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Angel Deradoorian

is a Brooklyn-based musician with an Armenian background. Foremost she is a member of experimental rock group Dirty Projectors. But in 2009 she released her solo debut by much acclaim. She also recorded a track with Vampire Weekend keyboarder Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot's singer Wes Miles.

a song that reminds you of school
At The Drive-In - One-Armed Scissor

I listened to it in the car almost every day when I was a sophomore.

best Beatles song
The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
best concert you ever attended
Radiohead

Saw them in Mountain View California. Recently, Francis & the Lights at Zebulon in Brooklyn.

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Elliott Smith - Twilight

This song was an anthem to a tour I went on when I was 18 and was particularly emo.

record you were looking for the longest
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
a record you fell in love to
Björk - Homogenic

A gateway record into learning about good music.

first record you remember
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
the song to be played at your funeral
Madonna - Holiday
a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Earth, Wind & Fire - The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire

Can’t beat dancin’ in «September».

your guilty pleasure song

I don’t feel guilty about any of the songs I like. Keep it real!

your ultimate heartbreak song
Otis Redding - I've Got Dreams To Remember

The most soulful man to have ever lived.

perfect anthem for New York
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Again. Just listen. No need to explain.

your party anthem
Daft Punk - Short Circuit
Michael Jackson - Thriller

You really can’t pick one party anthem, but this one is great and it always makes me feel good. And Jackson is the master of all music.

first record you bought
Mariah Carey - Fantasy

At age 9 or 10, I believe. I memorized it.

a song that reminds your friends of you
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Jubilant saxophone. I hate it so, but it can’t leave my mind or the minds of my close ones.

best soundtrack ever
Alain Goraguer - La Planète Sauvage
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood

I like it because it is very odd. I don’t know if it’s the best, but I like it a lot. I also think the string arrangements by Jonny Greenwood on «There Will Be Blood» sound amazing.

your sunday morning song

Tunisian classical music.

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Paul McCartney - Ram On

So simple yet so imaginative.

Constance Amiot

a song that reminds your friends of you
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound

George Duke

your ultimate heartbreak song
George Duke - No Rhyme No Reason

Max Tundra

you prepare for an important date?
Basti - Man At C.I.A.

Malachai

you walk through a dark forest?
The Wurzels - I Am A Cider Drinker

Minotaur Shock

you sit in a plane?
Brian Eno - Music For Airports

Lo Fat Orchestra

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Der aktuelle Top Hit aus den Grossraumdiscos.

Terence Bernardo

first record you bought
Duran Duran - The Reflex

Lindstrom

first record you bought
Queen - A Night At The Opera

Port O'Brien

a song to seduce you
Cat Power - You Are Free

Sarah Jaffe

your boozed up anthem
Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls

Renegade Soundwave

a record you fell in love to
Coldplay - Clocks (Röyksopp Remix)

Scout Niblett

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

There's not one constant song... but if ...

KT Tunstall

you are love sick?
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

John Foxx

your ultimate heartbreak song
Sammy Fain - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

Explosions In The Sky

you try to stay up for more than 24 hours?
Burial - Etched Headplate

Sandi Thom

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Prodigy - Firestarter

Bit-tuner

take these three DVDs along:

«Lost Highway» von David Lynch /  «2001: A Space ...

Jesper Dahlbäck

favorite band hailing from the city?

Mooses On Acid

Heidi

you sit in a plane?

I don’t listen to music on a ...

Swahili Blonde

you try to stay up for more than 24 hours?
Pigbag - Sunny Day

Gravenhurst

you are in the sauna?
Antoni Maiovvi - Thorns Of Love

Vetiver

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Michael Hurley - Sweedeedee

Ingrid Olava

favorite building?

Right now: the new Opera. There are many ...

Nick Chacona

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Metro Area - Caught Up

Trevor Jackson

you are on a football field?

I never play football.

Sumner Brothers

you wake up?

I’m lucky enough that my girlfriend wakes ...

Interpol

you want to disturb your neighbours?
The Mars Volta - Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt

Neon Heights

you are in a depressive mood?
James Taylor

Apache Beat

your boozed up anthem
David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Architecture In Helsinki

your ultimate heartbreak song
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

DJ Hell

you come home from the club?

Silence.

Chelonis R. Jones

you wash your hair?
Lee Scratch Perry - Super Ape in A Jungle

Wolfmother

you make love?
Salt-€˜N-Pepa

Pilooski

perfect anthem for Paris
Alessi Brothers - Seabird

Travis

you walk the cat walk?
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

Pearly Gates

your party anthem
James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)

Windsurf

first record you remember
Burl Ives - The Little White Duck

Headman

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

David Pajo

take these three CDs/records with you:
ZZ Top - Eliminator

The Late Greats

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Daniel Johnston - Casper The Friendly Ghost

Andy Gill

a record you fell in love to
I-Roy - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Beverley Knight

you camp in the desert?
The Brand New Heavies - Midnight At The Oasis

Anni Rossi

5 favorite cities

Gothenburg / Los Angeles / New Orleans / Vancouver B.C ...

