Top 10 Songs of 2010
The end of the year is close at hand and I thought I would do a few top 10 lists to finish out the year. So I thought instead of doing just Film this year I would change it up and do music and TV, the other two demons that inhabit my life. So to begin we are looking at the top ten songs of 2010. The nice thing about the article is that you have a soundtrack to go along with it. So here we go with the ten.
10. Sir Greendowm-Janelle Monae-The ArchAndroid May 18th, 2010
Not only has Ms. Monae made a wonderful concept album that tells a wonderful story she has also made an amazing single that is full of love and hope between two people who are destined to be together. I love this song because the rest of the songs are very busy and pumped up but this one seems to be restrained and pulled back and i really like that she can do that. It's not only a good dance album but you can also enjoy the smooth parts too. I walked in the rain the first time I heard this album and I have to say that it was an amazing walk.
09.You Must Be Out of Your Mind-The Magnetic Fields-Realism January 26th, 2010
In every great list you need a breakup song. Most of the time its a woman who is singing about being stronger now that her man has left or she has left her man. What I love about this song is that the man gets the chance to throw out his point of view and really does an excellent job of saying how he feels about where the relationship has gone and why he is glad to be out of it. The Magnetic Fields really do a great job of this because the first thing I heard by them was their three disc set called 69 Love Songs. They really have a nice way of throwing some venom into the breakup song.
08.Hand Covers Bruise-Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross-The Social Network September 28th, 2010
Yes I know I couldn't make it an entire post without bringing the silver screen into the mix, but I can't help it. This is probably the most surprising of the artists that would make my list because normally Reznor and the word favorite are not in the same sentence. I would normally not bother listening to this but when you have the soundtrack to a Fincher film sometimes you need to pay attention. I am glad I did because this score is amazing. Every second of the score sinks up so well with what is happening on screen. The Track above is a particularly great bit of music. It is the opening piece that follows the main character as he heads to his dorm after being dumped.
I can't give more away just enjoy this haunting sad bit of brilliance.
07.The Day (Feat. Blu, Phonte, Patty Crash)-The Roots-How I Got Over June 22nd, 2010
Now I had always heard about the roots but until 2010 I hadn't heard a single thing by them. 2011 will be spent getting to know them and listening to the rest of their catalog. What I can say about them is they seem to really know how to pic the right people to guest star on the album. Patty Crash does an amazing job with the back up vocals and really slays by giving the track such a original sound. The track really doesn't sound like anything else this year that I have heard.
06.Hustle Blood Ft. Jamie Foxx (Produced By Lil' Jon)-Big Boi-Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son Of Chico Dusty July 5th 2010
When I was first exposed to Outkast in 2000 when Stankonia was released I thought that this was just another Hip Hop album with a few catchy tunes. I would listen to a few times and move on. Now we are ten years later and the two performers are doing solo projects. This is Big Boi's solo album and I have to say that I am very convinced that both of these boys are going to be just fine on their own and I hope they do work together again. Big Boi has put together not only a wonderful album but this song on its own really grabs yoru attention. I mean the vocals of Fox with the skills of Big Boi it is clear why this track is so dam good.
05.Testify (Produced By Kanye West)-Common-Go! Common Classics May 11th 2010
This track is older but it was released in 2010 on a best of album so just deal with it. If Common has a real talent to his rapping its that he knows how to weave a story through his beats. Now the story is that of a women who is in court watching her husband being tried for crimes. What really works for this is how well the music video moves along with the song. I only saw the video earlier this week and I have to say that I really dug the crap out of the way they played it. This song is not only good because of the rapping its also amazing because of the chorus sung by Honey Cone. You can't help by say that this is story telling at its best.
04.All to All-Broken Social Scene-Forgiveness Rock Record May 4th 2010
I may be a sucker for the softer songs now does that make me less of a man well you will have to listen to the wonderful mid album masterpiece above to give an opinion. The mark of a bad song is when it is a little hard to understand the singer and you can't get what the message of the song is. The mark of an excellent song is when they are having the same problem but the tune or the beat is so catchy that you want to go back and listen again to hear what they are saying and just to hear the song again. Now I have not been the biggest Broken Social Scene fan up till now but with this strong album and very strong track.
