So we're halfway through 2008; what are your top 10 SONGS of this year, so far?

the school 'let it slip'
the bridal shop 'violation'
gentle touch 'memories'
last song on the devotchka album
third song on the auburn lull album

i need to think about this a bit, but i want to see more answers. "Official Girl" is number one. "No Air" is number two. And it starts to get confusing after that (and OMG the chorus of that Annie song)

Portishead "Small"

I'm going to list 15, because (a) I've included a handful of re-released/previously lost or unavailable songs, and I'm not sure they should count and (b) I've been so down on this year's new releases that I'm looking at this exercise as a way to reapproach 2008's offerings. With that in mind, here are 15 songs I've liked so far this year (in no order except that the first two songs -- both reissues -- are, by far, the best things I've heard this year):

Dennis Wilson -- It's Not Too Late
Spirit Of Israel -- Daniel
Annie -- I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me
Atlas Sound -- Recent Bedroom
The Raveonetts -- You Want The Candy
Portishead -- Silence
Cut Copy -- Heart's On Fire
Mingering Mike -- Coffee Cake
My Morning Jacket -- Touch Me I'm Going To Scream (Pt. I)
Neon Neon -- Dream Cars
Mountain Goats -- Sept. 15, 1983
Why? -- Good Friday
Sian Alice Group -- Way Down To Heaven
Sun Kil Moon -- Heron Blue
Dengue Fever -- Sober Driver

This is heavily weighted toward indie rock, I guess. I like indie rock. Beyond that, (a) I haven't heard much exciting new stuff from other genres I enjoy (e.g., "world music," jazz) and (b) usually by now a handful of outstanding pop songs grabs my attention (last year it was Rihanna's Umbrella), but that hasn't happened so far this year. I do sort of like that "Sometimes I wake up early in the morning to play my con-con-congos" funky house song, but I'm not sure that's even a 2008 release, and it might be mostly novelty, too (haven't decided yet). Also, that Steinski reissue disc (What Does It All Mean) is great, but I'm not sure I could single out a particular song from it to include on this list.

That Mingering Mike song is a novelty, too. I still love it. Can't really say why.

This is missing a lot (and will be fixed later), but here's what comes to mind (roughly in order):
Cassie - "Official Girl"
Jordan Sparks feat. Chris Brown - "No Air"
Colby O'Donis feat. Akon - "What You Got"
Lil Mama - "L.I.F.E."/"A Milli Freestyle"
Alphabeat - "Fascination"
Mahjongg - "Rise Rice"
The Juan Maclean - "Happy House"
Hercules and the Love Affair feat. Antony - "Blind"
Kleerup feat. Lykke Li - "Until We Bleed (Cello Version)"
Mariah Carey - "Lovin' You Long Time"
Cupid feat. B.o.B. - "369"
Mariah Carey - "Touch My Body"
Wiley - "Wearing My Rolex"
Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
Mighty Infamous feat. Big Face, Mike Smoove - "Duck Down"
Mighty Infamous - "So Ghetto 08"
Cherish - "Killa"
Annie - "I Know Yr Girlfriend Hates Me"
Solange Knowles - "Sandcastle Disco"
Jazmine Sullivan - "Need You Bad"
T2 feat Addicted - "Gonna Be Mine"
Cassie - "2 the Morning"
Ryan Leslie feat. Cassie - "Addiction"
T.I. - "No Matter What"
Erykah Badu - "Honey"/"Soldier"/"The Healer"
Keri Hilson - "Energy"
Kleerup feat. Merit something - "3AM"
Scarlett Johannson - "Falling Down"

Need to hear more of:
Ciara - "High Price" (for the record: yes, i am on this track's side)
Annie - "Songs Remind Me Of You" (and in a much less controversial ftr: yes, i am on this track's side)

Question:
Is Pilooski's edit of "Send Him Back" from 2007 or 2008? It's AWESOME. Everything I've heard from him is, actually.

Also:
Hmm, are we considering "LES Artistes" 2008? I should have put it on last year's top ten, but i zoned out.

Hercules and the Love Affair feat. Antony - "Blind"

Damn. Forgot that one. Blind is a fantastic song. I like Antony far more when he's collaborating with others on more upbeat material.

Send him back is 2008, and it is awesome.

Paleface feat. Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazi Cousinz mix)
Pointer Sisters - Send him back (Pilooski edit)
Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed
Skepta - Rolex Sweep
Henrik Schwarz and Amampondo - I exist because of you version
The Mole - Baby you're the one
Mavado - On the rock
Count and Sinden - Beeper (Sunship mix)
Tor - What have you done for me lately
Mathias Aguayo - Minimal

Eat Skull, "Punk Trips" -- played ten times in a row.

In alphabetical order, cause that's how iTunes lists it. Just the first bunch that I noticed while scrolling through the list.

Adele - Chasing Pavements
Alanis - Underneath
Annie - Songs Remind Me of You
Coldplay - Lost! (Assuming this is/will be a single?)
Dolly Parton - Jesus and Gravy
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
P!ATD - Nine in the Afternoon
Sebastian Tellier - Divine (This is 2008, right?)
Tokio Hotel - Scream
Usher - Trading Places
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Weezer - Pork & Beans

"Invisible Man," Joe Jackson
"A-Punk," Vampire Weekend
"Pork and Beans," Weezer
"Nine in the Afternoon," Panic! At The Disco
"Aly, Walk With Me," Raveonettes
"Sequestered In Memphis," The Hold Steady
"Graveyard Girl," M83
"Freeway," Aimee Mann
"Angels on a Passing Train," Marah
"White Winter Hymnal," Fleet Foxes

Heavily subject to whim

1. The Juan Maclean, "Happy House"
2. Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
3. Erykah Badu, "The Cell"
4. Crazy Cousinz, "Bongo Jam"
5. Grind Mode, "I'm So High"
6. Hotstylz, "Lookin' Boy"
7. Portishead, "Machine Gun"
8. Janet Jackson, "Rock With U"
9. Hercules & Love Affair, "Hercules' Theme"
10. Lloyd, "Girls Around the World"

And just because

11. Busta Rhymes, "Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'Em)"
12. The Roots, "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)"
13. Wiley, "Wearing My Rolex"
14. Lupe Fiasco, "Paris, Tokyo"
15. Vampire Weekend, "A-Punk"
16. Solange, "I Decided"
17. Kid Sister, "Pro Nails"
18. Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love"
19. Mary J. Blige, "Til the Morning"
20. Ne-Yo, "Closer"
21. Kelley Polar, "Entropy Reigns (In the Celestial City)"
22. Colby O'Donis, "What You Got"
23. Sebastien Tellier, "Divine"
24. Teyana Taylor, "Google Me"
25. Pacific Division, "F.A.T. Boys '08"

this shit changes by the day but:

1. ponytail- celebrate the body electric
2. wiley- wearing my rolex
3. grind mode- im so high
4. wiz khalifa- say yeah
5. miles benjamin anthony robinson- buriedfed
6. young jeezy ft. kanye west- put on
7. lil wayne- a milli
8. the juan maclean- happy house
9. ne-yo- closer
10. cut copy- so haunted

(11-15: kells "hair braider", dj khaled et al "out here grindin", young dro "all that money", t-pain "silver & gold", ryan leslie/cassie/fabolous "addiction" rmx)

also some good shit that i dont think will get play in this thread (cuz who needs another dude giving it up for "oxford comma")

ace hood ft. rick ross, "cash flow"
bohagon, "been gettin money"
los campesinos!, "death to los campesinos"
jesse mccartney "leavin" (actually i think lots of us on here like this)
tokyo police club "in a cave"

oh shit also IDA MARIA "OH MY GOD"

there are lots of really good songs this year but nothing that's cemented itself like "umbrella" or "intl players anthem" or "throw some d's" etc

oh yeah, "Oh My God" seconded, goodnight ilx

Here's an attempt, off the top of my head -

No Age - Teen Creeps
Cut Copy - Far Away
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
Why? - The Hollows
Portishead - Machine Gun
Benga - The Cut
Bon Iver - Flume
M83 - Couleurs
Mogwai - Scotland's Shame

That's the first 10 anyway.

j0rdan, what's that "In a Cave" Tokio Hotel song? (Variant title elsewhere in world?) I don't have it on the Scream album.

