Every year I like to end my year in review with a quick wrap of some minor lists and some stuff for stat geeks like me of yearly states of most viewed 9th Green pages et al. Below you can find those as well as my top artists of the year with where they landed on my various lists of the year (check the Best of 2009 label at the bottom of the post for those), and for those of you that like making CD, there are the top 20 songs from my 100 Best Songs of 2009 list that fit nicely onto one CD.
Top Artists
1. Taylor Swift (Songs: 15, 70; Readers: 11, 22; Performances: 7; Videos: 30)/Kanye West (Songs: 2, 4, 69; Readers: 4, 17; Mash Ups 10; Videos: 6, 21, 50): Ironically last year, this duo went two and three respectively for Top Artists of 2008 and this year they became forever intertwined for which Swift will be indebted to West because she became America’s Sweetheart overnight simply because a black dude stole her spotlight. As for West, after taking Jay-Z’s advise to get back to rap, your T-Paining too much, his verses landed in two of the top four songs of the year.
2. Dave Matthews Band (Songs: 5, 8, 83; Videos: 41; Albums: 4): After the death of a bandmate, Dave and the boys put out their best work of the decade in tribute to LeRoi Moore.
3. Jay-Z (Songs: 4, 47, 96; Readers: 4, 8; Performances: 3, 15; Videos: 6; Albums: 19): Speaking of J Hova, with Run This Town finally made a post retirement song that stood up to the rest of his catalogue.
4. K’Naan (Songs: 65, 68, 79; Albums: 6): Ever since the Snow debacle of 1992, us American have refused to listen to any Canadian rapper until Drake came out this year. But the real rapping export from the Great White North us Yankees should have been paying more attention to was K’Naan who dropped the best rap album of the year.
5. The Roots (Songs: 93; Performances: 1, 4, 8, 14, 23, 25): Thanks to being the Jimmy Fallon house band, The Roots dominated the Best Live Performance of 2009 list. Here’s hoping there are more inspired collaborations in store for 2010.
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4. Geraldine - Glasvegas
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Sunday, January 03, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
The Tribe Has Spoken
No television show changed the landscape of network TV last decade than Survivor. Before premiering on CBS, reality programming was relegated to cable and PBS, after, ever channel scrambled to jump on the bandwagon with every network grabbing their own flagship reality program, The Biggest Loser on NBC, ABC nabbed The Bachelor, and dudes still continue to sign bad karaoke on Fox. And VH1 might as well chance its name to RealityTV1. (And let us not forget all the colossal failures like Kid Nation, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, Date My Dad and Farmer Takes a Wife.) But none can match the entertainment level of Survivor.
The concept is simple, drop a bunch of strangers in the middle of nowhere and have them vote out each other one by one. And that unfamiliarity of the contestants is the key because the two previous times they brought back familiar faces, All Stars and Fans vs. Favorites (as well as the upcoming Heroes vs. Villains) remain the weakest seasons to date. These contestants are stuck in exotic locations with the sole instructions to Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. And the one person that does that is named the Sole Survivor.
Even as the contestants change every season, there are two constants, host Jeff Probst and a beautiful local. Probst add brevity that other reality hosts fail to obtain (and to my knowledge is still the only host to go on to date one of his contestants). As for the locations, except for the lone hiccup of the dry and drab African National Reserve, the show keeps finding lush and exotic places to set up camp and thanks to the elements have as much effect on the games as the people playing it with torrential downpours and fluctuating temperatures (but not too much fluctuating as there still need enough sun for gratuitous bikini shots).
