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Southern California was hit with an earthquake today… it was pretty exciting. But sometimes naturally dramatic events like these (the phones were out! ZOMGWTFBBQ!) really straighten up ones priorities in life. So as soon as I was allowed to, I rushed home to work on my Top 11 songs of 2K8.58 list.
Go ahead and tear my choices apart, better yet, leave your top 10 below if you’re up to it. Anyway here are…
The 11 Absolute Best Songs of 2008 (58% of it)
11. Lil Wayne - Lollipop (Kanye West Remix)
10. Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
9. Santogold - You’ll Find A Way
5. The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name
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Ken 07.30.08 at 1:27 pm
Nice list, all these songs are great
Anonymous 07.30.08 at 1:31 pm
whoa, weezy overload?
E R I K A 07.30.08 at 1:44 pm
IAWTP
BJ 07.30.08 at 3:03 pm
Pretty good list. Don’t get the hype around Lil Wayne.
I would’ve put different MGMT and Santi tracks in there (e.g. Kids and L.E.S Artistes)
Also Cut Copy - Lights & Music should get a mention.
jason 07.30.08 at 4:13 pm
good list, but I really thought i’d see Bon Iver, Beach House, or Fleet Foxes on this
Joel 07.30.08 at 4:16 pm
Fantastic! You have such great taste in Music!
Mike 07.30.08 at 4:20 pm
Fantastic! You didnt rank Campus at No.1!!
I see growth! haha.
but srsly, great picks. maybe not my list, but all choices are great and memorable 2K8.58 songs
John 07.30.08 at 4:22 pm
glad PMA has the balls to put Lil wayne, Coldplay, and Weezer in its list
Chris_x 07.30.08 at 4:25 pm
cut copy? fleet foxes? hold steady? death cab? hot chip?
they’d definitely be on my list
Anonymous 07.30.08 at 4:26 pm
good list. it’s missing Sigur Ros, along with a few others, but definitely Sigur Ros!
Christian 07.30.08 at 4:29 pm
oh wow, very european
Little Boy 07.30.08 at 4:50 pm
i love that you chose a robyn song. i hate that you chose cobrastyle
Absentees 07.30.08 at 7:20 pm
good list, did PMA needs some hits?
Luis 07.30.08 at 8:27 pm
more of a strange yet powerful desire than a need…
i know, i’m blogsick.
charlie's 07.31.08 at 2:41 am
yeah !
10. Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
9. Santogold - You’ll Find A Way
8. Weezer - Pork and Beans
7. Lykke Li - Little Bit
4. Vampire Weekend - Campus
3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
1. MGMT - Time To Pretend
neah..
11. Lil Wayne - Lollipop (Kanye West Remix)
6. Robyn - Cobrastyle
5. The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name
2. Lil Wayne - A Milli
i also loved in 2008 :
fleet foxes
dragons of zynth
hot chip
ratatat
hercules and love affair
sébastien tellier
Edd 07.31.08 at 7:38 am
11. 4. 3. 1. are the only ones in your list i would pick.
i would have the cazals, sebastian tellier, ratatat and one day as a lion in their somewhere
glenna 07.31.08 at 9:22 am
lykke li wins for best voice of 2008.
seconding sebastien tellier, but this also sorely lacks some cut copy. in ghost colours is the best album of 2008, unless somehow some amazing thing comes out in the next 5 months
james 08.01.08 at 4:07 am
10. hospital ship- i want it to get out
9. megapuss- duck people, duck man
8.wolf parade- language city
7.collapsing cities- or so i said last weekend
6.tokyo police club- tessellate
5.mgmt- electric feel
4.sigur ros- gobbledigook
3.the ruby suns- adventure tour
2. no age- miner
1. dodos- red and purple
megapuss had to get honorable mention on account of including the almight aziz ansari.
mean list though, pma
RenQun 08.01.08 at 12:23 pm
Nice list, can’t wait to see the finished product. Thanks for sharing.
Garrett 08.06.08 at 7:36 am
err… the Ting Tings? really? MGMT was 2007
Here’s my list:
11. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
10. The Old Days - Dr.Dog
9. Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros
8. Creeper - Islands
7. The Geeks Were Right - The Faint
6. Black Heroes - Ratatat
5. We are Rockstars - DIOYY
4. Chemtrails - Beck
3. Crimewave - Crystal Castles
2. Love in the Ruins - The French Kicks
1! Cosmic Rapp - James Pants
Gabs 08.12.08 at 8:45 am
yo people you have no taste at all
1.Dangerous /Akon
2.When I grow up /Pussycat dolls
3.Just Dance /Lady Gaga ft Akon
4.4 minutes to save the world/ Madonna Justin Timberake Timbaland
5.Sexy can I/Ray J ft Yung Berg
6.Love in this club/Usher
7.Touch my body/Mariah Carey
8.Bleeding Love/Leowna Lewis
9.Please don’t stop the music/Rihanna
10.I kissed a girl/Katy Perry
Callum 08.15.08 at 12:45 am
NO WAY, these may not all be from 08, but they are the best damn songs ever!!!
1.Disturbia/Rihanna
2.Radar/Britney Spears
3.Shake it/Metro station
4.Shawty get loose/Lil mama
5.Viva la Vida/Coldplay
6.Forever/Chris Brown
7.I kissed a girl/Katy Perry
8.Dance/Justice
9.Handclap/Hurricane Chris
10.Heartbreaker/Will.I.Am
zink 09.10.08 at 10:27 pm
Nice list and thanks for the songs..
gossip 09.12.08 at 4:52 pm
‘gabs’ aproximately found some of the songs which r th best 4 th moment
Eamo 09.25.08 at 2:47 pm
i would put jordin sparks no air and neyo miss independent instead of the 2 little wayne ones
sjk 10.01.08 at 2:07 pm
Lykke Li for sure! She’s incredible.
I would have put Disturbia by Rihanna on there too though. probably instead of A Milli by Lil’ Wayne.
madelineee ;) 10.08.08 at 3:24 pm
alrightt all ;
mine would definately be ,
(not in order)
Who the Fuck Is That : Akon
All Summer Long : Kid Rock
Don’t Trust Me : 3Oh3
Crush : David Archuleta
Just Dance : Lady Gaga
So What : Pink
Kevin Rudolf : Let It Rock
Thunder : Boys Like Girls
Swing : Savage
When I Grow Up : Pussycat Dolls
- even though some of them aren’t
played on the radio a lot , doesn’t mean
they are bad songs .On other sites
they are rated high .
chad 10.08.08 at 6:12 pm
you guys have the worst taste in music.
all this mainstream no talent music is terrible.
anonymous 10.09.08 at 7:51 pm
chad, if its so bad, than give a list of good songs, cause a whole bunch of these songs arent bad at all
Jorge 10.14.08 at 11:00 pm
mmmm…. lil wayne a milli
sucked ass shouldnt even be on
this list
gym class heroes - cookie jar
is pretty good
love lockdown - kanye west
youre everything - various artists
whatever you like - T.I.
Jolson 10.23.08 at 5:49 pm
Umm…
It’s so hard not to want to trash talk everyone’s musical tastes. I’ll do my best to resist.
Why eleven tracks? seems so arbitrary. Also, year-end lists in July are a little silly, no? Ok, ok, whatever.
mike 10.29.08 at 6:04 pm
hey PMA- been here a couple times thru hypem and i dig the site. good list– i used your #1 on last years list, but surprisingly i havent heard like 58% of your list. also dont get the lil wayne thing. heres my 11 without much forethought and still unsure about the order:
Blood Red Shoes - It’s Getting Boring By the Sea
HM) TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
HM) Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
11) Vampire Weekend - One (Blake’s Got a New Face)
10) Sun Kil Moon - Tonight the Sky
9) The Black Keys - I Got Mine
7) Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters and a Wife
6) Bon Iver - Skinny Love
5) The Whigs - Right Hand On My Heart
4) The Lonely Forest - We Sing In Time
3) Drive-By Truckers - That Man I Shot
2) Blitzen Trapper - Furr
1) Counting Crows - Cowboys
Wow - that was harder than I thought. So much good music this year!
Philip 10.30.08 at 1:29 pm
Any Top Ten has to include Fleet Foxes and TV On The Radio!
Here’s my list.
Hercules And Love Affair - Blind
The Walkmen - In the New Year
The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
TV On The Radio - Crying
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Port O’Brien - I Woke Up Today
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal or Mykonos (or Blue Ridge Mountains)
MGMT - Electric Feel
mollzy 11.03.08 at 4:53 am
my list…..
1)I hate this part
2)not n cold
3)live your life
Anonymous 11.04.08 at 9:29 am
this sucks.
Anonymous 11.04.08 at 9:30 am
so gay, little wayne licks balls
Anonymous 11.04.08 at 9:30 am
he was no musical talent at all, and people like it. thats what is so sad about our generation
Ellie 11.08.08 at 3:40 am
pretty good songs here..except for “time to pretend”, dun quite
like tht song:)
Ellisa 11.08.08 at 3:42 am
noo haha i think thts quite a good song la ell.
Brodie 11.16.08 at 8:05 pm
Okay I’ve concocted my little list!
1 MGMT - Time to Pretend
2 The Ting Tings - Thats Not My Name
3 Vampire Weekend - Campus
4 The Killers - Human
5 Glasvegas - Daddy’s Gone
6 Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
7 The Kills - Sour Cherry
8 The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
9 Cut Copy - Lights and Music
10 Santogold - LES Artistes
11 Britney Spears - Womanizer
Jason 11.18.08 at 6:16 pm
okayyyyy everyone here has shitty taste in music.. except brodie here, he’s my new pal.
myca 11.19.08 at 5:14 am
lmao! zomgwtfbbq! hahaha… Great list… I think you like rnb and hiphop to much… It’s like you favored it…
myca 11.19.08 at 5:15 am
ANNNNDDD you forgot to add: (but I doubt you know this song)
Supermassive black hole by Muse.
FANTASTIC SONG!
anon 11.20.08 at 11:40 am
AWFUL. stupid hip hop rap songs, like lil wayne lollipop, will never be remembered or listed as good. ever. they were made for stupid 13 year olds to dance to at christmas dances. stop fueling these sell outs
Scrubs 11.24.08 at 8:19 pm
nice list. wtf, wheres soulja boy!!?? LOOL just kiddin soulja boy shoulnt be on there. but anyway nice list. …i like it… alot. peace -Scrubs
Steven K 11.29.08 at 4:37 pm
stumbled on this website looking for a few new songs to download. mostly american so you kind of lost me on some of them, but here’s mine for the year from a British perspective - could only narrow it down to 15 and in no particular order
Arcade Fire - Wake Up (2007 or 8?)
Biffy Clyro - Who’s got a match? (Scottish rockers - check out their cover of ‘Umbrella’)
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane
Cage the elephant - In one Ear
Duffy - warwick avenue (Welsh girl - beautiful soulful voice)
Glasvegas - Geraldine (More Scots rockers with retro feel)
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
Ida Maria - Better When you’re Naked (don’t know where she’s from but she seems quite bonkers, and the song is a belting lung-buster)
Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the understatement (lead singer from the Arctic Monkeys collaborating with some other guy)
MGMT - Time to Pretend/Kids (can’t split them)
Noah & the Whale - 5 years time (beautiful quirky folk song with a great guest vocal by Laura Marling)
Razorlight - Wire to Wire (great British indie band)
Don’t mean to patronise anyone by adding some explanations - just not sure how many of the British songs you might be aware of. I’d definitely recommend listening to some Glasvegas and Biffy Clyro stuff. Hope this might be of benefit to some of you looking to listen to something different. Cheers
rif 11.30.08 at 1:24 am
2 mistakes - electric feel is far superior to time to pretend and the same for black kids - the i’m not gonna teach your boyfriend to dance tune is much better.
johnny mc beals 11.30.08 at 5:50 pm
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM/ lil wayne sux.. UUMMMMMMMMMMM/ yeeeaaah UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM How bOut GriPpin’ the Grain BY Bonecrusher? huh what bout’ i/t/?
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