Personal Charts: 10/27/08 - 11/2/08

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lw TW
03 01 Anberlin "Haight Street" (1st week at #1)
04 02 Anberlin "Breaking"
02 03 Anberlin "Feel Good Drag"
07 04 T.I. f/Rihanna "Live Your Life"
01 05 Anberlin "The Resistance"
08 06 Kanye West f/Chris Martin "Homecoming"
06 07 Anberlin "Retrace"
12 08 Rihanna "Disturbia"
05 09 Anberlin "Disappear"
11 10 Estelle f/Kanye West "American Boy"
10 11 Snow Patrol "Take Back the City"
14 12 Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care"
09 13 Anberlin "Blame Me! Blame Me!"
16 14 Kid Rock "All Summer Long"
19 15 Kings of Leon "Sex On Fire"
17 16 Offspring "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"
20 17 Britney Spears "Womanizer"
18 18 Lil' Wayne f/T-Pain "Got Money"
13 19 Anberlin "Burn Out Brighter (Northern Lights)"
24 20 Kevin Rudolf f/Lil' Wayne "Let It Rock"
25 21 Kanye West "Love Lockdown"
22 22 Katy Perry "Hot N Cold"
15 23 Anberlin "Miserabile Visu (Ex Malo Bonum)"
23 24 Paramore "Decode"
26 25 Nickelback "Gotta Be Somebody"
31 26 The Game f/Lil' Wayne "My Life"
28 27 Weezer "Troublemaker"
21 28 M.I.A. "Paper Planes"
34 29 Leona Lewis "Better In Time"
35 30 Shiny Toy Guns "Ricochet"
39 31 Framing Hanley "Lollipop"
27 32 Paramore "That's What You Get"
40 33 The Killers "Human"
30 34 Mainstay "Become Who You Are"
29 35 Jonathan Davis f/Jim Root "Got Money"
41 36 T.I. "Whatever You Like"
44 37 Anberlin "Breathe"
33 38 Seether "Rise Above This"
32 39 Carolina Liar "I'm Not Over"
37 40 Metro Station "Shake It"
38 41 Avenged Sevenfold "Afterlife"
42 42 Anberlin "Younglife"
43 43 Weezer "Everybody Get Dangerous"
50 44 Flo Rida f/will.i.am "In the Ayer"
-- 45 Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight"
49 46 Matt Nathanson "Come On Get Higher"
36 47 Paramore "Let the Flames Begin"
-- 48 O.A.R. "Shattered (Turn the Car Around"
-- 49 Coldplay "Lost!"
-- 50 Rise Against "Re-Education (Through Labor)"

45 -- September "Cry For You"
46 -- Ne-Yo "Closer"
47 -- Shinedown "Devour"
48 -- Christina Aguilera "Keeps Gettin' Better"

Next up:
Incubus "Love Hurts"
Shinedown "Second Chance"
3OH!3 "Don't Trust Me"
Linkin Park "Leave Out All the Rest"
T-Pain "Freeze"
Jon McLaughlin "Beating My Heart"

[a Nick O!]