But it is the casting that has kept Survivor appointment television for an entire decade giving us such characters like the naked gay Richard Hatch, the curmudgeon Rudy Boesch, the country bumpkin Big Tom Buchanan, the overgrown hippy Rupert Boneham, the squirrelly Yau-Man Chan, the bow-tied Bob Crowley, the grave digging James Clement, and the recent biggest Survivor villain ever, Russell Hantz. And let us not forget all the token hot chick the show has given us like Danielle DiLorenzo (who recently lost the award for smallest bikini ever to Samoa winner Natalie White), Amanda Kimmel, Parvati Shallow, Jenna Moracsa, and Elizabeth Filarski who people best know today as The View blow-hard Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
After nineteen seasons, Survivor is a worthy induction into the Scooter Hall of Fame and even landed at number 10 of The 100 Greatest Television Shows of the 00’s. And be on the lookout for the latest season coming February 11 and look out for more post commemorating the twentieth season of the landmark show.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The 100 Best Songs of 2009
It is probably not a good sign for the music business that the biggest song of the year was released back in 1969. But for some reason, three artists all used Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam in their songs. Wale started out ’09 sampling it for Chillin’. Then Kristinia DeBarge used it as the chorus for her debut song, the aptly titled Goodbye. Then Jay-Z tried to kill off Auto-Tune with the help of the famous cadence. Despite the overuse of cheesy sports anthems, 2009 was actually a great year for good music (on the flip side, it wasn’t much of a good year for great music) as this was the largest pool of songs, 250 (shoot me an e-mail if you want the full list, I'll send you my speadsheet), which I had to cut down for my Top 100. And here they are and I hope to see everyone back in 2010 (check the bottom of the post for samples of the songs on the Amazon MP3 widget):
1. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
2. Make Her Say - Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common
3. I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers
4. Run This Town - Jay-Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West
5. You And Me - Dave Matthews Band
6. Sugarfoot - Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
7. Grapevine Fires - Death Cab for Cutie
8. Funny The Way It Is - Dave Matthews Band
9. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood
10. Magick - Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
11. Nothing but a Miracle - Diane Birch
12. Pony (It's OK) - Erin McCarley
13. Too Many Rappers - Beastie Boys featuring Nas
14. Who Says - John Mayer
15. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
16. Staying in Love - Raphael Saadiq
17. Geraldine - Glasvegas
18. A Dustland Fairytale - The Killers
19. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
20. Even If It Breaks Your Heart - Will Hoge
21. People C'mon - Delta Spirit
22. Notion - Kings of Leon
23. Chillin' - Wale featuring Lady Gaga
24. Melody - Kate Earl
25. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - U2
26. Fugitive - David Gray
27. Percussion Gun - White Rabbits
28. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
29. Under My Bed - Meiko
30. Red Light - David Nail
31. (If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer
32. The Fixer - Pearl Jam
33. Fitz and the Dizzyspells - Andrew Bird
34. Wild at Heart - Gloriana
35. 100 Yard Dash - Raphael Saadiq
36. Heartless - The Fray
37. I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week - Mandy Moore
38. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys
39. Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
40. Doesn't Mean Anything - Alicia Keys
41. Gravity - Sara Bareilles
42. Love, Save the Empty - Erin McCarley
43. I Love College - Asher Roth
44. Fire Escape - Diane Birch
45. People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko Case
46. I Like You so Much Better When You're Naked - Ida Maria
47. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
48. The One - Slaughterhouse
49. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
50. The Fear - Lily Allen
51. A Whole Lot Better - Brendan Benson
52. Everybody Knows - John Legend
53. Laughing With - Regina Spektor
54. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Bob Dylan
55. Just Ain't Gonna Work Out - Mayer Hawthorne
56. Little Bribes - Death Cab for Cutie
57. Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event
58. New in Town - Little Boots
59. Goodnight, Travel Well - The Killers
60. Brick by Boring Brick - Paramore
61. Sky - Joshua Radin featuring Meiko
62. I Wanna Rock - Snoop Dogg
63. Hometown Glory - Adele
64. Shining Down - Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthews Santos
65. Bang Bang - K'naan featuring Adam Levine
66. 1901 - Phoenix
67. Chocolate Box - Prince featuring Q-Tip
68. If Rap Gets Jealous - K'naan featuring Kirk Hammett
69. Kinda Like a Big Deal - Clipse featuring Kanye West
70. White Horse - Taylor Swift
71. Radio Radio - Brooke White
72. The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script
73. Oscar Wilde - Company of Thieves
74. Swim - Jack's Mannequin
75. Nothing to Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John
76. Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar
77. Who'd Have Known - Lily Allen
78. A-Yo - Method Man & Redman featuring Saukrates
79. Wavin' Flag - K'naan
80. Life Is Better - Q-Tip featuring Norah Jones
81. Barely in Love - Q-Tip
82. Fly One Time - Ben Harper and Relentless7
83. Why I Am - Dave Matthews Band
84. Daddy's Gone - Glasvegas
85. Crawl - Kings of Leon
86. Uprising - Muse
87. Don't Forget - Demi Lovato
88. Bulletproof - La Roux
89. On Vacation - Aimee Allen
90. Fireflies - Owl City
91. Just Say Yes - Snow Patrol
92. East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day
93. How I Got Over - The Roots
94. I'm Broke - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
95. Wonderful - Gary Go
96. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) - Jay-Z
97. That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
98. Love Letter to Japan - The Bird and the Bee
99. Get On Your Boots - U2
100. Let's Take a Walk - Raphael Saadiq
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The 9th Green’s Readers Favorite Songs of 2009
Today is the one day of the year I turn the 9th Green over to you the readers. I have collected your top ten lists, powered up Microsoft Excel, plugged them in, and here is the list that it spit back out to me. If you don’t agree with this list, you should have sent in you on list and I hope you do so next year. For the list of my 100 favorite songs of 2009, check back tomorrow (a little warning, it may be late as I just started working on it last night and I get a little obsessive compulsive with these lists). So thanks to everyone who did submit their list and hope to see you back here in 2010, here is your list of the best songs of 2009:
1. 1901 - Phoenix
2. Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
3. Bulletproof - La Roux
4. Run This Town - Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
5. Daniel - Bat for Lashes
6. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. No Sound but the Wind (New Moon Version) - Editors
8. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
9. World So Cold - Three Day Grace
10. Fireflies - Owl City
11. Half of My Heart - John Mayer with Taylor Swift
12. Swim - Jack's Mannequin
13. Houses - Great Northern
14. Impossible - Daniel Merriweather
15. New Divide - Linkin Park
16. Heartless - The Fray
17. Supernova - Mr. Hudson featuring Kanye West
18. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
19. I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers
20. Help I'm Alive - Metric
21. The Debtor - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
22. You Belong with Me - Taylor Swift
23. Poker Face - Lady Gaga
24. House of Flying Daggers - Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and Method Man
25. Day n Night - Kid Cudi
Monday, December 28, 2009
The 25 Best Mash Up's of 2009
Where I could find them, I linked the mash-up's to YouTube (or embedded them). To download the orginal source, click the song names to be taken to iTunes.
