Song Of The Decade

Bodhidharma

The Strokes - Hard to Explain

ibarelycare

I knew Mr Brightside would be one of the top ones, it's a great song. Personally my top ones would include:

Outkast - Hey Ya
Sia - The Girl you Lost to Cocaine
Elbow - One Day Like This
QOTSA - No One Knows

latenia

Bland insipid 'mortgage rock' at its worst. Take a look at the number 1 singles from the early 80's:

http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1980_1984.htm

Fair enough, there are some awful songs but there are also acts like The Specials, Blondie, The Jam and David Bowie having sustained success. Most of the number 1's (even the cheesy stuff) are memorable all-time pop classics which would be familiar to almost anyone of any age.

Now look at the 2000's:

http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/2005.htm

I'd say I only recognise about a quarter of them.

Dudess

Yeah, VH1 did a "Every number one since 1980" filler thing and the quality of some of the early 80s numbers was unbelievable - Dexys and Madness as well as the acts you've listed.

apoch632

Driver 8 wrote: »

To be fair, as much as I and others would slag off lists like that for being incredibly short-sighted in the music it considers, this notion that "mainstream=****e" is a bit lazy too. I don't think anyone would argue that songs like Umbrella are great songs in and of themselves, regardless of whether it's the Rihanna or Manics version you choose to listen to.

I would not subscribe to that (mainstream = crap) either. Its just the people that generally criticise modern music dont usually listen to much new stuff at all, if they do its generally mainstream

OutlawPete

I think these two are classic Noughties tracks also ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-0s0pRleg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRur9D354W0

stovelid

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah, VH1 did a "Every number one since 1980" filler thing and the quality of some of the early 80s numbers was unbelievable - Dexys and Madness as well as the acts you've listed.

I think the 80s will eventually be lionized in the same way as the 60s. Probably already is.

Zonda999

Read my Mind - The Killers

Anyone?

Dudess

stovelid wrote: »

I think the 80s will eventually be lionized in the same way as the 60s. Probably already is.

Well it was the decade that brought us Falco, Men Without Hats, Tight Fit and Baltimora. :pac:

stovelid

Dudess wrote: »

Well it was the decade that brought us Falco, Men Without Hats, Tight Fit and Baltimora. :pac:

Exactly my point.

The Master

Dudess wrote: »

Well it was the decade that brought us Falco, Men Without Hats, Tight Fit and Baltimora. :pac:

You're saying that like it's a bad thing

Dudess

I'm certainly not. Anyone who disses Rock Me Amadeus ain't no friend of mine! :mad:

OutlawPete

stovelid wrote: »

I think the 80s will eventually be lionized in the same way as the 60s. Probably already is.

Well, considering that here we are discussing the Nougthies and we can about muster 30 songs or so.

And yet, if you were to start a thread on bes 80's songs it would never end and would hit 200 posts in 48 hours.

I think that says it all.

Music today is okay and you have to dig hard to find the good stuff. Even the crap stuff in the 80's had more soul than the top sellers today.

Dudess

Look at us oldies in the corner reminiscing about the 80s ... the way our parents reminisced about the 50s/60s...

stovelid

OutlawPete wrote: »

Well, considering that here we are discussing the Nougthies and we can about muster 30 songs or so.

Maybe I'm a traditionalist but I just liked it when the standard pop fare loved by kids was produced by drug-addled cross-dressers.

Dudess wrote: »

Look at us oldies in the corner reminiscing about the 80s ... the way our parents reminisced about the 50s/60s...

Anybody under 30 has fucked off and is no doubt avoiding the thread like the plague.

thebigcheese22

stovelid wrote: »

Anybody under 30 has fucked off and is no doubt avoiding the thread like the plague.

This

The Master

Dudess wrote: »

Look at us oldies in the corner reminiscing about the 80s ... the way our parents reminisced about the 50s/60s...

And we would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky kids!

OutlawPete

stovelid wrote: »

Anybody under 30 has fucked off and is no doubt avoiding the thread like the plague.

Nice one ..

You get the Gramophone and if I can get up from this chair withing getting a hernia, I'll dust off my old Flock Of Seagull 45s and we can all play dominos

The Master

OutlawPete wrote: »

Nice one ..

You get the Gramophone and if I can get up from this chair withing getting a hernia, I'll dust off my old Flock Of Seagull 78s and we can all play dominos

FYP

davyjose

Flock of Seagulls were awesome.

