Lol fair point!Romain wrote:You can obviously dislike what you want , but it's the word "pretentious" who ""shocked"" me with a so simple song with daily basic words about daily life.StevieFan13 wrote:I dunno, man. It just didn’t work for me. I don’t speak French, so I was mostly focused on the sound, and it sounded very odd and artsy. Maybe pretentious isn’t the word I was looking for (I rushed some of my comments, I’ll admit), rather inaccessible. If you don’t speak French and don’t like songs that are mostly spoken, there isn’t much there for you. I staunchly believe a song doesn’t have to just be standard verse-chorus business, but I still want to feel like I can get into it to some degree.Romain wrote:
Pretentious? The life of a couple described in the most simple way with very simple words. How can it be pretentious?
Any Eminem, Kanye West or Nicky Minaj songs are pretentious and artsy for me because it's mostly poken words and I don't understand english.
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Score: 816.1 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#12 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 232 (2074 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 465
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
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Not Fans: BangJan(145), Brad(148), JamieW(148), Nassim(136), Rob(136), rumpdoll(148), sonofsamiam(137), Toni(145)
Rob: What is this? A substandard sounding rock song that offers some advice to teenagers? Okay… Where was this when I was a teenager and needed this song? Oh, I was actually a teenager when this came out. Why didn’t I hear it back then? Seems it flopped hard in my home country. Next question: what is doing here? Don’t get me wrong, it is innocent and likeable, but isn’t this, you know, a bit too clichéd of a song to be in this list? For this one a hundred other ones. Although I don’t think it is the worst song here, it is the one whose presence I understand least. Also, is it arrogant to say I think I’ve outgrown this song?
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Score: 822.6 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#12 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 292 (2450 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 202
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: bonnielaurel(1), ProsecutorGodot(1)
Not Fans: BangJan(143), BleuPanda(144), Nassim(137)
Rob: Let’s face it: this is really is easy listening pur sang. Jazz for people who like the vibe of jazz, but not the actual sound. If Michael Bublé wasn’t on this list it would easily have been the least exciting song on here. But somehow it works. Norah Jones has the right voice to make this song float nicely. It should have been boring and I suspect there are a lot of tiring covers out there. But here there is some magic.
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Score: 827.4 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 65 (549 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 98
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Highest rank: maverick470(18)
Lowest rank: Toni(133)
Rob: Sappy pop for the masses or a heartfelt feelgood epic? I go for the latter, because I have never been able to resist the bigness of this song? I love how unabashedly happy the lyrics are. That can easily work against your song (at least if I am the listener), but something about the voice, the big Hey Jude like chorus and the shamelessness of the track appeals greatly to me.
StevieFan13: Elbow cranked their settings to “U2 on steroids” and the world was blessed with “One Day Like This.” I haven’t heard many inspiring power ballads since then, since the overwhelming scope and power of this one puts any other attempt to shame.
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Score: 831.8 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#13 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 57 (491 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 341
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: slick(3)
Lowest rank: DaveC(135)
Rob: Is this mini-song really punk? It reminds me a bit on the more groovy, reggae inspired Clash songs, so I guess… not. It is a catchy indie song that in theory is extremely annoying, but in practice is irresistible, like much of Vampure Weekend.
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Score: 832.4 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 77 (695 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 106
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 98
Fans: Rob(9)
Lowest rank: Listyguy(135)
Rob: This is perhaps the catchiest song from what for me is probably the catchiest album of all time. There is something about Santigold’s singing hear that is appealing. Her voice is a bit weird, but not overly so. The uh-uh-uh’s are a great addition to the song the rhythm is funkier than most funk and the lyrics appeal to me. I have always had a hard time explaining why I love this song so much, but it makes me feel good more than most songs, even if it isn’t meant as an outspoken feel good song.
90. Jimmy Eat World - The MiddleJust be yourself
It doesn't matter if that's good enough for someone else
Score: 816.1 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#12 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 232 (2074 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 465
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: Dan(15), Henry(5)
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Rob: What is this? A substandard sounding rock song that offers some advice to teenagers? Okay… Where was this when I was a teenager and needed this song? Oh, I was actually a teenager when this came out. Why didn’t I hear it back then? Seems it flopped hard in my home country. Next question: what is doing here? Don’t get me wrong, it is innocent and likeable, but isn’t this, you know, a bit too clichéd of a song to be in this list? For this one a hundred other ones. Although I don’t think it is the worst song here, it is the one whose presence I understand least. Also, is it arrogant to say I think I’ve outgrown this song?
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89. Norah Jones - Don't Know WhyBut you'll be on my mind, forever
Score: 822.6 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#12 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 292 (2450 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 202
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: bonnielaurel(1), ProsecutorGodot(1)
Not Fans: BangJan(143), BleuPanda(144), Nassim(137)
Rob: Let’s face it: this is really is easy listening pur sang. Jazz for people who like the vibe of jazz, but not the actual sound. If Michael Bublé wasn’t on this list it would easily have been the least exciting song on here. But somehow it works. Norah Jones has the right voice to make this song float nicely. It should have been boring and I suspect there are a lot of tiring covers out there. But here there is some magic.
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88. Elbow - One Day Like ThisYeah, kiss me like we die tonight
Score: 827.4 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 65 (549 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 98
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Highest rank: maverick470(18)
Lowest rank: Toni(133)
Rob: Sappy pop for the masses or a heartfelt feelgood epic? I go for the latter, because I have never been able to resist the bigness of this song? I love how unabashedly happy the lyrics are. That can easily work against your song (at least if I am the listener), but something about the voice, the big Hey Jude like chorus and the shamelessness of the track appeals greatly to me.
StevieFan13: Elbow cranked their settings to “U2 on steroids” and the world was blessed with “One Day Like This.” I haven’t heard many inspiring power ballads since then, since the overwhelming scope and power of this one puts any other attempt to shame.
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87. Vampire Weekend - A-PunkCut his teeth on turquoise harmonicas
Score: 831.8 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#13 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 57 (491 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 341
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: slick(3)
Lowest rank: DaveC(135)
Rob: Is this mini-song really punk? It reminds me a bit on the more groovy, reggae inspired Clash songs, so I guess… not. It is a catchy indie song that in theory is extremely annoying, but in practice is irresistible, like much of Vampure Weekend.
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86. Santigold - L.E.S. ArtistesI can say I hope it will be worth what I give up
Score: 832.4 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 77 (695 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 106
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 98
Fans: Rob(9)
Lowest rank: Listyguy(135)
Rob: This is perhaps the catchiest song from what for me is probably the catchiest album of all time. There is something about Santigold’s singing hear that is appealing. Her voice is a bit weird, but not overly so. The uh-uh-uh’s are a great addition to the song the rhythm is funkier than most funk and the lyrics appeal to me. I have always had a hard time explaining why I love this song so much, but it makes me feel good more than most songs, even if it isn’t meant as an outspoken feel good song.
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I'm sure another Radiohead song will get out ANY minute now...
Rob, I completely agree with your comments on Santigold!
Rob, I completely agree with your comments on Santigold!
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And there is my "mystery" song, the one that got higher than expected: The Middle. I guess my review covers already why I'm baffled that it makes #90. I don't hate it or anything, but...
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As it turns out, Rob and I did apparently have the same song in mind!DaveC wrote:[imgsize 460x400]http://www.rarerecords.com.au/wp-conten ... ddle-3.jpg[/imgsize]
90. Jimmy Eat World - The MiddleJust be yourself
It doesn't matter if that's good enough for someone else
Score: 816.1 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#12 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 232 (2074 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 465
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: Dan(15), Henry(5)
Not Fans: BangJan(145), Brad(148), JamieW(148), Nassim(136), Rob(136), rumpdoll(148), sonofsamiam(137), Toni(145)
Rob: What is this? A substandard sounding rock song that offers some advice to teenagers? Okay… Where was this when I was a teenager and needed this song? Oh, I was actually a teenager when this came out. Why didn’t I hear it back then? Seems it flopped hard in my home country. Next question: what is doing here? Don’t get me wrong, it is innocent and likeable, but isn’t this, you know, a bit too clichéd of a song to be in this list? For this one a hundred other ones. Although I don’t think it is the worst song here, it is the one whose presence I understand least. Also, is it arrogant to say I think I’ve outgrown this song?
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I thought the mystery song was Beautiful Day. A lot of people still like U2, but lately they've been getting dragged on the forum. Gonna finish higher than a lot of songs!Rob wrote:And there is my "mystery" song, the one that got higher than expected: The Middle. I guess my review covers already why I'm baffled that it makes #90. I don't hate it or anything, but...
The real mystery to me is how all three of the Coldplay songs (save the one I actually enjoy) got this far.
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I don't care much for it's parent album, but Beautiful Day is quite all right in my book.StevieFan13 wrote:I thought the mystery song was Beautiful Day. A lot of people still like U2, but lately they've been getting dragged on the forum. Gonna finish higher than a lot of songs!Rob wrote:And there is my "mystery" song, the one that got higher than expected: The Middle. I guess my review covers already why I'm baffled that it makes #90. I don't hate it or anything, but...
About Coldplay, I think they are really lucky with the songs that represent them here. Besides, for the most part I think they only became a bad band when the 2010's started (even if Fix You is probably my least favorite song by them). Then again, X&Y and Viva la Vida are pretty bland albums in my opinion.
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Is "The Middle" really that surprising? I've always been a fan of its frank sincerity, in addition to finding it to be really catchy (there might be hundreds of songs sonically like this, but it's always stood to me as near the top of that style).
