The 2000s: Music, part 2. (single tracks, and top albums)

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TRACKS OF THE DECADE:

(if i wrote for a music magazine that shared my music taste. trying to be objective. based on popular appeal, critical appeal, how influential a song is, how indicative a song is of the general trends in music during the decade, what the 2000s will likely be remembered for, and for GENERAL AWESOMENESS.... etc.)

30. "Heartbeats" - The Knife
29. "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
28. "Chicago" - Sufjan Stevens
27. "Clocks" - Coldplay
26. "Love Story" - Taylor Swift
25. "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
24. "B.O.B." - Outkast
23. "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
22. "Maps" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
21. "Toxic" - Britney Spears
20. "My Girls" - Animal Collective


19. "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers
18. "A Milli" - Lil Wayne
17. "Rehab" - Amy Winehouse
16. "1 2 3 4" - Feist
15. "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
14. "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West
13. "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
12. "Last Nite" - The Strokes
11. "Wake Up" - Arcade Fire
10. "My Love" - Justin Timberlake, feat. T.I.
9. "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
8. "Umbrella" - Rihanna, feat. Jay-Z
7. "New Slang" - The Shins
6. "Crazy In Love" - Beyonce
5. "Such Great Heights" - Postal Service
4."Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
3. "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" - Jay-Z
2. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
1. "Hey Ya!" - Outkast

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PERSONAL FAVORITE TRACKS OF THE DECADE:

(subjective)

20. "A Wolf At the Door (It. Girl Rag Doll)" - Radiohead
19. "Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks" - Los Campesinos!
18. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" - Arcade Fire
17. "Bleak" - Opeth
16. "Til I Collapse" - Eminem
15. "Fell In Love With a Girl" - The White Stripes
14. "My Heart" - Paramore
13. "A Praise Chorus" - Jimmy Eat World
12. "Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)" - The Decemberists
11. "Thats What You Get" - Paramore
10. "Jesus of Suburbia" - Green Day
9. "Trains" - Porcupine Tree
8. "Dance Dance Christa Paffgen" - Anberlin
7. "Sleep" - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
6. "My Girls" - Animal Collective
5. "Family Business" - Kanye West
4 "Your Hand In Mine" - Explosions in the Sky
3. "Storm" - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
2. "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" - Underoath
1. "Everything" - Lifehouse

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MUSIC ALBUMS OF THE DECADE:

(again, this is the list i submit if I wrote for a music magazine. attempt to be objective)

20. In Rainbows - Radiohead
19. Relationship of Command - At The Drive In
18. Hot Fuss - The Killers
17. Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
16. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast
15. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
14. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
13. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
12. Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
11. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
10. Funeral - Arcade Fire
9. Future Sex/Love Sounds - Justin Timberlake
8. Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
7. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
6. College Dropout - Kanye West
5. Discovery - Daft Punk
4. Stankonia - Outkast
3. Is This It - The Strokes
2. The Blueprint - Jay Z
1. Kid A - Radiohead

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Decade will be remembered for:

- Rise of electronic forms of creating music (Autotune and synths)
- Rise of electronic music (Daft Punk, Justice, Animal Collective, The Knife)
- Pop music shifting from bubblegum pop towards "clubbing" music (see: Britney Spears' change in music style)
- Some 60s/70s rock revival (The Strokes, The White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers.) Otherwise, a pretty stagnant scene on the mainstream rock front ( i won't say "mainstream rock is dead!"... but the sentiment is close.)
- MP3's heyday
- Loudness wars and the deterioration of high fidelity
- First time artists release albums themselves, without a label. Expansion of the ability of distribution of music.
- Not as much "definitive" music from this decade as decades past. Because of the popularity of the internet in exploring music, people are listening to a lot more different stuff than the past. In the past, most people listened to the radio; there really weren't much options beyond that. Today, you can basically explore anything you want. Thus, a lessening of a consensus of "definitive" music of the decade.

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all of this could be revised, if i think of anything.