More blog posts about free music on Last.fm can be found HERE

A Smile and a Ribbon [indie pop/twee]

Aerospace [indie pop/twee]

Backseat Goodbye [acoustic/folk/indie pop

Billie the Vision & The Dancers [indie pop]

Eating Pebble [indie pop/indie rock] Three free EPs can be found HERE

Fooldoor [indie pop]

Gita Gutawa [pop]

Hello Saferide [indie pop] Three free tracks are available HERE

Le Sport [electronic/indie pop]

Let's Be Honeys [indie pop/twee]

Monkey Swallows the Universe [indie pop]

Pale [indie rock/pop rock]

Strip Squad [indie pop]

Svenska Visor Att Röja Till [indie pop]

A list of great music I've discovered thanks to Last.fm. All artists/groups have music available for free download:

A Smile and a Ribbon [indie pop/twee]

Aerospace [indie pop/twee]

Afterlife [chillout/lounge/electronic]

Airiel [shoegaze/rock]

Akurat [rock/ska/reggae]

Ana Popovic [blues/blues rock]

Andra and the Backbone [alternative rock/intrumental rock]

Andy McKee [guitar/acoustic/fingerstyle]

The Appleseed Cast [alternative rock/emo/post-rock]

Backseat Goodbye [acoustic/folk/indie pop]

Beeshop [acoustic/folk/singer-songwriter]

Benjamin Bates [dance/house/trance]

Benton Falls [indie rock/alternative rock]

Billie the Vision & The Dancers [indie pop]

Bodo Wartke [comedy/german/cabaret]

The Boxer Rebellion [alternative rock]

Brandtson [indie rock]

Burns Out Bright [alternative rock]

The Butterfly Effect [alternative rock/hard rock]

Canastra [rockbilly/rock and roll]

Carey Ott [indie/singer-songwriter]

Charme Chulo [alternative rock]

Clair De Lune [indie rock]

The Clay People [industrial rock/rock metal]

Cross My Heart [emo/indie/indie rock]

Day Of Rising [emo/punk rock/rock]

Delons [alternative rock]

Desert City Soundtrack [alternative rock]

Die kleinen Götter [punk rock]

Erick Turnbull [acoustic/fingerstyle/guitar]

Everything [alternative/alternative rock]

Fakie For Nothing [emo/pop punk/post-hardcore] Free tracks can also be found at http://fakie4nothing.com/

Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries [balkan/gypsy]

Fooldoor [indie pop]

For Your Ears Only [acoustic/ambient/guitar/instrumental]

Francis Cabrel [chanson francaise/singer-songwriter]

Garden Grows [indie/pop]

Goodbyetomorrow [acoustic/alternative/indie]

Guadalajara [ska/ska punk]

Hallelujah The Hills [alternative rock]

Head On [alternative rock/hard rock/metal]

Hello Saferide [indie pop]

Herbrightskies [post-hardcore/screamo]

The Higher [pop rock]

Holiday Parade [emo/indie rock/pop punk]

In Stereo [pop punk]

ist [rock/ska]

James William Hindle [acoustic/folk/indie]

Januarove prekvapenie [alternative rock]

Jason Crowgey [folk/indie]

Jason Silver [ballads/piano/singer-songwriter]

Jena Kraus [folk/singer-songwriter]

Jimmy Robbins [acoustic/pop rock]

Top 50

1. The Blood Brothers
First song: Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
Fell in love with: Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
Current favorite: Devastator

2. Silverstein
First song: Smashed Into Pieces
Fell in love with: Smile In Your Sleep
Current favorite: November

3. Regina Spektor
First song: Us
Fell in love with: Us
Current favorite: Lacrimosa

4. Bayside
First song: Devotion and Desire
Fell in love with: Devotion and Desire
Current favorite: Montauk (Acoustic)

5. Flyleaf
First song: I'm So Sick
Fell in love with: I'm So Sick
Current favorite: Amy Says

6. HeavyHeavyLowLow
First song: Tell Shannon Her Crafts Are Ready
Fell in love with: Eating The Porridge and Killing The Bears
Current favorite: There's A Bat

7. Dashboard Confessional
First song: Hands Down
Fell in love with: Screaming Infidelities
Current favorite: El Scorcho

8. Senses Fail
First song: Buried A Lie
Fell in love with: One Eight Seven
Current favorite: Sick Or Sane (Fifty For A Twenty)

