how does he know which angels to use...
HAPPY NON-DENOMINATIONAL APPROXIMATE WINTER SOLSTICE HOLIDAY!
My holiday of choice is Christmas, and pretty much always has been. Since I am basically a huge tradition-loving sap around winter break, I thought I'd perpetuate my own Christmas tradition of doing a huge music spam comprising my favorite songs of the year! Also because I'm ridiculous and love making extra work for myself, this year's spam follows in the footsteps of the last two and is structured in the same style as the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. To put it briefly, the songs are assigned ranks from the gifts in the carol, going from most favorite -- the partridge in a pear tree -- to least, in order. That's 78 songs total, just enough to sum up a year's worth of awesome music.
AS USUAL, I think I just spent more than an hour working on something it will likely take you five minutes to enjoy. But I hope you enjoy it nonetheless! If nothing else, it's at least partially a reflection of my flist's music tastes, seeing as I ganked a lot of this music from you all in the first place :3 All 78 songs are in a .zip file downloadable [ HERE ] if you want them. Happy holidays!
on the first day of christmas, my true love gave to me...
★ A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE
1 - [ Many Moons // Janelle Monáe ]
★ TWO TURTLE-DOVES
2 - [ Islands // The xx ]
3 - [ Seventeen Years // Ratatat ]
★ THREE FRENCH HENS
4 - [ Pursuit Of Happiness // Kid Cudi ]
5 - [ Harder You Get // Scissor Sisters ]
6 - [ Grounds For Divorce // Elbow ]
★ FOUR CALLING BIRDS
7 - [ Stormy Weather // The Kooks ]
8 - [ Au Bar Des Suicidés // Pierre Lapointe ]
9 - [ Astronaut (A Short History...) // Amanda Palmer ]
10 - [ Little Lion Man // Mumford & Sons ]
★ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS
11 - [ Balaclava // Arctic Monkeys ]
12 - [ Power (feat. Dwele) // Kanye West ]
13 - [ Challengers // The New Pornographers ]
14 - [ Telephone (feat. Beyonce) // Lady Gaga ]
15 - [ Wonderlust King // Gogol Bordello ]
★ SIX GEESE A-LAYING
16 - [ Pumped Up Kicks // Foster The People ]
17 - [ Machine // Regina Spektor ]
18 - [ Crooked Teeth // Death Cab For Cutie ]
19 - [ Combat Baby // Metric ]
20 - [ 쏘리 쏘리 (Sorry, Sorry) // Super Junior ]
21 - [ Jungle Drum // Emiliana Torrini ]
★ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING
22 - [ The La2t Frontiier // Toby "Radiation" Fox ]
23 - [ When I Was A Little Spy // Gogol Bordello ]
24 - [ Bulletproof (Nacey Remix) // La Roux ]
25 - [ I'm Good, I'm Gone // Lykke Li ]
26 - [ Ask // The Smiths ]
27 - [ My First Kiss (feat. Ke$ha) // 3OH!3 ]
28 - [ She Wolf // Shakira ]
★ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING
29 - [ Girl And The Sea // The Presets ]
30 - [ Ghosts // Ladytron ]
31 - [ Let's Dance To Joy Division // The Wombats ]
32 - [ Take // Tunng ]
33 - [ Boats And Birds // Gregory And The Hawk ]
34 - [ Home // Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ]
35 - [ Comme des Enfants // Coeur de Pirate ]
36 - [ Divenire // Ludovico Einaudi ]
★ NINE LADIES DANCING
37 - [ Electric Worry // Clutch ]
38 - [ Capital G // Nine Inch Nails ]
39 - [ You, Me And The Bourgeoisie // The Submarines ]
40 - [ Bulletproof // La Roux ]
