21) Wolfmother – Dimension
Kinda makes me think about those days when "classic" rock was new and exciting to me, sometime before I had heard "More Than a Feeling" 700 times. Nice to hear rock/metal music that doesn’t involve that insincere bastard Justin Hawkins.
20) The Strokes – Heart in a Cage
The Strokes would be long forgotten, if not for the fact that they are a really talented rock band.
19) The Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy
I don’t listen to that much music, get off my ass already.
18) The Streets – When You Wasn’t Famous
Our good friend Mike Skinner has moved on from "trying to shag the birds and fight the geezers" to partying all night with coked out pop stars and dealing with A&R. His rapping has never been crisper, but the subject matter has started to get stale.
17) Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
Am I the only one who would lose his shit when this song came pounding on in the club? Umm, yeah, I guess I am. Still good though.
16) The Flaming Lips - Mr. Ambulance Driver
Oh Wayne, nobody gets me thinking existentially quite like you. This song, like our lives, is strangely its own and pretty damn good.
15) The Killers – When You Were Young
The lyrics don’t really make any sense and the music is a bit contrived, but when the guitars come roaring back in everything feels right.
14) Yo La Tengo – The Room Got Heavy
This song hits a groove about three minutes in and rides it for all its worth.
13) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion
Karen O. and the boys introduced us to their second album with this "get-over fastball". Not exactly the nasty stuff they showed on the first album, but a quality strike none the less.
12) The Racontuers – Steady As She Goes
Pretty great song about living life by the numbers. Memorable guitar part and Jack White adds in a sprinkle of what used to make the White Stripes one of the best bands around.
11) Belle and Sebastian – The Blues are Still Blue
B&S write catchy feel-good songs about things that aren’t very feel good. This is the best one.
10) Muse – Super Massive Black Holes
My guilty pleasure of the top 10. I’m not sure if I’m in on the Muse joke or if there even is a joke, but this song rocks.
9) TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
Focused, yet hazy. Driving full tilt, then slamming on the breaks. Hyper-literate, but stoned. TV on the Radio seems to be full of contradictions, but they seem to have all their personalities working together on this song.
8) Neko Case – Star Witness
Maybe the best voice in pop music delivering a soulful, smart song. That's a pretty good formula.
7) Thom Yorke – Black Swans
Nice beats matched with semi-political, vague lyrics breaks down into some nice synth toward the end. A pretty good effort, but, fortunately, Yorke will always be compared to his past genius.
6) We Are Scientists - Inaction
Maybe the most fun song of the year. Nothing groundbreaking here, just power pop at its very best.
5) Cat Power – Lived in Bars
This starts like any weepy, regret-filled Chan Marshall song, but something great happens about halfway through. Chan looks back on all her wasted days and starts to smile…"Hey, those were pretty fun".
4) Swan Lake – All Fires
Delicate but focused and driving. The sum is greater than the parts in this collab.
3) Arctic Monkeys – When the Sun Goes Down
"Paging Noel Gallagher, please report to the geriatric ward as you have officially been replaced". The Arctic Monkeys are the new kings of British pop music (but not "Brit Pop", if that makes any sense) and are in full force on this tight song about pimps, hoes and other nightly endeavors.
2) Band of Horses - The Funeral
Made a nice run at number one. It’s the best song off a great album. The gentle and subdued portions of the song contrast the heavier chorus nicely.
1) Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
I heard this song eight months ago and declared it the song of the year at that moment. Pop perfection, nothing less.
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First of all, nobody does a top 21 list. Makes you look unprofessional.
Secondly, there's no Sammy or Dino on this list. Makes you look unprofessional. Let's take a look at what you did pick.
21 - unless you're name is Romulus or Remus, don't mention the wolf mother thing, it doesn't look good.
20 - I knew a cat with his heart in a cage, Dr. Emile Modok. Had his brain in a jar mounted on a robot body.
19 - it shows. Pick up "This Time I'm Swingin'" by Dino and find out what's happening in modern music.
18 - moved on from trying to shag the birds? He got hitched, huh? Just means more little pigeons for Bart Fargo.
17 - This kid isn't bringing the sexy back. Bart Fargo's still here! The sexy never left!
16 - These guys stole my nickname
15 - Being a killer is not something to advertise. It's a tough job that has to be done by a tough man. At least that's what I tell the ladies.
14 - If it takes three minutes to hit it's groove, it's too late. I'm turning the dial.
13 - baseball metaphors. Ok, this kid might not be fruit after all.
12 - The ladies say I'm something of a raconteur, that I have a certain way about me. They also say I'm Fargolicious.
11 - These chicks need to lighten up.
10 - a super massive black hole is nothing to joke about. Professor Athan della Vega was about to create a super massive black hole in his underground fortress until I stopped him. You're welcome.
9 - This makes no sense. What's next, movies in the puppet show?
8 - Funny story: I was the star witness in a case against Count Ludwig von Boch, the international criminal mastermind. I figured his organization would try to eliminate me using the old "room service waiter" ploy. I was one step ahead of them though. I rigged my hotel door with explosives, then called and ordered room service. When the "waiter" knocked - kablammy! Don't worry, I was able to get an accommodating little blonde to put me up for the night. Of course, von Boch escaped.
7 - I once had a run in with the Black Swan, a Soviet agent. Let's just say, we engaged in some detente.
6 - I don't care much for eggheads. Always coming up with death rays.
5 - sure-fire cure for getting over weepy regrets: more Bart Fargo in her diet
4 - so, you've named yourselves after a fruity dance number. Congratulations.
3 - Let me tell you something about Arctic Monkeys; they're vicious. I was breaking into the lair of Giacomo Stavros, built inside an iceberg when I ran into his crack security force - arctic monkeys! They're built for the cold but they can make things pretty hot. But I made things hotter, with my agency-issued flamethrower. They don't look too pretty, but they taste pretty good.
2 - Gentle and subdued? What's that going to get you? Not the ladies, that's for sure.
1 - Pop perfection? I point you in the direction of one Sammy Davis, Jr. and a little tune by the name of "Mr. Bojangles"
Nice try, kid. Maybe you should go back and listen to what actual musicians are doing. Remember, "if ain't worth a thing if it ain't got that swing!"
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