0033: My Favorite Songs of the 2000's

Submitted by AAA on Tue, 06/14/2005 - 01:19
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  • The Top Ten
  • Broken Social Scene - "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"
  • The Decemberists - "Red Right Ankle"
  • Modest Mouse - "Lives"
  • The Mountain Goats - "This Year"
  • Joanna Newsom - "Peach Plum Pear"
  • Okkervil River - "Black"
  • Sigur Ros - "Staralfur"
  • Wilco - "Radio Cure"
  • Xiu Xiu - "I Love the Valley OH!"
  • The Rest
  • Animal Collective - "Who Could Win a Rabbit?"
  • Annie - "Heartbeat"
  • Annie - "No Easy Love"
  • Antony and the Johnsons - "Hope There's Someone"
  • The Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"
  • The Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
  • Devendra Banhart - "Sight to Behold"
  • Devendra Banhart - "This Beard is for Siobhan"
  • Andrew Bird - "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left"
  • Bjork - "Cocoon"
  • Bjork - "I've Seen it all"
  • Bjork - "Who is It?"
  • The Books - "Be Good to Them Always"
  • The Books - "The Lemon of Pink"
  • The Boy Least Likely To - "Be Gentle With Me"
  • Bright Eyes - "Lover I Don't Have to Love"
  • Cannibal Ox - "Iron Galaxy"
  • Cat Power - "Good Woman"
  • Cat Power - "He War"
  • Cat Power - "I Don't Blame You"
  • Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
  • Coldplay - "Trouble"
  • Coldplay - "Yellow"
  • The Concretes - "You Can't Hurry Love"
  • Daft Punk - "Digital Love"
  • Daft Punk - "Harder Better Faster Stronger"
  • Death from Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"
  • The Decemberists - "California One Youth and Beauty Brigade"
  • The Decemberists - "The Engine Driver"
  • The Decemberists - "July! July!"
  • Deerhoof - "Giga Dance"
  • Deerhoof - "Milk Man"
  • Deerhoof - "Panda Panda Panda"
  • Deerhoof - "Sealed With a Kiss"
  • The Dismemberment Plan - "A Life of Possibilities"
  • Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp"
  • Dizzee Rascal - "I Luv U"
  • Dizzee Rascal - "Imagine"
  • Eminem - "Kim"
  • Eminem - "Stan"
  • The Fiery Furnaces - "Chief Inspecter Blancheflower"
  • The Fiery Furnaces - "Chris Michaels"
  • The Fiery Furnaces - "Here Comes the Summer"
  • The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??"
  • The Futureheads - "Hounds of Love"
  • The Go Team! - "Panther Dash"
  • Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"
  • Iron & Wine - "Bird Stealing Bread"
  • Iron & Wine - "Cinder and Smoke"
  • Iron & Wine - "Jezebel"
  • Iron & Wine - "Naked as We Came"
  • Iron & Wine - "Teeth in the Grass"
  • Jay-Z - "99 Problems"
  • Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Me and Mia"
  • Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?"
  • M83 - "America"
  • M83 - "Run Into Flowers"
  • The Mars Volta - "Inertiatic ESP"
  • The Mars Volta - "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt"
  • Mastadon - "Seabeast"
  • Mates of State - "Fluke"
  • Mates of State - "Ha Ha"
  • Mates of State - "Open Book"
  • Missy Elliott - "Work It"
  • Modest Mouse - "3rd Planet"
  • Modest Mouse - "Bukowski"
  • Modest Mouse - "Dark Center of the Universe"
  • Modest Mouse - "Different City"
  • Modest Mouse - "Never-Ending Math Equation"
  • Modest Mouse - "The View"
  • The Mountain Goats - "The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denver"
  • The Mountain Goats - "Dance Music"
  • The Mountain Goats - "Fault Lines"
  • The Mountain Goats - "Jenny"
  • The Mountain Goats - "Pale Green Things"
  • My Morning Jacket" - "Mahgeetah"
  • The New Pornographers - "The Laws Have Changed"
  • The New Pornographers - "Letter from an Occupant"
  • A.C. Newman - "On the Table"
  • A.C. Newman - "The Town Halo"
  • Joanna Newsom - "The Book of Right On"
  • Joanna Newsom - "Sadie"
  • Outkast - "B.O.B."
  • Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
  • The Postal Service - "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
  • The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
  • Q and Not U - "And the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight"
  • Radiohead - "2 + 2 = 5"
  • Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place"
  • Radiohead - "The National Anthem"
  • The Rapture - "House of Jealous Lovers"
  • The Rapture - "Olio"
  • The Scissor Sisters - "Take Your Mama"
  • The Shins - "Know Your Onion!"
  • The Shins - "Pink Bullets"
  • The Shins - "Saint Simon"
  • Elliott Smith - "Everything Reminds Me of Her"
  • Sonic Youth - "Disconnection Notice"
  • Sonic Youth - "Dude Ranch Nurse"
  • Sonic Youth - "The Empty Page"
  • Sonic Youth - "Unmade Bed"
  • Spoon - "Anything You Want"
  • Spoon - "Paper Tiger"
  • Spoon - "Small Stakes"
  • Spoon - "The Way We Get By"
  • Sufjan Stevens - "For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti"
  • Sufjan Stevens - "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."
  • Sufjan Stevens - "Romulus"
  • Stars - "Heart"
  • The Streets - "Blinded By the Lights"
  • The Streets - "The Irony of It All"
  • The Streets - "Too Much Brandy"
  • The Streets - "Weak Become the Heroes"
  • TV on the Radio - "Staring at the Sun"
  • The Unicorns - "Jellybones"
  • The Unicorns - "Tuff Ghost"
  • The White Stripes - "Fell in Love With a Girl"
  • Wilco - "Heavy Metal Drummer"
  • Wilco - "I am Trying to Break Your Heart"
  • The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"
  • Yo La Tengo - "Last Days of Disco"
Author Comments: 

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AJDaGreat06/15/2005

Wow, AAA. This is an awesome list, and while I could nit-pick over individual selections (I'll get to that in a second), it's hard to argue with the greatness of these songs. I must say, your knowledge of recent indie music is pretty ridiculous. I am constantly amazed by it.

Now. Here are some random rambling thoughts. Your Arcade Fire selections are dead-on, in my opinion. Those would be my top two, with "In the Backseat" a close third. I can definitely get on board with your Moon and Antarctica picks, too. God, I love "Lives." It's depressing, but it rings so true. I love your Yankee Hotel Foxtrot picks too, but I'm convinced you can take any combination of songs from that album and call them your favorites, and I'll agree. Personally, I'd pick "Ashes of American Flags", but that album is so great...

I was a bit weirded out by "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" the first time I heard it, but perhaps it's a song that grows on you. I should listen to that whole album again. Ditto Spoon. You've probably listened to Her Majesty more than I have, but my favorite from that album at this point may be "Song for Myla Goldberg", though I like "Red Right Ankle" too. Blueberry Boat has so many brilliant songs on it. I'd personally prefer "Straight Street", "Chief Inspector Blancheflower", "Birdie Brain", or the title track, but I do love "Chris Michaels" too. You did nail the best song on EP, though.

On the other hand, I hate "Work It", "99 Problems", "Since U Been Gone", and anything by Daft Punk.

If I made such a list, it would probably include some more Elliott Smith, White Stripes, and even (gasp!) the Strokes, but alas...

Great list.