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
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That's the same feeling I get from it. I like another song by them, "If You Don't, Don't," for similar reasons.BleuPanda wrote:Is "The Middle" really that surprising? I've always been a fan of its frank sincerity, in addition to finding it to be really catchy (there might be hundreds of songs sonically like this, but it's always stood to me as near the top of that style).
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
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Really ????Romain wrote: and I don't understand english.
Could have fooled me there Romain have you been talking completely off topic all these years on the forum ???
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He’s a very lucky guesser!spiritualized wrote:Really ????Romain wrote: and I don't understand english.
Could have fooled me there Romain have you been talking completely off topic all these years on the forum ???
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Well said. When trying to think of what song Rob was referring to, this one never came to mind. L.E.S. Artistes is catchy, but I think The Middle is catchier, and I agree with BleuPanda about the style it fits so well. I'm glad it made the top 100.BleuPanda wrote:Is "The Middle" really that surprising? I've always been a fan of its frank sincerity, in addition to finding it to be really catchy (there might be hundreds of songs sonically like this, but it's always stood to me as near the top of that style).
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
As far as Brandt Rhapsodie, I wouldn't call it pretentious, but otherwise I don't connect with it for the same reasons as StevieFan. I tend not to enjoy spoken word in general, and especially in a different language - it seems to be particularly popular in French. At least great rap tends to have more of a musical/rhythmic backdrop. I'm sure I'm missing some good lyrics, but it's still not my style.
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I think they have a few peaks (Viva la Vida was in my top 20) but my problem is more that they've always shot for the stars but are kinda just white noise. Adventure of a Lifetime, Yellow, Clocks, Something Just Like This, Hymn for the Weekend, Speed of Sound, Fix You...decent songs individually, sure, but they all combine to just be a very average, not stadium-worthy sound. They're not as experimental as Radiohead or as bombastic as U2 (their two clearest influences), so I don't have much to work with in that middle ground.Rob wrote:I don't care much for it's parent album, but Beautiful Day is quite all right in my book.StevieFan13 wrote:I thought the mystery song was Beautiful Day. A lot of people still like U2, but lately they've been getting dragged on the forum. Gonna finish higher than a lot of songs!Rob wrote:And there is my "mystery" song, the one that got higher than expected: The Middle. I guess my review covers already why I'm baffled that it makes #90. I don't hate it or anything, but...
About Coldplay, I think they are really lucky with the songs that represent them here. Besides, for the most part I think they only became a bad band when the 2010's started (even if Fix You is probably my least favorite song by them). Then again, X&Y and Viva la Vida are pretty bland albums in my opinion.
Also, Paradise sucks. That one isn't white noise, that song's just garbage.
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Clocks is about as stadium-worthy as it gets.StevieFan13 wrote:I think they have a few peaks (Viva la Vida was in my top 20) but my problem is more that they've always shot for the stars but are kinda just white noise. Adventure of a Lifetime, Yellow, Clocks, Something Just Like This, Hymn for the Weekend, Speed of Sound, Fix You...decent songs individually, sure, but they all combine to just be a very average, not stadium-worthy sound. They're not as experimental as Radiohead or as bombastic as U2 (their two clearest influences), so I don't have much to work with in that middle ground.Rob wrote:I don't care much for it's parent album, but Beautiful Day is quite all right in my book.StevieFan13 wrote: I thought the mystery song was Beautiful Day. A lot of people still like U2, but lately they've been getting dragged on the forum. Gonna finish higher than a lot of songs!
About Coldplay, I think they are really lucky with the songs that represent them here. Besides, for the most part I think they only became a bad band when the 2010's started (even if Fix You is probably my least favorite song by them). Then again, X&Y and Viva la Vida are pretty bland albums in my opinion.
Also, Paradise sucks. That one isn't white noise, that song's just garbage.
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Can't believe I'm the biggest fan of Kylie's song! I guess when Moonbeam is absent, things are different.
And Brandt Rhapsodie is actually one of my favorite discoveries from this poll.
Also I'm good with Rob's comment on "Don't Know Why." I've resigned myself to my apathy towards jazz for quite a while now. I do like jazz fusion quite a bit though.
And Brandt Rhapsodie is actually one of my favorite discoveries from this poll.
Also I'm good with Rob's comment on "Don't Know Why." I've resigned myself to my apathy towards jazz for quite a while now. I do like jazz fusion quite a bit though.
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Songs that would be higher if I had voted (my top 10 of the songs so far):
1. Benjamin Biolay avec Jeanne Cherhal - Brandt Rhapsodie
2. Fever Ray - Keep the Streets Empty For Me
3. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
4. Radiohead - All I Need
5. Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
6. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
7. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
8. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
9. Björk - Pagan Poetry
10. Duffy - Mercy
1. Benjamin Biolay avec Jeanne Cherhal - Brandt Rhapsodie
2. Fever Ray - Keep the Streets Empty For Me
3. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
4. Radiohead - All I Need
5. Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
6. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
7. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
8. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
9. Björk - Pagan Poetry
10. Duffy - Mercy
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I loved the song from the first listen, before I read the translation. Lyrics are very interesting and fun, but the biggest selling point for me is the droney atmosphere and vocals delivery - such a hypnotic track overall. Thanks for getting it in Romain. I suppose I really like French language - dunno if Silence would have been my no.1 without that intro xD.Romain wrote:You can obviously dislike what you want , but it's the word "pretentious" who ""shocked"" me with a so simple song with daily basic words about daily life.StevieFan13 wrote: I dunno, man. It just didn’t work for me. I don’t speak French, so I was mostly focused on the sound, and it sounded very odd and artsy. Maybe pretentious isn’t the word I was looking for (I rushed some of my comments, I’ll admit), rather inaccessible. If you don’t speak French and don’t like songs that are mostly spoken, there isn’t much there for you. I staunchly believe a song doesn’t have to just be standard verse-chorus business, but I still want to feel like I can get into it to some degree.
Any Eminem, Kanye West or Nicky Minaj songs are pretentious and artsy for me because it's mostly poken words and I don't understand english.
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You know what I want to say dear I can vaguely write english, but I don't understand the lyrics of a song if I don't read itspiritualized wrote:Really ????Romain wrote: and I don't understand english.
Could have fooled me there Romain have you been talking completely off topic all these years on the forum ???
For what I know, Eminem can be the Shakespeare of our times, he is so artsy and snob (but I never understand one word)
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Sometimes, yes, but not recently. You want Shakespeare, get thee to Lil Wayne, the modern Prometheus.Romain wrote:You know what I want to say dear I can vaguely write english, but I don't understand the lyrics of a song if I don't read itspiritualized wrote:Really ????Romain wrote: and I don't understand english.
Could have fooled me there Romain have you been talking completely off topic all these years on the forum ???
For what I know, Eminem can be the Shakespeare of our times, he is so artsy and snob (but I never understand one word)
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I always thought of Coldplay as the worse Travis (or Elbow for that matter). I get "Yellow" being high up the list, if I try I can understand "Clocks", too but "Viva la Vida" sounds like something that was written for a soccer WC and "The Scientist" is just boringStevieFan13 wrote: I think they have a few peaks (Viva la Vida was in my top 20) but my problem is more that they've always shot for the stars but are kinda just white noise. Adventure of a Lifetime, Yellow, Clocks, Something Just Like This, Hymn for the Weekend, Speed of Sound, Fix You...decent songs individually, sure, but they all combine to just be a very average, not stadium-worthy sound. They're not as experimental as Radiohead or as bombastic as U2 (their two clearest influences), so I don't have much to work with in that middle ground.
Also, Paradise sucks. That one isn't white noise, that song's just garbage.
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I'm not doubting its sincerity or even execution. It is lightly likable after all. It's more that if you have only 150 songs that can make the list this seems like an odd choice. I wonder how many of the fans here had that song around during their teenage years. I can see that making a difference. And to be clear, I didn't know The Middle at all before this poll. Personally I prefer Green Day's similarly themed Good Riddance by quite a margin.BleuPanda wrote:Is "The Middle" really that surprising? I've always been a fan of its frank sincerity, in addition to finding it to be really catchy (there might be hundreds of songs sonically like this, but it's always stood to me as near the top of that style).
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
When I was that age myself there was also The Road Ahead by Dutch band City to City. That song was ubiquitous in The Netherlands at the start of the new millennium and predates The Middle by one year. It has pretty much the same theme, message and sincerity, although it is a pop ballad instead of a rock song. Perhaps that's why The Middle didn't do much in my home country, because the market for such a thing was taken by then. I admit that I still have a soft spot for it, because it was an source of inspiration to me at the time, but coming to it now it doesn't seem like much of a song. And that's how I feel about The Middle, without the nostalgia.
Here it is, by the way:
Remember it for this year's 1999 poll!
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I'd actually consider Good Riddance a near total opposite in style; it sounds sincere until you pay closer attention. Sure, it's about a similar concept (life gets better after your teenage years), but it is one long sarcastic tirade. New Sincerity is a rejection of the idea that we can only speak about emotions through sarcasm and irony.Rob wrote:I'm not doubting its sincerity or even execution. It is lightly likable after all. It's more that if you have only 150 songs that can make the list this seems like an odd choice. I wonder how many of the fans here had that song around during their teenage years. I can see that making a difference. And to be clear, I didn't know The Middle at all before this poll. Personally I prefer Green Day's similarly themed Good Riddance by quite a margin.BleuPanda wrote:Is "The Middle" really that surprising? I've always been a fan of its frank sincerity, in addition to finding it to be really catchy (there might be hundreds of songs sonically like this, but it's always stood to me as near the top of that style).
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
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Hey, Depeche Mode, that intro is spoken in Brazilian Portuguese! That’s interesting, I didn’t know foreign people considered our language similar to French, even though they are all Latin deriven. I also find French one of the most beautiful languages I’ve heard.Depeche Mode wrote:I suppose I really like French language - dunno if Silence would have been my no.1 without that intro xD.