Goldfrapp - A&E
Texas Radio Band - Swynol
Lil Wayne - Dr Carter
Portishead - We Carry On
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
T2 ft. Addictive - Gonna Be Mine
The Ting Tings - Shut Up & Let Me Go
Estelle - No Substitute Love
H2O ft. Plat'num - What's It Gonna Be?

idk why no one ever reps for cut copy - 'feel the love' & yet jocks so many of the other tracks?? ftl is prob my fav track this year

Hehe, I only posted 9.

Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow makes ten.

ok i tried to do this and ended up with 50. too hard

yeah it's that kinda year.

morty- it's tokyo police club, not tokio hotel

lex, plz post yr fifty!

Cannot choose 10 tracks as there are 11 on the Portishead album...

oh. now i feel stupid.

Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
Portishead - Magic Doors
The Glimmers - Physical
Hold Steady - Constructive Summer
Lil Wayne - A Milli
MGMT - Electric Feel
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Like a Restless Sea
Joker - Snake Eater
Todd Terje & Prins Thomas - Reinbagan
Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too

I'd like to add Supermayer's remix of Gotye - Hearts a Mess but it was never technically released. Whatever.

Wiley: Wearing My Rolex
Dizzee Rascal + Chrome + Calvin Harris: Dance Wiv Me
Sparks: Good Morning
Be Your Own Pet: The Kelly Affair
Gnarls Barkley: Going On
Magnetic Fields: Three-way
Futureheads: The Beginning Of The Twist
Envelopes: Party
These New Puritans: Elvis
Fleet Foxes: Your Protector

Although I don't focus on new music as I did last year, of what I've heard:

Fantastic stand-out tracks:
1 (No contest): The Juan Maclean - Happy House
2/3: Shocking Pinks - Dressed to Please (Echospace Reduction/Deepchord Remix)
4: Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (Club Mix)
5: The Mole - Baby You're The One
6: Chic Miniature - Escalando
7: Peverelist - Junktion

and these are really good too:
Sven Weisemann - Slices (Lars Behrenroth Remix)
Less - Sans Of (Mathias Kaden remix)
Guido Schneider and Andre Galluzzi - Albertino
Appleblim and Peverelist - Circling
Jamie Lloyd - May I (Qaurion Remix)
*Guillaume and the Coutu Dumont's They Only Come Out At Night would be here, but it came out on CD last year.

liking Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis - "Just Dance"

10 that come to mind quickly:

1. No Age: Sleeper Hold
2. Drive-By Truckers: That Man I Shot
3. MGMT: Weekend Wars
4. Stephen Malkmus: Baltimore
5. Bon Iver: Flume
6. Wolf Parade: Language City
7. Beck: Chemtrails
8. Robert Forster: The Evangelist
9. My Morning Jacket: Remnants
10 Drive-By Truckers: A Ghost To Most

Let's try this, then...

A&E - Goldfrapp
Blind - Hercules & Love Affair
What's It Gonna Be - H "two" O ft Platnum
Starlings - Elbow
That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
Pretty Amazing Grace - Neil Diamond
Three Black Feathers - Bella Hardy (might be 2007 though)
American Boy - Estelle ft Kanye West
Magpies - Joan As Police Woman
Happy House - The Juan MacLean

I'd like to read lex's 50

seconded

10? pffff

arms - tiger tamer
asobi seksu - goodbye
northern portrait - crazy
butterfly bangs - junk sky
the carrots - doing our part (and a bunch of other tracks from their two EPs)
charlene - oh hey
company presents roy moller - join the dots
cut copy - hearts on fire
presets - if i know you
de rosa - the sea cup
domino state - what's the question?
for against - why are you so angry?
for against - underestimate
for against - glamour
eight legs - freaking out the neighbours
grammatics - d.i.l.e.m.m.a.
headlights - market girl
ida - lovers prayers
i was a cub scout - the hunters daughter
kaputt - family tree / water makes the blades blunt
the lodger - the good old days
look see proof - do you think it's right?
my sad captains - all hat and no plans
naked and the boys - if you find love
octopus project - wet gold
pains of being pure at heart - come saturday
robert forster - from ghost town
the school - let it slip (and in fact all six tracks from their EP and 45)
spc eco - you're alright
strawberry whiplash - factory girl
thomas tantrum - swan lake
yellow moon band - folly
yellow moon band - maybach

and a bunch of others that would make the list five times as long

i'll do 20:

Erykah Badu - That Hump
Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
T.I. - No Matter What
Lloyd - Girls Around The World
Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul?
Junior Gong - The Mission
Raheem Devaughn - Love Drug
Usher - Before I Met You
Nina Sky - Secrets
Solange - Sandcastle Disco

Estelle - Come Over
Dwele - Love Ultra
John Legend - Green Light
Day 26 - Together
Janet - Rock Wit U
Mavado - Money Changer
Stuey Rock - Nymphomaniac
Slim & Yung Joc - So Fly
Keri Hilson - Energy
Missy - Best Best

actually replace "So Fly" with "Room Service" by Jayms Madison

I'd like to add my voice to the clammor for the lex 50.

Me, too. I'm a rock fan, mostly, but I love a top-notch pop song (aside from teen pop, 'cause I'm just too old to get it).

"two-headed coin" obits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KNxbUiu_hE

indie/rock tracks I have dug this year, off the top of my head:

Cloudland Canyon - You & I
M83 - Kim & Jessie
Duchess Says - Black Flag
Bauhaus - Endless Summer of the Damned
Cut /// Copy - Far Away
Jon Sonnenberg - DOA
The Black Angels - Vikings
The Raveonettes - Lust
Citified - Weddings

I've also been digging mainstream rap a fucking lot lately but I never learn then names of half the tracks so I'm in the process of going thru that

oh and Magnetic Fields - California Girls

Juan Maclean - Happy House
Sébastien Tellier - Roche
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Quiet Village - Can't be beat
Zombie Zombie - Driving down this road until death sets you free
Alex Moulton - Meridians
Air France - June evenings
Pointer Sisters - Send him back (Pilooski edit)
Aeroplane - Whispers

Lloyd- "Girls Around the World"
Mariah Carey- "I'm That Chick"
Omar-S- "Psychotic Photosynthesis"
John Daly- Solitaire/ Back It Up
Rihanna- "Don't Stop the Music"
Ne-Yo- "Closer"
Matias Aguayo- "Minimal"
Nina Sky- "Secrets"
Janet Jackson- "Rock With U"
Osborne- "Ruling"
Dirk Leyers- "Alma"
Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond- "Whispers"
Moritz von Oswald- "Watamu Beach Rework"
Art Bleek- "Euphorized"
Aaron Carl- "Crucified (Rod Modell Like a River remix)"
Jackmate- "Gothan"
Recloose- "Maui's Lament"
Vladislav Delay- "Recovery Idea (Andy Stott remix)"
Syclops- "Monkey Puss"
Nightguy- "Pretty Face"
The Mole- "Baby You're the One"
Brendon Moeller- "N-Train"
Erykah Badu- "Honey"
Hercules & Love Affair- "Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix)"

Oh yay! I requested something like this in the albums thread. It's probably only right that I contribute at some point, and I will.

