Ten best songs of the New Millennium so far... and the ten worst...

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What are the ten that have defined your past three years the best or just make you a very happy camper? And what are the ten that make you seriously ill - that will make you walk right out of a night club to the bar to drown your sorrows (unless your Ronan in which case you're sitting at home wondering about why anyone would ever go out on the pull anyway as such acts are sexist)? What makes you happy to be alive? What makes you wish you weren't alive? Here's my picks...

1) Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes (this is truely the beginning of a beautiful friendship)

2) The Facts of Life - Black Box Recorder (just excellent)

3) The Trees/ Sunrise - Pulp (my fave band of the 90s returns with this awesome release)

4) The Dark is Rising - Mercury Rev (lovely)

5) Miss Lucifer - Primal Scream (just rocks!!!)

6) Freak Like Me - Sugababes (the best pop of the decade so far)

7) All the Things She Said - TaTu (although this comes close)

8) Slave to the Wage - Placebo (I just love the sentiments)

9) The Hindu Times - Oasis (I thought this was their best song in eons)

10) Hard to Explain - The Strokes (not worthy of the hype, but this single got my hopes maybe a bit TOO high up for the album)

AND THE WORST:

1) Yellow - Coldplay (headache inducing)

2) Look at Me - Geri Halliwell (vile)

3) Coming Around - Travis (painful)

4) Californication - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (inspires vomit)

5) The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup (annoying)

6) Spirit in the Sky - Gareth Gates (shite)

7) Life is a Rollercoaster - Ronan (utterly shite)

8) That Nelly/ Kelly Rowland song (I try and avoid hip hop/ rap and r and b, but this was on all the time and it sucks)

9) Jenny for the Block - J-Lo (Irony - J-Lo does not understand this word, or the word 'condesending' either)

10) Mr Writer - Stereophonics (pisspoor)

― Calum, Sunday, 27 April 2003 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

4) Californication - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (inspires vomit)

This one is from 1999

Btw. your list (particularly the latter one) is of course completely wrong. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 27 April 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I am outraged, how can you do this. Does my bum look big? You are a sexist. Am I a sexist? What the fizzuck

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 27 April 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Why does everybody hate Coldplay?

― Evan (Evan), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Drrty needs to be in the top 10 somewhere.

― jm (jtm), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

...unless your Ronan in which case you're sitting at home wondering about why anyone would ever go out on the pull anyway as such acts are sexist...

!!!

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

"B-b-b-but JM! Which one?"
- - Anon. Poster (Poster@postercity.com), April 27th, 2003

― jm (jtm), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Exactly.

― jm (jtm), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

9) Jenny for the Block - J-Lo (Irony - J-Lo does not understand this word, or the word 'condesending' either)

!!!

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

The best:

1. The Flaming Lips - "Fight Test"
2. Primal Scream - "Accellerator" (Best heavy song ever.)
3. Ween - "Flutes of the Chi"
4. Basement Jaxx - "Romeo"
5. N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton (Kid606 remix)"
6. The Sugababes - "Freak Like Me"
7. The Strokes - "The Modern Age"
8. Conway - "Lisa's Got Hives"
9. New Order - "Crystal"
10. Coldplay - "Trouble"

The worst:

1. Metallica and Ja Rule - "We Did It Again"
2. Good Charlotte - "The Anthem"
3. Madonna - "American Life"
4. Britney Spears - "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
5. Aerosmith - "Just Push Play"
6. Michael Jackson - "You Rock My World"
7. No Doubt - "Hey Baby"
8. Creed - "My Sacrifice"
9. Britney Spears - "Oops I Did It Again"
10. Various Artists - "What's Going On"

― Evan (Evan), Sunday, 27 April 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops I did it Again is so much better than anything by Coldplay that it's not even funny.

― Calum, Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Why does everybody hate Coldplay?

Because Chris Martin is actually a nice guy, and there is sort of an unwritten rule that any indie frontman is supposed to be an arrogant fuck telling all the world about how much better his band is than everybody else.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Why does everybody like Yo La Tengo?

― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

why does everyone hate Calum and Geir?

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

btw Black Box recorder's 'The Facts Of Life' is from before 2000 surely

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

why does everyone hate Calum and Geir?

I don't hate them at all, in fact I'm sure I'd like them IRL. But they've made ILM almost unreadable for me.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I think loads of Britney's stuff was great, but I esp. like Oops, Lucky and Stronger.

― Calum, Sunday, 27 April 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

ten best
Felix - Silver Screen Shower Scene
Zero 7 - This World
Roots Manuva - Witness (One Hope)
Basement Jaxx - Romeo
Broadcast - Papercuts
Doves - There Goes The Fear
The Strokes - The Modern Age
The Streets - Has It Come To This?
Ladytron - The Way That I Found You
Dizzy Rascal - I Love You (***TOKEN ILM-COMPATIBLE 'HIP' INCLUSION, altho i DO love it lots)

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 27 April 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

my 'ten worst' list would be even more boring i guarantee you

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 27 April 2003 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know the names of anyone from Coldplay, nor do I know how nice they may or may not be. I do know that their music is predictable and hackneyed to the Nth - I can hear every change coming a mile away and I'm sick of them by the time they reach my ears. I don't hate Calum or Geir, either! BUT, it must be said, the same things that bother me about Coldplay bother me about Calum AND Geir.

― matt riedl (veal), Sunday, 27 April 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

My favorites are:
Basement Jaxx - Romeo
Mouse On Mars - Paradical
Underworld - Two Months Off
The Strokes - The Modern Age
Dizzy Rascal - I Love U
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Ghostface Killah - Cherchez La Ghost
Black Dice - The Dream Is Going Down
The Thermals - I Know the Pattern
Jay-Z - The Takeover

― Adam A. (Keiko), Sunday, 27 April 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I cannot believe that we are on ILM discussing the best songs of this millennium and Missy hasn't been mentioned yet.

― Nick H, Sunday, 27 April 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

top 10
missy elliott - get ur freak on
the rapture - house of jealous lovers
fischerspooner - emerge
kelis - caught out there
lcd soundsystem - losing my edge
white stripes - fell in love with a girl
aaliyah - try again
basement jaxx - where's your head at
markus nicolai - bushes
zero 7 - destiny

― Sami (Sami), Sunday, 27 April 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

b
missy: get ur freak on
the streets: let's push things forward
mystikal: bouncin' back
radiohead: pyramid song
boards of canada: 1969
goodiepal: crash låt
basement jaxx: romeo
erlend øye: sudden rush
n*e*r*d: provider (original version)
bright eyes: lover i don't have to love

w:
j-lo: jenny from the block (try to sing like you had any rhythm - and leave that sample to the beatnuts!)
christina aguilera: beautiful (esp. the house remix)
anything by the stereoPHONEYS
any track from rhcp's 'by the way' except the two singles
safri duo: baya baya
the strokes: anything from 'is this it?'
nelly furtado: i'm like a bird
primal scream: miss lucifer
common: jimi was a rock star
li'l kim: the song where she fucks up 'paul revere' (show some respect, goddammit!)

― Jay K (Jay K), Sunday, 27 April 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I find a worst list pointless. However, here are my favourite best songs of the millennium:

1. Silent To The Dark - Electric Soft Parade
2. There Goes The Fear - Doves
3. Harbour Smiles - The Margarets
4. Flowers In The Window - Travis
5. Who Feels Love - Oasis
6. Words - Doves
7. Dear Diary - Travis
8. Politik - Coldplay
9. I Used To Be Scared - Number Seven Deli
10.Yoshimi Vs. The Pink Robots - Flaming Lips

Don't feel like making a "worst of" list. Songs that are among a lot of other people's favourites obviously don't belong in a "worst of" list anyway

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 27 April 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

there is sort of an unwritten rule that any indie frontman is supposed to be an arrogant fuck

Why aren't Flaming Lips hated as much as Coldplay, then?

― man, Monday, 28 April 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Why aren't Flaming Lips hated as much as Coldplay, then?