About spoken-music in foreign languages, I understand what some of you mean, and I think that’s part of why Bob Dylan doesn’t do so much for me.
Great presentations so far, DaveC.
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I don't think Good Riddance is ironic or particularly sarcastic. Armstrong apparently wrote it after a break up when his then-girlfriend moved to Ecuador and the song reflects his mixed feelings of that period, in attempt to convince himself that things will be all right. He didn't have teenage life in mind, but could see why it became a popular high school theme. The difference with The Middle is mostly that Good Riddance lyrics allow pain to creep in, which makes the overall feel more melancholy, which is probably why it appeals more to me even at a somewhat older age, whereas The Middle to me remains juvenile. Not that there is anything wrong with aiming songs at teenagers. I'm just not convinced that it has any interest outside its target audience.BleuPanda wrote:I'd actually consider Good Riddance a near total opposite in style; it sounds sincere until you pay closer attention. Sure, it's about a similar concept (life gets better after your teenage years), but it is one long sarcastic tirade. New Sincerity is a rejection of the idea that we can only speak about emotions through sarcasm and irony.Rob wrote:I'm not doubting its sincerity or even execution. It is lightly likable after all. It's more that if you have only 150 songs that can make the list this seems like an odd choice. I wonder how many of the fans here had that song around during their teenage years. I can see that making a difference. And to be clear, I didn't know The Middle at all before this poll. Personally I prefer Green Day's similarly themed Good Riddance by quite a margin.BleuPanda wrote:Is "The Middle" really that surprising? I've always been a fan of its frank sincerity, in addition to finding it to be really catchy (there might be hundreds of songs sonically like this, but it's always stood to me as near the top of that style).
I think it fits perfectly within the late 90s/early 2000s New Sincerity style, but in a popular sense. Of course I think Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens get deeper into the emotions, but it's nice to have a pop rock song that pulls off the same general world view. Sincerity requires a fine balance, and any artist who attempts it risks falling into either sentimentality or seeming insincere. In the hand of similar bands, I could imagine a song like this coming off as cheesy, but it instead reads to me as an honest statement of encouragement. They make it look easy, even almost simple, but so many artists have failed at getting this kind of statement across.
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I always thought Portuguese kinda sounded like a hybrid of French and Spanish.Toni wrote:Hey, Depeche Mode, that intro is spoken in Brazilian Portuguese! That’s interesting, I didn’t know foreign people considered our language similar to French, even though they are all Latin deriven. I also find French one of the most beautiful languages I’ve heard.Depeche Mode wrote:I suppose I really like French language - dunno if Silence would have been my no.1 without that intro xD.
About spoken-music in foreign languages, I understand what some of you mean, and I think that’s part of why Bob Dylan doesn’t do so much for me.
Great presentations so far, DaveC.
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Sir Duke (1976)
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Score: 840.2 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#3 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 66 (586 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 386
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: bonnielaurel(15), ProsecutorGodot(14)
Not Fans: BangJan(144), rumpdoll(144), sonofsamiam(147), Toni(140)
Rob: I like pretty much nothing by this band without identity, but I love Sex on Fire, a power rock song with a burning guitar, that’s sexy as hell. Nowhere else in their career they seemed so full of passion as here. This is sex that scorches the Earth.
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Score: 845.2 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 144 (1340 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 43
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 33
Fans: Neil(11)
Not Fans: ProsecutorGodot(145)
Rob: Fake Empire is a great example of the subtle power that The National came to perfect from Boxer on. Through the mumbled words by Matt Berlinger comes a simple, but evocative tale of life in lower places. The music follows suit, by having a mute quality at the start. That is, until those saxophones suddenly seem very powerful and carry you off to the heavens.
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Score: 848.2 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 87 (760 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 246
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: StevieFan13(6)
Not Fans: BangJan(148), Brad(138), JamieW(139), sonofsamiam(143), Toni(141)
Rob: Probably the most straightforward rocker on American Idiot is this title track. It is the most true to the classic punk spirit, as it is short, packs a punch, has a political bend and is sarcastically funny. One of the most enjoyable songs from Green Day.
StevieFan13: You see, folks? Green Day are talented motherfuckers and they have something to say. On the nose a bit? Sure, but it’d been a while since a prominent punk group had taken advantage of their platform, expanded it far beyond punk’s usual bounds, and sold. Grammys, Broadway shows, and many hit singles later, American Idiot pushed Green Day from punk icons to Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, and it can all be traced back to this canon blast of an album opener.
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Score: 853.8 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#15 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 453 (3882 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 85
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 62
Fans: Brad(10), Nassim(4), rumpdoll(13)
Not Fans: andyd1010(140), Dan(148), Listyguy(136), phil(144), ProsecutorGodot(147)
Rob: The title of this song and its parent album make it sound unbelievably pretentious. One of the remarkable things about this song is that it may indeed be ambitious – a grotesque animal – if you will, but it is also fun. The great lyrics and musical variety somehow become very danceable.
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Score: 856.6 pts
Year of Release: 2005 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 140 (1293 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: N/A
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: DaveC(15), Dexter(4), Neil(12)
Not Fans: ProsecutorGodot(143)
Rob: Yeah, Sigur Rós. They really do their own thing, don’t they. It’s beautiful and all, but somehow I can’t help but feeling that this is a more pompous version of their truly stellar work on Ag?tus byrjun. The way I judge Hoppípolla has varied extremely through my moods. Sometimes I find it transporting, at other times too cute.
85. Kings of Leon - Sex on FireConsumed
Score: 840.2 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#3 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 66 (586 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 386
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: bonnielaurel(15), ProsecutorGodot(14)
Not Fans: BangJan(144), rumpdoll(144), sonofsamiam(147), Toni(140)
Rob: I like pretty much nothing by this band without identity, but I love Sex on Fire, a power rock song with a burning guitar, that’s sexy as hell. Nowhere else in their career they seemed so full of passion as here. This is sex that scorches the Earth.
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84. The National - Fake EmpireWe're half awake in a fake empire
Score: 845.2 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 144 (1340 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 43
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 33
Fans: Neil(11)
Not Fans: ProsecutorGodot(145)
Rob: Fake Empire is a great example of the subtle power that The National came to perfect from Boxer on. Through the mumbled words by Matt Berlinger comes a simple, but evocative tale of life in lower places. The music follows suit, by having a mute quality at the start. That is, until those saxophones suddenly seem very powerful and carry you off to the heavens.
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83. Green Day - American IdiotNow everybody do the propaganda
Score: 848.2 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 87 (760 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 246
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: StevieFan13(6)
Not Fans: BangJan(148), Brad(138), JamieW(139), sonofsamiam(143), Toni(141)
Rob: Probably the most straightforward rocker on American Idiot is this title track. It is the most true to the classic punk spirit, as it is short, packs a punch, has a political bend and is sarcastically funny. One of the most enjoyable songs from Green Day.
StevieFan13: You see, folks? Green Day are talented motherfuckers and they have something to say. On the nose a bit? Sure, but it’d been a while since a prominent punk group had taken advantage of their platform, expanded it far beyond punk’s usual bounds, and sold. Grammys, Broadway shows, and many hit singles later, American Idiot pushed Green Day from punk icons to Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, and it can all be traced back to this canon blast of an album opener.
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82. Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque AnimalThings could be different but they're not
Score: 853.8 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#15 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 453 (3882 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 85
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 62
Fans: Brad(10), Nassim(4), rumpdoll(13)
Not Fans: andyd1010(140), Dan(148), Listyguy(136), phil(144), ProsecutorGodot(147)
Rob: The title of this song and its parent album make it sound unbelievably pretentious. One of the remarkable things about this song is that it may indeed be ambitious – a grotesque animal – if you will, but it is also fun. The great lyrics and musical variety somehow become very danceable.
[imgsize 400x400]http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.sheetmus ... /large.jpg[/imgsize]
81. Sigur Rós - HoppípollaAllur rennvotur (Completely drenched)
Score: 856.6 pts
Year of Release: 2005 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 140 (1293 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: N/A
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: DaveC(15), Dexter(4), Neil(12)
Not Fans: ProsecutorGodot(143)
Rob: Yeah, Sigur Rós. They really do their own thing, don’t they. It’s beautiful and all, but somehow I can’t help but feeling that this is a more pompous version of their truly stellar work on Ag?tus byrjun. The way I judge Hoppípolla has varied extremely through my moods. Sometimes I find it transporting, at other times too cute.
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So now exactly 10% of the remaining songs are by Radiohead.
Splish splash, I was raking in the cash
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Haha that's embarrasing - I've listened to the song dozens of times.Toni wrote:Hey, Depeche Mode, that intro is spoken in Brazilian Portuguese! That’s interesting, I didn’t know foreign people considered our language similar to French, even though they are all Latin deriven. I also find French one of the most beautiful languages I’ve heard.Depeche Mode wrote:I suppose I really like French language - dunno if Silence would have been my no.1 without that intro xD.
About spoken-music in foreign languages, I understand what some of you mean, and I think that’s part of why Bob Dylan doesn’t do so much for me.
Great presentations so far, DaveC.
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Score: 858 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 75 (678 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 101
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 59
Fans: Neil(10)
Not Fans: DepecheMode(135/143)
Rob: Whereas Frontier Psychiatrist is pure madness, Since I Left You sounds more like a “conventionally” build song, made out of many different samples. Admittedly, it helps that they sampled the chorus lyrics out of just one song. It could be mistaken for a normal song, at least on first glance. But then you notice how weird it stills sounds. What I like the most hear is how much like summer it sounds.
