The 9th Green’s Readers Favorite Songs of 2011

Before I get into my favorite songs of the year tomorrow, let’s look at some the songs that made up your soundtrack to 2011. If you didn’t send in your list year, hopefully next year you do so and you can see more of your favorite next year. Also congratulations are in order to Jay who won an Amazon MP3 gift card just contributing to this list. I should have that sent out to you by the end of the day. And thank you to everyone who participated

1. Rolling in the Deep - Adele

2. Video Games - Lana Del Ray

3. We Found Love - Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris

4. Countdown - Beyoncé

5. Midnight City - M83

6. (Expletive Deleted) in Paris - The Throne (including the Remix with T.I.)

7. Shake It Out - Florence and the Machine

8. Bonfire - Childish Gambino

9. Someone Like You - Adele

10. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People

11. Lotus Flower - Radiohead

12. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj

13. Yonkers - Tyler, the Creator

14. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes

15. Schoolin’ Life - Beyoncé

16. Starlight - Matt Cardle

17. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

18. Walk - Foo Fighters

19. Take Care - Drake featuring Rihanna

20. I Need a Doctor - Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Gray

21. Till the World Ends - Britney Spears

22. Still Life - The Horrors

23. California - EMA

24. The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga

25. Headlines - Drake

The 20 Best Albums of 2011

If you interested in buying any of the albums below, click on the album title to go to Amazon and the artist name to download it in iTunes. Also check out my original album reviews in the link under the album where for those I reviewed.

1. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
In That Dream I'm as Old as the Mountains

2. Stone Rollin' - Raphael Saadiq
Let Love Bring Us Together

3. Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars

4. 21 - Adele
There's a Fire Starting in My Heart

5. El Camino - The Black Keys
I Got a Love That Keeps Me Waiting

6. Watch the Throne - Jay-Z & Kanye West
Jay Is Chillin', 'Ye Is Chillin', What More Can I Say?

7. Ashes & Fire - Ryan Adams
Nobody Has to Cry to Make it Seem Real

8. Collapse into Now - R.E.M.
I Know What I am Chasing, I Know that this Is Changing Me

9. 4 - Beyoncé
You a Bad Girl and You're Friends Bad Too

10. Cocoon - Meg & Dia
I Gave Up on Giving Up on Me

11. Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 - Beastie Boys
We're Gonna Party for the Right to Fight

12. Chesapeake - Rachael Yamagata

13. Lasers - Lupe Fiasco

14. American Goldwing - Blitzen Trapper
You Might Find it Cheap but You're Never Gonna Find it Free

15. Undun - The Roots
If There's a Heaven I Can't Find a Stairway

16. Bells - Laura Jansen
I Have the Motivation to Be a Free Girl Now

17. Camp - Childish Gambino
Why Does Every Black Actor Gotta Rap Some? I Don’t Know, All I Know Is I’m the Best One

18. Mondo Amore - Nicole Atkins
They Call Dawn the Moring and I Wish We Said Goodbye

19. Back To Love - Anthony Hamilton
I'd Be Such and Angel You'd Think Me and Jesus Was Cool Like that

20. Red - Dia Frampton
Have You Ever Felt Like Everybody's Watching

I Want My Music Television - 8/22/11

There have been a couple of videos that have caught my eye lately so I thought I’d give them some love since the death of Musical Television left a void for a forum on the art form. If you are interested in buying the video through iTunes, click the title link (where available). If you are interested in buying the song, look for a link in the analysis.


Otis - Jay-Z & Kanye West



When I hear Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Spike Jonzes together I except something legendary, but this may not even be a top ten video of the year let alone of all time. But I have been thinking lately where exactly does the Otis Redding sample ranking in the all time rap samples category. I may have to start doing some research, look for a list sometime in the next five years.


