Favorite songs of 2009

[lazarus]

I forgot the new Springsteen. Definitely should include Outlaw Pete.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Antony and the Johnsons - Aeon, Epilepsy is Dancing
Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin', If You Ever Go to Houston
Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete, Kingdom of Days
Depeche Mode - Wrong
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses, Twilight Omens
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers, Marlon J.D.
Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris, I'm OK By Myself
Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You, Red Tide
Pet Shop Boys - Love Etc.
Placebo - Battle for the Sun
PJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where the Little Children Go, Black Hearted Love
Prince - Chocolate Box, Dreamer
Street Dogs - War After the War
U2 - Moment of Surrender, Magnificent
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons, Hysteric, Zero

 

[U2inUtah]

Depeche Mode - Wrong, Peace
U2 - Breathe
Andrew Bird - Masterswarm
Animal Collective - My Girls, Summertime Clothes, Daily Routine
Doves - Jetstream, Kingdom Of Rust, The Greatest Denier, Spellbound
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero, Heads Will Roll
Lily Allen - The Fear
Lady Gaga - Just Dance, Poker Face
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
DMB - Funny The Way It Is

 

[The Sad Punk]

Royksopp - Happy Up Here, This Must Be It, You Don't Have a Clue
Beirut - No Dice
Lotus Plaza - Antoine
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager in Love, Stay Alive
Doves - Jetstream
Animal Collective - My Girls (obligatory?)

I need to relisten to a bunch of albums though, i.e. nothing stood out straight away for me from Bromst, but I'm trying to get into it.

 

[CutterC]

U2 - Magnificent, Unknown Caller, Breathe
Doves - Kingdom of Rust, Winter Hill, House of Mirrors
Lily Allen - The Fear, Everyone's At It

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

YouTube - Miley Cyrus - The Climb - Official Music Video (HQ)

 

[corianderstem]

I'd like to add Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I now like that one more than Zero.

 

[MMP]

Hmmm... let's see..
Songs in no particular order, except for Boots:

1. U2 - Get on Your Boots

Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
Phoenix - 1901
Oasis - Those Swollen Hand Blues
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
Franz Ferdinand - Twilight Omens
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin', If You Ever Go to Houston, Life Is Hard
The Veils - Sit Down by the Fire, It Hits Deep, Three Sisters
U2 - first five songs from NLOTH (yeah, sue me.)

 

[Irishteen]

Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete
U2 - Moment of Surrender/Unknown Caller
Bob Dylan - Life is Hard
Metric - Gimme Sympathy

 

[IWasBored]

outlaw pete is still too long, but it's growing on me. however, i really like my lucky day. probably because it reminds me of the outlets' "knock me down" meets old school REM.

 

[impy13]

Some non-YYY suggestions:

Andrew Bird - "Anonanimal"
Animal Collective - the entire damn album
Bat for Lashes - "Glass"
Bob Dylan - "If You Ever Go to Houston," "Shake Shake Mama," "I Feel a Change Comin' On"
Charles Spearin - "Vanessa"
The Decemberists - "The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid," "The Queen's Rebuke," "The Drowned"
The National - "So Far Around the Bend," "Sleep All Summer (ft. St. Vincent)"
Phoenix - "Lisztomania," "Love Like a Sunset"
Shuttlecock - "Courts of Lebanon"

 

[WITS]

I've only found Depche Mode's "Wrong" single to be good in 2009 other then the U2 album. I hope The Manics "Journal for Plague Lovers" album doesn't disappoint. . I loved "Send Away the Tigers" when U2 were doing their recording sessions.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I love this album, but I couldn't really choose a specific song from it for some reason. I need to listen to it more.

Oh yeah, I feel kind of the same way. Although the last three tracks really stand out for me.

 

[LemonMelon]

outlaw pete is still too long, but it's growing on me. however, i really like my lucky day. probably because it reminds me of the outlets' "knock me down" meets old school REM.

I would like Outlaw Pete if the lyrics weren't so ridiculous/terrible. I wholly agree that My Lucky Day is awesome.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Right now for me 10.03 by Doves is my favorite!

 

[angelordevil]

Neil Young - Just Singing a Song

Beautifully quirky homemade (canoe-made) video version: http://vodpod.com/watch/1482909-singing-a-song-por-neil-young

Awesome live performance (with bonus track): YouTube - Neil Young - Just Singing A Song Won't Change The World & Sea Change (Calgary October 19 2008)

 

[Dani California]

Oooh favourites so far:

U2 - boots, magnificent, I'll go crazy, MOS, breathe
KOL- sex on fire (or was that last year?!) use somebody
Lady GaGa- pokerface - bloody hated it at first, now I like it grr
The Dream feat Mariah Carey- My love - only just heard this but LOVE IT

YouTube - The Dream Ft Mariah Carey - My Love (Official Music Video)

 

[LMP]

"Fences" by Phoenix has been in constant rotation for the past month or so.

Along with that:

"Breathe" by The 'Cock
"Daily Routine," "My Girls," and "Brother Sport" by Animal Collective
"The Rake's Song" by The Decemberists
"I'm on a Boat" by The Lonely Island
"Turn It On" by Franz Ferdinand
"Jetstream" by Doves
"Outlaw Pete," and "The Wrestler" by Springsteen
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" by Bob Dylan

 

[impy13]

"I'm on a Boat" by The Lonely Island

I'm sorry. We were looking for "Santana DVX." Better luck next time.

 

[LMP]

I'm sorry. We were looking for "Santana DVX." Better luck next time.

That's right, motherfucker.

Best song on the whole album is the Natalie Portman rap, but that came out in '06, right?

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

REGINA REGINA REGINA : drool :

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Julian Casablancas is better than you at life

 

[lazarus]

I hate that guy so much I can't really bring myself to click on that clip.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I'm curious, why do you hate him?

 

[LemonMelon]

This is the undoubtedly peak of Julian Casablancas' musical career:

YouTube - The Lonely Island - Boombox

Appropriately, he doesn't get to do all that much.

 

[clarityat3am]

This song has been one of my favorites for a long, long time.

YouTube - Matthew Mayfield - Razorblade

 

[lazarus]

I'm curious, why do you hate him?

"My band got a record deal because my daddy runs a famous modeling agency!"

Something like that.

And I do own and enjoy Is This It.

 

[Zoomerang96]

strokes are awesome, lazarus.

 

[lazarus]

 

[u2popmofo]

"My band got a record deal because my daddy runs a famous modeling agency!"

Something like that.

.

I get this may be annoying for some people, but in this day and age...so what?

Business is all about connections, "Who you know, not what you know". Does this mean that I should hate everyone who's ever gotten a job by "knowing someone"? I don't think I've personally ever received a job anywhere without having some sort of "in".

Plus, there are far shittier bands out there with deals based on their own "merits".