41 - [ Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) // Ke$ha ]
42 - [ Cap My Point // Soldier Gaga (feat. Spyonce) ]
43 - [ Starstrukk (feat. Katy Perry) // 3OH!3 ]
44 - [ Drink To Me Babe, Then // A.C. Newman ]
45 - [ Fembot // Robyn ]
★ TEN LORDS A-LEAPING
46 - [ Just Stop Believing // Lady Gaga vs. Journey ]
47 - [ Monster Hospital // Metric ]
48 - [ This Charming Man // Death Cab For Cutie ]
49 - [ With L.E.S. Kids // Gaston ]
50 - [ Stress // Justice ]
51 - [ Love The Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) // Eminem ]
52 - [ Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) // Janelle Monáe ]
53 - [ Kiss With A Fist // Florence + The Machine ]
54 - [ Gifted (feat. Kanye West et al.) // N.A.S.A. ]
55 - [ Go Places // The New Pornographers ]
★ ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING
56 - [ 9mm And A Three Piece Suit // Streetlight Manifesto ]
57 - [ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here // 65daysofstatic ]
58 - [ Fisherman's Song Of The East China Sea // Raymond Wong ]
59 - [ Seashell // Seabear ]
60 - [ Again & Again // The Bird And The Bee ]
61 - [ We Insist // Zoë Keating ]
62 - [ Sleepyhead (Passion Pit Cover) // Run Toto Run ]
63 - [ Girl With One Eye // Florence + The Machine ]
64 - [ The Prayer (Hadouken Remix) // Bloc Party ]
65 - [ I Don't Feel So Well // Vienna Teng ]
66 - [ Ballroom Blitz // Sweet ]
★ TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING
67 - [ The Perfect Con // Nathan Johnson ]
68 - [ Mega Man 2 // The Adventures Of ... ]
69 - [ Drumming Song // Florence + The Machine ]
70 - [ Empire // Kasabian ]
71 - [ Tik Tok // Ke$ha ]
72 - [ Back In The U.S.S.R. // The Beatles ]
73 - [ Sebastian // Adrian Johnston ]
74 - [ Right Round // Flo Rida ]
75 - [ Replay // Iyaz ]
76 - [ Closer/Come Together // Nine Inch Nails/Beatles ]
77 - [ Apartment Story // The National ]
78 - [ Here We Go Again // Pixie Lott ]
[ .ZIP ]
In retrospect, this is probably the earliest I've ever had the post up and complete on Christmas Day. AGAIN, QUITE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
My holiday of choice is Christmas, and pretty much always has been. Since I am basically a huge tradition-loving sap around winter break, I thought I'd perpetuate my own Christmas tradition of doing a huge music spam comprising my favorite songs of the year! Also because I'm ridiculous and love making extra work for myself, this year's spam follows in the footsteps of the last two and is structured in the same style as the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. To put it briefly, the songs are assigned ranks from the gifts in the carol, going from most favorite -- the partridge in a pear tree -- to least, in order. That's 78 songs total, just enough to sum up a year's worth of awesome music.
AS USUAL, I think I just spent more than an hour working on something it will likely take you five minutes to enjoy. But I hope you enjoy it nonetheless! If nothing else, it's at least partially a reflection of my flist's music tastes, seeing as I ganked a lot of this music from you all in the first place :3 All 78 songs are in a .zip file downloadable [ HERE ] if you want them. Happy holidays!
on the first day of christmas, my true love gave to me...