Brasstronaut

you drive a car late at night?
Trentemøller - Moan (Vocal Version)

Natalie Tusia Beridze

first record you remember
Aleksej Rybnikov - Pogonya (Priklyucheniya Buratino)

Good Shoes

you make breakfast?
David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things

Aaron Wright

perfect song to end a party with
Frank Sinatra - That's Life

Sven Väth

a song that reminds your friends of you
Off - Electrica Salsa

DJ Vadim

the song to be played at your funeral
Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Olafur Arnalds

first record you remember
Todmobile

Shine 2009

you take a bubble bath?
DJ Quik - Summer Breeze

Datarock

you ride a bicycle?
Sick Of It All - Scratch The Surface

Simone White

a song that reminds your friends of you
Simone White - The Beep Beep Song

Dave Clarke

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

The Bees

you are in the sauna?
GZA - Cold World

DJ Mehdi

you sit in the subway?
Maurice Fulton

David Rodigan

No. 11
The Abyssinians - Declaration Of Rights

Gossip

you work in the garden?
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

Ian Pooley

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Glen Johnson

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Harry Nilsson - Without You

Drugstore

you try to stay up for more than 24 hours?

I often do – love doing that and then ...

Zwicker

you are love sick?
Feist - Limit To Your Love

Senor Coconut

you fall asleep?
Haruomi Hosono - Omni Sight Seeing

Erol Alkan

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Chapterhouse - Falling Down

Joakim

you wake up?
Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning

Art Brut

the song to be played at your funeral
Alan Silvestri - Back To The Future

Jean-Michel Jarre

first record you remember
Ray Charles - What'd I Say

Luca C & Brigante

first record you remember
Harry Belafonte - Matilda

Kris Menace

you watch girls go by?
Vikter Duplaix - Morning Fun

Marissa Nadler

you feel like 1982?

I was one year old in 1982. So ...

Fan Death

a song you would send over the ocean
Lewis Furey

Jill Jones

you drive a car late at night?
Boards Of Canada - She is P

Michael Reinboth

you go to a club?
Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa

Van She

5 favorite instruments

Telecaster / Leyland Bass / MS 20 / Prophet 5 / Drums

Higamos Hogamos

5 favorite movies

«O Lucky Man!» by Lindsay Anderson / «Onibaba» by ...

Azari & III

you rob a bank?
Cypress Hill - Hand On The Pump

Matthew Herbert

miss these three things the most about living in a city:

chips / noise / racism

Chris Carrier

5 favorite cities

Paris / Tokyo / London / San Francisco / Amsterdam

Morningwood

you make love?
Peaches

Shakespeares Sister

you go to a club?
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Molly Wagger

you relax on a beach?
Telepopmusik - Breathe

James Murphy

you play a game of chess?
Shriekback

Sóley

your party anthem
Fela Kuti

Editors

you drive into the country?
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday

No Age

you drive a car late at night?
Napalm Death - Multinational Corporations

Ilija Rudman

your guilty pleasure song
T.C. Curtis - You Should Have Known Better

Like A Stuntman

you feel lonely?
Station17 - Ich Kann Dich Immer Verstehen

Justine D

you wake up?
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine

Vashti Bunyan

take these three CDs/records with you:
Lambchop - Nixon

Mavis Staples

your ultimate heartbreak song
Nina Simone - Do What You Gotta Do

Loane

your boozed up anthem
Bee Gees - Living Together

Jackpot

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?

A happy Hawaiiain steel guitar track from the ...

Brian Jackson

the song to be played at your funeral
Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free

Sondre Lerche

you play a game of chess?
Marcos Valle

Bjorn Torske

you are in the sauna?
Leather Nun - Slow Death

Meret Becker

a record you fell in love to
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Jesse Lenat

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

Raul Midon

5 favorite books

Yann Martel: «The Life Of Pi». A magical ...

Dollskabeat

you come home from the club?
Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection

Metronomy

perfect anthem for Nottingham
Nirvana

Jonathan Wilson

the song to be played at your funeral
JJ Cale - Rock And Roll Records

Al Kent

your ultimate heartbreak song
Timi Yuro - It'll Never Be Over For Me

Syd Matters

you wake up?
Radiohead - Go To Sleep

Cosmin TRG

learn these three songs by heart:
Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express

Lucky Luke

your ultimate heartbreak song
Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters - Cry Baby

Todd Terje

perfect anthem for Oslo

Oh My God, What A Boring City Oslo ...

Jesh

No. 8
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Holy Ghost!

you destroy a hotel room?

N: Well, we never have in any sort ...

Lail Arad

you drive a car late at night?
Herman Dune - Baby Baby You're My Baby

Woolfy

a record you fell in love to
Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further

Little Jackie

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Dub Trio - Jack Bauer

Race Horses

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Euros Childs - Circus Time

Still Going

your party anthem
James Brown

We Are Wolves

take these three games along:

Q-Bert / Frisbee / 3-D glasses

Georg Levin

you make love?
Marvin Gaye

The Shortwave Set

a song that reminds your friends of you
The Shortwave Set - Is It Any Wonder

Lexx

you sit in a plane?
Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes

Ed Harcourt

you walk through a dark forest?
Henry Hall & His Orchestra - The Teddy Bear's Picnic

Ame

you drive a car late at night?
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

Bill Callahan

first record you remember
Popeye and Brutus Sing Sea Shanties

Angel Deradoorian

best soundtrack ever
Alain Goraguer - La Planète Sauvage

Simple Kid

you drive a car late at night?
Nervous Norvus - Transfusion

Gemma Ray

5 favorite records
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman’s Call

Odawas

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes

Glass Candy

your party anthem
Prince

Yoav

your sunday morning song
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

Linda Lewis

best Stevie Wonder song
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely; Stevie Wonder - Happy...