Would like to add: Kenna feat. Justin Timberlake - Rockaway Life

wait what

I already have a singles list so this is purely deep cuts:

Evangelista - "Lucky Lucky Luck"
Lil Wayne - "Dr. Carter"
Jonathan Richman - "When We Refuse To Suffer (Second Version)"
Sloan - "Down In The Basement"
The Raconteurs - "Rich Kid Blues"
Usher - "Something Special"
Firewater - "Three Legged Dog"
Lil Boosie "Tee Lady"
Grand Buffet - "Cream Cheese Money"
Jaguar Love - "My Organ Sounds Like"

Guys, here's the Summer 08 mix I made: http://www.archive.org/details/SoSummer08

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/sosummer.jpg

Apologies for the poor mixing. Tracklist:
1. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
2. Alicia Keys feat. LL Cool J - Teenage Love Affair (Remix)
3. Erykah Badu - The Healer
4. Mighty Infamous - So Ghetto 08
5. The Pointer Sisters - Send Him Back (Pilooski Edit)
6. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
7. Alphabeat - Fascination
8. Kenna feat. Justin Timberlake - Rockaway Life
9. Ida Marie - Oh My God
10. Pas/Cal - You were too old for me
11. Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You
12. Colby O'Donis - What You Got
13. Rihanna - Disturbia
14. Cupid feat. B.O.B. - 369
15. Skepta - Rolex Sweep
16. Lil Mama - A Milli
17. Kleerup + Kool Keith - Chords + Drugs (Tape Store mashhhh)
18. Kleerup feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed (Mikael's Cello Version)

that mighty infamous so ghetto re-do is great...never heard of that dude, have to check it.

cant believe no one mentioned The Dodos - Jodi.

ok that Kenna track is better than most of the stuff that made it onto the original US release

It's not especially difficult to narrow down a list of 20-30 songs to 10 favorites.

Dr. Carter makes me feel seasick.

If anyone has 3/4-year top 10's, I'd be interested in seeing.

Based on reading through a few threads including this one, I seem to be among the minority who is overwhelmingly unimpressed with 2008 music. Please help.

btw 'Dr. Carter' is way good

Some:

Roots Manuva - Let the Spirit
M83 - Coleurs
Kardinal Offishall - Burnt
Wolf Parade - Language City
Henrik Schwarz and Amampondo - I exist because of you
Lil' Wayne - Dr Carter
TV on the Radio - Love Dog
Futureheads - Beginning of the Twist

It's not especially difficult to narrow down a list of 20-30 songs to 10 favorites.

― billstevejim, Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:01 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

Yes it is, because 2008 has lots of 'very good,' very little 'great.'

additions to my first list:
Plies feat. Ne-Yo - Bust it Baby pt. 2
Ne-Yo - Closer
Metro Station - Shake It
The-Dream - Nikki
Pink - Who Knew
Britney Spears - Womanizer
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Santogold - LES Artistes

I'll try narrowing down later today.

oh, i forgot "When I Grow Up," "Crush" and "Step on My J's"

"When I Grow Up" is an awesome bass riff in search of anything, dear god anything, else.

Two new ones for my list(both are bluesy Southern Soul): Mr. David "Fatback and Collard Greens," and Carl Simms "I Like This Place."

You can find 'em listed here http://www.soulandbluesreport.com/sbr/top_25.html

10 most listened on my last fm account (which has only existed since july)

1. Solange, "I Decided"
2. Jazmine Sullivan, "Need U Bad"
3. Jackie Chain, "Rollin'"
4. Crazy Cousinz, "Bongo Jam"
5. Young Jeezy, "Put On"
6. The Juan Maclean, "Happy House"
7. Usher, "Revolver"
8. (Tie) Bajofondo, "Grand Guignol"
8. (Tie) Solange, "Cosmic Journey"
8. (Tie) The-Dream, "Fast Car"

Curmudgeon, Carl Sims has one "s." That website misspells it. But more importantly, it totally blows my mind that he would be mentioned in this thread!

I wanna shake up the normal expected top songs here (not that I don't like some of 'em), plus I really do like Ecko and Malaco and other label Southern bluesy soul. I should add some of my fave Caribbean, African and Latino songs as well.

I'd be interested in the Caribbean and African selections.

As for Carl Sims, his stuff tends to run awfully close to the Blues demo setting on a keyboard. His last album 'Get Ready', as well as those that came before it, is almost amusingly bad/cliched/generic, though feel-good at the same time (and his lyrics can be hilarious). I just heard his latest album, though, and it's one of his more tasteful albums musically, by and large.

guys, i know i'm the last person here to discover it, but FUNKY HOUSE is incredible!!!!

"When I Grow Up" has a pretty massive chorus!

"when i grow up" is awesome and is better than tons of shit on blackout

'when i grow up' is a huge banger but not as good as the best singles off their first album, and wouldn't make my top 10. then again i'm going to end up frantically trying to cram about 100 tracks in there, so.

im sad that the pcd album is going to bomb. i really have no interest in hearing it and even though i find the actions of major labels nowadays either detestable, laughworthy or both, i kind of still want them to be able to pour huge amounts of money into a talentless group and reap the benefits of it

No mention of Spiritualized thusfar. hmmmm...

The new PCD single "I Hate This Part" is really good, much better than "When I Grow Up" I reckon.

Kyla - Do You Mind
dOP - I'm Just a Man
Metronomy - Heartbreaker
Osborne - Ruling
Juan Maclean - Happy House
Bun B, Rick Ross, David Banner 8 Ball & MJG - You're Everything
Mariah Carey - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
Wiley - Going Out
The Mole - Baby You're The One
Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam
Young Jeezy - Put On
Erykah Badu - Soldier

aand loads more that i can't remember. brilliant year so far!

i luv your girl (morsy mix) - the dream
the feeling (john daly remix) - toby tobias
la serenissima - eine kleine nacht musik
homo-compatible - discodeine
interplanetary music (riton remix) - mickey moonlight
una pena - stimming
planets - sixth borough project
mnimal (dj koze's maxi version) _ matias aguayo
unfinished edits are out of my hands - the revenge
fordlandia - johann johannsson

wiley - if you're going out i'm going out too
portishead - machine gun
little boots - stuck on repeat
scooter - the question is what...
surkin - next of kin
hot chip - one pure thought
erykah badu - amerykahn promise
hercules & love affair - time will
nivea - i might
the presets - this boy's in love
santogold - les artistes (xxxchange mix)

This is pretty much off the top of my head, and in no order...

