Previously: Top 50 Subterranean + Top 20 HBB videos of 2009 + Top 15 106 and Park
Top 50 Subterranean
65 Dead Confederate "The Rat"
64 Cage “I Never Knew You”
63 Blitzen Trapper "Furr"
62 Weezer "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To"
61 The Saturday Knights "Count It Off"
60 Manchester Orchestra "100 Dollars"
59 Atmosphere "Your Glass House"
58 Meiko "Boys With Girlfriends"
57 Anya Marina "Move You"
56 Ladyhawke "My Delirium"
55 Vampire Weekend "Cousins"
54 M83 "Kim And Jessie"
53 Fleet Foxes "Mykonos"
52 The Dear Hunter "The Church And The Dime"
51 The Raconteurs "Old Enough"
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50 The Bravery "Slow Poison"
49 Miike Snow "Animal"
48 Tegan and Sara "Hell"
47 Tiga "Shoes"
46 The Dead Mother "Treat Me Like Your Mother"
45 White Rabbits "Percussion Gun"
44 The Von Bondies "Pale Bride"
43 Audrye Sessions "Turn Me Off"
42 The Big Pink "Dominos"
41 Wolfmother "New Moon Rising"
40 Of Montreal "An Eluardian Instance"
39 Jay Reatard "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"
38 Razorlight "Wire To Wire"
37 Chairlift "Bruises"
36 Anya Marina "All The Same To Me"
35 MGMT "Kids"
34 Death Cab For Cutie "Grapevine Fires"
33 Department Of Eagles "No One Does It Like You"
32 Friendly Fires "Skeleton Boy"
31 Chairlift "Evident Utensil"
30 Arctic Monkeys "Crying Lightning"
29 The Duke Spirit "Sunken Treasure"
28 Ida Maria "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked"
27 Matt and Kim "Daylight"
26 Santigold "Lights Out"
25 Depeche Mode "Wrong"
24 White Lies "To Lose My Life"
23 Death Cab For Cutie "Little Bribes"
22 Passion Pit "The Reeling"
21 Underoath "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear"
20 Peter, Bjorn, and John "Nothing To Worry About"
19 Silversun Pickups "Substitution"
18 Morningwood "Best Of Me"
17 Jet "She's A Genius"
16 Band Of Skulls "I Know What I Am"
15 Bat For Lashes "Daniel"
14 Flosstradamus/Caroline Polachek "Big Bills"
13 La Roux "Bulletproof"
12 Matt and Kim "Lessons Learned"
11 Phoenix "1901"
10 The Gaslight Anthem "Great Expectations"
9 Owl City "Fireflies"
8 Cage The Elephant "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"
7 Franz Ferdinand "No You Girls"
6 Metric "Help, I'm Alive"
5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Zero"
4 Cage The Elephant "Back Against The Wall"
3 Franz Ferdinand "Ulysses"
2 Manchester Orchestra "I've Got Friends"
1 Silversun Pickups "Panic Switch"
Top 20 HBB videos of 2009
24 Five Finger Death Punch "The Bleeding"
23 Static X "Stingwray"
22 Lacuna Coil "Spellbound"
21 Hatebreed "Ghosts Of War"
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20 In This Moment "Call Me"
19 Mastodon "Divinations"
18 Hatebreed "In Ashes They Shall Reap"
17 Black Tide "Warriors of Time"
16 All That Remains "Two Weeks"
15 Drowning Pool "Shame"
14 Burn Halo "Dirty Little Girl"
13 Escape The Fate "10 Miles Wide"
12 Mastodon "Oblivion"
11 Hatebreed "Thirsty and Miserable"
10 Killswitch Engage "Starting Over"
9 Otep "Smash The Control Machine"