The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie – Red Hot Chili Peppers



Did someone not tell the Red Hot Chili Peppers that when you do a rooftop performance that it is supposed to end with the cops shutting you down? But that is a funky bassline from Flea but I cannot say the same for the new guitarist. Or Anthony Kiedis‘s mustache.


Miracle Worker - SuperHeavy



And the award for most random Supergroup award goes to SuperHeavy featuring Mick Jagger (in the pinkest suit that I do not think even Elton John could pull off), Dave Stewart, Damien Marley, Joss Stone, A.R. Rahman (you may know him better as the guy who did the Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack). It was if Mick put his iPod on shuffle and decided to ask the first four people that popped up to come into the studio with him. Hopefully Eric Clapton does the same because I would love to hear his collaboration with Mandy Moore, Babyface, Q-Tip, and Willie Nelson.


Day Dreams - Raphael Saadiq



Last week Cee-Lo had Urkel lip-syncing his words and this week Raphael Saadiq saw his Urkel and rasied him an Abed. Kimmy Gibler better get her agent on the phone.

Jay is Chillin’, ‘Ya Is Chillin’, What More Can I Say?

Jay-Z and Kanye West first teamed up when West produced Jay’s Izzo off the original Blueprint album and the decade long partnership saw West produce at least one track on all of Jay’s albums since while Jay has jumped on multiple of Kanye’s songs. This included four songs recorded for West’s recent My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, two that made the album, two relegated to the free G.O.O.D. Friday downloads on Kanye’s website.

The duo parlayed that output with a new group The Thone and the appropriately titled Watch the Throne album. If you forget the album title, do not worry, Kanye mentions it in about every other song. The collaboration continues that pattern of both rappers embracing indie rock, Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver), who was all over Fantasy contributes to one song on Throne. And it is also felt right off the bat with the menacing No Church in the Wild featuring an auto-tuned Frank Ocean, despite Jay declaring its death just two years ago. Ocean (no relation to Billy) also shows up for a heartfelt chorus on Made in America (which may or may not be a epilogue to West’s Who Will Survive in America that closed out his last album).

It is not all doom and gloom like their last solo albums; the duo goes old school, really old school, on Otis, which has less to do with the late singer than the pair trying to out-boast each other. Jay-Z starts things off by trying to convince us that he invented swag (a reanimated corpse of Frank Sinatra may have something to say about that) while Kanye thinks he is going to have a get out of hell free card because he performed Jesus Walks. Even with all that over the top braggadocios, the true star of the track remains the Otis Redding sample of Try a Little Tenderness that overshadows the two rappers and is automatically in the discussion of greatest use of a rap sample of all time. OF ALL TIME!!!

If Try a Little Tenderness is the best sample on the album, the weirdest goes to Will Ferrell, no, not Anchorman, or even Ricky Bobby, but (Expletive Deleted) in Paris lifts lines from the ice skating comedy Blades of Glory and Kanye places them over Dr. Dre style staccato beats. Really, the production is the all-star on the album. RZA flips Nina Simone’s Feeling Good into a haunting chorus on New Day. West and Q-Tip create some fuzzy drums out of the classic sample Apache from the Incredible Bongo Band for That’s My (Expletive Deleted) and is taken to another with a chorus from La Roux’s Elly Jackson. While Swizz Beats makes the most out of a weird “la la la” chant for Murder to Excellence. It is a shame the rapping does not live up to the production. Even the usually quoteworthy West seems to be overwhelmed to trade verses with his mentor Jay-Z who has been living mostly off of great production since his unretirement.

Song to Download – Otis

Watch the Throne gets a on my Terror Alert Scale.

The 100 Greatest Mash Up's of All Time

1. God's Gonna Cut You Down - DJ Schmolli
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down (vocals), Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks (drums), Beastie Boys - Sabotage (bass), Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (guitar), The Beatles - Come Together (lead guitar)



2. 99 Problems - Danger Mouse
Jay-Z (99 Problems) vs. The Beatles (Helter Skelter)




3. Boulevard of Broken Songs - Party Ben
Green Day (Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams) vs. Oasis (Wonderwall) vs. Travis (Writing to Reach You) vs. Eminem (Sing for the Moment)



4. Ecstasy of Gold - dj erb
Nas (One Mic) vs. Ennio Morricone (L'estasi dell'oro (The Ecstasy of Gold))



5. You're The One I Want in the Next Episode - Disfunctional DJ
Grease (You're the One That I Want) vs. Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg (The Next Episode)



6. Spending One of These Nights with Kelly - Aggro1
The Eagles (One of These Nights) vs. Kelly Clarkson (Since U Been Gone)

7. Miracles - Norwegian Recycling
Bruno Mars (Just the Way You Are) vs. Michael Jackson (Black or White) vs. Gnarls Barkley (Crazy) vs. Taylor Swift (Fearless) vs. Jason Derulo (In My Head) Survivor (Eye of the Tiger) and more

8. Chasing the Broken Hearted - Phil RetroSpector
Snow Patrol (Chasing Cars) vs. Jimmy Ruffin (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted)

9. Dip it Joe - Pheugoo
Christina Milian (Dip It Low) vs. Jimi Hendrix (Hey Joe)

10. I Wish I had the Eye of the Tiger - Soulwax
Skee-Lo (I Wish) vs. Survivor (Eye of the Tiger) vs. the Breeders (Cannonball)

11. Keep the Car Crazy - DJ ViC
Beyoncé (Crazy In Love) vs. Arcade Fire (Keep the Car Running)

12. Use the Same Old Song - Mighty Mike
The Four Tops (It's the Same Old Song) vs. Kings of Leon (Use Somebody)

13. Shoot the War Pigs - inhumanz
Nas (Made You Look) vs. Black Sabbath (War Pigs)

14. How Six Songs Collide - Norwegian Recycling
Jason Mraz (I'm Yours) vs. Howie Day (Collide) vs. Five for Fighting (Superman (It's Not Easy)) vs. Angela Ammons (Always Getting Over You) vs. Boyzone (All That I Need) vs. 3 Doors Down (Here Without You)

15. Everybody's Everyday Girl - DJ BC
Fleetwood Mac (Everywhere) vs. Pharrell featuring Snoop Dogg (That Girl) vs. Dilated Peoples and Kanye West (This Way) vs. Common featuring Q-Tip (Come Close Remix (Closer)) vs. Capleton

16. Left You a Closing Lullaby - BigBadBaz
Avalanches (Since I Left You) vs. Semisonic (Closing Time) vs. Shawn Mullins (Lullaby)

17. 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover - DJ Topcat
Morcheeba featuring Slick Rick (Women Lose Weight) vs. Paul Simon (50 Ways to Leave Your Lover)

18. Papa Was a Clock - Go Home Productions
The Temptations (Papa Was a Rollin' Stone) vs. Coldplay (Clocks)

19. Behind these Immigrant Eyes - Aggro1
Led Zeppelin (Immigrant Song) vs. Kelly Clarkson (Behind These Hazel Eyes)

20. Driving With a 40 Oz - DJ BC
D12 (40 Oz.) vs. The Cars (Drive)

21. Born to Make You Bling - Pie Remix
Britney Spears (Born to Make You Happy) vs. B.G. featuring Lil' Wayne (Bling Bling)

22. Thunder Busters - Wax Audio
Ray Parker, Jr. (Ghostbusters) vs. AC/DC (Thunderstruck)

23. (Are You Gonna Be My) Dirrty Girrl? - Soundhog
Christina Aguilera featuring Redman (Dirrty) vs. Jet (Are You Gonna Be My Girl)

