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Red's Best of 2014: The YECA (Top Singles, 50-31, Page 19)
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Loved GLorious are first, now its just ok...
West Coast and Magic
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weast coast is my favorite from this set along with magic
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Magic was a highlight of the album. Ahhh I wish I would've let it chart in my yearend
Comment on mine, too! Link in the signature. Thanks
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West Coast is really good!
I didn't listen to anything Coldplay this year except for Sky Full Of Stars I don't know why but i'm just not interested in them anymore.
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Magic and West Coast are my favorites songs of this set
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Wait, now that you mentioned Madness, Magic does really remind of that. It's like, a less weird and more mellow version of Madness.
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Honestly, that's one way to look at it. But, again, Chris did enough to make it JUST that much different.
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I hadn't heard of Ex Cops, so i'm listening to the song you linked (your layout is great, btw! The way the pictures lead into the YouTube link is very well done). I can def hear the Billy Corgan influence! This is really great! Why couldn't he have let Ex Cops take his KROQ AAC spot this year??
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Really, if Ex Cops had played in Corgan's place, it would have been 50 times better as a performance...but probably not quite as enjoyable as watching Corgan act so angry about his new songs not getting love.
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Oh yeah it's Ex Cops. You'll be surprised to see them so high on my list.
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With how high "Black Soap" is for my already-growing 2015 list, I doubt it.
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West Coast was disappointing tbh but the whole album was, Born To Die is still my favorite album from her!
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2015 is probably going to be my "Year of Discovery" when it comes to Lana. I will probably listen to her entire discog, just to see if I've been missing out as much as I fear I have. I don't remember really liking or "getting" what I heard from her before that, though, so...we'll see.
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Everybody says Glorious is nothing special but I have to disagree, the title track is... I don't know I just like it so much.
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Honestly, I'm probably selling "Glorious" short. It's still growing on me, even now. That vocal performance, god DAMN.
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Sick Like Me had a sick music video.
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That's a sick comment.
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I didn't listen to anything Coldplay this year except for Sky Full Of Stars I don't know why but i'm just not interested in them anymore.
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Not even the old stuff? Because I still listen to "Trouble" and "Fix You" at LEAST once a day.
Okay, I'm pretty much ready to go other than the usual "filling stuff in" part of the process, so you'll see the next set shortly!
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The YECA: Top 100 Singles of 2014! (80-71)
| You want to know why this song made the top 100? Good god, just listen to that main guitar riff! There were very few cooler moments in music this year than the first time I listened to the main riff from "Lazaretto". Jack White is a guitar god by any stretch of the imagination, but that main riff is something else. The guitar solo is pretty nice, too, something that, honestly, Blunderbuss didn't provide enough of. Oh, sure, it had its moments (the "Freedom at 21" solo being a prime example), but "Lazaretto" just FEELS like a quintessential Jack White tune, doesn't it? "Lazaretto" is Jack White, and Jack White is "Lazaretto". |
| This is the Neon Trees that I want to hear more of. Yeah, I'm sure that many others would rather have the Neon Trees that gave us "Animal" and "Everybody Talks", but screw that noise. I want the Neon Trees who is unabashedly pop, the Neon Trees that morphs into a mega synthpop group and creates massive hooks. And geez, this song makes me so happy every time I listen to it. How could it not? There's just something so carefree about this song that you can't bring yourself to hate it. I probably wouldn't like Neon Trees if all of their songs were like "Sleeping With A Friend", but it would be nice to experience the same happy and joyful feelings every time. |
| I think it's when "Two Weeks" popped up from FKA twigs' first album LP1 where I had my first strong feelings appear for this artist I had never even been aware of previously. Of course, what those feelings were are a little bit harder to describe, Imagine being completely mystified, a little terrified, and especially a little aroused. That's how I felt when listening to "Two Weeks" for the first time. I also knew that I was listening to something special from that particular moment. The only reason it's not higher is because another single of hers just hit me that much harder. But "Two Weeks" is certainly a quality song in its own right. And don't take my word for it...just listen to the many critics that fell in love with this song this year. |
| My Favourite Faded Fantasy is not a commercially friendly album. It's just not. There's nothing about it that can really be marketed to the mainstream. It's too sorrowful, too joyless, and just too plain sad to find an audience beyond the depressed and broken-hearted. But even still, "I Don't Want To Change You" is the closest that album comes to being commercial. Compared to the rest of the album, "I Don't Want To Change You" at least feels even a little bit soothing, even if the subject matter still remains heartbreaking. Because of that, admittedly, it doesn't quite hit AS hard as most of the rest of the album, but it's still more than quality enough to make this list. |
| There were two songs that really hit me hard off of the latest Broken Bells release. The first was "Holding On For Life", which felt like a Bee Gees song roaring to life in 2014. The second was the aftermath, "After the Disco". This particular song feels more like what happens when you realize that disco is dead and it's never going to fully return. Or, at least, that's what I got out of the song. Your mileage may vary. James Mercer remains a highlight, even if his vocal performance is more reminiscent of, say, "The High Road". But Danger Mouse's involvement here is particularly inspired, with his drumming and production on point. Even if you're like me and enjoyed "Holding On For Life" a lot, you should still give "After the Disco" a chance. |