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Score: 860.6 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 46 (416 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 155
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 32
Fans: Henry(2)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(145)
Listyguy: Somewhere between whimsical and innocent, this song lies. I love the chorus.
Rob: I hate the one album by The Postal Service, but I love this one song (even if it possibly inspired the horrid career of Owl City). Whereas the other stuff sounds mawkish and overly cute, this one time they got the emotions right. It really feels like these guys are ready to start floating over the world.
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Score: 861.5 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 83 (731 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 44
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 23
Fans: Neil(15), sonofsamiam(5)
Not Fans: DaveC(144), Nassim(138), phil(147)
Rob: I like this one more than the usual Daft Punk song, simply because there is happening more. The song actually has completely different sections. They were hardly the most detailed dance music composers (then again, “Punk” has to be part of their name for some reason), but I can get behind this one.
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Score: 862.3 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#16 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 424 (3613 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 172
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: rumpdoll(4)
Not Fans: Henry(137)
Rob: My usual criticism for In Rainbows – that it is to clinical – does not go for this one. This is an odd song in the Radiohead canon, as it seems oddly danceable. The lyrics are once again filled with anxiety, but here finally things are falling in its right place (which I’m not convinced that happened in a similarly named song) and the band dances the fear away. Catchy stuff for a band I don’t think of as catchy.
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Score: 863 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#2 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 50 (444 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 69
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 66
Fans: andyd1010(15), Dexter(6)
Not Fans: Rob(145)
Rob: I remembered that when I had to write about this one for the 10.000 Songs project I really had a hard time with it. This is one of those tracks that doesn’t really inspire more in me than: “This is a song. It exists”. I just don’t hear anything noteworthy in this thing.
80. The Avalanches - Since I Left YouI found the world so new
Score: 858 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 75 (678 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 101
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 59
Fans: Neil(10)
Not Fans: DepecheMode(135/143)
Rob: Whereas Frontier Psychiatrist is pure madness, Since I Left You sounds more like a “conventionally” build song, made out of many different samples. Admittedly, it helps that they sampled the chorus lyrics out of just one song. It could be mistaken for a normal song, at least on first glance. But then you notice how weird it stills sounds. What I like the most hear is how much like summer it sounds.
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79. The Postal Service - Such Great HeightsBut everything looks perfect from far away
Score: 860.6 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 46 (416 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 155
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 32
Fans: Henry(2)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(145)
Listyguy: Somewhere between whimsical and innocent, this song lies. I love the chorus.
Rob: I hate the one album by The Postal Service, but I love this one song (even if it possibly inspired the horrid career of Owl City). Whereas the other stuff sounds mawkish and overly cute, this one time they got the emotions right. It really feels like these guys are ready to start floating over the world.
[imgsize 400x400]http://www.vinyl-minded.com/images/7/74477.jpg[/imgsize]
78. Daft Punk - Digital LoveBefore I knew it this dream was all gone
Score: 861.5 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 83 (731 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 44
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 23
Fans: Neil(15), sonofsamiam(5)
Not Fans: DaveC(144), Nassim(138), phil(147)
Rob: I like this one more than the usual Daft Punk song, simply because there is happening more. The song actually has completely different sections. They were hardly the most detailed dance music composers (then again, “Punk” has to be part of their name for some reason), but I can get behind this one.
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77. Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into PlaceWords are blunt instruments
Score: 862.3 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#16 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 424 (3613 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 172
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: rumpdoll(4)
Not Fans: Henry(137)
Rob: My usual criticism for In Rainbows – that it is to clinical – does not go for this one. This is an odd song in the Radiohead canon, as it seems oddly danceable. The lyrics are once again filled with anxiety, but here finally things are falling in its right place (which I’m not convinced that happened in a similarly named song) and the band dances the fear away. Catchy stuff for a band I don’t think of as catchy.
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76. Phoenix - 1901It's not a miracle we needed
Score: 863 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#2 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 50 (444 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 69
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 66
Fans: andyd1010(15), Dexter(6)
Not Fans: Rob(145)
Rob: I remembered that when I had to write about this one for the 10.000 Songs project I really had a hard time with it. This is one of those tracks that doesn’t really inspire more in me than: “This is a song. It exists”. I just don’t hear anything noteworthy in this thing.
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I discovered much new music while doing these lists last year (thanks guys) but didn't think I would discover anything in the top 150 list.
I was wrong, Of Montreals Grotesque Animal is a monster of a song I listened to many many times last month.
I was wrong, Of Montreals Grotesque Animal is a monster of a song I listened to many many times last month.
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Interesting, 'The Middle' doesn't remind me of 'The Road Ahead' at all. Maybe that's because I focus more on music than on lyrics, but still...Rob wrote: When I was that age myself there was also The Road Ahead by Dutch band City to City. That song was ubiquitous in The Netherlands at the start of the new millennium and predates The Middle by one year. It has pretty much the same theme, message and sincerity, although it is a pop ballad instead of a rock song. Perhaps that's why The Middle didn't do much in my home country, because the market for such a thing was taken by then. I admit that I still have a soft spot for it, because it was an source of inspiration to me at the time, but coming to it now it doesn't seem like much of a song. And that's how I feel about The Middle, without the nostalgia.
Here it is, by the way:
Remember it for this year's 1999 poll!
'The Road Ahead' just makes me think of a bad and bland early 90s R.E.M. impression.
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They have the same lyrical intent, that's all. I'm not gonna make a defense of The Road Ahead on a musical basis.Gillingham wrote:Interesting, 'The Middle' doesn't remind me of 'The Road Ahead' at all. Maybe that's because I focus more on music than on lyrics, but still...Rob wrote: When I was that age myself there was also The Road Ahead by Dutch band City to City. That song was ubiquitous in The Netherlands at the start of the new millennium and predates The Middle by one year. It has pretty much the same theme, message and sincerity, although it is a pop ballad instead of a rock song. Perhaps that's why The Middle didn't do much in my home country, because the market for such a thing was taken by then. I admit that I still have a soft spot for it, because it was an source of inspiration to me at the time, but coming to it now it doesn't seem like much of a song. And that's how I feel about The Middle, without the nostalgia.
Here it is, by the way:
Remember it for this year's 1999 poll!
'The Road Ahead' just makes me think of a bad and bland early 90s R.E.M. impression.
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Score: 866.7 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 90 (831 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 350
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 56
Fans: DepecheMode(9), Henry(3), rumpdoll(6)
Not Fans: ProsecutorGodot(146)
Rob: I never actually went beyond the nineties with listening to Blur so I never heard this before. It is one of their best nostalgic sounding dream songs, with a nice floating (drifting?) quality.
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Score: 868.7 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 76 (694 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 84
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 77
Fans: DaveC(2), Rob(11)
Not Fans: rumpdoll(141)
Rob: The best romantic song of the decade? Sure the lover may be imagined and even this fictional romance ends, but somehow this song captures for me fully the ideal of wanting to fall in love: “Forever to search for the flame”. This tribute to someone who lighted the fire in singer Natasha Khan’s heart is something powerful. I love how lush this song sounds, without ever feeling the need to get to big, something that could easily have happened.
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Score: 879.4 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 59 (505 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 81
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 82
Fans: Brad(6), Dan(11), Nassim(14)
Not Fans: Toni(136)
Rob: Perhaps not the loudest rock song of the decade, but somehow it feels like it is the hardest. This is music as screaming therapy. There isn’t a genre as suitable for this as rock and The Rat is one of the best examples you can find for this.
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Score: 881.3 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 230 (2068 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 57
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 71
Fans: JamieW(3), Toni(5)
Not Fans: Neil(141), sonofsamiam(141)
Rob: There are four Funeral songs on here, but only one by The Neon Bible. I actually agree with the usual assessment that The Neon Bible pales somewhat in comparison with its predecessor, but I think Intervention might be their best. This mostly because there is a sense of anger and despair here that isn’t set aside by a very indie sense of togetherness. This is a colder Arcade Fire and I don’t mean that as a weakness. The church feel of this track is great.
Big drop at #71, the first song to drop from our top 20 of the 2000s in our all-time songs poll:
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Score: 883.1 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#2 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 52 (453 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 16
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 22
Fans: BleuPanda(14)
Lowest rank: phil(132)
Rob: Confession time: I barely ever listened to TV on the Radio before this poll. Songs like Wolf Like Me make me notice that I have been missing out, because not only is it great rock, but it also sounds like nothing else. Wolf Like Me is a bit messy, grungy, but also very danceable and energetic. It has been in heavy rotation here in the past few weeks.
75. Blur - Out of TimeAnd you've been so busy lately
that you haven't found the time
Score: 866.7 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 90 (831 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 350
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 56
Fans: DepecheMode(9), Henry(3), rumpdoll(6)
Not Fans: ProsecutorGodot(146)
Rob: I never actually went beyond the nineties with listening to Blur so I never heard this before. It is one of their best nostalgic sounding dream songs, with a nice floating (drifting?) quality.
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74. Bat for Lashes - DanielDaniel, I dream of home
Score: 868.7 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 76 (694 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 84
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 77
Fans: DaveC(2), Rob(11)
Not Fans: rumpdoll(141)
Rob: The best romantic song of the decade? Sure the lover may be imagined and even this fictional romance ends, but somehow this song captures for me fully the ideal of wanting to fall in love: “Forever to search for the flame”. This tribute to someone who lighted the fire in singer Natasha Khan’s heart is something powerful. I love how lush this song sounds, without ever feeling the need to get to big, something that could easily have happened.
