last fm year 4
yesterday marked the end of my 4th year using last.fm. i’ve been capturing my complete artist and song charts on december 12th each year to track how my listening habits change over time. in addition to tracking the progression of my overall charts, i also note the top songs and artists of each 12 month period. so here are the 5 artists and songs that i listened to the most from 12/12/08 to 12/12/09…
Top 5 artists of 2009
1) Destroyer (723 plays)
2) Guided by voices (400)
3) Silver jews (267)
4) Kurt vile (242)
5) Andre ethier (227)
top 5 songs of 2009
1) bill Callahan – eid ma clack shaw (34 plays)
2) swan lake – paper lace (28)
3) swan lake – heartswarm (24)
4) virgin of the birds – ilona, you should still be my vampire attendant (23)
5) st. Vincent – the strangers (22)
5) swan lake – ballad of a swan lake, or, daniel’s song (22)
5) swan lake – settle on your skin (22)
i’m glad to see some new names infiltrating the top 5 artists this year… it had been the same cast of characters for a few years now. the top 5 songs is also interesting in that it is proof of how rare it is for me to become truly obsessed with a single song these days. sometimes i wish we were an eagle, enemy mine, actor… they are all albums i’ve easily listened to 20+ times this year, so it’s no surprise to see songs from each dominating the top tracks listing. really, i’m surprised the play counts aren’t higher for these. but, virgin of the bird’s every rival ep on the other hand is a record i only heard for the first time maybe a month ago, so to have “ilona” at number four for the year really shows how rarely a single song commanded my attention in 2009.
in celebration of my most listened song of 2009, “eid ma clack shaw”, there are one million youtube videos after the break, plus a pretty cool cover. thanks to their respective posters.
mp3: bill callahan – eid ma clack shaw
mp3: Rose Polenzani and Friends – Eid Ma Clack Shaw …. [via cover lay down]
video: live at the Black Cat in Washington, DC on 6/12/09.
video: performed at Bottom Lounge, Chicago, June 19, 2009
video: Bill Callahan at The Troubadour, Los Angeles CA – Eid Ma Clack Shaw – July 1st 2009
video: Bill Callahan – Eid Ma Clack Shaw – live at Lido Berlin 11th August 2009
video: Bill Callahan live@St Georges Church Brighton, 18th August 09, Eid Ma Clack Shaw
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