24. Clock a Minute – pheugoo
Coldplay (Clocks) vs. the Pussycat Dolls (Wait a Minute1)

25. Drive By with Vanilla Ice - Aggro1
Vanilla Ice (Ice Ice Baby) vs. Drive by Trucker (Never Gonna Change)

26. Light Your Fat Bottom on Fire - Aggro1
Busta Rhymes featuring Pharrell (Light Your (Expletive Deleted) On Fire) vs. Queen (Fat Bottomed Girls)

27. If I Were a Boy) vs. Tom Petty (Free Fallin')

28. You Don't Know My Sweet Emotion - Aggro1
Aerosmith (Sweet Emotion) vs. Alicia Keys (You Don't Know My Name)

29. My Name is Back in Black - Sean Cunningham
Eminem (My Name Is) vs. AC/DC (Back In Black)

30. Yoshimi Battles Snoop Dogg - DJ BC
Snoop Dogg (Not Like it Was) vs. The Flaming Lips (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1)

31. Crushed Pony - DJ Fac
Ginuwine (Pony) vs. Paramore (Crushcrushcrush)

32. Party in the B.I.G. - Hatbanger
Notorious B.I.G. (Party and (Expletive Deleted)) vs. Miley Cyrus (Party In the U.S.A.)

33. Acoustic Alchemy - Norwegian Recycling
Jack Johnson (Taylor) vs. Green Day (Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)) vs. Josh Rouse (Quiet Town) vs. Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia (Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)) vs. Christina Aguilera (Genie In a Bottle) vs. Atomic Kitten (Eternal Flame) vs. Black Eyed Peas (Don't Lie)

34. Folsom Prison Gangstaz - DJ TOPCAT
Eazy-E (Luv 4 Dem Gangsta'z) vs. Johnny Cash (Folsom Prison Blues (Live))

35. The Weather Episode - Go Home Productions
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg (The Next Episode) vs Crowded House (Weather with You)

36. Notorious Trick - Go Home Productions
Kellis (Trick Me) vs. Duran Duran (Notorious)

37. The Trooper Believer - DJ Schmolli
The Monkees (I'm a Believer) vs. Iron Maiden (The Trooper)

38. Walk Away and I'll Wait - Aggro1
Kelly Clarkson (Walk Away) vs. Van Halen (I'll Wait)

39. No One to Squeeze - DJ FOX
Alicia Keys (No One) vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Soul to Squeeze)

40. The XX Gon' Give it to Ya - The Hood Internet
DMX (X Gon' Give It to Ya) vs. The xx (VCR)

41. M.I.A. Wanted Dead Or Alive - DJ Schmolli
M.I.A. (Paper Planes) vs. Bon Jovi (Wanted Dead or Alive)

42. Lord Move Me on Up - locK3Down
DMX (Lord Give Me a Sign) vs. Primal Scream (Movin' on Up)

43. Crazy Times - Team9
Gnarls Barkley (Crazy) vs. Prince (Sign 'O' the Times)

44. Dirt on Your Crown - DJ O-Face
Jay-Z (Dirt Off Your Shoulder) vs. Sleigh Bells (Crown On the Ground)

45. The Wavin' Flag Mashup - Mashup-Germany
K'naan (Wavin' Flag) vs. Counting Crows (Mr. Jones) vs. Kings of Leon (Use Somebody) vs. Whitney Houston (<My Love Is Your Love) vs. Matisyahu (One Day) and more

46. Dreadlock Child - Soulwax
Destiny's Child (Independent Women, Pt. I) vs. 10cc (Dreadlock Holiday)

47. House of Klezmer - DJ Faroff
House of Pain (Jump Around) vs. Amsterdam Klezmer Band vs. Pa Brapad

48. How Soon Is Independence? - Go Home Productions
Destiny's Child (Independent Women, Pt. I) vs. the Smiths (How Soon Is Now?)

