So Tripp and I made our “Top 10 Albums of 2009″ lists (and a few others which will be posted eventually). Oh but that Galkin, he went one step further, and created his Top 100 – nay, Top 115 – songs of the year.
So I’m going to publish this list as a four-part piece over the next few weeks, and I’ll be putting every song on here for you to listen to. Great work Galkin, so everyone reading, enjoy:
Here are my top 115 songs of the year. Why 115 you ask? Well mainly because I just listened to way too much music this year and there were bands/songs that I felt deserved some recognition that I couldn’t bear to cut. So instead of cheating and having 15 ties to include them all, I just expanded the list.
There are a couple more things to keep in mind. First, I only included songs that appeared on albums that were released in 2009 or songs that were singles from upcoming albums being rereleased in 2010. As such, there are things you won’t see on the list even though they were prominent in 2009 (Kings of Leon for example; Only By The Night was released November 2008). Second this was really hard. Not so much to simply choose all the songs I liked from the year (although that took plenty of time itself), but more so to figure out some way to put them in any meaningful order. I did my best and finally settled on an order I can live with.
If I were to do it again in a week I’m sure I would go back and move things around.
115. Black Eyed Peas – “I Got A Feeling (Mr Vega Dirty NY And Chi-Town House Remix)”
I got a feeling the songs on the list will get much better – I promise…but heard it enough this year during fun times that it stuck.
114. Asher Roth – “I Love College”
Ok, I lied. Not a good song, but who didn’t find themselves singing it in the back of their heads?
113. The Swell Season – “In These Arms”
Real list starts now…Once stars started a band in real life too with positive results
112. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – “Young Adult Friction”
One of the best song titles of the year
111. Neko Case – “People Got A Lotta Nerve”
New Pornographers singer knows how to do it solo too
110. Girls – “Lust For Life”
“Hell Hole Ratrace” got more end-of-year critical praise, but I enjoyed this one more
109. M. Ward – “Never Had Nobody Like You”
List had to have something with Zooey Deschanel in it. C’mon now, you know me better than that.
108. YACHT – “Psychic City”
Really long, really slow song with almost as much speaking as singing. Somehow it works.
107. Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
She just keeps on producing radio hits – pretty impressive
106. Boys Like Girls – “She’s Got A Boyfriend Now”
Pop punk is still very much in the repertoire
105. Dirty Projectors – “Stillness Is The Move”
Found the Dirty Projectors a little overhyped, but they do have a cool sound
104. Cartel – “Let’s Go”
This is the Cartel I’m used to. Let’s just forget the previous album ever existed.
103. Silversun Pickups – “Panic Switch”
Solid first single from their follow-up album – songs are too long though
102. Jay-Z – “Empire State Of Mind”
Got tired of it, but still a very good song…any and all knockoffs for other cities are lame
101. Dashboard Confessional – “Belle Of The Boulevard”
Chris Carraba – still plugging away with his Emo rock that knows how to cut to the core of me
100. Lily Allen – “The Fear”
Definitely keeps it real – that’s why I like her…and she’s cute
99. Just Jack – “Embers”
One of the many songs discovered through Gossip Girl
98. Jason Derulo – “Watcha Say”
Blatant use of another song, but at least he picked a good one
97. Bon Iver – “Blood Bank”
Looking forward to a new album next year
96. Imogen Heap – “First Train Home”
Not as catchy as “Hide and Seek” as featured on “Watcha Say”, but nice little song off the new album
95. Two Tongues – “Wowee Zowee”
Second best duo side project song of the year
94. Miley Vs Notorious – “Party And Bullshit (In The USA) (Hathbanger Mix)”
Opposite ends of the spectrum come together for pure delightfulness
93. Tommy Sparks – “She’s Got Me Dancing”
Second best song used in an Apple commercial
92. The XX – “Shelter (Them Jeans Drum Edit)”
Remix makes a good song better by making it a little faster
91. Tim And Jean – “Come Around”
Passion Pit knockoff which means they’re the next big thing. And they’re only 15 and 18 yeas old, respectively.
90. 3OH!3 – “Don’t Trust Me”
Don’t trust a ho. Never trust a ho.
89. Franz Ferdinand – “No You Girls”
Familiar sound, but nothing wrong with that
88. John Mayer – “Heartbreak Warfare”
Nobody has more “heartbreak” songs for someone who gets so many girls
87. Cage The Elephant – “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”
Will be seeing them in 5 years on VH1’s One Hit Wonder show of the 2000s
86. White Lies – “Farewell To The Fairground”
Just a solid rock song – not much else to say about this one
That’s it for now. Enjoy these songs, and check back for more soon!
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