Frightened Rabbit - Fast Blood
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
Why? - Between Torpedo And Crohn's
British Sea Power - No Lucifer
Peverelist - Junktion
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Portishead - Machine Gun
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire
The Bug - Skeng
No Age - Teen Creeps

Haha, just realised I did this a couple of months ago. Decen crossover with a few new ones in there.

i forgot THIS

kanye - love lockdown
yung la/young dro/t.i. - ain't i (remix)
cut copy - lights and music
rihanna - disturbia
ne-yo - back to what you know
t-wayne - got money
the-dream - ditch that
jennifer hudson - spotlight
mgmt - electric feel
ryan leslie/cassie - addiction

Brian Wilson - "Midnight's Another Day"
Marc Romboy feat Chelonis Jones - "Side FX"
Pattern Is Movement - "Trolley Friend"
Max Tundra - "My Night Out"
Deerhoof - "Buck and Judy"
El Guincho - "Costa Paraiso"
Marco Bailey & Tom Hades - "Exorcism"
Claro Intelecto - "Rise"
Shonky - "Nebula"
Lil Wayne - "A Milli"

hmm probably:

Erykah Badu - That Hump
Jazmine Sullivan - Lions, Tigers & Bears
Janelle Monae - Many Moons
TV on the Radio - Family Tree
Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul?
Solange - Would've Been The One
Raheem DeVaughn - Mo Better
Robin Thicke - Dreamworld
Brandy - Right Here (Departed)
Janet Jackson - Rock Wit U

All I can add is Soulja Boy - "Yahhh!"

In hindsight, I really should have pasted someone else's list and cut it off halfway through with YAHH TRICK YAHHH! Damn.

not sure tbh

The Chap - Proper Rock
Volcano! - Palimpsests
Youthmovies - Surtsey
HMHB - National Shite Day
Late Of The Pier - The Enemy Are The Future
The Hold Steady - Lord I'm Discouraged
M83 - Couleurs
Elbow - The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver
Ayreon - Liquid Eternity
Los Campesinos! - Miserabilia

I really haven't listened to enough shit yet. Something from the Opeth album will probably break into that lot soon.

daria's list is ^_^

Ok, trying to consolidate the singles:

1. Cassie - Official Girl
2. Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown - No Air
3. A Milli
4. David Archuleta - Crush
5. Colby O'Donis - What You Got
6. Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
7. The Juan Maclean - Happy House
8. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
9. Keri Hilson - Energy
10. Metro Station - Shake It
11. Kyla - Would You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
12. Cherish - Killa
13. Hercules and the Love Affair - Blind
14. Adele - Chasing Pavements
15. Leona Lewis - Better in Time
HM: Alphabeat - Fascination
HM: The Killers - Human
HM: Kanye West - Flashing Lights
HM: Plies feat. Ne-Yo - Bust It Baby Pt. 2
HM: Santogold - Lights Out
HM: Jason Mraz- I'm Yours

hercules & love affair - blind (frankie knuckles remix)
lil mama - l.i.f.e.
t.i. - no matter what
mountain goats - sax rohmer #1
erykah badu - the healer
lindstrom - the long way home
cut copy - far away
low motion disco - love love love (aeroplane remix)
marit larsen - if a song could get me you
ne-yo - so you can cry

fontan- early morning
gang gang dance- house jam (xxxchange remix)
muslims- beside myself
nite jewel- artificial intelligence
hatchback- jetlag
lindstrom- the long way home
box elders- song about necrophilia I've only heard on a youtube clip
invisible conga people- cable dazed
stephen malkmus- dragonfly pie
notwist- boneless (panda bear remix)

damn forgot
nudity- the nightfeeders (concentrick mix)

1. Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whispers
2. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
3. Crazy Cousins - Bongo Jam
4. Young Jeezy - Circulate
5. Sis - Trompeta
6. Hold Steady - One For The Cutters
7. Cut Copy - Heart On Fire
8. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Club Mix)
9. Wiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too
10. Raconteurs - Carolina Drama

That's based on actual iPod play, except Trompeta which is a late doors 'OMG this is amazing' entry.

made out of babies - cooker
meshuggah - combustion
mogwai - I'm jim morrison, I'm dead
melvins - dies iraea
desalvo - tonguescraper parts 1 & 2
harvey milk - life...the best game in town
asva - game in hell, hard work in heaven
secret chiefs 3 - omael
fred frith - king dawn
sparks - likeable

@ Matt: Personally I don't get what's the fuzz about trompeta, but it's been a time since I hear an electronic track splitting sides as much as this one.

01. DJ Koze - I Want To Sleep
02. Stimming - Una Pena (Argy remix)
03. Shackleton - Death is not final
04. My My - Everybody's Talkin
05. Nick Curly - Happy Five
06. Matthias Meyer - Tout Va Bien
07. Gruber & Nurnberg - Laugh Lines
08. Brendon Moeller - Electricity
09. Four tet - Ribbons
10. Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed

"Love in the Club". #1. I'm still pretty shocked at the lack of love for it.

in no real order

jeezy/kanye, "put on"
ponytail, "celebrate the body electric"
yung la/young dro/t.i., "ain't i (remix)"
t-pain/wayne, "can't believe it"
wiley, "wearing my rolex"
wiz khalifa, "closer"
los campesinos!, "my year in lists"
ne-yo, "closer"
grind mode, "i'm so high"
chris brown, "forever"

er wiz khalifa song is "say yeah" obv

Moka - big Balkan trumpets plus a serrated beat that goes BASH as much as it goes SLICE. What's not to like?

deerhunter - "nothing ever happened"
sigur ros - "gobbledigook"
walkmen - "in the new year"
of montreal - "nonpareil of favor"
marnie stern - "steely"
fredrik - "alina's place"
glasvegas - "flowers and football tops" (this album was very frustrating)
department of eagles - "no one does it like you"
portastatic - "some small history"
jerusalem and the starbaskets - "i cannot radiato without you"

ok, 100 singles for the past 10 months:

Ne-Yo - "Closer"
Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - "No Air"
Jazmine Sullivan f/ Missy Elliott - "I Need U Bad"
John Legend f/ Andre 3000 - "Green Light"
Pink - "So What"
Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. - "Life Of Da Party"
Cherish f/ Yung Joc - "Killa"
T.I. f/ Swizz Beatz - "Swing Ya Rag"
Ryan Leslie - "Diamond Girl"
Coldplay - "Lost!"
Soulja Boy - "Donk"
B.O.B. - "Haterz Everywhere"
T-Pain f/ Ludacris - "Chopped 'N Skrewed"
Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"
Hot Stylz f/ Yung Joc - "Lookin' Boy"
Slim f/ Yung Joc - "So Fly"
Paramore - "That's What You Get"
Ray J - "Gifts"
Alicia Keys - "Teenage Love Affair"
Ryan Leslie f/ Cassie "Addiction"
Webbie f/ Lil Phat of 3 Deep and Lil Boosie - "Independent"
Ludo - "Love Me Dead"
Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
The Jonas Brothers - "Lovebug"
Robin Thicke - "Magic"
Ne-Yo - "Miss Independent"
T.I. f/ Rihanna - "Live Your Life"
Young Jeezy f/ Kanye West - "Put On"
Plies f/ Chris J. - "Put It On Ya"
Shawty Lo - "Foolish"
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Whatever You Like"
Theory Of A Deadman - "Bad Girlfriend"
Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"
Nas f/ Keri Hilson - "Hero"
Smashing Pumpkins - "G.L.O.W."
Lil Mama f/ T-Pain - "What It Is (Strike A Pose)"
Lupe Fiasco f/ Nikki Jean - "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
Jack White and Alicia Keys - "Another Way To Die"
Nickelback - "Gotta Be Somebody"
50 Cent - "Get Up"
Trina f/ Killer Mike - "Look Back At Me"
Plies f/ Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Part 2"
Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again (Remix)"
T.I. - "No Matter What"
Ashanti - "Good Good"
Janet Jackson - "Luv"
Chris Brown f/ Keri Hilson - "Superhuman"
Young Jeezy - "Who Dat"
One Day As A Lion - "Wild International"
Ron Browz - "Pop Champagne"
John Legend - "Show Me"
Big Boi f/ Raekwon and Andre 3000 - "Royal Flush"
Atreyu - "Falling Down"
Ne-Yo - "Go On Girl"
Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
The Roots f/ Wale and Chrisette Michelle - "Rising Up"
Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne - "Turnin' Me On"
T.I. - "What Up, What's Haapnin'"
DJ Pharris f/ R. Kelly, Fat Joe, Fabolous and Busta Rhymes - "The Money"
Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"
John Mayer - "Say"
Lee Carr - "Stilettos"
New Kids On The Block f/ Ne-Yo - "Single"
Bow Wow f/ Yung Joc - "Big Girls"
Nelly f/ Fergie - "Party People"
Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline"
Chris Cornell - "Long Time"
Busta Rhymes - "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)"
Sophia Fresh f/ Kanye West - "What It Is"
Danity Kane - "Damaged"
Lil Wayne f/ Bobby Valentino - "Mrs. Officer"
Ice Cube - "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It"
Pitbull f/ Lil Jon - "The Anthem"
Metro Station - "Shake It"
Usher f/ Young Jeezy - "Love In This Club"
Sara Bareilles - "Bottle It Up"
Plies f/ Jamie Foxx and The-Dream - "Please Excuse My Hands"
Michelle Williams - "We Break The Dawn"
New Kids On The Block - "Summertime"
The Pretenders - "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"
LL Cool J f/ The-Dream - "Baby"
Ace Gutta f/ T-Pain and Rick Ross - "Cash Flow"
G-Unit - "I Like The Way She Do It"
Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
Bun B f/ David Banner, Rick Ross, 8 Ball & MJG - "You're Everything"
Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger - "Scream"
Missy Elliott - "Ching-A-Ling"
Coheed And Cambria - "Feathers"
Erykah Badu - "Honey"
Foxboro Hot Tubs - "Mother Mary"
Chingy f/ Amerie - "Fly Like Me"
Sheek Louch - "Good Love"
Soulja Boy - "Let Me Get Em"
Chingy f/ Ludacris and Bobby Valentino - "Gimme Dat"
Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
Mike Jones f/ Hurricane Chris - "Drop & Gimme 50"
Hurricane Chris - "Playas Rock"
Say Anything - "Shiksa (Girlfriend)"
Weezer - "Troublemaker"
Jaheim - "Never"

man that Ne-Yo song is still fantastic

all the SINGLES i can truly vouch for right now...

Lil Wayne – “A Milli”
Music Go Music – “Light Of Love”
Portishead – “Machine Gun”
Busta Rhymes – “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On Em)”
Estelle – “American Boy”
N.E.R.D. – “Spaz”
Soulja Boy – “Yahhh”
Hot Chip – “Ready For The Floor”

You can't think of two more singles you've liked this year?

in no real order

jeezy/kanye, "put on"
ponytail, "celebrate the body electric"
yung la/young dro/t.i., "ain't i (remix)"
t-pain/wayne, "can't believe it"
wiley, "wearing my rolex"
wiz khalifa, "closer"
los campesinos!, "my year in lists"
ne-yo, "closer"
grind mode, "i'm so high"
chris brown, "forever"

― kawał dobrej piosenki (J0rdan S.), Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:44 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm still cool with this list. would probably put "turnin me on" in there somewhere and ciara's "echo" if it ever got released. deerhunter's "nothing ever happened" too

You can't think of two more singles you've liked this year?

I mean i like a shit-ton of stuff on somedude's list, but i don't LOVE any of it. I only love about 8 singles this year. I always LIKE a ton of shit.

im the same way this year

i only LOVE 8 albums too, but I have a working top 20 at least

Off the top of my head:

No Age: Teen Creeps
Drive-By Truckers: That Man I Shot
Conor Oberst: Get Well Cards
Bon Iver: Flume
Robert Forster: The Evangelist
M83: Graveyard Girl
MGMT: Weekend Wars
My Morning Jacket: Remnants
The War On Drugs: Arms Like Boulders
Wire: One Of Us
Raphael Saadiq: Big Easy

well, we've got like 20% of the year left so it's probably a good thing if people still have room on their LOVE lists. i still don't really have a firm album or singles list, a lot of things i LIKE being shuffled up and down the latter. (xpost)

don't know how many this is but it's pretty much casually throwing together all the songs i think are "top 10-worthy" from this year, with some help from last.fm. probably incomplete, esp wrt techno, it's more "tracks" than "singles". left off artists whose albums hit me more as ~albums~ like erykah badu, ne-yo, gang gang dance, anja schneider, akiko kiyama, lindstrom, luomo.

how in the world am i going to narrow this down???

wookie ft. ny - fallin' again
crazy cousinz ft. calista - bongo jam
paleface ft. kyla - do you mind (crazy cousinz rmx)
perempay & dee ft. katie pearl - in the air
dj ng ft. katy b & versatile - tell me
d malice - gabryelle refix
young jeezy ft. kanye west - put on
the pussycat dolls - i hate this part
lil' wayne - a milli
mariah carey ft. young jeezy - side effects
cassie - official girl
danity kane - pretty boy
lil' mama ft. chris brown & t-pain - shawty get loose
estelle ft. kanye west - american boy
wiley - wearing my rolex
jordin sparks ft. chris brown - no air
geiom ft. marita - reminissin'
pangaea - router
trina ft. missy elliott - i got a bottle
tawiah - every step (arms rmx)
dj ma1 ft. sophia - i'm right here
hood headlinaz - rollin'
ikonika - please
ciara - echo
ashlee simpson - little miss obsessive
busy signal - unknown number (private call)
kat deluna ft. busta rhymes - run the show
etienne jaumet - repeat again after me (ame rmx)
ane brun - headphone silence (henrik schwarz rmx)
plastician ft. skepta - intensive snare
sway ft. $tush - f ur x
keke palmer - the game song
t.i. - let my beat pound
garage jams ft. clare evers - snowflake (up norf dutty bass mix)
low motion disco - love love love (aeroplane rmx)
uncle sam - round the world girls (tes la rok mix)
sis - nesrib
cassy - april
pitbull ft. lil' jon - the anthem
maino - hi hater
the bug ft. killa p & flowdan - skeng
solange - sandcastle disco
janet jackson - so much betta
toby tobias - the feeling (john daly rmx)
slim ft. yung joc - so fly
jazmine sullivan - need u bad
matias aguayo - minimal
melon - nitzi (in my mind so fine)
santogold - l.e.s. artistes
the juan maclean - happy house
stimming - una pena
raphael saadiq - 100 yard dash
cherish ft. yung joc - killa
till von sein - herr bert
jennifer hudson - spotlight
martina topley-bird - carnies
hercules and love affair - blind
lloyd ft. lil' wayne - girls around the world
kelley polar - entropy reigns (in the celestial city)
flo rida ft. will.i.am - in the ayer
vein ft. pitbull - get up stand up
ashanti - good good
kanye west - love lockdown (live)
junior boys - no kinda man
booka shade - charlotte
trg - broken heart (martyn rmx)
koljah - antigua
elephant man - nuh linga

tinchy stryder ft. roachee - rollin'
ghetto - mountain
chipmunk - beast

I think a Rev's top ten singles of 08, excluding top ten album stuff, would look something like this:

1 Happy House
2 Bongo Jam
3 A Milli
4 I'm So High
5 Put On
6 Rollin'
7 Rock With U
8 Love Lockdown
9 Live Your Life
10 75 Bars

Rollin' is Jackie Chain, to be clear

shit i forgot MJB, album seems like it came out so long ago. 'roses' belongs on my list

100 Yard Dash is the most grating track on the album!

i didn't find it grating, and it's not quite so heavily stylised as some of the other tracks, but i have only had the thing for one week so we'll see how things go

deerhunter - "nothing ever happened"
sigur ros - "gobbledigook"
walkmen - "in the new year"
of montreal - "nonpareil of favor"
marnie stern - "steely"
fredrik - "alina's place"
glasvegas - "flowers and football tops" (this album was very frustrating)
department of eagles - "no one does it like you"
portastatic - "some small history"
jerusalem and the starbaskets - "i cannot radiato without you"

― Kevin Keller, Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:38 PM (2 weeks ago)
switch "nonpariel of favor" with "an eluardian instance" from the stellar skeletal lamping
take off J+S "radiato", don't know why i put that on there, though i like the song
although the Glasvegas record gets worse with each spin, i still like that song a lot
replace "no one does it like you" with "while you wait for the others" by grizzly bear (i'm counting it!)
maybe "punk trips" or "shredders on fry" by eat skull

aside from that, keep it the same

The Rip- Portishead
Gebel Barkal- Om
Passeando- Marcelo Camelo
Metanoia- MGMT
Frozen Ponds- The Advisory Circle
The Art of Dying- Gojira
Can't Go Back- Primal Scream
Geraldine- Glasvegas
To My Love- July Skies
Festival- Sigur Rós
Lay it Down- Al Green
Wand Aus Klang- Burger/Voigt

VERY provisional:

1. Matias Aguayo, “Minimal (DJ Koze Mix)” (Kompakt)
2. Lil’ Wayne, “A Milli” (Cash Money)
3. Lloyd ft. Lil Wayne, “Girls Around the World” (IG/Universal)
4. The Whitest Boy Alive, “Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)” (Modular)
5. Dear Jayne, “Rain” (Music Line)
6. Hotstylz ft. Yung Joc, “Lookin Boy (Clean)” (Swag Team/Jive)
7. The Juan MacLean, “Happy House (Original)” (DFA)
8. Etran Finatawa, “Asistan” (Riverboat)
9. The-Dream ft. Rihanna, “Livin' a Lie” (Def Jam)
10. Cole Medina, “Love You Inside Out (The Pinches Mix)” (MP3)

Many of those aren't singles, obv. For convenience's sake I stuck to the top of the two lists I've made so far (http://m-matos.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-not-nate-im-nowhere-near-as.html and http://m-matos.blogspot.com/2008/10/been-while-since-i-made-year-so-far.html, if you're interested) but there's stuff underneath them that will likely bob upward when I recablibrate everything. I'm ridiculously backed up on singles, albums, MP3s, life, but I've been bearing down and seeing all these lists will certainly help kick me into higher gear.

I guess I found 100 Yard Dash grating because it's this simple melody repeated on guitar (with a tone that bugs me) again and again until the song's 2 minutes are up. Basically, it's the kind of song that you only need to hear once. The song doesn't go anywhere, which is why it's so short. Also, I feel like the track is one of the MORE stylised tracks on the album--as if its only purpose is to yell out, "Hey, I nailed the Motown sound!"

hahaha he nails the Motown sound all over the album

Right now looks something like:

1. Usher - "Love in the Club"
2. Young Jeezy - "Put On (ft. Kanye)"
3. Cassie - "Official Girl"
4. dOP - "I'm Just a Man"
5. Juan Maclean - "Happy House"
6. Jordin Sparks - "No Air (ft. Chris Brown)"
7. Rubies - "Room Without a Key (Version by Studio)"
8. Of Montreal - "Nonpareil of Favor"
9. Aeroplane - "Whispers (ft. Kathy Diamond)"
10. The Bug - "Poison Dart (ft. Warrior Queen)"

Good to see that Fred Falke "Golden Cage" remix gettin' some love.

I did an unranked top 30 a couple weeks ago. Lots of this could change, though. Off the top of my head, Gang Gang Dance's "House Jam" and Samamidon's "Wedding Dress" probably deserve mention, too.

Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights of Thunder
CSS - Rat Is Dead
Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
The Juan Maclean - Happy House
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Kelley Polar - Sea of Sine Wives
Lykke Li - Little Bit
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
M83 - Kim & Jessie
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
Max Tundra - Which Song
Miley Cyrus - See You Again
Morgan Geist - Most of All
Ne-Yo - Closer
No Age - Teen Creeps
No Kids - For Halloween
Notwist - Good Lies
Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
T.I. ft. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne - Swagger Like Us
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Vampire Weekend - Walcott

jay reatard - always wanting more
mgmt - electric feel
autechre - rale
portishead - we carry on
vampire weekend - mansard roof
weezer - troublemaker
deerhoof - basket ball get your groove back
crystal castles vs health - crimewave

Elzhi ft Royce Da 5'9 - Motown 25
Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
DJ Khaled et al - Out Here Grindin'
eMC ft Sean Price - Git Some
H20 ft Plat'num - What's It Gonna Be?
Raphael Saadiq - Keep Marchin'
Los Campesinos - Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
Skillz - Sick
Hood Headlinaz - Rollin'

Torche - Triumph of the Shields
Agalloch - Sowilo Rune
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Nachtmystium - Ghosts of Grace
Amon Amarth - Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags
Prostitute Disfigurement - In Sanity Concealed
Leviathan - Phosphoros
Cave - Hunt Like Devil
The Drift - If Wishes Were Like Horses
Geiom - Reminiscing (Dubplate Version)
Appleblim & Perverelist - Circling

few more random songs i loved that didn't make the final cut but will cause loss of any metal cred i might have:

Deadmau5 - Not Exactly
Brendon Moeller - Electricity (Original Mix)
Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom
Cloudland Canyon - You & I

The Veronicas - Untouched
Crazi Cousinz - Bongo Jam
Aeroplane ft. Kathy Diamond - Whispers
Miley Cyrus - See You Again
Solange - I Decided Pt. 2
Taylor Swift - Love Story
Donaeo - African Warrior
Alphabeat - Fascination
Roska - Feeline (VIP Mix)
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Hercules Club Mix)

Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air
Tadow Productions - Rising Sun
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Arto Mwambe - Btwo
Diamond - Champagne Dance
Silkie- Sky's The Limit
Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed
Fuzzy Logick - Leader
Ricardo Villalobos - Enfants (Chant)
Malice - Gabryelle Refix

Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part
Wookie ft. Ny - Falling
Young Jeezy - Put On (Remix)
Flo Rida - In The Ayer
Perempae - In The Air
Peverelist - Infinity Is Now
SIS - Trompeta
Delinquent ft. KCat - Get On The Floor (Delio D'Cruz Remix)
Sally Shapiro - Time To Let Go (Lindstrom Remix)
Digital Mystikz - Shake Out Yer Demons

Tawiah - Every Step (Arms Remix)
Peter Visti - Flight Over Tokyo
Quest - The Seafront
Roska - Climate Change
Kyla - The Whole Night (Crazi Cousinz Remix)
Kylie Minogue - The One
Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight
Aphrodisiax - Unfinished Business
The Juan Maclean - Happy House
T.I. - Anything You Like

Mario - Mario Brings The Bloodclaart
Solange - Sandcastle Disco
MGMT - Electric Feel
Tosh - Action
Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Ramadanman - Blimey
San Sebastian - Rising Sun
Seany B - Stomper
T2 ft. Addictive - Gonna Be Mine
Lloyd ft. Lil Wayne - Girls Around The World

Geiom - Reminiscin' (Duplate Version)
Bun B ft. Lil Wayne - Damn I'm Cold
Low Motion Disco - Love Love Love (Aeroplane Remix)
Jackmate - Male Kicks
Soulja Boy -Yaah
Ssion - Clown
Matias Aguayo - Minimal
Geeneus - Yellow Tail
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final
Henrik Schwarz/Ame/Dixon - D.P.O.M.B.