1. Party in the B.I.G. - Hatbanger
Notorious B.I.G. (Party and (Expletive Deleted) vs Miley Cyrus (Party in the U.S.A. )
2. Use the Same Old Song - Mighty Mike
The Four Tops (It's the Same Old Song) vs. Kings of Leon (Use Somebody)
3. Good ol' Fashion Rump Shaker - DJ STV SLV
Beastie Boys (Shake Your Rump) vs. Matt & Kim (Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare)
4. The Trooper Believer - DJ Schmolli
The Monkees (I'm a Believer) vs. Iron Maiden (The Trooper)
5. House of Klezmer - DJ Farfoff
House of Pain (Jump Around) vs. Amsterdam Klezmer Band vs. Pa Brapad
6. Machine Gun Shelter - Party Ben
Commodores (Machine Gun) vs. Rolling Stones (Gimme Shelter)
7. Brooklyn Rocks - DJ Lobsterdust
Beastie Boys (No Sleep 'till Brooklyn) vs. Joan Jett (I Love Rock and Roll)
8. ABC in Central Park - Zamali
Jackson 5 (ABC) vs. Krafty Kuts (Party in Central Park)
9. Give This Way - DJ Moule
Aerosmith-Run DMC (Walk This Way) vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Give it Away) vs. Chemical Brothers (Block Rockin' Beats)
10. Everybody's Everyday Girl - DJ BC
Fleetwood Mac (Everywhere) vs. Snoop Dogg (That Girl) vs. Kanye West (This Way) vs Q-Tip (Come Close)
11. Acoustic Alchemy - Norwegian Recycling
Jack Johnson (Bubble Toes) vs. Green Day (Good Riddence (Time of Your Life))
12. Religion in the Wind - Lasso the Moon
Kansas (Dust in the Wind) vs. R.E.M. (Losing My Religion)
13. Paperlong - Mighty Mike
Foo Fighters (Everlong) vs. M.I.A. (Paper Planes)
14. Westside Godzilla Connection - Frogthedog
Westside Connection (Bow Down) vs. Blue Ă–yster Cult (Godzilla)
15. It's Bigger Than a Prayer - Yold
Dead Prez (Hip Hop) vs. Bloc Party (The Prayer)
16. Radioghost - Norwegian Recycling
Radiohead (High and Dry) vs. Howie Day (Ghost)
17. Crushed Pony - DJ Fac
Ginuwine (Pony) vs. Paramore (Crushchrushcrush)
18. RiverBad - DJ Lobsterdust
Meatloaf (Two Out of Three Ain't Bad) vs. Morcheeba (Riverbed)
19. 2 Many Beastles - dj BC
Beastie Boys and Nas (Too Many Rappers) vs. the Beatles (Taxman)
20. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Q-Tip - 33jones
Q-Tip (Breathe and Stop) vs. Michael Jackson (Don't Stop til You Get Enough)
21. Complicated Sex on Fire - DJ Schmolli
Avril Lavigne (Complicated) vs. Kings of Leon (Sex on Fire)
22. Gorilla Idol - locK3Down
Gorillaz (Tomorrow Comes Today/Clint Eastwood) vs. Billy Idol (Eyes Without a Face)
23. Fall Out Gloria - Mighty Mike
Fall Out Boy (This Ain't a Scene it's an Arms Race) vs. Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive)
24. Hives For Your Right - DJ Y alias JY
The Hives (Tick Tick Boom) vs. Beastie Boys (Fight for Your Right)
25. Mercy For Roxanne - Mighty Mike
The Police (Roxanne) vs. Duffy (Mercy)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
The 25 Best Live Performances of 2009
When it was announced that Jimmy Fallon would take over Late Night I thought it was the bad idea to end all bad ideas. When he finally took over the desk that was basically was the case. One bright spot was the Fallon brought on The Roots as his house band leading to many once in a lifetime collaborations, five of which landed on the list this year. Unfortunately copyright restrictions keep some of these performances hard to find, but I have linked the ones I could find.