★ A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE
1 - [ Many Moons // Janelle Monáe ]
★ TWO TURTLE-DOVES
2 - [ Islands // The xx ]
3 - [ Seventeen Years // Ratatat ]
★ THREE FRENCH HENS
4 - [ Pursuit Of Happiness // Kid Cudi ]
5 - [ Harder You Get // Scissor Sisters ]
6 - [ Grounds For Divorce // Elbow ]
★ FOUR CALLING BIRDS
7 - [ Stormy Weather // The Kooks ]
8 - [ Au Bar Des Suicidés // Pierre Lapointe ]
9 - [ Astronaut (A Short History...) // Amanda Palmer ]
10 - [ Little Lion Man // Mumford & Sons ]
★ FIVE GOLDEN RINGS
11 - [ Balaclava // Arctic Monkeys ]
12 - [ Power (feat. Dwele) // Kanye West ]
13 - [ Challengers // The New Pornographers ]
14 - [ Telephone (feat. Beyonce) // Lady Gaga ]
15 - [ Wonderlust King // Gogol Bordello ]
★ SIX GEESE A-LAYING
16 - [ Pumped Up Kicks // Foster The People ]
17 - [ Machine // Regina Spektor ]
18 - [ Crooked Teeth // Death Cab For Cutie ]
19 - [ Combat Baby // Metric ]
20 - [ 쏘리 쏘리 (Sorry, Sorry) // Super Junior ]
21 - [ Jungle Drum // Emiliana Torrini ]
★ SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING
22 - [ The La2t Frontiier // Toby "Radiation" Fox ]
23 - [ When I Was A Little Spy // Gogol Bordello ]
24 - [ Bulletproof (Nacey Remix) // La Roux ]
25 - [ I'm Good, I'm Gone // Lykke Li ]
26 - [ Ask // The Smiths ]
27 - [ My First Kiss (feat. Ke$ha) // 3OH!3 ]
28 - [ She Wolf // Shakira ]
★ EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING
29 - [ Girl And The Sea // The Presets ]
30 - [ Ghosts // Ladytron ]
31 - [ Let's Dance To Joy Division // The Wombats ]
32 - [ Take // Tunng ]
33 - [ Boats And Birds // Gregory And The Hawk ]
34 - [ Home // Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ]
35 - [ Comme des Enfants // Coeur de Pirate ]
36 - [ Divenire // Ludovico Einaudi ]
★ NINE LADIES DANCING
37 - [ Electric Worry // Clutch ]
38 - [ Capital G // Nine Inch Nails ]
39 - [ You, Me And The Bourgeoisie // The Submarines ]
40 - [ Bulletproof // La Roux ]
41 - [ Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) // Ke$ha ]
42 - [ Cap My Point // Soldier Gaga (feat. Spyonce) ]
43 - [ Starstrukk (feat. Katy Perry) // 3OH!3 ]
44 - [ Drink To Me Babe, Then // A.C. Newman ]
45 - [ Fembot // Robyn ]
★ TEN LORDS A-LEAPING
46 - [ Just Stop Believing // Lady Gaga vs. Journey ]
47 - [ Monster Hospital // Metric ]
48 - [ This Charming Man // Death Cab For Cutie ]
49 - [ With L.E.S. Kids // Gaston ]
50 - [ Stress // Justice ]
51 - [ Love The Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) // Eminem ]
52 - [ Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) // Janelle Monáe ]
53 - [ Kiss With A Fist // Florence + The Machine ]
54 - [ Gifted (feat. Kanye West et al.) // N.A.S.A. ]
55 - [ Go Places // The New Pornographers ]
★ ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING
56 - [ 9mm And A Three Piece Suit // Streetlight Manifesto ]
57 - [ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here // 65daysofstatic ]
58 - [ Fisherman's Song Of The East China Sea // Raymond Wong ]
59 - [ Seashell // Seabear ]
60 - [ Again & Again // The Bird And The Bee ]
61 - [ We Insist // Zoë Keating ]
62 - [ Sleepyhead (Passion Pit Cover) // Run Toto Run ]
63 - [ Girl With One Eye // Florence + The Machine ]
64 - [ The Prayer (Hadouken Remix) // Bloc Party ]
65 - [ I Don't Feel So Well // Vienna Teng ]
66 - [ Ballroom Blitz // Sweet ]
★ TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING
67 - [ The Perfect Con // Nathan Johnson ]
68 - [ Mega Man 2 // The Adventures Of ... ]
69 - [ Drumming Song // Florence + The Machine ]
70 - [ Empire // Kasabian ]
71 - [ Tik Tok // Ke$ha ]
72 - [ Back In The U.S.S.R. // The Beatles ]
73 - [ Sebastian // Adrian Johnston ]
74 - [ Right Round // Flo Rida ]
75 - [ Replay // Iyaz ]
76 - [ Closer/Come Together // Nine Inch Nails/Beatles ]
77 - [ Apartment Story // The National ]
78 - [ Here We Go Again // Pixie Lott ]
[ .ZIP ]
In retrospect, this is probably the earliest I've ever had the post up and complete on Christmas Day. AGAIN, QUITE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT.