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The ATRL Interactive Music XChange 2006 Hullabaloo!!
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Franz, Ciara, PJ, Nas, Coldplay, Hova
very solid set.
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Alright let's take em back take em back take em back with 10 more...
#60. "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado TAKE EM BACK TAKE EM BACK TAKE EM BACK...After the unfounfed success of "Promiscuous" I expected this second single - with another hot beat from Timbaland - to "eat" and practically devour the competition. Seriously, what happened folks?
#59. "Long Way 2 Go" by Cassie Note: I am not a fan of Cassie, but this is a hot song. I just can't believe that "Me & U" reached #3 on Billboard while this much better single had to settle for the bottom of the totem pole, at a meek #97.
#58. "Starlight" by Muse If "Starlight" is released to mainstream radio in 07 (or maybe it already has been and I missed it haha), then I think this can do big things for the band. And I mean we're talking really big things.
#57. "Touch the Sky" by Kanye West feat./ Lupe Fiasco I'm Nia Long. Do you know who the F*** I AM!!! Still befuddled by the random Pam Anderson cameo though - surprised Kid Rock didn't call her out for that one too!
#56. "New Transmission" by lost prophets A new transmission's calling? This is the kind of lost prophets I like.
#55. "Snow (Hey Oh)" by Red Hot Chili Peppers What happened to the creativity boys? After a bunch of breakthrough videos in the 90s and the magnificently done "Dani California," you think that the band would step it up big time for their third video. I expected a video of huge proportions: a little "Love Like Winter" mixed in with "Lithium", and lots of snow. But then we got a concert. Bahhumbug.
#54. "MakeDamnSure" by Taking Back Sunday This is what I call a generic rock song. Let's compare it to food - hot when it first comes out, but cold when it sits on the table for awhile. I still love my TBS though.
#53. "Rough Landing, Holly" by Yellowcard Ocean Avenue, pt. 2. But I have to admit - the suitcase to water thing was pretty damn cool.
#52. "Do It To It" by Cherish feat./ Sean Paul (of the Youngbloodz) Boy, aren't these girls all about verbs! Reminscent of the toy "Bop it" Cherish made you bounce wit it, drop wit it, lean wit it, rock wit it, and stomp wit it all summer. If you couldn't help but sing the hook or try the lean wit dance at least once, something was wrong with you.
#51. "Voices" by Saosin Really, how do you pronounce this band's name? Is it like Say-oh-sin or Say-ocean or Saw-o-Sine? Beyond that little glitch, I hope I'm not the only one with Saosin in their top 100. These guys are gooooooooood like Reese's peanut butter cups.
I'll be back in a few...TOP 50 COMIN UP!!
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Let's see.. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Flyleaf, Coldplay, Mat Kearney, 30 STM, Rise Against, anddd Ev ^_^_^_^
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Korn, Straylight, and Gnarls should have been in the top 100.
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Busy day yesterday so I took it off....but I'm finally back and welcome to the top 50!!!
#50. "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance Welcome to the top 50 and welcome to the black parade. Like TC, I had thought nothing of this song after hearing it performed by a newly blonde Gerard and the rest of the band at the '06 VMAs. But then I realized how epic this song is - it has a Guns n Roses "November Rain" feel to it. Sadly, it's one of the few tracks I actually enjoy on their latest album - you know the one which columnists coined as "one of the greatest in recent history." :rolls eyes:
#49. "The Latest Plague" by From First to Last Fake faces everywhere I see, fake people looking back at me, sit down, don't tell me, don't tell me where I don't belong!! Such an intense song from an intense band. I got hooked on their CD "Heroin," but it's too bad that this band is still hooked on heroin.
#48. "When Your Heart Stops Beating" by +44 I've said it before and I'll say it again: Angels and Airwaves > +44. I'll give Mark and Travis some credit on this one though. It just has a lot of that Blink 182 spirit within it.
#47. "What Goes Around Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake Some people call it Cry Me a River Part 2 and others call it another attack on his party girl ex Britney Spears. But I call "What Goes Around Comes Around" a great song. In a song with lyrics that any guy or girl can relate too, Justin's just finishing what Alicia Keys said in her hit "Karma" last year - what goes around comes around.
#46. "Kick, Push" by Lupe Fiasco The song that inspired me to learn how to skateboard. I bought a cheap one off e-bay, but failed miserably.
#45. "Woman" by Wolfmother You know you, woman, you gotta be, woman! I could see these Aussie boys song being used in a women's deoderant commercial one day. Oh, Secret Ultra dry....
#44. "Juicebox" by the Strokes The only song I'll probably ever like by the Strokes. So why won't you come over hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, and tell me how a juicebox fits in with this song?
#43. "Love Like Winter" by AFI Maybe it's me or maybe its the snow, but does anybody else find themselves not able to understand the words that come out of Davey's mouth? Great song, but the pronunciations almost as bad as Rihanna's "Unfaithful."
