Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

“I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right”

Midlake - Roscoe - / - Head Home - / - Young Bride

“Thought we were due for a change or two around this place”

“Well there's someone I'd like to see, she never mentions a word to me”

“My young bride, why aren't you keeping with you all the ones who really love you”

2006: Top of the crop

1) Tom Waits - Orphans











2) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go











3) Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye












4) Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That












5) Hot Chip - The Warning











6) Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming











7) My Morning Jacket - Okonokos












8) M. Ward - Post-War












9) TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain












10) Malajube - Trompe L'Oeil











11) The Knife - Silent Shout
12) Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
13) Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife
14) Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
15) Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
16) Ghostface - Fishscale
17) Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
18) Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
19) Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
20) Lambchop - Damaged
21) Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
22) Neil Young - Living With War
23) The DFA - The DFA Remixes: Chapter One
24) Jason Molina - Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
25) Band of Horses - Everything All The Time

TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me

“Baby doll I recognize you're a hideous thing inside, if ever there were a lucky kind, it's you, you, you, you”

The Knife - Silent Shout

“Yes in a dream all my teeth fell out, a cracked smile and a silent shout”

The Blue Nile - Stay

- dream pop -

“Stay, stay, stay and I will understand you”

Junior Boys - Teach Me How To Fight

- indie electronic -

“Can you teach my how to fight, show me what it's like to give back pain?”

Lo-Fi-FNK - Wake Up

- euro-dance -

“But soon it may be over, if you don't move on closer, so you should wake up”

Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire (live)

- folk-rock -

“Like a bird on a wire I have tried in my way to be free”

Nick Cave - Love Letter

- alt pop/rock -

“We live in hope, the sky hangs heavy with rain”

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (live)

- singer/songwriter -

“I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open, and I'm down on my knees tonight”

{A Charlie Brown Christmas}

I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus.
Christmas is coming, but I'm not happy.
I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel.
I just don't understand Christmas, I guess.
I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards
And decorating trees and all that,
But I'm still not happy.
I always end up feeling depressed...

- Charlie Brown -

Calexico - Alone Again Or (live)

“And I will be alone again tonight my dear”

Tom Waits - Downtown Train

“Will I see you tonight, on a downtown train, all of my dreams just fall like rain, all upon a downtown train”

Françoiz Breut - Si Tu Disais

“Si tu disais que pour nous c'est le bon moment, je t'écouterais crois moi ”

Tom Waits - Hold On

“Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on”

John Cale - Hallelujah

“You saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you”

Serge Gainsbourg - [Melody Nelson]

1. Melody - “Prince des ténèbres, archange maudit”

2. Ballade de Melody Nelson - “Tu étais la condition sine qua non de ma raison”

3. Valse de Melody - “L'amour s'égare au long de la vie”

4. Ah! Melody - “L'amour tu ne sais pas ce que c'est”

5. L'Hôtel Particulier - “Des escaliers, des couloirs sans fin se succèdent, décorés de bronzes baroques, d'anges dorés”

6. En Melody

7. Cargo Culte - “Où es-tu Melody et ton corps disloqué hante-t-il l'archipel que peuplent les sirènes”

Air - Sexy Boy

“Où sont tes idoles mal rasées, bien habillées”

Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (live)

“I think I'd like to go back home and take it easy, there's a woman that I'd like to get to know living there”

{- One in a Million -}

I wake up every morning,
Knot in my stomach, from cloudy dreams,
Wake up with yesternight's musings,
Still creeping though the seams,
Like water creeps up the holes in my shoes,
Like water sinks the ships I lose.

Yellow leaves have gone away,
Skies have turned from blue to grey,
The autumn chill feels colder somehow,
As you run from these aching arms of mine,
To a fate far worse than here and now,
To where tears and sunlight are entwined.

And when I say one in a million,
Know that I mean it, I really mean it,
But how long, how long can I hold on,
When love's but a one-way solitary street.

At the foot of the mountain,
Staring at the fading city lights,
As darkness wraps its curtain,
Around the lonely towering heights,
From where I stand and think of you,
As a love I fear is born anew.

I see the traffic wander aimlessly,
And let my mind wander carelessly,
Solitary lights in a sea of crashing waves,
Don't really know from what they flee,
Speeding blindly through the endless maze,
In a way, not entirely unlike me.

And if I say one in a million,
Although I mean it, I really mean it,
No longer can I hold on,
If love's but a dead-end street.

-Vincent D.-

Neil Young - Tell Me Why (live)

“I am lonely but you can free me, all in the way that you smile”

M. Ward - Let's Dance

“If you say run, I'll run with you”

Röyksopp - What Else Is There?

“Roads and getting nearer, we cover distance but not together ”

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B

“Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home”

Goran Bregovic - Ederlezi

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

“I'm waiting for that final moment, you'll say the words that I can't say”

Daft Punk - Da Funk

Michael Jackson - Thriller

“'Cause this is thriller, thriller night, and no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike”

The Shins - Australia

“Been alone since you were 21, you haven't laughed since January”

Neil Young - Dead Man

The Beatles - We Can Work It Out

“Think of what you're saying, you can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right, think of what I'm saying”

Talk Talk - It's My Life

“Afraid to lose, I'd tell myself what good you do, convince myself”

The Notwist - Pick Up The Phone

“When life is a loop, you're in a room without a door”

Palace Music - Horses - / - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Horses

“Everybody needs an angel, but here's that devil by my side”

My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday (live)

“From this town, we'd escape, if we holler loud and make our way, we'd all live one big holiday”

Doves - Black and White Town

“Here comes some action, first time in my life”

Phoenix - Too Young

“I got a very good friend who says he can't believe the love I give is not enough to end your fears”

Joseph Arthur - Honey and the Moon (live)

“I think that you came too soon, you're the honey and the moon that lights up my night”

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

“When the routine bites hard, and ambitions are low, and the resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow”

New Order - Ceremony

“Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown, heaven knows, it's got to be this time”

Annie - Heartbeat

“There was a time, everybody was around and I was dancing with you”

Rachel Stevens - So Good

“I made it on my own again, I'll get back on my feet again”

Air - Alone In Kyoto

Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings (Daytrotter Sessions)

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“And if I fall into the drink, I will say your name, before I sink”

Radiohead - There There (live)

“We are accidents waiting, waiting to happen”

Tom Petty - Learning To Fly

“I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings, coming down is the hardest thing”

Brian Eno - Becalmed

Genesis - Many Too Many

“The part was fun but now it's over, why can't I just leave the stage?”

Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School

“We try but we didn't have long, we try but we don't belong”

Doves - Caught By The River

“Don't let it come apart, don't want to see you come apart”

Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care

“I'm so tired of being lonely, I still have some love to give”

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Strange Form of Life (live)

“And the softest lips ever, 25 years of waiting to kiss them, smiling and waiting”

Paul McCartney - Band On The Run (live)

“All I need is a pint a day, if I ever get out of here”

Belle & Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo

“I see a wilderness for you and me, punctuated by philosophy, I'm wondering how things could've been”

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

“I just know that something good is going to happen, I don't know when, but just saying it could even make it happen.”

Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube

“Try to be more assured, try to be more right there, try to be less uptight, try to be more aware”

Calexico - All The Pretty Horses (live)

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“Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, go to sleep you little baby ”

Blur - Caravan

“Yeah I'm a clown, pulling my world down, I believed I was strong, but you are the one”

Sloan - The Other Man

“We've all been in one situation or another we regret”

Daft Punk - Robot Rock

“Rock... Robot Rock!”

Calexico + Iron & Wine - He Lays In The Reins (live)

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“One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl, she's like grace from the earth ”

{- Fortnight's Tale -}

I remember you well, on that cold autumn night,
Round the time summer pulled its last punches,
Though the sky was starlit, you didn't mind the sight,
The thing on your mind was fastening the latches.

We walked in a hurry, on that dreary old night
When you told me of heartbreaks and embers,
While you fought with your shadows, as if struggling for light,
All I could think of was 'another year over'.

And you contemplated whatever it is you contemplate,
I never did get your intentions,
And while you strangled the past, the present, the future,
I got caught in the line of crossfire.

I remember you well, on that cold autumn night,
When the dreams I had dreamt turned to whispers,
Like a leaf falling down, to the ground, with no fright,
I fell deep, though I never did shatter.

We both gazed in silence, on that dreary old night,
Asking why, if one loves, does he lashes,
The marrow of what's worth for to fight,
And will the phoenix still rise from it ashes?

But you ran away, guess that's how the tale goes,
While the loner just dealt with the blow,
And you wondered why stories get tangled in knots,
That's probably why I just missed the plot.

I remember it well, it's only been a fortnight,
Though I'm starting to forget why it started...

- Vincent D. -

Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2

“You got away, I never once heard you say, I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you, and all of that jivin' around”

Peter Gabriel - Come Talk To Me (live)

“Whatever fear invents, I swear it makes no sense, I reach through the border fence, come down, come talk to me”

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

“Even when the sun is shining, I can't avoid the lightning”

The Police - So Lonely (live)

“Now no-one's knocked upon my door, for a thousand years, or more”

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (live)

“But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness, like a heartbeat... drives you mad”

Neil Young - Helpless (live w/ The Band)

“The chains are locked and tied across the door, baby, sing with me somehow”

Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Love

“Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn”

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love

“I've always been a coward, and I don't know what's good for me”

Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

“I come to you defences down, with the trust of a child”

R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (live)

“Go build yourself another dream, this choice isn't mine”

Calexico - Cruel

“Stories break like branches in the cold”

Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On (live)

“That echo chorus lied to me with its "hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on" ”

Johnny Cash & June Carter - It Ain't Me, Babe (live)

“Go melt back into the night babe, everything inside is made of stone”

The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed

“It was crime at the time, but the laws have changed”

Talking Heads - [Stop Making Sense] - Psycho Killer - / - Once in a Lifetime - / - This Must Be The Place

“Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir là, ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir là”

“Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down”

