Our Favorite Songs of 2005 | Songs of the Year
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- Welcome to our Songs of the Year series. Today we're looking at 2005!
Every Friday we will each be choosing our favorite songs of a year, starting in 1958 and going all the way through 2021. We will be making five selections from the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Any song that broke the Hot 100 at any point during the year is eligible. After that we'll be making five more 'wildcard' selections. These picks can come from anywhere. They could've charted as well, but they could also be album cuts, from soundtracks, b-sides...anything at all. And lastly, we'll also be choosing our least favorite song to crack the Top 40.
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Here's the Year End Top 50. Will any of these make our lists?
1. "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey
2. "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
3. "Let Me Love You" - Mario
4. "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
5. "1, 2 Step" - Ciara featuring Missy Elliott
6. "Gold Digger" - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
7. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
8. "Candy Shop" - 50 Cent featuring Olivia
9. "Don't Cha" - The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
10. "Behind These Hazel Eyes" - Kelly Clarkson
11. "Disco Inferno" - 50 Cent
12. "You and Me" - Lifehouse
13. "Don't Phunk with My Heart" - The Black Eyed Peas
14. "Lose Control" - Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop
15. "Shake It Off" - Mariah Carey
16. "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers
17. "Just a Lil Bit" - 50 Cent
18. "Pon de Replay" - Rihanna
19. "How We Do" - The Game featuring 50 Cent
20. "Beverly Hills" - Weezer
21. "Oh" - Ciara featuring Ludacris
22. "Lonely No More" - Rob Thomas
23. "Drop It Like It's Hot" - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
24. "Hate It or Love It" - The Game featuring 50 Cent
25. "Lovers & Friends" - Lil Jon featuring Usher and Ludacris
26. "Soldier" - Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne
27. "Breakaway" - Kelly Clarkson
28. "Switch" - Will Smith
29. "Let Me Hold You" - Bow Wow featuring Omarion
30. "Like You" - Bow Wow featuring Ciara
31. "Rich Girl" - Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
32. "My Humps" - The Black Eyed Peas
33. "Obsession (No Es Amor)" - Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
34. "Caught Up" - Usher
35. "Listen to Your Heart" - DHT featuring Edmee
36. "Scars" - Papa Roach
37. "Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz
38. "Let Me Go" - 3 Doors Down
39. "Holiday" - Green Day
40. "Sugar, We're Goin Down" - Fall Out Boy
41. "Grind with Me" - Pretty Ricky
42. "Run It!" - Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
43. "Photograph" - Nickelback
44. "Lonely" - Akon
45. "Collide" - Howie Day
46. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day
47. "Slow Down" - Bobby Valentino
48. "Over and Over" - Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
49. "Some Cut" - Trillville featuring Cutty
50. "Get It Poppin'" - Fat Joe featuring Nelly
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5. Fine Line - Paul McCartney
4. Streets of Love - the Rolling Stones
3. Stranded - Van Morrison
2. Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette) - the Wallflowers
1. I'm Lonely (But I'm Not That Lonely Yet) - the White Stripes
1. Finding You - The Go-Betweens
2. Away - Kathleen Edwards
3. Let It Ride - Ryan Adams
4. Shuffle Your Feet - Black Rebel MC
5. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
6. First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
7. Snowden - Doves
8. Prairie Wind - Neil Young
9. Gideon - My Morning Jacket
10. Secret Meeting - The National
11. My Soul, My Soul - Richard Thompson
12. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
13. Fix You - Coldplay
14. My Doorbell - The White Stripes
15. The Sporting Life - The Decemberists
Depeche Mode top a wonderful year for music. RiP Fletch
1. Precious - Depeche Mode
2. Wires - Athlete
3. Change - Tracy Chapman
4. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
5. Winter in the Hamptons - Josh Rouse
6. Coles Corner - Richard Hawley
7. It’s The Nighttime - Josh Rouse
8. Lovers - The Tears
9. Play The Hits - Hal
10. Best Of You - Foo Fighters
11. We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
12. Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers
13. A Lifetime - Better Than Ezra
14. Refugees - The Tears
15. Dakota - Stereophonics
16. In The Morning - The Coral
17. St. Petersburg - Supergrass
18. Fall To Pieces - Avril Lavigne
19. Trains to Brazil - Guillemots
20. Do You Want To? - Franz Ferdinand
21. Waiting for the Siren’s Call - New Order
22. Blood - The Editors
23. What A Lovely Dance - Hal
24. Superman - Stereophonics
25. Love Me Like You - The Magic Numbers
26. Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
27. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
28. City of Blinding Lights - U2
29. First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
30. Speed of Sound - Coldplay
31. Over My Head - The Fray
32. Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
33. I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
34. Black and White Town - Doves
35. Talk - Coldplay
36. Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters
37. Going Missing - Maximo Park
38. Forever Lost - The Magic Numbers
39. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
40. Lyla -Oasis
RIP Fletch. Precious and fragile things, need special handling…..
I really love A Pain That I'm Used To. That song is a definite banger! Very dancy for sure! I'm am saddened by the death of Fletch. RIP Fletch. Thank you for giving us awesome music.
Billboard -
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
Kanye West - Gold Digger
Foo Fighters - Best Of You
Weezer - Beverly Hills
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
Wildcards -
Pendulum - Slam
Daft Punk - Robot Rock
U2 - City Of Blinding Lights
Eels - Trouble With Dreams
Boards Of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
Worst Song -
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Song Of The Year
Eels - Trouble With Dreams
Honourable mentions: Hard Fi - Hard To Beat, Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Cut Copy - Saturdays
City of Blinding Lights was surprisinly close to my wildcard list. Really good later period track for them.
my top 10 of 2005 in no order:
Devendra Banhart- Now That I Know
Anohni and the Johnsons- For Today I Am a Boy
Bloc Party- This Modern Love
Martha Wainwright- Factory
Teenage Fanclub- It's All in My Mind
Smog- Rock Bottom Riser
Sleater-Kinney- The Fox
The White Stripes- My Doorbell
The Clientele- My Own Face Inside the Trees
Low- When I Go Deaf
Now That I Know is a grand tune, love the Cripple Crow album.
2005 - Deep Cuts ( Non Hot 100 US charts)
1. Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys ( Song of the Year)
2. Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
3. La Ritournelle - Sebastian Tellier
4. Hard to Beat - Hard Fi
5. Strasbourg- The Rakes
2005 - Hot 100 ( US charts)
1. Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
2. The Hand That Feeds -Nine Inch Nails
3. Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age
4. Juicebox - The Strokes
5. The Widow - Mars Volta
Worst Chart Song - Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
I missed Juicebox charting.
1. Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
2. Coldplay - Talk
3. Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Goin Down
4. Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
5. Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
2005 Wild Cards ( Non Hot 100 US Chart)
1. I See Colours - Edan ( SOTY)
2. The Corner - Common
3. Dare - Gorillaz
4. Black Diamonds and Pearls - Blackalicious
5. Mind 2 Motion - Roots Manuva
2005 US Billboards ( Hot 100)
1. We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
2. Candy Shop - 50 Cent
3. Gold Digger- Kanye West feat, Jamie Foxx
4. Hate It or Love It - The Game feat 50 Cent
5. U Already Know - 112 Feat. Foxy Brown
Worst Chart Song - Photograph -
God, that Edan album (Beauty and the Beat) is just so good, from start to finish --
Feel good inc - Gorillaz
Hung Up - Madonna
Precious - Depeche Mode (RIP Andrew Fletcher)
Hope there's Someone - Antony & the Johnsons
Dare - Gorillaz
O'Sailor - Fiona Apple
Ooh la la - Goldfrapp
Lose Control - Missy Elliot
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Rain Fall Down - the Rolling Stones
Such variety in your list - it’s great! I love quite a few of these 😊
Wildcard
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1) *WINNER* - *What* *Else* *Is* *there* - *Royscopp*
2) Wires - Athlete
3) Part of the Queue - Oasis
4) Low - Coldplay
5) Saeglopur - Sigur Ros
6) Square One - Coldplay
7) Leaders of the Free world - Elbow
8) Superman - Stereophonics
9) Oceans - Rob Dickinson
10) Dandelion - Audioslave
11) Happy Home - Garbage
12) Hospital Food - David Gray
13) Tourist - Athlete
14) Black and White Town - Doves
15) Sail Away - The Rasmus
16) Godspell - The Cardigans
17) My Name is Love - Rob Dickinson
18) White Shadows - Coldplay
19) Ambition - Doves
20) Primo Victoria - Sabaton
Billboard
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1) Be Yourself - Audioslave
2) Best of You - Foo Fighters
3) Speed of sound - Coldplay
4) Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
5) Doesn't remind me - Audioslave
6) Fix You - Coldplay
7) Somewhere only we know - Keane
8) Remedy - Seether
9) Holiday - Green Day
10) why do you love me - Garbage
1. St. Petersburg- Supergrass
2. Touch the Sky- Kanye West
3. Rough Justice- The Rolling Stones
4. Count On My Love- Liz Phair
5. Catch Your Wave- The Click Five
6. Television Rules the Nation- Daft Punk
7. Hung Up- Madonna
8. Time- Ben Folds
9. Do You Want To- Franz Ferdinand
10. Mucky Fingers- Oasis
HM-
Christmasey- Brian Wilson
As Ugly As I Seem- The White Stripes
God Is My Girlfriend- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Don't Bother- Shakira
Haunt You Every Day- Weezer
Nice to see Liz on your top 5. That's a great album.
