Author: Chris

What I’m listening to – Xfm’s Songs of the Decade

I’m listening to the Xfm Songs of the Decade while stuck in a data centre. Its so noisy in here that I need some musical relief. Anyway I decided to add the top 100 to a Spotify playlist for future listening. Unfortunately 10 of them aren’t on Spotify so here’s 90 of the top 100 songs of the decade!

Xfm’s Top 100 Songs of the Decade

These are in 100-1 order and the following tracks are missing:

98. Feeder – Buck Rogers
92. Oasis – Little by Little
80. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
62. Arcade Fire – Rebellion
56. Arctic Monkeys – Fake Tales of San Francisco
48. Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle
39. Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out
28. Arctic Monkeys – Mardy Bum
5. Elbow – One Day Like This
2. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

I love Spotify but none of the above are obscure hence their inclusion in the above list. Oh well I

While I’m at it. Here’s what I’m listening to at the moment, mostly newish stuff but some older tracks I rediscovered on Spotify too!

Let’s Dance to Joy Division

Update: Found a few more but still only have 93 – looks like a couple disappeared!

Lowlands 2007

So last weekend I went to a festival called Lowlands situated just outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is advertised as a cross between Glastonbury and Goa and, as well as loads of live music there is a seemingly endless list of things to do when you are not watching your favourite bands. What surprised me most of all was how well organised the whole thing is yet it still feels like spending a weekend in the middle of nowhere with 55,000 hippies. Although I haven’t actually been to one of the British festivals (my ticket for Leeds 2005 had to be sold when I got a job in Amsterdam) they sound like a lot of muddy, pissed up people causing chaos made fun by some fantastic live music. Lowlands felt altogether more civilised, clean toilets, paved paths, good food and friendly security along with random art both static and performance. Oh one more thing all the of music is in the biggest tents I have ever seen, so even if it rains you don’t have to stand 6″ deep in mud to watch the Editors (or any one of the 100 odd bands playing). Anyway over the weekend we saw some amazing acts, notable were Interpol, The Editors, The Rifles (a somewhat unknown London band with an excellent album out), Mad Caddies. Kings of Leon played a fabulous set and even the Kaiser Chiefs who I’m no real fan of put on a great live performance. I could go on and list at least another 10 bands who I really like but I won’t, for the line-up visit www.lowlands.nl.

So once the live music is finished for the day most of the tents turn into dance floors with a large variety of music or, if your feet are slowly trying to kill you by this point they also show at least one new movie on a massive outdoor screen every night.

So okay it may not be the most hardcore festival experience but ask me if I’d rather wake up to an overflowing/flaming toilet or freshly squeezed orange juice and cheese and syrup pancakes and you shouldn’t have too much trouble guessing what my answer is. Oh did I mention that you can get right to the front of the crowd and watch all the music up close without getting crushed or having to crowd surf?

Welcome to chrisgreenwood.co.uk

Welcome to chrisgreenwood.co.uk this site serves as my own personal homepage. I’ve just finished my BSc in Computing for Business and am taking the summer off before looking for work. At the end of August I’m flying to Thailand for a six week holiday backpacking around Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia with four friends, two of whom will be already there. I intend to use this blog to post about my travel experiences as I travel and upon return I may sometimes post about things that I’m currently interested in or projects that I’m working on.