Aug
21st
Fri
21st
reviewing the top 200 tracks of the p2k decade in music, j-d
- 2000s fads ranked in order of value of tracks produced:
*justice vs simian - we are your friends / french disco pop: still a good idea.
- disco-pop
- dance-punk
- new folk
- post-punk
- soul
- new wave
- garage rock
- 70s hard rock
- 60s pop
- freak folk
justice - d.a.n.c.e. / eh
jurgen paape - so weit wie noche nie / minimal techno: still a good idea. great vocal.
joanna newsom - peach plum pear / where’s kate bush?
junior senior - move your feet / remember how huge this was?
junior boys - in the morning / great dance track.
*johnny boy - you are the generation… / phil spector is dead, guys.
jimmy eat world - the middle / this was definitely a popular song.
*jens lekman - black cab / the production is way to heavy for his voice.
jay-z - big pimpin’ /
jay-z - izzo /
jay-z - takeover /
jay-z - 99 problems / artist of the decade. this is where it’s at.
*jamie lidell - multiply / a fairly reasonable approximation of a soul record.
*interpol - nyc / this is pretty all right.
*interpol - obstacle 1 / marquee moon, anyone?
*hot chip - over and over / too cool for its own good.
*hot chip - ready for the floor / eh
*hot chip - boy from school / wow was this band really that good?
*the hold steady - stuck between stations / is this a joke? like a springsteen parody?
*the hold steady - the swish / oh fuck off this has to be a joke.
hercules and love affair - blind / dfa + antony = a really good idea
gwen stefani - hollaback girl / is, in fact, my shit. fuck yeah, neptunes.
*guillemots - trains to brazil / this is ok.
gui boratto - beautiful life / great track.
grizzly bear - knife / nice peaceful indie rock
grizzly bear - two weeks / more like grizzly BORE
*grinderman - no pussy blues / oh… right. noise rock exists.
gnarls barkley - crazy / not crazy about the retroisms. overrated.
girl talk - smash your head / eh
ghostface killah - shakey dog / not all that great. ghost getting kind of old, i think.
ghostface killah - nutmeg / great rza production, great rapper.
the game - hate it or love it / nice production.
*the futureheads - hounds of love / where’s kate bush?
*fugazi - cashout / eh
freelance hellraiser - a stroke of genius / best track of the decade.
franz ferdinand - take me out / always hated how the end was a stolen like clapton riff or something.
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal / it’s nice that folk music is still relevant.
the flaming lips - do you realize / hugely overrated.
the field - over the ice / orgasmic.
fennesz - caecilia / token ambient track?
feist - 1234 / yay pop music.
feist - mushaboom / and yay for sweet-voiced female singers.
eminem - the real slim shady /
eminem - lose yourself / still not sure how i feel about em.
dr. dre - forgot about dre / great track.
*dizzee rascal - fix up, look sharp / what the fuck is this? british people should not rap.
*dizzee rascal - i luv u / next
*dirty projectors - stillness is the move / i have no idea what this is.
destiny’s child - say my name / beyonce is better solo