@@NaughtyVampireGod checked your list, we both deemed a liz song top 5 worthy. there's good songs on s. miracle! i feel like some unfairly wrote it off. even if you only like early liz there's still stuff like "why i lie".
@@cheapcinemachannel4548 Yep. I think it's a great album and very underrated.
My #1... Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney...
The worst... Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani...
Hot 100...
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5,
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane,
These Words - Natasha Bedingfield,
Fix You - Coldplay,
You're Beautiful - James Blunt,
Wildcards...
In The Morning - The Coral,
Strange & Beautiful - Aqualung, (Very nearly took SOTY)
Edible Flowers - Finn Brothers,
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua,
JUST MISSED OUT...
Wonderful World - Nine Horses,
Something Inside Me, The Box - The Coral,
The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis,
Love Me Like You - The Magic Numbers,
I Love My Jean, Marathon Not A Sprint - Camera Obscura,
Born Under A Bad Sign - Richard Hawley,
Low C - Supergrass,
All Because Of You Days - Echo & The Bunnymen
Fix You my #6 hot 100 pick.
Billboard:
Fix You -- Coldplay
Devils & Dust -- Bruce Springsteen
Wake Me Up When September Ends -- Green Day
Best of You -- Foo Fighters
As Good As I Once Was -- Toby Keith
Deep Cuts:
Parting Gift -- Fiona Apple
The Suffering -- Coheed and Cambria
Poster of a Girl -- Metric
The Hitter -- Bruce Springsteen
Worst Top 40:
Wait (The Whisper Songs) -- Ying Yang Twins
Song of the Year:
Save Your Scissors --- City and Colour
Honorable Mentions:
She Let Herself Go -- George Srait
Lonely No More -- Rob Thomas
Animals -- Nickelback (Not Sorry, Deal with it!)
Streets of Love -- Rolling Stones
Welcome Home -- Coheed and Cambria
Nothing Else Matters -- Bif Naked
Just Passin' Time -- Dwight Yoakam
These Walls -- Dream Theater
No Matter What -- Def Leppard
Come a Little Closer -- Dierks Bentley
My Guilty Pleasure Of 2005 Was These Words By Natasha Bedingfield. Such a happy song 😃
My Top 10:
1. NINE INCH NAILS "" Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
2. DEPECHE MODE " The Sinner In Me"
3. OPETH "The Grand Conjuration"
4. ESTIRPE "Más Azul'
5. SKIZOO "Habrá Que Olvidar'
6. SYSTEM OF A DOWN ""B.Y.O.B."
7. COLDPLAY "Talk"
8. RAMMSTEIN "Wo Bist Du"
9. BECK "Girl'
10. A PERFECT CIRCLE "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhytm of the War Drums"
Greetings from Canary Islands.
My Top 10 Of 2005 - # 1 Dondante - My Morning Jacket # 2 Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party # 3 Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz # 4 I Turn My Camera on - Spoon # 5 King Of The Mountain - Kate Bush # 6 Black & White Town - Doves 🕊 # 7 California - Low # 8 Lyla - Oasis # 9 Miracle - Foo Fighters & # 10 Krafty - New Order - Z By Morning Jacket was my album of the year - Excellent Production By John Leckie 👍
Loving a lot of this list, David. Yup. Z. Album of the year. "Dondante" the best song from a tracklist of incredible ones. I kind of thought Bloc Party would show up from these guys. I don't know. They confuse me.
@@TheDigitalGramophone Thanks ! - I was happy to see that Kathleen Edwards album get some praise. Sounds like The Heartbreakers ( Tom Pettys not Johnny Thunders) backing her up. Bloc Party omission probably because they went downhill in a hurry after the promising debut. Joe taking a shot at the Braves !
@@davidellis5141 I caught that. Pirates fans still bitter about Sid Bream.
Hi David, Like Eating Glass what a great pick! Banquet is my #1 song this year
@@michelewiese48 Bloc Party were definitely the best new band of 2005 - What an exciting album !
Well hellooooo!
Here are my picks for 2005 (another pretty solid year)
My SOTY is:
Galvanise - The Chemical Brothers
Then I have:
Dakota - Stereophonics
I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor - The Arctic Monkeys
Wires - Athlete
Speed of Sound - Coldplay
Juice Box - The Strokes
Best of You - Foo Fighters
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own - U2
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Bad Day - Daniel Powter
Worse song:
Photograph - Nickleback 🤢
Cheers! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Hi Lou, I hope you have had a good week. It looks like summer has finally started down here in the SW.
We have several shared selections - Stereophonics (obvs), Coldplay, Strokes and U2 all make my top 10, while I have Arctic Monkeys as a HM. Chemical Brothers are somewhat hit and miss for me but I will check out Galvanise. It must be decent for you to rate it above your other excellent choices.
@@bryanbyrde8338 morning Bryan! Hope you are well. Busy week this end, hope you had a good week too 😃
Yes, The Chemical Brothers are not normally my bag but I love that song plus I think it sneaked into my #1 pick because of the memories it stirred up (songs tend to do that!)
The Arctic Monkeys, what a great song! You look at the video on CZcams and you realise how young they were back in 2005 😆 they all look about 12! Especially Alex Turner.
Beautiful weather here in Essex too 😎 funnily enough, me and the Hubby normally come down to Devon once a year, and we almost up sticks and moved down there a couple of years ago but then Covid did it’s stuff and we went off the idea. Still very tempting though 😃
@@lubilou64 Morning Lou, all good with me thanks. It’s going to be another lovely day today, so we better make the most of it while it lasts. 😎
The only problem with living down here is that the beaches are always packed during the school holidays. The roads have been busy since yesterday, which isn’t a surprise.
Anyway, I listened to Galvanise and recognised it. It’s not really my thing but I get why you chose it - this series isn’t about picking the ‘best’ songs, just those we like the most. There is a novelty song from 2006 that might sneak a HM for me because it was one of the first songs my daughter liked and sang along with - she’s 20 now and doesn’t like to be reminded of it! 🤣
Have a great weekend whatever you are doing and enjoy the sunshine☀️😉
Hello Lou - i posted yesterday - You have a good list is always - i had Green Day last year (you remember all that, eh?) - Stereophinics are back . . I will give 'em another try . . I will have the Artic monkey next year (album rule) . . Talk later . . 😀
@@NaughtyVampireGod Hey there matey, hope you are well. Yes Green Day didn't chart until 2005 in the UK (we were slow on the uptake obviously!!) Will check your list out now. Have a good day!
BILLBOARD
1. WINNER: *Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz #14* (Exactly what one would one in terms of playful, funky hip hop.)
2. *Mr. Brightside by The Killers #10* (Weaves their influences in a fresh modern package. Few songs from here make such an impact with the general public and deep music devotees alike like this one.)
3. *Little Sister by Queens of the Stone Age #88* (Another solid rock track from them that managed to get some play.)
4. *B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down #27* (Crazed, melodic metal? The pop elements are too catchy to ignore.)
5. *Look What You've Done by Jet #37* (Yes, it sound like The Beatles. More accurately like Oasis sounding like The Beatles. That's a good thing for 00s radio.)
WILDCARD
1. *Lazarus by Porcupine Tree* (From an artist that had a good deal else to offer comes one of the best pop/rock singles of the period.)
2. *The Purple Bottle by Animal Collective* (It's all in the sound they were able to tap into. The song is so scattered, but somehow the chaotic, low-fi production and sunshine pop vocals work together beautifully.)
3. *Chicago by Sufjan Stevens* (Vibrant, jazzy platter of chamber pop.)
4. *Hey Mama by Kanye West* (As some of these other picks may show, I tend to like when artists explore their melodic side. And so here we finds Kanye's sophomore effort at its most pleasingly sugary.)
5. *Since K Got Over Me by The Clientele* (The indie pop dive into 80s jangle pop. Sounds good to me.)
Charts holding steady for just a little while longer. Feels very much in the spirit of the previous couple years. Less deep elsewhere for me, but the cream rises to the top.
Worst TOP 40: Wait (The Whisper Song) by Ying Yang Twins #15 (The whispering is an annoying device in its own right. Throw in some repellent subject matter on top and you get a real winner.)