Mark Richardson

you camp in the desert?
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun

Doe Paoro

first record you bought
Whitney Houston – Whitney

The Project Club

you come home from the club?
Balearic Mike & Kelvin Andrews - Down To The Sea & Back...

Toby Tobias

first record you remember
Sky

Large Professor

No. 1
Group Home - Supa Star

Jazzanova

you are on a football field?
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?

Turzi

a record you fell in love to
Eric Serra - Le Grand Bleu

Bomb The Bass

best concert you ever attended
Kraftwerk

A Touch Of Class

you sit in the subway?
The Incredible Bongo Band - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Thieves Like Us

you sit in a plane?

I don’t have an iPod.

Dwele

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Bill Cosby - Martin's Funeral

Clare & The Reasons

you jog?
Theme Song from «Knight Rider»

Rich Medina

you come home from the club?
Shalamar - A Night To Remember

Peter Kruder

you play a game of chess?
Kraftwerk - Numbers

Trentemoller

you ride a bicycle?
The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black

The Revenge

your sunday morning song
John Martyn

Irvine Welsh

your ultimate heartbreak song
ABBA - S.O.S.

Mugwump

you prepare a candle light dinner?
The Doors - Riders On The Storm

El-P

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Cage - Ballad Of Worms

Camille

you sit in the subway?
Edith Piaf

Round Table Knights

you stay in bed?
Bon Iver - Flume

Soft Rocks

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Earth Leakage Trip - No Idea

Morgan Geist

you feel like 1982?

Half of my record collection.

Slove

you float on an air mattress in the pool?
Michel Houellebecq - Plein été

Audie Darling

what should one eat when in the city?

Southern food. Bacon and eggs. Ham. Grits. Fried ...

Everything Everything

you take a bubble bath?
Michael Jackson - Stranger In Moscow

Jacques Renault

No. 2
Aphrodite’s Child - The Four Horsemen

Apiento

you prepare for an important date?
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright L...

Candi Staton

you come home from the club?
The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Penguin Prison

your boozed up anthem
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - You Don't Wanna Fuck With Me

Tracey Thorn

your ultimate heartbreak song
Culture Club - Victims

Wordsworth

a record you fell in love to
R. Kelly - 12 Play (LP)

Crystal Antlers

5 favorite books

Mikhail Bulgakov: «The Master And The Margarita» / Voltaire ...

Valery Gore

you run naked through a cornfield?
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??

Steve Mason

first record you remember
The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

Marcus Bonfanti

your ultimate heartbreak song
Tom Hickox - Let Me Be Your Lover

Rainer Trüby

perfect anthem for Freiburg
Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets

White Denim

your ultimate heartbreak song
Tom Waits - Alice

Caribou

your party anthem
Pryda - Muranyi

Dennis Bovell

you destroy a hotel room?
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

Birdy Nam Nam

you are love sick?
Serge Gainsbourg - Love On The Beat

In Flagranti

you ride a bicycle?

I ride my bike in NY every day ...

Dark Captain Light Captain

5 favorite records
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith

Chrome Hoof

you wake up?
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain

The Chap

5 favorite things about London

BBC Radio 2 / Nandos (chicken restaurant chain) / the ...

Tridact

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Jean Jacques Perrey - The Little Ships

Kid Koala

you prepare for an important date?
Billie Holiday - I've Got A Date With A Dream

The Emperor Machine

you are love sick?
Depeche Mode - Free Love

Fol Chen

you wake up?
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!

Afrika Bambaataa

you wake up?

I normally don’t listen to music when ...

Kool & The Gang

you wake up?
Marvin Gaye

The Jackets

your ultimate heartbreak song
Janis Joplin - Cry Baby

Tim Mälzer

first record you remember
Kiss - Dynasty

Anja Schneider

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Snoop Dog - Drop It Like It's Hot

Cosmo

5 favorite fruits

Bananas / Mangos / Clementines / Apples / Pears

Rumer

a record you fell in love to
Chris Montez - Our Day Will Come

Shawn Lee

first record you remember

I don't know. I can't remember.

Mirror Mirror

you ride a bicycle?
Ciara - Ride

Manuel Tur

a song that reminds your friends of you
Moloko - The Time Is Now

Cypress Hill

best Stevie Wonder song
Stevie Wonder - All I Do

Hot Chip

you sit in a plane?

Al: I’m really afraid of flying, so ...

Chromeo

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

Midlake

your guilty pleasure song
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body

Gilles Peterson

you are in a depressive mood?
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

Funkmasters

first record you remember
Count Basie - Topsy

Our Broken Garden

you run naked through a cornfield?
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

The Morning Benders

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero / No Limit

Alex Smoke

you wake up?
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I-IV

Bonnie «Prince» Billy

a song you would use as a ring-tone
Kenny Chesney - Be As You Are

The Rayographs

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Milky Wimpshake - My Heart Beats Faster Than Techno

A Mountain Of One

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Her Eyes Are A Blu...

Newton Faulkner

a song that reminds your friends of you
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - I'm Straight

Thievery Corporation

you drive a car late at night?
Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone In Love

Wall-E

you drive a car late at night?
Jimi Hendrix - Trash Man

Bottin

No. 4

Istanbul IST. I love Istanbul. But when flying ...