9. 65daysofstatic
First song: Retreat! Retreat!
Fell in love with: Retreat! Retreat!
Current favorite: Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here

10. Fall Out Boy
First song: Grand Theft Autumn
Fell in love with: The Pros And Cons of Breathing
Current favorite: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (haha seriously)

11. M.I.A.
First song: URAQT
Fell in love with: Paper Planes
Current favorite: Jimmy

12. The Appleseed Cast
First song: Fight Song
Fell in love with: Fight Song
Current favorite: Ice Heavy Branches

13. Saosin
First song: Penelope
Fell in love with: Penelope
Current favorite: Seven Years

14. Jack Johnson
First song: Rodeo Clowns
Fell in love with: Fortunate Fool
Current favorite: Bubble Toes

15. Stick To Your Guns
First song: This Is More
Fell in love with: This Is More
Current favorite: This Is More haha

16. Paramore
First song: Pressure
Fell in love with: Emergency
Current favorite: Fences

17. Death Cab for Cutie
First song: The New Year
Fell in love with: The Sound Of Settling
Current favorite: Information Travels Faster

18. of Montreal
First song: Tim I Wish You Were Born A Girl
Fell in love with: Disconnect The Dots
Current favorite: Oslo In The Summertime

19. The Spill Canvas
First song: All Hail The Heartbreaker
Fell in love with: Staplegunned
Current favorite: Teleport A and B

20. Weezer
First song: El Scorcho I think
Fell in love with: Hash Pipe
Current favorite: My Name Is Jonas

21. Fear Before the March of Flames
First song: motelroom.grandpiano
Fell in love with: motelroom.grandpiano
Current favorite: High As A Horse

22. A Day to Remember
First song: The Plot To Bomb The Panhandle
Fell in love with: Since U Been Gone
Current favorite: Monument

23. A Change of Pace
First song: Loose Lips Sink Ships
Fell in love with: A Farewell To A Friendship
Current favorite: Weekend Warriors

24. Mew
First song: Panda
Fell in love with: Panda
Current favorite: The Zookeeper's Boy

25. Asteria
First song: The Taste The Touch
Fell in love with: The Taste The Touch
Current favorite: The Taste The Touch

26. Circa Survive
First song: Stop The Fuckin' Car
Fell in love with: The Glorious Nosebleed
Current favorite: The Glorious Nosebleed

27. Blessthefall
First song: Higinia
Fell in love with: Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad
Current favorite: Rise Up

28. Escape The Fate
First song: Not Good Enough For Truth In Cliche
Fell in love with: Not Good Enough For Truth In Cliche
Current favorite: Reverse This Curse

29. Taking Back Sunday
First song: This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)
Fell in love with: This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)
Current favorite: Ghost Man On Third

30. Motion City Soundtrack
First song: The Future Freaks Me Out
Fell in love with: Everything Is Alright
Current favorite: Capital H

31. The Academy Is...
First song: Checkmarks
Fell in love with: Checkmarks
Current favorite: Slow Down

32. All Time Low
First song: Coffee Shop Soundtrack
Fell in love with: Shameless
Current favorite: I don't listen to them anymore

33. Brand New
First song: The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Fell in love with: The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Current favorite: Jesus Christ

34. Amber Pacific
First song: Gone So Young
Fell in love with: Gone So Young
Current favorite: I don't listen to them anymore

35. Gogol Bordello
First song: Start Wearing Purple
Fell in love with: Start Wearing Purple
Current favorite: Sally

36. Ashlee Simpson
First song: Pieces of Me
Fell in love with: Pieces of Me
Current favorite: Little Miss Obsessive

37. Backseat Goodbye
First song: My Favorite Color
Fell in love with: Hey
Current favorite: Anyone Else But You

38. Underoath
First song: A Boy Brushed Red...Living In Black And White
Fell in love with: A Boy Brushed Red...Living In Black And White
Current favorite: Young and Aspiring

39. Christina Aguilera
First song: Genie In A Bottle
Fell in love with: Reflection
Current favorite: Still Dirrty

40. The Audition
First song: Don't Be So Hard
Fell in love with: Dance Halls Turn To Ghost Towns
Current favorite: Warm Me Up

