Monday, December 22, 2008

A Musical Breakdown of 2008

My Favorite Albums of 2008*:
Chinese Democracy -Guns N' Roses
White Bitch's Prey Drive – The White Bitch
Yeah, Indeed! - Ballzack
Rainy Dayz Remixes - AmpLive
Feed The Animals- Girl Talk
Stepfather- People Under The Stairs
Question In The Form of an Answer- People Under The Stairs
O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack)- People Under The Stairs
What's The Time Mr. Wolf? - The Noisettes
Self-Titled- LCD Soundsystem
Discovery- Daft Punk
Enchanted (Soundtrack)- Various Artists
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables- The Dead Kennedys
Time Capsule- The B-52's

*Not all albums released in 2008

Worst Albums I Heard In 2008 (Yuck, Yuck, Yuck):
Ctrl+Alt+Del- The Diggs
Self-Titled- Vampire Weekend
Dance or Die- Family Force 5
All God's Children- Caeser Pink & The Imperial Orgy

Artists I Loved In 2008*:
People Under The Stairs (317 iTunes plays)
The White Bitch (114 iTunes plays)
Ballzack (81 iTunes plays)
The B-52's (30 iTunes plays)
Talking Heads (38 iTunes plays)
The Noisettes (2 iTunes plays)
Earl Greyhound (29 iTunes plays)
Regina Spektor (31 iTunes plays)
Daft Punk (103 iTunes plays)

*This, according to my "scrobble" (LastFm), which I use about 50% of time I'm listening to music so some of these numbers are grossly inaccurate.

Who I Saw Live 2008:
Better Than Ezra ****
Van Halen *****
Al Green *****
Santana ***
Stevie Wonder *****
The Mars Volta ***-ish
One Man Machine *****
TV On The Radio ***
Stone Temple Pilots *
R.E.M. ***
Lil' Wayne **
The Dirtbombs *****
High In One Eye *****
Fatter Than Albert ***
Earl Greyhound ******
Rotary Downs ***
Man Man ***
Ray Bong ***
The White Bitch ****
The Vettes *
The City Life ***
Three Fantastic *****
Nine Inch Nails ****
Wyclef Jean *****
Zydepunks ***
Quintron & Miss Pussycat *****

Rating System goes as follows...
***** (5 Stars): A-fucking-mazing. I would definitely see them play again.
**** (4 Stars): Pretty good. Not completely blown away, but impressed nonetheless.
*** (3 Stars): Pretty satisfactory. Don't feel like I wasted money/time.
** (2 Stars): Blah.
* (1 Stars): Why, Lord? Why?

Songs I Was Obssesed With In 2008:
Two Weeks- Earl Greyhound
Pulp Fiction- People Under The Stairs
This Is The Way- Rivers Cuomo
That's How You Know- Amy Adams
Weird Fishez- AmpLive
Panama- Van Halen
Eat Street- People Under The Stairs
Pink Elephants on Parade- Dumbo Soundtrack
My Moon, My Moon- Fiest
Lover In The Snow- Rivers Cuomo
Love Me Or Love Me Not- Soulja Slim
Little Dreamer- Van Halen
Nudez- AmpLive
Just A Song About Ping-Pong- Operator Please
All I Need- AmpLive- Joy Divison
Dancing In The Moonlight- Thin Lizzy
Oxford Comma- Vampire Weekend
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Everybody Else- Carebears On Fire
Ballad Of Beaconsfield Miners- Foo Fighters feat. Kaki King
Apres Moi- Regina Spektor
Video Tapez- AmpLive
I Don't Want Wanna Be A Playa No More- Big Pun
Speak To Me/Breathe- Pink Floyd
Aching To Pupate- Regina Spektor
DJinni Stomp- Rotary Downs
Jappy Jap- People Under The Stairs
Marigold- Nirvana
Just Kissed My Baby- The Meters
N.I.B.- Black Sabbath
The Train Kept On Rolling- The Yardbirds
Miss You- The Rolling Stones
Face To Face- Daft Punk
I WE- The Noisettes
Winter Lady- Leonard Cohen
Ballad Of A Thin Man- Bob Dylan
When Did Your Heart Go Missing- Rooney
Limosine Mouse- Ballzack
Set Myself On Fire- One Man Machine
Tom Sawyer- Mindless Self Indulgence
Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses
Wordy Rappington- Tom Tom Club
What Is Natural?- The White Bitch
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)- Baz Lurhmann
Strawberry Fields Forever- The Beatles
Nobody- Skindred
Song For A Future Generation- The B-52's
Halloween- Siouxsie & the Banshees
In My Arms (Bimbo Jones Extended Remix)- Plumb
John The Fisherman- Primus
make it YR STREGTH- The White Bitch
Jack Ass Brigade- Fishbone
A Method- TV On The Radio
Fatter Than You!- Fatter Than Albert
Waiting Room- Fugazi
Fotune Teller- Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Mind The Gap- The Noisettes
Pussy Monster- Lil' Wayne
Diamonds On My Neck- Smitty
Code Check- People Under The Stairs
Here [In Your Arms] (Young Americans Remix)- Hellogoodbye
San Francisco Knights- People Under The Stairs
World Hold On- Bob Sinclair
Love Addict- Family Force 5
Infinite Soul- The Grip Weeds


2 Comments:

Chris said...

you saw al green?! you dog!

martin said...

How did you get such well informed diverse musical tastes at your young age?

I'm twice as old as you and you school me!

Best wished for your future career.