January 6, 2010

A Decade Under the Influence Pt. 1 Songs


As the decade came to a close I realized more and more how much I was really a product of the 2000s and not really the 1990s. I was in 6th grade when the decade began and now I have one semester left of college. These have easily been some of my most impressionable years. My taste in music has grown from nu-metal butt rock to pop-punk to the list you will see below. I have been working on this list since July and it changes quite frequently, however I am publishing it. These are my 100 favorite songs of the past ten years at the present moment. I have never done a list of songs before and I know that there are many notable tracks missing, but these are the ones I have chosen to list. Sometimes #67 might be better then #66, but #1 will always be better then #100. Needless to say there is probably room for adjustment, but I do truly enjoy all of these tunes.

100 Sleater Kinney | "All Hands on the Bad One"
099 Arctic Monkeys | "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor"
098 The Microphones | "I Felt Your Shape"
097 Missy Elliott | "Work It"
096 The Hold Steady | "Stuck Between Stations"
095 Hercules and Love Affair (feat. Antony) | "Blind"
094 Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse) | "Valerie"
093 The Decemberists | "July July"
092 Shellac | "Prayer to God"
091 Hot Chip | "Boy from School"

090 Madvillan | "Meat Grinder"
089 Minus the Bear | "Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse"
088 Thursday | "Understanding in a Car Crash"
087 Annuals | "Carry Around"
086 Atlas Sound (feat. Panda Bear) | "Walkabout"
085 Britney Spears | "Everytime"
084 The Good The Bad and the Queen | "Kingdom of Doom"
083 Be Your Own Pet | "Adventure"
082 The Raveonettes | "Attack of the Ghost Writers"
081 Cursive | "The Martyr"

080 the xx | "VCR"
079 Spoon | "The Underdog"
078 Dizzee Rascal | "Fix Up Look Sharp"
077 of Montreal | "Grolandic Edit"
076 Annie | "Heartbeats"
075 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | "Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth"
074 Jimmy Eat World | "The Middle"
073 Squarepusher | "My Red Hot Car"
072 Explosions in the Sky | "Greet Death"
071 Ryan Adams | "New York New York"

070 Air | "Surfing on a Rocket"
069 Four Tet | "Slow Jam"
068 Peaches | "Fuck the Pain Away"
067 The Libertines | "Horror Show"
066 Beck | "Girl"
065 Peter Bjorn and John | "Young Folks"
064 The Darkness | "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
063 R. Kelly | "Ignition" (Remix)
062 Burial | "Archangel"
061 Feist | "Mushaboom"

060 Vampire Weekend | "Walcott"
059 At the Drive-In | "One Armed Scissor"
058 The Flaming Lips | "Do You Realize??"
057 Death from Above 1979 | "Blood On Our Hands"
056 Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z) | "Umbrella"
055 The Rapture | "House of Jealous Lovers"
054 The Hives | "Hate to Say I Told You So"
053 Beirut | "Postcards from Italy"
052 Beach House | "Gila"
051 Bright Eyes | "Land Locked Blues"

050 Liars | "Houseclouds"
049 Ghostface Killah | "Kilo"
048 Band of Horses | "Funeral"
047 Caribou | "Melody Day"
046 The National | "Start a War"
045 UGK (feat. Outkast) | "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)"
044 Silversun Pickups | "Lazy Eye"
043 No Age | "Sleeper Hold"
042 The Mountain Goats | "The Mess Inside"
041 Iron and Wine | "Naked as We Came"

040 Bloc Party | "Helicopter"
039 Justice | "D.A.N.C.E."
038 The Avalanches | "Since I Left You"
037 Lightning Bolt | "13 Monsters"
036 Panda Bear | "Bros"
035 Joanna Newsom | "Peach, Plum, Pear"
034 The Anniversary | "All Things Ordinary"
033 Deerhunter | "Nothing Ever Happened"
032 Dirty Projectors | "Stillness is the Move"
031 Yeah Yeah Yeahs | "Maps

030 Saves the Day | "Freakish"
029 Drexel | "Track 5"
028 Interpol | "NYC"
027 Modest Mouse | "Gravity Rides Everything"
026 Battles | "Atlas"
025 M.I.A. | "Paper Planes"
024 Bon Iver | "Skinny Love"
023 Kanye West | "All Falls Down"
022 M83 | "Teen Angst"
021 Fleet Foxes | "Mykonos"

020 Grizzly Bear | "Two Weeks"
019 Portishead | "Machine Gun"
018 Wolf Parade | "I'll Believe in Anything"
017 Broken Social Scene | "7/4 (Shoreline)"
016 Sigur Rós | "Sven-g-Englar"
015 Daft Punk | "Digital Love"
014 The Knife | "Heartbeats"
013 Wilco | "Jesus, Etc."
012 Beyoncé | "Single Ladies"
011 Animal Collective | "Winter's Love"

010 Sufjan Stevens | "Casimir Polaski Day"
009 Kelly Clarkson | "Since U Been Gone"
008 Arcade Fire | "Intervention"
007 TV on the Radio | "Wolf Like Me"
006 The White Stripes | "Fell in Love with a Girl"
005 LCD Soundsystem | "All My Friends"
004 The Strokes | "Last Nite"
003 Radiohead | "Idioteque"
002 Jay-Z | "99 Problems"
001 Outkast | "Hey Ya"



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