8 All That Remains "Forever In Your Hands"
7 Halestorm "I Get Off"
6 Slipknot "Sulfur"
5 Janus "Eyesore"
4 Marilyn Manson "Arma-goddamn-mother****in-geddon"
3 Slipknot "Dead Memories"
2 Metallica "The Day That Never Comes"
1 Metallica "All Nightmare Long"
Top 15 106 and Park
15 Ciara/Justin Timberlake "Love Sex Magic"
14 Beyoncé/Kanye West "Ego (Remix)"
13 Alicia Keys "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart"
12 Beyoncé/Lady Gaga "Video Phone"
11 Mariah Carey "Obsessed"
10 Whitney Houston "Million Dollar Bill"
9 Alicia Keys "Doesn't Mean Anything"
8 Jay-Z/Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"
7 Beyoncé "Sweet Dreams"
6 T.I/Justin Timberlake "Dead and Gone"
5 Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)"
4 Eminem "Beautiful"
3 Jay-Z/Rihanna/Kanye West "Run This Town"
2 Beyoncé "Halo"
1 Eminem "We Made You"
40 Worst Songs of 2009
CCs: 50 Yung L.A./T.I./Young Dro "Ain't I"
49 Chris Cornell "Scream"
48 Jennifer Hudson "If This Isn't Love"
47 Jonas Brothers "Tonight"
46 Miley Cyrus "The Climb" (So OVERPLAYED)
45 Britney Spears "If U Seek Amy"
44 Young Money "Every Girl"
43 Mishon "Just A Kiss"
42 Drake/Kanye West/Lil Wayne/Eminem "Forever"
41 Drake/Trey Songz "Successful"
- Top 40 -
40 Ron Browz "Jumping Out The Window"
39 Maino/T-Pain "All The Above"
38 Ester Dean/Chris Brown "Drop It Low"
37 Birdman/Lil Wayne/Mack Maine "Always Strapped"
36 50 Cent/Ne-Yo "Baby By Me"
35 Britney Spears "Womanizer"
34 Fast Life Yungstaz (F.L.Y.) "Swag Surfin'"
33 Mullage "Trick'n"
32 Fabolous/The Dream "Throw It In the Bag"
31 Trey Songz "I Need a Girl"
30 Birdman/Drake/Lil Wayne "Money To Blow"
29 Dorrough "Walk That Walk"
28 Chris Brown "Crawl"
27 Britney Spears "Circus"
26 Drake "Best I Ever Had"
25 Dorrough "Ice Cream Paint Job"
24 Lil' Boosie/Webbie/Young Jeezy "Better Believe It"
23 Jonas Brothers "Paranoid"
22 Busta Rhymes/Ron Browz "Arab Money"
21 Young Jeezy "My President"
20 Keri Hilson/Kanye West/Ne-Yo "Knock You Down"
19 Sean Kingston "Face Drop"
18 B-Hamp "Do the Ricky Bobby"
17 Jeremih "Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)"
16 Hurricane Chris "Halle Berry"
15 Flo Rida/Ke$ha "Right Round"
14 Sean Kingston "Fire Burning"
13 The-Dream "Rockin' That Thang"
12 Soulja Boy/Sammie "Kiss Me Through the Phone"
11 Justin Bieber "One Less Lonely Girl"
10 Iyaz "Replay"
9 Jamie Foxx/T-Pain "Blame It"
8 Jason DeRulo "Whatcha Say"
7 Jerermih "Birthday Sex"
6 Jay Sean/Lil Wayne "Down"
5 Britney Spears "3"
4 Ke$ha "TiK ToK"
3 New Boyz "You're A Jerk"
2 GS Boyz "Stanky Legg"
1 Justin Bieber "One Time"
Last Year
50 Busta Rhymes "Don't Touch Me Now (Throw Dem Under Da Water)"
49 Ray J "Gifts"
48 Solange "Sandcastle Disco"
47 Mary J. Blige "Stay Down"
46 Keyshia Cole/Tupac "Playa Cardz Right"
45 Rihanna "Take A Bow"
44 Nelly/Akon/Ashanti "Body On Me"
43 Plies/Ne-Yo "Bust it Baby (Pt. 2)"
42 Lady Gaga/Colby O'Donis "Just Dance"
41 Mariah Carey "Touch My Body"
40 Jim Jones/Juelz Santana/Ron Browz "Pop Champagne"
39 Kidz In The Hall/Estelle "Love Hangover"
