Are we picking songs from this decade or ANY song?
Because I see people saying stuff like The times are changing and then I see other people arguing over whether or not Ooops I did it again was released in this decade.
Are we picking songs from this decade or ANY song?
Because I see people saying stuff like The times are changing and then I see other people arguing over whether or not Ooops I did it again was released in this decade.
I think it's supposed to be this decade, but that song is still relevant so I said it.
Also I hated Bob Dylan until just recently I bought a couple albums and goddamn that guy can write songs.
If we're including songs not released this decade, it's a tie between "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. and "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.
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Are we picking songs from this decade or ANY song?
Because I see people saying stuff like The times are changing and then I see other people arguing over whether or not Ooops I did it again was released in this decade.
I think it's supposed to be this decade, but that song is still relevant so I said it.
Also I hated Bob Dylan until just recently I bought a couple albums and goddamn that guy can write songs.
Yeah, I like Bob Dylan songs when they're performed by anyone else, really.
Also I hated Bob Dylan until just recently I bought a couple albums and goddamn that guy can write songs.
Which is why almost all the covers of his songs by more talented musicians and singers are almost always better.
As a big Dylan fan, I have to completely agree with this, at least with his early stuff. I think with his more recent work, he's made more of an effort to not sound like a cat in heat.
It showcases how far production technology has come, enabling even the most throwaway bubblegum to have a depth to its sheen that just didn't exist before.
The hook is pretty much language and culture neutral. The way she says ella makes it sound like something that could be in any language.
But mostly it's her delivery. The detachment and playfulness pretty much encapsulates what I like to call the campy cynicism of this decade. The way she sings it is almost like her slapping you in the face with the insincerity of pop while remaining jubilant about it.
I don't want to get to meta about it, but compare her version to hilary duff's cover, where it's sung the way it was intended, the way these songs are intended to be sung, charged with affection and emotion and sincerity.
It sounds completely forgettable that way.
Rihanna made insincerity sincere, and thats pretty 2000's, isn't it?
The artist that best represents the decade is Weird Al, because the 2ks were all about building up pop culture icons and then tearing them down. Yes, people have done that in the past, but it became almost a streamlined process this decade, and more people than ever got their entertainment from ripping on pop culture rather than the pop culture itself (which ironically made the riffing part of our pop culture).
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Like Toy Soldiers? The song about his confusing beef with some has-been from The Source? From the album that featured "Ass Like That"? Not Stan, or The Way I Am, or Lose Yourself, or Kill You, or shit, even The Real Slim Shady? You're gonna have to explain that one to me.
Like Toy Soldiers? The song about his confusing beef with some has-been from The Source? From the album that featured "Ass Like That"? Not Stan, or The Way I Am, or Lose Yourself, or Kill You, or shit, even The Real Slim Shady? You're gonna have to explain that one to me.
It's easily analogized into an anti-war, anti-US foreign policy, without being as blatant as say, Mosh. The same mentality that creates hip-hop beef was highly prevalent in the US this decade. I'll always take my hip-hop with metaphors instead of blunt statements, I think it makes for better wordplay.
This is probably the best proposal. This decade has seen satire come into a prominance which it hasn't had in a long time. The only alternative I can think of is this.
I suppose this better captures modern copyright law, though.
Seriously though, I think it's Kanye. I'm listening to college dropout again right now, and it hits a mix of contrived social consciousness and commercialism that just seems to fit this decade perfectly
A Green Day/Kanye combination rap/punk rock single will be the song that heralds the end of the world.
in hindsight I am amazed this didn't manage to happen
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USB hookup like an I.V
now we feedin through a Youtube
True Dude, all the shit's that new new is doo doo
step up to MySpace, get smacked in your Facebook
hey look, they crooks, sales down, they shook
charge alot, give alittle, call them ring tones
streaming a new revenue, and everybody sings along
This is a song that basically tells us that we need to /kill/ our leaders, which has been a big issue this decade in almost every country. It also emphasizes the issue with soldiers and wars. It really describes topics that have been really central to our society this past decade: lack of faith in our leadership and war protesting.
This song is about the inward corruption that our society faces. Our obsession with material goods and rappers' obsession with bling and gold. Both of these songs define this decade to me, a decade of moral decline.
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Dont even think it.
I think 99% of people who listened to/liked that song had no fucking idea what it was about. Lethargy ftw!!
I'd go further and add B.Y.O.B by System of a Down and Capital G by Nine Inch Nails to that list.
I never finish anyth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N31oFeinFY
this is beginning to feel like the dawn of the luz of forever
Because I see people saying stuff like The times are changing and then I see other people arguing over whether or not Ooops I did it again was released in this decade.
I think it's supposed to be this decade, but that song is still relevant so I said it.
Also I hated Bob Dylan until just recently I bought a couple albums and goddamn that guy can write songs.
Yes I'm aware of that. It still describes this decade well.
Yeah, I like Bob Dylan songs when they're performed by anyone else, really.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA
When youngins in the future ask me what the 00s were like, I'm going to play them this song. And Hey Ya!
And they will be confused.
It showcases how far production technology has come, enabling even the most throwaway bubblegum to have a depth to its sheen that just didn't exist before.
The hook is pretty much language and culture neutral. The way she says ella makes it sound like something that could be in any language.
But mostly it's her delivery. The detachment and playfulness pretty much encapsulates what I like to call the campy cynicism of this decade. The way she sings it is almost like her slapping you in the face with the insincerity of pop while remaining jubilant about it.
I don't want to get to meta about it, but compare her version to hilary duff's cover, where it's sung the way it was intended, the way these songs are intended to be sung, charged with affection and emotion and sincerity.
It sounds completely forgettable that way.
Rihanna made insincerity sincere, and thats pretty 2000's, isn't it?
Social commentary, using Randy Savage as a verb, references to The Big Lebowski? This ones got my vote.
Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
It's easily analogized into an anti-war, anti-US foreign policy, without being as blatant as say, Mosh. The same mentality that creates hip-hop beef was highly prevalent in the US this decade. I'll always take my hip-hop with metaphors instead of blunt statements, I think it makes for better wordplay.
This is probably the best proposal. This decade has seen satire come into a prominance which it hasn't had in a long time. The only alternative I can think of is this.
I suppose this better captures modern copyright law, though.
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the birth of auto-tune
Goddamn you Cher.
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kjL2KKil20
It really is American idiot though regardless of your opinion of the band or album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pEMUZa4ftY
This is a song that basically tells us that we need to /kill/ our leaders, which has been a big issue this decade in almost every country. It also emphasizes the issue with soldiers and wars. It really describes topics that have been really central to our society this past decade: lack of faith in our leadership and war protesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77QsbRuslKw
This song is about the inward corruption that our society faces. Our obsession with material goods and rappers' obsession with bling and gold. Both of these songs define this decade to me, a decade of moral decline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
This decade has been nothing but high expectations followed by disappointment that seems like a horribly unfunny punchline.
Yeah I thought about linking basically all of revolutionary vol. 2, but things didn't really turn out that way
Lupe has really killed it this decade, but I don't know if he's actually been that big a deal outside of hip hop circles.
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget