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Top 100 Songs of The 00s: 60-41

Dec 16, 2009, 7:15am Naive Harmonies

60. Peter Bjorn and John, "Young Folks" (2006) The standard writeup of "Young Folks" starts and ends with the whistle, but the story of this song--a story that trumps even the most powerful of musical hooks it has to offer--is a song seldom told in pop: two older people--tired and bitter from too many heartbreaks, feeling too old for the drama of youth and too young for a quieter older life--find each other. They're jaded enough to expect the end at any moment ("Usually when things have gone this far, people tend to disappear") [...]

• Andrew Bird - How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm
• Architecture in Helsinki - That Beep
• Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
• Beck - Lost Cause
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I'll Be Glad
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
• Ed Harcourt - Born In The '70s
• Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
• Jarvis Cocker - Big Julie
• Mark Ronson - Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse)
• Mull Historical Society - The Supermarket Strikes Back
• Nouvelle Vague - In a Manner of Speaking
• OutKast - Hey Ya!
• Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
• Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - My Man Is A Mean Man
• Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
• The Fiery Furnaces - Sing For Me
• The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
• The Lucksmiths - The Year Of Driving Languorously
• The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic

Artist:	Andrew Bird
Title:	How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm
Link Text:	44. Andrew Bird, "How You Gonna Keep 'em Down On the Farm" (2008)
File Name:	How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm.mp3
Bitrate:	189 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Architecture in Helsinki
Title:	That Beep
Link Text:	59. Architecture in Helsinki, "That Beep" (2008)
File Name:	That Beep.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Arctic Monkeys
Title:	A Certain Romance
Link Text:	51. Arctic Monkeys, "A Certain Romance" (2006)"
File Name:	A Certain Romance.mp3

Artist:	Beck
Title:	Lost Cause
Link Text:	48. Beck, "Lost Cause" (2002)
File Name:	Lost Cause.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Title:	I'll Be Glad
Link Text:	46. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, "I'll Be Glad" (2008)
File Name:	I'll Be Glad.mp3
Bitrate:	222 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Title:	The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
Link Text:	42. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, "The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth" (2005)
File Name:	The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth.mp3
Year:	2005

Artist:	Ed Harcourt
Title:	Born In The '70s
Link Text:	58. Ed Harcourt, "Born In The 70's" (2005)
File Name:	Born In The '70s.mp3
Bitrate:	260 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Hercules & Love Affair
Title:	Blind
Link Text:	56. Hercules & Love Affair (featuring Antony), "Blind" (2008)
File Name:	Blind.mp3
Bitrate:	221 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Jarvis Cocker
Title:	Big Julie
Link Text:	43. Jarvis Cocker, "Big Julie" (2007)
File Name:	Big Julie.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Mark Ronson
Title:	Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse)
Link Text:	54. Mark Ronson (featuring Amy Winehouse), "Valerie" (2007)
File Name:	Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse).mp3
Bitrate:	207 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Mull Historical Society
Title:	The Supermarket Strikes Back
Link Text:	41. Mull Historical Society, "The Supermarket Strikes Back" (2003)
File Name:	The Supermarket Strikes Back.mp3
Year:	2003

Artist:	Nouvelle Vague
Title:	In a Manner of Speaking
Link Text:	57. Nouvelle Vague, "In A Manner of Speaking" (2005)
File Name:	In a Manner of Speaking.mp3
Year:	2005

Artist:	OutKast
Title:	Hey Ya!
Link Text:	45. Outkast, "Hey Ya!"
File Name:	Hey Ya!.mp3
Bitrate:	282 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Peter Bjorn & John
Title:	Young Folks
Link Text:	60. Peter Bjorn and John, "Young Folks"
File Name:	Young Folks.mp3
Bitrate:	185 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Title:	My Man Is A Mean Man
Link Text:	52. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, "My Man Is A Mean Man" (2005)
File Name:	My Man Is A Mean Man.mp3
Bitrate:	218 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Sufjan Stevens
Title:	The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
Link Text:	53. Sufjan Stevens, "The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!" (2005)
File Name:	The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!.mp3
Year:	2005

Artist:	The Fiery Furnaces
Title:	Sing For Me
Link Text:	50. The Fiery Furnaces, "Sing For Me" (2005)
File Name:	Sing For Me.mp3
Bitrate:	224 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	The Killers
Title:	All These Things That I've Done
Link Text:	55. The Killers, "All These Things I've Done" (2004)
File Name:	All These Things That I've Done.mp3
Year:	2004

Artist:	The Lucksmiths
Title:	The Year Of Driving Languorously
Link Text:	49. The Lucksmiths, "The Year of Driving Languorously" (2001)
File Name:	The Year Of Driving Languorously.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	The New Pornographers
Title:	Mass Romantic
Link Text:	47. New Pornographers, "Mass Romantic" (2000)
File Name:	Mass Romantic.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2000

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