38 DJ Khaled/Kanye West/T-Pain "Go Hard"
37 Rick Ross/Nelly "Here I Am"
36 VIC "Wobble"
35 Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
34 Akon/Young Jeezy/Lil' Wayne "I'm So Paid"
33 Ace Hood/Trey Songz "Ride"
32 50 Cent "Get Up"
31 T-Pain/Ludacris "Chopped and Screwed"
30 Soulja Boy "Soulja Girl"
29 Lil Wayne/Bobby Valentino "Mrs. Officer"
28 Danity Kane/Missy Elliott "Bad Girl"
27 Britney Spears "Break The Ice"
26 T-Pain/Lil Wayne "Can't Believe It"
25 Jennifer Hudson "Spotlight"
24 Jonas Brothers "Burning Up"
23 Britney Spears "Circus"
22 Three 6 Mafia/Project Pat/Young D/Superpower "Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)"
21 Sean Kingston "Take You There"
20 Bow Wow/Soulja Boy "Marco Polo"
19 Flo Rida/Timbaland "Elevator"
18 Sean Kingston/The DEY/Juelz Santana "There's Nothing"
17 UNK "Show Out"
16 Danity Kane "Damaged"
15 Jonas Brothers "Lovebug"
14 Lil Wayne "A Milli"
13 Solange "I Decided"
12 Lil Wayne/T-Pain/Mack Maine "Got Money"
11 Soulja Boy "Birdwalk"
10 Jonas Brothers "When You Look Me In The Eyes"
9 Ray J. "Sexy Can I"
8 Flo Rida/will.i.am "In The Ayer"
7 Erykah Badu "Honey"
6 Estelle/Kanye West "American Boy"
5 Britney Spears "Womanizer"
4 Lenka "The Show"
3 Flo Rida/T-Pain "Low"
2 VIC/Soulja Boy "Get Silly"
1 Lil Wayne/Static Major "Lollipop"
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Good and Bad about the music networks
Best about MTV/MTV2/Fuse/VH1/BET
HM | MTV2: Debuting
MTV2 Legit.
10 CMT: Debuting
The World's Strictest Parents (though the parents can get WAY overboard).
9 MTV:
It's On with Alexa Chung debuts.
8 Fuse: Went back to mostly music and music-related shows.
7 VH1: SafetySuit and Shinedown crushing
VH1 Top 20.
6 MTV: Switching to all-MJ mode promptly after his death.
5 Fuse: Each genre has their own show (
Hip Hop Shop, Distortion, Let It Rock, The Pop Show)
4 Fuse: Countdowns went back to being unhosted.
3 All music networks except CMT/GAC/GMC: Michael Jackson tributes.
2 MTV: FINALLY Fire the incompetent hack John Norris from MTV News.
1 VH1: Jim Shearer replaces Allison Becker to host VH1 Top 20.
Worst about MTV/MTV2/Fuse/VH1/BET
HM | Gospel Music Channel: Becoming like MTV, except with Family-Friendly shows.
MTV2/MTV:
Airing South Park and
Grounded For Life.
CMT: Lance Smith departs as
Top 20 Countdown host.
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10 VH1:
Top 20 becoming more rigged/predictable.
9 CMT: Reality TV takeover continues.
8 BET:
Notarized accidentally includes 2008 songs.
7 BET: Abruptly ending the 06.25.2009 episode of
106 and Park after the #7 video to MJ's death news, causing Keri Hilson's
Knock You Down to retire at 58* days, instead of 59 or 60. The stats for that day were nullified.
6 MTV: NOT even bothering to play music for 2+ month before
AMTV arrived.
5 Fuse: Selecting Toure as host of Fuse Top 40 of 2009, when it should've been Mistress Juliya or Steven (the channel's two biggest names).
4 VH1: AAR-
Gives You Hell denied
official 20/20 Club membership, and week resetting fiasco occurs.