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73. The Walkmen - The RatNow I go out alone if I go out at all
Score: 879.4 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 59 (505 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 81
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 82
Fans: Brad(6), Dan(11), Nassim(14)
Not Fans: Toni(136)
Rob: Perhaps not the loudest rock song of the decade, but somehow it feels like it is the hardest. This is music as screaming therapy. There isn’t a genre as suitable for this as rock and The Rat is one of the best examples you can find for this.
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72. Arcade Fire - InterventionEvery spark of friendship and love will die without a home
Score: 881.3 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 230 (2068 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 57
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 71
Fans: JamieW(3), Toni(5)
Not Fans: Neil(141), sonofsamiam(141)
Rob: There are four Funeral songs on here, but only one by The Neon Bible. I actually agree with the usual assessment that The Neon Bible pales somewhat in comparison with its predecessor, but I think Intervention might be their best. This mostly because there is a sense of anger and despair here that isn’t set aside by a very indie sense of togetherness. This is a colder Arcade Fire and I don’t mean that as a weakness. The church feel of this track is great.
Big drop at #71, the first song to drop from our top 20 of the 2000s in our all-time songs poll:
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71. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like MeThere's a curse comes with a kiss
Score: 883.1 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#2 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 52 (453 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 16
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 22
Fans: BleuPanda(14)
Lowest rank: phil(132)
Rob: Confession time: I barely ever listened to TV on the Radio before this poll. Songs like Wolf Like Me make me notice that I have been missing out, because not only is it great rock, but it also sounds like nothing else. Wolf Like Me is a bit messy, grungy, but also very danceable and energetic. It has been in heavy rotation here in the past few weeks.
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Re: [Results] Songs of the 2000s
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Intervention was a great discovery for me.
Intervention was a great discovery for me.
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Score: 883.3 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#5 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 171 (1640 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 48
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 31
Fans: Nassim(7)
Not Fans: andyd1010(136), Listyguy(150), StevieFan13(145)
Rob: One of the best dance tracks of the decade for me is Silent Shout. It’s richly layered and full of details that keep surprising after many listens, but also never lets you forget that this sound can work you into a sweat on the dancefloor.
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Score: 884.6 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 40 (388 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 62
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 51
Fans: Listyguy(11)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(143)
Rob: Kanye West’s problems in this song aren’t exactly mine (to be fair, almost nobody writes more unrelatable lyrics for me than mr. West), but he knows how to sell it. As per usual it is the production that makes the song and this has such a powerful, marching sound that he almost converts this atheist to a believer. A like this song quite a lot and the message works for me as a condemnation of censorship. Kanye wouldn’t be Kanye if the song didn’t have something truly stupid in it (the repeated shouts of “nigger” have to go in history as perhaps the most gratuitous in rap), but this is a rare case were I can get behind the praise for a song of one of our most frustrating talents.
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Score: 889.9 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 54 (468 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 87
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 80
Fans: Brad(9)
Lowest rank: StevieFan13(135)
Rob: I have to admit that before this poll I always ignored The Shins with a certain vigour. I refused to listen to them. The reason was that the woohoo start of this song had been used by a certain brand in all their radio commercials for years and years. Those woohoos seemed to come up every damn minute till I couldn’t stand them anymore. Somehow I thought the whole bands output would be like that. Turns out that New Slang itself isn’t even like that. The woohoos are a small part. What we do get is a sweet indie tune; rather typical for the time, but done real well. I might even admit to liking the song. Maybe even love it once the opening stops reminding me of car repair.
StevieFan13: Madly overrated, but pleasant.
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Score: 890 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#10 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 133 (1237 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 136
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: Brad(3), slick(1)
Not Fans: rumpdoll(142), Toni(139)
Rob: The lyrics don’t make much sense on themselves, but they work because they set a very specific mood. A song named Funeral isn’t expected to sound happy, but still I’m surprised how sad and wistful this one sounds. I might have accused this band in the past for relying to much on the same sound over and over, but at least they found one song on which they could make that one sound into a sort of masterpiece.
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Score: 892.9 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#10 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 92 (846 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 125
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: andyd1010(13), Henry(10), maverick470(6), Neil(2)
Not Fans: Brad(139), Dan(141), rumpdoll(149), StevieFan13(147)
Rob: This is a beautiful song that is almost great, but just misses something. Maybe I just want the final piano coda to be more powerful. Still, this was from the time Chris Martin still wrote lines like “Nobody said it was easy/ Nobody said it would be so hard” and sung them like he meant it. A flawed song perhaps, but at times it really moves me.
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Score: 893.3 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#14 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: Unranked
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 224
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: DaveC(4), JamieW(14), sonofsamiam(3)
Not Fans: andyd1010(149), Dexter(146), Neil(150)
Rob: A song I never heard of by an artist I never heard of before this poll. Where do you discover this stuff? Oh well, it makes sure that Kashiwa Daisuke doesn’t have to represent Asia on his own here. Although Souretsu is 30 minutes shorter than Stella it does have a comparable mix between electronics and instrumentals that sound somewhat classical, although more than Stella I feel here some traditional Japanese influences. It is also a transporting piece. Not quite as sad as you expect from a funeral, but perhaps is meant more as a spiritual piece. In which case it works quite well.
DaveC: The lyrics are very cryptic - although something may be lost in translation. My best guess is that this is about how our knowledge of our mortality motivates our creativity. Love the maximalist production, we need more artists doing things like this.
70. The Knife - Silent ShoutI caught a glimpse now it haunts me
Score: 883.3 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#5 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 171 (1640 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 48
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 31
Fans: Nassim(7)
Not Fans: andyd1010(136), Listyguy(150), StevieFan13(145)
Rob: One of the best dance tracks of the decade for me is Silent Shout. It’s richly layered and full of details that keep surprising after many listens, but also never lets you forget that this sound can work you into a sweat on the dancefloor.
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69. Kanye West - Jesus WalksThey say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
Score: 884.6 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#9 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 40 (388 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 62
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 51
Fans: Listyguy(11)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(143)
Rob: Kanye West’s problems in this song aren’t exactly mine (to be fair, almost nobody writes more unrelatable lyrics for me than mr. West), but he knows how to sell it. As per usual it is the production that makes the song and this has such a powerful, marching sound that he almost converts this atheist to a believer. A like this song quite a lot and the message works for me as a condemnation of censorship. Kanye wouldn’t be Kanye if the song didn’t have something truly stupid in it (the repeated shouts of “nigger” have to go in history as perhaps the most gratuitous in rap), but this is a rare case were I can get behind the praise for a song of one of our most frustrating talents.
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68. The Shins - New SlangNever should have called But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely
Score: 889.9 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 54 (468 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 87
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 80
Fans: Brad(9)
Lowest rank: StevieFan13(135)
Rob: I have to admit that before this poll I always ignored The Shins with a certain vigour. I refused to listen to them. The reason was that the woohoo start of this song had been used by a certain brand in all their radio commercials for years and years. Those woohoos seemed to come up every damn minute till I couldn’t stand them anymore. Somehow I thought the whole bands output would be like that. Turns out that New Slang itself isn’t even like that. The woohoos are a small part. What we do get is a sweet indie tune; rather typical for the time, but done real well. I might even admit to liking the song. Maybe even love it once the opening stops reminding me of car repair.
StevieFan13: Madly overrated, but pleasant.
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67. Band Of Horses - The FuneralI'm coming up only to hold you under
Score: 890 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#10 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 133 (1237 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 136
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: Brad(3), slick(1)
Not Fans: rumpdoll(142), Toni(139)
Rob: The lyrics don’t make much sense on themselves, but they work because they set a very specific mood. A song named Funeral isn’t expected to sound happy, but still I’m surprised how sad and wistful this one sounds. I might have accused this band in the past for relying to much on the same sound over and over, but at least they found one song on which they could make that one sound into a sort of masterpiece.
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66. Coldplay - The ScientistNobody said it was easy
Score: 892.9 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#10 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 92 (846 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 125
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: andyd1010(13), Henry(10), maverick470(6), Neil(2)
Not Fans: Brad(139), Dan(141), rumpdoll(149), StevieFan13(147)
Rob: This is a beautiful song that is almost great, but just misses something. Maybe I just want the final piano coda to be more powerful. Still, this was from the time Chris Martin still wrote lines like “Nobody said it was easy/ Nobody said it would be so hard” and sung them like he meant it. A flawed song perhaps, but at times it really moves me.
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65. Shiina Ringo - Soretsu (Funeral Procession)doko ni mo tougenkyou ga nai no nara, otsukuriitashimashou. (If there's no such place as Shangri-la let's make one of our own.)
Score: 893.3 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#14 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: Unranked
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 224
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: DaveC(4), JamieW(14), sonofsamiam(3)
Not Fans: andyd1010(149), Dexter(146), Neil(150)
Rob: A song I never heard of by an artist I never heard of before this poll. Where do you discover this stuff? Oh well, it makes sure that Kashiwa Daisuke doesn’t have to represent Asia on his own here. Although Souretsu is 30 minutes shorter than Stella it does have a comparable mix between electronics and instrumentals that sound somewhat classical, although more than Stella I feel here some traditional Japanese influences. It is also a transporting piece. Not quite as sad as you expect from a funeral, but perhaps is meant more as a spiritual piece. In which case it works quite well.
DaveC: The lyrics are very cryptic - although something may be lost in translation. My best guess is that this is about how our knowledge of our mortality motivates our creativity. Love the maximalist production, we need more artists doing things like this.
Re: [Results] Songs of the 2000s
And now dropping rather unexpectedly; the first song from our last 2000s poll top 20
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Score: 895.4 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#5 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 27 (277 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 35
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 15
Fans: JamieW(8)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(137)
Rob: Storytime. The thing about songs that aren’t poetry so much as real tales is that they can bore more quickly, because once you know the tale, part of the mystery fades quickly. I’ve found out this doesn’t quite happen to Stan. Perhaps it is Eminem’s command of words or maybe it is the melancholy of the Dido sample. Or the tale of the obsessive fan is to visceral and exciting to let go of.