41. Gym Class Heroes
First song: Taxi Driver
Fell in love with: Papercuts
Current favorite: Good Vibrations

42. Uffie
First song: Pop The Glock
Fell in love with: Pop The Glock
Current favorite: The Party

43. Karmella's Game
First song: Coming Going Leaving
Fell in love with: Coming Going Leaving
Current favorite: Coming Going Leaving

44. Emery
First song: Studying Politics
Fell in love with: Studying Politics
Current favorite: Fractions

45. Meg & Dia
First song: Monster
Fell in love with: Monster
Current favorite: Only one I listen to anymore is Indiana

46. Britney Spears
First song: ...Baby One More Time
Fell in love with: ...Baby One More Time
Current favorite: Everybody

47. The Fall of Troy
First song: F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
Fell in love with: F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
Current favorite: Cut Down All The Trees And Name The Streets After Them

48. High School Musical
First song: Start Of Something New
Fell in love with: What I've Been Looking For
Current favorite: Stick To The Status Quo

49. I Killed the Prom Queen
First song: Your Shirt Would Look Better With A Columbian Necktie
Fell in love with: Your Shirt Would Look Better WithA Columbian Necktie
Current favorite: Your Shirt Would Look Better With A Columbian Necktie

50. Hadouken!
First song: Superstar
Fell in love with: Superstar
Current favorite: Get Smashed Gate Crash

1. What was the first song you ever heard by 16 Antony and the Johnsons?
Hope There's Someone.

02. What's your favorite lyric by 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers?
your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen

03. How many albums by 13 Panic! At the Disco do you own?
None. Have the first one downloaded.

04. Is there a song by 8 Placebo that makes you sad?
No, not really.

05. Have you ever seen 27 Savage Garden live?
No but I've seen Darren Hayes and he sung a lot of their songs.. does that count?

06. Who is your favorite member of 11 Thierry Amiel?
Thierry Amiel, duh.

07. Is there a song by 23 Mando Diao that makes you happy?
Sheepdog makes me disturbingly happy.

08. What is a good memory you have involving 37 Jack's Mannequin?
Not really. Just discovering them, I guess.

09. What's your favorite lyric by 20 Jonatan Cerrada?
Rien ni personne no poura empêcher de faire de ce rêve un reàlité.
Pardon my French there, haha.. can't be arsed to look up the spelling.

10. What is your favourite album by 2 The Ark?
In Lust We Trust.

11. What is the worst song by 10 Death Cab for Cutie?
Why You'd Want to Live Here, probably.

12. Is there a song by 12 Dashboard Confessional that makes you happy?
Hands Down and As Lovers Go.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 15 From First to Last?
All the fun times I've had with my friend, discussing Sonny.

14. What is your favorite song by 8 Placebo?
Scared of Girls. That's like the most underrated song ever.

15. What is your favorite song by 34 Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Wow! Tough one! Probably.. Those Canaan Days.

16. Who is your favorite member of 1 Bright Eyes?
Hm.. let's see here.. hmm.
Haha.
Duh.

17. What is your favorite song by 7 Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus?
Guldet Blev Till Sand.

18. What's your favourite lyric by 9 Måns Zelmerlöw?
Growing older made me colder
As I lost direction, struggling for perfection
There's a boy I used to know, he was different from me
There was nothing that he thought he couldn't do
There's this boy I used to see
Now I see him no more
If he's gone forever, I don't wanna know

and

When someone loves like I do, dreams can come true

19. What is your favorite song by 22 Fall Out Boy?
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs. Call me a poser, Whatever. I don't care. It's a great song.

20. What is your favorite song by 27 Savage Garden?
It changes every now and then but for the past year or two it's been I Don't Know You Anymore.

21. Have you ever seen 31 The Spill Canvas live?
No, I wish! That would've been amazing.

22. Who is your favorite member of 17 The Beatles?
I'm leaning towards Paul McCartney although I'm officially undecided.

23. What is your favorite song by 18 Queen?
I'm going to take everyone by surprise here and say It's a Hard Life.

24. What is your favorite song by 15 From First to Last?
Secrets Don't Make Friends.

25. What is your favorite videoclip by 2 The Ark?
Ola drinking tea and discussing crocheting!! Amazing. And when he's writing a song with Merit Hemingsson.

