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best songs of 2008

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    #2
    Cpaw
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    What planet are you on? All of those songs are UNKNOWN. :rolleyes:


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    gustavo
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    For me

    Killers - Spaceman
    Oasis - Falling Down
    Coldplay - Life in Technicolor 2
    Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
    The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer
    Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
    Coldplay - Violet Hill
    Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
    The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
    Weezer - Pork and Beans


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    Placid_Casual
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    Cpaw wrote: »
    What planet are you on? All of those songs are UNKNOWN. :rolleyes:

    Just because YOU don't know them doesn't make them "unknown", or more importantly, that they aren't great songs.

    I'll admit that i'm unfamiliar with more than half the list but, of what I do recognise, there's some quality stuff. And there's plenty of pointers for me to discover new stuff.
    OP, particular kudos for having Librarian by My Morning Jacket in the top ten!

    Here's some of my other favs of 2008

    Death Cab For Cutie - Cath
    Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
    Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
    MGMT - Time To Pretend
    Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Midnight Man
    Elbow - The Bones of You
    The Last Shadow Puppets - Black Paint
    Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
    Lisa Hannigan - Ocean & A Rock
    British Sea Power - Canvey Island


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    callaway92
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    Coldplay - Viva La Vida
    Rihanna - Take A Bow


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    xbox36016
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    Rihanna - Take A Bow waht are you little grail


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    Deep Easterly
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    Cpaw wrote: »
    What planet are you on? All of those songs are UNKNOWN. :rolleyes:

    I am keeping my eye on you "Cpaw"....;)


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    xOxSinéadxOx
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    Lollipop


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    In no particular order some of my fav. songs this year have been:

    MGMT - Electric Feel
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hold On To Yourself
    Santogold - Creator
    The Breeders - Here No More
    Glasvegas - Geraldine
    The Ting Tings - Great DJ
    Goldfrapp - A&E
    CSS - Left Behind
    Portishead - Machine Gun
    Kings Of Leon - Closer

    I'm not familiar with most of the songs on the OP's list, but I'm glad you included "Geraldine" :)


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    HalloweenJack
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    Haven't liked that much stuff this year. Only a few songs I can think of that I reslly liked

    Republic of Loose - The Steady Song
    Republic of Loose - 23 Things
    Nas - Hero
    MGMT - Electric Feel
    MIA - Paper Planes
    Kanye West - Paranoid
    Kanye West - Love Lockdown


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    Placid_Casual
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    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    Haven't liked that much stuff this year. Only a few songs I can think of that I reslly liked

    Republic of Loose - The Steady Song
    Republic of Loose - 23 Things
    Nas - Hero
    MGMT - Electric Feel
    MIA - Paper Planes
    Kanye West - Paranoid
    Kanye West - Love Lockdown

    I'm pretty sure Paper Planes is from earlier than this year :confused:

    Either way, great song.


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    kwestfan08
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    Here are a few songs that I thought were great this year
    Foals - Cassius
    The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You
    MGMT - Kids
    Kanye West - Heartless
    Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo


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    callaway92
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    xbox36016 wrote: »
    Rihanna - Take A Bow waht are you little grail

    xbox36016..what are you...

    A LITTLE troll_2.jpg

    ????????????????????


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    HalloweenJack
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    Placid_Casual wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure Paper Planes is from earlier than this year :confused:

    Either way, great song.
    The album's 2007 but the single was released this year.


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    xbox36016
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    kings of lean use somebady
    killers space man
    fall out boy i dont care
    panic at the disco the grean man
    show patral take back the city
    coldplay viva la vida


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    nyarlothothep
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    opeth-porcelain heart
    mars volta-Askepious, Ouroborous
    dragonforce-scars of yesterday
    hot leg-trojan guitar
    NIN-discipline, track 28 from ghosts
    metallica-the day that never comes


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    Xavi6
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    I have to say I'm surprised/disgusted/appalled at people putting anything by the Killers, MGMT and the fucking Ting Tings on a 'Best of 2008' list.


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    delbertgrady
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    Jenny Lewis: The Highs and Lows of Being Number One

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    Creamy Goodness
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    Xavi6 wrote: »
    I have to say I'm surprised/disgusted/appalled at people putting anything by the Killers, MGMT and the fucking Ting Tings on a 'Best of 2008' list.

    really? Its exactly what I'd expect from the music forum tbh


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    Dubliner28
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    The Script-Breakeven
    Kings of Leon--Sex on Fire


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    Birneybau
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    xbox36016 wrote: »
    show patral take back the city

    Take Back The City is one of the worst songs I've ever had the displeasure to enter my ears....


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    Kold
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    Solid enough list from OP but you neglected any of the Radiohead singles. Reckoner was song of the year and Jigsaw and All I need are also far better than a lot of that list.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    Kold wrote: »
    Reckoner was song of the year and Jigsaw and All I need are also far better than a lot of that list.

    Every song on In Rainbows is amazing imo. (apart from Faust Arp, which I don't really get)


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    Kold
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    square_igloo wrote: »
    Every song on In Rainbows is amazing imo. (apart from Faust Arp, which I don't really get)

    Faust Arp is actually one of my favourites. It's so simple and pretty. I like to think of it as a castrated version of Wolf at the Door. And it leads perfectly into Reckoner.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    I <3 GuanYin wrote: »
    I have to say I'm surprised/disgusted/appalled at people putting anything by the Killers, MGMT and the fucking Ting Tings on a 'Best of 2008' list.

    Different strokes for different folks, and all that.

    "And the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums....."
    *continues singing to self*


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    cherryghost
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    http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=556994439&BlogId=8098563478

    woot.... SO FAR


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    Kold
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    cherryghost wrote: »
    http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=556994439&BlogId=8098563478

    woot.... SO FAR

    Lrn 2 electronic/dubstep/hiphop


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    keane2097
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    Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur

    imo

    /thread


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    wallster
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    Kold wrote: »
    Solid enough list from OP but you neglected any of the Radiohead singles. Reckoner was song of the year and Jigsaw and All I need are also far better than a lot of that list.

    I'm a big Radiohead fan too, but I decided I couldn't use any tracks because they were all originally released in 2007


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    Kold
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    This is true but the official release date of In Rainbows was 1/1/2008 and the singles were out this year. Technicalities I guess.


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    cherryghost
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    Kold wrote: »
    This is true but the official release date of In Rainbows was 1/1/2008 and the singles were out this year. Technicalities I guess.

    hence why i only have house of cards in my list. which wil go up. i done that list last year, and its all about replayability too. and house of cards stands up better than a few thats higher up than that!


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