Now that I have rounded up the top full lengths of 2007, here is a list of my picks for top songs.
I can almost guarantee that none of them will win any grammys...
1) Roisin Murphy "Let me Know" BEST POP SONG OF 07!
2) Kylie Minogue "Wow" CLOSE RUNNER UP (every time I hear it, I think of 80's Kylie better)
3) Siobhan Donaghy "Medevac" MAGICAL
4) Siouxsie "If it Doesn't Kill You" CATHARTIC
5) Amy Winehouse "Back to Black" RAW
6) Garbage "Tell me Where it Hurts" JOINS PANTHEON OF THE PRETENDERS
7) Robyn "With Every Heartbeat" ELECTRO-MASTERPIECE*
8) Groove Armada feat. Mutya "Song for Mutya (Out of Control)" BEST DRIVING SONG
9) Junior Senior w/Kate & Cindy of the B-52's "Take my Time" FINALLY A U.S. RELEASE!
10) Sophie Ellis-Bextor w/Fred Schneider of the B-52's "Supersonic" MORE B-52 MAGIC!
11) Shout Out Louds "Tonight I Have to Leave It" BEATS ROBERT SMITH AT HIS GAME*
12) Darren Hayes "Who Would Have Thought" BEATS DEPECHE MODE AT THEIR GAME
13) Tracey Thorn "Raise the Roof" CELEBRATORY
14) Erasure "I Could Fall in Love With You" OPTIMISTIC
15) Feist "1 2 3 4" EVERYWHERE
16) Delays "Love Made Visible" OVERJOYED
17) Justice "D.A.N.C.E." DUMB FUN AND GREAT PRODUCTION
18) Britney Spears "Heaven on Earth" HER BEST SONG IN YEARS
19) Peter Bjorn & John "Young Folks" WHISTLING IS HOT!*
20) Marc Almond "Redeem Me (Beauty Will Redeem the World)" INSPIRING--WELCOME!
21) Patrick Wolf feat. Marianne Faithfull "Magpie" SO CREEPY
22) Stephen Lindsay "Kite" BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS
23) Girls Aloud "Call the Shots" EXCELLENT POP SONG
24) M.I.A. "Paper Planes" HAPPY SOUNDING W/DARK UNDERTONES--A CLASSIC
25) Arctic Monkeys "Fluorescent Adolescent" SMITHS FOR THE OUGHTIES?
26) Fratellis "Flathead" THANKS APPLE
27) Lily Allen "Smile" BEST REVENGE SONG OF 07
28) Sarah Nixey "The Collector" QUITE DISTURBING
29) Nina Persson "Black Winged Bird" YEARNING*
30) Jens Lekman "Sipping on the Sweet Nectar" DORK DISCO-LOVE THEM KEY CHANGES*
31) Pipettes "Judy" PURE POP CLASS
32) Lucky Soul "The Great Unwanted" EVEN CLASSIER
33) Bat for Lashes "What's a Girl to Do?" HARPSICHORDS RULE!
34) K-os "The Rain" THE MALE AMY WINEHOUSE?
35) Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather "Stop Me" SMITHS FANS INSULTED
36) Sugababes "About You Now" PEPPY ELECTRO-ROCK
37) Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music" PEPPY ELECTRO-HIP-HOP (LOVE THE MJ SAMPLE)
38) Nine Inch Nails "God Given" REZNOR RE-DISCOVERS ELECTRONICS
39) Simian Mobile Disco "I Believe" INDIE ALSO-RANS DISCOVER ELECTRONICS
40) Information Society "Burning Bridges" POP ALSO-RANS RETURN!
41) BWO "Give me the Night" THANK YOU SWEDEN*
42) Client "Lights Go Out" LEATHER-TRONICA
43) Duran Duran "Nite-Runner" TIMBALAND MAKES THEM MATTER AGAIN
44) Mika "Relax (take it easy)" BETTER THAN SCISSOR SISTERS LAST ALBUM
45) Kaiser Chiefs "Everything is Average Nowadays" EXACTLY
46) KT Tunstall "I Don't Want You Now" THE GHOST OF KIRSTY MACCOLL RISES!
47) Rosebuds "Get Up Get Out" THE GHOST OF NEW ORDER RISES?
48) Richard Hawley "Tonight the Streets Are Ours" THE GHOST OF ROY ORBISON RISES...
49) Rufus Wainwright "Tiergarten" HELMED BY A PET SHOP BOY
50)Arcade Fire "No Cars Go" BETTER THAN SPRINGSTEEN
*(asterisks show artists of Swedish origin. This does not include songs written or produced by Swedes. Seems like the Swedes are had a great year.)
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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How much of our lists intersect!? I even like that Siouxsie song when I did not get into the album.
Intersting comment about Darren's Who Would Have Thought. I had not noticed that but it is true. That song is very Never Let Me Down Again isn't it?
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