26. What is your favorite song by 40 t.A.T.u.?
Stars. That's a brilliant song.

27. Is there a song by 2 The Ark that makes you sad?
This Sad Bouquet.

28. What is your favourite song by 4 Peter Jöback?
Stockholm i Natt.

29. Why do you like 28 Melody Club?
Because the make me happy! And you can dance to them!

30. What is your favourite videoclip by 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers?
The video for Can't Stop.

31. What is the worst song by 47 Bloodhound Gang?
Balls Out.

32. What is a bad memory you have involving 42 Billie The Vision And The Dancers?
There aren't any.

33. What is your favorite song by 32 Simon & Garfunkel?
That has got to be the toughest one yet. Wow. Sound of Silence, Cecilia or Scarborough Fair/Canticle.

34. What was the first song you ever heard by 26 The Juliana Theory?
I can't remember.

35. What is your favourite song by 6 Jonathan Larson?
Lately it's been Goodbye Love or the original Broadway cast version of Finale A.

36. What's your favourite lyric by 30 The Magnetic Fields?
I went out in the forest and caught 100,000 fireflies
As they ricochet around the room
They remind me of your starry eyes

37. What is your favourite song by 5 Sebastian Karlsson?
Worlds & Violence.

38. What is a good memory you have involving 39 Backseat Goodbye?
When Chad (that's his name, right?) left me a comment on MySpace.

39. Who is your favorite member of 22 Fall Out Boy?
It sure as hell isn't Pete Wentz.

40. What is your favorite album by 10 Death Cab for Cutie?
Transatlanticism. I'm boring like that.

41. Have you ever seen 48 Further Seems Forever live?
No. Probably wouldn't want to either seeing as I only listen to their old stuff with Chris Carabba.

42. What's your favorite lyric by 33 System of a Down?
I don't have one. Their lyrics are way overrated, I just like the music.

43. Who is your favorite member of 2 The Ark?
Ola Salo, obviously.

44. What is your favorite album by 15 From First to Last?
Heroine is the better album as a whole although most my favorite songs are on their first album.

45. What is your favorite song by 50 Elefant?
Misfit and Lolita.

46. What is your favorite song by 29 The Pipettes?
I have no idea. They're all so catchy!

47. What was the first song you ever heard by 25 Hello Saferide?
I have no idea! First time I heard them, I saw them in concert and I can't remember what song they played first.

48. What is your favorite song by 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers?
This Velvet Glove, Don't Forget Me, Suck My Kiss and Mellowship Slinky In B Major. In that order. I felt that they were all worth mentioning.

49. What is your favorite song by 11 Thierry Amiel?
2000 ans sur la terre. Possibly THE best French song ever.

50. What is your favorite song by 2 The Ark?
The Most Radical Thing to Do, Tired of Being an Object?, Joy Surrender and It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane.

1. AFI
Got into them through Miss Murder, but heard The Days Of The Phoenix before that.
Never seen them live, really want to though.

2. The Dresden Dolls
My friend Andrew pretty much forced me into listening to them, they're awesome. First song- Shores of California.
Saw them in Vancouver on July 27th 2006, supporting Panic! At the Disco

3. Green Day
Didn't like Basketcase etc at first because it sounded too old fashioned compared to the bands they spawned which I listened to. Then American Idiot came out and I got addicted.
Haven't seen them live- yet.

4. Mindless Self Indulgence
First heard Shut Me Up on last.fm but didn't get into them until I saw them live.
Saw them support My Chemical Romance in Newcastle on November 11th 2007, then again in Glasgow on April 26th 2008.

5. System of a Down
Got into them from seeing Chop Suey! on TV all the time, then decided to buy Toxicity
Never seen them live, but hopefully they'll get back together so I can...

6. My Chemical Romance
Got into them when GSB started becoming MCR-obsessed, just before they started being played on TV here.
Saw them live in Newcastle on November 11th, 2007, when they were upstaged by Mindless Self Indulgence

7. Panic! At the Disco
Heard the name and was intrigued, so I asked Andrew if he had any songs and he sent me Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off. Then I was hooked :]
Saw them live once in Vancouver on July 27th, 2006.