Morton Valence

you drive a car late at night?
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash

Gwyneth Herbert

you take a bubble bath?
Joseph Marie Canteloube - Bailero from Chants d'Auvergn...

Kool Keith

best concert you ever attended
Bohannon and Bros Johnson

Defari

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Defari - Lowlands Anthem

Ost & Kjex

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Cornelis Vreeswijk - Brev Från Kolonien

Trans Am

you are in a depressive mood?
Neil Young

Stefan Goldmann

you go to a club?
Jeff Mills - Growth

James Yorkston

a song you would use as a ring-tone

A different generation, I’m afraid. 

Ratatat

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Apollo 100 - Joy

Emma Tricca

you go fishing?

Fishing gets on my nerves!

Julia Franck

take these three CDs/records with you:
Michel Petrucciani - Both Worlds

DJ Cherrystones

you wake up?
Wipers - Over The Edge

John Daly

learn these three songs by heart:
Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

Soul Mekanik

you are in a depressive mood?
Juca Chaves - Take Me Back To Piaui

VV Brown

you want to get inspired?
Gustavo Santaolalla & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Babel

Franz Nicolay

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Duckmandu - Holiday In Cambodia

John Klemmer

you play a game of chess?

I don’t play Chess or any board ...

Brothers Of End

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Brigitte Bardot - Une Histoire De Plage

Lhasa

first record you bought
Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden

Spinto Band

you wake up?
The Silvertones - It's Real

Young Knives

take these three CDs/records with you:
Aphrodite’s Child - 666

Kissey Asplund

first record you bought
Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It for You)

Lisbee Stainton

record you were looking for the longest
Little Dragon - Twice

Baikonour

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Air - Premiers Symptomes

Tim Sweeney

you feel like 1982?
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd

The Hidden Cameras

your liberation anthem
Huggy Bear - Her Jazz

The Earlies

your ultimate heartbreak song
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun

Bloc Party

you prepare for an important date?
The Slits - Heard It Through The Grapevine

Seelenluft

a song that reminds you of school
Duran Duran - Wild Boys

Saint Etienne

you relax on a beach?
Dusty Springfield - Come For A Dream

Fujiya & Miyagi

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot

Annie

you relax on a beach?

The sound of the nature, the waves... the ...

Chateau Flight

your liberation anthem
Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Osborne

you take a bubble bath?
Yves Montand - Rue St Vincent

Unconventional Science

a song that reminds your friends of you
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

Lanoiraude

5 favorite personal victories

Mike Tyson / Bruce Lee / Carl Lewis / André Agassi ...

Ruede Hagelstein

you wake up?
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Anna Kashfi

your guilty pleasure song
Suede - Suede

Jakob der Lügner

you drive a car late at night?
Masta Ace - Dear Diary

Horace Andy

you stay in bed?

I can’t remember staying in bed.

Bobbito Garcia

you prepare for an important date?
Donnie - Do You Know

Rod Thomas

your party anthem
Black Box - Ride On Time

Parlour

a song that reminds your friends of you
Harry Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire

Yuck

you drive a car late at night?
Pixies - I Bleed

Hannah Cohen

your sunday morning song
Anything by Marcos Valle

Matmos

you paint your apartment?
The Fall - Paint Work

Lloyd Cole

the song to be played at your funeral

I haven’t thought about that, yet.

Leo Zero

a song that reminds you of school
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Looking For T...

AM

No. 4
Selda - Selda

Motor City Drum Ensemble

perfect anthem for Stuttgart
Massive Töne - Mutterstadt

Wooden Shjips

you go fishing?
Parliament - Little Old Country Boy

Pure Reason Revolution

5 favorite ways to leave your lover

I Love You... that’s a difficult one!

These New Puritans

you are love sick?
George Michael - Fast Love

Prince Language

you come home from the club?
JJ Cale

Shitdisco

a song that reminds you of school
The Grid - Swamp Thing

Lotte Kestner

the perfect anthem for Seattle

Something by Pearl Jam. Eddie has a sweet ...

Jimi Tenor

5 favorite animals

cat / snail / lion / lynx / crow

Chaz Jankel

5 favorite cartoon characters

Family Guy / Yogi Bear / Barney Flintstone / Spiderman / Popeye

Tiga

first record you bought
Real Life - Send Me An Angel

US3

your boozed up anthem
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle

Final Fantasy

you go to a club?
The Hank Collective

Anne Clark

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?

No way!!!!

Xiu Xiu

take these three books along:

the bible / the koran / the gita

Fingerpicked

No. 1
Fatoumata Diawara - Bakonoba (World Circuit, 2011)

Stephan Remmler

a record you fell in love to
Francoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles

Hannah Scott

your liberation anthem

I'm not really one for political songs.

Justice

5 favorite records
Daft Punk - Homework

Ilya Santana

you come home from the club?
Andreas Vollenweider

Kelli Ali

you are in a depressive mood?
Nico - Janitor Of Lunacy

Beppe Loda

your sunday morning song

Actually, on sunday mornings I sleep.