“And you love me till my heart stops, love me till I'm dead”

Röyksopp - Only This Moment

“Stay or forever go, play or you'll never know, we haven't decided, you can’t deny it’s all you’ve been waiting for”

Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay ("Royal Tenenbaums" scene)

“I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet”

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (live)

“Daylight is good at arriving at the right time, it's not always going to be this grey”

Grizzly Bear - [Blogothèque] - On a Neck, On a Spit - / - Shift - / - Plans

“Each day, I spend it with me now, all my time, I spend it with me now”

“I wouldn't have it any other way”

“If you trust in me, if I could I would be there”

The Walkmen - The Rat

“You've got a nerve to be asking a favor”

My Morning Jacket - Dondante (live)

“You had me worried, so worried, that this would last”

Beck - Guess I'm Doing Fine (live)

“There's a blue bird at my window, I can't hear the songs he sings”

Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (live)

“How does it feel, to be on your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone”

New Order - Blue Monday

“Tell me how does it feel, when your heart grows cold”

Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything (live)

“I said nobody knows you, and nobody gives a damn either way, About your blood, your bones, your voice, and your ghost”

Elbow - Grace Under Pressure

“We still believe in love, so fuck you”

Smog - I Break Horses

“Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island, and I don't want to see you swimming behind”

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (live)

Well I hope that someday buddy,

We have peace in our lives,

Together or apart,

Alone or with our wives,

And we can stop our whoring,

And pull the smiles inside,

And light it up forever,

And never go to sleep,

My best unbeaten brother,

This isn't all I see.

Nina Simone - If You Knew (live)

“I love all things about you, your heart, your soul, my love”

The Magnetic Fields - Book of Love

“The book of love has music in it, in fact that's where music comes from”

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Cursed Sleep

“In her arms i trembled electric, and she let me and she held me”

Spoon - I Summon You (live)

“Got the weight of the world, I summon you here my love”

Peter Gabriel - Curtains - / - Signal to Noise (live) - / - Secret World (live)

“And there are angels on our curtains, they keep the outside out”

“And in this place, can you reassure me, with a touch, a smile, while the craddle's burning”

“Down by the railway siding, in our secret world, we were colliding”

David Bowie - Heroes

“We can be heroes, just for one day”

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I Gave You (feat. Matt Sweeney)

“I'd give you a dream and you'd only wake from it”

Radiohead - No Surprises

“A heart that's full up like a landfill”

Talk Talk - I Believe In You

“Tell me how I fear it”

The Beatles - [ Help! ] - Help! - / - The Night Before - / - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

“Help me get my feet back on the ground”

“Love was in your eyes, ah, the night before”

“How can I even try, I can never win”

The Cardigans - My Favorite Game

“And I'm losing my favorite game, you're losing your mind again”

Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better

“If I ever feel better, remind me to spend some good time with you”

Faultline - Wild Horses (feat. Joseph Arthur)

“I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie”

The Dears - 22: The Death of All the Romance

“Fasting love will lead us all to nowhere, when, when will we learn”

Daft Punk - Something About Us

“I'll miss you more than anyone in my life”

Neil Young - [BBC '71] - Out on the Weekend - / - Love in Mind - / - Heart of Gold

“Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak and, can't begin to say”

“Woke up this morning with love in mind. It was raining outside but my love still shined”

“I want to live, I want to give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold”

R.E.M. - The One I Love (live)

“This one goes out to the one I love”

Phoenix - Long Distance Call

“It's never been like that”

Doves - There Goes The Fear

“You turn around and life's passed you by”

Peter Gabriel - The Drop

“You watch them fall, and wonder where they're falling to”

Smog - Rock Bottom Riser

“I am a rock bottom riser, and I owe it all to you”

The Blue Nile - Downtown Lights

“In love we're all the same, we're walking down an empty street”

Stars - Elevator Love Letter

“Don't go. Say you'll stay. Spend a lazy Sunday in my arms”

John Lennon - Imagine

“Nothing to kill or die for”

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country

“Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine”

Beatles - Two of Us

“Two of us wearing raincoats, standing solo in the sun”

M. Ward - Chinese Translation

“See I once was a young fool like you, afraid to do the things I knew I had to do”

(2005's top of the crop...)

Top 25 CDs

1) Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love











2) Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs












3) Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise












4) Spoon - Gimme Fiction












5) My Morning Jacket - Z












6) New Pornographers - Twin Cinema












7) Hood - Outside Closer












8) Vitalic - Ok Cowboy












9) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm












10) Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy












11) LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
12) Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
13) M.I.A. - Arular
14) Gorillaz - Demon Days
15) Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
16) Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
17) Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins
18) Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
19) Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
20) Low - The Great Destroyer
21) The Clientele - Strange Geometry
22) M. Ward - Transistor Radio
23) of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins
24) Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
25) Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower

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Top 10 Shows

1) Calexico
2) Andrew Bird
3) Spoon
4) M. Ward
5) LCD Soundsystem/M.I.A.
6) Futureheads
7) Broken Social Scene
8) Doves
9) Sufjan Stevens
10) Of Montreal