Because this rule is written by NME writers and applies to UK acts mainly

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 28 April 2003 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Geir NME LOVE Coldplay you fishbrain! They have a three page layout on them this week calling them great and hailing Chris Martin as sexy (pfffft).

This is what fucks me off about Coldplay (and it's not the lead singer's lack of arrogance, I was really moved by how humble Jonathan from Mercury Rev was at his reception at T in the Park last year for instance)...

1) They suck. As in REALLY suck. When I heard Yellow I thought it was shit. Then I read all the hype and thought: "Hmm, maybe it's just me" but then I realised TO FUCK WITH THE HYPE IT DOES SUCK and it sucks bad. My head hurts whenever I hear Yellow.

2) I think I might be allergic. My guts do funny things when I hear Coldplay, I start to honestly feel really sick - which is a revelation I usually only experience upon hearing the Chilli Peppers, Travis, Stereophonics or Ronan Keating.

3) Chris Martin is an ugly fucking bastard and all he did in his early interviews was point out that, yes he is tortured, because he couldn't get laid until he was 22 mainly because he is an ugly bastard. Now he's happy to walk the streets with A-list stars on his arm without thinking: "Hmm, I was an ugly bastard before I wrote some songs and became tabloid fodder and now I'm being shagged by all and sundry". OK, so a huge amount of women do tend to fall all over anything that happens to be famous (witness - Liam Gallagher) but I kinda like my stars who don't exploit these brainless ninnies and Chris Martin is not one.

4) They are so fucking boring. Who are Coldplay anyway? All I know is Chris.

5) They say nothing to me. About anything. They just bore me to tears.

I HATE COLDPLAY MORE THAN ANY OTHER BAND IN EXISTENCE AND WISH TO FUCK THEY WOULD PISS OFF.

― Calum, Monday, 28 April 2003 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

"Coming Around" is Travis' second best tune!

I hereby admit to liking Coldplay. That said, I would never choose to make music like theirs.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 28 April 2003 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

hehe ... very entertaining, calum. good writing, although you didn't really say anything new. but extremely funny, i'll give you that! everybody should say 'fishbrain' more often.

― Jay K (Jay K), Monday, 28 April 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

What the shit. I'm sick of people hating on MJ's Rock My World. One of the few pieces of his recent material where he sounds human. The verse melody is awesome. Something of a retro track, it almost sounds as if it could have been on BAD, but with a modern r&b rhythm. The Remix with Jay-Z is awesome as well, perhaps, dare I say, awesomer.

― theodore fogelsanger, Monday, 28 April 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I cannot believe that we are on ILM discussing the best songs of this millennium and Missy hasn't been mentioned yet.

"Work It" was #11 on my "Worst" list.

― Evan (Evan), Monday, 28 April 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Top 10 Thumb's Up Singles (no order though..)

- Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head at?
- Lamb - Sweet
- Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On
- Shins - New Slang
- Delgados - Coming in from the Cold
- Libertines - Up the Bracket
- Plaid - Squance
- Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way
- Walkmen - We've Been Had
- Mouse on Mars - Actionist Respoke

Okay, so those aren't the best. But it's all i can think of off the top of my head.

Top 10 Thumb's Down Singles (no order...better luck next time kids!)

- Madonna - American Life
- Nick Carter - Help Me
- Master P - Ooohhhwee
- Blur - Crazybeat
- Chad Kroeger/Josey Scott - Hero
- Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- Dirty Vegas - Days go By
- Christina Aguilera/Redman - Dirrty
- Darude - Sandstorm
- DJ Sammy - Heaven

remember! new millenium didn't technically start till 2001.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Monday, 28 April 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

these worst lists are so pointless and arbitrary.. I can't rememvber ALL the songs i've hated over hte last 3 years.

(except i know COLDPLAY SUX!!!!!)