StevieFan13: Em was never a better storyteller than on “Stan.” It takes a lot for a song to actually get me scared, but the first time I listened to it while really paying attention to the lyrics, I can’t deny the “oh shit, oh God, is this really happening” feeling I got when the song reached its climax. Some of his strongest lyrics ever are on “Stan,” proving once and for all that Eminem is more than just in it for shock value. It doesn’t feel like a hollow scare, the way a lot of Marilyn Manson’s tracks do. Eminem has a method to his madness, and it pays off grandly here.
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Score: 895.8 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 7 (79 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 38
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 93
Fans: BleuPanda(10), Dexter(12), StevieFan13(13)
Not Fans: Brad(143), DaveC(147), DepecheMode(142/143), JamieW(142), whuntva(143)
Rob: The most iconic of Missy Elliot songs and that is for a reason. Where most pop or R&B songs have just one element that is catchy and memorable, this one has a ton of them. The eastern guitar part, the titular chorus, the little peeps and squeals, the way Elliot sometimes interrupts the song with sudden shouts; the more you listen to it, the more clear it becomes that is a rather odd song and all the more appealing because of that.
StevieFan13: You always remember the first time you heard “Get Ur Freak On.” Mine was in art class about ten years after it came out. I was transfixed. I had never heard any rapper, let alone a female rapper, quite like Missy Elliott. And how had I rode the whole Timbaland hype wave without hearing this song once? I rectified that many times over in the years since, as this track is one for the history books.
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Score: 898.6 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#3 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 56 (473 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 47
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 38
Highest rank: StevieFan13(17)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(149), Henry(146)
Rob: A very, very relaxed song. Let’s not talk about it, but instead lie down and enjoy the groove.
StevieFan13: Damon Albarn’s penchant for the delightfully dippy comes to a head on “Clint Eastwood.” Lord knows Blur never released anything this odd, sparse, or rap-influenced. From that crazy beat to Del tha Funkee Homosapien’s scene-stealing guest verses, this is the sound of a band perfectly in control while all hell breaks loose. The music video, with the Gorillaz calmly playing while dodging Del as a loopy genie-like character raising hell all around them, feels like a perfect metaphor for “Clint Eastwood.” Unfazed, tight, and absolutely insane. But man, does it ever work.
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Score: 900.3 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#14 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 55 (471 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 141
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: Listyguy(7)
Not Fans: Henry(143), rumpdoll(138)
Listyguy: A truly beautiful, and heartbreaking song. The song is strikingly bare, which makes it that much more powerful.
Rob: Nobody really sounds like Bon Iver, do they? The whole idea of going to a cabin and recording some home baked songs comes off as a cute indie cliché, but there is nothing cliché about Skinny Loves. Not only are the lyrics inspired, but above all Vernon’s vocals seem to belong to another place than our world. Maybe an alternative Earth where mystical powers are a real thing. Skinny Love also makes me realize how little classic singer-songwriter tracks the zeroes had.
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64. Eminem (feat. Dido) - StanCome to think about it, his name was…
Score: 895.4 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#5 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 27 (277 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 35
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 15
Fans: JamieW(8)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(137)
Rob: Storytime. The thing about songs that aren’t poetry so much as real tales is that they can bore more quickly, because once you know the tale, part of the mystery fades quickly. I’ve found out this doesn’t quite happen to Stan. Perhaps it is Eminem’s command of words or maybe it is the melancholy of the Dido sample. Or the tale of the obsessive fan is to visceral and exciting to let go of.
StevieFan13: Em was never a better storyteller than on “Stan.” It takes a lot for a song to actually get me scared, but the first time I listened to it while really paying attention to the lyrics, I can’t deny the “oh shit, oh God, is this really happening” feeling I got when the song reached its climax. Some of his strongest lyrics ever are on “Stan,” proving once and for all that Eminem is more than just in it for shock value. It doesn’t feel like a hollow scare, the way a lot of Marilyn Manson’s tracks do. Eminem has a method to his madness, and it pays off grandly here.
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63. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak OnMe and Timbaland been hot since twenty years ago
Score: 895.8 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 7 (79 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 38
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 93
Fans: BleuPanda(10), Dexter(12), StevieFan13(13)
Not Fans: Brad(143), DaveC(147), DepecheMode(142/143), JamieW(142), whuntva(143)
Rob: The most iconic of Missy Elliot songs and that is for a reason. Where most pop or R&B songs have just one element that is catchy and memorable, this one has a ton of them. The eastern guitar part, the titular chorus, the little peeps and squeals, the way Elliot sometimes interrupts the song with sudden shouts; the more you listen to it, the more clear it becomes that is a rather odd song and all the more appealing because of that.
StevieFan13: You always remember the first time you heard “Get Ur Freak On.” Mine was in art class about ten years after it came out. I was transfixed. I had never heard any rapper, let alone a female rapper, quite like Missy Elliott. And how had I rode the whole Timbaland hype wave without hearing this song once? I rectified that many times over in the years since, as this track is one for the history books.
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62. Gorillaz - Clint EastwoodThe future is coming on
Score: 898.6 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#3 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 56 (473 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 47
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 38
Highest rank: StevieFan13(17)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(149), Henry(146)
Rob: A very, very relaxed song. Let’s not talk about it, but instead lie down and enjoy the groove.
StevieFan13: Damon Albarn’s penchant for the delightfully dippy comes to a head on “Clint Eastwood.” Lord knows Blur never released anything this odd, sparse, or rap-influenced. From that crazy beat to Del tha Funkee Homosapien’s scene-stealing guest verses, this is the sound of a band perfectly in control while all hell breaks loose. The music video, with the Gorillaz calmly playing while dodging Del as a loopy genie-like character raising hell all around them, feels like a perfect metaphor for “Clint Eastwood.” Unfazed, tight, and absolutely insane. But man, does it ever work.
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61. Bon Iver - Skinny LoveAnd now all your love is wasted
Score: 900.3 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#14 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 55 (471 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 141
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: Listyguy(7)
Not Fans: Henry(143), rumpdoll(138)
Listyguy: A truly beautiful, and heartbreaking song. The song is strikingly bare, which makes it that much more powerful.
Rob: Nobody really sounds like Bon Iver, do they? The whole idea of going to a cabin and recording some home baked songs comes off as a cute indie cliché, but there is nothing cliché about Skinny Loves. Not only are the lyrics inspired, but above all Vernon’s vocals seem to belong to another place than our world. Maybe an alternative Earth where mystical powers are a real thing. Skinny Love also makes me realize how little classic singer-songwriter tracks the zeroes had.
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You're welcome, Brad and I team up once a decade to move an epic awesome song to the 2nd round. Watch us next on the 1994 poll.rumpdoll wrote:I discovered much new music while doing these lists last year (thanks guys) but didn't think I would discover anything in the top 150 list.
I was wrong, Of Montreals Grotesque Animal is a monster of a song I listened to many many times last month.
I thought Wolf Like Me was the one TV on the Radio "thing" that resisted their slow fade away from acclaim and AM love, looks like it's not the case (though as far as I'm concerned I'd rather see their albums and Staring at the Sun stay in the collective conscience).
DaveC wrote:
70. The Knife - Silent Shout
Not Fans: Listyguy(150), StevieFan13(145)
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I will gladly be on that list!Nassim wrote:DaveC wrote:
70. The Knife - Silent Shout
Not Fans: Listyguy(150), StevieFan13(145)
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Re: [Results] Songs of the 2000s
Likewise! And don’t worry, Heartbeat is in my top 25.Listyguy wrote:I will gladly be on that list!Nassim wrote:DaveC wrote:
70. The Knife - Silent Shout
Not Fans: Listyguy(150), StevieFan13(145)
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Score: 900.6 pts
Year of Release: 2005 (#5 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 47 (429 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 89
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 99
Fans: rumpdoll(10), StevieFan13(8)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(147), DaveC(138)
Rob: As per usual with Kanye West this is mostly a song of great production. It sounds so great. I don’t care about the lyrics at all, but the use of Jamie Foxx in Ray Charles mode and overall flow make this a good listen.
StevieFan13: Not Kanye’s best track, but close. I don’t care who gets riled up by that: I like my Kanye streamlined and catchy, and “Gold Digger” balances some of his finest rapping with an unstoppable hook. It’s a shame he’s drifted so far away from pop, because the man knew how to craft a hit.
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Score: 902.2 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 42 (393 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 32
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 86
Fans: BleuPanda(12), Neil(13), Toni(7)
Not Fans: phil(139), Rob(142)
Rob: Never quite got the greatness of this one. It is okay and Anohni’s voice is unusual enough to elevate this track somewhat. Still, I feel there is something too old fashioned about this. The synths sometimes border on the cliché here.
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Score: 906.3 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 91 (835 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 120
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 85
Fans: andyd1010(14), bonnielaurel(12), Henry(13), whuntva(4)
Not Fans: Nassim(145), Toni(137)
Rob: This is very much a U2 track. After a more “experimental”, rocking decade, the band clearly wanted to become the more likeable, everyman group used to pretend they were. Beautiful Day is probably the best song that came from that. It is perhaps too classically U2 to surprise, but it works very well. Especially the guitars by The Edge are very welcome.
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Score: 906.6 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 208 (1915 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 184
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: andyd1010(4), slick(9), whuntva(10)
Not Fans: BangJan(138), ProsecutorGodot(137), rumpdoll(143), sonofsamiam(138)
andyd1010: When I think of 21st century rock, the first songs that come to mind are Seven Nation Army and Knights of Cydonia. This song has such an epic scope, and it makes for one of the best concert closers.
