phanan
Blue Crack Addict
Ok, here we go.
We've got 16 playlists vying for the top spot. Later today, all players will receive links via PM and will have two weeks to listen. By October 26th, I will need a ranking from each participant.
You'll rank 15 playlists total - you will not include your own. Points will be added up using the following formula:
1. 15 points
2. 14 points
3. 13 points
I trust you know the rest.
Once I receive all rankings, I will add up the totals and start the results thread on the 26th (if I get them all relatively early) or the 27th.
With that, here are the contending playlists listed in alphabetical order by player name.
AtomicBono
1. Norma Jean - "A Small Spark Vs. A Great Forest" - Redeemer - 2006- (4:59)
2. Underoath - "Fault Line, A Fault of Mine" - Lost in the Sound of Separation - 2008 - (3:22)
3. Editors - "Munich" - The Back Room - 2005 - (3:47)
4. Interpol - "Obstacle 1" - Turn On The Bright Lights - 2002 - (4:11)
5. +/- (Plus/Minus) - "Trapped Under Ice Floes" - Holding Patterns - 2003 - (5:26)
6. Bloc Party - "So Here We Are" - Silent Alarm - 2005 - (3:52)
7. Thrice - "Circles" - Beggars - 2009 - (4:18)
8. Pleasant Grove - "Impossible" - The Art of Leaving - 2004 - (5:59)
9. Radiohead - "All I Need" - In Rainbows - 2007 - (3:49)
10. U2 - "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" - The Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack - 2000 - (3:46)
11. TV on the Radio - "DLZ" - Dear Science - 2008 - (3:49)
12. Minus The Bear - "Knights" - Planet of Ice - 2007 - (3:44)
13. The Fall of Troy - "Chapter IV: Enter The Black Demon" - Phantom on the Horizon - 2008 - (5:36)
14. Pain of Salvation - "Ashes" - The Perfect Element - 2000 - (4:28)
15. This Town Needs Guns - "It's Not True Rufus, Don't Listen to the Hat" - Split CD: This Town Needs Guns/Cats And Cats And Cats - 2007 - (4:46)
16. Porcupine Tree - "Sentimental" - Fear of a Blank Planet - 2007 - (5:27)
17. As Cities Burn - "Contact" - Come Now Sleep - 2007 - (6:52)
Axver
THIS OLD CABIN: A Selection From The 2000s
Let me be upfront: this is not my Best Of 2000s list. While the 80 minute restriction may have helped others condense their favourites into a very focused selection of personal awesomeness, it was a curse for me. Many of my favourite songs from the 2000s are quite long. However, no list representing just six or seven bands adequately reflected the depth of music I have loved from this decade. Meanwhile, any list of shorter songs contained stuff that I think is great, but not truly in the decade's top 20. I tried to strike a balance but it didn't really feel satisfying. So here's the list I found least objectionable, a list that I think has some reasonable diversity and functions cohesively, a list that I feel does at least a decent job of representing at least some of what I've loved about the 2000s, unashamedly my favourite decade of music. The closer, Verses, is unquestionably my favourite song of the decade. I hope you enjoy, and give some more out-there picks a fair chance. You'll know what I mean.
As for the picture, it's one I took in Malbun, Liechtenstein in July 2009. Not only do I think it has a nice atmosphere complementing some of the songs in my list, but I think it nicely illustrates the foggy nature of doing a Best Of such as this, especially when you have musical inclinations such as mine.
1. Alcest - "Printemps Emeraude" - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde, 2007 (7:20)
2. Tinariwen - "Matadjem Yinmixan" - Aman Iman: Water Is Life, 2007 (5:45)
3. Porcupine Tree - "The Rest Will Flow" - Lightbulb Sun, 2000 [2008 remaster] (3:18)
4. God Is An Astronaut - "Suicide By Star" - All Is Violent, All Is Bright, 2005 (4:38)
5. Jesu - "The Stars That Hang Above You" - Envy/Jesu split EP, 2008 (7:36)
6. Pure Reason Revolution - "Deus Ex Machina" - Amor Vincit Omnia, 2009 (5:41)
7. Melechesh - "Leper Jerusalem" - Emissaries, 2006 (3:49)
8. Agalloch - "In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion" - The Mantle, 2002 (14:46)
9. Anathema - "Release" - A Fine Day To Exit, 2001 (5:48)
10. Blackfield - "Epidemic" - Blackfield II, 2007 (4:59)
11. 65 Days Of Static - "Radio Protector" - One Time For All Time, 2005 (5:26)
12. Russian Circles - "Verses" - Station, 2008 (8:43)
Total runtime: 77:42
bono_212
Turn The Page
Going into this list I knew one thing, there was a side of the 2000s I wanted to cover, and I knew it wasn't going to be the insanely popular side. This decade has been important to me for a lot of reasons. For the most part, it is the decade I grew up in, but, it seems like with the first days of the year 2000, I finally became aware of the fact that I didn't simply have to listen to the music my parents listened to, thus, I went to the one place I knew I could find music 24 hours a day...at least then: MTV. Yes, I was a TRL addict, every day, I couldn't miss a show, and that was how, in October of that year, I witnessed a band from Ireland I had never heard of playing on the rooftop of a building in Times Square. I watched the performance, it was kinda cool. Hated the song though. And yet, after it was over, all I kept hearing day in and day out was about how U2 were BACK. Back? Back from where? I've never even heard of these guys. With each play of the “Beautiful Day” video, I grew more and more tired of these guys, and so, I did the only logical thing...I went to find out what else they sang. I mean, if everyone kept going on about them, there must be SOMETHING worthwhile. Well, to make a long story short, eventually I fell in love with U2, and am where I am today. “Walk On” was not the first U2 song I fell in love with, but I remember, vividly, a day when I was sitting in my room with the remote to the VCR firmly in hand, watching the video again and again and again...just to transcribe the lyrics to the song (I had the Internet, but apparently I didn't know what it's #1 use was, at the #2 use, seeings how Porn exists and all). But this list is not just about U2. It's about the music of the 2000s, the good and the simple guilty pleasures. I could go on and on telling you a story about each and every one of these songs; Singing “Mr. Brightside” at the top of my lungs in my first car, Having a deep philosophical conversation with my friends about the story behind “Stan” (at the oh so ripe age of 13...in fact I just found out that the song is fictitious while I was writing this. The things you'll believe for the rest of your life after you hear it once), Taking my boyfriend to his first Drive-In theater experience while “I Gotta Feeling” played for the 30th time that week. They're all special, they all symbolize the most important years of my life, and, while you may not like the songs, I hope you can understand what my purpose here was. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I realize for most of you this was tl;dr.