Worst Runner Up:
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' by Jessica Simpson #14
My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas #3
I'm gonna have to check out that song by The Clientele. I can't resist jangle pop :)
@@Vanessa.P In hindsight it probably is more accurately a 60s midtempo style first and foremost, but maybe there's still something in it for you to enjoy anyway!
Best Songs Matches:
*108 - Kram +1*
*85 - Joe +2*
74 - Jason
Worst Songs Matches:
7 - Jason
3 - Joe
3 - Kram
Top Song Votes:
20 - Kram
*19 - Jason*
17 - Joe
Winner🥇: Too Long Awake - Idlewild
UK Charts;
1. Bullets - Editors (#27)
2. Two More Years - Bloc Party (#7)
3. Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park (#17)
4. Everyday I Love You Less and Less - Kaiser Chiefs (#10)
5. Shatter - Feeder (#11)
Wildcards;
1. Too Long Awake - Idlewild
2. In the Margins - Echo & the Bunnymen
3. North Hanging Rock - British Sea Power
4. Roxy - Supergrass
5. Swallowed in the Sea - Coldplay
(Honourable Mentions: Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver, KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize, Echo and the Bunnymen - Stormy Weather)
Charting Songs:
5. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (US #2, UK #5, Germany #13)
4. Coldplay - Talk (UK #10, Germany #29, US #86)
3. Depeche Mode - Precious (Germany #2, UK #4, US #71)
2. Gwen Stefani - Cool (UK #11, US #13, Germany #20)
1. Madonna - Hung Up (UK #1, Germany #1, US #7)
Wildcards:
5. Bloodhound Gang - Something Diabolical (feat. Ville Valo)
4. System of a Down - Violent Pornography
3. Robbie Williams - Spread Your Wings [R.E.M. at their bes…oh, this is Robbie Williams?]
2. Depeche Mode - The Sinner in Me
SONG OF THE YEAR 2005: Dream Theater - Octavarium [Fantastic song. 24 mins and it’s worth the time. Great musicianship.]
My 2005 top :
1. LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
2. Devastations - Sex & Mayhem
3. Piano Magic - I Must Leave London
4. Sage Francis - Slow Down Gandhi
5. The Strokes - Vision of Division
6. The Coral - She Sings the Mourning
7. The Raveonettes - Seductress of Bums
8. Richard Hawley - The Ocean
9. B.R.M.C. - Howl
10. Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away
Hounds of Love - Futureheads
Love will tear us apart - Honeyroot
Lost Name - Phosphorescent
Bullets- Editors
Evil - Interpol
The Importance of being idle - Oasis
Neighborhood #3 (Power out) - Arcade Fire
Neighborhood #2 (Laika) - Arcade Fire
In the yard, behind the church - Eels
Gold Digger - Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx
Feels is such a great album. It’s the kind of music you listen to after coming down from a bad trip and wanting everything to be ok. Beautiful stuff
Slacking this week, so these are presented without commentary:
1. Multitude of Casualties - The Hold Steady
2. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
3. Abel - The National
4. Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age
5. Easy Lucky Free - Bright Eyes
6. The Beast and Dragon Adored - Spoon
7. Cattle and the Creeping Things - The Hold Steady
8. Life is Beautiful - Ryan Adams
9. Ibi Dreams of Pavement - Broken Social Scene
10. Gold Digger - Kanye West
2005 -- Great year in music.
I started out the week with those two Spoon songs near the top, but by the end They Never Got You rose up out of nowhere.
I Turn My Camera On - the second song of theirs I heard after The Underdog
1. The Burden - Dropkick Murphys
2. Your Little Hoodrat Friend - The Hold Steady
3. The Fallen - Franz Ferdinand
4. Wind and the Mountain - Liz Phair
5. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
6. Entertain - Sleater-Kinney
7. Ride a White Horse - Goldfrapp
8. Sixteen Military Wives - The Decembrists
9. Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
10. Single Again - The Fiery Furnaces
HM (alpha by artist) 35 songs:
Beck - Girl
Big Star - Lady Sweet
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Bloc Party - Banquet
The Cardigans - Godspell
The Dandy Warhols - All the Money or the Simple Life Honey
The Dandy Warhols - Holding Me Up
The Dandy Warhols - Everyone Is Totally Insane
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code
Dropkick Murphys - The Walking Dead
The Fiery Furnances - Evergreen
The Fiery Furnances - Sweet Spots
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
Garbage - Sex is Not the Enemy
Goldfrapp - Lovely 2CU
Goldfrapp - Number 1
Ladytron - High Rise
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Ladytron - International Dateline
Metric - Too Little Too Late
The National - Abel
The New Pornographers - Three or Four
The New Pornographers - Star Bodies
OK Go - Do What You Want
OK Go - Here It Goes Again
Liz Phair - Stars and Planets
Liz Phair - Giving It All to You
The Rolling Stones - Let Me Down Slow
Shakira - Animal City
Shakira - The Day and the Time
Sleater-Kinney - Rollercoaster
The White Stripes - My Doorbell
The White Stripes - Forever For Her (Is Over for Me)
Hey my friend, you have plenty of songs that I don’t know and several that I only know vaguely, so I have plenty to listen to. I hope to catch up with your selections from 2004 first, and then I will get back to you about this list. I also owe Brent 3 replies, which I hope to address ASAP. 🤞
Enjoy the rest of your weekend friend.
Hey NVG. Looks like we also share My Doorbell. Kind of thought I might see some Echo & the Bunnymen, so I apparently liked that more than you did. What else . . . oh, I like Here It Goes Again (even if it didn't have that great video!) and I'm thinking I must have heard the New Pornographers release. A couple of those song titles seem really familiar.
37 (wow!) songs I don't know. It's possible I could get them all listened to tonight, but more likely I finish up/get feedback to you tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of the evening, my friend!
@@brentjackson6839 Good morning Brent. I am a fan of Echo & the Bunnymen but not really crazy about their 05 album for whatever reason (I'll give the ones you picked another listen). . OK Go had several terrific videos . .Sound-wise they kinda reminded me of the Buzzcocks . . I hope to get thru listening to your picks by today or tomorrow at the latest. Whenever you get a chance to do so is fine . . Always anticipated & appreciated. Enjoy your Sunday my friend. 😀
@@bryanbyrde8338 Hi Bryan. I hope you are enjoying the weekend. Whenever you get a chance is fine . . No pressure. I really appreciate your feedback. I should get back to you on yer 05 picks today or tomorrow. Later my friend. 😀
@@NaughtyVampireGod Good morning, friend. I finished listening to your picks late last night. I can let you know now how that went. 🙂
For me, pretty far and away my favorite song was Twin Cinema. I did recall hearing it before when the chorus kicked in. Great chorus.
Not much I've heard from Franz Ferdinand does it for me, but Eleanor, Put Your Boots On was a very pleasant exception.
I also liked Number 1, Stars and Planets, Forever For Her, Too Little Too Late (Metric will appear a few lists from now for me), Bleed Like Me, Sweet Spots and Girl.
Hope it's a good weekend for you. 50 degree temperatures in Boise today, which I'm guessing is not what you've got! Talk to you later, NVG. 🙂
1. Richard Hawley - Wading Through The Waters Of My Time - Born Under A Bad Sign - I Sleep Alone
2. My Morning Jacket - Dondante - Into The Woods - Lay Low
3. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle -
4. Depeche Mode - Precious - John The Revelator
5. Stereophonics - Dakota - Superman
6. The Doves - Black And White Town
7. L o w - Silver Rider
8. Coldplay - Speed Of Sound - Fix You
9. Robert Plant - All The Kings Horses
10. U 2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
In no specific order:
- Andrew Bird: A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left
- Girls In Hawaii: Short Song for a Short Mind
- Antony and the Johnsons: Hope There’s Someone
- System Of A Down: Question!
