The 500 Best Songs of the Decade (00 - 09)
  • MokaMoka
    In no particular order



    edit:



    bryon was kind enough to make a google spreadsheet that anyone can edit and add their tracks to.



    Published page for Ctrl + F 'ing

    http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pakuNoTgXIIBawvZ5Mnofcw



    Edit page to add your tracks to

    http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pakuNoTgXIIBawvZ5Mnofcw



    RSS so you can see tracks as they are added

    http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pakuNoTgXIIBawvZ5Mnofcw/od6/public/basic



    Thank you.
  • MokaMoka
    1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

    2. Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers

    3. Lali Puna - Bi-pet

    4. TV on the Radio - Wolf like Me

    5. Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
  • chrischris
    where are the other 495?
  • MokaMoka
    lol it's not a personal project. Everyone on this forum is supposed to nominate his personal favourites.



    I'm thinking it'd be best to nominate 5 each post as to not overcrowd the thread and allow everyone to participate.
  • MokaMoka
    6. Fennesz - Caecilia

    7. Grungerman - Fackeln Im Sturm (not a 00-09 release, sorry) -> Björk - Coccoon

    8. Gui Boratto - Atol

    9. Partial Arts - Trauermusik

    10. Pantha du Prince - Asha
  • Sean RSean R
    11. LCD Soundsystem - All Of My Friends
    12. Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates (Live version)
    13. Sigur Ros - Untitled 1 (Vaka)
    14. Blur - Battery In Your Leg (I think I'm contractually obligated to include that)
    15. New Order - Crystal

    not my top 5 necessarily, just what i could think of off the top of my head
  • MokaMoka
    16. Little Dragon - Twice

    17. Crystal Castles - Crimewave

    18. Devendra Banhart - Mama Wolf

    19. Dntel - The dream of Evan and Chan

    20. MFA - the difference it makes
  • MokaMoka
    K, Im gonna get rid of some of the big hits while I'm at it:



    21. Outkast - Hey Ya!

    22. M.I.A. - Paper planes

    23. The Knife - Heartbeats

    24. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

    25. Franz Ferdinand - Take me Out
  • Sean RSean R
    26. Air - How Does It Make You Feel
    27. Tom Vek - Nothing But Green Lights
    28. Jose Gonzalez - Down The Line
    29. Postal Service - Such Great Heights
    30. Hooverphonic - Jackie Cane

    this is quite fun actually
  • Sean RSean R
    31. PJ Harvey - This Mess We're In
    32. Ash - Shining Light
    33. Kings of Convenience - Toxic Girl
    34. Kylie Mingoue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
    35. Earlimart - It's Okay To Think About Ending
  • MokaMoka
    (sean follow the ranking! well not the ranking but the numbers. ahem... 26. Air.... 35. Earlimart.)
  • Sean RSean R
    oh oh oh...sorry! i thought we were each supposed to do separate lists...i'll fix it
  • olneyceolneyce
    36. Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve

    37. Stars - Elevator Love Letter

    38. Carissa's Wierd - All Apologies and Smiles, Yours Truly, Ugly Valentine

    39. Okkervil River - The War Criminal Rises and Speaks

    40. Antarctica Takes It! - Antarctica



    Apparently, I like songs with long names.
  • Sean RSean R
    that johnny boy song is great
  • Dave RawkblogDave Rawkblog
    it would be fun to have people post these on their blogs and link forward and back to the previous/next lists
  • Sean RSean R
    i think that's a great idea, dave. i'd be up for it.
  • mjrcmjrc
    41. arcade fire--neighborhood #3 (power out)

    42. broken social scene--lover's spit

    43. andrew bird--a nervous tic motion of the head to the left

    44. antony and the johnsons--rapture

    45. sufjan stevens--john wayne gacy, jr.



    love this thread!



    p.s. i think all of mine are from the same year . . .
  • gorillavsbeargorillavsbear
    46. burial - archangel

    47. the shivers - beauty

    48. ugk feat. outkast - international player's anthem

    49. the strokes  - hard to explain

    50. panda bear - bro's



    i'm kind of really looking forward to doing these songs/albums of the decade lists at the end of the year
  • gorillavsbeargorillavsbear
    51. the walkmen - the rat

    52. outkast - b.o.b.

    53.  the clipse - grindin

    54.  joanna newsom - sadie

    55.  the knife - we share our mother's health
  • AgnesAgnes
    Don't have any to add yet, but thanks for adding to my lo-o-o-o-ong list of 'things I really should get around to listening to'. Seriously - thanks! These lists are fantastic.
  • olneyceolneyce
    in all seriousness, we should do this for real.  Recruit 100 people, give everyone five slots, and then roll them out a post a day. 



