this is the first end-of-decade extravaganza in which i can [indirectly] participate! in ‘89 i was still hooked on raffi and was too obsessed with cultivating my burgeoning self-importance in ‘99. however, here in ‘09, i’ve been eyeballing and obsessin’ ‘bout contemporary music for a good six or seven years and i have a reasonable grasp on quality control and what’s a’ gonna last and stand the tests of time and revisionism. and i always get excited about pitchfork lists, whatever, you uptight, constricted, puckered cooler-than-thou anti-scene scensters.
no commentary for 500-201. LAME.
200-51 has been pretty solid. only five or so songs i HATE. “party hard?” why is that scum-sucking, bottom-feeding troglodyte dunderhead andrew wk anywhere near this list? and coldplay can keep their meandering, all-encompassing, middle of the interstate castrato balladry away from my [undeserved] sense of credibility. “do you realize?” is half-baked, undercooked philosphic acid ramblings striving too hard for depth and profundity and “1234” is boring mom-rock, sorry. and “yeah” is gratingingly annoying. aside from those five [no cash for] clunkers, the tracks range from “solid” 6.5/10s [the funeral, trains to brazil, say my name] to “among my favorite songs EVER, fuckface” 10/10s [so weit wie noch nie, if i ever feel better, distortions].
and to further add to the length of an already overly-long TUMBLR UPDATE, my predicts for top 50, in rough chronological order:
- svegn-g-englar - sigur ros [technically ‘99, but it was on their 2000-04 list]
- since i left you - the avalanches
- frontier psychiatrist - the avalanches [maybe. on their 2000-04 list]
- one more time - daft punk
- digital love - daft punk [top ten]
- idioteque - radiohead [top ten]
- something else from kid a - radiohead [probably “everything in its right place”]
- stan - eminem [or has he lost his CRED, man?]
- b.o.b. - outkast [top ten, maybe #1]
- last night - the strokes [or will “someday” be the highest ranking?]
- can’t get you out of my head - kylie minogue
- romeo - basement jaxx
- get ur freak on - missy elliott
- losing my edge - lcd soundsystem
- grindin’ - clipse [or maybe “mr. me too”]
- the way we get by - spoon [or maybe “you got yr cherry bomb”]
- staring at the sun - tv on the radio [not so sure about this, but they gotta have something in the top 50]
- crazy in love - beyonce
- ignition (remix) - r. kelly
- hey ya! - outkast [top ten, maybe #1]
- house of jealous lovers - the rapture [top ten]
- 99 problems - jay-z
- the rat - the walkmen
- maps - yeah yeah yeahs [top ten]
- heartbeat - annie
- float on - modest mouse
- take me out - franz ferdinand
- galang - m.i.a.
- heartbeats - the knife
- yeah (crass version) - lcd soundsystem [i love lcd, but 4 in the top 50 seems unlikely, still this was top 20 on the 2000-04 list]
- 1 thing - amerie [not sure about this one]
- hope there’s someone - antony & the johnsons
- chicago - sufjan stevens [seems the most likely choice off illinoise]
- since u been gone - kelly clarkson [top ten]
- boy from school - hot chip
- emily - joanna newsom [or something from ys]
- my love - justin timberlake [top ten]
- what you know - t.i.
- archangel - burial [longshot]
- someone great - lcd soundsystem
- all my friends - lcd soundsystem [top ten, maybe/should be #1]
- atlas - battles [top ten]
- paper planes - m.i.a.
- bros - panda bear
- fireworks - animal collective
- umbrella - rihanna
- int’l player’s anthem - ugk
- machine gun - portishead
- blind - hercules & love affair
- my girls - animal collective
i bet i get at least 35/50. and it’s definitely outkast vs. lcd soundsystem for the number one slot.