NICK’S TOP 40

October 29, 2008

01. 01. Paramore “That’s What You Get” [#1(6), 21w]
02. 02. Avenged Sevenfold “Afterlife” [#1(29), 52w]
04. 03. Avenged Sevenfold “Scream” [#3, 52w]
03. 04. Linkin Park "Leave Out All the Rest" [#2(2), 15w]
06. 05. Avenged Sevenfold “Unbound (The Wild Ride)” [#3, 52w]
05. 06. Paramore "crushcrushcrush" [#5(4t), 28w]
07. 07. M.I.A. featuring Bun B & Rich Boy "Paper Planes (Remix)" [#7(2), 8w]
11. 08. Avenged Sevenfold “Dear God” [#8, 52w]
08. 09. Avenged Sevenfold “Gunslinger” [#4(2), 51tw]
13. 10. Avenged Sevenfold “Brompton Cocktail” [#9(2), 49w]
14. 11. Avenged Sevenfold “Lost” [#11(2t), 52w]
22. 12. T.I. "Whatever You Like" [#12, 2w]
10. 13. Natasha Bedingfield "Pocketful of Sunshine" [#10, 15w]
09. 14. Atreyu "Slow Burn" [#2(3), 18w]
15. 15. Avenged Sevenfold "Critical Acclaim" [#2(13t), 63w]
16. 16. Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy” [#1(20), 58w]
12. 17. Bullet for My Valentine "Hearts Burst Into Fire" [#7, 13w]
21. 18. Avenged Sevenfold “A Little Piece of Heaven” [#16, 50w]
18. 19. Justin Timberlake "Summer Love" [#1(15), 80w]
23. 20. Shiny Toy Guns “Ricochet!” [#20, 9w]
19. 21. Coldplay “Viva la Vida” [#9(3t), 18w]
17. 22. Shiny Toy Guns “Rainy Monday” [#5, 41w]
20. 23. Shiny Toy Guns "You Are the One" [#2(3), 41w]
26. 24. Bleeding Through "Sister Charlatan" [#24, 5w]
25. 25. Paramore “For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic” [#25(2), 10w]
30. 26. Bleeding Through “There Was a Flood” [#26, 4w]
24. 27. Paramore “Misery Business” [#18(3), 16w]
31. 28. Bleeding Through “Death Anxiety” [#28, 4w]
28. 29. Shiny Toy Guns “We Are Pilots” [#20, 24w]
33. 30. Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care" [#30, 4w]
27. 31. OneRepublic "Stop and Stare" [#2(4), 40w]
29. 32. Kanye West "Love Lockdown" [#27(2), 7w]
32. 33. Metallica "The Day That Never Comes" [#18(2), 10w]
--- 34. Danzig “Devil’s Plaything” (DEBUT) [Danzig II: Lucifuge]
--- 35. Danzig “Tired of Being Alive” (DEBUT) [Danzig II: Lucifuge]
37. 36. Mudvayne "Do What You Do" [#36, 5w]
36. 37. Lil Wayne "A Milli" [#36, 2w]
35. 38. Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain "Got Money" [#35, 2w]
34. 39. Jimmy Eat World "Let It Happen" [#30, 10tw]
38. 40. Brand New "Degausser" [#1, 36w]

Falling off:
Bleeding Through featuring Tim Lambesis "Declaration"
Bleeding Through “Orange County Blonde and Blue”

The Contenders:
39. 41. Bleeding Through “Orange County Blonde and Blue” [#39, 2w]
40. 42. Bleeding Through featuring Tim Lambesis "Declaration" [#40, 1w]
48. 43. The Killers "Human" (43)
--- 44. Winds of Plague “A Cold Day in Hell/Anthems of Apocalypse”
41. 45. Brand New “You Won’t Know” [#10, 34w]
--- 46. Incubus “Love Hurts” (46)
--- 47. Winds of Plague “The Impaler”
43. 48. Jimmy Eat World “Big Casino” [#2(2), 55w]
44. 49. Linkin Park “Shadow of the Day” [#4(2), 52w]
47. 50. Timbaland presents OneRepublic "Apologize" [#1, 46w]
49. 51. T.I. featuring Rihanna "Live Your Life" (46)
--- 52. Danzig “Snakes of Christ”
--- 53. Danzig “Twist of Cain”
--- 54. Danzig “Am I Demon”
--- 55. Danzig “Dirty Black Summer”
52. 56. Slipknot "Dead Memories" (52)
46. 57. Britney Spears "Womanizer" (46)
42. 58. Alkaline Trio "Help Me" [#16, 16w]
--- 59. The Ting Tings “Shut Up and Let Me Go”
--- 60. Paramore “Decode”[/color]

Nick's Notes:
1-10:
"Scream" moves past "Leave Out All the Rest," which says more for the latter's lack of airplay more than a significant increase of enthusiasm for "Scream," which when the album cycle is done, will likely end up my 9th favorite of the 10 songs on Avenged's record. I still haven't done an album ranker for it because I love every song, if my Top 20 hasn't driven the point home yet. And kudos to half the album's songs for reaching 1 full calendar year on the anniversary week of its release date. Of the other five, 2 charted due to pre-release promotion, and the other 3 have one, two, and three weeks to reach a full calendar year on my Top 40. Oh yeah. I also listened to the album again this past week in the car, so most of the songs gain ground. Nick's Top 40: a mash note to Avenged Sevenfold.