WTF, this thread has seriously derailled.

Rekop dog

I'd say any individual year from the ninty's would beat the whole noughties for music. It's only when you do one of these that you realise how bad it's been.

If I was pushed I'd say crazy by gnarls Barkley!

OutlawPete

davyjose wrote: »

Flock of Seagulls were awesome.

WTF, this thread has seriously derailled.

All the kids are in bed

Get the scotch ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA3Rt7gk

El Siglo

Actually, this decade was fairly shite for music it's really a matter of which shite was most tolerable and didn't make you want to get sick.

tech77

Driver 8 wrote: »

To be fair, as much as I and others would slag off lists like that for being incredibly short-sighted in the music it considers, this notion that "mainstream=****e" is a bit lazy too. I don't think anyone would argue that songs like Umbrella are great songs in and of themselves, regardless of whether it's the Rihanna or Manics version you choose to listen to.

Just about Umbrella.
Agree that it's a hell of a pop song. Video's great as well.

Can't decide what the best song of the decade is though tbh.

argosy2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfU8nhzmiBg

Dudess

Rekop dog wrote: »

I'd say any individual year from the ninty's would beat the whole noughties for music.

I personally consider the 90s (bar the first couple of years) far worse a decade for music than the 00s - generally speaking.

Rekop dog

Actually trying not to completely derail( that's exactly what I'm doing) the noughties as a whole has been rubbish! Tv used to be sooo much better too. The likes of father ted, the royal family, men behaving badly, zig and zag, crystal maze, supermarket sweep:D... I could go on

Dudess

Ah now... what about The Sopranos? Lost? Shameless? Six Feet Under? Dexter?

argosy2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2pzSFkNFZ0 this is best of the last 10 years, killers! you know i,m right

thebigcheese22

Dudess wrote: »

I personally consider the 90s (bar the first couple of years) far worse a decade for music than the 00s - generally speaking.

I'm a massive 'grunge' (hate that word) fan so I'm the opposite really
I'd say the majority of my music is from the 90's

Zwillinge

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6198897/100-songs-that-defined-the-Noughties.html

Not a bad list here either. I nodded in agreement to some of them and then others I pulled a question mark or three over my head () .

I still couldn't be asked to decide on one song though.

PK2008

Arctic Monkeys- I bet that you look good on the dancefloor

OutlawPete

I f**kin love this song .. great to drive to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idr7J_S1tKs

Rekop dog

Dudess wrote: »

I personally consider the 90s (bar the first couple of years) far worse a decade for music than the 00s - generally speaking.

Ok I give you oasis, blur, the verve, rem, nirvana, radiohead

From a pop basis you had take that at their best, spice girls, backstreet boys, boyzone all better than modern alternatives.

Eminem at his best, jay z, p diddy, biggy 2 pac.


Give me a list from the noughties as impressive.

OutlawPete

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

I'm a massive 'grunge' (hate that word) fan so I'm the opposite really

You going Pearl Jam?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q1XZJMdRi4

thebigcheese22

OutlawPete wrote: »

You going Pearl Jam?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q1XZJMdRi4

I am indeed Going to the Belfast gig, can't wait!

Also another contender for song of the 00's IMO, considering the Iraq war an all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfOvWhaj-XE

speedboatchase

Rekop dog wrote: »

Ok I give you oasis, blur, the verve, rem, nirvana, radiohead

From a pop basis you had take that at their best, spice girls, backstreet boys, boyzone all better than modern alternatives.

Eminem at his best, jay z, p diddy, biggy 2 pac.


Give me a list from the noughties as impressive.

woah woah woah! Only eminems first album was released in the 90s, Marshall Mathers LP is his masterpiece and that was 2001. Jay-Zs The Blueprint came out this decade too. This decade wasn't bad for hip hop, Kanye is an amazing artist too which a lot of people forgot because his dickish personality.

I would type but my phone battery about to die! And to further rebut another poster, best decade of tv ever - Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Dexter, The Wire, Lost, 30 Rock, Mad Men

Rekop dog

speedboatchase wrote: »

Kanye is an amazing artist too which a lot of people forgot because his dickish personality.

Gay fish IMO!

speedboatchase

and song of the decade for me is either Mr Brightside or Hey Ya. Crazy In Love, Cant Get You Outta My Head, Stan, Seven Nation Army and Jesus Walks are ip there too

Dudess

Rekop dog wrote: »

Ok I give you oasis, blur, the verve, rem, nirvana, radiohead

From a pop basis you had take that at their best, spice girls, backstreet boys, boyzone all better than modern alternatives.

Eminem at his best, jay z, p diddy, biggy 2 pac.


Give me a list from the noughties as impressive.

But no matter what you say, I personally consider the 00s better than the 90s - you can't change personal opinion.
I also don't consider many of the acts you've listed impressive.
In terms of pop: Outkast, Justin Timberlake, Neptunes produced Britney, Timbaland produced Nelly Furtado, The Sugababes - I way prefer these to the pop acts in your list.

And Boyzone?! :eek:

speedboatchase

Rekop dog wrote: »

Gay fish IMO!

College Dropout is one of the albums of the decade, even if he slaps that marlin ass

stovelid

speedboatchase wrote: »

College Dropout is one of the albums of the decade, even if he slaps that marlin ass

This decade? Have to agree.

OPENROAD

Rekop dog wrote: »

From a pop basis you had take that at their best, spice girls, backstreet boys, boyzone all better than modern alternatives.


Give me a list from the noughties as impressive.

Would just have Take That from that list,you can keep the rest imo, you could also put them in the noughties, as comebacks go Gary Barlows has to be one of the most amazing comeback stories.

Rekop dog

This thread is depressing me. I'm going to bed and hope I somehow wake up back in the nineties, I'll watch a bit of the big breakfast, play some super mario 3 on the nintendo, then go up to my bedroom, to my Sony radio and tape some real classics like gangster paradise and bitter sweet syphamy and hope I stop the tape on time before the dj speaks!

OutlawPete

Rekop dog wrote: »

This thread is depressing me. I'm going to bed and hope I somehow wake up back in the nineties, I'll watch a bit of the big breakfast, play some super mario 3 on the nintendo, then go up to my bedroom, to my Sony radio and tape some real classics like gangster paradise and bitter sweet syphamy and hope I stop the tape on time before the dj speaks!

Here, bring some of this info with ya ..

http://www.lottostrategies.com/script/winning_select_state/272/IE/irish-lottery-numbers-archive.html

And look me up when you get there.

Fine me around 1991 and tell me to back to school and finish my leaving as that girl aint no good, cheers

GLaDOS

I'm always a bit mystified when people say this decade was poor for music, I know some of my favourite albums come form the last 10 years and I listen to music ranging back ot the 60's. Mainstream music has gone down the toilet yes, but if you know where to look there are plenty of gems.

galwayrush wrote: »

Porcupine Tree's The Incident.

I've been addicted to these lately, though haven't gotten the incident yet However I'll throw this song up, picking the best of the decade is pointlessly subjective so I'll go for my favourite song at the moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFMpgwQMOw

slipss

Jaysus kids 00's weren't as bad as you're all trying to make out, there was some class stuff along the way.

M.I.A - Paper Planes (one of the catchiest songs of any decade)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gMFZLcSJL0

Johnny Cash - Hurt (what a vocal performance, never heard such emotion put into a song before or since)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clq01TXQR0s

MGMT - Time To Pretend (great rock and roll song, that's not too pretentious to embrace the electro dance legacy of the 90's)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9GH-yvPHSY

Eninem ft Dido - Stan (I garauntee this song will still be played on mainstream radio in 20 years, a classic. Proved Eminem was genuinly a talented and intelligent lyricist. Dido's on top form too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHfdV3gw9Q

Just throw this in aswell cause mentioning Stan has made me remember songs from the album. My Personal favourite song from TMMLP, and in my opinion the best thing Eminem has done. {kinda anathema to the point of the song but we used this religiously to get us pumped up for the weekend of partying to come}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOb9HfJ7WW0

callaway92

Elbow - A Day Like This.

Lia_lia

Fuck the Pain Away - Peaches


Ahaha. What a song.


Seriously though Songs for the Deaf by QOTSA gets album of the decade from me. Love it. Most songs off that.

Also, Teardrop by Massive Attack. Even though it was released in 1998 it was used a lot in ads and tv over the 00's. And it's one of my favourite songs. But er...guess it doesn't count really.

And Jay-Z - 99 Problems.

And Draculas Wedding by Outkast.

So Easy by Royksopp. Or Eple.

I could go on all day.

But that's just my taste.

Blackbetty68

oasis - acquiesce