Go to previous topic
Go to next topic
Last Post 12/6/2004 12:41 PM by  space cheeks
song of the Year
 31 Replies
Author Messages
space cheeks
Basic Member
Basic Member
Posts:129


--
12/6/2004 12:41 PM
    Hey Hey Did anyone see what won song of the Year im curious as to what one it? Not sure if this has been covered yet but If you could have a song or the year what would it be?
    Optimus
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:312


    --
    12/6/2004 12:43 PM
    Dunno It's not been a good year, well, at least not by my standards.
    space cheeks
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:129


    --
    12/6/2004 12:43 PM
    C'mon Opti there has to be one!!
    Optimus
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:312


    --
    12/6/2004 2:39 PM
    quote:
    Originally posted by space cheeks
    C'mon Opti there has to be one!!
    When did "Wonderboy" come out? Oh wait, Gwen Stefani's new 'un...whatever it's called. Thats a good 'un. Good enough for me...
    mutch
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:392


    --
    12/6/2004 2:44 PM
    Therapy? - "Die Like A Motherf**ker" or "Long Distance". But realistically as they get no coverage, Green Day, track 2 from american idiot. forget the name. great concept, great lyrics great band.
    Karlito
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:210


    --
    12/6/2004 2:54 PM
    I'm thinking the Killers Mr Brightside is cathcy as hell
    Gar
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1676


    --
    12/6/2004 2:56 PM
    'Girl I'm Gonna f**k You Up' Republic Of Loose ....it at least deserves a mention
    mutch
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:392


    --
    12/6/2004 3:36 PM
    totally forgot about ROL! best band in a long long time. with you on the that choice of song Gar. I also love that or the one where he calls everyone a motherf**ker.(think i have a thing about that word?)
    kierry
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:244


    --
    12/6/2004 4:42 PM
    god i absolutley hate the republic of loose. worst band ever. anyway, eh, on that note, heh... so my fav tracks: mr brightside, take me out, eh... and...um.. popwise i think that natasha bedingfield song was great when i heard it first... i normally dislike all chart pop, but y'know exceptions sexmeptions....
    mutch
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:392


    --
    12/6/2004 4:49 PM
    quote:
    Originally posted by kierry
    god i absolutley hate the republic of loose. worst band ever. anyway, eh, on that note, heh...
    RE ROL, they're an antidote to all the b(l)ands who seem to exist and spawn if you will from around wexford street...anything that upsets the norm in any art/sport is OK by me. no one is hurt after all! But I think I'd love the albumn if they came from Russia or someplace else I know little about. gotta compliment your choices for best song though Kierry. (despite hating franz ferdinand's persona, i conceed they have some good tunes.)
    aidan
    Advanced Member
    Advanced Member
    Posts:638


    --
    12/6/2004 6:12 PM
    song of the year: either 'take me out' by franz ferdinand or 'take your mama' by scissor sisters. two deadly singles that seemed to be played everywhere, on every shop radio and in every bar.
    elle
    New Member
    New Member
    Posts:54


    --
    12/6/2004 9:43 PM
    The Bucket - Kings of Leon
    Unicron
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1696


    --
    12/7/2004 1:04 AM
    I do a column for a different site every week and I this week I'm doing a top 13 songs of 2004 list, its very much off the top of my head comprised of songs that easily came to mind so it's quite a poppy list. Next week I might do a more scientific list by going through what I actually bought this year, but this is what I came up with. 13. Scissor Sisters – Take your Mama 12. Iron and Wine – Sodom, South Georgia 11. Sufjan Stevens – Sister 10. PJ Harvey – The Letter 9. The Shins – Saint Simon 8. Hope of the states - The Red, The White, the Black, The Blue 7. Cathy Davey – Cold Man’s Nightmare 6. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out 5. The Killers – Mr. Brightside 4. Johnny Boy – You are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve 3. Sufjan Stevens – Romulus 2. Jeff Buckley – Forget Her 1. Modest Mouse – Float On Honourable mentions: Morrissey – Irish Blood, English Heart Belle and Sebastian – Step into my office baby Kanye West – Jesus Walks Interpol – Slow Hands Republic Of Loose – Girl I’m Gonna f**k You Up The Radio - Remember Me, Remember You
    Gar
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1676


    --
    12/7/2004 7:28 AM
    What is the site you write for?
    Unicron
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1696


    --
    12/7/2004 11:52 AM
    www.411mania.com/music I write the tuesday music news column
    kierry
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:244


    --
    12/7/2004 12:02 PM
    quote:
    Originally posted by aidan
    'take your mama' by scissor sisters.
    gah! that song makes me want to vomit on my spandex sequinned cords.
    vandala
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:267


    --
    12/7/2004 12:40 PM
    "I Can't Get Behind That" - William Shatner/Henry Rollins. Song of the year for me, anyway.
    Binokular
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1665


    --
    12/7/2004 1:16 PM
    My Faves this year, in no particular order would be: "Professional Distortion" - Miss Kittin "NY Excuse" - Soulwax (featuring James Murphy and Nancy Whang from LCD Soundsystem) "Ladyflash" - The Go! Team "All These Things That I’ve Done" - The Killers "I Believe in You" - Kylie Minogue "Paper Cut Exit" - Sonic Youth And if we can include instrumental tracks: "17 Years" - Ratatat I wish I could include new single "Galvanise" by The Chemical Brothers. It's good, but I'm undecided. At the moment I think it's not up there with their best work, but maybe after a few listens..
    Gar
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1676