- Low: Silver Rider
- Tom McRae: For the Restless
- Martha Wainwright: Ball & Chain
- Decemberists: The Infanta
- Beck: Rental Car
- Fiona Apple: Window
- Roisin Murphy: The Night of the Dancing Flame
Great set of songs chosen. Covered a lot of different subgenres and subcultures and it was fun digging in. A lot to choose from in terms of favorites but here's what I came up with:
1. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (this song is all new to me! It's an instant indie dance classic. Love how the typically quirky lyrics are "explained" through the lens of someone from rural West Virginia moving to New York, the story develops too. Just a brilliant track)
2. 16 Military Wives- The Decemberists (also new for me, love the melody and lyrical play with numbers)
3. Gold Digger- Kanye West (give me more baroque rap!!)
4. All These Things That I've Done- The Killers
5. Did You See the Words- Animal Collective
Some HMs: Speed of Sound (Coldplay), Bat Country (Avenged Sevenfold), Girl (Beck!?), We All Lose One Another (Jason Collett), Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun (M83)
Agreed with Jason. 2005 was a loaded year. My top 5 songs:
1. The National - Daughters of the Soho Riots
2. The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
3. Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
4. dredg - Bug Eyes
5. My Morning Jacket - Dondante
10 of me faves from 2005:
You and I Misbehaving - Tilly and the Wall
Insistor - Tapes 'n Tapes
For Real - Okkervil River
Laylow - My Morning Jacket
Modern Girl - Sleater-Kinney
Old Soul Song (for the New World Order) - Bright Eyes
Finding You - The Go-Betweens
The Geese of Beverly Road - The National
Dinner Bells - Wolf Parade
Making Planets Edan with Mr Lif
(I ignore the Billboard. Anything released this year is eligible. One song per artist/band unless they release more than one album)
10) Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
09) Bees - Animal Collective
08) John the Revelator - Depeche Mode
07) Only - Nine Inch Nails
06) The Beast and Dragon, Adored - Spoon
05) Hell Yes - Beck
04) It Won't Take Long - The Rolling Stones
03) Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age
02) The Enchanter (Unkle Reconstruction) - Robert Plant
01) Hombre - M.I.A.
"Only" is a great one that I actually forgot about. "Hell Yes" was close for me too, love a lot of songs on Guero.
we both have twin cinema top 10
My favourites for 2005:
01) Fill You In - Josh Pyke
02) Number 1 - Goldfrapp
03) Dead To The World - Röyksopp
04) Touch The Sky [featuring Lupe Fiasco] - Kanye West
05) Back Then - Pegz
06) How You See The World - Coldplay
07) Satin Chic - Goldfrapp
08) Black And White Town - Doves
09) Every Planet We Reach Is Dead - Gorillaz
10) Koko - Goldfrapp
10. The Rolling Stones - Streets of Love
9. John Vanderslice - Letter to the East Coast
8. Josh Rouse - It's the Night Time
7. M. Ward - Lullaby + Exile
6. Weezer - Make Believe
5. Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
4. Ron Sexsmith & Don Kerr - Raindrops in My Coffee
3. Teenage Fanclub - It's All in My Mind
2. Bloc Party - Banquet
1. Babyshambles - F#!k Forever
Thanks for keeping it real!
Top 5 for me
5. Spoon - two sides of monisieur valentine
4. Coheed and cambria - welcome home
3. The National - Daughters of the soho riots
2. Gorillaz - Feel good inc.
1. Maximo Park - apply some pressure
Top 3 worst songs
3. Nickelback - photograph
2. Black eyed peas - my humps
1. Crazy frog - Axel F
Hi everyone! These are my favorite songs of 2005:
1.Chicago. Sufjan Stevens
2.Hope There's Someone. Antony and The Johnsons
3.Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz
4.Mr November. The National
5.We're Here and It's Now. Bright Eyes
6.Wonderful World. Nine Horses
7.Hellicopter. Bloc Party
8.The One You Love. Rufus Wainwright
9.I Bet You Look Good In the Dance floor. Artic Monkeys
10.He Lays In the Reins. Iron & Wine & Calexico
11.Tears In the Typing Pool. Broadcast
12.Monkey. Low
13.Be. Common
14.Poor Man's Shangri-la. Ry Cooder
15.Do You Want To. Franz Ferdinand
16.Blue Orchid. The White Stripes
17.16 Military Wives. The Decemberists
18.In the Morning. The Coral
19.Laban. Salif Keita
20.Beautiful Boyz. CocoRosie
21.Devils & Dust. Bruce Springsteen
22.Daft Punk Is Playing At My House. LCD SoundSystem
23.I Turn My Camera On. Spoon
24.Finding You. The Go-Betweens
25.El Hombre Que Casi Conoció a Michi Panero. Nacho Vegas
26.Apply Some Pressure. Maximo Park
27.Jumpers. Sleater - Kinney
28.Master of Disaster. John Hiatt
29.Emily Kane. Art Brut
30.The Ocean. Richard Hawley
31.Winter In the Hamptons. Josh Rouse
32.Cattle and the Creeping Things. The Hold Steady
33.Jews For Jesus. Clem Snide
34.Not About Love. Fiona Apple
35.Speed of Sound. Coldplay
36.Maria del Mar. Corazón
37.Fake Palindromes. Andrew Bird
38.Little Caesar. Vic Chesnutt
39.Forever Lost. The Magic Numbers
40.Punks In the Beerlight. Silver Jews
41.Catch My Disease. Ben Lee
42.The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
43.Losing Streak. Eels
44.I Drink. Mary Gauthier
45.Wraith Pinned to the Mist. Of Montreal
46. I Burn Today. Frank Black
47.Outta the Bag. John Cale
48.Trains to Brazil. The Guillemots
49.Santa Maria de Feira. Devendra Banhart
50.Multiply. James Lidell
"Multiply" excellent choice. Probably should've been in my HMs. Love that album.
It is, Jon. Someone may think that if only makes the 50th spot in anyone's list is probably just all right, but I actually believe that all these 50 songs are really strong. 2005 is loaded! I promise I left out around 15 more songs that I really like. Cheers!
I could swear that Nine Horses song is actually David Sylvian.
It is Whammy! I'm thrilled that somebody else in the community knows about this record. I think it's awesome but when I talk about it nobody seems to have heard about it. Cheers!
Hey Fran - Great list as always, my friend! Looks like three song matches and some more artist matches. 😀
2005 was a great year for Billboard hits, and will almost certainly be the last time in this series when I can find 10 singles I really like:
Billboard Top 100:
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
Speed Of Sound - Coldplay
Juicebox - The Strokes
Blue Orchid - White Stripes
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own - U2
Wildcards:
Time Out From The World - Goldfrapp
Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant
Dakota - Stereophonics
Black And White Town - Doves
Worst song: Axel F - Crazy Frog (#1 in UK charts)
(This was just silly rather than terrible but what I find unbelievable is just how popular it was - it topped the charts in most European countries)
Song of the Year: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here - Porcupine Tree
(Another band who were heavily influenced by Pink Floyd, although they prove here that they are just as technically accomplished as their legendary predecessors)
HMs - Billboard:
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie
Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age
HMs - Wildcards:
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Ain’t No Easy Way - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
I Know Why - Sheryl Crow
Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
St. Petersburg - Supergrass
Hi Bryan. In addition to your Coldplay and Stereophonics picks, I like what you chose from KT Tunstall, U2, Killers and Death Cab.
So, that leaves everything else as unfamiliar to me. I'll give all those songs a listen and get back to you before long. 🙂
Greetings, my friend. After giving everything a listen, I found six songs that I liked quite a lot.
My favorite was definitely Lazarus. I thought it was a really pretty song. Ain't No Easy Way and Little Sister were next in order of preference. I know I've liked some BRMC before, but I think this is the first song I've enjoyed from QOTSA.
Finally, Mighty Rearranger was a nice Robert Plant track, and I Know Why and Blue Orchid were solid efforts as well.
Glad to have heard some nice new music. Well, new to me. :) Take care, Bryan and we'll be in touch!
@@brentjackson6839 As always my friend, you are very quick to respond with your comments- thanks again for taking the time to listen and let me know what you think.
It was a really difficult choice for me with PT, which is why they are the only artist to appear twice in my list for this year. My SOTY is a typical example of their extended prog approach, whereas Lazarus shows a completely different side to the band - part of the reason I love them so much is because they are excellent at various styles. I know Bengal 🐯 is a big PT fan, so it will be interesting to see what he chooses.
I didn’t know the BRMC song before this week when I listened to their album. I was surprised that it is totally acoustic but enjoyed it very much - Ain’t No Easy Way reminds me of Led Zep in many ways. I’m not a big fan of QOTSA but like them in small doses.
Robert Plant and Sheryl Crow have both been regular picks for me. He will continue to feature in my lists until the end of this series, whereas I am not familiar with any of Sheryl’s more recent work. I know she has recorded albums with a stronger country influence, so I am looking forward to listening to them in the next few weeks.
Thanks again pal. Speak soon 😀
Hello Bryan - I just posted. Terrific lists as always, Sir. I will list the Artic Monkeys next year (album rule). I know they were HUGE in the UK. I have several Franz Ferdinand songs on my list - Do You Want To is an HM. (That's the song that got me into them, actually.) I will check out the unfamiliar ones and get back to you. Later, my friend. 😀
@@NaughtyVampireGod Hi Naughty, it’s good to hear your list has now been posted. I will search for it and let you know my initial thoughts. Unfortunately, I have some catching up to do before I can provide a full reply (including your list from 2004). 😆
Cheers for now buddy.
Billboard:
1.John Legend - Ordinary People
2.Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
3.Common - Go!
4.Kayne West ft. Jaime Foxx - Gold Digger
5.The Game ft. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Wildcards:
1.Common - The Corner
2.Amerie - 1 Thing
3.Jaime Foxx ft. Ludacris - Unpredictable
4.Stevie Wonder - So What the Fuss?