    ...and compile the whole thing on a blog of its own.  Blogger's Choice: The Top 500 Songs of the Decade. 



    We'll make millions.
  • mjrcmjrc
    Posted by: AgnesDon't have any to add yet, but thanks for adding to my lo-o-o-o-ong list of 'things I really should get around to listening to'. Seriously - thanks! These lists are fantastic.

     


    well, there are 445 more spots to fill, so i think you'll surely have something to add! : )
  • MokaMoka
    Love what we have here so far, those songs which I know are amongst my favorite of the decade as well and those which I havent heard I'm very curious about. Was about to suggest that Johnny Boy track myself, its brilliant and often overlooked.

    K here goes my last contribution for a while (I'll wait until 100 or so to continue suggesting songs still not here)



    56. Air France - Beach Party

    57. MGMT - Electric Feel

    58. Paavoharju - Valo Tihkuu Kaiken Lapi

    59. Daft Punk - Digital Love

    60. Thao - Beat (Health, Life & Fire)
  • bryonbryon
    61.Regina Spektor - Samson200662.Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek200563.The Cardigans - Communication200464.Radiohead – Faust Arp200865.M83 - Teen Angst2005



    I am excited to make this into a playlist, at the very least!
  • bryonbryon
    I made a google spreadsheet that anyone can edit and add their tracks to. This will help to stop duplicates later when there are multiple pages and people want to just add to the list (ctrl+f to check if your song is already on the list).

    Published page for Ctrl + F 'ing
    http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pakuNoTgXIIBawvZ5Mnofcw

    Edit page to add your tracks to
    http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pakuNoTgXIIBawvZ5Mnofcw

    RSS so you can see tracks as they are added
    http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pakuNoTgXIIBawvZ5Mnofcw/od6/public/basic
  • katarokkarkatarokkar
    66. The Decemberists – California One/Youth And Beauty Brigade
    67. Radiohead - Reckoner
    68. Explosions in the Sky – First Breath After Coma
    69. Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
    70. dredg - The Canyon Behind Her

    this took me longer then it should have.
  • AgnesAgnes
    Can I include two from the same artist?

    71. Okkervil River - A Stone
    72. Sigur Ros - Glosoli
    73. Sigur Ros - Inní mér syngur vitleysingu
    74. Regina Spektor - Carbon Monoxide (kinda a given really, considering my blog name!)
    75. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
  • Sean RSean R
    76. Bat for Lashes - What's A Girl To Do
    77. Alessi's Ark - Patchwork Of Dreams
    78. The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
    79. Interpol - PDA
    80. Goldfrapp - Utopia
  • Sean RSean R
    in all seriousness, we should do this for real. Recruit 100 people, give everyone five slots, and then roll them out a post a day.

    ...and compile the whole thing on a blog of its own. Blogger's Choice: The Top 500 Songs of the Decade.

    We'll make millions.


    i would have no problem organizing this
  • TimTim
    81. Jamie T - Back in the Game
    82. Bloc Party - The Prayer
    83. Whitey - Stay on the Outside
    84. Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
    85. BRMC - Whatever Happened To My Rock ´n´Roll

    (edited as my ideas of dates were pretty skewed)
  • Harry_ThaBombShelterHarry_ThaBombShelter

    86. Doves - The Cedar Room


    87. Elbow - Mirrorball


    88. Iron & Wine - Resurrection Fern


    89. BRMC - Berlin


    90. Calexico - Quattro (World Drifts In)

  • MokaMoka
    Aight updated the spreadsheet with everything suggested so far. Been listening to some of the songs I've never heard before and they're very good. Thank you.



    I wish Antony & Brandon would participate as well ;)
  • scottp4kscottp4k
    91. Luomo - Tessio
    92. Pulp - Sunrise
    93. Jürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
    94. Clipse - Grindin'
    95. Clinic - Distortions
  • scottp4kscottp4k
    96. R. Kelly - Step in the Name of Love (remix)
    97. Belle and Sebastian - I'm Waking Up to Us
    98. Exploding Hearts - I'm a Pretender
    99. Life Without Buildings - The Leanover
    100. Daft Punk - One More Time
  • 111111
    101. Mannie Fresh - Nothing Compares To Love (Kids Song)

    102. Guided by Voices - Twilight Campfighter

    103. Spoon - Everything Hits At Once

    104. Enon - Disposable Parts

    105. T.I. - What You Know
  • 111111
    106. Lilys - Will My Lord Be Gardening?

    107. Four Tet - She Moves She

    108. Ghostface Killah - Nutmeg

    109. New Pornographers - Sing Me Spanish Techno

    110. Destiny's Child - Survivor
  • 111111
    okay one more sorry



    111. Ellen Allien/Apparat - Way Out

    112. Phoenix - Long-Distance Call

    113. Basement Jaxx f. Dizzee Rascal - Lucky Star

    114. Junior Boys - In the Morning

    115. Constantines - Young Lions
  • MokaMoka
    Nice ones, Scott. I was about to suggest that Jurgen Paape song but you beat me to it. Im also a little tempted to mention the Ignition remix as the best r.kelly has ever done.



