Top Songs of '04
this took me waaaaay too long. picking the top 20 bordered on arbitrary; undoubtedly I feel all the songs below deserve your attention.
1. modest mouse "float on"
2. the futureheads "hounds of love"
3. t.i. "rubberband man"
4. m.i.a. "galang"
5. ted leo/pharmacists "me & mia"
6. ciara ft. petey pablo "goodies"
7. britney spears "toxic"
8. jon brion "knock yourself out"
9. franz ferdinand "take me out"
10. kanye west "all falls down" (orig. lauryn hill version)
11. leslie feist "mushaboom"
12. alicia keys "you don't know my name (reggae remix)"
13. yellowcard "ocean avenue"
14. usher ft. ludacris "yeah"
15. the killers "mr. brightside"
16. jose gonzales "heartbeats"
17. the diplomats "magic"
18. chromeo "needy girl"
19. felix da housecat "ready 2 wear"
20. the libertines "can't stand me now"
and all the rest...
jadakiss "the champ is here"
lil scrappy "no problem"
fabolous "breathe"
cam'ron ft. syleena johnson & kanye west "down & out"
cam'ron "yeo man"
dizzee rascal "learn"
dizzee rascal "stand up tall"
jay-z "what more can i say (9th wonder remix)"
mase "welcome back"
cut copy "saturdays"
mike jones ft. slim thug & paul wall "still tippin'"
psapp "calm down"
q & not u "wonderful people"
ratatat "seventeen years"
liars "there's always room on the broom"
theodore unit "guerilla hood"
the knife "heartbeats"
dem franchise boyz "white tees"
junior boys "high come down"
nas "thief's theme"
phoenix "everything is everything"
lil jon & the eastside boys ft. lil scrappy "what u gon do?"
the walkmen "the rat"
wiley "wot do u call it"
elliott smith "a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free" (7" version)
the alchemist ft. prodigy & nina sky "hold you down"
pitbull "culo"
bloc party "banquet"
lcd soundsystem "yeah"
terror squad "lean back"
calexico "alone again, or"
mylo "drop the pressure"
common ft. kanye west "the food"
pixeltan "that's the way i like it"
de la soul ft. mf doom "roc co kane flow"
jens lekman "julie"
beanie sigel "feel it in the air"
jadakiss ft. styles p, nas & common "why (remix)"
kings of convenience "i'd rather dance with you"
tv on the radio "staring at the sun"
destiny's child "lose my breath"
the streets "blinded by the lights"
the arcade fire "neighborhood #1 (tunnels)"
snoop dogg ft. pharell "drop it like it's hot"
ac newman "on the table"
crime mob "knuck if you buck"
cee-lo "i'll be around"
kelis ft. nas "popular thug"
lethal b "forward riddim"
masta killa "old man"
rachel stevens "some girls"
animal collective "who could win a rabbit?"
posted by hotdoorknobs | 10:34 PM
4 Comments:
son of a bitch. how about you just choose EVERYTHING good and then leave the rest of us scrambling to come up with anything? you know how them warbles rub, boyo.
i figured you'd just shit on half of this stuff and be all like "here's what's really good" then have all these obscure electro minidisc-only releases on your shit and send me crying back to my mammmma's.
new year's is gonna be legendary. keep an eye on me though, mang, no puking on the A train this time.
please.
Liking "Ocean Avenue" is not a game, son.
solid list, homie. one question: why is the ted leo track so revered? i've heard it a couple times and i fail to get that warm glowing feeling i got from, say, 'where have all the rudeboys gone?'. great call on 'mushaboom'. it narrowly escaped my top 20, which i believe is actually almost devoid of rap. i'm actually pretty fucking shocked that you have no mf doom, considering, you know, the whole three albums out this year thing. i have three songs with dumile appearances in my piece. HOLLA
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