SISTEM Rocks Sibiu...

Walking across Piata Mare we heard the opening chords to AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" accompanied by incredibly loud drumming, so naturally we had to stay and have a listen...

The noise was coming from Romanian band SISTEM:

All members of SISTEM are classically trained musicians and they utilise a wide variety of objects as instruments (beer kegs, steel drums, plastic barrels, bags, coffee cups and lanterns) and they also use fire!

Their live show is very energetic and they drum to a wide range of music.

Highlight of the evening was their rendition of "Funky Town".

I'm now the proud owner of their most recent CD SisTeMpo...a fantastic souvenir to remind me of my time in Romania!

Name that Tune - Part Deux:

My iPod Mini is on shuffle and the first 10 tunes are listed below...Now it's up to you to identify the song and the artist!

1. Here's a door and here's a window - Accidently Kelly Street - Frente! (Aunty Evil got this correct!)
2. Standing on the beach with a gun in my hand - Killing An Arab - The Cure (Bearette got this correct!)
3. Anyone who's ever had a heart - Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies (Mike got the song correct & Lou got the band correct!)
4. And if it rains all day - Great Expectations - Elbow (Liz got this correct - thank goodness for Google !)
5. Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (Janet got this correct!)
6. I can be loud man, I can be silent - Zebra - John Butler Trio (Mike got this correct too!)
7. When I get mad and I get pissed - Shitlist - L7 (Lou got this correct!)
8. Superlove is something that they say is very rare - Sex-o-Matic Venus Freak - Macy Gray (Lou got this correct too!)
9. Wake up kids we've got the dreamers disease - You Get What You Give - New Radicals (Janet got this correct too!)
10. The thought of never knowing - Bitter Glass - Feeder (Mike got this one as well!)
    

(Very pretty iPod Mini pic came from here )

The Answers...

It seems that 50% of my musical tastes are too obscure for my regular readers so here are the rest of the answers...

• It was all just a dream, Oh no (15 Minutes - The Strokes)
• What's wrong? What are you afraid of? (She Lives in my Lap - Outkast - the spoken introduction done by Rosario Dawson)
• Camera got them images, Camera got them all (Ted, Just Admit It - Jane's Addiction)
• Well you can give me all your love, And anything else you got too (Baby I Don't Care - Transvision Vamp)
• Freak out, give in (Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins)

A special mention must go to Amy for identifying 3 of the tunes...Applause!

Thanks for playing...

Name that tune...

Blogger Beta & Picasa are being royal pains in the proverbial, so this is a photo-free post until I can sort out the bugs...

I spotted this at Janet's Snapeariffic blog. My iPod Mini is on shuffle and the first 10 tunes are listed below...Now it's up to you to identify the song and the artist!

1. It was all just a dream, Oh no
2. Do what you want, 'cause I'll do anything (Boys on the Radio - Hole - Claire got it!)
3. She came from Greece, She had a thirst for knowledge (Common People -Pulp - Amy got it!)
4. Sittin' on a sack of beans, Sittin' down in New Orleans (Apache Rose Peacock - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Amy got this one too!)
5. What's wrong? What are you afraid of?
6. Camera got them images, Camera got them all
7. This world rejects me, This world threw me away (Burn - NIN - Amy is definitely on a roll!)
8. Well you can give me all your love, And anything else you got too
9. Freak out, give in
10. He's making all these promises you know he cannot keep (There's a Barbarian in the Back of my Car - Voice of the Beehive - My Float got it!)

It's Photoionary...but with words?!

I'm listening to...

• Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was - Radiohead
• Spin The Bottle - The Juliana Hatfield Trio
• She Lives in my Lap - OutKast
• Finding You - The Go-Betweens
• Your Dictionary - XTC
• Bonito Y Sabroso - Beny More
• All Over You - Live
• Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - New Radicals
• Let Me Be - Xavier Rudd
• Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City - Evita Soundtrack

What are you listening to?

Top 10 tunes

Current 10 most played tunes on my iPod Mini:

1. High Flying Adored - Antonio Banderas & Madonna (Evita Soundtrack)
2. Your Song - Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack)
3. Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman)
4. Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas (Elephunk)
5. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (The Bends)
6. Oh Love - Voice of the Beehive (Let It Bee)
7. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction (Nothing's Shocking)
8. Doll Parts - Hole (Live Through This)
9. Polyester Girl - Regurgitator (Unit)
10. Forkboy - Lard (Natural Born KillersSoundtrack)

Okay...my secret is out...I'm addicted to soundtracks!

Fave bands from A to Z:

A: Abba & Ash
B: The Black Eyed Peas, The Bangles, Blur, The B-52s & Bananarama
C: Custard, The Cure, Cake, The Cruel Sea & Crowded House
D: The Doors, The Darkness & DefFX
E: Eurythmics
F: The Fauves, Faith No More & Frente!
G: The Gits & Garbage
H: Hole & Hoodoo Gurus
I: INXS
J: Jane's Addiction, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division & John Butler Trio
K: Kiss
L: L7 & Lard
M: The Mavis's, Machine Gun Fellation & Mudhoney
N: Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, New Radicals & New Order
O: The Offspring & OutKast
P: Pearl Jam, Pangaea, Pantera & Placebo
Q: Queens of the Stone Age
R: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regurgitator, Radiohead, RATM, Rammstein, R.E.M., & Rollins Band
S: Stone Roses, Silverchair, Smashing Pumpkins & Soundgarden
T: Tool & The Prodigy
U: Underworld
V: Violent Femmes, Voice of the Beehive, The Velvet Underground & The Verve
W: Weezer, White Zombie & Ween
X: XTC
Y: You Am I
Z: The Zombies