Cortney Tidwell

5 favorite cartoon characters

Popeye / Duffy Duck / Spongebob / the Smurfs / Nancy

Defend Moscow

perfect anthem for Romford
Underworld - Born Slippy

Daniel Wang

perfect anthem for New York
Odyssey - Native New Yorker

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

your party anthem
Chris Montez - Let’s Dance

Casual

you prepare for an important date?
Jay-Z

Bush Tetras

a song you wish you'd written yourself
John Lennon - Imagine

The Priscillas

take these three CDs/records with you:
Various - Girls in the Garage Vol. 1 - 3

Peter Broderick

a record you fell in love to
Sam Amidon - All Is Well

Lovefingers

you are love sick?
Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends - I Can See...

Alexandra Hope

you come home from the club?
John Cale - Big White Cloud

Mystery Jets

you wash the windows of a skyscraper?
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker

Magic Mike

a record you fell in love to
The Commodores - Easy

Mario Basanov & Vidis

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
John Cage - 4:33

Fiona Daniel

you sit by a camp fire?
Johnny Cash

Kasper Bjorke

first record you bought
Back To The Future Soundtrack

Psychic Ills

you sit in a plane?
Bill Fay - Omega Day

James Holden

a record you fell in love to
Lamb - Gorecki

The Juan MacLean

5 favorite things that make you sexy

I’m smarter than you / I’m funny ...

Lopazz

you relax on a beach?
Sly & Robbie

Bill Brewster

you take a bubble bath?
Jan Hammer - Don't You Know

Radio 4

a record you fell in love to
Skunk - Hots On 4 Suzy

Moonboots

a song that reminds your friends of you
Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle

Howling Bells

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Etta James - At Last

Droog

you watch porn?
Prince - Cream

Air

your ultimate heartbreak song
Air - Left Bank

The Diaphanoids

you cook?
Chic

Plum

take these three CDs/records with you:
Justice - Justice

Dinky

5 favorite remixes
Chica And The Folder - Soufflé (Sonja Moonear Dans Ma C...

King Britt

you fall asleep?

An indian drone.

The Ones

the song to be played at your funeral
Sylvester - Stars

Riccio

which is the best job one can have in the city?

Work in food. As everywhere in Italy.

Alexander Robotnick

you prepare for an important date?
Vasco Rossi - Vita Spericolata

James Pants

your ultimate heartbreak song
Wood, Brass & Steel - Hey, Whats That You Say?

Colder

No. 2
Einstürzende Neubauten - Tanz Debil

Living Things

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman

Pyrolator

5 favorite instruments

Lightning II (Buchla) / Manta (Synder) / Zebra (u-he) / Thunder ...

Comanechi

you destroy a hotel room?
Trencher - When Dracula Thinks (Look At Me)

Kon & Amir

you relax on a beach?

Kon: Never been. Take me there.

Wolf People

your party anthem
Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Fabrizio Mammarella

best concert you ever attended
Zongamin

Electric 6

you wake up?
High On Fire - Eyes & Teeth

Erik Truffaz

you drive a car late at night?
Amy Winehouse

Al McKay

you prepare for an important date?

Depends on the date... probably something Classical or ...

The Good Natured

take these three games along:

GTA Vice City, which is pretty much the ...

Wooden Birds

a song you wish you'd written yourself
The Magnetic Fields - The Dreaming Moon

Chromatics

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Yello - I Love You

David Holmes

you fall asleep?

I never listen to any muic to fall ...

Chuck D

you drive a car late at night?

Some unheard CD.

Sons And Daughters

5 favorite ways to leave your lover

door / window / front zip of a tent / fire ...

Bill Adler

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Kanye West - Gold Digger

Yoyoyo Acapulco

you come home from the club?

A never ending tone in the middle ear ...

White Hinterland

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Tune-Yards - Hatari

Bronnt Industries Kapital

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Binary - Betablocker

Division Of Laura Lee

you are love sick?
Notorious B.I.G. - Fuck You Tonight (ft. R. Kelly)

Tahiti 80

you fall asleep?
Alpha - Nyquil

Paul Frick

you come home from the club?
Radiohead - Lotus Flower

The Dirtbombs

5 favorite human inventions

cell phone / E-Mail / CDs / bar codes / masking tape

Invisible Conga People

you start a riot?
INU - Right Sider

Tal Weiss

first record you remember
Poogy - Poogy Be'Pita (Poogy In A Pita-Bread)

The Battle Of Land And Sea

best concert you ever attended
Radiohead

Martin Rev

you make love?
Maurice Ravel - Daphne Et Chloé

Kinky

you take a bubble bath?
Sugarcubes - Water

Suzanne Vega

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love

Dego

you prepare for an important date?
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

Ricardo Villalobos

best Beatles song
The Beatles - A Day In The Life

Kissogram

first record you remember
Sergei Prokofiev - Peter And The Wolf

Telephones

you repair a synthesizer?
The Units - High Pressure Days

Zohra

5 favorite human inventions

Charles Darwin for his theory of evolution / Levi ...

Lone Wolf

a song that reminds you of school
Scatman John - Scatman

Treefight For Sunlight

a song that reminds your friends of you
The whistle-theme from Disney’s «Robin Hood»

Sam Amidon

5 favorite movies

«The Ice Storm» by Ang Lee / «Pandora's ...

Lydia Lunch

you relax on a beach?
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks

Charles Webster

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Nanci Griffith - There's A Light Beyond These Woods

Zambri

you run naked through a cornfield?
Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-Englar

Mark Archer

your sunday morning song
Gelka - When You Gotta Go You Gotta Go

Oyvind Morken

your ultimate heartbreak song

I'm like the T-1000, I don`t ...