1.Black Eyed Peas - “I Gotta Feeling (Radio Edit)” - I Gotta Feeling (4:07)
2.Lady Gaga - “Just Dance” - The Fame (4:02)
3.Rihanna - “Disturbia” - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (3:59)
4.Nelly Furtado - “Say It Right” - Loose (3:43)
5.Madonna - “Don't Tell Me” - Music (4:40)
6.AFI - “Love Like Winter” - Decemberunderground (2:46)
7.Muse - “Starlight” - Black Holes and Revelations (4:00)
8.Keane - “Everybody's Changing” - Hopes and Fears (3:37)
9.Coldplay - “Clocks” - A Rush of Blood to the Head (5:07)
10.The Killers - “Mr. Brightside” - Hot Fuss (3:43)
11.Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinée - Franz Ferdinand (4:03)
12.Fatboy Slim - “Weapon of Choice” - The Greatest Hits-Why Try Harder (3:38)
13.Outkast - “Hey Ya” - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (3:55)
14.Kanye West - “Stronger” - Graduation (5:12)
15.Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.” - Demon Days (3:41)
16.Eminem - “Stan (Ft. Dido)” - Marshall Mathers LP (6:44)
17.Arcade Fire - “Ocean of Noise” - Neon Bible (4:53)
18.U2 - “Walk On” - All That You Can't Leave Behind (4:58)
GirlsAloudFan
MODERN GIRLS
I'm pretty proud of this playlist. I think it's probably the most poptastic playlist in DI history. And, unless Screwtape has done it before, I think it's the first DI entry to feature only female vocalists. I've also represented each year of the decade here. I hope it's a fun listen for you guys. Somethin' a little different. No matter what, I know Axver will love it.
1. Be Your Own Pet - "Bunk Trunk Skunk" - Be Your Own Pet - 2006 - (1:33)
2. Girls Aloud - "Biology" - Chemistry - 2005 - (3:37)
3. Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats" - Some Hearts - 2005 - (3:20)
4. Britney Spears - "Womanizer" - Circus - 2009 - (3:44)
5. Sugababes - "Push the Button" - Taller In More Ways - 2005 - (3:39)
6. Cansei de ser Sexy - "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" - Cansei de ser Sexy - 2006 - (3:07)
7. Miley Cyrus - "See You Again" - Meet Miley Cyrus - 2007 - (3:11)
8. Lea Michele - "Take A Bow" - Take A Bow (iTunes single) - 2009 - (3:35)
9. Annie - "Heartbeat" - Anniemal - 2004 - (3:06)
10. Lily Allen - "Smile" - Alright, Still - 2006 - (3:16)
11. Aly & AJ - "Potential Breakup Song" - Insomniatic - 2007 - (3:40)
12. PJ Harvey - "One Line" - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - 2000 - (3:14)
13. Avril Lavigne - "I'm With You" - Let Go - 2002 - (3:44)
14. Michelle Branch - "All You Wanted" - The Spirit Room - 2001 - (3:37)
15. Sleater-Kinney - "Modern Girl" - The Woods - 2005 - (3:02)
16. Rilo Kiley - "Portions For Foxes" - More Adventurous - 2004 - (4:45)
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps" - Fever To Tell - 2003 - (3:40)
18. Taylor Swift - "Change" - Fearless - 2008 - (4:40)
Total Runtime: 62 minutes 30 seconds
Imperor
Imperor presents... In Crustaceans
A1: Radiohead – “Treefingers” – Kid A
A2: Animal Collective – “Banshee Beat” - Feels
A3: Okkervil River – “All You Little Suckers” – SCORE!
A4: Faultline – “Wild Horses (featuring Joseph Arthur)” – Your Love Means Everything
A5: Grizzly Bear – “Alligator” – Horn of Plenty
A6: St. Vincent – “Just the Same But Brand New” - Actor
A7: Panda Bear – “Search for Delicious” – Person Pitch
(33:23)
B1: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Rockers to Swallow” – Isis EP
B2: Deradoorian – “Holding Pattern” – Mind Raft EP
B3: Broken Social Scene – “Major Label Debut (Fast)” – EP To Be You and Me
B4: Wilco – “Unlikely Japan” – You Never Know 7”
B5: Secret Machines – “You Are Chains” – Now Here is Nowhere
B6: My Morning Jacket – “Dondante” – Z
(29:18)
Irishteen
The Good Old Days
1. MGMT - "Kids" - Oracular Spectacular - 2008 (5:03)
2. Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A - 2000 (5:09)
3. The Killers - "On Top" - Hot Fuss - 2004 (4:19)
4. Placebo - "Infra-Red" - Meds - 2006 (3:16)
5. Battles - "Atlas" - Mirrored - 2007 (7:07)
6. Metric - "Gimme Sympathy" - Fantasies - 2009 (3:55)
7. Franz Ferdinand - "The Fallen" - You Could Have It So Much Better - 2005 (3:42)
8. Bloc Party - "Uniform" - A Weekend in the City - 2007 (5:32)
9. The Libertines - "The Good Old Days" - Up the Bracket - 2002 (3:00)
10. Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (lies) - Funeral - 2004 (5:11)
11. The Verve - "Columbo" - Forth - 2008 (7:30)
12. The National - "Fake Empire" - Boxer - 2007 (3:27)
13. Modest Mouse - "Little Motel" - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - 2007 (4:44)
14. Snow Patrol - "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" - Eyes Open - 2006 (3:24)
15. U2 - "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" - All That You Can't Leave Behind - 2000 (3:44)
16. Jason Collett - "We All Lose One Another" - Idols of Exile - 2006 (4:22)
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Venice Queen" - By the Way - 2002 (6:07)
Total Time: 79:24
Jive Turkey
I think I'm as happy as I'll ever be with this. Its so hard narrowing it down to 80 minutes. Anyway, here it goes.
LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great" - Sound of Silver (6:26)
Of Montreal - "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (4:56)
Les Savy Fav - "Patty Lee" - Lets Stay Friends (3:52)
Morrissey - "The First of the Gang to Die" - You Are the Quarry (3:39)
Band of Horses - "The Funeral" - Everything All the Time (5:22)
Radiohead - "Knives Out" - Amnesiac (4:15)
DJ Shadow - "Six Days" - The Private Press (5:02)
The Twilight Sad - "Cold Days From the Birdhouse" - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (6:13)
John Frusciante - "Everyperson" - Shadows Collide with People (2:41)
The Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" - Funeral (4:48)
Sufjan Stevens - "The Upper Peninsula" - Greetings from Michigan (3:24)
The Walkmen - "In the New Year" - You & Me (4:22)
Fleet Foxes - "Ragged Wood" - Fleet Foxes (5:07)
Ryan Adams - "Come Pick Me Up" - Heartbreaker (5:18)
The National - "Daughters of the Soho Riots" - Alligator (3:59)
Bright Eyes - "Poison Oak" - I'm Wide Awake, Its Morning (4:40)
Interpol - "Leif Erikson" - Turn On the Bright Lights (4:00)
Lancemc
Nerdy Erectors - Bitty (or)Cocks
1. REM - "I've Been High" - Reveal (3:27)
2. Radiohead - "There There" - Hail to the Thief (5:24)
3. Fleet Foxes - "Drops in the River" - Sun Giant (4:13)
4. The National - "Brainy" - Boxer (3:20)
5. Dirty Projectors - "Temecula Sunrise" - Bitte Orca (5:05)
6. Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue" - Acid Tongue (3:54)
7. Arcade Fire - "Haiti" - Funeral (4:07)
8. The Flaming Lips - "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4:34)
9. Iron & Wine - "Upward Over the Mountain" - The Creek Drank the Cradle (5:56)
10. Wilco - "One Wing" - Wilco (The Album) (3:42)
11. Beck - "The Golden Age" - Sea Change (4:39)
12. Bjork - "Unison" - Vespertine (6:46)
13. DJ Shadow - "Six Days" - The Private Press (5:02)
14. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Cannibal's Hymn" - Abattoir Blues (4:54)
15. LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" - Sound of Silver (7:37)
16. Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Come On Feel the Illinoise! (5:54)
LemonMelon
As I'm sure was the case with many of you, creating a compilation of my favorite songs of the 2000s held a special significance. The majority of those entering the competition are either in their teens or early/mid twenties, which means that this particular decade probably enlightened them to the underground music scene at large, or perhaps even the mainstream. While creating a compilation from a decade you weren't born in certainly has value, as truly great music is timeless and moves each of us regardless of when we were born, creating a list of songs released during the time in which your tastes matured is an intriguing challenge. There are a thousand ways to attack it, but I elected to simply pick the songs that have been significant to me over the past 5 years or so, as I didn't start listening to more current music until around 2004. So yeah, the track listing is slightly imbalanced; only 7 of these 19 songs were released before then. However, I feel this playlist is an excellent representation of my tastes, and what I consider the most notable songs of the decade. And for all the Mr. Braus out there, yes, I know this is the whitest collection of music imaginable. I made that cover just for you.