    --
    12/7/2004 2:54 PM
    Just a few that have caught my attention over 2004. 'Take Me Out' - Franz Ferdinand 'Girl I'm Gonna f**k You Up' - Republic Of Loose 'Hey Juliet' - Sean Needham 'Fading Phase' - Jenny Lindfors 'Porterhouse Blues' - Stewart Agnew 'Condi, Condi' - Steve Earle 'Lucinda' - Colm Lynch 'Never Said Anything' - The Belles 'When You Get Out Of Jail' - Fried 'Grace' - Mike Errico 'Stray Dogs' - Rod Picott 'Hell Bent On You' - Roesy 'Your World' - Declan O'Rourke 'Cmon Cmon' - Von Bondies
    Archie
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:458


    --
    12/7/2004 6:07 PM
    quote:
    Originally posted by Binokular
    I wish I could include new single "Galvanise" by The Chemical Brothers. It's good, but I'm undecided. At the moment I think it's not up there with their best work, but maybe after a few listens..
    I think if its good enough to make into the list of songs of the year, it must hit you straight away as a lasting piece of musical genius, or just something that'a a bit fun. Growers don't count (esp. not Chemical Brother, ugh)
    Rev Jules
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1041


    --
    12/7/2004 6:15 PM
    'The Revolution Starts...' - Steve Earle 'Here for the Party' - Gretchen Wilson 'The Truth About Men' - Tracy Byrd 'C'Mon Funny Feeling' - Rodney Crowell 'Johnny Hart' - John Mellancamp 'Long Black Train' - Josh Turner 'The Trials of Harrison Hayes' - Willard Grant Conspiracy 'Rolling Stone from Texas' - Don Walser 'Jolene' - Mindy Smith (yes, the White Stripes version is very good, but this is the ultimate version of a truly great song) 'You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out of The Girl' - Brooks and Dunn 'World Without Tears' - Lucinda Williams 'Ain't Living Long Like This' - Cooder Graw 'Polly in a Porny' - Shel Silverstein (reissue) Did I say my soul was born beneath the Mason Dixie line ?
    Binokular
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1665


    --
    12/7/2004 6:48 PM
    Archie, actually, "Galvanise" does "hit" me straight away in the way Chemical Brothers tracks usually do. it's the usual swaggering in your face Chemical Brothers thing with a few nice touches, that ever so slightly arabic sounding string synth line, the Afrika Bambataa influenced vocal breakdown and of course Q-Tips rapping. Its also catchy as hell too. It's great, I just don't think its quite up with their best and that naturally is disappointing and thus probably prevents me from viewing the track objectively. Roll on the new album, hopefully it will be the promised "return to form". I get the impression your just not a Chems fan Archie?
    Archie
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:458


    --
    12/8/2004 6:17 PM
    I don't know what it is but I just don't get them!
    Binokular
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1665


    --
    12/8/2004 7:05 PM
    Fair enough, I reckon if you don't get em straight away, you probably never will. Personally, they are one of my all time favourite bands. It's bass-bin-kick-in-the-gut, frontal-cerebral-lobe-optional kind of music, you generally don't have to think about it too hard. However if I were to try and explain the appeal, I'd say the basic ingredients of the Chems are Public Enemy beats, My Bloody Valentine noise, Bootsy Collins bass, acid house energy, a dose of rock "song" structure, psychedelia and a healthy chunk of New Order influence to boot if that makes any sense, which it probably doesn't. As pitchforkmedia (them again), would put it "Zoop zoop. Beepbeep. Doopdoop. "Back with anothaone-a those block rockin' beats!" Doopdoop. A- weee- aweeee- aweee- aweee. Doopdoop. A- weee- aweee- aweee- aweee" and so on..
    Karlito
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:210


    --
    12/9/2004 9:44 AM
    Binokular - you're forgetting they are THE pair of funkiest muthas alive!!!
    Binokular
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1665


    --
    12/9/2004 10:10 AM
    yep, that too. :D Bootsy Collins bass kinda covers it?
    Karlito
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:210


    --
    12/9/2004 10:25 AM
    too true, I just wanted to say that
    flipperstired
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:103


    --
    12/9/2004 10:35 AM
    am actually going to give mine to a very late entry.. new Manic Street Preachers single "Empty Souls".. would'nt exactly be a fan but it really ROCKS!!
    Binokular
    Veteran Member
    Veteran Member
    Posts:1665


    --
    12/9/2004 11:06 AM
    quote:
    Originally posted by flipperstired
    am actually going to give mine to a very late entry.. new Manic Street Preachers single "Empty Souls".. would'nt exactly be a fan but it really ROCKS!!
    Haven't heard it I'm afraid. Though I did like that one they had out recently "The love of Richard Nixon". When I heard it, I thought "this can't be manics, its actually good, and it's catchy and upbeat sounding too, damn it, this is practically a pop record". Probably the best tune they've done since "Motorcycle Emptiness". Not in my faves of the year but still good
    thethirdplace
    New Member
    New Member
    Posts:72


    --
    12/10/2004 4:30 PM
    Am such a softy... "everybody's changing" by Keane or Snow Patrol and "Run". Both so obvious but they just work don't they!!!
    Tombo
    New Member
    New Member
    Posts:18


    --
    12/10/2004 5:08 PM
    'Hey Juliet' - Sean Needham is indeed class. I think my top tune has to be take me out. Amazing song.
    Archie
    Basic Member
    Basic Member
    Posts:458


    --
    12/11/2004 12:25 PM
    Maybe I should give the Chems another go. Maybe I've been looking for the wrong things in their music


    ---