top twelve songs of 2004

[Zoomerang96]

very simple idea here but i don't believe it's been done? perhaps it has, and i've forgotten about it, my apologies if that's indeed the case.

anyway, my favourite song of the year is really more of a personal thing with the song i had at the time. funny thing is that feeling never goes away. every time i hear it, it's like i'm back in spring of 2004...

loscil's "the grid" is my favourite song of the year. probably not the "best", but my favourite.

now, contrary to that method of creating a top twelve list, i'm gonna pick the 12 BEST singles of 2004. not necessarily my favourites, though of course it'll certainly help in being biased whether anyone likes to admit it or not.

the walkmen - the rat: rock song of the year, no question about it.

franz ferdinand - take me out

franz ferdinad - darts of pleasure

modest mouse - float on

britney spears - toxic

stars - ageless beauty

the strokes - the end has no end

tegan and sara - walking with a ghost

n.e.r.d. - she wants to move

snoop dogg - drop it like it's an ipod

broken social scene - almost crimes

snow partrol - run

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alright, i'm missing a lot of songs. this list will be revised fo shizzle.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Well, I don't know about 'best', but these are those that I think really arrested me as being very good last year:

1. Belle & Sebastian - 'Your Cover's Blown' (from the Books EP, and the best song released this year)
2. Ash - 'Starcross'd'
3. Graham Coxon - 'Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery'
4. Jens Lekman - 'You Are The Light'
5. Franz Ferdinand - 'Take Me Out'
6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'Nature Boy'
7. Jay-Z - '99 Problems'
8. Modest Mouse - 'Float On'
9. The Streets - 'Dry Your Eyes'
10. REM - 'Leaving New York'
11. U2 - 'Vertigo'
12. The Charlatans - 'Loving You Is Easy'

Good enough for ya?

edit: list not in order, except for #1.

 

[Zoomerang96]

ah!!! 99 problems by jay z, as well as dust your shoulder off....

can't believe i forgot those two.

and i was gonna throw in the b&s song, but i thought it was a b-side! isn't it though??

regardless, it's flat out incredible. i probably should have listed it anyway.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Actually come to think of it, you're probably right about it's B-side status. It's one heck of a song though.

I guess you can replace it with '99 Problems' at the head of that order. I can't think of a 12th song to make up the numbers though.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Nature Boy- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
First of the Gang to Die - Morrissey
Jesus Walks - Kanye West
Jesus of Suburbia suite - Green Day
Cinnamon Girl - Prince
Hell is Chrome - Wilco
Original of the Species - U2
Run - Snow Patrol
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
Modest Mouse - Float On
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

 

[celia]

U2 - Vertigo
Keane - This is the last time
REM - leaving new york
Muse - Butterflys and Hurricanes
Libertines - cant stand me now
Franz Ferdinand - Take me Out
Snow Patrol - run
Morrissey - I have forgiven jesus
The Killers - somebody told me
Damien Rice - The BLowers Daughter
Travis - Love will come through
PJ Harvey - The Letter

 

[Zoomerang96]

Nature Boy- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
First of the Gang to Die - Morrissey
Jesus Walks - Kanye West
Jesus of Suburbia suite - Green Day
Cinnamon Girl - Prince
Hell is Chrome - Wilco
Original of the Species - U2
Run - Snow Patrol
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
Modest Mouse - Float On
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

i totally forgot about kanye west.

"thanks to kanye's workout plan, i'm the envy of all my friends..."

 

[ZeroDude]

Interpol- Slow Hands
The Bravery- Honest Mistake
The Killers- Somebody Told Me
Jay Z- 99 Problems
U2- Vertigo
The Kings Of Leon- The Bucket
Keane- Bedshaped
The Music- Freedom Fighters
The Libertines- Can't Stand Me Now
Dogs Die In Hot Cars- Lounger
The Streets- Dry Your Eyes Mate
Franz Ferdinand- Take Me Out

Special Mention to Snow Patrol with Run which you can't deny is a great song

 

[Zoomerang96]

i saw interpol's slow hands video the other day, and i finally started to like the song.

 

[ZeroDude]

i saw interpol's slow hands video the other day, and i finally started to like the song.

Nice, now buy the album I find it hard not to like or Love even.....

P.S. I don't work for Interpol

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

U2 - Vertigo
Keane - This is the last time
REM - leaving new york
Muse - Butterflys and Hurricanes
Franz Ferdinand - Take me Out
Snow Patrol - run
The Killers - somebody told me

 

[Elvis Presley]

And ill bite....

no order to these

The Walkmen- The Rat
Arcade Fire- Neighborhood #2
The Features- Blow it Out
Ted Leo- Me and Mia
Jens Lekman- you are the light
The Mountain Goats- Palmcorder Yanja
Animal Collective- Leaf House
Wilco- At least thats what you said
Pinback- Fortress
AC Newman- Miracle Drug
U2- Vertigo
Apostle of Hustle- Energy of Death

 

[Bono's shades]

In no particular order:

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
U2 - Vertigo
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Monkey to Man
Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Nature Boy
Kanye West - Jesus Walks
Prince - Musicology
Morressey - Irish Blood, English Heart
Green Day - American Idiot
Prince - Call My Name
The Walkmen - The Rat

 

[AtomicBono]

1. U2 - Vertigo
2. U2 - Miracle Drug
3. U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your own
4. U2 - Love and Peace or Else
5. U2 - City of Blinding Lights
6. U2 - All Because of You
7. U2 - A Man and a Woman
8. U2 - Crumbs From Your Table
9. U2 - One Step Closer
10. U2 - Original of the Species
11. U2 - Yahweh
12. U2 - Fast Cars



or my "Best Of 2004" disc that I made as Christmas presents to my friends:

1. U2 - Love and Peace or Else
2. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
3. 22-20s - Shoot Your Gun
4. Franz Ferdinand - Michael
5. Incubus - Agoraphobia
6. Razorlight - To The Sea
7. Low Millions - Eleanor
8. Bloc Party - Little Thoughts
9. Interpol - Evil
10. Keane - Can't Stop Now
11. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
12. Sum-41 - We're All to Blame
13. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
14. Wilco - Theologians
15. Stellastarr* - Somewhere Across Forever?
16. Modest Mouse - Float On

 

[Zoomerang96]

elvis, i didn't put any arcade fire or wilco in my list cause i was unaware they actually released singles. which did they all issue?

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Nature Boy- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
First of the Gang to Die - Morrissey
Jesus Walks - Kanye West
Jesus of Suburbia suite - Green Day
Cinnamon Girl - Prince
Hell is Chrome - Wilco
Original of the Species - U2
Run - Snow Patrol
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
Modest Mouse - Float On
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

Bear, I didn't see your restriction of choices to singles. As such, I'll amend my list

Nature Boy- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
First of the Gang to Die - Morrissey
Jesus Walks - Kanye West
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Cinnamon Girl - Prince
Vertigo - U2
Run - Snow Patrol
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Float On - Modest Mouse
Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Seven Deadly Sins - Flogging Molly

 

[financeguy]

Leaving New York - REM

Can't Stand Me Now - the Libertines

Fuck all else, I'm afraid. Britney Spears, where are you? (no, seriously her singles are great)

 

[beau2ifulday]

Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Goldie Lookin' Chain - Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do
U2 - Vertigo
Scissor Sisters - Laura
Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
Rufus Wainwright - I Don't Know What It Is
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Kanye West - Jesus Walks
Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter
Regina Spektor - Your Honor

 

[Elvis Presley]

i didnt see the restriction either, shithotdogs.........

 

[Zoomerang96]

ah well, that's ok i guess.

it's just that my list would have looked TOTALLY different otherwise.

actually, why don't you all do what unf.lemon did and create lists of both singles and best songs?

 

[knox]

or my "Best Of 2004" disc that I made as Christmas presents to my friends:

1. U2 - Love and Peace or Else
2. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
3. 22-20s - Shoot Your Gun
4. Franz Ferdinand - Michael
5. Incubus - Agoraphobia
6. Razorlight - To The Sea
7. Low Millions - Eleanor
8. Bloc Party - Little Thoughts
9. Interpol - Evil
10. Keane - Can't Stop Now
11. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
12. Sum-41 - We're All to Blame
13. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
14. Wilco - Theologians
15. Stellastarr* - Somewhere Across Forever?
16. Modest Mouse - Float On

This is the BEST LIST EVER.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I think my list wouldn't be much different. I'd probably have the Arcade Fire on it ahead of our Graham, and probably change a few songs to album tracks or something.

Oh and my best of 2004 mix, which isn't really a best of 2004 mix because of all sort of criterion I used:
http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/Getcontents.asp?strMixId=85856

edit: oh and I'll have the fucking Manics. 'Empty Souls' and 'The Love of Richard Nixon' (the two singles from Lifeblood) are pretty good songs but I think there's better on that particular record.

 

[thesuburbskill]

mylittlelist

1) take me out - franz ferdinand (most repeat play)
2) neighborhood #3 - arcade fire (a close 2nd on the repeat button)
3) float on - modest mouse
4) fortress - pinback (soo cool and loopy... very relaxing and reminded me of a video game i used to play)
5) surfing on a rocket - air (yes it is on that car commercial, but it's still a beautiful song)
6) evil - interpol (not my fav on antics, but i dont think 'not even jail' was a single?)
7) club foot - kasabian (on first listen, reminded me of the club mix for discotheque)
8) cherry blossom girl - air (winner for sweetest song)
9) finding out true love is blind - louis xiv (for least sweet)
10) the letter - pj harvey (i love the double meanings too)
11) new slang - the shins (not originally released in 04 but was in rotation again from garden state soundtrack)
12) portions for foxes - rilo kiley

 

[Tom in Boston]

In no particular order...

The Music - Freedom Fighters
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
Phantom Planet - Big Brat
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure
Rooney - I'm Shakin'
Gomez - Catch Me Up
Wilco - The Late Greats

Honorable mention...

Kanye West - We Don't Care

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Not all of mine are singles...

Faithless - Mass Destruction
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
U2 - Vertigo
Placebo - Twenty Years
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Interpol - Narc
Hope of the States - Black Dollar Bills
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
Fabolous - Breathe
Manic Street Preachers - Fragments
My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You

Better not think about this anymore or I'll completely redo the whole thing.

 

[Chizip]

My top 147 of 2004

1 Float On Modest Mouse
2 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
3 Somebody Told Me The Killers
4 Time Is Running Out Muse
5 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6 Such Grea Heights The Postal Service
7 Spitting Games Snow Patrol
8 Misfit Elefant
9 Look What You've Done Jet
10 Walkie Talkie Man Steriogram
11 Still In Love Song The Stills
12 Mr. Brightside The Killers
13 Reptilia The Strokes
14 Hysteria Muse
15 Black Jettas Ima Robot
16 Run Snow Patrol
17 Vindicated Dashboard Confessional
18 Sister Saviour The Rapture
19 Fit But You Know It The Streets
20 Slow Hands Interpol
21 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet
22 Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades Brand New
23 Walk Idiot Walk The Hives
24 Chain The Fire Theft
25 Inside of Love Nada Surf
26 Sad and Lonely Secret Machines
27 Light & Day The Polyphonic Spree
28 First of the Gang To Die Morrissey
29 Darling Nikki Foo Fighters
30 Anthem Of Our Dying Day Story Of The Year
31 A Decade Under The Influence Taking Back Sunday
32 Ch-Check It Out Beastie Boys
33 C'mon C'mon Von Bondies
34 New Resolution Azure Ray
35 Drain The Blood The Distillers
36 Ride The Vines
37 Who's Gonna Save Us The Living End
38 The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows Brand New
39 American Idiot Green Day
40 One Horse Town The Thrills
41 Bury Me With It Modest Mouse
42 So Says I The Shins
43 Turn a Square The Shins
44 Lover I Don't Have To Love Bright Eyes
45 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day
46 Holiday Green Day
47 Last Train Home Lostprophets
48 The Rat The Walkmen
49 Transdermal Celebration Ween
50 Supermodel Robots The Network
51 Love Song 311'
52 Irish Blood, English Heart Morrissey
53 A Favor House Atlantic Coheed & Cambria
54 Y Control Yeah Yeah Yeahs
55 Primitive (The Way I Treat You) Ambulance LTD
56 Born Too Slow The Crystal Method
57 Ocean Breathes Salty Modest Mouse
58 Followed By The Waves Auf Der Maur
59 Down Blink 182
60 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance
61 Until The Day I Die Story Of The Year
62 The Dark of the Matinee Franz Ferdinand
63 Televators The Mars Volta
64 Silver and Cold AFI
65 No Phone Cake
66 Nowhere Again Secret Machines
67 The Sound of Settling Death Cab For Cutie
68 alt.end The Cure
69 Pain Jimmy Eat World
70 Take Your Mama Out Scissor Sisters
71 They Jem
72 First Straw 311'
73 Bam Thwok Pixies
74 Animal Machine The Vines
75 All Downhill From Here New Found Glory
76 Nothing With You The Descendents
77 Lola Stars and Stripes The Stills
78 Kick It Peaches w/ Iggy Pop
79 Big Sur The Thrills
80 Reach For The Sky Social Distortion
81 California Songs Local H
82 Now It's On Grandaddy
83 Art Is Hard Cursive
84 The End Has No End The Strokes
85 Hit That The Offspring
86 This Fire Franz Ferdinand
87 Big Brat Phantom Planet
88 Only One Yellowcard
89 Taylor Jack Johnson
90 Living In America The Sounds
91 Silence Gomez
92 Join Me Him
93 Vertigo U2
94 Can't Get My Head Around You The Offspring
95 The Tide That Left and Never Came Back The Veils
96 Right Right Now Now Beastie Boys
97 Darts of Pleasure Franz Ferdinand
98 Ball and Biscuit The White Stripes
99 Stay Loose Belle & Sebastian
100 Automatic Girl Lola Ray
101 The Golden Path The Chemical Brothers
102 Los Angeles Is Burning Bad Religion
103 Lemonade Wheatus
104 An Open Letter To NYC Beastie Boys
105 Little Know It All Iggy Pop w/ Sum 41
106 I Disappear The Faint
107 Breakin' The Music
108 In Like The Rose Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
109 Holy Ghost LaGuardia
110 Hold Me Now Courtney Love
111 Shafty Polarbear
112 One Big Holiday My Morning Jacket
113 I Miss You Blink 182
114 The New Year Death Cab For Cutie
115 I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself The White Stripes
116 Turncoat Anti-Flag
117 Take It Away The Used
118 Staring At The Sun Simple Kid
120 The Letter PJ Harvey
121 Mass Destruction Faithless
122 24' Jem
123 Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones The Hives
124 Somewhere Only We Know Keane
125 Some Postman Presidents of the United States of America
126 Black Betty Spiderbait
127 12:51' The Strokes
128 Golden Touch Razorlight
129 Can't Stand Me Now The Libertines
130 Surfing On A Rocket Air
131 Feeling This Blink 182
132 The Hardest Button To Button The White Stripes
133 Here Comes Everybody Autolux
134 Not For All The Love In The World The Thrills
135 Cish Cash Basement Jaxx featuring Siouxsie Sioux
136 Jenny Was a Friend Of Mine The Killers
137 Seeing Red Killing Joke
138 Hi-Speed Soul Nada Surf
139 Stockholm Syndrome Muse
140 Before Three The Cure
141 Lioness Caviar
142 Everybody Thinks I'm a Rain Cloud Guided By Voices
143 Blind Pilots The Cooper Temple Clause
144 Freedom Fighters The Music
145 Year of the Rat Badly Drawn Boy
146 Beautiful Night Burden Brothers
147 I Love You Cause I Have To Dogs Die In Hot Cars

 

[meegannie]

I'd have to go through my singles and see which one I bought, since I can't even remember what was released in 2004.

 

[Chizip]

i spend hours coming up a list of my top 147 and nobody even makes a comment

 

[MrBrau1]

i spend hours coming up a list of my top 147 and nobody even makes a comment

Life's funny like that. Ain't it?

 

[Zoomerang96]

i spend hours coming up a list of my top 147 and nobody even makes a comment

i just noticed you had lover i don't have to love by bright eyes. did that really only come out in 2004?