ibi dreams of pavement is the best song of 2005, guys.

[Zoomerang96]

you heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen.

i demand all music lovers who are not familiar with broken social scene to download this song immediately and then proceed to purchase the album either online or at your favourite (indie ) music store.

then come back and say thank you, before explaining why this song is in fact the best song to be released this year.

 

[david]

If you really like this song you should really pick up the 1995 release by The Flaming Lips called Clouds Taste Metallic.

Because that's what the song reminds me of. Early Flaming Lips. Even stuff pre Clouds.

It's a good song none-the-less. I really dig Broken Social Scene.

 

[If you shout...]

I'm glad to hear that somebody feels at least reasonably like I do, Zoomerang. It's not at the top of my list for the not-yet-over year, but it's right the fuck up there.

Two of the most notable songs which top it on my list are "Modern Girl" by Sleater-Kinney and "The Bleeding Heart Show" by The A.C. Newman Traveling Circus (aka, The New Pornographers). I've gotta toss up "Land Locked Blues" by Bright Eyes, too.

But whatever. You are right to recommend and laud this song. It kicked me in the nuts and left me for dead when I first dl'd the leak, a few months back. Truly, utterly, devastatingly spectacular. Fuck the haters, I say. I love everything about the song.

But I love "Swimmers" even more...

 

[Zoomerang96]

good stuff!

thanks for the suggestion, diamond dave. will look into it.

and shout, i always en7oy songs that kick me right square in the balls, leaving them squished, battered and bruised.



superconnected is also right up there, and of course 7/4 is near classic.

swimmers is the "anthems of a..." of the album, and hotel makes me dance sexily.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

bleeding heart show

 

[Dulce de Leche]

Alright, I think you've finally worn me down with all this broken social scene talk of yours.

I will give it a listen.

 

[dudeman]

everyone should check these guys out - they've made 2 of the best albums of the century so far. 'ibi dreams of pavement' is an amazing song on an album FULL of amazing songs. the uninitiated should track down 'cause=time' from their first album (you forgot it in people). you won't be disappointed.

 

[kakvox]

How much do I love me some BSS

 

[kakvox]

Alright, I think you've finally worn me down with all this broken social scene talk of yours.

I will give it a listen.

Dude, if you haven't yet heard BSS's You Forgot it in People , you need to get on that shitz right now. I only discovered it this year and it is easily one of my all-time favorite albums

 

[Dulce de Leche]

I'm not a dude.

But will do.

 

[If you shout...]

everyone should check these guys out - they've made 2 of the best albums of the century so far. 'ibi dreams of pavement' is an amazing song on an album FULL of amazing songs. the uninitiated should track down 'cause=time' from their first album (you forgot it in people). you won't be disappointed.

You Forgot it in People, masterpiece though it may be, was not Broken Social Scene's first album. Just wanted to clear that up. That particular honor goes to the mediocre Feel Good Lost, which was released in/around 2001...if I'm remembering correctly.

And Zoomerang--I hate to divert the thread, but while "Swimmers" may desperately want to be to this album what "Anthems" was to You Forgot..., that shit ain't never gonna happen. It's just not possible for this band or any other. Pop music reached perfection in 2002, courtesy of that aforementioned "Seventeen Year-Old Girl." Whoever she is, I'm pretty sure I love her.

Giddyup.

 

[kakvox]

I'm not a dude.

But will do.

either am I, it just happened to come out of my mouth and spill on to the keyboard

 

[dudeman]

You Forgot it in People, masterpiece though it may be, was not Broken Social Scene's first album. Just wanted to clear that up. That particular honor goes to the mediocre Feel Good Lost, which was released in/around 2001...if I'm remembering correctly.

And Zoomerang--I hate to divert the thread, but while "Swimmers" may desperately want to be to this album what "Anthems" was to You Forgot..., that shit ain't never gonna happen. It's just not possible for this band or any other. Pop music reached perfection in 2002, courtesy of that aforementioned "Seventeen Year-Old Girl." Whoever she is, I'm pretty sure I love her.