Track listing:
1. TV On The Radio - "I Was A Lover" - Return To Cookie Mountain (4:20)
2. Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" - Neon Bible (3:28)
3. Spoon - "Everything Hits At Once" - Girls Can Tell (4:02)
4. Radiohead - "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" - In Rainbows (5:17)
5. Wilco - "Pot Kettle Black" - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (4:00)
6. The National - "Fake Empire" - Boxer (3:24)
7. Sufjan Stevens - "Chicago" - Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (6:05)
8. Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:47)
9. The Shins - "Kissing The Lipless" - Chutes Too Narrow
10. Flight Of The Conchords - "The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" - Flight Of The Conchords (4:00)
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Soft Shock" - It's Blitz! (3:53)
12. Phoenix - "1901" - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (3:12)
13. U2 - "When I Look At The World" - All That You Can't Leave Behind (4:16)
14. Doves - "Snowden" - Some Cities (4:11)
15. Coldplay - "Strawberry Swing" - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (4:07)
16. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" - Veckatimest (4:03)
17. Broken Social Scene - "Lover's Spit" - You Forgot It In People (6:22)
18. The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??" - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (3:32)
19. Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" - For Emma, Forever Ago (3:55)
Total run time: 79:20
LMP
LMP's End of the Decade DI Spectacular
Side One (41:30)
1. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
2. Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes" - Merriweather Post Pavilion (4:32)
3. Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A (5:08)
4. Kanye West - "Flashing Lights (ft. Dwele)" - Graduation (3:58)
5. TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me (ft. Katrina Ford + rock on)" - Return to Cookie Fountain (5:08)
6. U2 - "When I Look at the World" - All That You Can't Leave Behind (4:20)
7. Broken Social Scene - "7/4 (Shoreline)" - Broken Social Scene (4:53)
8. Johnny Cash - "The Man Comes Around" - American IV: The Man Comes Around (4:27)
9. The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (3:33)
Side Two (38:02)
10. Explosions in the Sky - "The Birth and Death of the Day" - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (7:50)
11. Smashing Pumpkins - "Stand Inside Your Love" - Machina: The Machines of God (4:12)
12. Sonic Youth - "Unmade Bed" - Sonic Nurse (3:54)
13. The National - "All the Wine" - Alligator (3:15)
14. The Shins - "New Slang" - Oh, Inverted World (3:51)
15. Beck - "Paper Tiger" - Sea Change (4:36)
16. Sigur Rós - "Hoppípolla" - Takk... (4:29)
17. Muse - "Knights of Cydonia" - Black Holes and Revelations (6:01)
Total time: 1:19:32
namkcuR
Withering Aughts
I had 24 hours notice to do this and about 4-5 actual hours to do it, but I'm pretty happy with it. Basically, it starts off with a bang, with the first 9 tracks being more rock-oriented, and then it gets a lot more mellow - that was just the flow I ended up being happy with. It's pretty mainstream, but whatever. These are just the tracks that I couldn't bare to cut - all that I can't leave behind, so to speak. A couple notes: 1. Sean Lennon's track is probably the only one you guys haven't heard a lot before; if I have one hope for this list, it's that Sean's track persuades you guys to give his album Friendly Fire a try. 2. I think Jane's Addiction's Just Because is one of the more underrated rock songs of the decade. I could comment on all of my picks, but you don't want to read, you want to listen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
1. Coldplay - "Politik" - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - 2002 - (5:19)
2. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral - 2004 - (5:35)
3. Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome" - Absolution - 2003 - (4:57)
4. Jane's Addiction - "Just Because" - Strays - 2003 - (3:52)
5. Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot - 2004 - (4:21)
6. Smashing Pumpkins - "Stand Inside Your Love" - Machina - 2000 - (4:14)
7. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside" - Hot Fuss - 2004 - (3:44)
8. The Flaming Lips - "Are You A Hypnotist?" - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - 2002 - (4:45)
9. Travis - "Love Will Come Through" - 12 Memories - 2003 - (3:42)
10. Sean Lennon - "Wait For Me" - Friendly Fire - 2006 - (2:39)
11. Weezer - "Island In The Sun" - Weezer(The Green Album) - 2001 - (3:26)
12. Yael Naim - "New Soul" - New Soul - 2008 - (3:35)
13. Feist - "Gatekeeper" - Let It Die - 2004 - (2:16)
14. Norah Jones - "Don't Know Why" - Come Away With Me - 2002 - (3:06)
15. U2 - "Stateless" - Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack - 2000 - (4:07)
16. Sting - "Desert Rose" - Brand New Day - 2000 - (4:46)
17. Johnny Cash - "Hurt" - American IV: The Man Comes Around - 2002 - (3:39)
18. Sigur Ros - "Untitled 4 AKA Njósnavélin AKA The Nothing Song" - () - 2002 - (7:33)
19. Radiohead - "Life In A Glass House" - Amnesiac - 2001 - (4:35)
Total Runtime: 1:20:00/80 minutes 0 seconds
onebloodonelife
It Is What It Is
I just tried to put together a bunch of songs by artists that I think have put out some of the best music of the decade. Hope you all enjoy.
