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I never meant to be sooooooooo COLD and leave you guys hangin..but in all honesty I was 1) lazy and 2) couldn't decide the final order for these top 3 videos!
#03. "Steady, As She Goes" by the Raconteurs Easily one of my favorite videos of the year. I could be completely wrong and I probably am, but I think it's loosely based off the popular sitcom and 90s movie the Little Rascals. And if it is then wooo Buckwheat. Pretty much the video is one of the Raconteurs sabotaging the other three members in a downhill soapbox derby race. Jack White and the White Stripes made the top twenty last year, but it took more than his sister/lover (hmmm hmmmm) to get a top 3 video. Steady As She Goes is undoubtedly one of the catchiest, free-spirited tracks of the year and the drumming is as well done as the steak I like.
Previous #3s: 2003 ("Stupid Girl" by Cold); 2004 ("Megalomaniac" by Incubus); 2005 ("She Says" by unwritten law)
#02. "The Adventure" by Angels and Airwaves When Chris Cornell left Soundgarden and joined Audioslave, I liked the new band. Same thing with Scott Weiland and Velvet Revolver....well sort of. As you can see, I usually like the new bands formed by members of old bands. And Angels and Airwaves is definitely the same. Going in a whole different direction then Blink, Angels and Airwaves offered us something very fresh and very new. Although most people see the band as a joke today, I still think their CD reigns supreme as one of the years best. "The Adventure" is like what Oedipus and the Aeniad (spelling? haha) were to literature: epics. The song is around 5 minutes long (I think) and every millisecond of it is important. Especially the amazing beginning. I fought to put this at #1 but there's just one song that eclipsed it by a slight margin. Can you guess?
Previous #2s: 2003 ("Oh Ellin!" by Gob); 2004 ("We're All to Blame" by Sum 41); 2005 ("We Are All on Drugs" by Weezer)
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