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

The 25 Best Albums of 2009

If you are interested in reading my original review of these albums, check out the link below the album and if you are interested in buying them on iTunes, click on the album link. If you want to buy the physical CD, head over to Scooter McGavin’s Amazon Store (or click on the album cover) where you can order them there:


1. Bible Belt – Diane Birch
Love Makes the Price Good Enough to Wanna Pay

2. Tell ‘em What Your Name Is! – Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
Where My Horns At, Are You with Me?

3. I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers
If You're Loved by Some One You're Never Rejected

4. Big Whiskey and the Groo-Grux King – Dave Matthews Band
Somebody's Broken Heart Become Your Favorite Song

5. The Fall – Norah Jones
My Mind's Racing from Chasing Pirates

6. Troubadour – K’Naan
I Take Rappers on a Field Trip any Day

7. Amanda Leigh – Mandy Moore
Those Calendar Girls Ain't got Nothing on Me

8. No Line on the Horizon - U2
Let Me in the Sound

9. Kamaal the Abstract – Q-Tip
And Introduce You All to a New Sound to Pound

10. Love, Save the Empty – Erin McCarley
You Hold Your Head up to the Sky; You Say What Kind of Blue Are You

11. Backspacer – Pearl Jam
When Something's Lost, I Wanna Fight to Get it Back Again

12. Kate Earl – Kate Earl
The Music Within Makes Me Whole and a World I Built on My Own

13. LOtUSFLOW3R/MPLSoUND - Prince
Not Reviewed

14. Draw the Line – David Gray
Everyday Is a New Version Of

15. Battle Studies – John Mayer
It's Been a Long Time Since Twenty-Two

16. White Lies for Dark Times – Ben Harper and the Relentless7
The Very Thing that Drives You Can Drive You Insane

17. Far – Regina Spektor
It Was so Easy and the Words Were so Sweet

18. The Element of Freedom – Alicia Keys
I Don't Want to Come Down, Hope My Wings Don't Fail Me Now

19. The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
This Ain't for iTunes, This Ain't for Sing-a-Longs

20. Ben Folds Presents: University a Capella!
If There Is a God He Is Laughing at Us and Our Football Team

21. A Little Happiness – Aimee Allen
I'm Dancing with My Records On

22. It’s Not You, it’s Me – Lily Allen
I am a Weapon of Massive Consupmtion

23. 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
You Know What's Worth Fighting For When it's not Worth Dieing For

24. Relapse – Eminem
You Think That's Bad You Should Hear the Rest of My Album

25. Play On – Carrie Underwood
Gives You Feeling You Don't Want to Fight

The 40 Worst Songs of 2009

For better or worse 2009 was the year of Lady Gaga. Okay it is mostly the later because she is everything wrong with music today promoting style over substance. Lady Gaga is just Marilyn Manson with a sunnier disposition and much more hype (and a lot of hype it was, keep in mind even though people consider Lady Gaga the artist of 2009, Susan Boyle sold more albums in one month then Lady Gaga did in over a year). But with all the horrible music she put out this year, 2009 was so abundant of ear-splitting music, she only managed two of worst forty twice and couldn’t even crack the top ten. Here are the thirty-eight other songs besides the white noise Lady Gaga dispensed songs from the past twelve months that I would live a better life if I never hear again.