1. Let’s Go Crazy – Incubus and The Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
2. Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood (American Country Awards)
3. Lost/Viva la Vida - Coldplay and Jay-Z (Grammy Awards)
4. Ride Like the Wind – Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald and The Roots (Jimmy Fallon)
5. Da Rockwilder / I’ll Be There for You / You’re All I Need to Get By – Redman, Method Man and Mary J. Blige (Hip Hop Honor)
6. 15 Steps - Radiohead and the USC Marching Band (Grammy Awards)
7. You Belong with Me – Taylor Swift (MTV Video Music Awards)
8. So What’cha Want – Beastie Boys and the Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
9. Medley - Bruce Springsteen (2009 Super Bowl)
10. East Jesus Nowhere – Green Day (MTV Video Music Awards)
11. Train Kept a Rollin – Metallica, Jeff Beck, Flea, Jimmy Paige, Joe Perry (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction)
12. No Sleep till Brooklyn – Wale, KRS-One, and Gym Class Heroes (Hip Hop Honor)
13. Use Somebody – Kings of Leon (MTV Movie Awards)
14. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet and The Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
15. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys (MTV Video Music Awards)
16. Bo Diddly - B.B. King, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, and Keith Urban (Grammy Awards)
17. Lady of My Life – Maxwell (Grammy Nomination Special)
18. Party Up (Up in Here) – DMX and Gym Class Heroes (Hip Hop Honor)
19. Chasing Pavements - Adele and Sugarland (Grammy Awards)
20. Enter Sandman/Master of Puppets – Metallica (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
21. Regulate – Warren G and Trey Songz (Hip Hop Honor)
22. Amen/All Summer Long/Rock & Roll Jesus - Kid Rock (Grammy Awards)
23. Barely in Love – Q-Tip and the Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
24. Four Tops Medley - Duke Farik, Smokey Robinson, Jamie Foxx, and Ne-Yo (Grammy Awards)
25. Rebel Without a Pause – Public Enemy, The Roots and the Street Sweeper Social Club (Hip Hop Honor)
Saturday, December 26, 2009
The 50 Best Music Videos of 2009
I have embedded the first couple videos, the rest you can click the link to follow to YouTube and if you are interested in buying the videos, click the iTunes badge.
1. Nothing to Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John
2. True Player for Real - MC Lars featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic
3. (If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer
4. Low Rising - The Swell Season
5. Daniel - Bat for Lashes
6. Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West
7. CNR - "Weird Al" Yankovic
8. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
9. I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week - Mandy Moore
10. People C'mon - Delta Spirit
11. WTF - OK Go
12. Wrong - Depeche Mode
13. Cousins - Vampire Weekend
14. Falling Down - Oasis
15. Uprising - Muse
16. Heartless - The Fray
17. Goodnight, Travel Well - The Killers
18. Lessons Learned - Matt and Kim
19. Who'd Have Known - Lily Allen
20. Grapevine Fires - Death Cab for Cutie
21. Stay Up! (Viagra) - 88-Keys featuring Kanye West
22. Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather
23. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood
24. Sleep Alone - Bat for Lashes
25. Nothing but a Miracle - Diane Birch
26. Death to All But Metal - Steel Panther
27. Sweet About Me - Gabriella Cilmi
28. 21 Guns - Green Day
29. A Dustland Fairytale - The Killers
30. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
31. I Love College - Asher Roth
32. He's Frank - The B.P.A. featuring Iggy Pop
33. (Expletive Deleted) You - Lily Allen
34. We Made You - Eminem
35. Carol Brown - Flight of the Concords
36. Brick by Boring Brick - Paramore
37. Money - N.A.S.A., David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge and Z-Trip
38. Life In Technicolor ii - Coldplay
39. Life Is Better - Q-Tip and Norah Jones
40. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
41. You And Me - Dave Matthews Band
42. Don't Forget - Demi Lovato
43. Give Me the Meltdown - Rob Thomas
44. Best I Ever Had - Drake
45. She's a Genius - Jet
46. The Fear - Lily Allen
47. Melody - Kate Earl
48. Magnificant - U2
49. New in Town - Little Boots
50. Make Her Say - Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common
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