49. No Taylor, No Scar - Norwegian Recycling
The Fugees (No Woman, No Cry) vs. Jack Johnson (Taylor) vs. Missy Higgins (Scar) vs. Honeywagon (When I Come Around) Colin Hay (Down Under)

50. Careless or Dead - The Kleptones
Wham! (Careless Whisper) vs. Bon Jovi (Wanted Dead or Alive)

51. Duffy Train Running - DJ Y alias JY
Duffy (Mercy) vs. the Doobie Brothers (Long Train Runnin')

52. United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop) - DJ Earworm
Billboard's Top 40 Songs of 2008

53. Always With You - Divide and Kreate
Willie Nelson (Always On My Mind) vs. U2 (With or Without You)

54. Jenny's Superstitious – Djlobsterdust
Stevie Wonder (Superstition) vs. The Killers (Jenny Was a Friend of Mine)

55. Casbah Wonder - Dunproofin'
Stevie Wonder (Uptight (Everything's Alright)) vs. The Clash (Rock the Casbah)

56. Imagine One Day (So Far Away) - Mashup-Germany
Matisyahu (One Day) vs. John Lennon (Imagine) vs. Blink-182 (All the Small Things) vs. Bob Marley (No Woman, No Cry)

57. Relm and Josie with Attitude - Relm
N.W.A. (Something 2 Dance 2) vs. the Outfield (Your Love)

58. Mashups in Heaven - Norwegian Recycling
Eric Clapton (Tears In Heaven) vs. Lionel Richie (Say You, Say Me) vs. Bob Dylan (Workingman's Blues #2) vs. Aphrodite's Child (Rain and Tears) vs. Blues Traveler (Hook)

59. War Bombs - Voicedude
Gap Band (You Dropped a Bomb On Me) vs. Edwin Starr (War) vs. Black Sabbath (War Pigs) vs. Outkast (B.O.B.)

60. Rock with Hurt - Aggro1
Johnny Cash (Hurt) vs. Ashanti (Rock Wit U (Awww Baby))

61. For the Love of C.R.E.A.M. - DJ BC
Wu-Tang Clan (C.R.E.A.M.) vs. The O'Jays (For the Love of Money)

62. Wicked Wedding - DJ Schmolli
Billy Idol (White Wedding (Part 1)) vs. Chris Isaak (Wicked Game)

63. Drop It Like It's A Whole LottLed Snooppelin - Party Ben
Snoop Dogg and Pharrell (Drop It Like It's Hot) vs. Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love)

64. Rock In Black - Go Home Productions
AC/DC (Back In BlackWe Will Rock You) vs. Led Zeppelin (Black Dog) vs. Outkast (Ms. Jackson) vs. Crowded House (Weather with You) vs. Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg (The Next Episode)

65. Listen Twice - DJ BC
Talib Kweli (Listen!) vs. the Doobie Brothers (Listen to the Music)

66. Brick (Expletive Deleted) - dj magnet
Mickey Avalon (My (Expletive Deleted)) vs. Beastie Boys (Root Down) vs. the Commodores (Brick House) vs Jimi Hendrix (Purple Haze)

67. About a Girl in My Dreams - Team 9
Nirvana (About a Girl) vs. Depeche Mode (Dream On)

68. Feel Like Making La-Di-Da - FiDELSKi
Bad Company (Feel Like Makin' Love) vs. Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh (La Di Da Di (Live))

69. Four Twenty - Voicedude
Luniz (I Got 5 on It) vs. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Mary Jane's Last Dance) vs. Afroman (Because I Got High)

70. Lonely Brother - Mysterious Producer
The Police (So Lonely) vs. Jungle Brothers (The Brothers)

71. Bumble Star Galactica - DJ Le Clown
Wilson Pickett (Bumble Bee (Sting Me)) vs. Prince (Sign 'O' the Times) vs. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Boom! Shake the Room)

72. My Favorite Name - LOO and PLACIDO
Destiny's Child (Say My Name) vs. the Cardigans (My Favourite Game)

73. RiverBad – djlobsterdust
Meat Loaf (Two Out of Three Ain't Bad) vs. Morcheeba featuring Thomas Dybdahl (Riverbed)

74. This Tightropes Made For Walkin' - Party Ben
Nancy Sinatra (These Boots Are Made for Walkin') vs. Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi (Tightrope)

75. Feel Good Roboto 2 - Victor Menegaux
Gorillaz (Feel Good Inc) vs. Styx (Mr. Roboto)

76. Are You Gonna be My Next Episode - cheekyboy
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg (The Next Episode) vs. Jet (Are You Gonna Be My Girl)

77. Decode Rude Boy – A plus D
Rihanna (Rude Boy) vs. Paramore (Decode)

78. Get that Rocky Mountain High - DJ Erb
John Denver (Rocky Mountain High) vs. Method Man & Redman (How High)

79. The Dog Smells Like Roses - 99x
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg (The Next Episode) vs. Guns N' Roses (Paradise City)

80. Intergalactic - Soulwax
Beastie Boys (Intergalactic) vs. Herbie Hancock (Rockit) vs. INXS (Need You Tonight) vs. AC/DC (Back In Black

81.  Funny Bizniz - The Abrahammer
M.I.A. (Paper Planes) vs Beastie Boys (Body Movin') vs. Nas (I Can)

82. Paperlong - Mighty Mike
Foo Fighters (Everlong) vs M.I.A. (Paper Planes)

83. Red Umbrella - DJTOPCAT
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z (Umbrella) vs UB40 (Red, Red Wine)

84. Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Danger Mouse
Jay-Z (Dirt Off Your Shoulder) vs. The Beatles (Julia)

85. Stand Up and Ring My Doorbell - DJ Riko
Ludacris (Stand Up) vs. The White Stripes (My Doorbell)

86. Maggie's 64 - locK3Down
Mike Jones featuring Bun B and Snoop Dogg (My 64) vs. Rage Against the Machine (Maggie's Farm)

87. Can't Tell My Wonderwall Nothing - Clinton Sparks
Kanye West (Can't Tell Me Nothing) vs. Oasis (Wonderwall)

88. Dancing Since U Been Gone - A Plus D
Robyn (Dancing On My Own) vs. Kelly Clarkson (Since U Been Gone)

89. Good ol' Fashion Rump Shaker - The Hood Internet
Beastie Boys (Shake Your Rump) vs. Matt and Kim (Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare)

90. We Will Rock and Roll You - DJ Matt Hite
Joan Jett (I Love Rock 'N Roll) vs. Queen (We Will Rock You) vs. 50 Cent (In da Club)

91. I Want You Closer - ToToM
Nine Inch Nails (Closer) vs. George Michael (I Want Your Sex)

92. Machine Gun Shelter - Party Ben
Commodores (Machine Gun) vs. Rolling Stones (Gimme Shelter)

93. Regulate Dust in the Wind - DJ Erb
Kansas (Dust In the Wind) vs. Warren G featuring Nate Dogg (Regulate)

94. Forget You, Santa! – Voicedude
Cee-Lo Green (Forget You) vs. Jackson 5 (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)

95. I Wish My Doorbell Rang - Sam Flanagan
Skee-Lo (I Wish) vs. The White Stripes (My Doorbell)

96. Marilou on Fire - Mighty Mike
Serge Gainsbourg (Marilou reggae dub) vs. Kings of Leon (Sex On Fire)

97. More Than on Point – DJ Topcat
House of Pain (On Point) vs. Boston (More Than a Feeling)

98. Rolling Confusion - Go Home Productions
The Rolling Stones (Street Fighting Man) vs. the Temptations (Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today))

99. Penthouse Temperature – Essexboy
Sean Paul (Temperature) vs. Alan Braxe and Fred Falke (Penthouse Serenade)

100. When the Pussycat Dolls Cry – Pheugoo
Prince and the Revolution (When Doves Cry) vs. The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes (Don't Cha)

For more on this list, check out Breaking Down the 100 Greatest Mash-Up's of All Time.

