So, just for fun, here are my ten favorite songs of the year, off of and limited to Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of the Year. Now, the Rolling Stone list certainly has its flaws. As always, there is the "share the wealth" mentality in which no single album has more than one track listed (except, this year, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, managed two). The other thing is Rolling Stone's own top fifty albums aren't entirely represented by at least one song (a lot of them)— could an album that was one of the fifty best contain not even the 100th best song of the year? But hey, lists are never perfect and their top 100 is a pretty decent sampling.
My favorites (and their Rolling Stone rankings):
1.) "Viva La Vida"— Coldplay (#9)
2.) "Nine in the Afternoon"— Panic! At the Disco (#44)
3.) "Dying Is Fine"— Ra Ra Riot (#74)
4.) "One (Blake's Got a New Face)" — Vampire Weekend (#21)
5.) "No Sex for Ben"— The Rapture (#26)
6.) "Time to Pretend"— MGMT (#3)
7.) "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here"— She & Him (#64)
8.) "American Boy"— Estelle featuring Kayne West (#7)
9.) "Time the Conqueror"— Jackson Browne (#50)
10.) "Lay It Down"— Al Green (#15)
Also like: "I Kissed a Girl"— Katy Perry (#20) [I admit it!], and "Shells"— M.I.A. (#67)
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Looking at your list and at Rolling Stones, I can't help but feel slightly out of touch. I don't find myself listening to much of the new music. other than Coldplay, I don't think I've heard any of the songs on your list, or maybe I did and I just don't remember the title of the song.
Really, I'm not that much different-- I only have a few of the actual CDs on this list. But I sample off itunes. Plus: if you look at my list last year it will be much more familiar. I think music had the same kind of year the movies did this year-- not great.
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