Rob: I think I once heard someone (on this forum perhaps) call this the song equivalent of a Michael Bay movie. Yes, but when did Michael Bay ever make something this good? I love how unashamedly grandiose and propulsive Knights of Cydonia is. There is not a single hint that Muse wants to be subtle. This sounds like you are chased by wild beasts and screaming for danger is rarely a subtle action.
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Score: 907.5 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#10 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 540 (4505 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 139
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: BangJan(7), Rob(12), sonofsamiam(15)
Not Fans: Dexter(143)
Rob: Am I the only one who hears I’ve Got the Music in Me by The Kiki Dee Band in this? No matter, lyrically this is something totally else and Nick Cave himself doesn’t exactly sound like Kiki Dee. What we do get is a cosmic gospel song that makes you want to wave at the Earth as it passes you by. It’s one of the biggest sounding songs on this list (and in Cave’s career) and it manages to be truly majestic.
60. Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold DiggerYea she's a trifling friend indeed
Score: 900.6 pts
Year of Release: 2005 (#5 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 47 (429 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 89
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 99
Fans: rumpdoll(10), StevieFan13(8)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(147), DaveC(138)
Rob: As per usual with Kanye West this is mostly a song of great production. It sounds so great. I don’t care about the lyrics at all, but the use of Jamie Foxx in Ray Charles mode and overall flow make this a good listen.
StevieFan13: Not Kanye’s best track, but close. I don’t care who gets riled up by that: I like my Kanye streamlined and catchy, and “Gold Digger” balances some of his finest rapping with an unstoppable hook. It’s a shame he’s drifted so far away from pop, because the man knew how to craft a hit.
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59. Hercules and Love Affair - BlindI wish the light could shine now
Score: 902.2 pts
Year of Release: 2008 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 42 (393 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 32
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 86
Fans: BleuPanda(12), Neil(13), Toni(7)
Not Fans: phil(139), Rob(142)
Rob: Never quite got the greatness of this one. It is okay and Anohni’s voice is unusual enough to elevate this track somewhat. Still, I feel there is something too old fashioned about this. The synths sometimes border on the cliché here.
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58. U2 - Beautiful DayI know I'm not a hopeless case
Score: 906.3 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#4 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 91 (835 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 120
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 85
Fans: andyd1010(14), bonnielaurel(12), Henry(13), whuntva(4)
Not Fans: Nassim(145), Toni(137)
Rob: This is very much a U2 track. After a more “experimental”, rocking decade, the band clearly wanted to become the more likeable, everyman group used to pretend they were. Beautiful Day is probably the best song that came from that. It is perhaps too classically U2 to surprise, but it works very well. Especially the guitars by The Edge are very welcome.
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57. Muse - Knights of CydoniaYou and I must fight for our rights
Score: 906.6 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 208 (1915 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 184
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: andyd1010(4), slick(9), whuntva(10)
Not Fans: BangJan(138), ProsecutorGodot(137), rumpdoll(143), sonofsamiam(138)
andyd1010: When I think of 21st century rock, the first songs that come to mind are Seven Nation Army and Knights of Cydonia. This song has such an epic scope, and it makes for one of the best concert closers.
Rob: I think I once heard someone (on this forum perhaps) call this the song equivalent of a Michael Bay movie. Yes, but when did Michael Bay ever make something this good? I love how unashamedly grandiose and propulsive Knights of Cydonia is. There is not a single hint that Muse wants to be subtle. This sounds like you are chased by wild beasts and screaming for danger is rarely a subtle action.
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56. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful WorldSo if you got a trumpet, get on your feet,
brother, and blow it
Score: 907.5 pts
Year of Release: 2004 (#10 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 540 (4505 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 139
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: BangJan(7), Rob(12), sonofsamiam(15)
Not Fans: Dexter(143)
Rob: Am I the only one who hears I’ve Got the Music in Me by The Kiki Dee Band in this? No matter, lyrically this is something totally else and Nick Cave himself doesn’t exactly sound like Kiki Dee. What we do get is a cosmic gospel song that makes you want to wave at the Earth as it passes you by. It’s one of the biggest sounding songs on this list (and in Cave’s career) and it manages to be truly majestic.
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Every post I became more sure that Bang Jan and sonofsamiam are the same person, lol
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I just can't say enough praise about Missy's talent. She always manages to make a track sound incredibly catchy with her rhythm play and she never makes it sound too technical. Many of her best are immensely enjoyable but at the same time "easy" enough so you can sing/rap along. Also, she's a very good singer.
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You know, now that I look back through these results, you might be onto something...Toni wrote:Every post I became more sure that Bang Jan and sonofsamiam are the same person, lol
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Re: [Results] Songs of the 2000s
It's a conspiracy to tank Knights of Cydonia! Wake up, sheeple!Listyguy wrote:You know, now that I look back through these results, you might be onto something...Toni wrote:Every post I became more sure that Bang Jan and sonofsamiam are the same person, lol
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I'm really happy to see those songs by Muse (Bang Jan & sonofsamiam not fans) and Nick Cave (Bang Jan & sonofsamiam fans) get the kind of recognition that I think they deserve. Bang Jan & sonofsamiam live & work in different parts of the world, so probably not the same person. An anti-Muse conspiracy is possible; though Muse rather invite that both musically and lyrically.Toni wrote:Every post I became more sure that Bang Jan and sonofsamiam are the same person, lol
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Score: 908.8 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 189 (1750 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 34
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 58
Fans: DepecheMode(3), rumpdoll(7)
Not Fans: maverick470(102/109), Rob(141), StevieFan13(136)
Rob: In Rainbows has never been an album I could get into. Some people claim that the band got to artificial on Kid A, but I think that only happened on In Rainbows. Exhibit A is Reckoner, usually a favourite of Radiohead song. To me it sounds original, sure, but it also seems that the emotion – a key ingredient of Radiohead – has gone here, being replaced by a mechanical sound that is objectively interesting, but doesn’t quite get to me.
StevieFan13: That sure is a Radiohead song, alright.
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Score: 912.1 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 53 (455 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 107
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 55
Fans: andyd1010(12)
Not Fans: Brad(142), StevieFan13(138)
Rob: Am I the only one who always thinks Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead is starting when Yellow begins? Anyway, I’ve never thought Yellow was anything special. It’s hardly a standout in Coldplay’s discography and even Parachute contains better songs. It’s not bad, kinda pretty, but also a song I hardly even feel like playing.
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Score: 913.2 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 35 (326 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 86
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: bonnielaurel(8), Neil(8), phil(11)
Not Fans: slick(93/100)
Rob: I know the current poptimism movement tries to make a lot of Spears, that she might even have been brilliant all along. I won’t play that game, there is very little there in Spears’ music that is worth listening to more than twice. For long this was the one song that had to give her credibility. Perhaps. I think it followed Missy Elliot’s Get Ur Freak On a bit too soon, what with the eastern influences and vocal that change direction more than seems reasonable. And Spears can’t touch Missy Elliot’s talent at all. But I’ll give this is a catchy and somewhat fun tune and that’s more than I can say about anything else this girl has done.
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Score: 913.9 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 898 (6985 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 56
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: BangJan(8), bonnielaurel(7), Rob(2)
Not Fans: andyd1010(147), Neil(136)
Rob: A huge poem. Surely nothing in the whole decade matches these lyrics? It is a tough song to get. I sure needed a couple of times to be convinced. Newsom is one of these artists that stands alone. Even in the competitive field of female singer-songwriters there is really no one like her. Emily stands as the biggest proof. No one quite arranges his or her songs so idiosyncratic. Nobody writes lines as deep as she. And only few artists dare to take their voices to so many different places as Newsom.
StevieFan13: I can never design whether or not I like Joanna Newsom. I’m erring toward “like” for this one. It’s quite good.
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Score: 916.1 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#1 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 16 (150 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 102
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 83
Fans: Listyguy(4)
Not Fans: maverick470(104/109)
Listyguy: I wasn't a fan of this song when it first came out, but I'm from New York so eventually I came around to it. I swear that's not THE reason I like it though!
Rob: I can be a bit critical of Jay-Z, but not this time. This is a great song. This lyrical ode to New York brims with life and Jay-Z really sounds like he is enjoying himself. Above all, Alicia Keys vocals really elevate the song to a higher plain (her own version of the song is great too by the way, and oddly underrated by critics; when I stayed in New York for a couple of months a few years ago, that was the version I heard everywhere).
55. Radiohead - ReckonerIn rainbows
Score: 908.8 pts
Year of Release: 2007 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 189 (1750 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 34
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 58
Fans: DepecheMode(3), rumpdoll(7)
Not Fans: maverick470(102/109), Rob(141), StevieFan13(136)
Rob: In Rainbows has never been an album I could get into. Some people claim that the band got to artificial on Kid A, but I think that only happened on In Rainbows. Exhibit A is Reckoner, usually a favourite of Radiohead song. To me it sounds original, sure, but it also seems that the emotion – a key ingredient of Radiohead – has gone here, being replaced by a mechanical sound that is objectively interesting, but doesn’t quite get to me.
StevieFan13: That sure is a Radiohead song, alright.
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54. Coldplay - YellowIt's true, Look how they shine for you
Score: 912.1 pts
Year of Release: 2000 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 53 (455 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 107
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 55
Fans: andyd1010(12)
Not Fans: Brad(142), StevieFan13(138)
Rob: Am I the only one who always thinks Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead is starting when Yellow begins? Anyway, I’ve never thought Yellow was anything special. It’s hardly a standout in Coldplay’s discography and even Parachute contains better songs. It’s not bad, kinda pretty, but also a song I hardly even feel like playing.
