What I’ve Been Playing

The first quarter of 2010 is over. What have I been listening too? Of course, Last.fm knows the answer. Here’s the top 20 with the number of plays in parentheses:

  1. Daniël Lohues (136)
  2. Bløf (110)
  3. mr. a balladeer (106)
  4. Melissa Etheridge (97)
  5. Acda en De Munnik (93)
  6. Van Dik Hout (89)
  7. Savatage (83)
  8. Bruce Dickinson (73)
  9. Meat Loaf (70)
  10. Wende (65)
  11. Bruce Springsteen (64)
  12. Porcupine Tree (62)
  13. Simon & Garfunkel (61)
  14. a balladeer (60)
  15. Bon Jovi (59)
    Metallica (59)
  16. Arid (54)
  17. Trans-Siberian Orchestra (49)
  18. Clint Mansell (48)
    Dio (48)

Somehow, I’m not at all surprised. For some time know I noticed my preferences shifting towards the more mellow, wussy music. With an occasional barrage of heavy shit, of course.

Making a list of my most played songs of the last three months is a bit pointless: 9 songs in the top ten come from mr. a balladeer‘s excellent Sorry, Kid.—which is, so far, my album of the year. (The other song is Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique‘s quite enjoyable cover of Papillion.)