Giddyup.

right you are, i realized that after i hit the post button. 'you forgot it in people' was, however, the first album with the entire collective. good stuff.

 

[typhoon]

And Zoomerang--I hate to divert the thread, but while "Swimmers" may desperately want to be to this album what "Anthems" was to You Forgot..., that shit ain't never gonna happen. It's just not possible for this band or any other. Pop music reached perfection in 2002, courtesy of that aforementioned "Seventeen Year-Old Girl." Whoever she is, I'm pretty sure I love her.

Emily Haines; speaking of whom, any love for the new Metric?

 

[Jack In The Box]

bleeding heart show

 

[barlowdog]

you heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen.

i demand all music lovers who are not familiar with broken social scene to download this song immediately and then proceed to purchase the album either online or at your favourite (indie ) music store.

then come back and say thank you, before explaining why this song is in fact the best song to be released this year.

I respectfully disagree. It's not even the best song on the album. I think it reminds me too much of Pavement, which I suppose is the point. Anyway, here's a few song of the year candidates for me.

Banquet.....Bloc Party
For Real.....Okkervil River
Love's Lost Guarantee.....Rogue Wave
7/4.....Broken Social Scene
I'll Believe in Anything.....Wolf Parade
Catch My Disease.....Ben Lee
Your Little Hoodrat Friend.....Hold Steady
Road to Joy.....Bright Eyes
Your Ex-Lover is Dead.....Stars
Almost half the songs on Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers

 

[If you shout...]

Emily Haines; speaking of whom, any love for the new Metric?

I haven't heard ANY of it, somehow. I don't DL the shit which is probably worth buying, because it makes me feel immoral as fuck. At the same time, I'm broke as a mo'foin' joke...so it's no dice, I guess.

Unless I get some balls and just get the shit online. Whatever. I'm sure I love it, if that's any consolation. I don't have Let it Die yet, either.

I'm a sinner, I know.

 

[Chizip]

so do we have anymore contributions to this thread?

ive downloaded some good music because of it

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

'Shine A Light' by Wolf Parade.

 

[lmjhitman]

well done, bear.

Emily Haines; speaking of whom, any love for the new Metric?

yes

i LOVE 'police and the private', 'patriarch on a vespa' and 'empty'.

 

[angelordevil]

so do we have anymore contributions to this thread?

ive downloaded some good music because of it

Final Fantasy's "The Dream of Win and Regine" is pretty unique...I heard it on CBC radio's "National Playist" show here in Canada.

 

[MrBrau1]

I Can't Help You Anymore- Aimee Mann.

delicate and strong at the same time.

 

[barlowdog]

The Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth........Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

 

[If you shout...]

I totally forgot in my earlier posts to name the song at the VERY top of my list...I guess my memory is failing me.

"Wishbone" by Architecture in Helsinki

It's better than "Ibi," it's better than the just-mentioned Clap Your Hands... song, it's better than anything on Twin Cinema, and it's better than all of us put together. Feel the flow, kids.

 

[barlowdog]

I totally forgot in my earlier posts to name the song at the VERY top of my list...I guess my memory is failing me.

"Wishbone" by Architecture in Helsinki

It's better than "Ibi," it's better than the just-mentioned Clap Your Hands... song, it's better than anything on Twin Cinema, and it's better than all of us put together. Feel the flow, kids.

I forgot about Architecture too. Wishbone is a great tune on a great album.

 

[If you shout...]

Wishbone is a great tune on a great album.

...and you know this, MAN!!!!

 

[SkeeK]

Broken Social Scene is good, but a little overrated imo

here's some gems from 2005 (i've decided to keep it to one song per artist):

My Morning Jacket - Off the Record
Elbow - Picky Bugger
Wolf Parade - Modern World
Lyrics Born - I’m Just Raw
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr
John Vanderslice - Plymouth Rock
Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me
Røyksopp - Only This Moment
The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
Calla - Pulverized
Iron and Wine/Calexico - 16, maybe less
The Constantines - Love in Fear
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
Patrick Wolf - The Libertine
Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left
The Eels - Trouble With Dreams
Spoon - I Summon You
Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney - Beast for Thee
Mercury Rev – Vermillion
The Decemberists - On the Bus Mall
Go-Betweens - Statue
The Magic Numbers - Love’s a Game
Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders
Rogue Wave - Bird on A Wire
The Boy Least Likely To - Hugging My Grudge
Busdriver - Happiness’s (Unit Of Measurement)
The Mountain Goats - Lion's Teeth
The Books - An Owl with Knees
Out Hud - It's For You
The Rosebuds - Blue Bird
Camille - La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs
Bird York - In The Deep
Cuff the Duke - No Sleep, No Heat

 

[Jack In The Box]

my humble list

Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders
Beck - E-pro
Gorillaz - El Manana
Final Fantasy - Furniture
Kanye West - Diamons of Sierra Leone
Copeland - No One Really Wins
Red Sparowes - Alone and Unaware, the Landscape was Trasformen in Front of Our Eyes
The Robot Ate Me - I Slept Through the Holocaust (but I think 'On Vacation' is an album of 2004)
CocoRosie - Bazilian Sun
65daysofstatic - 65 doesn't Understand You
Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister
Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home
Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers
Iron and Wine with Calexico - He Lays in the Reins
The Boy Least Likely To - My Tiger, My Heart
Hot Hot Heat - Goddnight, Goodnight
Metric - Empty
Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me
British Sea Power - Oh Larsen B
Devendra Banhart - In Niel
The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
Castanets - No Voice Was Raised
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - I Gave You
Pajo - Mary of the Wild Moor
Fobia - Sembrando Estrellas
Elbow - Great Expectations
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Let it Ride
My Morning Jacket - Dondante
Idlewild - Love Steals Us From Loneliness
Hood - Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weight of the World
Stephen Malkmus - Mama
M. Ward - Four Hours in Washington
The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
Rogue Wave - Love's Lost Guarantee
Iron and Wine - My Lady's House
Bloc Party - Positive Tension
Boards of Canada - Chromakey Dreamcoat
Milhaven - Look Victory
Wolf Parade - Modern World
Porter - Espiral
Detwiije - Would You Rather Be Followed by Forty Ducks for the Rest of Your Life
Andrew Bird - Skin Is, My
Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra/Tra-la-la Band - God Bless Our Dead Marines
The Books - None But Shining Hours
Smog - Rock Bottom Raiser
Antony and the Johnsons - Man is the Baby
The Decemberists - The Infanta
Death Cab for Cutie - Someday You Will Be Loved
m83 - Save us From the Flames
Thunderbirds are Now! - This World Made of Paper
Art Brut - Modern Art
Out Hud - How Long
The Constantines - Love in Fear
Xiu Xiu - Pox
Pelican - Sirius
Low - Monkey
Doves - The Storm
The Hold Steady - Cattle and the Creeping Things
God is an Astronaut - Remembrance Day
Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
Animal Collective - Loch Reaven
Super Furry Animals - Ohio Heat
Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!!! Ahhhhh!
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)
Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere and it's Now
Lightning Bolt - Birdy
Sunn O))) - It Took the Night to Believe
Patrick Wolf - This Weather
Six Organs of Admittance - Procession Of Cherry Blossom Spirits
The Kills - Love is a Deserter
Minus the Bear - This Ain't a Surfing Movie
Sigur Ros - Saeglopur
Spoon - The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
The Clientele - When I Came Home From The Party
The Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
Deerhoof - Spy on You
Okkervil River - Song of Our So-Called Friend
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid

 

[Zoomerang96]

absolute kick-ass lists, ladies and gentlemen. i'll definitely be downloading some of these tunes...

however!!!!

i'd like it if one of you kind-hearted souls would start a new thread with all these year end lists so that we can focus strictly on that. makes for a good read.

is that fair to ask?

 

[agentorange]

Gotta say I've been enjoying the lists too. I've picked up on some good stuff. Props to barlowdog and others who have recommended Rogue Wave. I like the sound, and they're gonna be in town in a couple of nights. I think I'll have to find a way to check them out, in spite of the ridiculously late starts.