5.Mary J. Blige - Enough Cryin
Billboards Worst:
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Other Songs I Dig From 2005:
Lil Wayne - Fireman
Queens Of The Stone Age - Tangled Up In Plaid
Ying Yang Twins - Wait (The Whisper Song)
R.Kelly - In The Kitchen
Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
The Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
3 Doors Down - Right Where I Belong
Pretty Ricky - Grind With Me
Jamiroquai - Starchild
Beanie Sigel ft. Peddi Crakk & Twista - Gotta Have It
Alicia Keys - Unbreakable
T.Pain ft. Mike Jones - I'm In Luv (With A Stripper)
Omarion - O
Jaime Foxx - Warm Bed
Black Eyed Peas - They Don't Want Music
Keyshia Cole - Love
Mariah Carey - Shake It Off
Love seeing Stevie on there. - Joe
I had to represent for the legend Joe.
its nice seeing all the anti war songs
Looking forward to the '05 playlist.
Hot 100:
5. An Honest Mistake - The Bravery
4. Why Do You Love Me - Garbage
3. Be Yourself Tonight - Audioslave
2. Blue Orchid - White Stripes
1. Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie
Wild Cards
5. Entertain - Sleater-Kinney
4. This Isn't It - Giant Drag
3. Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron
2. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
1. Not About Love - Fiona Apple
Worst: My Humps ... ghastly
Best: Not About Love
Not the last time Black Eyed Peas will get consideration in the worst category.
@@TimeToGetAlone That's for sure. I think this is the only one that makes my skin crawl.
1. Knockers - The Darkness
2. Rapture of the Deep - Deep Purple
3. Stone Breaker - Corrosion of Conformity
4. Resolution Song - Iommi, Glenn Hughes
5. Listen to the World Cry - Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies
6. Hazel Eyes - The Darkness
7. North Berwick Witch Trials - Cathedral
8. Blood Religion - Gamma Ray
9. Love Train - Wolfmother
10. Power of the Sun - Bruce Dickinson
01. Dirty Projectors - Finches' Song At Oceanic Parking Lot
02. Wu Man - Dance Of The Yi People
03. Boris - Electric
04. The Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
05. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
06. Los Bunkers - Ven Aqui
07. Goldfrapp - Ooh La La
08. The Game - Hate It Or Love It ft 50 Cent
09. The Mars Volta - The Widow
10. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
11. Gorillaz - Dare
12. Dirty Projectors - D. Henley's Dream
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me - Fall Out Boy
Lose Control - Missy Elliott, Ciara
Touch the Sky - Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
X&Y - Coldplay
Don’t Save Us From The Flames - M83
Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap
Hopipolla - Sigur Ros
Best moment of the show - Jason picking An Honest Mistake. This shocked me a little, and I liked it!
It was a Brave pick!
@@mattymac1399 LOL Love their self-titled - full of great songs!
Actually some of my favorite songs, period.
"Black and White Town" by the Doves; featuring IMO one of the best videos ever.
"Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens; love this song.
"Dakota" by Stereophonics is a great pop song. Main drawback about that band are the usually trite lyrics.
But you guys picked so many good ones: Animal Collective, Strokes, Ryan Adams (with one of his best albums), My Morning Jacket, and the Killers.
Black and White Town just missed for me. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Black and White Town was probably my number 11.
Ok @Jason, have caught up a bit more on Kathleen Edwards…lives shows interviews etc. interesting departure from the music scene to start the Quitters coffee shop but glad she’s back, and also playing again with Colin. Watched the live from Quitters Coffee. She is really great. Love how this channel is opening me up to great artists like Kathleen. Thanks so much.
Pa. Did you ever see he live back in the day Jason? (Or Joe or Kramz?)
Alot of good stuff in 2005 but it is interested to see the diversity in choice continuing to expand in the 00's. I have no song in common with any of you and only a couple of artists
My top 10 songs on 2005 are
1. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens - such a great hook and memorably used in Little Miss Sunshine
2. Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros - so cinematic and infectious - love the piano melody
3. I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab for Cutie - this was the first song of theirs i heard and love the simplicity of the delivery and strength of the lyrics
4. This Year - The Mountain Goats - great song about a violent relationship with his stepfather - got a new lease of life during lockdown with the appropriate chorus of "I'm gonna make it through this year if it kills me"
5. I'm getting back into getting back into you - Silver Jews - Very pretty song with wonderful lyrics starting with "baby won't you take this magnet , maybe put my picture back on the fridge"
6. If I'm a stranger - Ryan Adams - very difficult to choose a Ryan Adams song this year as he released 3 albums. Cold Roses was my favourite album and I always loved this song
7. Freeze the Saints - Stephen Malkmus - this has everything you want from a Stephen Malkmus song - great melody, quirky lyrics
8. Late - Ben Folds - lovely tribute to the late great Elliott Smith
9. What is Chartaris if your not there - Half Man Half Biscuit - from my favourite HMHB album Achtung Bono. Could have picked Joy Division Oven Gloves or Sit Arm Bad Tattoo either
10. Dilaudid -The Mountain Goats - an incredibly intense short song with a killer machine gun like strings creating such a claustrophobic atmosphere
There were a couple of choices on your list that I hadn't heard so will give them a spin
I'm following this series in slo-mo going forward. Not so familiar with this era and am taking the time to really listen, plus it's great to know the songs talked about in the video. Jason would have got my vote this week (great list all around) thx, hail TLM!
CHARTS:
5 Beyonce - Check on it
4 Ludacris - Number One Spot
3 The Game - Hate It or Love It
2 Amerie - 1 Thing
1 The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
PICKS:
5 Doves - Snowden
4 Spoon - I Summon You
3 Julien Jabre - Swimming Places [Orig Mix]
2 Martha Wainwright - G.P.T.
1 Queens of the Stone Age - In My Head
Honorable:
My Morning Jacket (Off The Record)
Daft Punk (Prime Time of Your Life)
woo hoo! I can rest easy in my dotage! mars Volta getting love ! ---thanks gents
5. The Darkness - Is It Just Me?
4. Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep
3. Coldplay - Fix You
2. Queens of the Stone Age - I Never Came
1. Audioslave - Be Yourself
1) Entertain - Sleater-Kinney In My Blood -Spiritual Beggars Lay Low -My Morning Jacket No More Shoes -Stephen Malkmus Little Sister -QotSA Shine it All Around -Robert Plant Outre Mer -Garage A Trois Believil -Bruce Dickinson The Shadow -Garaj Mahal Pyramid -Wolfmother The Grand Conjuration -Opeth
entertain on my top 10
Never been so proud of this channel as I was when Kramzer picked Did You See the Words as his favorite. Actually negates his Beverly Hills praise. Of course Joe had to low blow me with the Atlanta Braves shade. 2005 was a phenomenal year, probably my most five star albums. I was eighteen, finally found some music-obsessed friends, and everything felt so important to my maturing tastes. Too afraid to leave off something amazing to make a list.
1. I Summon You - Spoon
2. The Bleeding Heart Show - The New Pornographers
3. Road To Joy - Bright Eyes
4. Trucker's Atlas - Sun Kil Moon
5. How Many Worlds - Brian Eno
6. The Sporting Life - The Decemberists
7. Knock That Door - Enon
8. Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
9. Girl - Beck
10. Krafty - New Order
11. Fix You - Coldplay
12. Swimmers - Broken Social Scene
13. Devils and Dust - Bruce Springsteen
14. Here Comes The Summer - The Fiery Furnaces
15. Catch My Disease - Ben Lee
“But if I could tear his throat/Spill his blood between my jaws/And erase his name for good/Don’t you know that I would?/Don’t you realize I wouldn’t pause/That I would cut him down with my claws if I could have somehow never let that happen?”
1. Okkervil River - Black
2. The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
3. Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers
4. The Decemberists - On the Bus Mall
5. The Mountain Goats - This Year
6. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - No More Shoes
7. The Hold Steady - Banging Camp
8. Submission Hold - Hawks & Doves & Time
9. Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gary Jr.
