The best in music 2010 part 2

Here we are again, this time bringing you my top 10 songs of 2010. They are all awesome tracks. My top 5 was the toughest to make finite, simply because I’m so torn between the tracks depending on my mood. So sit back and listen, and enjoy!

and just a remind, Jon’s blog is a Beiber-free zone…

10. Shout Out Louds, Walls

…feel so much better now, getting rid of my rage…

9.Kylie Minogue, All The Lovers

… dance, it’s all I want to do, so dance…

8. M.I.A., Born Free
(Warning, video content is explicit and disturbing, NSFW)

…I throw this shit in your face when I see ya, cause I got something to say…

7.Goldfrapp, Head First

…my whole world in light, head first in love…

6. Underworld, Diamond Jigsaw

…premium tequila, diamond jigsaw makes me feel fine…

5. Robyn, Dancing On My Own

…yeah I know it’s stupid, I just gotta see it for myself…

4. Beach House, 10 Mile Stereo

…they say we can throw far but we don’t know how far we throw…

3. Scissor Sisters, Invisible Light

…painted whores, sexual gladiators, fizz filled party children…

2. Arcade Fire, We Used To Wait

… but stranger still, is how something so small can keep you alive…

1. LCD Soundsystem, Home

…Forget your past, this is your last chance now/And we can break the rules, like nothing will last…

Happy Pride!

I’m taking it easy from Pride this year. In fact, while I had initially planned to walk in the parade here in Chicago with my company, the threat of being literally struck by lightening due to severe thunderstorms in the area, and due to the fact that Rick just returned home yesterday, made me want to lay low.
To all of those out there, enjoy Gay Pride, and remember why we have it. Not just to get wasted in the streets and party like it’s Carnival.
Anyway, here’s some new Kylie to get everyone in the mood, and in continuation of my summer music series.

A Decade in Music, part 7: 2008

It was exactly a year ago today that I posted my best of 2008 on this very blog. And to be honest, I really can’t improve upon it much at all. It also gives me the chance to get my 2009 list finalized, as well as prepare the ultimate list, the Best of the Decade overall.
So with that being said, take a quick look at these videos, and then hit the link below to a take a look back at what I though of music in 2008. Enjoy.

http://jonathanmvogel73.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/the-best-of-2008-in-music/

A Decade in Music Part 2: 2002 & 2003

Welcome to part two of my continuing trip down memory lane of the music that made a huge impact over the past decade. This time we revisit 2002 and 2003, both excellent years in terms of amazing and innovative musical introductions from the likes of Fischerspooner, Interpol and The Postal Service, when Kylie Minogue made a triumphant return to the international pop scene, and when Madonna made a really bad disc called American Life. Most importantly, it was when everyone wanted to ‘shake it like a Polaroid picture.’ Even though you really aren’t supposed to shake a Polaroid picture. But I digress.

Let’s take a look at the discs and singles that made me so crazy in love with them. And yes, that was a Beyonce reference.

The Top 5 Discs of 2002
Doves, The Last Broadcast
Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
Kylie Minogue, Fever
Saint Etienne, Finisterre
Underworld, A Hundred Days Off

The Best Singles of 2002
Alanis Morissette- So Unsexy
Chemical Brothers-Star Guitar
Coldplay- the Scientist
Doves- There Goes the Fear
Interpol- Obstacle 1
Kylie Minogue- Can’t Get You Out of My Head
Missy Elliot- Gossip Folks
Queens of the Stone Age- No One Knows
Sophie Ellis-Bextor- Murder on the Dancefloor
Starsailor- Good Souls
Underworld- Two Months Off

The Top 5 Discs of 2003
Belle & Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Darkness, Permission To Land
Postal Service, Give Up
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever To Tell

The Best Singles of 2003
Beyonce featuring Jay-Z- Crazy in Love
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Stop
Belle & Sebastian- If She Wants Me
The Caesars- Crackin’ Up
The Darkness- Get Your Hands Off Of My Woman
Elefant- Bokkie
Fischerspooner- the 15th
Goldfrapp- Strict Machine
The Knife- Heartbeats
Liz Phair- Extraordinary
Longwave- Everywhere You Turn
Moby- Dream about Me
Nelly Furtado- Forca
Outkast- Hey Ya!
Postal Service- We Will Become Silhouettes
Stars- Elevator Love Letter
Stellastarr- My Coco
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Maps

Next Time: 2004, when an American Idol broke away from the pack, we got comfortably numb at the disco, and fell in love with a funeral.