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

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