Wassup rockers!
And aren't we all excited about this time of year. A time to quantify enjoyment of the entertainment released the past twelve months. A time of hope, really.
Herewith! Timmy's Top Twenty Songs of 2007. Stay tuned for the Annual 3 Disc Track Listing, as well as Timmy's Top Ten Albums of 2007. You will be shot on sight if you do not stay tuned!
Achtung!
20. "Icky Thump" The White Stripes. Wolfmother has thrown down the gauntlet, and Jack White has answered with a parry of awesomeness. Plus Fake Meg White made a sex video. Anyway, wish that the rest of the album sounded like this.
19. "Mammoth" Interpol. "Like two fucking twins". Of course this was on here.
18. "All My Friends" LCD Soundsystem. No one hates techno more than old Timmy. But this actually has a melody and lyrics, poignaint ones at that. Probably a top five song if I still took drugs.
17. "Release The Stars" Rufus Wainwright. I miss L.A.
16. "Missed The Boat" Modest Mouse. I admit I was wrong about this band. They are still crazy overrated, but they can catch lightning in a bottle and create a perfect pop tune. This would play on the ending montage of a bizarro-world "Grey's Anatomy".
15. "Tonight I Have To Leave It" Shout Out Louds. If rock music were a fantasy draft, I'd take Shout Out Louds really early next year. They have a Spin cover by October 2008, mark my words.
14. "1234" Feist. I know, you're sick of it. But tell me this song doesn't make you 1% happier. Whoa, ho oh.
13. "Jarhand" Immaculate Machine. A classic nonsense pop song. Unless it's about universal healthcare or something and I just missed it. Let's just assume it's nonsense.
12. "Daughter" Loudon Wainwright. I lost every time I fought her. Yup. Time-out is a struggle.
11. "What Light" Wilco. Maybe the best song about creativity I've ever heard.
10. "Believe In Me" Rooney. Power-pop, sucka. This is what we were waiting for, Rooney.
9. "The Story" Brandi Carlile. Her voice does this THING near the end of this song. Starts off like an alt-country tune, goes to rock and roll, and then this THING happens. It makes me happy.
8. "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb" Spoon. How these guys aren't the biggest band in the world escapes me. Fuck Coldplay, rappers should be lining up to work with a band that understands rhythm, and no one knows that more than Spoon. When Timbaland calls, answer, friends.
7. "If The Brakeman Turns My Way" Bright Eyes. And not just because Conor namechecks New England.
6. "Oh Mandy" The Spinto Band. Songs with girls names in the title are 14% more awesome than non girl-name songs. I think this was proven by Enrico Fermi at some point.
5. "Life Is Beautiful" Vega4. A guilty pleasure, but what a guilty pleasure. Slow buildup, huge ending, good times all about.
4. "Chelsea Dagger" The Fratellis. For a time I thought this was "Sweet Child O Mine" for the Aughts. It isn't, and it isn't even close. I've done way too many drugs. It is a fantastic rock song, though.
3. "(Antichrist Television Blues)" Arcade Fire. You can listen to this song and enjoy it knowing that it wasn't originally titled "Joe Simpson". But it makes so much more sense when you that it was.
2. "To The Dogs Or Whoever" Josh Ritter. The only song in three years I've printed out the lyrics for, so that I can sing it in the shower. Still working on it. Did I mention how I love you in your underwear?
1. "Flourescent Adolescent" Arctic Monkeys. Did the fact that I had a lyric from this song on my page for six months give it away? Fuck all y'all THIS is the "Sweet Child O Mine" for the Aughts.
Ah hell, I don't even know what that means.
Monday, December 31, 2007
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