Whomadewho

you feel like 1988?
Phuture

CALLmeKAT

best day of the week in the city?

I like sunday evenings.

DJ Nature

first record you remember
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets

Ora Cogan

you are love sick?
Irma Thomas - I Wish Someone Would Care

Future Beat Alliance

a song that reminds you of school
Demon Boyz

Luke Haines

5 favorite bands you know personally

Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps / Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky ...

Bob Power

you fall asleep?
Bill Evans

Modeselektor

5 favorite instruments

Pauke /Geige / Trompete / Kontrabass / Gitarre

Black Devil Disco Club

you wake up?

I wake up without any music. If I ...

Whirlwind Heat

you sit in the subway?
Kansas - Dust In The Wind

Whitehouse

best soundtrack ever
Cannibal Holocaust

The Fray

favorite street corner?

Franklin Street and East 1st Avenue. It’s ...

Dillon

you sit in a plane?

Ich höre ungern Musik im Flugzeug. Ich ...

The Loose Salute

your boozed up anthem
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

Melanie C

5 favorite TV shows

Sex & the City / Friends / Lost / Frasier / Coronation Street

Orishas

you are stoned?
Cypress Hill & Damian Marley - Ganja Bus

Max Essa

you feel like 1982?
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities

Kathryn Williams

your party anthem
Leonard Cohen - Sisters Of Mercy

Marius Circus

you make love?
Gepy & Gepy - Body To Body

Kathy Zimmer

a song that reminds your friends of you
Meat Loaf - I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't D...

Howlin' Rain

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years

Rocko Schamoni

favorite band hailing from the city?

Dackelblut

Studio

you run naked through a cornfield?
Iggy Pop - Eat Or Be Eaten

Barn Owl

first record you remember
Ace Of Base

Peter, Bjorn & John

you come home from the club?

Preferable nothing.

Charlotte Hatherley

your boozed up anthem
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners

Circlesquare

you meet your parents?
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

Max Romeo

you are in a depressive mood?
Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time

Joan As Police Woman

you come home from the club?
Blur - Caravan

Bebel Gilberto

first record you remember
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely

Efterklang

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Múm - Finally We Are No One

Brennan Green

you run naked through a cornfield?

Either things are going really well or really ...

Gary Numan

your boozed up anthem
Depeche Mode - Higher Love

C. Gibbs

perfect anthem for San Diego
Tom Waits - Filipino Box Spring Hog

Belle & Sebastian

you go fishing?
Al Green - Take Me To The River

Dominique Leone

best concert you ever attended
Melt Banana

Panico

No. 8
Café Tacuba - Re

Nocturnes

first record you bought
Pearl Jam - Ten

Ronny & Renzo

you wake up?
Yennek - Serena X

Social Disco Club

No. 8
Pam Todd - Let's Get Together (Mr. Chinn's Eternal Love...

Morpheus

you make love?
Harold Budd & Brian Eno - The Pearl

Dynamite Deluxe

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

Hugh Herrera

first record you remember
Steve Martin - King Tut

Adonis

first record you remember
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown

The Phantom Band

a song that reminds you of school
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Devendra Banhart

you play a game of chess?
Six Organs Of Admittance

Dennis Kane

you walk through a dark forest?
Buzzcocks

The Golden Filter

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Air - Playground Love

Pink Skull

a song that reminds you of school
The Misfits - Hybrid Moments

Mechanical Bride

you prepare for an important date?
Charlotte Gainsbourg - La Collectionneuse

The Bangles

you paint your apartment?
The Beatles - White Album

Mugison

5 favorite English words

dream / imagine / darkness / buddy / love

A Guy Called Gerald

a song that reminds you of school
Adam & The Ants - Antmusic

Miss Platnum

you relax on a beach?
Lewis Taylor - You Make Me Wanna

Dani Siciliano

your ultimate heartbreak song
Al Green - Simply Beautiful

My Morning Jacket

you sell crack cocaine to teenagers?
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life

Captain Sensible

take these three CDs/records with you:
The Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb

José James

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child

Mooner

No. 7
Supermax - Fly With Me

Oneida

you take a bubble bath?

Never take bubble baths.

Telepopmusik

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Any french pop music.

Matthew Dear

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
John Prine - Great Compromise

Holger Czukay

you prepare for an important date?

Nur Terror-Nachrichten.

Barbara Carlotti

you sit by a camp fire?
White Noise - Firebird

Pepe Bradock

you wake up?
Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor: Theme Variation 2

Beautiful Swimmers

you want to disturb your neighbours?

M: The most over-the-top Byron Stingley-led house I ...

Eagles Of Death Metal

you ride a bicycle?
Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come

Chris Coco

you drive a car late at night?
Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Leon Ware

a record you fell in love to
The Crests - Sixteen Candles

DJ Touché

No. 5

«The Beyond» (Lucio Fulci, 1981). The second in ...

Magic Arm

you walk in the rain?
Prokofiev - Dance Of The Knights

Nicky Siano

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Jackson 5 - Forever Came Today

Sibrydion

a song you would use as a ring-tone

It’s a Welsh programme for kids that ...

David Morales

you are in a depressive mood?
Blue Magic - Look Me Up

Yacht

No. 2
Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Live

Minus 8

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Cosmo Vitelli

start to learn these three things:

to walk instead of having a cab / to ...