    116. Stimming - Una Pena (Argy remix)

    117. Shackleton - Death is Not Final

    118. Ratatat - Wildcat

    119. Tom Waits - Alice

    120. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daugther (sorry, I just had to)
  • MokaMoka
    Glad you did all those namedrops eric, was getting concerned noone had mentioned spoon or four tet so far and I relate their sound strongly to this decade.
  • squashedsquashed


    Little post-rock love. (that's it, I ended up listening to albums instead of compiling list.)



    121. The For Carnation - Snoother

    122. Explosions in the Sky - Greet Death

    123. Sigur Rós - Untitled #4

    124. Tortoise  - It's All Around You

    125. Mono - A Heart Has Asked For The Pleasure





    .

    The For Carnation - Snoother , S/T (2000, Touch and Go)

    Explosions in the Sky - Greet Death , Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (2001, Temporary Residence)

    Sigur Rós - Untitled #4 (a.k.a. "Njósnavélin") , () (2002, Fat Cat Records)

    Tortoise  - It's All Around You , It's All Around You (2004, Thrill Jockey)

    Mono - A Heart Has Asked For The Pleasure (2006, Temporary Residence Limited)
  • squashedsquashed
    this makes me want to make "a list for 1000 years festival"  that would be amusingly unmanageable.
  • TartTart
    121    Amy Ray    Mountains Of Glory, Stag    2001                                           

    122    Holy Fuck    Lovely Allen,  Holy Fuck    2007                                           

    123    Morrissey    This World Is Full Of Crashing Bores,  You Are The Quarry    2004                                           

    124    Mariah Carey    We Belong Together, Emancipation of Mimi    2005                                           

    125    Meursault    The Furnace,  Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues    2008                                           



    somebody had to 'fess up to that Mariah Carey song :-p



    xoxo,

    Tart



    (squashed, it doesn't look like yours were saved)
  • MokaMoka
    131. Thievery Corporation - Until the Morning Comes

    132. Amon Tobin - Deo

    133. St. Germain - Rose Rouge

    134. Black Box Recorder - English Motorway System

    135. Stereolab - Captain Easychord
  • ThomasThomas
    136. Black Mountain - Druganaut

    137. Fiery Furnaces - Single Again

    138. Fiona Apple - O' Sailor

    139. The Strokes - Someday

    140. Janet Jackson - Someone to Call My Lover
  • bryonbryon
    141. Mirah - Reccomendation (Advisory Committe 2001)
    142. Pinback - Loro (Pinback 2000)
    143. The Notwist - Consequence (Neon Golden 2002)
    144. Weezer - Island in the Sun ("Green Album" 2001)
    145. Djali Zwan - Number of the Beast (Spun Soundtrack (not released) 2002)

    Pinback came out in 1999, so did the cd version of the Loro single, but the 7” _vinyl_ came out in 2000
  • MokaMoka
    ^ Doesnt this count a little bit like cheating? I mean, dont get me wrong it's a very sexy song and its one of my favorites but I think it still counts as a 1999. Otherwise under the same rule Agaetis Byrjun would be a 00 release which would end with me nominating almost every song on that album.
  • MokaMoka
    whoa I think I've nominated way too much tracks. I've been checking around itunes by year and theres so many stuff I want to post I think I could fill 1000 slots myself. I promise not to post again until the 300 mark or so.
  • squashedsquashed
    fill it first then weed and rebalance later. The list kinda look good so far, I thought it would be much clumpier. clustering on certain genre and year.  I can't wait to chart it.
  • katarokkarkatarokkar
    146. Bjork - Unison
    147. Battles - Atlas
    148. Wintersleep – Jaws of Life
    149. J Dilla - Time: The Donut of the Heart
    150. Aesop Rock - Daylight
  • TimTim
    151. Justice v Simian - We are your Friends
    152. Digitalism - Pogo
    153. Hot Chip - Over and Over
    154. Babyshambles - Killamangiro
    155. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
  • gorillavsbeargorillavsbear
    Posted by: gorillavsbear53. The Clipse - Grindin

     


    Posted by: scottp4k94. Clipse - Grindin'




     






    not cool bro
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