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Originally posted by just indie:
i love how real music fans were loving that song last year, now it is in a movie and its the number 2 song on itunes...ah the power of corporate america

What are your qualifications to be a "real music fan"? To me, it would be anyone who enjoys music, regardless of what kind of music. Obviously, we don't share the same definition.

I guess I'll post some of my favorite songs of 2008. I know it's a long list but haven't posted in a while. Here goes:
Fleet Foxes: Ragged Wood, White Winter Hymnal, He doesn't know why, In the Hot, Hot, Rays, Mykonos, Blue Ridge Mountains (great rendition on Letterman)
The Dodo's: Winter, It's that time again
Gnarls Barkley: Blind Mary
Born Ruffians: I need a life, Badonkadonkey
Hot Chip: Ready for the floor, Touch too much
Plants and Animals:Good Friend, Bye Bye Bye
Frightened Rabbit: Modern Leper
Mason Jennings: Fighter Girl, Your New Man
Robert Forster: Demon Days
Wolf Parade: California Dreamer, Fine Young Cannibals
Dengue Fever: Sober Driver
Hercules and Love Affair: Blind
Port O'Brien: I woke up today
MGMT: Electric Feel
Sam Roberts: Fixed to Ruin
Sons & Daughters: Gilt Complex
No Age: Brain Burner

2 corrections. Just found out that In the Hot, Hot Rays was a few years ago, and I meant to put Time to Pretend by MGMT.

2 other songs I want to include:
Devotchka-The Clockwise Witness
Top Drawer-Man Man

I also wanted to say that I don't see a real consensus of best songs of the year yet. Last year, I kind of new Someone Great and The Past is a Grotesque Animal were widely liked and would be in top 5 at the end of the year. I don't see that this year. Am I correct or is their a couple songs that everyone loves that I'm missing?

10 great tracks (in no particular order):

1.The Faint: The Geeks Were Right
2.Apollo Sunshine: Singing to the Earth
3.The Verve: Love Is Noise (great comeback single)
4.Recloose (ft. Joe Dukie): Deeper Waters (just a beauty)
5.Beck: Youthless
6.N.E.R.D: You Know What
7.Fleet Foxes : He Doesn't Know Why
8.Of Montreal: Id Engager
9.Say Hi: Spiders
10.The Walkmen: Canadian Girl

And oh yeah, just forgot:
Cold War Kids: Something Is Not Right With Me

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Originally posted by besttasteinmusicever:
I also wanted to say that I don't see a real consensus of best songs of the year yet. Last year, I kind of new Someone Great and The Past is a Grotesque Animal were widely liked and would be in top 5 at the end of the year. I don't see that this year. Am I correct or is their a couple songs that everyone loves that I'm missing?

I've seen a lot of mentions of "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes and several of MGMT's "Electric Feel".

black mountain - stay free

the best song in years

"White Winter Hymnal" is as close as we've come to a perfect three-minute pop song in decades. And "Electric Feel" is just a monster jam. Shame that MGMT only has three tolerable tracks...

I don't know if they count, seeing as they haven't been officially recorded or released yet, but the two new Grizzly Bear songs ("While You Wait for the Others" and "Two Weeks") have been universally adored.

Also, the Dodos' "Fools".

Wilco played a new a song called One Wing at Lollaploza.

Sounds great. Thanks for the link.

"Skene" from The Bug's London Zoo is just... sick. Probably the best song of the year so far, big time. Sick.

I'm back to lists.

1. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
An utterly beautiful song. Great breakdown too (Brother, you don't need to turn me away...)
2. Raise Me Up - Hercules and Love Affair
New age disco with some amazing vocals from Antony.
3. Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip
More perfect techno pop from HC.
4. Lights & Music - Cut Copy
Reminds me alot of 80's arena pop, catchy tune that won't leave my head.
5. Dr. Carter - Lil Wayne
"You ain't Vince Young so don't clash with the Titans."
6. Electric Feel - MGMT
A great sounding falcetto combinded with the most stupidly catchy chorus of the year.
7. Gamma Ray - Beck
One of Beck's best singles ever.
8. Bixby Canyon Bridge - Death Cab For Cutie
Amazing opener on a shitty album.
9. Constructive Summer - The Hold Steady
This song just sounds like summer to me.
10. Blue Ridge Mountains - Fleet Foxes
Best song on the best album of the year.
11. Machine Gun - Portishead
A killer back beat with a great vocal performance.
12. Borken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats - Los Campsinos!
One of the most dynamic pop songs of the year.
13. Comfortable - Lil Wayne (feat. Babyface)
At first a sincere and loving Lil Wayne sounds like bullshit, but Babyface's rephrase sells it.
14. Winter - Dodos
A great use of horns to liven up the Dodos guitar n' drums sound. Great lyrics to boot.
15. M79 - Vampire Weekend
The violen hook is gorgeous. Sweet sounding without giving you a toothache.
16. Modern Guilt - Beck
Very old fashioned sounding. Almost a complete opposite of Beck's last album.
17. What Up Man - Cool Kids
Most memorable beat of the year. Clever lyrics.
18. Kids - MGMT
Terrible lyrics are made up for by a terrific everything else.
19. The Rip - Portishead
Ambient, creepy, and VERY Portishead.
20. Lost! - Coldplay
Guilty pleasure of the year for sure.

I heard "Grounds for Divorce" by Elbow on the radio today. Sounded pretty good, very bluesy. Better than most of the stuff that station plays (see: Jack Johnson, the Fray, bands who want to be like those performers). Then again, it's the only station that isn't Butt Rock Central and plays current music in Atlanta.

Fuck Atlanta radio.

I'm there with you on that one, Chamberk. Atlanta radio blows something fierce. That's why I love my car radio iPod adapter...but which mainstream Atlanta station played "Grounds for Divorce"? That song doesn't feature T-Pain at all!

back to the topic at hand: it has taken several listens to sink in, but Sun Kil Moon's April truly is something to behold. Especially "Lost Verses" - what a fantastic opener.

Songs in A&E is another one that's taken me a good while to really appreciate. It didn't click until I woke up one morning with a rather vicious hangover and "Sweet Talk" came up on shuffle. I'm fairly certain that the song singlehandedly brought me back to the realm of the living.

Blitzen Trapper released the title track from their new album Furrr, and I would give it my vote for one of the best songs of the year. Very well written, and well played. I was ready to be disapointed.

So far my favourite song from the Cure is the b-side to "The Perfect Boy" (which is also a great song) called "Without You". It's just full of so much glee!

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Originally posted by vlad:
I'm there with you on that one, Chamberk. Atlanta radio blows something fierce. That's why I love my car radio iPod adapter...but which mainstream Atlanta station played "Grounds for Divorce"? That song doesn't feature T-Pain at all!

The description didn't tip you off? It's DaveFM, aka Atlanta Yuppie Radio.

My iPod car adapter is busted... as is my car's CD player. So I've got an old and warped tape or the radio to pick and choose from.

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
My iPod car adapter is busted... as is my car's CD player. So I've got an old and warped tape or the radio to pick and choose from.

If my cd player ever breaks I have an emergency cassete single of "Bad Boys" in the glove box.

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