Monday, December 31, 2007

2007 Song Awards of Miscellaneousness

Right. So, to start off my music lists of 07, I figured I'd throw out some random tidbits to enjoy. You know...is' for fun. These are a few favs from the albums I heard this year. There are no real order to them.
Go ahead and let me know what songs I missed in these categories, or any categories I should've added. I will put my official favorite songs of the year up later this week, with my albums followed shortly. Fo' rill

SONGS I HAD A DANCE-OFF (WITH MYSELF) TO:
New Jack- Justice
Mind Reader - Silverchair
Try It Again - the Hives
Photocopier - Fujiya & Miyagi
Australia - the Shins
Watch the Tapes - LCD Soundsystem


FAVORITE B-SIDES:
Barbarella - Silverchair
Bangers n' Mash - Radiohead
We Are A Happy Landfill - Gorillaz
Hijomalind - Sigur Ros

FAV BREAK-UP SONGS:
Reckoner - Radiohead
Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
What's A Girl To Do? - Bat For Lashes
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Smile - Lily Allen
Breakin' Up - Rilo Kiley

FAV COVER SONGS:
Conquest - the White Stripes (originally by Patti Page)
Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson (and rest of Raising Sand album) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (originally Milton Cambell)
A Free Man In Paris - Sufjan Stevens (originally Joni Mitchell)
Flugufrelsarinn - Kronos Quartet (originally Sigur Ros)
Boho Dance - Bjork (originally Joni Mitchell)

FAV SONGS THAT SOUNDS LIKE PIXIE MUSIC:
Kolopot (and the rest of the Kurr album) - Amiina
Red Rabbits - the Shins
Love and Love Again - Jesca Hoop
Honey Honey - Feist
I See Who You Are - Bjork

FAV DUETS:
Stick With Me Baby (and most of Raising Sand album) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Young Folks - Peter Bjorn & John w/Victoria Bergsman
How My Heart Behaves - Feist w/ Eirik Glambek Boe of Kings of Convenience
The Bull Flame of Desire - Bjork w/ Antony Hegarty

LOL/ROFLMAO SONGS:
Knock 'Em Out - Lily Allen
Rag & Bone - the White Stripes
The Salmon Dance - Chemical Brothers
Labyrinthian Pomp - Of Montreal
North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem

NOT SO "LOL" SONGS:
The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore - James Morrison
Love Is All We Have - Jesca Hoop
Sad Eyes - Bat For Lashes
A Martyr For My Love For You - the White Stripes
Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem

SONGS I TRIED NOT TO LIKE...
Between You and Me - Hilary Duff
Freakshow - Britney Spears
Bullseye - Aly & AJ


...BUT DID ANYWAY:
Between You and Me - Hilary Duff
Freakshow - Britney Spears
Bullseye - Aly & AJ

SONGS WITH NO WORDS FROM OTHERWISE WORDY ALBUMS:
Cassettesingle - Fujiya & Miyagi
Samskeyti - Sigur Ros
Ill Willis - Shout Out Louds
Conductor 71 - Fujiya & Miyagi
A Stroll Through Hive Manor - the Hives

GOOD SONGS WITH TWO (or more) NAMES:
Those Thieving Birds(part 1)/Strange Behaviour/Those Thieving Birds (part 2) - Silverchair
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - the Arcade Fire
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
Good Girl/Carrots - Panda Bear

GOOD SONGS WITH THE SAME NAME (sort of):
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - the Arcade Fire
Black Wave - the Shins

(SONGS WITH) PARENTHESIS:
Underwater (You & Me) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
(Come On) Let's Go! - Smashing Pumpkins
Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed) - Bright Eyes
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As Your Told) - the White Stripes
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
If I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This) - Jens Lekman

SONGS!!!:
Well All Right! - the Hives
Giddy Up! - the Hives
The Universe! - Do Make Say Think
(Come On) Lets Go! - Smashing Pumpkins
Listen!!! - Talib Kweli

GOOD SONGS THAT ARE REALLY...REALLY LONG:
Repose In Blue - Eluvium (9:18)
Indoor Swimming At the Space Station - Eluvium (10:29)
Good Girl/Carrots - Panda Bear (12:44)
Bros - Panda Bear (12:32)
Hafsol - Sigur Ros (9:47)
Von - Sigur Ros (9:16)

REALLY REALLY LONG SONG THAT WAS THE ONLY ON ITS' ALBUM:
United States - Smashing Pumpkins (9:53)


GOOD TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS AND KISS SONGS:
House of Cards – Radiohead
Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine
Reciting the Airships – Eluvium
Dreamworld - Rilo Kiley
The Water - Feist
No One's Gonna Love You - Band of Horses

1 comment:

Anthony Holden said...

You, sir, are a goofy goober. Good to hear from you, though!