Pitchfork's Best Songs Of The Decade

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to bother listing all 500 - here's the link: http://pitchfork.com/p2k/ and here's the Top 20:

20. The Walkmen - The Rat
19. R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
18. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
17. Annie - Heartbeat
16. The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
15. The Knife - Heartbeats
14. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
13. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
12. OutKast - Hey Ya!
11. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
10. Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)
9. Animal Collective - My Girls
8. Radiohead - Idioteque
7. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
5. Daft Punk - One More Time
4. Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy in Love
3. M.I.A. ft Bun B and Rich Boy - Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)
2. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
1. OutKast - B.O.B

(I voted in this and did a few blurbs, by the way. The top 200 have blurbs and IMHO they are an excellent way of whiling a few hours away)

Comments

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Never heard / cannot remember how it goes: 20, 8, 7, 2, 1

Like okay but annoying due to indie ubiquity: 16, 9, 6

Enjoy but not on my top songs of decade list: 19, 18, 14, 13, 12, 11, 5, 4

Love and in my personal top songs of decade list: 17, 15, 10, 3

Although I might move a few of these up depending on how long this imaginary personal top songs of decade list is (any heterogenous list longer than 20 items is basically meaningless to me as I lose the ability to form a sense of its totality).

#7

[koganbot]

The YouTuber misspelled the title, and I don't remember if this is the definitive mix, but anyway I'd put this as the favorite to win the poptimists 2000s poll. ("Umbrella" might put up a fierce battle, don't think "Crazy In Love" or "What's My Name" or "Be Mine!" or "B.O.B." or "1 Thing" will. But I'm horrible at predicting such things, actually.)

Re: #7

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Okay is it weird that I really don't think I've ever heard this before (was assuming it was a "can't remember how this goes" as I mix up Missy tracks/guest spots a lot). I've done my share of loving this kind of Middle Eastern-esque beats though.

But there was a Nelly Furtado remix

[koganbot]

It was a hip-hop/r&b hit, and totally swamped the P&J critics poll, but it hardly dominated hip-hop/r&b radio or pop radio in the way that something like "Crazy In Love" did.

Re: #7

[cis.livejournal.com]

Okay is it weird that

yes? i am sort of astonished frankly.

Re: #7

[petronia.livejournal.com]

But at least now I know what your LJ profile is about!

IDEK maybe it didn't chart in Canada. XD; My knowledge of hip-hop/R&B from this period is completely radio top 40-based. But until "Mundian To Bach Ke" I don't remember anything bhangra-esque like this.

Re: #7

[koganbot]

Album [Miss E, ...So Addictive] reached #8 in Canada, but I don't think it held on; the single reached #12. (The Billboard visualizer doesn't seem to have all the info here, and Allmusic only gives peaks.)