Comments on: My favorite songs of the decade http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/ Ground zero for all things political in Delaware Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: xstryker http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-166038 xstryker Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:24:53 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-166038 I did, however, mistakenly forget one song from my list: Grounds for Divorce, by Elbow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmwHljfN4Q I'd better rectify this now. I did, however, mistakenly forget one song from my list:

Grounds for Divorce, by Elbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmwHljfN4Q

I’d better rectify this now.

]]> By: xstryker http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-166037 xstryker Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:14:57 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-166037 No, G Rex, there are lots of commercially successful songs I like, they just aren't my absolute favorites of the decade. I could make a whole list of my favorite successful radio singles of the decade - probably including "Miss Independent", "Fighter", "Supermassive Black Hole", "The Black Parade", "Let's Get It Started", "Gold Digger", "Fidelity", "Number One Spot", "Toxicity", "Megalomaniac", and "All These Things That I've Done". But the fact is that I don't love any of those songs as much as I love the songs I listed above. No, G Rex, there are lots of commercially successful songs I like, they just aren’t my absolute favorites of the decade. I could make a whole list of my favorite successful radio singles of the decade – probably including “Miss Independent”, “Fighter”, “Supermassive Black Hole”, “The Black Parade”, “Let’s Get It Started”, “Gold Digger”, “Fidelity”, “Number One Spot”, “Toxicity”, “Megalomaniac”, and “All These Things That I’ve Done”.

But the fact is that I don’t love any of those songs as much as I love the songs I listed above.

]]> By: A. price http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-165916 A. price Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:55:33 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-165916 jesus of suburbia - green day jesus of suburbia – green day

]]> By: G Rex http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-165911 G Rex Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:13:46 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-165911 X, did you self-censor to avoid songs that were commercially successful, just to "keep it real" like the kids say? U2 - Beautiful Day (2000) Green Day - American Idiot (2004) But I agree with you on the DIY aspect of it, especially since iPods, Pandora, etc. let us essentially create our own "radio" in a way mixtapes never could. How else could you explain a metalhead like me listening to Lily Allen, Silversun Pickups, Porcupine Tree and yet still have Muse in heavy rotation. X, did you self-censor to avoid songs that were commercially successful, just to “keep it real” like the kids say?

U2 – Beautiful Day (2000)
Green Day – American Idiot (2004)

But I agree with you on the DIY aspect of it, especially since iPods, Pandora, etc. let us essentially create our own “radio” in a way mixtapes never could. How else could you explain a metalhead like me listening to Lily Allen, Silversun Pickups, Porcupine Tree and yet still have Muse in heavy rotation.

]]> By: xstryker http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-165895 xstryker Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:04:28 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-165895 The DIY ethos is the most notable musical trend of the decade - a trend not in terms of style but in delivery. The real winners of the decade are the artists that scored big thanks to YouTube, iTunes, and MySpace. Music labels languished, commercial radio spent the decade on life support, and MTV essentially quit the music business altogether. But music lives on and finds outlets on its own. The DIY ethos is the most notable musical trend of the decade – a trend not in terms of style but in delivery. The real winners of the decade are the artists that scored big thanks to YouTube, iTunes, and MySpace. Music labels languished, commercial radio spent the decade on life support, and MTV essentially quit the music business altogether. But music lives on and finds outlets on its own.

]]> By: El Somnambulo http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-165879 El Somnambulo Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:34 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-165879 Yeah, that's the point. There was really no 'movement' around which people coalesced (American Idol doesn't count, those aren't fans of music, just fans of reality TV). No British Invasion, Motown, soul, punk, grunge, or anything that defined the decade's best music. Which, come to think of it, IS what defined the decade's best music. I guess 'indy' comes closest since it covers the DIY ethos, but that encompasses a wide array of musics, not one particular style. Yeah, that’s the point. There was really no ‘movement’ around which people coalesced (American Idol doesn’t count, those aren’t fans of music, just fans of reality TV). No British Invasion, Motown, soul, punk, grunge, or anything that defined the decade’s best music.

Which, come to think of it, IS what defined the decade’s best music.

I guess ‘indy’ comes closest since it covers the DIY ethos, but that encompasses a wide array of musics, not one particular style.

]]> By: Republican David http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-165867 Republican David Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:10:16 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-165867 I will say different is accurate. That is okay, I would have some different ones that you may not have heard of. I will say different is accurate. That is okay, I would have some different ones that you may not have heard of.

]]> By: El Somnambulo http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/12/25/my-favorite-songs-of-the-decade/#comment-165859 El Somnambulo Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:59:25 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=32824#comment-165859 This is precisely what a 'best-of' list should be--especially in a decade when there was really no dominant or definitive style. I'm a big Los Campesinos! fan, and I also like "Extraordinary Machine". Fans of Los Campesinos! will likely enjoy this great band as well. To quote Yogi Berra, "Their differences are similar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aiPuDjkyxk&feature=related This is precisely what a ‘best-of’ list should be–especially in a decade when there was really no dominant or definitive style. I’m a big Los Campesinos! fan, and I also like “Extraordinary Machine”.

Fans of Los Campesinos! will likely enjoy this great band as well. To quote Yogi Berra, “Their differences are similar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aiPuDjkyxk&feature=related

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