11-20:
For initially thinking "Whatever You Like" was a generic, commercial pop song, I clearly don't care whatsoever, as the song climbs 10 to #12 in only its second week officially aboard. Expect it to be shredding through the Top 10 and likely the Top 5 as early as next week. I called it last week, but without even an AT40 spin to count on now, "Pocketful of Sunshine" can't compete anymore. "Slow Burn" crashes out of the Top 10, due to dried up airplay. "Hearts Burst Into Fire" actually got a radio spin this past week, but it's clearly not enough anymore.

31-40:
Unknown yet if "Love Lockdown" is actually through for good. Finally saw Danzig live this past week. I had no idea A) that t(he)y'd play 2 of my favorites from the second album and that B) that would generate enough interest for me to actually chart these 18 year-old songs. And inside my Top 40 to boot! "Do What You Do" is just not catching on. Can it last on my Top 40 four more weeks, so I'll get to see if their live performance can generate any more interest? Who knows. This week being the run-up to Halloween, I didn't listen to Lil Wayne at all. Unsure if his two songs will actually bounce back, though. "Degausser" is sadly at the end of its Top 40 rope. Imagine if it had been an actual single, how high it would be flying.

Contenders:
Bleeding Through's lesser Top 40 hits fall off this week. Perhaps they'd have survived if I had listened to the album again this past week, but my listening time was devoted to Danzig and Halloween-related music. "Love Hurts" is getting fine radio airplay so far. "Live Your Life," "Dead Memories," and "Womanizer" will rebound once I hear them more regularly. Meanwhile, Danzig songs from the 2nd, 1st, 1st, and 3rd albums fleetingly appear this week due to the concert. "Shut Up and Let Me Go" appears belatedly in terms of my enthusiasm for it, and merely for generous posterity purposes.

Now then: Winds of Plague. These guys were on the Danzig bill. When the show was announced last summer, a friend of mine had mentioned how much he was looking forward to them. I watched their video for "The Impaler" and it fascinated me. The music is hardcore crossed with death and symphonic black metal. An odd juxtaposition, to be sure, when a sports car rolls up at the beginning and the first half of the video is the band performing the song at a "private party" inside a lavish LA nightclub, singer adorned with a Los Angeles Dodgers cap and black hoodie. (Dude looks like a cross between Brandan Schieppati and M. Shadows, from my somewhat shallow pool of references.) Halfway through the song, the band performs the rest of the song (singer still ballcapped) amid a computer-generated backdrop more suited to a fantasy-driven black metal video. The mashup of hardcore fashion with the music they played was intriguing enough to make me download the album. I listened to it several times, but it was admittedly hard to fully get into. Then comes the day of the show. Beforehand, I notice their CD is being sold for $10, which is the right price, but I'm kinda on the fence about owning (and paying for) a physical copy of it. After taking in their set, I was sold and bought it. They're kind of like my new, more extreme Bleeding Through, right down to the instrumentation and now gender roles, too. They've been around for several years and are musically harsher and more symphonic at once, so it's hard to say if Bleeding Through had a whole lot of influence on them.

If you read all of this, congratulations and thank you.

[Pipa]

October 27 - November 2/08

tw lw Artist - Title
01 01 AC/DC - Rock N' Roll Train
02 02 Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
03 03 Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil' Wayne - Let It Rock
04 04 The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
05 06 Staind - All I Want
06 05 The Killers - Human
07 07 Shinedown - Second Chance
08 08 Coldplay - Lost!
09 12 Metallica - All Nightmare Long
10 10 The Trews - Man Of Two Minds
11 09 Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
12 14 Disturbed - Indestructible
13 15 Billy Talent feat. Anti-Flag - Turn Your Back
14 17 Beast - Mr. Hurricane
15 11 Metallica - The Day That Never Comes
16 18 Mudvayne - Do What You Do
17 20 David Cook - Light On
18 13 Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning
19 22 Death Cab for Cutie - Cath (Radio Edit)
20 27 The Smashing Pumpkins - G.L.O.W.
21 16 Anberlin - Feel Good Drag
22 25 AC/DC - War Machine
23 23 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
24 29 3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me
25 21 Pink - So What
26 32 Hoobastank - My Turn
27 19 Rise Against - Re-Education (Through Labor)
28 30 Paramore - Decode
29 24 Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst Into Fire
30 37 Avenged Sevenfold - Scream
31 31 Kanye West - Love Lockdown
32 38 Slipknot - Dead Memories
33 39 AC/DC - Money Made
34 36 Theory of a Deadman - Not Meant To Be
35 40 Saint Alvia - Between The Lines
36 00 Framing Hanley - Lollipop
37 00 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - You Better Pray
38 00 Santogold - Lights Out
39 00 MGMT - Kids
40 00 Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy

Droppers
00 26 Disturbed - Facade
00 28 Lifehouse - Broken
00 33 One Second 2 Late - Fear Of A Nation
00 34 Franz Ferdinand - Lucid Dreams
00 35 Econoline Crush - Get Out Of The Way

[halo19]

03. 01. TV on the Radio - "Dancing Choose" [#1 (1 wk)]
01. 02. Santogold - "Lights Out" [#1 (3 weeks)]
02. 03. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" [#1 (2 weeks)
04. 04. Linkin Park - "Leave Out All the Rest" [4 (3)]
05. 05. Santogold - "Say Aha" [2]
06. 06. Coldplay - "Viva la Vida" [6 (4)]
07. 07. TV on the Radio - "Family Tree" [7 (2)]
08. 08. Santogold - "L.E.S. Artistes" [6]
10. 09. TV on the Radio - "Golden Age" [9]
09. 10. Kings of Leon - "Sex on Fire" [9]
11. 11. Thrice - "Daedalus" [5]
22. 12. Kaiser Chiefs - "Never Miss a Beat" [12]
12. 13. Portishead - "Hunter" [9]
16. 14. Santogold - "You'll Find a Way" [14]
17. 15. Portishead - "We Carry On" [15]
14. 16. Ben Folds f/ Regina Spektor - "You Don't Know Me" [13]
17. 17. The Gaslight Anthem - "The '59 Sound" [17]
13. 18. TV on the Radio - "Red Dress" [13 (2)]
39. 19. TV on the Radio - "Stork & Owl" [19]
18. 20. Rihanna - "Disturbia" [16]
21. 21. Smashing Pumpkins - "G.L.O.W." [21 (2)]
25. 22. Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" [22]
23. 23. Coldplay - "Lost" [23 (2)]
24. 24. The Killers - "Human" [24 (2)]
26. 25. Radiohead - "Reckoner" [25]
19. 26. Coldplay - "Violet Hill" [12]
30. 27. Thrice - "The Sky Is Faling" [27]
29. 28. Santogold (f/ Trouble Andrew) - "I'm a Lady" [28]
20. 29. The Black Keys - "So He Won't Break" [10 (2)]
27. 30. Weezer - "Troublemaker" [24]
31. 31. T.I. f/ Rihanna - "Live Your Life" [31 (2)]
33. 32. TV on the Radio - "DLZ" [22]
34. 33. Thrice - "Broken Lungs" [34]
40. 34. Shiny Toy Guns - "Ricochet!" [34]
35. 35. Kevin Rudolf f/ Lil Wayne - "Let It Rock" [35 (2)]
37. 36. Weezer - "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]
28. 37. Weezer - "Pork and Beans" [15]
36. 38. Fall Out Boy - "I Don't Care" [36 (2)]
--- 39. John Legend f/ Andre3000 - "Green Light" [39]
--- 40. TV on the Radio - "The Wrong Way" [40]

I actually heard John Legend's song at a store in full and liked it enough then to actually chart it. I also charted a song from the first TVOTR album but I think it deserves the spot, even if it won't last. I kind of felt like keeping those two Thrice songs I heard in there for a little, because they also got screwed by the fact I had no chart roughly six months ago.
Back to TVOTR, "Stork & Owl" is good enough to move up there. It's a nice ballad. I got the new Kaiser Chiefs album which made up for the medicore Angry Mob record. I'm really digging "Beat" now. It kind of reminds me of "Senses Working Overtime" but I don't know why.
It looks like "Violet Hill" and "Pork and Beans," longtime carry-overs, are finally on the way out.

