Best of 2009

According to my Last.fm account this is what I like the most in 2009 in plays:

Artist:
* Phoenix (544 plays)
* Radiohead (539 plays)
* Imogen Heap (241 plays)
* Blur (221 plays)
* Frank Sinatra (209 plays)
* Elliott Smith (183 plays)
* Graham Coxon (179 plays)
* Kent (175 plays)
* Arctic Monkeys 162
* Bill Frisell 151
* Bo Kaspers Orkester 148
* Coldplay 141
* Björk 128
* Travis 126
* Beirut 123

I think the biggest surprise for me in this list was that Radiohead wasn't on top and that Frank Sinatra was this high up! Other then that.. No surprises.

Top tracks:
1 Phoenix – 1901 60
2 Phoenix – Lisztomania 36
3 Ida Maria – Oh My God 33
4 Phoenix – Rome 29
5 4our5ive6ix – 7even8ight 28
6 Thom Yorke – Black Swan 27
7 Phoenix – Lasso 26
8 Phoenix – Fences 25
9 Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset Part I 23
10 Lily Allen – Smile 21
10 Phoenix – Consolation Prizes 21
Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill 20
12 Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict A Riot 20
12 Regina Spektor – On the Radio 20
12 Phoenix – Girlfriend 20
12 Sia – Electric Bird 20
Phoenix – Countdown 19
deLillos – Flink 19
Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset Part II 19
Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone 18
Radiohead – Paranoid Android 18
Justice – D.A.N.C.E. 18
Phoenix – Armistice 24
Blur – Song 2 24
Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God 24
Radiohead – Palo Alto 24
The Teenagers – Homecoming

wow! I listened to a lot of Phoenix this year, and I hope 5ive6ix7even is happy about beating Thom Yorke :) All this songs are extreemly good though, so check them out if you haven't :) and wow the gap between number 1 and 2 on this list!

Euro song: the Norwegian winner: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale

"Euro Song" is a very strange European phenomena. All countries in Europe have a certain amounts of song in a national final and then the winner from each country go onto a European final. The winner is chosen by televotes from all of the nations that participate. The votes are given by calling up each country and then they give their votes. Earlier when eastern Europe was not really taking part, this would include every single point, but now the lover points appear automatically and is counted like that. Only the highest points (10 and 12) is given directly from the presenter of that country. I'll try to find some photos of this. For years and years the music was only one genre almost. Very very popy and "eurotrashy", but a few years ago everything started to change and then a Finnish metal actually won, so it's getting better. The whole thing has being going on for over 50 years with annual concerts. The shows are always big and you feel like some strange kind of unity when everyone around Europe gathers around their TVs at the same.

In Norway Euro Song is known as the program that everybody love to hate. Everybody say they hate it, but at the same time they sit down and watch it. Norway that generally is a bit of an underdog-land in Europe always wants desperately to win and the last years we have had some quite good songs. Last year we got all the way to 5th place :D

This weekend the Norwegian final was held and the Norwegian winner: Alexander Rybak, won by over 600 000 votes!!!! :) So he has the country behind him.

Alexander Rybak has made such an amazing blend of eastern folk music and Norwegian folk music that this has to be good. Very charming guy and the most amazing dancers doing Norwegian folk dancing, that suddenly remind me a lot of break dancing. Alexander has written the song himself, singes with amazing feeling and plays violin like a little good. Such a charming young man, so we hope he can charm his way all the way to the victory :) Here is a clip from the national finals Here is a bit of the voting, where the swedes make fun of the fact that they can't vote for themselves.