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Roger’s Top 100 Tunes of 2009: Part 6
41. Pearl Jam – Just Breathe
42. Shinedown – If You Only Knew
43. Taylor Swift – Fifteen
44. T.I. f/ Justin Timberlake – Dead ‘N Gone
45. Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
46. David Guetta f/ Akon – Sexy Bitch
47. The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
48. The Script – Breakeven
49. Lady GaGa – Poker Face
50. Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Another fairly well balanced set here which starts off with arguably two of the biggest pop songs of the decade.
Beyonce and
Lady GaGa, who currently have a smoking jam out right now in “Telephone”, both see the first of their singles make it on board with Bey having one to go and GaGa with two more. Although ubiquitous, I feel the tracks of theirs I placed higher than these two mega-hits deserve it. On the other end near the top 40 we’ve got
Pearl Jam and
Shinedown, who both scored their first “true” big hits on my personal chart this year. “Just Breathe” probably would have made it even higher had I heard it earlier in the year. “Backspacer” will do well on my ’09 albums list as well. One could say
Taylor Swift had as good a year as anyone ever could and here she is with her first of two in the coming of age tale about not losing your virginity to some douche bag, “Fifteen”. All fairness though, her songwriting is excellent.
T.I. shows up with his JT-driven hit and we’ve also got
Michael Buble whose new album “Crazy Love” has been a monster seller this Holiday season. “Haven’t Met You Yet” is a smooth original track from Buble and shows what his vocal chops are made of, especially when accompanied by a full piece band.
David Guetta makes it two out of two with his biggest hit ever in “Sexy Bitch”.
The Airborne Toxic Event were one of the year’s most pleasant surprise successes as their track chugged along the upper rungs of Alternative radio, earning new believers with every live performance of the track. I will never forget that Letterman performance, unreal!
Roger’s Top 100 Tunes of 2009: Part 7
31. Cobra Starship f/ Leighton Meester – Good Girls Go Bad
32. Beyonce – Halo
33. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
34. La Roux – Bulletproof
35. Paramore – Brick By Boring Brick
36. Silversun Pickups – Substitution
37. Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
38. Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
39. John Mayer – Who Says
40. Britney Spears – 3
Not much to say about
Cobra Starship. They were lucky to score one hell of a catchy chorus and one hell of a sexy cameo from the delicious Leighton Meester. The track actually spent 4 weeks at #1 on my personal chart and thinking about it now, I couldn’t tell you why. Thus, it’s #31 showing.
Beyonce ends her ’09 campaign with a very strong showing for “Halo”, her most involved and conscious ballad to date. Terrific vocals, grammy worthy.
Black Eyed Peas begin their ’09 march with two of their three gi-normous singles from the year. It’s quite obvious what the other track is and that it will be much higher. “The E.N.D.” is a rock solid party album that was clearly and brilliantly influenced by Will’s love for the club.
La Roux shows up for a one-off appearance with the synthetic brilliance of “Bulletproof” – a track that was unsurprisingly ignored in the U.S. but embraced in Canada.
Paramore have another strong year just like in ’08 and appear with their first of two. Hayley continues to slay the vocals and the songwriting is tighter and more coherent than ever. “Brand New Eyes” is going to do very well on my albums ’09 list.
Silversun Pickups surprised me this year with not one, but two, exceptional tracks off their new album “Swoon”. “Substitution” has a killer riff at the end and a magestic melancholy vibe to it. Their other big track from this year is much later to come.
Weezer dropped another half dud of an album which was spared by an exceptional lead single, the uber-catchy and refreshingly pop rock, “I Want You To”.
John Mayer put out a career threatening lead single in “Who Says”, dismissing his female fans yearning for a love soaked track in favor of getting high and doing whatever the **** he wants. Good on you Johnny. “Battle Studies” was far and away one of my favorite albums of the year. And finally, how do you have a Roger’s year-end without a little
Britney Spears. “3” was the only redemption from the brutally marketed “Singles Collection” that is only forgotten due to the otherwise sensational year that Spears had. All things “Circus” comes a bit later on, with two more Britney tracks on the way.
Top 30, already? Probably not until the new Year, I’m afraid.