Monday, November 27, 2006
The Songs Of 2006: Final Stages
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 As the month of December creeps closer and closer, the selection for my top songs of 2006 in chart form begins to enter its final stages. Over the past 12 months - in a trusty MS Word file - I've compiled a chart of, right now, roughly 200 songs, that I've loved this year. Some have found their way out, some have gone higher, some have moved lower. The real struggle I have with my end of year chart is wanting to put all the songs in the top 60 as my songs in the Top 10. That makes things difficult to arrange, as you could imagine.
Anyway, this year - like any other for me - will see the chart chop and change right up until December 21st. That's when the chart is finalised for me this year (I'm doing the end of year chart on my radio show on the 22nd, that's why you see). I'm sure a few of you are wondering what the top 5 might be. Most of you probably don't care though. I'm going to share the exciting intel with you all anyway.
#01: TAKE THAT - PATIENCE
This is quite possibly going to drop a spot by the time the chart is finalised, but right at this very moment in 2006, Take That's "Patience" is the most amazing thing I've heard all year. It's kind of like a James Blunt song, but a) really good, and b) without that alarming 'nails-on-a-chalkboard/child through a cement mixer' sound of Blunt's terrible voice. The return of Take That is a VERY good thing, and if someone tries to tell you otherwise then they are a great big liar. They deserve a big whack across the head with a very thick, hardcover book. That'll sort them out. You could even use Gary Barlow's very own hardcover book, a hardcover book that he wrote all on his own. Wouldn't that be something?
#02: GIRLS ALOUD - SOMETHING KINDA OOOOH
Girls Aloud rip out the best Eurodance pop number since Alexia (who is, believe it or not, 40 years old now) and Whigfield were the queens of the drum machine. The reason why this is no longer Number #1 however mainly lies with the apparent confirmation that the line is not actually "Jumping on my tutu", but "Jumping on my toot toot". So whilst Cheryl says it is "Toot Toot", Nadine then claims it's "Tutu". Absolutely ridiculous. So until this is sorted out (to my liking, of course), at Number #2 is where they'll stay.
#03: MADONNA - LET IT WILL BE (PAPER FACES MIX/LIVE @ CONFESSIONS TOUR)
This was at Number #66 a few days ago. Then the Confessions Tour screened on the NBC, and all of a sudden it went a bit higher than #66. Just a bit. The remix of this is fan-fucking-tastic, but it really IS the audio AND visual combination of Madge belting this out on the Confessions Tour that truly makes this one of her most epic productions. Breathtaking.
#04: ROGUE TRADERS - IN LOVE AGAIN
It frustrates me that this won't be a proper CD single, but rather a download one, without a pretty cover or a studio-filmed video clip which, in case you were wondering, this song so definitely deserves. Sampling Tears For Fears, "In Love Again" is an absolute masterpiece that is most certainly the greatest thing the Rogue's have done. Fact.
#05: AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK
Hello X-Tina? Yeah hi. Um, listen, you heard this new Amy Winehouse album? Because it's REALLY good. Like, REALLY good. And the title track, "Back To Black" is a tremendously raw and touching little number that makes your new single "Hurt" sound like the theme from Sesame Street. And not the really cool rave remix by Smart-E's from the early 90's either, but the original version. Just thought you should know love. Hope you have a good week.
I'm sure many of you disagree completely with me on most - if not all - of those mentioned above. It'll change, most definitely, but I'd say that's pretty much what the songs of my top 5 will be. Maybe not in that order once finished, but roughly the same.
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