Breaking Down the 1000 Greatest Songs of the 00’s

Back in 2006 someone asked me what I thought was the best song of the year was and I responded that Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy wasn’t just the best song of the year, but it was the greatest song of the decade. It was at that moment I thought about doing a Greatest Songs of the 00’s list and started a playlist that ended up with around 1400 songs four that I then widdled down to my favorite even thousand. If you have not done so yet, head over to The 1000 Greatest Songs of the 00’s for the complete list. Here is how the list broke down by the numbers. Now if excuss me, I need to get started on my list of the 1000 Greatest Songs of the 10's.


Artist with Double Digit Songs:
Kanye West - 22
Jay-Z – 17
U2 - 17
Coldplay – 16
John Mayer (Trio) - 15
Alicia Keys - 14
Dixie Chicks – 13
Dave Matthews (Band) – 12
Snow Patrol - 12
Jack Johnson – 11
Michelle Branch (The Wreckers) – 11
Nelly Furtado – 11
Beyoncé (Destiny's Child) - 10
The Roots – 10
Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs) – 10


Songs by Genre
Pop - 204
Rock- 191
Rap – 159
Alternative - 155
Adult Contemporary – 142
RnB - 97
Country – 40
Electronic – 12

Songs by Year
2000 - 91
2001 – 94
2002 – 96
2003 – 77
2004 – 96
2005 – 91
2006 – 90
2007 – 116
2008 – 124
2009 - 125


Top 100 by Year
2000 – 12
2001 – 12
2002 – 11
2003 – 10
2004 – 11
2005 – 9
2006 – 9
2007 – 8
2008 – 11
2009 – 7

Top 100 by Genre
Adult Contemporary – 28
Alternative – 19
Rap – 19
Rock - 12
Pop – 8
RnB - 8
Country – 5
Electronic - 1


Most Songs in top 100 – The Killers (5)
100’s – John Mayer (5)
200’s – U2 (3)
300’s – Jack Johnson, Jay-Z (3)
400’s – Alicia Keys (5)
500’s – The Roots (4)
600’s – Coldplay (3)
700’s – Dixie Chicks (4)
800’s – Kanye West (4)
900’s – LeAnn Rimes (3)

Artist with 1 Song: 201

Number of Cover Songs: 34
Number of 00’s Cover Songs: 6
Television Theme Songs: 4

Shortest Song: Fell in Love with a Girl (1:50)

Longest Song: I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie (8:36)

Time it would take you to listen to the 1000 Greatest Songs of the 00's: 2 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 46 seconds.

I Want My Music Television - 1/18/11

There have been a couple of videos that have caught my eye lately so I thought I’d give them some love since the death of Musical Television left a void for a forum on the art form. If you are interested in buying the video through iTunes, click the title link (where available). If you are interested in buying the song, look for a link in the analysis.

Back to December – Taylor Swift



I though the ten degrees and a foot of snow were bad here in Northeast Ohio, but at least the snow hasn’t come indoors like Casa de Taylor Swift. Though I am not entirely sure what is going on with random dude walking across small town winter landscape.


Rolling In the Deep - ADELE



I get the feeling the production crew just asked for three random situation and they came up with dude fighting in a room full of chalk, someone breaking dinnerware, a room full of glasses, and a drummer playing in a corner. To which the director goes, “not random enough.” “well how about adding miniature city going up in flames,” “brilliant, film it.” Ladies and gentlemen, ADELE’s latest video.


Monster – Kanye West featuring Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj



It looks like Kanye West was also a fan of The Walking Dead, and sadly, Twilight. And I wonder when someone is going to point out that Jay-Z just latches on to great beats and really hasn’t spit a great verse since his un-retirement.


Radio - Raphael Saadiq



Not sure what is with the metallic Lady Gaga looking person, but I am excited for the new Raphael Saadiq album.