Howe Gelb

take these three CDs/records with you:
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Monday Michiru

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Rufus & Chaka Khan

Omar

first record you bought
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Pacifika

5 favorite cities

Barcelona / Berlin / Montreal / London / Lima

Mungolian Jetset

you make love?
Imagination - Night Dubbing (LP)

Phenomenal Handclap Band

first record you bought
ELO & Olivia Newton John - Xanadu

Kurt Maloo

you rob a bank?
The Brand New Heavies - Boogie

Grizzly Bear

you work in the garden?
The Knife - Heartbeats (One Music Session Version)

Memory Band

you want to disturb your neighbours?
M.O.P. - Ante Up

Smudo

you make love?

Da höre ich selten Musik, da ich ...

Alan Oldham

No. 7
«Love and Rockets»

Johnossi

favorite sports team?

J&O: Djurgarden (soccer team)

Seether

you prepare for an important date?
Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

My Bee's Garden

a song you would send over the ocean
Alain Bashung - Madame Rêve

Ashley Beedle

you relax on a beach?
Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces

Tanya Stephens

you are love sick?
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Pastor

you drive a car late at night?
Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell

Padded Cell

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Goblin - Tenebrae

Junior Boys

a record you fell in love to

Strangely I don't really associate music with ...

Heavy

you drive a car late at night?
Q-Tip - Let's Ride

Andreya Triana

record you were looking for the longest
Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong

Cornelius

you ride a bicycle?
The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One...

Kinski

a song that reminds you of school
Squeeze - In Quintessence

J Rawls

5 favorite books

Dan Brown: «The Davinci Code» / James Redfield: «The ...

Manuel Goettsching

5 favorite records
Julee Cruise - Summer Kisses, Winter Tears

Hans-Joachim Roedelius

5 favorite cities

Unzählbar.

Robin Saville

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love

Glimpse

you make love?
David Bowie - Labrynth Soundtrack

Bettye Lavette

best Billie Holiday song
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

The Miserable Rich

you jog?
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

Karl Culley

your party anthem
PFM - Danny's Song

Ada

take these three tools with you:

Messer / Korkenzieher / Dosenöffner

The Soulsavers

you drive a car late at night?
Sigur Rós - ()

Nils Frahm

you want to disturb your neighbours?
King Tubby

Duke Special

your ultimate heartbreak song
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Stratus

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It

We Are Scientists

5 favorite ways to leave your lover

I could never do such a thing. If ...

Cazals

best concert you ever attended
The Rolling Stones

Marit Bergman

favorite sports team?

I don’t like sports. Only horse jumping ...

Frank Black

get these three pets:

a persian cat (They are beautiful, exotic and ...

Soul Clap

best Kraftwerk song
Kraftwerk - Computer World

DJ Kent

you run from the cops?
N.W.A.

DJ Nu-Mark

a song that reminds your friends of you
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden

Broken Social Scene

take these three CDs/records with you:
John Coltrane - Ascension

Munk

you have to answer an elusive questionnaire?
Charles Mingus

Mr Scruff

you sit in the subway?
The Subway Riders - After The Session

Dollboy

you prepare for an important date?
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

Karolina Stenstöm

favorite place to shag?

Wherever.

2raumwohnung

take these three CDs/records with you:
Ravi Shankar

Terry Lynn

favorite band hailing from the city?

Jimmy Cliff

Million Stylez

which is the best job one can have in the city?

Probably the job as being the prime minister ...

Tha 4orce

you are love sick?
Gang Starr - Lovesick

Chikinki

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Broadcast

Black Angels

a song that reminds you of school
Chuck Berry - School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)

Jacob Golden

best concert you ever attended
Radiohead

Dan Michaelson

perfect anthem for London
Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass

Ian Hart

a record you fell in love to
Love - Forever Changes

When Saints Go Machine

you are love sick?
The Slits - Typical Girls

Chris & Cosey

the song to be played at your funeral
Chris & Cosey - October Love Song

Hacienda

your boozed up anthem
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Gnod

your guilty pleasure song
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That

Sophie Madeleine

5 favorite records
The Penguin Café Orchestra - Penguin Café Orchestra

Erobique

a song that reminds you of school
Van Halen - Jump

Blow Monkeys

your party anthem
Parliament - Flashlight

Jimi Jamison

your sunday morning song
Bill Withers - Just As I Am

Yellowman

a song that reminds you of school
The Wailers - Love And Affection

Karl Bartos

perfect anthem for Düsseldorf
Kraftwerk - Das Model

Justus Köhncke

best video clip you ever saw
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Sharon van Etten

you paint your apartment?
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

Trusme

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Anything that is sang on X Factor.

Bosque Brown

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Townes Van Zandt - Marie

Cajun Dance Party

perfect anthem for London
Video Nasties - Hearts And Bones

Ben Watt

you feel like 1982?
Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls

Nicole Willis

take these three CDs/records with you:
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear

Kaos

best video clip you ever saw
The Doors - Riders On The Storm

Peanut Butter Wolf

perfect anthem for San Francisco
Sly & The Family Stone

ESG

you take a bubble bath?
I Feel Pretty

Caron Wheeler

you wake up?
Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft

Little Dragon

a song that reminds your friends of you
Jan Hammer - Don't You Know

Mélissa Laveaux

best concert you ever attended
Tune-Yards and Dirty Projectors

Horse Meat Disco

get these three pets:

My Boston Terrier Rocco. He's the love ...

Alva Noto

you walk through a dark forest?
Iannis Xenakis - Polytope

Cage The Elephant

5 favorite records
My Morning Jacket - At Dawn

Architeq

you destroy a hotel room?
Giuseppe De Luca - Rito A Los Angeles

Ewan Pearson

first record you bought
Laura Branigan - Self Control

Richard Norris

you come home from the club?
Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own

A Fine Frenzy

5 favorite records
Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

Kalabrese

perfect anthem for Zurich
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music An...

Alter Ego

your ultimate heartbreak song
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

Au Revoir Simone

you sit in a plane?
Alan Parsons Project - Time

M.A.N.D.Y.

you are in a depressive mood?
The Verve - Lucky Man

Sebastien Tellier

your sunday morning song
Perry Como - Solo Tu

Quiet Village

you dig for old records?

Silence. I need full concentration.

Polly Scattergood

you jog?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts

Daddy-O

your ultimate heartbreak song
Al Green - For The Good Times

Prefuse 73

first record you bought
Prince - 1999

Leroy Burgess

best Stevie Wonder song
Stevie Wonder - Living For The City

Mark E.

you jog?
Queen - Bicycle Race

Rebelski

you go to a club?
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

Empire Of The Sun

you are love sick?
Carole King - So Far Away

Nedry

record you were looking for the longest
Ceschi - They Hate Francisco False

Tom Vek

5 favorite books

Italo Calvino: «Cosmicomics» / Chris Van Allsburg: «The Wreck ...

Gary Lucas

a record you fell in love to
Richard & Linda Thompson - Wall Of Death

Tiago

you ride a bicycle?
Tiago - Rider

Heidi Happy

you wake up?
Gilbert Bécaud - Nathalie

Richard Hawley

5 favorite records
Jim Reeves - Welcome To My World

Jimmy Edgar

first record you remember
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Ray Mang

you are stoned?
Scientist - Meets The Space Invaders

Coyote

you prepare a candle light dinner?

Timm Sure: Dub

Hatcham Social

a song that reminds your friends of you
Pavement - Major Leagues

Jay Jay Johanson

you wake up?
Japan - Ghosts

Sandro Perri

you are love sick?
Blue Gene Tyranny - The Next Time Might Be Your Time

N.A.S.A.

you go to a club?
Rick James - Super Freak

Marc Romboy

you run from the cops?
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung - Ba-Ba-Banküberfall

A Winged Victory For The Sullen

you drive a car late at night?
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden

GusGus

you go to a club?
Q-Burns - Anstract Message

Mediengruppe Telekommander

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Mediengruppe Telekommander - Panzer

!!!

your ultimate heartbreak song
Neil Young - Danger Bird

Luke Solomon

you feel like 1982?
Dexys Midnight Runners - Plan B

Phil Mison

record you were looking for the longest
Crazy Eddie - Rap In Africa

Alela Diane

a record you fell in love to
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

Micah P. Hinson

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
At Swim Two Birds - Darling (Remix)

Wally Badarou

your party anthem
James Brown - I Feel All Right

The Invisible

you go to a club?
Don Blackman - Heart's Desire

Coldplay

a song that reminds your friends of you
Queen - We Are The Champions

New Young Pony Club

you make love?
Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be With You

Moving Units

you drive a car late at night?

The sound of rubber on pavement.

Faust

you run naked through a cornfield?

Mann, ich bin nackt und habe nix... Ausserdem ...

Love Inks

a song that reminds you of school
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Headless Heroes

you drive into the country?
Television - Marquee Moon

Fanfarlo

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Burt Bacharach - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Papst & Abstinenzler

you meet your parents?
Nilsen Brothers - Tom Dooley

Tindersticks

your ultimate heartbreak song
John Barry - Midnight Cowboy Theme

Michael Mayer

best video clip you ever saw
Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Mouse On Mars

invite these three persons for a weekend:

Frank Hopper / Peter Rumpert / Michaela Teichler

Boozoo Bajou

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Roots - What They Do?

Boom Bip

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Michael Jackson - Human Nature

First Aid Kit

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
David Crosby - I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here

Woodpigeon

you take a bubble bath?
Charles Trénet - La Mer

Ralphi Rosario

a record you fell in love to
Deniece Williams - Silly

Emmy The Great

a song you wish you'd written yourself
The Wave Pictures

Tony Carrasco

5 favorite instruments

Roland 808 Drum Machine, the drum machine I ...

Lucky Soul

you are love sick?
Bee Gees - Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)

Bodies Of Water

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Sam Cooke - Having A Party

Theo Parrish

you feel like 1982?
Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx
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Finger Magazine A Bi-Annual Print Publication, 64 pages, 4c, 6000 copies, distributed worldwide

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Chromatics: Kill For Love

The Chromatics are finally back. After their very promising debut they took some time to come back with an album that finally shows the full potential of what Johnny Jewel & co is capable of. Where «In The City» left off ...

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Hannah Cohen

first record you bought

Probably a Salt-N-Pepa or Deee-Lite record.

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Doe Paoro

perfect anthem for New York
Morales Ramos – Que Bonito Bandera

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Valery Gore

you rob a bank?
Good Friday - Why?

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Sarah Jaffe

best Beatles song
«While My Guitar Gently Weeps»

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