1. Matias Aguayo, “Minimal (DJ Koze Mix)” (Kompakt)

OTM

2. Lil’ Wayne, “A Milli” (Cash Money)

OffTM

mr snrub u r crazy

Kyla - The Whole Night (Crazi Cousinz Remix)

isnt this called "do you mind"

just want to make sure it gets the right # of votes :D

i wanted more votes for this but im guessing we'll end up w/ like two

mr snrub u r crazy

I know I'm in the minority here, but I find "A Milli" EXTREMELY annoying.

can we agree that 2007 > 2008?

not an exciting opinion kevin keller

more like pointing out the painfully obvious.

there's always someone who's going to say 'last year was awesome, this year sucks, right???'

you are that guy

thats actually depressing to consider, but i don't think i'm alone

and i don't think this year sucks, just definitely worse than last

Since you only listed indie rock up above, what you're saying is you think 2008 indie-rock is worse than 2007 indie-rock...

ok, i'm gonna go ahead and mix it up with you kids on the DEEP CUTZ TIP after posting my singles list:

Alchemist f/ Twista - "Ain't On Shit"
Coldplay - "Lover In Japan"
Erykah Badu - "The Healer"
Evangelista - "Lucky Lucky Luck"
Firewater - "Three Legged Dog"
Grand Buffet - "Cream Cheese Money"
Jaguar Love - "My Organ Sounds Like..."
Jennifer Hudson f/ Ludacris - "Pocketbook"
Lil Wayne - "Dr. Carter"
Mike Doughty - "Wednesday (Contra La Puerta)"
Prodigy - "Veterans Memorial Pt 2"
Raconteurs - "You Don't Understand Me"
Raheem DeVaughn - "Mo Better"
Raphael Saadiq f/ Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton - "Never Give You Up"
Rich Boy f/ 334 Mobb - "Supafly"
Robin Thicke - "Hard On My Love"
Sheek Louch - "Mic Check"
Sloan - "Down In The Basement"
T.I. - "Every Chance I Get"
Young Jeezy - "Circulate"

08 seems to be continuing the slump that started last year. theyre both part of the same miserable stretch.

Since you only listed indie rock up above, what you're saying is you think 2008 indie-rock is worse than 2007 indie-rock...

― curmudgeon, Saturday, November 1, 2008 2:17 AM (3 hours ago)

i see what you're saying, but that's not all i listen to. it definitely makes up the majority, though (i don't see a problem with this). then again, there isn't an "umbrella" yet this year (that i've heard at least), which is one of the best songs of the decade imo.

Okay... 2008
No Age "Teen Creeps"
Hot Chip "We're Looking For A Lot Of Love"
Holy Ghost! "Hold On"
Estelle "American Boy"
Vampire Weekend "A-Punk"
The Mars Volta "Goliath"
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Zodiac Girls"
Wolf Parade "Soldier's Grin"
Of Montreal "Id Engager"
The Sword "Fire Lances Of The Ancient Zypherians"

...compared to 2007...
Ne-Yo "Because Of You"
Yo Majesty "Club Action" (Yo! EP version)
Simian Mobile Disco "I Believe"
Radiohead "15 Step"
Justin Timberlake "Until The End Of Time (Remix)"
Studio "Origin"
Pinback "From Nothing To Nowhere"
DJ Unk f/ Andre 3000 "Walk It Out (Remix)"
Modest Mouse "Missed The Boat"
Spoon "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"

Okay, 2008 is def a step down.. partially because there's virtually no top 40 I've been enjoying this year. Usually that's one aspect that will bring overall quality rating up or down for me.. But in comparison with what preceded, every year since 2005 has gradually gotten worse, and I'm fairly sure that right now is as bad as it gets. I have yet to hear a single remarkable release, single or album, that's been released in 2008. I keep getting pumped for all these forthcoming releases, and they all turn out to be more of the same shit. I'll hear or read about something that's been gaining attention, and it turns out to be more of the same shit. The state of the world right now is suggesting that this will not last much longer, so hopefully there is light coming soon.

i dunno, for me, 2007 was a pretty memorable year, both mainstream and underground.

People who make definitive statements like "this year sucks" almost always have bad taste in music anyways, and their way of thinking about their taste in music even worse.

I think even on the level of genre it's hard to make these calls - was this a good year for hip hop or a bad year for hip hop? Maybe it was a good/bad year for hip-hop-you-like.

I would confidently say that this year has been a bad year for commercial dance, in the sense that the dance music that mostly charted was bad and the stuff that theoretically is both good and populist doesn't have a big enough profile (yet) to chart. But we're talking about a fairly limited claim here, which mostly boils down to "I'm over 'brazen' post-post-electro-house tedium."

well thank god no one said "this year sucks", then, right?

Referring to t_g's general point, not you specifically. But it's not like you're distinguishing yourself in this thread.

But in comparison with what preceded, every year since 2005 has gradually gotten worse, and I'm fairly sure that right now is as bad as it gets. I have yet to hear a single remarkable release, single or album, that's been released in 2008. I keep getting pumped for all these forthcoming releases, and they all turn out to be more of the same shit. I'll hear or read about something that's been gaining attention, and it turns out to be more of the same shit. The state of the world right now is suggesting that this will not last much longer, so hopefully there is light coming soon.

hahahahaaaaa this is parody right? please be parody

i have absolutely NO business posting on this thread:

erykah badu - the healer
50 cent f. justin timberlake, timbaland - ayo technology
lil wayne - lollipop
colby o'donis - what you got
the fall - taurig
erykah badu - the cell
the breeders - night of joy
usher - love in this club
the meat puppets - on the rise
slipknot - psychosocial

Bollywood / Indian Pop 2008 Top Ten According to Me

A.R. Rahman, "Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah [Jodhaa-Akbar theme]"
RDB f/ Snoop Dogg & Akshay Kumar, "Singh Is King"*
KK, "Dekho Na"
The Aryans**, "Kyon"
Pritam, Neeraj Shridhar & Monali, "Khwab Dekhe (Sexy Lady)"
Satwinder Lovely, "Gidhe Vich Nachde"
Himesh Reshammiya & Tulsi Kumar, "Soniye Je Tere"
Taz, Apache Indian & Sunidhi Chauhan, "Mujh Pe To Jadoo"
KK & Shilpa Rao, "Khuda Jaane"
Yudhvir Manak, "Akhan Cha"

*I'm not kidding, Snoop kills it here
**the concept of "Aryans" carries a MUCH different connotation in India!