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 28 April 2003 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

off the top of my head (no particular order for either):

best:

Daft Punk - Digital Love

Galleon - So I Begin

Sean Paul - Get Busy

Outkast - Ms Jackson

Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go

Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On

Skitz - Inner City Folk

Jay-Z - Takeover

Nas - Made You Look

The Avalanches - A Different Feeling

worst:

Coldplay - In My Place

Ja Rule and Ashanti - Mesmerize

Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous

Linkin Park - Crawling

Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes

Ja Rule, Ashanti etc etc - Down 4 U

R Kelly - The World's Greatest

R Kelly - The Storm Is Over Now

Gareth Gates and the Kumars - Spirit In The Sky

Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 28 April 2003 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)

robin's worst is so hilariously full of things i like its not even funny except it is.

(do you see what I did there?)

anyway times like this i wish i kept and remembered lists so instead i'll do songs that would be on electro-magix future-funk nuggets of the past v. 2:

1. Play -- J. Lo
2. Die Another Day -- Madonna
3. Dirrty -- Xtina
4. Gotta Get Through This -- Beddingfield
5. Try Again -- Aaliyah
6. Southern Hospitality -- Ludacris
7. We Like To Party -- Vengaboys
8. Toya -- I Do
9. All Around The World -- ATC
10. The Real Slim Shady -- Eminem

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 28 April 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah but Robin's list still roxor because he remembers "Get Busy" (why is there not more worldwide love for this BEST TUNE EVER???)

I think I'd put "Play" on my best list too Sterling. It feels like it should be there. I'm definitely trotting out a good dozen or so times at my birthday party.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 28 April 2003 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The best:

Majesticons - Dwarf Star Party
310 - After All
Recloose - Up and Up
Killah Priest feat. Maccabees - Thug Revelations
Pole - Raum 1 Variation (by Burnt Friedmann)
Monolake - Cubicle
Two Lone Swordsmen - Solo Strike
The Coup feat. Dead Prez - Get Up
Drexciya - Soul of the Sea
Bus - Tamed Lion

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 28 April 2003 07:34 (twenty-two years ago)

susuma yokota - azukiiro no kaori
black box recorder - the art of driving
radiohead - everything in its right place
avalanches - since i left you
manitoba - skunks
boards of canada - music is math
low - sunflower
yo la tengo - season of the shark
beachwood sparks - galapagos
delgados - woke from dreaming

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 28 April 2003 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Best:

1) "Mr E's Beautiful Blues" Eels
2) "Oh No" Mos Def, Nate Dogg, Pharoahe Monch
3) "No Escapin' This" The Beatnuts
4) "Kik Off" Blak Twang
5) "Phone Pitman" MC Pitman
6) "Dropjaw" Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi
7) "BEP Empire" Black Eyed Peas
8) "I'm Waking Up To Us" Belle and Sebastian
9) "It's Over" Phi-Life Cypher
10) "Big N Bashy" Fallacy

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 28 April 2003 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Top 10 Best songs in no particular order:

The White Stripes - Offend In Every Way
Muse - Citizen Erased
The Shins - New Slang
The New Pornographers - Letter From An Occupant
Turin Brakes - Mind Over Money
Guided By Voices - Everywhere With Helicopter
Of Montreal - Jennifer Louise
Apples In Stereo - Look Away
McLusky - To Hell With Good Intentions
Desaparecidos - Happiest Place On Earth

There's so much music nowadays that qualifies for the 10 worst songs of the millenium I can't even select ten. That Nelly/Kelly song would be my number 1 though.

― zilverberg.tk (zilverberg.tk), Monday, 28 April 2003 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

Top 10 best:
Righty Thurr- Chingy
Get busy - Sean Paul
Dirrty- Christina Agulira
Touch It- Monifa
dont let go- en vouge
Poison- Groove Coverage
Dont Cha- Pussy Cat dolls
Summer Rain- Slinkee Minx
Whoomp There it is- Tag Team
I like to move it move it - Real 2 Reel

― Carms, Tuesday, 16 May 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Music from 2000 is technically part of the last millennium, isn't it?

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

There should be one of these for covering 01 May 2003 until 31 August 2006. I'm not even sure if I'm kidding or not.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

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