Bruni

Japan:
浜崎あゆみ

Norway:
a-ha
Magne Furuholmen
Morten Harket
Savoy

Poland:
Janusz Radek
Wilki
Michal

Sweden:
Roxette
ABBA

UK:
Queen
Robbie Williams
Jamie Cullum
Beverley Knight

USA:
Madonna
Cher
Letters to Cleo
Sheryl Crow
Whitney Houston
Lenny Kravitz

??:
Ewan McGregor and Alessandro Safina

Sigur Rós
Mono
dear green place
SoKo
Joe Dassin