I have less confidence in my singles list than pretty much any year, ever; it's a mess. I never hear the radio anymore, I don't download anything unless I have to review it somewhere and I have no choice, so it's really hard to hear any singles as singles, which is pretty much what I require in my head. My song of the year, by far, would be "High Cost of Living" by Jamey Johnson, which (1) isn't a single and (2) is also on my favorite album the year, which would probably disqualify it for my singles list even if it was a single. That said, here are 25 singles (in vaguely descending order of preference) that I'm more or less considering:

Miley Cyrus – “See You Again”
Phil Vassar – “Love Is a Beautiful Thing”
Sister Sin – “One Out Of Ten”
Buraka Som Sistema featuring Pongolove – “Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)”
V.I.C. – “Wobble”
Cyndi Lauper – “Into The Nightlife”
Kid Sister featuring David Banner – “Family Reunion”
Sway featuring $tush – “F Ur X”
Scooter – “The Question Is What Is The Question”
Arcade Lover – “Fantasy Lines”
Alphabet – “Boyfriend (Pete Hammond Remix)”
Early Man – “Sinking The Blade” (lead song on 4-song EP, therefore a single by definition in my book)
Alphabeat – “Fascination”
Blackout Crew – “Put A Donk On It”
M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
Ashlee Simpson – “Outta My Head”
Kid Rock – “All Summer Long”
Runrig – “Clash Of The Ash”
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons – “Beggin’ (Piloski Edit)”
The Knux – “Cappucino”
Prima J – “Rock Star”
Ashlee Simpson – “Little Miss Obsessive”
Ryan Shaw – “Do The 45”
Vein featuring Pitbull –“Get Up Stand Up”
Hot Stylz Featuring Young Joc – “Lookin’ Boy”

And four more songs that I'm pretty sure aren't singles, but would be in the running if they were singles, so if anybody knows otherwise, please let me know:

Daveigh Chase – "The Happiest Girl In the Whole U.S.A."
Maria Daniela Y Su Sonido Lasser – Duri Duri"
The Swear – “Chicago”
Kathleen Edwards – “I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory”

most of the lists posted after mine are only reminding me of songs i missed out of my list, not helping me trim it down at all...

Kathleen Edwards – “I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory”

Great song. Wikipedia lists it as a single (In Canada maybe?)

> the meat puppets - on the rise

Was released in July of 2007; the Puppets, sadly, had no releases in 2008.

But while we're on the subject, http://archive.wfpk.org/LiveLunch/20080314LL-meatpuppets.mp3 is definitely worth a listen.

who said these songs have to be singles? (x-post)

i see what you're saying, but that's not all i listen to. it definitely makes up the majority, though (i don't see a problem with this). then again, there isn't an "umbrella" yet this year (that i've heard at least), which is one of the best songs of the decade imo.

― Kevin Keller, Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:33 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dude is like a time traveler from '03 era ILX

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/08/03/future460.jpg

or a sock

http://www.kjbeckett.com/mensfashionblog/uploaded_images/paul-smith-socks-784860.jpg

Made Out of Babies "Cooker"
The Drones "The Minotaur"
Hilotrons "Deep River"
Antony and the Johnsons "Another World"
Shearwater "Leviathan, Bound"
Women "Black Rice"
Lights "Branches Low"
Jim Noir "Ships and Clouds"
Evangelista "The Blue Room"
Paavoharju "Italialaisella Laivella"

hahahahaaaaa this is parody right? please be parody

No, I was being honest.

1 HEART'S A MESS (SUPERMAYER MIX) - GOTYE
2 gary (c2 mix) - alter ego
3 a & e - goldfrapp
4 kim & jessie - m83
5 i feel electric (max essa mix) - rubies
6 love you all - luomo
7 closer - ne-yo
8 gemini (pilooski edit) - del shannon
9 golden cage (fred falke mix) - the whitest boy alive
10 pacific air race - aeroplane

number 11 ws 'a black man in space' by dennis ferrer and 12 ws 'mango' by sascha funke if anyone's arsed.

oh and iLOVE the c2 remix of ayumi hamasaki. what a great year for music. the best since last for sure.

Ooh I keep forgetting that "Heart's A Mess" remix, perhaps because it neeve came out. Plus "A Black Man In Space"!! So good. I could extend my list out to like 120 easy.

never came out, that is.

srsly i can't remember a year when the music was this good.

can i just say chris brown's gum commercial is like 349058302948309423x more affecting after approx 4 drinks

must ... buy .... doublemint

forev-ev-ev

its like i waited my whole life

for this one nite

its gon be me u and a stick of gummm

I forgot to put "With You" on my list. That's top 50 for sure. "Forever" would be top 100. But the best Chris Brown related thing I've heard recently is "Dreamer", which is the awesome "Don't Stop Believing"-style inspirational b-side to his duet with Keri Hilson.

"with you" sounds like oasis

its just the cello but the comparison makes me lol anyway

oasis REDEEMED.

can i just say chris brown's gum commercial is like 349058302948309423x more affecting after approx 4 drinks

― deej, Sunday, November 2, 2008 2:52 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark

yes

I forgot Counting Crows' "You Can't Count On Me"

oops

The Kath Edwards is definitely a single - stumbled across the video on Yootoob a couple weeks ago. It is also very definitely year-end material.

I ain't got the foggiest what my list will be - since I've not written regularly anywhere, it feels like there's gonna be tons of stuff missing. I think I may have fallen into a hole sometime around March and not emerged until mid-September.

'No Air' ftw, is what I think I'm trying to say here.

'a black man in space' and 'with you' YES!

crucial differences between 'with you' and oasis - sweet lyrics which make sense, a singer who is not a punchable twat

I forgot to put "With You" on my list. That's top 50 for sure. "Forever" would be top 100. But the best Chris Brown related thing I've heard recently is "Dreamer", which is the awesome "Don't Stop Believing"-style inspirational b-side to his duet with Keri Hilson.

haha i thought 'dreamer' was an olympics song? my copy's tagged as "2008 olympics" anyway, and it suits the song to the ground.

my favourite item from the similarly ubiquitous rihanna is also a random b-side/bonus track (i don't even know which countries, not this one) - 'haunted' is this amazingly claustrophobic ballad w/distinct rebecca undertones.

also i urge anyone who loves 'a black man in space' to check out the ame remix of etienne jaumet's 'repeat again after me' - spooky ascending melody, messy saxophone climax.

pangaea - you & i / router
villalobos - minimoonstar
dam funk - galactic fun
scuba - twitch (jamie vex'd remix)
dj koze - zou zou
ramadanman - humber
move d - drone
theo parrish goin' downstairs (parts one and two... all 22 minutes of it)
jose james - desire (moodymann remix)
peverelist - junktion

oh and iLOVE the c2 remix of ayumi hamasaki. what a great year for music. the best since last for sure.

― or something, Sunday, November 2, 2008 3:08 AM (8 hours ago)

1. The Juan Maclean - "Happy House (Original mix)"
2. Estelle feat. Kanye West - "American Boy"
3. Matias Aguayo, "Minimal (DJ Koze mix)"
4. Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
5. Cole Medina - "Love You Inside Out (The Pinches mix)"
6. Lloyd feat. Lil Wayne - "Girls Around the World"
7. Annie - "Songs Remind Me of You"
8. Half Man Half Biscuit - "Bad Losers at Yahoo Chess"
9. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers - "Day 'n' Night"
10. Mogwai - "The Sun Smells Too Loud"

snrub motivation 101

9. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers - "Day 'n' Night"

B-)

- slip knot
+ paper planes