| Well, one thing that's safe to say is that "The Walker" didn't have a "League"-like path this year. This is a reference to "Out of My League" going from afterthought to top 15 single last year. "The Walker" wasn't ever really in the position of "afterthought", though, especially not after "Out of My League" took over my life in 2013. Whatever the next single release was, it would have my full attention. "The Walker" is probably (okay, more like obviously) catchier than "Out of My League". I'm not sure if I like it as much, though. But the best parts of Fitz are still here: The catchiness, the sing-offs between Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs, the soaring chorus, and so on. |
| Every time that I think that I'm going to get more into Twin Atlantic, something always holds me back. I really, REALLY wanted to listen to more of their music after "Yes, I Was Drunk" partially destroyed my soul two years ago, but real life intervened. This year, after the joy that was experiencing the 90's revival that is "Heart and Soul", I was so SURE that I'd check out the rest of their discog. This time, it wasn't necessarily "real life" that intervened, but other music. By the time that I was able to free up time to listen to more of Twin Atlantic's music, it was too late. Oh well. Here's to 2015, I guess? |
| +++, or Crosses, feel like they should be bigger than they actually are. After all, this is the most noteworthy side project yet from Deftones frontman Chino Moreno. And more importantly, it's Chino delving deeper into synth and electronic music, an area of expertise that Chino knows VERY well. So why wasn't this side project everywhere? Well, because it's a side projects, and side projects just are not the "main project" to many. I like to call it "Dead By Sunrise Syndrome", in honor of Chester Bennington's side project with Julien-K. I think that Dead By Sunrise is the best thing Chester has been involved with since Meteora, but very few people are even aware that it existed. Oh, you want to know more about "Telepathy"? It's great, and Chino is great on the track as always. But it will get even better later. |
| Probably the most controversial opinion I could offer for the more snobbish music listener in 2014 is that I don't think that "Red Eyes" is one of the best tracks off of The War On Drugs' critically acclaimed Lost in the Dream. That's not to say that the song isn't any good. It's great! I just can't quite connect to the song in the same way that I can, say, "Under the Pressure". There's obviously something about this track that attracts more people, though, and I would assume that it's so up-tempo compared to most of the rest of the album. It's almost peppy compared to some of the darker tracks on the album, so for this beacon of light to appear is almost like an escape from the darkness for some. And that's fine. I just didn't QUITE connect to the song the same way I did for other songs on the album, that's all. |
| Ladies and gents, meet perhaps the most underrated band going today, the band that should be 100 times bigger than they are, the band that should be known worldwide...and that band is a five-member indie rock band out of Long Beach. Last year, I was aware of their existence thanks to "Miracle Mile". 2014 is when my love for Cold War Kids REALLY took off, though, especially thanks to how much "Miracle Mile" has grown on me in 12 months. It's probably one of my favorite songs of 2013 now, that's how much I love it. "All This Could Be Yours" could be due for a similar experience in 2015, even though I already love it now. I don't know what speaks to me so much when it comes to this band's music. It could be the vocals, it could be how every song feels so epic and grand in scale, I'm not sure...but I definitely want to delve deeper to see if my feelings are true. Stay tuned. |
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Hey, we're more than a quarter of the way through the top 100! It can only get better from here, right? Or I could just disappear again...yeah, let's not go for the latter this time.
70-61 is next, and that set will feature the first of three singles from an old Red favorite, the first of two singles from an artist that hit me pretty hard three years ago...though not QUITE as hard this year, the first appearance of a song that made the list last year which comes to us from an artist who had two songs in the 100-76 range last year, the first of two singles from a band that dominated the alternative scene in 2013 and continued to run rampant in 2014, and the first of three singles from a band that topped the alternative charts in 2014...with a single much higher on this list. See you then.
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7/10
The Walker + Sleeping With A Friend + Heart and Soul + Lazaretto <33
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Great set. I'm so mad because Lazaretto is good but I didn't give the album a full listen.
Two Weeks, All This Could Be Yours, and Red Eyes are my fave.
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Sleeping With a Friend really makes me happy also whenever I listen to it although I also dig their noisy music like Animals and 1983.
Two Weeks has some very frisky lyrics I really love it though.
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Lazaretto & Two Weeks
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the video for two weeks is stunning. she's an amazing visual artist
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Lyrically, Red Eyes might be the weakest track on the album. However, as someone who doesn't care about lyrics all that much, that boost in tempo at the end of the song pushes it near the top for me. I get so pumped when I listen to it! LETS GO.
After The Disco and Lazaretto might also be my favorite songs on their respective albums. The rest ... I haven't heard. :-o Considering how many new albums I listen to per year I always feel weird missing out on this stuff, when I get hooked into crap like .... well I won't go negative in case they pop up on yours (or someone elses) list later. :-p
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You prefer Pendulum, I see!
And my mom is OBSESSED with the Walker. I've grown to love it cause of her.
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Amazing set
Neon Trees always have a great song in each album released [ Animal, Everybody Talks and Sleeping With a Friend ]
Cold War Kids are underrated, but your new album is a little dissapointed
Twin Atlantic + Jack White + Fitz and the Tantrums
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Two Weeks & After The Disco (more weight to the former of course)
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Neon Trees really brought out their best in their latest album
Twin Atlantic and Cold War Kids
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Damien Rice, Broken Bells and Twin Atlantic are the highlights from this set.
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Ladies and gents, meet perhaps the most underrated band going today, the band that should be 100 times bigger than they are, the band that should be known worldwide
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*adds to his playlist*
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Sleeping With a Friend is so amazing Two Weeks is just stunning.
Red Eyes and The Walker are good
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FKA twigs YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Also, happy new year, Red!
Honestly, TRF.
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