8. Good Charlotte
Loved them since Girls and Boys came out.
Saw them in Newcastle on May 16th 2007.

9. The Hush Sound
Listened to them on PureVolumewhen I found out they were supporting Panic! At the Discoand they made me smile.
Saw them on July 26th 2006 in Vancouver supporting Panic! At the Disco

10. Fall Out Boy
Got into them via GSB too, before they were big here.
Saw them in Edinburgh on August 25th, 2007.

11. Alkaline Trio
Started listening to them when Crimson came out and they were on lots of free CDs.
Went to see them in November 2005 since we couldn't go see The Rasmus.

12. Evanescence
Liked them since I first saw the Bring Me to Life video on TV.
Never been to see them live because they never seem to come here.

13. Hellogoodbye
Started listening to them years ago when someone sent me Call N Return.
Never got to see them live on their last tour :(

14. Busted
Liked them since the moment TV stations started playing them.
Saw them in Newcastle in December 2004.

15. From First to Last
Loved them for years since before they were really known over here.
Wish I'd been able to see them live when they had Sonny, but hopefully they'll tour here soon.

16. Blink-182
I can't really remember when I started listening to them, I think I've liked them forever :)
Never got to see them.

17. The Clash
My dad got me into them a few years ago. Then I stole all his CDs.
Never saw them live and never will. RIP Joe Strummer.

18. Avril Lavigne
Liked her since Complicated came out.
Saw her live in Glasgow in October 2004.

19. Ramones
My dad got me into them too.
Never going to see them live either.

20. The Academy Is...
Liked them since a Fueled By Ramen Hot in 06 sampler.
Was going to see them last Spring but never got the tickets.

21. Enter Shikari
Gary got me into them the one time we spoke on MSN.
Saw them on October 25th, 2007 in Newcastle.

22. HIM
One of their songs was on the Sk8er Rock compilation.
Saw them on April 24th 2006 in Newcastle.

23. Motion City Soundtrack
Got into them through the Warped Tour 2006 CD.
Hoping to see them when they come back here.

24. Paramore
Liked them since the aforementioned Fueled By Ramen sampler, before anyone had heard of them here.
Had a ticket to see them at a gig in February 2008 which they rescheduled to the middle of my exams so I didn't go.

25. Placebo
Heard a couple of their songs and decided to buy Once More With Feeling.
Never been to see them because it's expensive!

26. Simple Plan
Saw them support Avril Lavigne.
Glasgow, October 2004.

27. The Used
First saw Take It Away on a DVD and downloaded a couple of songs.
Never been to see them.

28. Marilyn Manson
Heard his songs on TV and such.
Had a ticket to see him in December 2007 but it was on the same night as Flood of Red.

29. Lacuna Coil
Heard Swamped on TV and liked it since it was like Evanescence
Never seen them.

30. Jimmy Eat World
Heard The Middle at the gig and loved them since.
Never been to see them :(

31. Hear'Say
Watched Popstars..
Wanted to see them back in 2001 but my parents wouldn't let me.

32. Panic at the Disco
Well I've already mentioned their previous exclamation-marked form, so I guess I've liked them since then.
Never seen the Pretty. Odd. incarnation of them live though.

33. Backseat Goodbye
Liked him since he was on the PureVolume unsigned chart.
I don't think he's ever toured the UK though :(

33. Gogol Bordello
Liked them since I heard them on the radio in 2005, then heard them again in July 2006 and bought their album.
Never been to see them, but I bet it'd be fun.

35. The Mighty Boosh
Holly pretty much MADE me like the Boosh. It's hilarious.... I saw Noel Fielding before this though.

35. Blaqk Audio
I love AFI so I downloaded a song not knowing what genre they were. And I was blown away.
They haven't been to the UK yet.

37. Death Cab for Cutie
The New Year was on a CD.
Never seen them, I'd love to though.

38. Billy Talent
Heard [track artist=Billy Talent][/track]Devil In A Midnight Mass[/track] somewhere.
Never seen them.

39. Danny Elfman
I guess I first heard him bescuase of the Simpsons theme. But I like him for The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands.
I don't know if he does concerts tbh.

40. Amanda Palmer
Like her because I like The Dresden Dolls.
Sort of seen her live I guess.

I cheated my charts a long time ago to make it look like I listened to more music than I actually did. (Thus why the Early November is 7000 plays more than Brand New.) However, I am no longer a fucktard teenager, so I felt like it was time to show that here.