03.Dark Fantasy-Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy November 22nd, 2010
"You might think you've peeped the scene you haven't. The real ones far to mean. The watered down one. The one you know. Was made up centuries ago. It made it sound all wack and corny. Yes, it's awful, blasted boring. Twisted fiction. Sick addiction. Well gather round children. Zip it listen!" With that we have one of the most mood setting openings to one of the best albums of the year. when West is good he is good but when he is great you can't stop him. Most people think West is cocky in his rhyming but I have to say that it isn't cocky it is confidence. Also West has the ability to back up his claims as being the best by putting out an amazing album. The album has so much growth from his last 808 heartbreak. This new album shows a mature West that we haven't seen before and I hope we get to see more of in the future. The man has graduated and is ready to start rapping in the adult world.
02.Palaces Of Montezuma-Grinderman-Grinderman 2 September 13th 2010
I handed Grinderman 2 to my friend Nathan after I had listened to it and within 24 hours he came over and we had a conversation about the album. We talked about some of the high points and other weaker songs. Then we got around to the penultimate track and both of us could say nothing but what an amazing writer and performer Nick Cave is. Cave is not only a genius writer and singer but he also knows where to places tracks on an album. If you look back to the first and last track on Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!. He knows how to make a bold open and how to close with some brilliant. Now I have to say that I wasn't sure how I was going to like his break off project but this is not a bad second album and Palaces is a wonderful track because of how toned down it is from the rest of the album. Grinderman is a much rougher version of The Bad Seeds and I like that but it still seems that front man Cave has added a soft side to this album with this one. The entire song is about what this man would give to be with his woman. All of us have made those kind of promises at one time or another.
01.Can Change-LCD Soundsystem-This Is Happening May 17th 2010
If you notice that most of my songs at the core have been about love in one form or another. Some have been about that straight forward love that we all hope to have. Others have been about love that is heading down rather than rising up. Even Some have been about that twisted love that drives people to do the unspeakable acts. For my number one of 2010 I have to say that if there is one song that I could dance to one song that I could listen to multiple times and one song that spoke to me its Can Change. I will say that I was not a huge fan of LCD until This is Happening. The reason I liked this album is because it didn't feel forced it flowed so naturally and it had humor and also moments of self criticism. When it comes down to it the track to be played on several repeats is Can Change. It is a track about trying to change for the better and at the same time trying to still maintain your original self. It also has one of the greatest lyrics to be put in music. "And Love is a curse shoved in a hearse. Love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry. And this is Coming from me." This line is so incredibly honest and funny with no sense of irony to it in the least. I have to say that the boys from LCD sound system have really done an amazing job with this polished bit of genius.
So guys check these out and also keep looking for more end of the year lists to come this month because we are only a few short weeks away from 2011.
10. Sir Greendowm-Janelle Monae-The ArchAndroid May 18th, 2010
Not only has Ms. Monae made a wonderful concept album that tells a wonderful story she has also made an amazing single that is full of love and hope between two people who are destined to be together. I love this song because the rest of the songs are very busy and pumped up but this one seems to be restrained and pulled back and i really like that she can do that. It's not only a good dance album but you can also enjoy the smooth parts too. I walked in the rain the first time I heard this album and I have to say that it was an amazing walk.
09.You Must Be Out of Your Mind-The Magnetic Fields-Realism January 26th, 2010
In every great list you need a breakup song. Most of the time its a woman who is singing about being stronger now that her man has left or she has left her man. What I love about this song is that the man gets the chance to throw out his point of view and really does an excellent job of saying how he feels about where the relationship has gone and why he is glad to be out of it. The Magnetic Fields really do a great job of this because the first thing I heard by them was their three disc set called 69 Love Songs. They really have a nice way of throwing some venom into the breakup song.
08.Hand Covers Bruise-Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross-The Social Network September 28th, 2010
Yes I know I couldn't make it an entire post without bringing the silver screen into the mix, but I can't help it. This is probably the most surprising of the artists that would make my list because normally Reznor and the word favorite are not in the same sentence. I would normally not bother listening to this but when you have the soundtrack to a Fincher film sometimes you need to pay attention. I am glad I did because this score is amazing. Every second of the score sinks up so well with what is happening on screen. The Track above is a particularly great bit of music. It is the opening piece that follows the main character as he heads to his dorm after being dumped.
I can't give more away just enjoy this haunting sad bit of brilliance.
07.The Day (Feat. Blu, Phonte, Patty Crash)-The Roots-How I Got Over June 22nd, 2010
Now I had always heard about the roots but until 2010 I hadn't heard a single thing by them. 2011 will be spent getting to know them and listening to the rest of their catalog. What I can say about them is they seem to really know how to pic the right people to guest star on the album. Patty Crash does an amazing job with the back up vocals and really slays by giving the track such a original sound. The track really doesn't sound like anything else this year that I have heard.
