Music

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“Music was my first love and it will be my last,
music of the future and music of the past…”

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Song of the month

Current nominations

08/08 : N/A

Closed awards

07/08 : Primavera di Praga by Nomadi

Special award: Charlie fa surf by Baustelle

06/08 : Six day war by Colonel Bagshot (also in the DJ Shadow version heard at the beginning of FnF:Tokyo drift of at the end of Phooneboot)

05/08 : Doctor Who Theme by  Delia Derbyshire and The persuaders by John Barry (TV shows)

Special Note: my last.fm profile will show a lot of Queen tracks due to the fact the I reencoded (and listened to) them. Queen will surely get to the top sometime in the future. [Also The Flintstones is a little bit odd, I agree]

04/08 : Jessica by Allman Brothers Band and Orion by Metallica
03/08 : Human Interest by Hooverphonic

Special award to: Jackie Cane by Hooverphonic

02/08 : N/A

01/08 : Voyage 34 by Porcupine Tree

12/07 : The Floyd, again. [posthumous 01/08]

11/07 : Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (lots of covers) [posthumous 01/08]

10/07 : Charlotte Sometimes by The Cure [posthumous 01/08]

09/07 : Marmellata #25 by Cesare Cremonini (2nd place: Seventeen again by Eurythmics) [posthumous 01/08]

08/07 : Lavender by Marillion

Special award to: Sei nell’anima by Gianna Nannini

    07/07 : Bruci la città by Irene Grandi

    06/07 : A modo mio by Negrita / Tutti i miei sbagli by Subsonica

    Special award to:

    • Abbey Road by The Beatles
    • Various top-rated songs by Vasco Rossi

    05/07 : Una poesia anche per te (Life goes on)/Eppure sentire (un senso di te) by Elisa

    04/07 : lots of anime and japanese music, since I spent half the month in Japan :-)

    03/07 : Spaccacuore (Pausini/Bersani)

    02/07 : Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann by Nena

    Special award to:

    • Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime by Nena and Kim Wilde (remake of Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann)
    • Wake me when september ends/Basket case by Green day
    • Confortably Numb by Pink Floyd (they are out-of-scale so I don’t even have to mention)

    01/07 : Mr. Brightside by The Killers

    Special award to:

    • Teenage dirtbag by Scala & Kolacny Brothers (original by Wheatus)
    • Somebody told me by The Killers
    • Ain’t talking about love by Van Halen
    • Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann by Nena

    12/06 : Top of the world by Shonen Knife (original by The Carpenters)

    Special second award: Creep by Radiohead

    11/06 : An honest mistake by The Bravery

    10/06 : Without any doubt: “The beautiful letdown” by Switchfoot

    Note: my Last.fm profile could prove this.

    09/06 : Sexed up & Me and my monkey by Robbie Williams

    Special second award: Amico by Renato Zero

    08/06 : No regrets by Robbie Williams

    On the road compilation (when heading south):

    CD 1: Placebo (Meds+selected tracks)
    CD 2: Misc 1 (Mas que Nada, What else is there+Battisti mashup, Battiato, Pure imagination, Daddy cool, Checco Zalone)
    CD 3: Soundtracks: Sister Act, Mission Impossible, American beauty, Kill Bill, Grease, Dirty dancing, Jersey girl, Shrek
    CD 4: Simong & Garfunkel: selected tracks
    CD 5: Pink Floyd: selected tracks
    CD 6: Misc 2 (Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, UB40, Dalla, Battisti, Robbie Williams)

    Additional full-length CDs: Alchemy by Dire Straits, Fashion Nugget by Cake

    07/06 : Song to say goodbye by Placebo (from Meds, 2006) [two in a row, gets LOUDER!]

    06/06 : Song to say goodbye by Placebo (from Meds, 2006)

    Special second award: The distance by Cake (from Fashion Nugget, 1996)

    05/06 : Pure imagination (Stylophonic version) / 80s song: Joe le taxi (Vanessa Paradis)

    Nominated :

    • Royksopp vs. Lucio Battisti – What Else Is There/Con Il Nastro Rosa (Molella & Tato Mash-Up)

    04/06 : La collina dei ciliegi/Con il nastro rosa by Lucio Battisti (and everything else)

    03/06 : Continua/Passo dopo passo/Mai più noi due (Dolcenera, 2005)

    Special second award: “Alegrìa” (Cirque du Soleil), what a great show
    Nominated: La cura (Franco Battiato, 1996)

    02/06 : Love generation (Bob Sinclair feat. Gary Pine, 2005)

    Special second award: “I will survive” by Cake (1996) [this version kindly suggested by Mr. Old].

    01/06 : Bridge over troubled water (Art Garfunkel, 1970)

    12/05 : Forever and for always, It only hurts when I’m breathing (Shania Twain, Up! Red Disc, 2002)

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    Favourites
    (in no particular order)

    english…

    • Dire Straits
    • Pink Floyd
    • U2
    • Paul Simon (& Art Garfunkel)
    • The Beatles
    • Shania Twain
    • …

    italian…

    • Vasco Rossi
    • Lucio Battisti
    • Zucchero
    • Nomadi
    • Antonello Venditti
    • Elio e le storie tese
    • Renato Zero
    • …

    french…

    • …

    spanish…

    • Rosana
    • …

    soundtracks…

    • Grease
    • Blade Runner
    • When Harry met Sally
    • Vanilla Sky
    • French kiss
    • …

    by genre…

    • rock
    • vocal
    • swing

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