Total Tracks: 110,163
Since: June 24, 2006
Rest: May 11, 2008

1. The Early November - 12,257
2. Brand New - 5,609
3. The Spill Canvas - 4,385
4. Guster - 4,303
5. Sherwood - 3,919
6. Straylight Run - 3,000
7. Death Cab for Cutie - 2,718
8. Dashboard Confessional - 2,430
9. Hellogoodbye - 2,393
10. The Rocket Summer - 2,230
11. The Academy Is...- 2,213
12. Cartel - 2,102
13. I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business - 2,004
14. Eisley - 1,987
15. Fall Out Boy - 1,977
16. This Providence - 1,818
17. Cute Is What We Aim For - 1,794
18. Something Corporate - 1,650
19. Jack's Mannequin - 1,597
20. Tegan and Sara - 1,582
21. JamisonParker - 1,527
22. Motion City Soundtrack - 1,450
23. Paramore - 1,381
24. The Format - 1,211
25. Dave Melillo - 1,077
26. Gregory and the Hawk - 1,065
27. The Get Up Kids - 1,032
28. Socratic - 1,022
29. OK Go - 1,002
30. Regina Spektor - 946
31. The All-American Rejects - 940
32. Bright Eyes - 877
33. Across the Universe - 856
34. Rilo Kiley - 789
35. PlayRadioPlay! - 782
36. Holiday Parade - 775
37. The Higher - 768
38. Kevin Devine - 737
39. Houston Calls - 722
40. Making April - 698
41. Say Hi to Your Mom - 687
42. Sufjan Stevens - 669
43. Snow Patrol - 647
44. The Killers - 611
45. Secondhand Serenade - 605
46. The Honorary Title - 563
47. Backseat Goodbye - 520
48. The Boy Least Likely To - 472
49. Panic at the Disco - 470
50. Kaiser Chiefs - 448

I’ve been spending a decent amount of time trying to find lyrics that describe me. I’ve been failing miserably. I can hardly relate to most of the music I listen to, for numerous reasons. The whole reason I listen to happy music (ie The Rocket Summer) is because I can’t relate to all the shit/drama/whatever that most musicians tend to write about. I’d consider myself to be a happy person. I’m by no means the type that is beaming with joy – I’m a cynic, a skeptic, and a realist (I don’t believe I’m a pessimist, although one would assume I would be based on the other two traits just mentioned). However, I don’t really have much to complain about in my life (my biggest complaint is being home for the summer, and the boredom which has ensued, which is why I’m even writing this).

It’s really hard for me to find music that appeals to me both musically and lyrically. I mean, I like freaking All Time Low and Forever the Sickest Kids. How the hell am I supposed to find somewhat meaningful lyrics there? I love how they sound, but sometimes it’s kind of hard not to cringe when I read their lyrics.

The Rocket Summer’s lyrics stick out to me, and I see something positive and sweet in them, but I don’t really relate. Also, the fact that there are so many Christian themes in his music makes it difficult for me. I think a lot of the reason that I didn’t listen to TRS for a long time was because I had read that he was a Christian artist. I don’t consider him to be, and he isn’t marketed that way, but he definitely talks about his faith in the music. Sometimes it’s easy to ignore, like in “Around the Clock”, which can be either taken as a love song or (I guess also) a love song about God/Jesus/whatever. But on some songs, like “TV Family” there is no hiding from it. That’s cool and all, but since I’m not Christian, I can’t relate.

At one time, I felt like I could really relate to “North” by Something Corporate. That album came out at the perfect time for me, and that timing really made that album what it is for me. I would kill to be able to relate to that album again. But, alas, I can’t even relate to my favorite band anymore, with maybe a song or two as an exception.

I’ve been starting to listen to a lot of Backseat Goodbye again, mainly because he just released a new album (which is impossible to get a hold of right now because it isn’t even available on iTunes yet, meaning I can’t illegally download it anywhere, but I digress). I’m pretty sure relating to that album is my goal in life – seriously, if my life were like a Backseat Goodbye album, I’d have the happiest life ever. All of his lyrics are just so painfully sweet (although the songs on each album get pretty repetitious in regards to their themes/some random specific things he mentions in multiple songs), but I definitely can’t relate (except when he sings about liking The Rocket Summer, duh)…probably of all years of my life, this year the least (although some may argue that being almost entirely apathetic about almost being in a relationship with someone is painfully sweet lol, but I digress yet again).