10. Constantines - Working Full-Time
11. Okkervil River - Last Love Song for Now
12. The Briefs - Normal Jerks
13. High on Fire - Devilution
14. The Drones - Shark Fin Blues
15. Elliott Brood - Second Son
16. Lightning Bolt - 2 Morro Morro Land
17. 31Knots - Chain Reaction
18. Turpentine Bros. - Why Can’t I Do?
19. Wolf Parade - Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
20. Greg MacPherson - Man Overboard
21. Paint It Black - Atheists in Foxholes
22. The National - Mr. November
23. The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
24. Teenage Bottlerocket - So Far Away
25. The Evens - If It’s Water
26. Low - Walk into the Sea
27. Electric Six - Rock n’ Roll Evacuation
28. Silver Jews - Punks in the Beerlight
29. Fingers Cut Megamachine - Release Me
30. Boris - Sofun
31. Deerhoof - Midnight Bicycle Mystery
32. Black Lips - Take Me Home
33. The Glow - I Scare Myself
34. Sun O)) - It Took the Night to Believe
35. Crystal Skulls - Every Little Bit
36. Lords - Ringfinger
37. Mary Timony - On the Floor
38. Bear vs. Shark - Catamaran
39. Animal Collective - Grass
40. Smog - Rock Bottom Riser
41. Kathleen Edwards - In State (perhaps the first time a SOTY nominee appears on my list)
42. A Wilhelm Scream - Less Bright Eyes, More Deicide
43. Troubled Hubble - I’m Pretty Sure I Can See Molecules
44. Funeral Diner - We Become Buried
45. Propagandhi - Iteration
46. Desert City Soundtrack - Let’s Throw Knives
47. Make Believe - Say What You Mean
48. The Aquabats - Fashion Zombies!
49. Settlefish - It Was Bliss
50. Kate Bush - Somewhere in Between
2005 was indeed a great year when Okkervil River and Sleater-Kinney missed my list.
My Faves for 2005:
1. Zoom - Robert Pollard
2. From the Floorboards Up - Paul Weller
3. Sister Jack - Spoon
4. Cells - Teenage Fanclub
5. St. Petersburg - Supergrass
6. Paralyzed - Bob Mould
7. Marching Bands of Manhattan - Death Cab for Cutie
8. Speed of Sound - Coldplay
9. The Denial Twist - The White Stripes
10. The Blankest Year - Nada Surf
The Denial Twist had a great video as well. White Stripes were always creative in that department.
Favorite Track 2005:
MARY GAUTHIER - Falling Out Of Love
Favorite Singles/EPs:
1. OASIS - The Importance Of Being Idle
2. THE SHORTWAVE SET - Is It Any Wonder
3. THE DUKE SPIRIT - Love Is An Unfamiliar Name
4. THE FLAMING STARS - Stranger On The Fifth Floor
5. PETRA JEAN PHILLIPSON - One Day
Wildcards:
1. THE ROLLING STONES - Back Of My Hand
2. RICHARD THOMPSON - Let It Blow
3. HOLLY GOLIGHTLY - My Love
4. TOCOTRONIC - In höchsten Höhen
5. ELVIS COSTELLO - Country Darkness (from The Clarksdale Sessions EP)
Honorable Mentions:
THE DEAD 60s - Ghostfaced Killer
THE RAVEONETTES - Ode To LA
THE RAVEONETTES - Love In A Trashcan
THE LITTLE FLAMES - Put Your Dukes Up, John
THE PADDINGTONS - 50 To A £
THE VIOLETS - Mirror Mirror
JOE STRUMMER - Tennessee Rain
MYSTERY JETS - You Can’t Fool Me Dennis
THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND - Happy Days Are Here Again
MYSTERY JETS - Alas Agnes
KEREN ANN - Chelsea Burns
MAXIMO PARK - Apply Some Pressure
Singles: "Speed of Sound," by Coldplay; "Fine Line," by Paul McCartney; "Jenny Wren," by Paul McCartney
Album Cuts: "How Kind of You," by Paul McCartney; "Follow Me," by Paul McCartney; "Anyway," by Paul McCartney; "The Painter," by Neil Young; "It's a Dream," by Neil Young
I gather you are a big McCartney and Neil Young fan? Some good stuff there.
@@ijeff2005 I was in my mid-40s that year and it was a very happy experience to hear two personal, reflective albums from artists with many decades of experience.
2005
🏆 Song of the Year: I Will Follow You into the Dark, Death Cab for Cutie
🔥Billboard:
Mr. Brightside, The Killers
Jerk it Out, Caesars
Precious, Depeche Mode
Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day
Collide, Howie Day
😎Wildcard:
Square One, Coldplay
The Mariner’s Revenge Song, The Decemberists
At the Bottom of Everything, Bright Eyes
Did You See the Worlds, Animal Collective
The Damage in Your Heart, Weezer
🤮 Worst: My Humps, Black Eyed Peas
UK Charts
5 Honkytonk Badonkadonk TRACE ADKINS
4 Suddenly I See KT TUNSTALL
3 Hung Up MADONNA
2 Push The Button SUGABABES
1 Fix You COLDPLAY
Wildcards
5 Ooh La La GOLDFRAPP
4 Time BEN FOLDS
3 Goodbye Caroline AIMEE MANN
2 Hoppipola SIGUR ROS
SONG OF THE YEAR: Chicago SUFJAN STEVENS
1.dEUS - Sun Ra - (4th yearly win for dEUS)
2.John Cale - Perfect
3.KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See UK#12 US#21
4.Garbage - Sex Is Not The Enemy UK#24
5.dEUS - Bad Timing
6.Amy Rigby - Dancing With Joey Ramone
7.Half Man Half Biscuit - We Built This Village On A Trad. Arr. Tune
8.Helen Love - Boy Like You
9.The Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot UK#9
10.Oasis - Lyla UK#1
Had that Amy Rigby song as my number 2. Coincidentally, I just got my "Last Night I Danced With Joey Ramone" t-shirt from her web store. Can't believe I forgot that Half Man Half Biscuit album!!! I may have to edit my list.
Wild Card
01 Lady Sweet - Big Star
02 Robot Rock - Daft Punk
03 Lazer Beam - Super Furry Animals
04 Come On Feel The Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
05 Long Time Comin - Bruce Springsteen
US Top 100
01 Beverly Hills - Weezer
02 Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age
03 Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
04 Holiday - Green Day
05 Best Of You - Foo Fighters
Honorable Mentions
Tiny City Made Of Ashes - Sun Kill Moon
First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
Somebody’s Miracle - Liz Phair
Worst Song
Ghetto - Akon
Joe man - I'm soo voting for you this year!
Aimee Mann - I Can't Help You Anymore
Mike Doughty - Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well
Mike Doughty - Tremendous Brunettes
Mike Doughty - I Hear The Bells
Sleater-Kinny - The Fox
Sleater-Kinney - Wilderness
Sleater-Kinney - Rollercoaster
Sleater-Kinney - Let's Call It Love
Neil Young - The Painter
Liz Phair - Giving It All To You
Liz Phair - Count On My Love
Liz Phair - Wind And The Mountain (some jam band should really cover this one live and make it 10-20 minutes long)
Great Lake Swimmers - Various Stages
I'll have to check out that Mike Doughty. I'm a big Soul Coughing fan.
#1 Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós
#2 Entertain - Sleater-Kinney
#3 Mr. November - The National
#4 The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - Sufjan Stevens
#5 The Bones Of An Idol - The New Pornographers
Honourable mentions:
The Fox - Sleater-Kinney
Red Red Red - Fiona Apple
A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left - Andrew Bird
Girl - Beck
Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age
Use It - The New Pornographers
Nice recommendation with josh rouse. That’s a new one to me, and def digging the song.
Chart Hits: Precious - Depeche Mode, Girl - Beck, An Honest Mistake - The Bravery, Beverly Hills - Weezer Wild Cards: Dakota - Stereophonics, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys, Evil - Interpol, Hard To Beat - Hard-Fi, Sixteen Military Wives - The Decemberists Worst Song: My Humps - Black Eyed Peas S.O.T.Y. for 2005: Feel Good, Inc. - Gorillaz
Glad to see some Coheed and My Chemical Romance appear. A Coheed discography video would be amazing.
Nice Strokes pick from Jason. I’ve always never understood the hate for First Impressions, it’s probably top 3 in their discography for me right after the debut and the latest record. Really looking forward to when you guys get around to covering them.
Glad to see The Decemberists included - a good band for a discography review. Great show, as usual!
Hot 100:
- Beck - E-Pro
- Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister
- The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
- Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country (also really like that album a lot)
- My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Wildcard:
- Kate Bush - Nocturn
- Brian Borcherdt - Unstoppable
- Metric - Monster Hospital
- Of Montreal - The Party's Crashing Us
Worst: Not only is the vocal performance in this song terrible but the pitched up sample is what really puts this one over the edge - "Lonely" by Akon is my worst of the year. I've always hated this song.
First: I could have picked almost any song off this album but I am picking "Howl" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, this song stands out just a little bit more for me than the rest.
Metric! Also, BRMC made my long list. Cheers V!
Hi Vanessa, I love The Party’s Crashing Us - that or another song from The Sunlandic Twins nearly made my list!
Ugh, Akon.