[Mega248]

Eth's top 50
November 1, 2008

01 01 01 MATT NATHANSON "Come On Get Higher"(#1, 3 weeks)[12]
03 02 02 KAISER CHIEFS "Never Miss A Beat"(#2)[9]
05 03 03 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "Cath..."(#3)[9]
09 06 04 O.A.R. "Shattered (Turn This Car Around)"(#4)[12]
10 07 05 PRESETS "Talk Like That"(#5)[6]
04 05 06 MORRISSEY "That's How People Grow Up"(#1, 6 weeks)[24]
07 08 07 SPOON "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"(#7)[17]
02 04 08 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GIANTS "In the Clouds"(#1, 3 weeks)[24]
14 11 09 COLDPLAY "Lost"(#9)[8]
11 10 10 JACK'S MANNEQUIN "The Resolution"(#10)[11]
06 09 11 VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Oxford Comma"(#5)[23]
16 13 12 SNOW PATROL "Take Back the City"(#12)[7]
21 16 13 BEN FOLDS f/ REGINA SPEKTOR "You Don't Know Me"(#13)[7]
13 14 14 WEEZER "Troublemaker"(#13)[14]
08 12 15 COLDPLAY "Viva la Vida"(#3)[22]
27 22 16 BRITNEY SPEARS "Womanizer"(#16)[5]
19 18 17 DUFFY "Warwick Avenue"(#17)[12]
26 23 18 KILLERS "Human"(#18)[6]
12 15 19 JIMMY EAT WORLD "Let it Happen"(#4)[24]
23 21 20 ANBERLIN "The Feel Good Drag"(#20)[9]
15 17 21 CUT COPY "Hearts On Fire"(#8)[20]
35 28 22 MGMT "Kids"(#22)[5]
17 20 23 M.I.A. "Paper Planes"(#4)[30]
31 26 24 ANNIE "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me"(#24)[5]
18 19 25 GNARLS BARKLEY "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"(#17)[13]
41 33 26INCUBUS "Love Hurts"(#26)[4]
20 24 27 MGMT "Electric Feel"(#6)[25]
33 31 28 SHINY TOY GUNS "Ricochet"(#28)[10]
24 25 29 DODOS "Fools"(#23)[13]
47 36 30 SANTOGOLD "Lights Out"(#30)[3]
22 27 31 HOT CHIP "One Pure Thought"(#11)[21]
46 38 32 SARAH MCLACHLAN "U Want Me 2"(#32)[3]
25 29 33 R.E.M. "Hollow Man"(#8)[22]
38 35 34 PARAMORE "That's What You Get"(#34)[8]
29 30 35 TING TINGS "Shut Up and Let Me Go"(#29)[10]
--- 49 36 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT "Sometime Around Midnight"(#36)[2]
28 32 37 CARBON/SILICON "The News"(#12)[19]
49 43 38 KANYE WEST "Love Lockdown"(#38)[3]
--- 46 39 JOHN LEGEND f/ ANDRE 3000 "Green Light"(#39)[2]
43 40 40 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS "Gives You Hell"(#40)[5]
30 34 41 SANTOGOLD "Les Artistes"(#21)[17]
--- 47 42 HOOBASTANK "My Turn"(#42)[2]
32 37 43 SEPTEMBER "Cry for You"(#16)[20]
34 39 44 FLOBOTS "Rise"(#28)[12]
36 41 45 WEEZER "Pork and Beans"(#1, 1 week)[28]
--- --- 46 LADY GAGA f/ COLBY O' DONIS "Just Dance"(#46)[1]
--- --- 47 TV ON THE RADIO "Dancing Choose"(#47)[1]
37 42 48 ESTELLE f/ KANYE WEST "American Boy"(#1, 3 weeks)[33]
--- --- 49 INNERPARTYSYSTEM "Don't Stop" (#49)[1]
40 44 50 BUCKCHERRY "Too Drunk"(#40)[8]


DROPPERS:

39 45 --- SARA BAREILLES "Bottle it Up"(#18)[17]
42 48 --- HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR "Blind"(#14)[20]
44 50 --- DODOS "Red and Purple"(#6)[29]