3 VH1:
VH1 Top 40 of 09 had too many glaring snubs, omitting
Lucky (Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat),
Come Back To Me (David Cook),
Stay (SafetySuit),
Gotta Be Somebody (Nickelback) etc...
2 Fuse: Allowing Britney's fans to rig the surveys screwing Paramore and Papa Roach out of #1 on the
Fuse Top 40 of 2009.
1 VH1: Screwing over too many good songs in 2009 (ex. 3DD, Coldplay, U2, DMB, Collective Soul, etc...) and snubbed Kate Voegele, The Offspring-KAYDOK, The Veronicas-Untouched, Dashboard Confessional, and countless others. Also, they had the audacity to add Jay Sean, 50 Cent, Jason DeRulo, and Jamie Foxx, signaling that VH1 became Top 40-light and abandoned its Modern AC/AAA-leaning roots (NOT allowing Ingrid, David Gray, DMB on at least the CCs is an example(. For the love of Christ, VH1 BETTER go back to being a Modern AC station, and not an MTV copycat. VH1 should be ****ing the chickens for messing the channel up.
Last Year
Best about MTV/MTV2/Fuse/VH1/BET
HM| MTV/BET: Election coverage.
10 CMT:
Top 20 countdown getting a lot better now. (Will 2009 be another Carrie vs. Taylor year? most likely, although Toby Keith, Sugarland, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, and even Julianne Hough may have something to say.)
9 BET: Rocsi not fired for their alleged fight over the summer. (Both hosts had one week vacations; Terrence was on his when I first the did
106 recaps in a fill-in capacity [Now regular recapper of 106]. Both hosts are now at peace, but Terrence J is the instigator of the whole drama and thus should be fired.)
8 MTV: Honored
Yo! MTV Raps' 20th anniversary.
7 MTV: MTV News changed its graphics back in January.
6 Fuse: Cancelling
PODO and
Daddy's Spoiled Little Girl
5 Fuse:
Redemption Song's debut (Mixi won)
4 MTV2: Graphics re-launch back in June.
3 Fuse: Returning "Mistress" Juilya Chernetsky
2 VH1: Top 40 of 2008 (better than last year)
1 MTV: Cancelling that ****** excuse of a show called
Total/Top Charts (and)
Rap/Ringtones/Rigged Live (I am glad that
TRL is cancelled. To me, it declined ever since the format change and Pak stopped doing the news on MTV)
Worst about MTV/MTV2/Fuse/VH1/BET
HM| MTV: MTV News still hasn't fired John "Asshole Pawn of Satan" Norris. Also, Kurt Loder is being less and less.
10 BET: Cancelling
Rap City, the channel's then-longest tenured show. As a result,
106 and Rigged Park has sometimes went to 2 hours. (Which they should show the whole ****ing videos, not cut in to some useless banter [esp. from Terrence] and guests.
9 MTV: Canceling
TRL, but MTV did someting right by celebrating
TRL's finale and letting all the people who made the show famous (Carson, Brit, BSB, Hilarie, etc...) on one last time.
8 MTV2: Shortened
HBB from 2 hours to 1, effective 07.05.08.
7 Fuse: Cancelling
The Sauce.
6 MTV: Debuting
FNMTV and getting rid of
The Big 10, Sucker Free, and Music Videos. (That farce of **** show doesn't play the damn full video)
5 Fuse: Messing with the countdowns (it went from all guaranteed to be played in full to just like TRL, w/segments-- mainly b/c of The Sauce's cancellation.)
4 Fuse: Top 40 of 2008 scam (Lil Wayne #1)
3 VH1: Cuts back
Nocturnal State from 2 hours to 1 (means less rock videos from the likes of The National, The Duke Sprit, and the like...)
2 Fuse: Britney Spears wins Fuse Best of 2008 (Which should've went to Paramore)
1 Fuse: cancels
SURS, because of their fast-spiraling decline from good station to ****** clone of its itself. More and more rap/Top 40 crap is taking over this once-good network... although Fuse tried to go back to being Rock-based in the Summer. The channel's best show of all-time, with Uranium and Dedicate Live close behind, has been unfairly taken off.
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