@@TimeToGetAlone 😂
My top 5 "Billboard Hot 100"
2. "Best Of You" / Foo Fighters / Album: In Your Honor (2005)
3. "Feel Good Inc." / Gorillaz / Album: Demon Days (2005)
4. "Be Yourself" / Audioslave / Album: Out Of Exile (2005)
5. "Mr. Brightside" / The Killers / Album: Hot Fuss (2005)
My top 5 "Wildcard picks"
1. "Beautiful Side Of Somewhere” / Wallflowers / Album: Rebel, Sweetheart (2005)
2. “From Acid To Zen And Back Again” / Bigbang / Album: Poetic Terrorism (2005)
3. “Pushin On” / Quantic Soul Orchestra / Album: Pushin’ On (2005)
4. “Talkin Bout A Revolution (Live)” / Living Colour / Album: What’s Your Favorite Color?: Remixes, B-Sides And Rarities (2005)
5. “How To Be Invisible” / Bush, Kate / Album: Aerial (2005)
Worst song of the year
1. "These Boots are Made for Walking" - Jessica Simpson
Song of the year
1. "E-Pro" / Beck / Album: Guero (2005)
2005…
The year that Mother Rain exhilarated me, washed me clean, devastated my Sister City, and matched my tears. What a bitch.
Here’s what I was listening to:
1. Banquet - Bloc Party
2. A Pain That I’m Used To - Depeche Mode (Fletch, I see the microcosm in macro vision …but dammit! You’ll be missed 😩😢)
3. The Diver - stellastarr*
4. Let It Ride - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
5. An Honest Mistake - The Bravery
6. Robot Rock - Daft Punk
7. Sunny Road - Emiliana Torrini
8. Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron
9. On All Fours - Living Things
10. Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
HMs: Play - David Banner (a song about Starlight mints), Red Rain - The White Stripes. A sweet & salty pairing. Heard both of these songs live in Hotlanta in the summer of ‘05 and it was a grand ol’ time (even in the rain)
Hey Michelle - I lived in Woodstock , GA for a few years - Don't miss the humidity or the snakes in my backyard ! 🐍
@@davidellis5141 I enjoyed myself but was also glad when it was time leave LOL the rain made it bearable
@@brentjackson6839 Thanks for listening! Glad you dug Dirty Harry and The Bravery. Emiliana’s voice is so sweet, isn’t it? Ya know, maybe Play references Altoids, not Starlight Mints, the line about peppermint swirl must have thrown me off 😉 I’ll check out your list too.
I absolutely love "In State" from Kathleen Edward's great "Back To Me" album. It seems to be doing surprisingly well in the voting so far. Jason might just pull out an upset victory!
I maaaay try to do these for 2006 but loved loved loved Joe’s picks! Jason’s and Kram’s were solid too , never realized how strong of a year this was
Hope you do! ☺️
Nickelback were tolerable up through 2008 or so...I am very excited to hear you guys talk of how underrated Make Believe is. The Damage In Your Heart and pretty much the whole album is great.
WORST SONG OF THE YEAR
Gwen Stefani-Hollaback Girl
WILDCARD PICKS
Beck-Earthquake Weather
Nine Black Alps-Cosmopolitan
Flyleaf-So Sick
Thousand Foot Krutch-Move
Haste The Day-When Everything Falls
TOP 7
7 Three 6 Mafia-Stay Fly
6 Amerie-1 Thing
5 Gorillaz-Dare
4The Game-Hate It Or Love It
3 Jeezy-And Then What
2 Ciara-Oh
1 Kelly Clarkson-Behind These Hazel Eyes
Great great year, some of my favorite songs ever were released in 05
1. All the Wine - The National (I'm Swedish but this should be the US national anthem)
2. Wooly Mammoth's Absence - Mount Eerie (this might be the best complete song Phil has written)
3. Ever Rotating Sky - David Thomas Broughton (one of the most meditative songs I've heard)
4. Banshee Beat - Animal Collective (Kramz should've gone with this, it's a perfect driving song)
5. Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare) - Kent (swedish 7minute indie anthem)
I'm voting for Joe but Kram's pick was close.
Late posting which I will blame on the UK Charts website not behaving.
As I thought 2005 a fairly weak year for albums and the UK chart featured a few dire number 1s (e.g. Akon's Lonely, The Crazy Frog and You're Beautiful) I was surprised to come up with a long list of 58 songs this year. Alternative/indie rock dominates and I wouldn't disagree with anyone who claims that all of my top 10 songs fall in this category. However the likes of the Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Kelly Clarkson, Amelie, Jem, KT Tunstall and John Legend did manage to get a song each amongst my 58. Arcade Fire had 5 songs on the long list of which 2 make my top 10 whilst Elbow have 2 songs as they make my top 10 for the first time. Meanwhile, the Arctic Monkeys burst into the charts in a big way that I'm beginning to doubt we'll ever see again for a guitar-led band. Honourable mentions with more than 1 long list song but no top 10s go to Kings of Leon, Doves, (British) Sea Power, Gorillaz, Coldplay (3 songs) and The Magic Numbers.
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Wake up. Arcade Fire
I bet you look good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Banquet - Bloc Party
Forget Myself - Elbow
Leaders of the Free World. Elbow
Hard to Beat - Hard-Fi
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
Dakota - Stereophonics
My Doorbell - White Stripes
Having seen the video, each of the guys had one song from my long list - Jason with Honest Mistake, Kramzer with Speed of Sound and Joe with Gold Digger.
Nice pick Jason, never heard before, gets my vote. Shame it didn’t rock out a bit longer with the organ.
1. Blood Embrace-Bonnie Prince Billy/Matt Sweeney.
2. Dancing With Joey Ramone-Amy Rigby
3.The True Son-Nagisa Ni Te
4. Yellow Cotton Dress-Wussy
5. Entertain-Sleater-Kinney
6. Formed A Band-Art Brut
7. We Shot The World-The Ponys
8. Paradisio-Konono #1
9. School Of The Flower-Six Organs Of Admittance
10. I Found The E-Broadcast
11. There Is A Place-Silver Jews
12. Darlinghurst Nights-The Go-Betweens
13. Pisshole In The Snow-The Pernice Brothers
14. The Loud Roared The Sea-Jackie-O-Motherfucker
15. These Are The Fables-New Pornographers
16. Buffalo-The Ribeye Brothers
17. Two Brothers- Alasdair Roberts
18. The Eiger-Oneida
19. Flaming Telegraphs-Espers
20. Another Rousing Chorus You Idiots!!!-The Drones
21. Cathy Ann-Freakwater
22. Hard To Love A Man-Magnolia Electric Co.
23. Party's Over-Outrageous Cherry
24. Ugly Twin-Pissed Jeans
25. Live Your Myth In Grease-No Neck Blues Band
26. Trigger in, Trigger Out-Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno
27. Pattern Skies- The Greenhornes
28. Broadway (So Many People)-Low
29. Dying To Meet You-Julian Cope
30. Surging Out Of Convalescence-Half Man Half Biscuit
Kudos to Jason for picking Kathleen Edwards. It is interesting how she left the business to run a coffee shop, but is back. I love "Independent Thief"
These are some of my favourite songs of 2005: Beside You In Time by Nine Inch Nails, Wake Up by Arcade Fire, Doesn't Remind Me by Audioslave, Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold, Precious by Depeche Mode, Forgiven by Disturbed, No Wway Back by Foo Fighters, Revolution by Judas Priest, Millennium by Fear Factory, B.Y.O.B. by System Of A Down, Happy? by Mudvayne, Coming Undone by Korn, So She's Leaving by The Trews, Little Sister by Queens of the Stone Age (which was Released on the Lullabies to Paralyze album in 2005), The Dagger by Roadrunner United (featuring Robb Flynn of Machine Head and Howard Jones at the time of Killswitch Engage) and Frontlines by Soulfly.
Cheers to Kramzer for damning the torpedoes and choosing Beverly Hills!
Never heard any of the winner picks, so I went in with an open mind and shockingly In State was actually the only one of the 3 that made any impression on me. Maybe a huge upset for Jason here.
Wow, looking at everyone's lists I realize how this was the year I totally lost touch with newer music. Probably because that's when we had a son, but our local radio sucked too. Still like my list though.
1) "Fix You" - Coldplay
2) "Best of You" - Foo Fighters
3) "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stephani
4) "Boondocks" Little Big Town
5) "Question" - System of a Down
6) "Little Sister" - Queens of the Stone Age
7) "Devils and Dust" - Bruce Springsteen
8) "Blue Orchid" - White Stripes
9) "Get Him Back" - Fiona Apple
10) "Bandages and Scars" - Son Volt
Good choice - Get Him Back. That one sounds just off-kilter enough to make it scary and infectious at the same time.
I have to say, your best lists for quite a while, both on the Hot 100 lists and the Wildcards picks. I haven't heard Jason's winner so will have to check that one out before deciding on the winner, but I will say that Joe did pick an excellent song this year and while I love Animal Collective, the NIN song beats it to me.