#42. "Monsters" by Matchbook Romance You got to be kidding me - two romances in the same set? The clapping leading up to the "whoa whoa whoa oh oh oh oh ohhhh" refrain is what made this song.
#41. "Grillz" by Nelly and the rest of his crew Rob a jewelry store...and tell em make me a grilllll!
Smile fo me daddy...what you lookin at...I wanna see the top 40!...and you will see more tonight.
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MCR JT and AFI = ownage for acronyms.
Straylight Run and Riri with Sean De Paul is wicked cool too.
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~ Angels & Airwaves are a joke now.
~ I can understand Davey perfectly.
~ The From First to Last album is called Heroin e.
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Thanks for the info Johnny! Now we'll carry on, we'll carry on...
#40. "Ex's and Oh's" by Atreyu Rumor has it that the band was inspired by the popular notebook game "Tic-Tac-Toe."
#39. "Hair" by the Early November The perfect pickup line to get any woman: Hello, how are you, like your shoes love your hair! Hello how are you love that shirt you look great!
#38. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! At the Disco I chime in with a haven't you people ever heard of closing a god damn door! "I Write Sins" is the only pop song of '06 whose success spanned the whole year. I first heard it in January and it's still big today.
#37. "Here It Goes Again" by OK Go The four members of OK Go must have been business majors - cause they knew how to market this song well. Using their music video as a clever gimmick, the boys became known as "Oh yeah the treadmill band" and were an instant classic on Youtube. Honestly though, the song could've performed well on its own - and most people forget that.
#36. "I'm So Sick" by Flylead Looking like a cross between Avril Lavigne and Mischa Barton for their video, Lacey delivers in "I'm So Sick" what just might be the best vocal moment of 2006. Download the song and move the time marker to 2:01. Amazing.
#35. "What U Know" by T.I. I have to agree with Ben. "What U Know" is THEE greatest rap song of 2006. "Bring Em Out" was good, but this song solidified the King of the South as an A-List rapper. Whether it was the beat or the DMX undertone that brought you in, everybody "knew" of the song's magnitude in '06.
#34. "When You Were Young" by the Killers I said he doesn't look a thing like JESUS! Quite possibly my favorite line from any song in the past year. The Sam's Town boys will be making a second appearance later, by the way.
#33. "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado In 2005, it was OK for guys to like Kelly Clarkson music. And in 2006, Nelly Furtado assumed the role of the female artist who guys could like. I have to admit though - I didn't think this single would fare too well, but seems like most of her fans would say it was a right choice. Now all she needs to do is release "Do It."
#32. "Checkmarks" by The Academy Is So there you are, and here I stand. As far as I remember you weren't half bad..
#31. "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" by Thursday A song that every mom should play for their preschooler.
TOP 30 WILL KICK OFF WHEN I WANT IT TO....TMRW! Comment biotches or I'll flatten ya like NEW YORK.
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This is the best set so far.. Atreyu, P!ATD, OK Go, Flyleaf, Killers, Nelly, and Thursday WOO ^_^_^
Oh and btw.. going back a bit but I happen to like Rachael Ray and Nancy Grace >:O
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Great countdown, but I strongly disagree with I'm So Sick being the vocal moment of 2006.
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That whole set ^_______________^
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Alright, I can't contain myself...let's kick off the top 30!!
#30. "It Ends Tonight" by the All American Rejects The apoctalyptic songs owes much of its success to Laguna Beach. Don't forget: when darkness turns to light, it ends to tonight.
#29. "S.O.S." by Rihanna La la la la la la la la la la la oh oh oh. If Beyonce was the queen of '06, then Rihanna was the princess. Gotta love the Tainted Love sample too.
#28. "Ready to Fall" by Rise Against While Rihanna danced around a rain forest in her S.O.S. video, Rise Against made this video to help save all the forests across the world. What nice environmentalists.
#27. "Show Stopper" by Danity Kane WEEEEEE IN THE CARRRRR. WE RIDE SLOW. WE DOIN THINGS THAT THE GIRLS DON'T DO. In 2005, MTV fans watched another season of Diddy's Making the Band. After the breakup of Da Band and previous Bad Boy girl group dream, people probably didn't think Diddy could do it again. But in 2005, he created a force similar to the Power Rangers or Captain planet team - of D. Woods, Shannon, Aundrea, Aubrey, and Shannon. The girls provided us with such an insane mellow beat that stopped anyone in their tracks.
#26. "Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking off Her Clothes" by Panic! At the Disco WheredoesPanicomeupwiththeseridiculouslylongsongti tlesthatdontmakeanysenseorapplytoanyoftheirsongs? Oh well, let's get these teens hearts beating faster faster..
Back tmrw.
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The Danity Kane one is a DEAD giveaway
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sorry, but that yellow font is so awful on a white backround lol
good set, SS was a guilty pleasure of mine this year I must admit
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Tigger, but I have a black background!!
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