1. Dirty Projectors - "Useful Chamber" - Bitte Orca (6:28)
2. Broken Social Scene - "7/4 (Shoreline)" - Broken Social Scene (4:53)
3. Animal Collective - "Bluish" - Merriweather Post Pavilion (5:09)
4. The Flaming Lips - "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4:34)
5. Mos Def - "Twilite Speedball" The Ecstatic (3:02)
6. Why? - "A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under" - Alopecia (2:28)
7. Okkervil River - "And I Have Seen the World of Dreams" - Sleep and Wake-Up Songs EP (4:20)
8. Madvillain - "Shadows of Tomorrow" - Madvillainy (2:36)
9. Andrew Bird - "Imitosis" - Armchair Apocrypha (4:00)
10. Atmosphere - "Say Shh" - Seven's Travels (4:56)
11. J Dilla - "Get Down" - Vol. 2: Vintage (3:02)
12. Girl Talk - "That's My DJ" - Night Ripper (2:08)
13. Hot Chip - "(Just Like We) Breakdown" - The Warning (4:12)
14. Radiohead - "Idioteque" - I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (4:25)
15. Explosions in the Sky - "The Long Spring" - Peel Sessions (5:28)
16. The National - "Abel" - Alligator (3:37)
17. TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" - Return to Cookie Mountain (4:37)
18. Bon Iver - "Team" - For Emma, Forever Ago (1:54)
19. Grizzly Bear - "Foreground" - Veckatimest (3:35)
Total running time: 75 minutes
phanan
phanan's phavorites
1. Porcupine Tree – “Blackest Eyes” – In Absentia (4:23)
2. Muse – “Hysteria” - Absolution (3:47)
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Berlin” – Baby 81 (3:11)
4. White Stripes – “Fell In Love With A Girl” – White Blood Cells (1:50)
5. Bloc Party – “Helicopter” – Silent Alarm (3:40)
6. Fatboy Slim – “Weapon Of Choice” – Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars (5:15)
7. Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc. (Single Version)” – Demon Days (3:28)
8. Outkast – “Ms. Jackson” - Stankonia (4:30)
9. God Is An Astronaut – “Sunrise In Aries” – Far From Refuge (4:21)
10. My Morning Jacket – “Anytime” - Z (3:56)
11. The National – “Mistaken For Strangers” - Boxer (3:31)
12. Coldplay – “God Put A Smile Upon Your Face” – A Rush Of Blood To The Head (4.57)
13. Bruce Springsteen – “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live” – The Seeger Sessions: We Shall Overcome (American Land Edition) (3:22)
14. Johnny Cash – “Solitary Man” – American III: Solitary Man (2:25)
15. Spoon – “I Summon You” – Gimme Fiction (3.55)
16. The Shins – “Young Pilgrims” – Chutes Too Narrow (2:47)
17. Pure Reason Revolution – “The Exact Colour” – The Dark Third (4.05)
18. U2 – “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” – The Million Dollar Hotel (3.45)
19. Radiohead – “How To Disappear Completely” – Kid A (5:56)
20. Alcest – “Tir Nan Og” - Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde (6:10)
Total Time: 79.14
phillyfan26
Tommy Wiseau’s The Neighbors
Concept:
"The Neighbors" is a sitcom consisting of relationship between a group of neighbors who live in an apartment building. The lead character is Charlie, the manager of the building. The tenants are a diverse group of personality of different ages and backgrounds constantly bringing their problems to Charlie and his secretary girlfiend Bebe. The character of Princess Penelope create commotion by seeing the ghost of her uncle Prince Charles. It is a fresh humorous look at human behavioe with different view points including plenty of surprises. The demographic is all inclusive.
The spelling mistakes in the concept are supposed to be that way; I took the album cover and concept from Tommy Wiseau's website.
1. Animal Collective – “Summertime Clothes” – Merriweather Post Pavilion (4:32)
2. TV on the Radio – “DLZ” – Dear Science (3:49)
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Zero” – It’s Blitz! (4:26)
4. Cut Copy – “Nobody Lost, Nobody Found” – In Ghost Colours (4:39)
5. Los Campesinos! – “Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks” – Hold on Now, Youngster (4:29)
6. The White Stripes – “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine” – Elephant (3:18)
7. John Frusciante – “Loss” – The Will to Death (5:21)
8. Radiohead – “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” – In Rainbows (5:18)
9. The National – “The Geese of Beverly Road” – Alligator (4:59)
10. Doves – “Sea Song” – Lost Souls (6:13)
11. Fleet Foxes – “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes (4:26)
12. Elbow – “One Day Like This” – The Seldom Seen Kid (6:34)
13. Wilco – “Heavy Metal Drummer” – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (3:09)
14. LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends” – Sound of Silver (7:37)
15. Broken Social Scene – “Cause = Time” – You Forgot It in People (5:31)
16. Arcade Fire – “Rebellion (Lies)” – Funeral (5:11)
Screwtape2
Pi –The Best of The 2000’s
“Bookends of ice and snow; the end of the story is a return to the start. We are lost by year’s end, tried and hoping for another. In a kingdom of white, the hope and dream of a new start is crystallized. This cycle of solid to shattered and mended to melted has rarely been as evident as in this decade. So, how does one measure a circular life?”
Often I hear and read that music today is terrible. In the mainstream they’d probably be right. If you know how to find it though this has been a decade rich in great songs, albums and artists. In fact, for the 80 minutes allowed it has been far too rich. I realized quickly that this playlist couldn’t feature my picks for best songs of the decade (most of which are over five minutes and closer to eight) or a fair representation of the decade’s diversity. I struggled more on this playlist than any other. In the end, I just decided to not over think it anymore and just come up with a unified piece. While not every deserving album, artist and song are here, I do think this playlist is a great answer to those that think music is terrible today.
I added the years next to each song. Looking at the playlist it is clear that recent albums, for better or worse, seemed to have an advantage over the rest of the decade. I’m curious if this was the case for anyone else. The biggest examples are “We Are The People” and “Rabbit Heart” (which people might remember from the radio interview before U2’s Sheffield broadcast) which both snuck in thanks to being recent musical discoveries. A year from now the playlist might have looked very different.
1. Todd Rundgren- “God Said” –Liars (7:35) [2004]
2. Empire of The Sun- “We Are The People”-Walking On A Dream (4:27) [2008]
3. Bat For Lashes- “Two Planets” –Two Suns (4:48) [2009]
4. Kate Bush- “King of The Mountain” –Aerial (4:54) [2005]
5. Florence & The Machine- “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)” –Lungs (3:52) [2009]
6. Metric- “Poster of A Girl” –Live It Out (4:49) [2005]
7. Moby- “Shot In The Back of The Head” –Wait For Me (3:16) [2009]
8. Morrissey- “Life Is A Pigsty” –Ringleader of the Tormentors (7:23) [2006]
9. Najwa Nimri- “Lord of Nations” –Carefully (4:53) [2001]
10. U2- “Fez-Being Born” –No Line On The Horizon (5:17) [2009]
11. MGMT- “Of Moons, Birds & Monsters” –Oracular Spectacular (4:47) [2007]
12. St. Vincent- “Black Rainbow” –Actor (4:11) [2009]
13. Coldplay- “Spell A Rebel Yell” –Violet Hill (2:47) [2008]
14. Dresden Dolls- “The Jeep Song” –The Dresden Dolls (4:51) [2003]
15. Tori Amos- “Taxi Ride” –Scarlet’s Walk (4:02) [2002]
16. The Verve- “Sit and Wonder” –Forth (6:52) [2008]
Total Time: 78:34
Zoots
1. Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" - Kid A
2. Muse - "Bliss" - Origin Of Symmetry
3. Tori Amos - "I Can't See New York" - Scarlet's Walk
4. Bruce Springsteen - "You're Missing" - The Rising
5. Coldplay - "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
6. Snow Patrol - "How To Be Dead" - Final Straw
7. Interpol - "NYC" - Turn On The Bright Lights
8. Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" - Neon Bible
9. The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button To Button" - Elephant
10. The Killers - "Smile Like You Mean It" - Hot Fuss
11. Franz Ferdinand - "Dark Of The Matinee" - Franz Ferdinand
12. Pearl Jam - "Gone" - Pearl Jam
13. R.E.M. - "Sing For The Submarine" - Accelerate
14. Porcupine Tree - "Lazarus" - Deadwing
15. Sigur Ros - "Saeglopur" - Takk...
16. Keane - "Bedshaped" - Hopes And Fears
17. U2 - "Cedars Of Lebanon" - No Line On The Horizon
Total time = 78:16
We've got 16 playlists vying for the top spot. Later today, all players will receive links via PM and will have two weeks to listen. By October 26th, I will need a ranking from each participant.
You'll rank 15 playlists total - you will not include your own. Points will be added up using the following formula:
1. 15 points
2. 14 points
3. 13 points
I trust you know the rest.
Once I receive all rankings, I will add up the totals and start the results thread on the 26th (if I get them all relatively early) or the 27th.
With that, here are the contending playlists listed in alphabetical order by player name.
AtomicBono
1. Norma Jean - "A Small Spark Vs. A Great Forest" - Redeemer - 2006- (4:59)
2. Underoath - "Fault Line, A Fault of Mine" - Lost in the Sound of Separation - 2008 - (3:22)
3. Editors - "Munich" - The Back Room - 2005 - (3:47)
4. Interpol - "Obstacle 1" - Turn On The Bright Lights - 2002 - (4:11)
5. +/- (Plus/Minus) - "Trapped Under Ice Floes" - Holding Patterns - 2003 - (5:26)
6. Bloc Party - "So Here We Are" - Silent Alarm - 2005 - (3:52)
7. Thrice - "Circles" - Beggars - 2009 - (4:18)
8. Pleasant Grove - "Impossible" - The Art of Leaving - 2004 - (5:59)
9. Radiohead - "All I Need" - In Rainbows - 2007 - (3:49)
10. U2 - "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" - The Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack - 2000 - (3:46)
11. TV on the Radio - "DLZ" - Dear Science - 2008 - (3:49)
12. Minus The Bear - "Knights" - Planet of Ice - 2007 - (3:44)
13. The Fall of Troy - "Chapter IV: Enter The Black Demon" - Phantom on the Horizon - 2008 - (5:36)
14. Pain of Salvation - "Ashes" - The Perfect Element - 2000 - (4:28)
15. This Town Needs Guns - "It's Not True Rufus, Don't Listen to the Hat" - Split CD: This Town Needs Guns/Cats And Cats And Cats - 2007 - (4:46)
16. Porcupine Tree - "Sentimental" - Fear of a Blank Planet - 2007 - (5:27)
17. As Cities Burn - "Contact" - Come Now Sleep - 2007 - (6:52)
Axver
THIS OLD CABIN: A Selection From The 2000s
Let me be upfront: this is not my Best Of 2000s list. While the 80 minute restriction may have helped others condense their favourites into a very focused selection of personal awesomeness, it was a curse for me. Many of my favourite songs from the 2000s are quite long. However, no list representing just six or seven bands adequately reflected the depth of music I have loved from this decade. Meanwhile, any list of shorter songs contained stuff that I think is great, but not truly in the decade's top 20. I tried to strike a balance but it didn't really feel satisfying. So here's the list I found least objectionable, a list that I think has some reasonable diversity and functions cohesively, a list that I feel does at least a decent job of representing at least some of what I've loved about the 2000s, unashamedly my favourite decade of music. The closer, Verses, is unquestionably my favourite song of the decade. I hope you enjoy, and give some more out-there picks a fair chance. You'll know what I mean.
As for the picture, it's one I took in Malbun, Liechtenstein in July 2009. Not only do I think it has a nice atmosphere complementing some of the songs in my list, but I think it nicely illustrates the foggy nature of doing a Best Of such as this, especially when you have musical inclinations such as mine.
1. Alcest - "Printemps Emeraude" - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde, 2007 (7:20)
2. Tinariwen - "Matadjem Yinmixan" - Aman Iman: Water Is Life, 2007 (5:45)
3. Porcupine Tree - "The Rest Will Flow" - Lightbulb Sun, 2000 [2008 remaster] (3:18)
4. God Is An Astronaut - "Suicide By Star" - All Is Violent, All Is Bright, 2005 (4:38)
5. Jesu - "The Stars That Hang Above You" - Envy/Jesu split EP, 2008 (7:36)
6. Pure Reason Revolution - "Deus Ex Machina" - Amor Vincit Omnia, 2009 (5:41)
7. Melechesh - "Leper Jerusalem" - Emissaries, 2006 (3:49)
8. Agalloch - "In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion" - The Mantle, 2002 (14:46)
9. Anathema - "Release" - A Fine Day To Exit, 2001 (5:48)
10. Blackfield - "Epidemic" - Blackfield II, 2007 (4:59)
11. 65 Days Of Static - "Radio Protector" - One Time For All Time, 2005 (5:26)
12. Russian Circles - "Verses" - Station, 2008 (8:43)
Total runtime: 77:42
bono_212
Turn The Page
Going into this list I knew one thing, there was a side of the 2000s I wanted to cover, and I knew it wasn't going to be the insanely popular side. This decade has been important to me for a lot of reasons. For the most part, it is the decade I grew up in, but, it seems like with the first days of the year 2000, I finally became aware of the fact that I didn't simply have to listen to the music my parents listened to, thus, I went to the one place I knew I could find music 24 hours a day...at least then: MTV. Yes, I was a TRL addict, every day, I couldn't miss a show, and that was how, in October of that year, I witnessed a band from Ireland I had never heard of playing on the rooftop of a building in Times Square. I watched the performance, it was kinda cool. Hated the song though. And yet, after it was over, all I kept hearing day in and day out was about how U2 were BACK. Back? Back from where? I've never even heard of these guys. With each play of the “Beautiful Day” video, I grew more and more tired of these guys, and so, I did the only logical thing...I went to find out what else they sang. I mean, if everyone kept going on about them, there must be SOMETHING worthwhile. Well, to make a long story short, eventually I fell in love with U2, and am where I am today. “Walk On” was not the first U2 song I fell in love with, but I remember, vividly, a day when I was sitting in my room with the remote to the VCR firmly in hand, watching the video again and again and again...just to transcribe the lyrics to the song (I had the Internet, but apparently I didn't know what it's #1 use was, at the #2 use, seeings how Porn exists and all). But this list is not just about U2. It's about the music of the 2000s, the good and the simple guilty pleasures. I could go on and on telling you a story about each and every one of these songs; Singing “Mr. Brightside” at the top of my lungs in my first car, Having a deep philosophical conversation with my friends about the story behind “Stan” (at the oh so ripe age of 13...in fact I just found out that the song is fictitious while I was writing this. The things you'll believe for the rest of your life after you hear it once), Taking my boyfriend to his first Drive-In theater experience while “I Gotta Feeling” played for the 30th time that week. They're all special, they all symbolize the most important years of my life, and, while you may not like the songs, I hope you can understand what my purpose here was. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I realize for most of you this was tl;dr.
1.Black Eyed Peas - “I Gotta Feeling (Radio Edit)” - I Gotta Feeling (4:07)
2.Lady Gaga - “Just Dance” - The Fame (4:02)
3.Rihanna - “Disturbia” - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (3:59)
4.Nelly Furtado - “Say It Right” - Loose (3:43)
5.Madonna - “Don't Tell Me” - Music (4:40)
6.AFI - “Love Like Winter” - Decemberunderground (2:46)
7.Muse - “Starlight” - Black Holes and Revelations (4:00)
8.Keane - “Everybody's Changing” - Hopes and Fears (3:37)
9.Coldplay - “Clocks” - A Rush of Blood to the Head (5:07)
10.The Killers - “Mr. Brightside” - Hot Fuss (3:43)
11.Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinée - Franz Ferdinand (4:03)
12.Fatboy Slim - “Weapon of Choice” - The Greatest Hits-Why Try Harder (3:38)
13.Outkast - “Hey Ya” - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (3:55)
14.Kanye West - “Stronger” - Graduation (5:12)
15.Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.” - Demon Days (3:41)
16.Eminem - “Stan (Ft. Dido)” - Marshall Mathers LP (6:44)
17.Arcade Fire - “Ocean of Noise” - Neon Bible (4:53)
18.U2 - “Walk On” - All That You Can't Leave Behind (4:58)
GirlsAloudFan
MODERN GIRLS
I'm pretty proud of this playlist. I think it's probably the most poptastic playlist in DI history. And, unless Screwtape has done it before, I think it's the first DI entry to feature only female vocalists. I've also represented each year of the decade here. I hope it's a fun listen for you guys. Somethin' a little different. No matter what, I know Axver will love it.
1. Be Your Own Pet - "Bunk Trunk Skunk" - Be Your Own Pet - 2006 - (1:33)
2. Girls Aloud - "Biology" - Chemistry - 2005 - (3:37)
3. Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats" - Some Hearts - 2005 - (3:20)
4. Britney Spears - "Womanizer" - Circus - 2009 - (3:44)
5. Sugababes - "Push the Button" - Taller In More Ways - 2005 - (3:39)
6. Cansei de ser Sexy - "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" - Cansei de ser Sexy - 2006 - (3:07)
7. Miley Cyrus - "See You Again" - Meet Miley Cyrus - 2007 - (3:11)
8. Lea Michele - "Take A Bow" - Take A Bow (iTunes single) - 2009 - (3:35)
9. Annie - "Heartbeat" - Anniemal - 2004 - (3:06)
10. Lily Allen - "Smile" - Alright, Still - 2006 - (3:16)
11. Aly & AJ - "Potential Breakup Song" - Insomniatic - 2007 - (3:40)
12. PJ Harvey - "One Line" - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - 2000 - (3:14)
13. Avril Lavigne - "I'm With You" - Let Go - 2002 - (3:44)
14. Michelle Branch - "All You Wanted" - The Spirit Room - 2001 - (3:37)
15. Sleater-Kinney - "Modern Girl" - The Woods - 2005 - (3:02)
16. Rilo Kiley - "Portions For Foxes" - More Adventurous - 2004 - (4:45)
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps" - Fever To Tell - 2003 - (3:40)
18. Taylor Swift - "Change" - Fearless - 2008 - (4:40)
Total Runtime: 62 minutes 30 seconds
Imperor
Imperor presents... In Crustaceans
A1: Radiohead – “Treefingers” – Kid A
A2: Animal Collective – “Banshee Beat” - Feels
A3: Okkervil River – “All You Little Suckers” – SCORE!
A4: Faultline – “Wild Horses (featuring Joseph Arthur)” – Your Love Means Everything
A5: Grizzly Bear – “Alligator” – Horn of Plenty
A6: St. Vincent – “Just the Same But Brand New” - Actor
A7: Panda Bear – “Search for Delicious” – Person Pitch
(33:23)
B1: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Rockers to Swallow” – Isis EP
B2: Deradoorian – “Holding Pattern” – Mind Raft EP
B3: Broken Social Scene – “Major Label Debut (Fast)” – EP To Be You and Me
B4: Wilco – “Unlikely Japan” – You Never Know 7”
B5: Secret Machines – “You Are Chains” – Now Here is Nowhere
B6: My Morning Jacket – “Dondante” – Z
(29:18)
Irishteen
The Good Old Days
1. MGMT - "Kids" - Oracular Spectacular - 2008 (5:03)
2. Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A - 2000 (5:09)
3. The Killers - "On Top" - Hot Fuss - 2004 (4:19)
4. Placebo - "Infra-Red" - Meds - 2006 (3:16)
5. Battles - "Atlas" - Mirrored - 2007 (7:07)
6. Metric - "Gimme Sympathy" - Fantasies - 2009 (3:55)
7. Franz Ferdinand - "The Fallen" - You Could Have It So Much Better - 2005 (3:42)
8. Bloc Party - "Uniform" - A Weekend in the City - 2007 (5:32)
9. The Libertines - "The Good Old Days" - Up the Bracket - 2002 (3:00)
10. Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (lies) - Funeral - 2004 (5:11)
11. The Verve - "Columbo" - Forth - 2008 (7:30)
12. The National - "Fake Empire" - Boxer - 2007 (3:27)
13. Modest Mouse - "Little Motel" - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - 2007 (4:44)
14. Snow Patrol - "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" - Eyes Open - 2006 (3:24)
15. U2 - "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" - All That You Can't Leave Behind - 2000 (3:44)
16. Jason Collett - "We All Lose One Another" - Idols of Exile - 2006 (4:22)
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Venice Queen" - By the Way - 2002 (6:07)
Total Time: 79:24
Jive Turkey
I think I'm as happy as I'll ever be with this. Its so hard narrowing it down to 80 minutes. Anyway, here it goes.
LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great" - Sound of Silver (6:26)
Of Montreal - "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (4:56)
Les Savy Fav - "Patty Lee" - Lets Stay Friends (3:52)
Morrissey - "The First of the Gang to Die" - You Are the Quarry (3:39)
Band of Horses - "The Funeral" - Everything All the Time (5:22)
Radiohead - "Knives Out" - Amnesiac (4:15)
DJ Shadow - "Six Days" - The Private Press (5:02)
The Twilight Sad - "Cold Days From the Birdhouse" - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (6:13)
John Frusciante - "Everyperson" - Shadows Collide with People (2:41)
The Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" - Funeral (4:48)
Sufjan Stevens - "The Upper Peninsula" - Greetings from Michigan (3:24)
The Walkmen - "In the New Year" - You & Me (4:22)
Fleet Foxes - "Ragged Wood" - Fleet Foxes (5:07)
Ryan Adams - "Come Pick Me Up" - Heartbreaker (5:18)
The National - "Daughters of the Soho Riots" - Alligator (3:59)
Bright Eyes - "Poison Oak" - I'm Wide Awake, Its Morning (4:40)
Interpol - "Leif Erikson" - Turn On the Bright Lights (4:00)
Lancemc
Nerdy Erectors - Bitty (or)Cocks
1. REM - "I've Been High" - Reveal (3:27)
2. Radiohead - "There There" - Hail to the Thief (5:24)
3. Fleet Foxes - "Drops in the River" - Sun Giant (4:13)
4. The National - "Brainy" - Boxer (3:20)
5. Dirty Projectors - "Temecula Sunrise" - Bitte Orca (5:05)
6. Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue" - Acid Tongue (3:54)
7. Arcade Fire - "Haiti" - Funeral (4:07)
8. The Flaming Lips - "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4:34)
9. Iron & Wine - "Upward Over the Mountain" - The Creek Drank the Cradle (5:56)
10. Wilco - "One Wing" - Wilco (The Album) (3:42)
11. Beck - "The Golden Age" - Sea Change (4:39)
12. Bjork - "Unison" - Vespertine (6:46)
13. DJ Shadow - "Six Days" - The Private Press (5:02)
14. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Cannibal's Hymn" - Abattoir Blues (4:54)
15. LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" - Sound of Silver (7:37)
16. Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Come On Feel the Illinoise! (5:54)
LemonMelon
As I'm sure was the case with many of you, creating a compilation of my favorite songs of the 2000s held a special significance. The majority of those entering the competition are either in their teens or early/mid twenties, which means that this particular decade probably enlightened them to the underground music scene at large, or perhaps even the mainstream. While creating a compilation from a decade you weren't born in certainly has value, as truly great music is timeless and moves each of us regardless of when we were born, creating a list of songs released during the time in which your tastes matured is an intriguing challenge. There are a thousand ways to attack it, but I elected to simply pick the songs that have been significant to me over the past 5 years or so, as I didn't start listening to more current music until around 2004. So yeah, the track listing is slightly imbalanced; only 7 of these 19 songs were released before then. However, I feel this playlist is an excellent representation of my tastes, and what I consider the most notable songs of the decade. And for all the Mr. Braus out there, yes, I know this is the whitest collection of music imaginable. I made that cover just for you.
Track listing:
1. TV On The Radio - "I Was A Lover" - Return To Cookie Mountain (4:20)
2. Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" - Neon Bible (3:28)
3. Spoon - "Everything Hits At Once" - Girls Can Tell (4:02)
4. Radiohead - "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" - In Rainbows (5:17)
5. Wilco - "Pot Kettle Black" - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (4:00)
6. The National - "Fake Empire" - Boxer (3:24)
7. Sufjan Stevens - "Chicago" - Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (6:05)
8. Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:47)
9. The Shins - "Kissing The Lipless" - Chutes Too Narrow
10. Flight Of The Conchords - "The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" - Flight Of The Conchords (4:00)
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Soft Shock" - It's Blitz! (3:53)
12. Phoenix - "1901" - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (3:12)
13. U2 - "When I Look At The World" - All That You Can't Leave Behind (4:16)
14. Doves - "Snowden" - Some Cities (4:11)
15. Coldplay - "Strawberry Swing" - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (4:07)
16. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" - Veckatimest (4:03)
17. Broken Social Scene - "Lover's Spit" - You Forgot It In People (6:22)
18. The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??" - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (3:32)
19. Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" - For Emma, Forever Ago (3:55)
Total run time: 79:20
LMP
LMP's End of the Decade DI Spectacular
Side One (41:30)
1. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
2. Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes" - Merriweather Post Pavilion (4:32)
3. Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A (5:08)
4. Kanye West - "Flashing Lights (ft. Dwele)" - Graduation (3:58)
5. TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me (ft. Katrina Ford + rock on)" - Return to Cookie Fountain (5:08)
6. U2 - "When I Look at the World" - All That You Can't Leave Behind (4:20)
7. Broken Social Scene - "7/4 (Shoreline)" - Broken Social Scene (4:53)
8. Johnny Cash - "The Man Comes Around" - American IV: The Man Comes Around (4:27)
9. The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (3:33)
Side Two (38:02)
10. Explosions in the Sky - "The Birth and Death of the Day" - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (7:50)
11. Smashing Pumpkins - "Stand Inside Your Love" - Machina: The Machines of God (4:12)
12. Sonic Youth - "Unmade Bed" - Sonic Nurse (3:54)
13. The National - "All the Wine" - Alligator (3:15)
14. The Shins - "New Slang" - Oh, Inverted World (3:51)
15. Beck - "Paper Tiger" - Sea Change (4:36)
16. Sigur Rós - "Hoppípolla" - Takk... (4:29)
17. Muse - "Knights of Cydonia" - Black Holes and Revelations (6:01)
Total time: 1:19:32
namkcuR
Withering Aughts
I had 24 hours notice to do this and about 4-5 actual hours to do it, but I'm pretty happy with it. Basically, it starts off with a bang, with the first 9 tracks being more rock-oriented, and then it gets a lot more mellow - that was just the flow I ended up being happy with. It's pretty mainstream, but whatever. These are just the tracks that I couldn't bare to cut - all that I can't leave behind, so to speak. A couple notes: 1. Sean Lennon's track is probably the only one you guys haven't heard a lot before; if I have one hope for this list, it's that Sean's track persuades you guys to give his album Friendly Fire a try. 2. I think Jane's Addiction's Just Because is one of the more underrated rock songs of the decade. I could comment on all of my picks, but you don't want to read, you want to listen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
1. Coldplay - "Politik" - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - 2002 - (5:19)
2. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral - 2004 - (5:35)
3. Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome" - Absolution - 2003 - (4:57)
4. Jane's Addiction - "Just Because" - Strays - 2003 - (3:52)
5. Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot - 2004 - (4:21)
6. Smashing Pumpkins - "Stand Inside Your Love" - Machina - 2000 - (4:14)
7. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside" - Hot Fuss - 2004 - (3:44)
8. The Flaming Lips - "Are You A Hypnotist?" - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - 2002 - (4:45)
9. Travis - "Love Will Come Through" - 12 Memories - 2003 - (3:42)
10. Sean Lennon - "Wait For Me" - Friendly Fire - 2006 - (2:39)
11. Weezer - "Island In The Sun" - Weezer(The Green Album) - 2001 - (3:26)
12. Yael Naim - "New Soul" - New Soul - 2008 - (3:35)
13. Feist - "Gatekeeper" - Let It Die - 2004 - (2:16)
14. Norah Jones - "Don't Know Why" - Come Away With Me - 2002 - (3:06)
15. U2 - "Stateless" - Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack - 2000 - (4:07)
16. Sting - "Desert Rose" - Brand New Day - 2000 - (4:46)
17. Johnny Cash - "Hurt" - American IV: The Man Comes Around - 2002 - (3:39)
18. Sigur Ros - "Untitled 4 AKA Njósnavélin AKA The Nothing Song" - () - 2002 - (7:33)
19. Radiohead - "Life In A Glass House" - Amnesiac - 2001 - (4:35)
Total Runtime: 1:20:00/80 minutes 0 seconds
onebloodonelife
It Is What It Is
I just tried to put together a bunch of songs by artists that I think have put out some of the best music of the decade. Hope you all enjoy.
1. Dirty Projectors - "Useful Chamber" - Bitte Orca (6:28)
2. Broken Social Scene - "7/4 (Shoreline)" - Broken Social Scene (4:53)
3. Animal Collective - "Bluish" - Merriweather Post Pavilion (5:09)
4. The Flaming Lips - "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4:34)
5. Mos Def - "Twilite Speedball" The Ecstatic (3:02)
6. Why? - "A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under" - Alopecia (2:28)
7. Okkervil River - "And I Have Seen the World of Dreams" - Sleep and Wake-Up Songs EP (4:20)
8. Madvillain - "Shadows of Tomorrow" - Madvillainy (2:36)
9. Andrew Bird - "Imitosis" - Armchair Apocrypha (4:00)
10. Atmosphere - "Say Shh" - Seven's Travels (4:56)
11. J Dilla - "Get Down" - Vol. 2: Vintage (3:02)
12. Girl Talk - "That's My DJ" - Night Ripper (2:08)
13. Hot Chip - "(Just Like We) Breakdown" - The Warning (4:12)
14. Radiohead - "Idioteque" - I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (4:25)
15. Explosions in the Sky - "The Long Spring" - Peel Sessions (5:28)
16. The National - "Abel" - Alligator (3:37)
17. TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" - Return to Cookie Mountain (4:37)
18. Bon Iver - "Team" - For Emma, Forever Ago (1:54)
19. Grizzly Bear - "Foreground" - Veckatimest (3:35)
Total running time: 75 minutes
phanan
phanan's phavorites
1. Porcupine Tree – “Blackest Eyes” – In Absentia (4:23)
2. Muse – “Hysteria” - Absolution (3:47)
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Berlin” – Baby 81 (3:11)
4. White Stripes – “Fell In Love With A Girl” – White Blood Cells (1:50)
5. Bloc Party – “Helicopter” – Silent Alarm (3:40)
6. Fatboy Slim – “Weapon Of Choice” – Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars (5:15)
7. Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc. (Single Version)” – Demon Days (3:28)
8. Outkast – “Ms. Jackson” - Stankonia (4:30)
9. God Is An Astronaut – “Sunrise In Aries” – Far From Refuge (4:21)
10. My Morning Jacket – “Anytime” - Z (3:56)
11. The National – “Mistaken For Strangers” - Boxer (3:31)
12. Coldplay – “God Put A Smile Upon Your Face” – A Rush Of Blood To The Head (4.57)
13. Bruce Springsteen – “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live” – The Seeger Sessions: We Shall Overcome (American Land Edition) (3:22)
14. Johnny Cash – “Solitary Man” – American III: Solitary Man (2:25)
15. Spoon – “I Summon You” – Gimme Fiction (3.55)
16. The Shins – “Young Pilgrims” – Chutes Too Narrow (2:47)
17. Pure Reason Revolution – “The Exact Colour” – The Dark Third (4.05)
18. U2 – “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” – The Million Dollar Hotel (3.45)
19. Radiohead – “How To Disappear Completely” – Kid A (5:56)
20. Alcest – “Tir Nan Og” - Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde (6:10)
Total Time: 79.14
phillyfan26
Tommy Wiseau’s The Neighbors
Concept:
"The Neighbors" is a sitcom consisting of relationship between a group of neighbors who live in an apartment building. The lead character is Charlie, the manager of the building. The tenants are a diverse group of personality of different ages and backgrounds constantly bringing their problems to Charlie and his secretary girlfiend Bebe. The character of Princess Penelope create commotion by seeing the ghost of her uncle Prince Charles. It is a fresh humorous look at human behavioe with different view points including plenty of surprises. The demographic is all inclusive.
The spelling mistakes in the concept are supposed to be that way; I took the album cover and concept from Tommy Wiseau's website.
1. Animal Collective – “Summertime Clothes” – Merriweather Post Pavilion (4:32)
2. TV on the Radio – “DLZ” – Dear Science (3:49)
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Zero” – It’s Blitz! (4:26)
4. Cut Copy – “Nobody Lost, Nobody Found” – In Ghost Colours (4:39)
5. Los Campesinos! – “Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks” – Hold on Now, Youngster (4:29)
6. The White Stripes – “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine” – Elephant (3:18)
7. John Frusciante – “Loss” – The Will to Death (5:21)
8. Radiohead – “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” – In Rainbows (5:18)
9. The National – “The Geese of Beverly Road” – Alligator (4:59)
10. Doves – “Sea Song” – Lost Souls (6:13)
11. Fleet Foxes – “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes (4:26)
12. Elbow – “One Day Like This” – The Seldom Seen Kid (6:34)
13. Wilco – “Heavy Metal Drummer” – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (3:09)
14. LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends” – Sound of Silver (7:37)
15. Broken Social Scene – “Cause = Time” – You Forgot It in People (5:31)
16. Arcade Fire – “Rebellion (Lies)” – Funeral (5:11)
Screwtape2
Pi –The Best of The 2000’s
“Bookends of ice and snow; the end of the story is a return to the start. We are lost by year’s end, tried and hoping for another. In a kingdom of white, the hope and dream of a new start is crystallized. This cycle of solid to shattered and mended to melted has rarely been as evident as in this decade. So, how does one measure a circular life?”
Often I hear and read that music today is terrible. In the mainstream they’d probably be right. If you know how to find it though this has been a decade rich in great songs, albums and artists. In fact, for the 80 minutes allowed it has been far too rich. I realized quickly that this playlist couldn’t feature my picks for best songs of the decade (most of which are over five minutes and closer to eight) or a fair representation of the decade’s diversity. I struggled more on this playlist than any other. In the end, I just decided to not over think it anymore and just come up with a unified piece. While not every deserving album, artist and song are here, I do think this playlist is a great answer to those that think music is terrible today.
I added the years next to each song. Looking at the playlist it is clear that recent albums, for better or worse, seemed to have an advantage over the rest of the decade. I’m curious if this was the case for anyone else. The biggest examples are “We Are The People” and “Rabbit Heart” (which people might remember from the radio interview before U2’s Sheffield broadcast) which both snuck in thanks to being recent musical discoveries. A year from now the playlist might have looked very different.
1. Todd Rundgren- “God Said” –Liars (7:35) [2004]
2. Empire of The Sun- “We Are The People”-Walking On A Dream (4:27) [2008]
3. Bat For Lashes- “Two Planets” –Two Suns (4:48) [2009]
4. Kate Bush- “King of The Mountain” –Aerial (4:54) [2005]
5. Florence & The Machine- “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)” –Lungs (3:52) [2009]
6. Metric- “Poster of A Girl” –Live It Out (4:49) [2005]
7. Moby- “Shot In The Back of The Head” –Wait For Me (3:16) [2009]
8. Morrissey- “Life Is A Pigsty” –Ringleader of the Tormentors (7:23) [2006]
9. Najwa Nimri- “Lord of Nations” –Carefully (4:53) [2001]
10. U2- “Fez-Being Born” –No Line On The Horizon (5:17) [2009]
11. MGMT- “Of Moons, Birds & Monsters” –Oracular Spectacular (4:47) [2007]
12. St. Vincent- “Black Rainbow” –Actor (4:11) [2009]
13. Coldplay- “Spell A Rebel Yell” –Violet Hill (2:47) [2008]
14. Dresden Dolls- “The Jeep Song” –The Dresden Dolls (4:51) [2003]
15. Tori Amos- “Taxi Ride” –Scarlet’s Walk (4:02) [2002]
16. The Verve- “Sit and Wonder” –Forth (6:52) [2008]
Total Time: 78:34
Zoots
1. Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" - Kid A
2. Muse - "Bliss" - Origin Of Symmetry
3. Tori Amos - "I Can't See New York" - Scarlet's Walk
4. Bruce Springsteen - "You're Missing" - The Rising
5. Coldplay - "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
6. Snow Patrol - "How To Be Dead" - Final Straw
7. Interpol - "NYC" - Turn On The Bright Lights
8. Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" - Neon Bible
9. The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button To Button" - Elephant
10. The Killers - "Smile Like You Mean It" - Hot Fuss
11. Franz Ferdinand - "Dark Of The Matinee" - Franz Ferdinand
12. Pearl Jam - "Gone" - Pearl Jam
13. R.E.M. - "Sing For The Submarine" - Accelerate
14. Porcupine Tree - "Lazarus" - Deadwing
15. Sigur Ros - "Saeglopur" - Takk...
16. Keane - "Bedshaped" - Hopes And Fears
17. U2 - "Cedars Of Lebanon" - No Line On The Horizon
Total time = 78:16
Great choice! 
i'll make these lists my priority though, to make sure I get through them all in 2 weeks. on Tuesdays and Sundays I spend hours doing homework, so those will be good times to knock a lot of these out 
