2008

Part 3 of my annual nostalgia fest has commenced! Okay, so I’m a week late. Sue me!
Last.fm was down for me half the time anyway… But it’s all good now!
Important thing is that it has cost me a buttload of time again to make it. But hey, it’s totally worth it.
So here’s a nice overview of the past year and my musical influence on it.
Are there some surprises? Maybe! Can you feel the tension?! Probably not.
Anyway, here we go.

Artists

1. (=) The Offspring 5565 (+888)
2. (=) Green Day 4577 (+1022)
3. (=) Pleymo 1779 (+412)
4. (=) They Might Be Giants 1755 (+435)
5. (+12) ”Weird Al” Yankovic 1445 (+795)
6. (=) CKY 1340 (+320)
7. (-2) Iron Maiden 1268 (+243)
8. (+4) Ayreon 1228 (+474)
9. (-2) Tool 1205 (+273)
10. (new) The Living End 1156 (+1156)
11. (-3) Strapping Young Lad 1123 (+317)
12. (-1) (hed) Planet Earth 1091 (+314)
13. (new) GWAR 1015 (+1015)
14. (+1) Tenacious D 1001 (+286)
15. (-6) System of a Down 995 (+192)
16. (-3) Dropkick Murphys 991 (+263)
17. (-7) NOFX 983 (+192)
18. (+1) Foo Fighters 927 (+286)
19. (-5) Nirvana 905 (+184)
20. (+6) VanKatoen 882 (+290)
21. (+7) Danko Jones 865 (+288)
22. (+2) Rage AgainstThe Machine 860 (+267)
23. (-7) Metallica 856 (+184)
24. (-2) Monster Magnet 835 (+229)
25. (+20) Incubus 822 (+474)
26. (-1) Nine Inch Nails 801 (+208)
27. (-9) Slipknot 784 (+142)
28. (-8) Children of Bodom 783 (+153)
29. (-2) Primus 780 (+189)
30. (-9) Static-X 733 (+123)
31. (+2) Radiohead 728 (+254)
32. (-9) Guns N' Roses 726 (+127)
33. (+7) Muse 716 (+301)
34. (-3) Bloodhound Gang 698 (+216)
35. (+3) 3 Doors Down 680 (+243)
36. (new) Sufjan Stevens 679 (+679)
37. (-2) Bad Religion 671 (+242)
38. (-9) Madness 630 (+111)
39. (-2) Robbie Williams 613 (+171)
40. (-10) Coheed and Cambria 605 (+103)
41. (-9) AC/DC 587 (+107)
42. (-8) Blind Guardian 544 (+88)
43. (new) Dead Kennedys 542 (+542)
44. (-9) Heideroosjes 541 (+86)
45. (-3)Stone Temple Pilots 524 (+138)
46. (-2) Sonata Arctica 523 (+161)
47. (-12) Aina 515 (+60)
48. (new) Led Zeppelin 504 (+504)
49. (-8) Rammstein 501 (+99)
50. (-1) Flogging Molly 478 (+148)

The changes over the last year are:
5 new artists
5 stayers
11 climbers
29 fallers

So that means 5 artist fell off the charts, those are:
Jane's Addiction
Beck
Franz Ferdinand
Spineshank
Joe Satriani

Hmmm, didn’t expect Beck to fall off the charts. Like that dude a lot. Maybe next year.
Little side-note. I’ve only listened to Dead Kennedys for like 2 or 3 weeks. And already at place 43 with 542 listens! But damn, those guys are just that good. (Or should I say WERE?)

Last year was the first time I also included my top songs. So after a year’s wait I can finally do something with it! Here’s the chart:

Songs

1. (=) The Offspring - Blackball 413 (+14)
2. (=) They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng 187 (+26)
3. (+5) The Offspring - Out on Patrol173 (+60)
4. (=) VanKatoen - kikkE! 172 (+31)
5. (-2) The Offspring - Beheaded 156 (+5)
6. (-1)The Offspring - Jennifer Lost the War 151 (+12)
7. (-1) Jane's Addiction - Strays 123 (+5)
8. (-1) (hed) Planet Earth - Stevie 121 (+7)
9. (+25) Tool - Vicarious 120 (+44)
9. (new) The Living End - Carry Me Home 120 (+120)
11. (+1) Tori Amos - Spark 117 (+18)
12. (-3) CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings114 (+10)
13. (+4) Strapping Young Lad - Oh My Fucking God 110 (+22)
14. (-5) Incubus - Warning 109 (+5)
15. (-2) Madness - House of Fun 106 (+11)
16. (-2) Pleymo - L’insolent 105 (+11)
17. (-6) Heideroosjes - Welterusten Meneer de President 104 (+5)
18. (+3) The Offspring - Dirty Magic 98 (+14)
19. (-1) NOFX - Bottles to the Ground 96 (+9)
19. (-4) The Offspring - Mission From God 96 (+5)
19. (-1) Joe Satriani - Summer Song 96 (+9)
22. (-2) Gorillaz - Dare 95 (+10)
22. (-7) Children of Bodom - Repent 95 (+6)
24. (new) ”Weird Al” Yankovic - Albuquerque 91 (+91)
25. (-3) Sonata Arctica - PeaceMaker 90 (+8)
25. (+2) Danko Jones - Sticky Situation 90 (+12)
25. (+13)Strapping Young Lad - Love? 90 (+20)
28. (-2) Green Day - Jaded 89 (+9)
28. (new) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird 89 (+89)
28. (-5) Amateur Transplants - Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin 89 (+8)
28. (+3) CKY - Rio Bravo 89 (+12)
32. (-1) Pleymo - blöhm 88 (+11)
33. (-10) System of a Down - Cigaro 87 (+6)
33. (new) The Exies - Hey You 87 (+87)
35. (-13) Tenacious D - Kielbasa 86 (+5)
35. (-4) NOFX - Bob 86 (+9)
35. (-8) Bloodhound Gang - Along Comes Mary 86 (+8)
38. (new) Strapping Young Lad - AAA 84 (+84)
38. (-3) The Offspring - Mota 84 (+9)
40. (-9) Blur - Song 2 82 (+4)
41. (new)VanKatoen - Ontspan! 81 (+81)
42. (-7) The Offspring - Hand Grenades 80 (+5)
43. (-5) Green Day Prosthetic Head 78 (+8)
43. (-16) Aina - Son of Sorvahr 78 (+0)
45. (new) Agent Orange - Bloodtains 77 (+77)
45. (=) Green Day - Platypus (I Hate You) 77 (+10)
45. (new)The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches 77 (+77)
48. (-6) Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance 76 (+7)
48. (new) Nine Inch Nails - Closer 76 (+76)
50. (-7) The Offspring - No Hero 75 (+7)

Not much changed in the top to be honest. Not even listened to it a lot of it except for a select few.
But I do know I listened to a LOT of music. Guess my top songs have just changed a bit and you can’t really see it yet this year. But if I keep listening to that other stuff, you’ll definitely see some big changes next year.
So, that’s what we’re aiming for!
Join us next year for the next installment!

PS: “new” artist or song doesn’t necessarily mean that I haven’t listened to it before last year. But gimme a break here. :P