So not only do you have Belle & Sebastian along with Feist in the same set (holy **** dude thats amazing) - but you also have DCFC, Hilary Duff (holla), and Kanye West.
Thanks for the love! Now here's part one of the Close Class:
The Close Class (Part 1)
Keane - Nothing in My Way
Alesha Dixon - Knockdown (seriously, check it out!)
Berline Zerlitz - 500
The Early November - Hair
The Knife - Silent Shout
Bob Dylan - Someday, Baby
The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!
Hot Chip - Over and Over
The Sounds - Queen of Apologies
Ghostface Killah - Be Easy
We're getting closer to the top 50! But first, songs 60-51.
60. Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott - Daydreamin'
I thought I loved this more than Kick, Push, but I was wrong. But it still is pretty effin fantastic@
59. Shawn Colvin - Fill Me Up
Here's hoping it can reach it's promise next year. SERIOUSLY GOOD.
58. Cat Power - Lived in Bars
I forgot how much I loved this song until I saw the video a few days ago on Youtube. This is not the last time this lovely lass will been seen on this countdown!
57. Regina Spector - Fidelity
56. Mariah Carey - Fly Like a Bird
LMAO is it still Bubbling Under?
55. Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
The new queen of Country's first showing. This song hit I believe #11 on AC, but it should've been HUGE everywhere - and she should've gotten the Pop Female nod for it at the Grammys.
54. Cheri Dennis - I Love You
This used to be my number one? But it's been out forever. FOREVER.
I really don't have much to say about the following songs, except they would be higher if I hadn't played/heard them so much (which goes to show how much I love them!)
And now, for a list that's bound to piss at least one person off - the top ten most awesomely bad songs of the year! The songs that are not at all GOOD, but I still love. I'll post 10-6 now:
10. Blue October - Hate Me/Into the Ocean
LMAO no. Just no! BUT THEY'RE SHOCKINGLY ADDICTIVE?!?!? LMAO they suck so bad
9. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
\LMAO white people have another song to dance to at their wedding receptions! This song could not be more calculated - and it's really ruined any chance she ever had at being taken seriously in English? Not like she was to begin with, but still. GO WITH IT
8. Nelly featuring Paul Wall, etc and so on - Grillz
Really offensive. REALLY. But a hot beat? Sort of exemplifies everything that is wrong with urban culture to boot.
7. Webstar and Young B - Chicken Noodle Soup
Suck it NG! They mentioned MY HOOD. (Well, technically they shoutouted out Spanish/Central Harlem, and I live in East Harlem. But it's all love!)
6. Jessica Simpson - I Belong to Me
LMAO it really sums up her whole career as a popstar, doesn't it? Laughably deriative, cheaply produced, with horrible lyrics and 90s soft **** vocals. And it was a MASSIVE FLOP TOO! God bless Jess. Looking forward to Fired Up in 07!
The next set will undoubtably piss off even more people - especially a lovely Canadian chap. BUT IT'S MY LIFE.
Wow @ You blasting Shakira, Webstar, & Jessica Simpson so well deservedly so!I could care less about "Grillz" lmao.
And It really is hilarious that you know this list will piss me off, because Ialready know that "Showstoppers" has a guaranteed Top 3 spot on your Top 10 sigles list