06.Hustle Blood Ft. Jamie Foxx (Produced By Lil' Jon)-Big Boi-Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son Of Chico Dusty July 5th 2010
When I was first exposed to Outkast in 2000 when Stankonia was released I thought that this was just another Hip Hop album with a few catchy tunes. I would listen to a few times and move on. Now we are ten years later and the two performers are doing solo projects. This is Big Boi's solo album and I have to say that I am very convinced that both of these boys are going to be just fine on their own and I hope they do work together again. Big Boi has put together not only a wonderful album but this song on its own really grabs yoru attention. I mean the vocals of Fox with the skills of Big Boi it is clear why this track is so dam good.
05.Testify (Produced By Kanye West)-Common-Go! Common Classics May 11th 2010
This track is older but it was released in 2010 on a best of album so just deal with it. If Common has a real talent to his rapping its that he knows how to weave a story through his beats. Now the story is that of a women who is in court watching her husband being tried for crimes. What really works for this is how well the music video moves along with the song. I only saw the video earlier this week and I have to say that I really dug the crap out of the way they played it. This song is not only good because of the rapping its also amazing because of the chorus sung by Honey Cone. You can't help by say that this is story telling at its best.
04.All to All-Broken Social Scene-Forgiveness Rock Record May 4th 2010
I may be a sucker for the softer songs now does that make me less of a man well you will have to listen to the wonderful mid album masterpiece above to give an opinion. The mark of a bad song is when it is a little hard to understand the singer and you can't get what the message of the song is. The mark of an excellent song is when they are having the same problem but the tune or the beat is so catchy that you want to go back and listen again to hear what they are saying and just to hear the song again. Now I have not been the biggest Broken Social Scene fan up till now but with this strong album and very strong track.
03.Dark Fantasy-Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy November 22nd, 2010
"You might think you've peeped the scene you haven't. The real ones far to mean. The watered down one. The one you know. Was made up centuries ago. It made it sound all wack and corny. Yes, it's awful, blasted boring. Twisted fiction. Sick addiction. Well gather round children. Zip it listen!" With that we have one of the most mood setting openings to one of the best albums of the year. when West is good he is good but when he is great you can't stop him. Most people think West is cocky in his rhyming but I have to say that it isn't cocky it is confidence. Also West has the ability to back up his claims as being the best by putting out an amazing album. The album has so much growth from his last 808 heartbreak. This new album shows a mature West that we haven't seen before and I hope we get to see more of in the future. The man has graduated and is ready to start rapping in the adult world.
02.Palaces Of Montezuma-Grinderman-Grinderman 2 September 13th 2010
I handed Grinderman 2 to my friend Nathan after I had listened to it and within 24 hours he came over and we had a conversation about the album. We talked about some of the high points and other weaker songs. Then we got around to the penultimate track and both of us could say nothing but what an amazing writer and performer Nick Cave is. Cave is not only a genius writer and singer but he also knows where to places tracks on an album. If you look back to the first and last track on Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!. He knows how to make a bold open and how to close with some brilliant. Now I have to say that I wasn't sure how I was going to like his break off project but this is not a bad second album and Palaces is a wonderful track because of how toned down it is from the rest of the album. Grinderman is a much rougher version of The Bad Seeds and I like that but it still seems that front man Cave has added a soft side to this album with this one. The entire song is about what this man would give to be with his woman. All of us have made those kind of promises at one time or another.
01.Can Change-LCD Soundsystem-This Is Happening May 17th 2010
If you notice that most of my songs at the core have been about love in one form or another. Some have been about that straight forward love that we all hope to have. Others have been about love that is heading down rather than rising up. Even Some have been about that twisted love that drives people to do the unspeakable acts. For my number one of 2010 I have to say that if there is one song that I could dance to one song that I could listen to multiple times and one song that spoke to me its Can Change. I will say that I was not a huge fan of LCD until This is Happening. The reason I liked this album is because it didn't feel forced it flowed so naturally and it had humor and also moments of self criticism. When it comes down to it the track to be played on several repeats is Can Change. It is a track about trying to change for the better and at the same time trying to still maintain your original self. It also has one of the greatest lyrics to be put in music. "And Love is a curse shoved in a hearse. Love is an open book to a verse of your bad poetry. And this is Coming from me." This line is so incredibly honest and funny with no sense of irony to it in the least. I have to say that the boys from LCD sound system have really done an amazing job with this polished bit of genius.
So guys check these out and also keep looking for more end of the year lists to come this month because we are only a few short weeks away from 2011.
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