PROGRESS: Winter · Spring · Summer · Fall · #40-36 · #35-31 · #30-26 · #25-21 · #20-16 · #15-11 · #10-6 · #5-1
Finally, time to get started! Merry Christmas to all; I hope you had a great one. Let's begin the 2010 blowout extravaganza with the
WINTER, a season that feels like ages ago. It's hard to believe all this stuff happened this year!
Sia's cover of this hit by The Church was one of the first songs I got in 2010 and a great way to begin the year.
Second in the series of those great covers from the Lincoln vehicle commercials this past winter season.
The last of the bunch from the Lincoln ads; a very moody and trippy track from CSS that's perfect for 2 AM.
The Fame Monster was my #1 album of 2009, but this hilarious, unforgettable video kicked off 2010.
Wonderful throwback music that sounds like it would fit in just as well in the '40s as it does today.
The monster hit from late last year that made its way to SIRIUS Hits 1 and inhabited my brain this winter.
I actually got this video for free on Xbox LIVE in 2008 and it sat there until I rediscovered it early this year.
Cute single from the
Valentine's Day soundtrack. Basically the standard Taylor Swift formula. Works for me.
Sadly, I never took the time to appreciate
Plastic Beach as a whole, but this first single was a great one.
Truth be told, it turned really grating really fast, but I will admit I liked this song for at least a few weeks.
Speaking of grating, this shout-fest from Avril Lavigne launched this year's
Alice in Wonderland soundtrack.
One of the best pop songs of the year, hands down. V.V. Brown should be much more popular than she is.
Yes, the one from 2008. Their new album kinda blows, but "Kids" was still floating around on radio this winter.
I kinda felt like a 40-year-old woman when I got into music by Michael Bublé this year. It's just so pleasant.
The best song from an experimental EP of mind-blowing music. I've yet to listen to their full-length LP.
One of many songs I discovered by sitting around waiting for random videos to show up on mtvU. It still exists!
Who would've thought we would ever get 17 remixes of "Alligator"? Most of them are pretty fantastic.
The first track on the cute
Volume Two. Regrettably, the album didn't stick with me the way
Volume One did.
I don't know if the world really needed a full album of Hall & Oates covers, but they sure are enjoyable.
What happened to New Young Pony Club? The darker sound of
The Optimist wasn't as fun as their last album.
Believe it or not, this was a new song released by Billy Corgan that was both pleasant and enjoyable.
Rated R made my top 40 albums of 2009, but the hypnotizing, colorful "Rude Boy" video launched in 2010.
There's not enough room on this one line to describe the misguided, underwhelming project that was
Bionic.
Internet radio station WOXY.com died for the 3rd and final time in March. This was the very last song.
Next up, I'll continue the journey through the miscellaneous singles and other tracks of 2010 with stuff from Spring! That will be followed by Summer, Fall, and the feature presentation, my top 40 albums of 2010.