1. If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

2. Kiss Me Thru the Phon - Soulja Boy Tell ‘em featuring Sammy

3. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

4. I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here Rap - Spencer Pratt

5. You're a Jerk - New Boyz

6. Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon

7. Birthday Sex - Jeremih

8. All the Above - Maino featuring T-Pain

9. Turn My Swag On - Soulja Boy Tell ‘em

10. Stanky Legg - GS Boyz

11. LoveGame - Lady Gaga

12. Replay - Iyaz

13. Sugar - Flo Rider featuring Wynter

14. Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3

15. Fresh out the Oven - Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull

16. Dead and Gone - T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake

17. Take Your Shirt Off - T-Pain

18. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

19. Radar - Britney Spears

20. Right Round - Flo Rider

21. Shots - LMFAO and Lil' John

22. Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus

23. Whatcha Say - Jason Derula

24. Just Dance - Lady Gaga featuring Colby O’Donis

25. Love Sex Magic - Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake

26. I Hate This Part - Pussycat Dolls

27. Obsessed - Mariah Carey

28. Battlefield - Jordin Sparks

29. 3 - Britney Spears

30. Diva - Beyoncé

31. Beautiful - Akon featuring Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishial

32. Hush Hush; Hush Hush - The Pussycat Dolls

33. Hotel Room Service - Pitbull

34. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

35. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull

36. S.O.S. (Let the Music Play) - Jordin Sparks

37. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

38. Circus - Britney Spears

39. No Surprise - Daughtry

40. Prom Queen – Lil’ Wayne

I Plan on Making it as Miserable as Possible

This season of Survivor came down to the age old battle of Good vs. Evil. On one hand you had Russell Hantz who more than lived up to the title of the biggest villain in Survivor history. On the other was Natalie White, the sweet Christian from the south who epitomized the Southern Bell. (Oh yeah, and there was Mick Trimming, possibly the most boring finalist ever in the show’s history and reason to go back to a two personal final.) My faith in humanity was restored when the Jury did not reward Russell’s evil behavior instead giving the million dollars to Natalie. Of course that faith in humanity was lost when America as a whole voted Russell the Player of the Season.

But the season belong to Russell who for some reason thought wearing his evilness on his sleeve would endear him to a jury of his peers which should go down as one of the worst strategies ever. If there were a runner up to Russell is was the mullet rocking former marine Shannon Waters who just goes by the moniker Shambo. She was the typical outsider (she was blindsided by half the votes because no one decided to tell her the plan) who lucked into a dominate team that didn’t lose to give them a chance to vote her out and Shambo then turned out to be the Galu downfall.

It is apropos that since the final vote came down to a battle between good and evil (and Mick) that for its twentieth season, Survivor is heading back to the South Pacific for a season called Heroes vs. Villains (yeah, the Real Road/Road Rules Challenge already did this three years ago). No word on what former players will be returning (except Richard Hatch won’t since he wasn’t allowed to leave Rhode Island) but I know which side I will be rooting for.

And Natalie over Russell managed not to be the biggest upset yesterday as CBS announced that Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains won’t get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot like the previous All Star edition and the second season (or even The Big Bang Theory, but something called Undercover Boss which sounds just slightly less lame than Kid Nation. Instead look for the new season of Survivor February 11.

Survivor: Samoa gets a on my Terror Alert Scale.

Christmas Just Isn't Christmas Without...

They say Christmas is the most wonderful time of year and it is hard to argue with them (aside from the freezing temperatures) and that is thanks in part to the soundtrack of the season because you really have to try to make a horrible Christmas song especially if you pick from the ten songs below which is just not Christmas if I don’t hear these songs multiple times. I have also listed the definitive versions of the song if you are downloading them for yourself:


1. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Definitive version: U2)


2. O Holy Night (Definitive version - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)



3. Santa Clause Is Coming to Town (Definitive version: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)


4. Christmas in Hollis (definitive version: Run-DMC)
5. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Definitive version Mariah Carey)
6. The Christmas Song (definitive version: Nat King Cole)
7. Silent Night (Definitive version - Boyz II Men)
8. Children Go Where I Send Thee (definite version: Natalie Merchant)
9. Let it Snow! Let it Snow Let it Snow! (Definitive version: Harry Connick Jr.)
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Definitive version: Coldplay and Conan O’Brien)

Honorable Mention: Do They Know it’s Christmas because Christmas just isn’t Christmas without Bono telling me to “Thank God tonight it’s them instead of you.”