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Originally posted by Red
I'm laughing so hard over here. You went from thinking that you might not be able to put up a list at all to have two lists of 80?!
You kill me, Bart.
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Don't be a fool for the boys - boy you kill me!
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:crocodile tears: It's sort of like TC - I've not heard many albums this year, but over the last two weeks (THANKS BRIAN!) I've been hearing a LOT of singles.
And last year I wanted to do a tracks list, I think with the amount of albums I've heard/will hear in the next two weeks, I'll be able to do it this year.
SPEAKING OF THIS YEAR! Here's a look back at my top tens for the last four years (although, I'm totally going to be revisionist about 2004 - because my 2004 top ten was PATHETIC.)
2004
1. Girls Aloud - Love Machine
2. Vanessa Carlton - White Houses
3. Kylie Minogue - I Believe in You
4. Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath
5. Hilary Duff - Come Clean
6. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
7. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
8. Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
9. Britney Spears - Toxic
10. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
(my original list contained SLUM VILLAGE, ANASTACIA, YOUNG GUNZ and LaTOYA JACKSON. Who am I - Randy?!?!?!)
2005
1. Robyn - Be Mine! (Revision!)
2. Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
3. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
4. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
5. Girls Aloud - Biology
6. Amerie - 1 Thing
7. Sugababes - Push the Button
8. Fiona Apple - O'Sailor
9. Madonna - Hung Up
10. Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly (sorry Mary!)
2006
1. Camera Obscura - Hey Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
2. Kleerup featuring Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
3. Cat Power - The Greatest
4. Nelly Furtado - Say it Right
5. Madonna - Get Together
6. Pink - Who Knew
7. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
8. The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
9. Christian Falk featuring Robyn - Dream On
10. Lily Allen - Smile
and, as you know, my
2007 top ten featured Rihanna, the New ****ographers, M.I.A., Sugababes, LCD Soundsystem, Feist, Panda Bros., Girls Aloud, Arcade Fire and Amy Winehouse.
Let's look at these:
- As the years have passed, I've gotten more and more comfortable with listening to men.
- I've been listening to a lot more "indie"/semi-mainstream/underground music
- The two greatest girl groups of my lifetime have had a constant presence on my charts
- Shockingly, the biggest solo male artist of the past five years has never appeared in my top ten (or top twenty, for that matter!) Could 2008 be the year that THINGS CHANGE?