Best Of 2000s Results Thread

[Screwtape2]

I'm surprised this one wasn't higher.

 

[phanan]

(tie) 9. namkcuR

Total Points: 80

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: 13th

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




(tie) 9. onebloodonelife

Total Points: 80

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: 13th


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

 

[namkcuR]

Wow, 9th is higher than I thought I'd finish. I was prepping myself for a finish in dead last. I wonder who ranked me #1?

Also, I'm shocked bono_212's list was so low, I had that as my #1.

 

[phanan]

You'll find out when I do the top fives for every list after this.

 

[phanan]

Okay. I wonder if a large difference in highest ranking and lowest will be common as the results go on.

I think it's fair to say that is the case, as you can now see from the others that have followed.

We've certainly got varied opinions around here when more than one playlist has both a first AND last ranking.

 

[phanan]

7. Zoots

Total Points: 93

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: 13th

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

 

[phanan]

I screwed up a few of the lowest placed rankings. Obviously, 13th is the lowest, so GAF, Screw, and Ax couldn't have had a 14th. And Ashley's lowest ranking was a 12th place.

 

[phanan]

I had Zoots fairly high up on mine.

 

[LemonMelon]

Yeah, he had a good entry this time. Definitely deserves his spot, possibly higher.

 

[namkcuR]

I had Zoots fairly high up on mine.

Me too.

 

[phanan]

6. Jive Turkey

Total Points: 107

Highest Ranking: 2nd
Lowest Ranking: 10th


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)

 

[LemonMelon]

Jive Turkey. Great first effort, hope you take part in DI7.

Looks like the top 5 will be a Three Musketeers fest.

 

[Irishteen]

Jive Turkey has a great list, it was second overall for me, I loved it

 

[phanan]

5. phillyfan26

Total Points: 119

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: 12th


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)

 

[phanan]

pfan was second in my rankings. Great list.

 

[phanan]

I'd drag this out through the evening, but I won't be around after work tonight, so we'll be wrapping this up quickly.

Next time I guess I'll do this at night my time so more people are around.

 

[phanan]

4. Irishteen

Total Points: 120

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: 8th


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

 

[phanan]

Irishteen beat pfan by one point.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

you should be taking time between every list for bathroom breaks and to go have a meal and stuff...

 

[phanan]

And announcing it every time too.

 

[phanan]

Perhaps I should do the Top 3 when I get home later tonight...

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

do one a day, milk this sucker for all it's worth!

 

[phanan]

Looks like the Top 3 is gonna have to wait until later tonight anyway now. I got interrupted with something here at work, and now I have to pick up my car at the garage.

We'll wrap this up later.

 

[LemonMelon]

Please don't, for yours, John's, and my sake at least.

 

[LemonMelon]

Looks like the Top 3 is gonna have to wait until later tonight anyway now. I got interrupted with something here at work, and now I have to pick up my car at the garage.

We'll wrap this up later.

Ah, OK. I'll just have to go find something to do until then. Perhaps peruse EYKIW or the like.

 

[Zoots]

do one a day, milk this sucker for all it's worth!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Oh boy, I got KO'd right after the bell rang, huh?

Anyway, I'm interested to see who takes this top prize. All of the lists were really great this time around...I feel people keep getting better at putting together enjoyable mixes. DI 6 was great, too.

So it's down to LM, LMP and Phanan?

 

[LemonMelon]

Anyway, I'm interested to see who takes this top prize. All of the lists were really great this time around...I feel people keep getting better at putting together enjoyable mixes. DI 6 was great, too.

This is very true. People are simply getting better at it, and they seem to know what to look for. Ever seen the DI1 lists? They're hilarious.

The future is...better.

 

[LMP]

Besides Oneblood being so low (I had her list 2nd), this looks fairly close to how I ranked it. Really enjoyed the whole lists, for the most part, and even then, still found a couple of tracks to like on the others.

 

[Lancemc]

Yeah, I was pretty surprised by 1blood's placement. Was one of my favorites as well.

*guilt for no submitting on time*