I sometimes come across lyrics that really stick out to me, for one reason for another. For example, one of my favorite verses from any song ever comes from “Timorous Me” by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists(“Me and Timory holdin' hands/
I was shakin' hers, ‘cause she said she was a fan/
There was an awkward pause, and something that should’ve began
Just passed us by.) I am in love with that verse, I feel like I can relate to it (probably a lot, actually), but … I don’t know. It still feels like something is missing.

This has gotten really long winded, and I’m not really sure why I started writing this, besides for the fact that there isn’t anything else for me to be doing. Basically, I really need to find music that I can relate to, because “Uh huh/We're doing it
/Way too well/Uh huh/We're doing it/We're getting and getting it done” ("Uh Huh" Forever The Sickest Kids, btw) just isn’t cutting it for me.

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first lines from the first 50 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Comment with song title and artist.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

Lyrics:

1. How could you do this to me, I gave you every little thing that I could.

2. Up and away to stay awhile in the arms of fate.

3. They say every great western has it's cowboy.

4. Walk past my grave in the dark tonight.

5. Isabella, stand a little bit taller.

6. I'm sick of always hearing all those sad songs on the radio.

7. Tell me where our time went and if it was time well spent.

8. So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me off guard, red handed.

9. Can you feel your heartbeat racing?

10. It's late at night the world's asleep and I'm trying not to think.

11. Go. A rush of blood to my head leaves me winded and wanting.

12. Carousels make laps each night.

13. Midwest love affair I bend when I am bored.

14. Happy Christmas to you.

15. When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band.

16. Hello there, how you doin'?

17. Well, she's not bleeding on the ballroom floor just for the attention.

18. For your futures sake I've got advice I'd advise you to take.

19. Replacing old dreams with flattery from new loves.

20. Come on! Grab the bull by the horns the old adage goes.

21. Out of the box, out of the kitchen.

22. Pick you up, later on, what to do?

23. I'm gonna fight 'em off.

24. I got birds in my ears and a devil on my shoulder.

25. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

26. Street lights look like ribs on my block.

27. What would you say, if this blemished face, this blemished face with a crooked nose had a chance to say whatever he wanted from his blemished world of the unknown?

28. Eyeliner and a famous designer brand.

29. Friday left me hopeless.

30. Trying to create something that's not there.

31. Ridin' down the highway goin' to a show.

32. I hope this is the last time, cause I'd never say no to you.

33. My formal years were all spent in a bathroom in college that I never went to.

34. Rest in peace girl, your death is such a shame.

35. If she wants to dance and drink all night, well there’s no one that can stop her.

36. 31 days to wreck your plastic face, and it's a disgrace to think I shook at the hand that feeds this race.

37. I’ve got soul working for me half the time, only when I’m half alive.

38. Yeah, my girlfriend takes me home when I'm too drunk to drive.

39. From throat and eyes came winter and reasons I'm told to carry on.

40. Yah-hee, icky thump who'd-a thunk?

41. I think I'm breaking out.

42. So here's the truth, you were right all along, they were never my friends and I was living a lie, but I won't fall for it next time.

43. Lie awake in bed at night and think about your life.

44. Day out, day in it's the alarm versus me
and the snooze button wins.

45. This happened before and I'm sure it'll happen again.

46. Jesus Christ, that's a pretty face.

47. Love, this is getting harder.

48. Take me to a hotel room and tie me to the bed of my mistakes.

49. Of a face full of words you'd think a few would be right, right.

50. Bleed in your own light.


Artists:

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30 Seconds to Mars
AC/DC
The A.K.A.s
The Academy Is...
Against Me!
Armor for Sleep
Atreyu
Backseat Goodbye
Bayside
Blink-182
Brand New
Circa Survive
Cute Is What We Aim For
Envy on the Coast
Fall Out Boy
From First to Last
The Hush Sound
The Killers
Madina Lake
The Matches
Motion City Soundtrack
My Chemical Romance
The Offspring
Over It
Panic! At the Disco
Paramore
Patent Pending
Punchline
Saosin
Senses Fail
The Smashing Pumpkins
Straylight Run
Taking Back Sunday
Underoath
The Used
The White Stripes
Yellowcard