Wednesday, July 11, 2007
My Hump (Part 2)
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 You might recall that a couple of weeks back I posted about my mid-year-hump albums of the so-far year.
Now it's time for a list of singles and songs.
The 6 month mark has come and gone, but because I have been incredibly lazy of late, it's only finding a home on the interweb now.
Without further ado, here are the top songs of the so-far year. This isn't a list of singles, but a list of the songs that have made an impact on me for the first half-and-a-month of 2007. Currently, there are songs listed from number 1 to 247 for my end of year chart.
Instead of sharing such a monstrous list, here are the first 40 (Where available, click on the song title to view a YouTube clip.)
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1. MADONNA ft. GOGOL BORDELLO La Isla Bonita (Live Earth)
Seeing as I only just spoke about its brilliance a couple of days ago, in place of repeating myself, I'll just redirect you to the blog post in question.
2. ARCTIC MONKEYS Do Me A Favour
Ahh Alex Turner. The more I listen to this song, the more I am convinced Turner is the greatest lyricist of the 21st Century. Parting with the one you love is hard, and "Do Me A Favour" deals with the situation in a painfully realistic manner. This desperately needs to be the third single from Favourite Worst Nightmare.
3. RIHANNA Umbrella
An absolute thunderstorm (BOOM TISH) of a pop song. As is the case with the previous Rihanna lead single off an album ("S.O.S,") this was offered to about 6 different people before it finally landed on the desk of Rihanna HQ. I seriously could not imagine anyone else doing it as much justice as she has. Her nasal, 'I can't be bothered' vocal approach is stellar and fits so comfortably with this songs groove. And that album, well, who knew it was going to turn out so good?
4. SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR Can't Have It All
So tragic, so beautiful... so Sophie. I cannot help but be drawn to this song, surprisingly not one of the tracks that stood out to me when listening to this album for the first time. Such a pity it's a UK Bonus Track, this has winter-single written all over it. In fact, don't you think that the video clip for new single "Today The Sun's On Us" would have fit better with this? I do too.
5. SHAKIRA Pure Intuition
I cannot decide whether I prefer the English or Spanish versions of this track. The Spanish version is the one with a clip (and a fantastically simple yet effective one at that), but the English version is something I not only understand completely, but can sort of relate to. Gorgeous melody, beautiful chorus ("We've been wanting each other since before we were born/and I will want you even after I am gone") and a stunning final 30 seconds (which is--without a doubt--an exquisite homage to the intro of Kim Wilde's "Keep Me Hangin' On" cover.) Now let's have an English clip and Western release please.
The remaining 35 songs, in ALPHABETICAL order;
ALPHABEAT Fascination
ARCTIC MONKEYS 505
ARCTIC MONKEYS Balaclava
ARCTIC MONKEYS Diamonds Are Forever
ARCTIC MONKEYS Fluorescent Adolescent
ARCTIC MONKEYS This House Is A Circus
BRIAN McFADDEN Alice In Wonderland
BWO Save My Pride
COBURN Give Me Love
DRAGONETTE Take It Like A Man
GARBAGE Tell Me Where It Hurts
GROOVE ARMADA FT. MUTYA BUENA Song 4 Mutya*
JUSTICE Stress
KYLIE MINOGUE In My Arms
LA ROCCA Non Believer
MARK RONSON FT. DANIEL MERRIEWATHER Stop Me
MARK RONSON FT. LILY ALLEN Oh My God
MAROON 5 Makes Me Wonder
McFLY Baby's Coming Back
McFLY Transylvania
PATRICK WOLF The Magic Position
RIHANNA Breakin' Dishes
RIHANNA Don't Stop The Music
RIHANNA Question Existing
ROGUE TRADERS Way To Go! (Metro Radio Edit)
ROSE McGOWAN Useless Talent #32
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Going To A Town
SILVERCHAIR Waiting All Day
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO Wooden**
SIOBHAN DONAGHY Medevac
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR China Heart
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR If You Go
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR Love Is Here
THE GOSSIP Standing In The Way Of Control (Soulwax Mix)
TORI AMOS Bouncing Off Clouds***
* Much better clip than the one GA & Mutya have provided us.
** MP3 for your downloading pleasure.
*** EXCELLENT live performance from Sessions @ AOL.
Take into consideration that list will most definitely have a few changes by the end of the year, especially with predicted new releases from Girls Aloud, Madonna, Kylie, Britney, etcetera.
COMING UP: I'm off to see Harry Potter V in about 90 minutes, so expect some full blown, fizzing-at-the-slit style appreciation of Ron Weasley Thursday evening. Bitch it is on.Labels: Charts
6 Comments:
- 1:11 AM | Scott said...
Thank you for introducing me to Stress by Justice - love it!
Now - once again - WHEN ARE WE LUNCHING.
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- 8:57 AM | J'ason D'luv said...
Pishbot, where's that galdang best pop albums list?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!
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- 10:01 AM | Adem IAR said...
Scott: Glad you liked Stress, the whole Justice album is super fab too! As for lunch, 3 weeks? I know, I'm an absolute mess, and I've got two exams over the next 2 weeks so any free time I've got should probably be filled with study. I'll email you soon :)
J'ason: It's coming. The editing process is something I have to deal with AFTER my exams. But I promise the beast is on its way!
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- 12:55 AM | Poster Girl said...
I'm so pleasantly surprised to see that Shakira song on your list! I don't feel like I've seen much written about it online, but it is a great song.
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- 1:08 AM | Paul said...
ooo good list. no simon curtis? Damn you!!!!! hehehehehehe
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- 1:10 AM | Adem IAR said...
PPG: How lovely is it? I had such a love affair with it for a week after hearing it for the first time, it's just so luscious.
Paul: So far, Simon Curtis at numbers #45, #72 and #89. There would be more but I lost my copy of his fab album from my hard drive a week after downloading it from him :(
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