Edit: I have now listened to the Kathleen Edwards song. It is a very good Americana song, just as Jason put it. I can't let it win against the NIN song, since I've known and loved that one for years, but Kathleen Edwards was a very positive experience so will definitely check out more by her.
Nice to see Josh Rouse get a mention on here. His 1972 album is badass. Also, Song For A Friend by Jason Mraz is a cool track from 2005.
HM - NIN - All the Love in the World, Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers, Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away, Rolling Stones - Oh No Not You Again, Arab Strap - No Hope For Us
5. Architecture in Helsinki - Wishbone (Hyperactive banging and blowing on everything that makes a sound, a band best taken in very small doses - then they are a lot of fun.)
4. Levellers - Last Man Alive (While the song sounds like everything else the band had released in the previous 15 years, it still is a very good song.)
3. Ladytron - International Dateline (Yes, I am always a bit ahead...The great Roxy Music song they named themselves after had that haunting oboe that they emulate here. That and the drive of the old classic. Destroy Everything You Touch and High Rise on the same album are almost as brilliant.)
2. Robert Plant - All the King's Horses (Less can sometimes be so much more.)
1. Go-Betweens - Finding You (Perfect.)
Roxanne, when you previewed earlier that you were picking a Go-Betweens song for this year, I was curious to see if we would line up on the same song. Of course, you did not disappoint!! It was only #2 for the year for me, but what a timeless song!! Great choice!
#24 in my list... But I love it. It's a loaded year
@@frangarcia7774 You know that I always cheat by omitting songs from my top 10 AOTYs, otherwise I would have ended up with Wussy's Yellow Cotton Dress...
same Ladytron picks but I have them as HMs b/c it is such a strong year
roller coaster - Sleater Kinney, blue orchid - White Stripes, merchants of soul - Spoon, sing me spanish techno - New Pornographers, crucifixion cruise - Hold Steady, mexican standoff - Elbow, check on it - Beyonce, single again - Fiery Furnaces, your thing is a drag - Sharon Jones, druganaut - Black Mountain
a few sames: s-k, fiery furnances
Great lists! 👍😎
I need a GIF of Jason's reaction when Kramzer picks Beverly Hills.
Charted Song :
Enya - Amarantine (#53 in UK)
Wildcards :
Stevens, Sufjan - Chicago (favorite song)
Brian Wilson - What I Really Want For Christmas
Box - Black Dog Here
Vashti Bunyan - Wayward
Judy Collins - Singing Lessons
The song « Tastes like music »:
Animal Collective - Did You See the Words
album by a ‘new’ act :
Stevens, Sufjan - Come on feel the Illinoise
Least favorite song :
50 Cent - Just A Lil Bit
Rogue Wave - Loves Lost Guarantee
New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
Editors - Blood
Stellastarr - Sweet Troubled Soul
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Beck - Girl
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
Idlewild - The Space Between All Things
Death Cab For Cutie - Crooked Teeth
The Strokes - Heart In A Cage
Hi Adam, Love Harmonies For The Haunted - I went with The Diver. Nice to see a song of theirs on your list ☺️
2005 I am so unaware of most songs this year. But here I go haphazardly guessing in what I consider a bad year. The worst so far. Songs I like and knew:
1 Girl - Beck
2 Thirteen - Elliot Smith via Alex Chilton. "Won't you tell your dad "Get off my back" / Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black / and I'll shake you ooh ooh". beautiful song.
3. In the Morning - The Coral . James Skelly, interesting singer and the band is best when it employs psychedelia. Hypnotic keyboards. Later would record "Put the Sun back" a song that is nothing less than stunning with great vocals and guitar imo.
Most songs in my HM I sampled from TLM or TLM albums or singles. Just some that were pretty decent:
Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket
It Beats for You - My Morning Jacket
Mr November - The Nationals.
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Celtic New Year - Van Morrison
Here for You or It's a Dream (from Prairie Wind) - Neil Young (I knew these two beforehand)
Speed of Sound - Coldplay (knew)
The Ocean - Richard Hawley . Ethereal
We All Lose One Another - Jason Collett
Precious - Depeche Mode
Little Sister - Queens Of The Stone Age .
I Summon You - Spoon
Casimir Pulaski Day Sufjan Stevens. Lead singer sounds like Paul Simon
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 (knew)
Jason I'll definitely check the song, actually all the songs as I don't know most of them haha
Agreed, one of the best album years in a long time.
The Bleeding Heart Show : The New Pornographers
Chicago : Sufjan Stevens
Airborne : Wussy
The Beast And Dragon, Adored : Spoon
Shelter from the Sand : Akercocke
Nocturn : Kate Bush
Going Up : Coil
Blindness : The Fall
Dayvan Cowboy : Boards of Canada
Shark Fin Blues : Drones
HM
Sunshowers : M.I.A.
The Heaviest Matter of the Universe : Gojira
Night : Z-Ro
Suitcase : Electrelane
Darlinghurst Nights : The Go-Betweens
Broadway (So Many People) : Low
At First Light : Bolt Thrower
Tales of Endurance (Parts 4, 5 & 6) : Supergrass
Nothing to Give : Cunninlynguists
Glósóli : Sigur Rós
Hope There's Someone : Antony and the Johnsons
Nice picks. I agree with Joe about Hand that Feeds, though the album it's taken from is weak as piss. Suffer Well - another great song from a weak album, and written by Dave Gahan not Martin Gore! (RIP Andy Fletcher) M83 are one of my favourite bands but I struggle with their first album. Some Cities by the Doves is a top ten album for me and conspicuous by its absence here. But surely, overall, and as Kramzer's picks indicate, 2005 was the year of Hot Fuss. It was everywhere, and for good reason.
Black and White Town was my number 6. - Joe
OMG Jason, I just checked out Kathleen Edwards live Austin City Limits 2005, wow what a talent man what a talent. I had no idea who she was before. Thanks so much Jason. Love Kathleen, love it!!
Edit. Live at Bonnaroo 2012 now and she’s on the fiddle/ violin so great. Love her fk!!!
Edit: and omg Colin Cripps fk me, what a great player. Perfectly complements her.
Not a strong year for the Billboard Hot 100, but here's what I found.
5. You and Me-Lifehouse
4. True- Ryan Cabrera
3. Let Me Love You- Mario
2. Because of You-Kelly Clarkson
1. Don't Forget About Us- Mariah Carey
Wild Cards- a few Honorable Mentions- Closer To You-Liz Phair, Jenny Wren-Paul McCartney, I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas-Aimee Mann, Leah-Bruce Springsteen, Darlinghurst Nights-Go Betweens, At the Mercy-Paul McCartney
5. Boundry Rider- Go Betweens
4. Soul Meets Body- Death Cab For Cutie
3. English Tea-Paul McCartney
2. Finding You- Go Betweens
1. See Below
Worst Song- My Humps- Black Eyed Peas- Way dumb lyrics married to a pedestrian beat. It's real bad.
Song of the Year- Nine Million Bicycles- Katie Melua- It's lovely singing that has always made me feel content when hearing it.
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua, it made my wildcards but did not get SOTY though it was very close between my favourite three, I get the same vibes as you... 'Engish Tea' is a great pick....
05' is not quite 04 or 03 but still real solid;
Blue Orchid-The White Stripes
Casimir Pulaski Day-Sufjan Stevens
Catch a Collapsing Star-Mendoza Line
Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night-Hold Steady
Daft Punk is Playing at My House-LCD Soundsystem
Gideon-My Morning Jacket
Glory of True Love-John Prine
Hornets! Hornets!-Hold Steady
L'Via L'Viaquez-Mars Volta
Losing My Edge-LCD Soundsystem
Morning Train-John Prine
My Mathematical Mind-Spoon
Mysterious in Black-Mendoza Line
O'Malley,Former Underdog-Deerhoof
Shine it All Around-Robert Plant
Sing Me Spanish Techno-My Morning Jacket
The Beast and Dragon,Adored-Spoon
The Engine Driver-The Decemberists
You or Your Memory-Mountain Goats
Top 5)
5)Off the Record-My Morning Jacket(this has a real insistent riff and sounds so breezy and chill with an interesting breakdown. Ultimately a song about cheating,I think)
4)Twin Cinema-New Pornographers(don't really get this,but love the call and response vocals and up beat nature of this)
3)Wrong Time Capsule-Deerhoof(this band is NOT a modern day Beefheart with Yoko singing. This is incredibly catchy with a killer riff)
2)Darlinghurst Nights-The Go Betweens(another slow burn with a catchy riff,some nice horns in the outro. )
1)Stevie Nix-Hold Steady(this is irreverent rock n roll and super funny,the run of quotable lyrics in this is endless. "and you came into the ER drinking gin from a jam jar,and the ,nurse is making jokes about the ER being like an after bar",urban legends of Rod Stewart and the stomach pump etc. Oh to be 33 forever.)
THS have outstanding lyrics