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53. Britney Spears - ToxicWith a taste of a poison paradise
Score: 913.2 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 35 (326 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 86
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: bonnielaurel(8), Neil(8), phil(11)
Not Fans: slick(93/100)
Rob: I know the current poptimism movement tries to make a lot of Spears, that she might even have been brilliant all along. I won’t play that game, there is very little there in Spears’ music that is worth listening to more than twice. For long this was the one song that had to give her credibility. Perhaps. I think it followed Missy Elliot’s Get Ur Freak On a bit too soon, what with the eastern influences and vocal that change direction more than seems reasonable. And Spears can’t touch Missy Elliot’s talent at all. But I’ll give this is a catchy and somewhat fun tune and that’s more than I can say about anything else this girl has done.
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52. Joanna Newsom - EmilyAnd the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee
Score: 913.9 pts
Year of Release: 2006 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 898 (6985 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 56
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: Not top 100
Fans: BangJan(8), bonnielaurel(7), Rob(2)
Not Fans: andyd1010(147), Neil(136)
Rob: A huge poem. Surely nothing in the whole decade matches these lyrics? It is a tough song to get. I sure needed a couple of times to be convinced. Newsom is one of these artists that stands alone. Even in the competitive field of female singer-songwriters there is really no one like her. Emily stands as the biggest proof. No one quite arranges his or her songs so idiosyncratic. Nobody writes lines as deep as she. And only few artists dare to take their voices to so many different places as Newsom.
StevieFan13: I can never design whether or not I like Joanna Newsom. I’m erring toward “like” for this one. It’s quite good.
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51. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of MindThese streets will make you feel brand new
Score: 916.1 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#1 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 16 (150 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 102
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 83
Fans: Listyguy(4)
Not Fans: maverick470(104/109)
Listyguy: I wasn't a fan of this song when it first came out, but I'm from New York so eventually I came around to it. I swear that's not THE reason I like it though!
Rob: I can be a bit critical of Jay-Z, but not this time. This is a great song. This lyrical ode to New York brims with life and Jay-Z really sounds like he is enjoying himself. Above all, Alicia Keys vocals really elevate the song to a higher plain (her own version of the song is great too by the way, and oddly underrated by critics; when I stayed in New York for a couple of months a few years ago, that was the version I heard everywhere).
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I'll watch for your lists, the only 10 Minute song I have in mind for 1994 yet is Lullaby by LowNassim wrote:You're welcome, Brad and I team up once a decade to move an epic awesome song to the 2nd round. Watch us next on the 1994 poll.rumpdoll wrote:I discovered much new music while doing these lists last year (thanks guys) but didn't think I would discover anything in the top 150 list.
I was wrong, Of Montreals Grotesque Animal is a monster of a song I listened to many many times last month.
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Re: [Results] Songs of the 2000s
>Work It / Missy Elliot
>Not Fans: Brad(145), DaveC(148), DepecheMode(143/143), JamieW(150), Listyguy(140), phil(146), StevieFan13(141), whuntva(144)
This does not work for me at all guys / had I voted, it would have been my #1
I'm enjoying reading the roll-out, looking forward to the Top 50!
>Not Fans: Brad(145), DaveC(148), DepecheMode(143/143), JamieW(150), Listyguy(140), phil(146), StevieFan13(141), whuntva(144)
This does not work for me at all guys / had I voted, it would have been my #1
I'm enjoying reading the roll-out, looking forward to the Top 50!
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I’m just kidding, because their taste is extremely similar. I think Sonofsamiam was already on the forum since I began here, some 10 years ago, so I’m sure they are both serious participants.DaveC wrote:I'm really happy to see those songs by Muse (Bang Jan & sonofsamiam not fans) and Nick Cave (Bang Jan & sonofsamiam fans) get the kind of recognition that I think they deserve. Bang Jan & sonofsamiam live & work in different parts of the world, so probably not the same person. An anti-Muse conspiracy is possible; though Muse rather invite that both musically and lyrically.Toni wrote:Every post I became more sure that Bang Jan and sonofsamiam are the same person, lol
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Opening our top 50 for the decade with the highest ranked song from 2009:
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Score: 923.2 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#3 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 18 (177 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 94
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 44
Fans: phil(2), ProsecutorGodot(11)
Not Fans: slick(95/100)
Rob: The most acclaimed song by Animal Collective and it is… Fine. Hey, that’s praise for me when we talk about this band. Of course they can’t let something as unnecessary as the water sounds out of it, but by this time they were making more or less straight songs and although I usually won’t encourage moves towards conventionality by idiosyncratic artists, for Animal Collective it is a blessing.
StevieFan13: Eh. It’s alright.
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Score: 926 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 73 (644 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 30
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 28
Fans: Neil(1)
Lowest rank: phil(127)
Rob: One of the best tracks by Wilco. It is hard to capture in words what makes this song work so well. Like a lot of indie music from this era it mostly seems to want to float in space. And this one really does. Under it’s light sound there is some serious musicianship going on, even if it doesn’t draw attention to itself.
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Score: 938.6 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 29 (290 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 18
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 25
Highest rank: slick(17)
Lowest rank: bonnielaurel(130)
Rob: This song evokes the feeling of falling in love very, very suddenly, as if it hits you like a speeding truck. BAM!
StevieFan13: The song that helped me fall in love with the White Stripes. They never topped it. They made many great songs, but bless their souls, they never topped it.
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Score: 940.7 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#11 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 8 (96 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 26
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 48
Fans: Dan(9), DepecheMode(14)
Not Fans: DaveC(142)
Rob: “I’ve got 99 Problem, but a bitch ain’t one” is of course one of the decade’s most recognizable lines and the heavy beats are inspired. Would it hurt though, Jay-Z, to fact check this simple tale? You know, a police can search a car without a warrant. Oh well, although it isn’t my favourite Jay-Z track (and Jay-Z isn’t a particular favourite rapper for me either, although this time his slow delivery fit the beats), this is a fun song.
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Score: 941.6 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 61 (530 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 55
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 46
Fans: JamieW(13), rumpdoll(15), slick(8)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(144)
Rob: Basically a reinvention of a song unsurprisingly named The Seed by Cody ChesnuTT, this is a rare mix of pure rock and pure rap. Since Run-DMC this melding of genre has all too rarely happened this directly, unless you count some nu-metal. This is a groovy affair, but with a real rock appeal. Unabashedly about sex, this is both one of the smoothest and dirtiest tracks on this list. Hard not to love.
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50. Animal Collective - My GirlsI don't mean to seem like I care about material things like a social status
Score: 923.2 pts
Year of Release: 2009 (#3 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 18 (177 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 94
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 44
Fans: phil(2), ProsecutorGodot(11)
Not Fans: slick(95/100)
Rob: The most acclaimed song by Animal Collective and it is… Fine. Hey, that’s praise for me when we talk about this band. Of course they can’t let something as unnecessary as the water sounds out of it, but by this time they were making more or less straight songs and although I usually won’t encourage moves towards conventionality by idiosyncratic artists, for Animal Collective it is a blessing.
StevieFan13: Eh. It’s alright.
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49. Wilco - Jesus, Etc.Bitter melodies turning your orbit around
Score: 926 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#7 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 73 (644 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 30
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 28
Fans: Neil(1)
Lowest rank: phil(127)
Rob: One of the best tracks by Wilco. It is hard to capture in words what makes this song work so well. Like a lot of indie music from this era it mostly seems to want to float in space. And this one really does. Under it’s light sound there is some serious musicianship going on, even if it doesn’t draw attention to itself.
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48. The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a GirlThese two sides of my brain need to have a meeting
Score: 938.6 pts
Year of Release: 2001 (#8 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 29 (290 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 18
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 25
Highest rank: slick(17)
Lowest rank: bonnielaurel(130)
Rob: This song evokes the feeling of falling in love very, very suddenly, as if it hits you like a speeding truck. BAM!
StevieFan13: The song that helped me fall in love with the White Stripes. They never topped it. They made many great songs, but bless their souls, they never topped it.
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47. Jay-Z - 99 ProblemsIf you don't like my lyrics, you can press fast forward
Score: 940.7 pts
Year of Release: 2003 (#11 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 8 (96 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 26
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 48
Fans: Dan(9), DepecheMode(14)
Not Fans: DaveC(142)
Rob: “I’ve got 99 Problem, but a bitch ain’t one” is of course one of the decade’s most recognizable lines and the heavy beats are inspired. Would it hurt though, Jay-Z, to fact check this simple tale? You know, a police can search a car without a warrant. Oh well, although it isn’t my favourite Jay-Z track (and Jay-Z isn’t a particular favourite rapper for me either, although this time his slow delivery fit the beats), this is a fun song.
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46. The Roots feat. Cody ChesnuTT - The Seed (2.0)I would name her rock 'n roll
Score: 941.6 pts
Year of Release: 2002 (#6 in year poll)
AM 2000s songs rank: 61 (530 all-time)
AMF 2015 All-time poll 2000s rank: 55
AMF 2011 2000s poll rank: 46
Fans: JamieW(13), rumpdoll(15), slick(8)
Not Fans: bonnielaurel(144)
Rob: Basically a reinvention of a song unsurprisingly named The Seed by Cody ChesnuTT, this is a rare mix of pure rock and pure rap. Since Run-DMC this melding of genre has all too rarely happened this directly, unless you count some nu-metal. This is a groovy affair, but with a real rock appeal. Unabashedly about sex, this is both one of the smoothest and dirtiest tracks on this list. Hard not to love.