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Originally posted by XplicitNG
I come into this thread everytime and leave with at least one song that I should download. <3
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You know? That's the best thing anyone's ever said (or typed) about my year-end countdown. So thanks, it makes it all worth it.
OK, no more ass kissing and back to Biz
In the thirteenth set:
Two astounding songs in Spanish, the best video for a song in Spanish, 3 of the cuttest tracks of 2008, that song that made you dance since the very first day of 08, the song that made you dance after that and a collab like you’ve never seen before.
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JAMES
WHITEBOY
Hey Ma
Stream
The deleting of the introduction at the beginning kills the song and that’s something I hate about the link and some mp3 files you’ll find on the web. James is back and their sound on this song is too 90s to resist. |
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HOT CHIP
READY FOR THE FLOOR
Made In The Dark
Video Link
Fun and catchy to the extreme, Ready For The Floor causes a bigger impact because of its video full of colors and so surreal. Ready For The Floor had to share attention with a track called “Shake A Fist”, which leaked at the same time and I don’t remember at all. |
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SAM SPARRO
BLACK & GOLD
Sam Sparro
Video Link
Is there a chance that he doesn’t become a one-hit wonder? Despite how forgettable 21st Century Life is, the brilliance of B&G gives me hope of a better future. |
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PORTISHEAD
MACHINE GUN
Third
Video Link
That beat took over my head since the very first listen and line after line that voice made me grateful to have Portishead back. So, is The Verve the best comeback of the year? Think again. |
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CAPITAN MELAO FEATURING NATALIA LAFOURCADE
ESTELAR
Lágrima
Video Link
Capitan Melao is Javier Weyler’s alias for his project in Spanish. Who’s Javier Weyler? He’s only a drummer in a little band called Stereophonics. His solo project has rock, bossanova, electronic music and collabs on it. He wisely chose Natalia Lafourcade for this song, which was the first single of the album in 2007 (I found out about it in 2008). This is probably Natalia’s best moment since En El 2000, her biggest hit in 2003. |
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BABASONICOS
MICRODANCING
Mucho
Video Link
Best. Video. For a song in Spanish. Everrrr. (Dancing after closing an electrical appliance store? And then drowning in toys? You have to be really high to come up with that.)And the most impressive track by one of the bands that keeps surprising us every time we hear about them. |
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THIEVERY CORPORATION
SWEET TIDES
Radio Retaliation
Video Link
When I did my year-end countdown, I accidentally deleted one song from the list. I didn’t know which one it was, so I decided that if I didn’t remember, it wasn’t memorable enough to be here. Then I heard Sweet Tides on my cellphone and panicked. What did I do? I had to sacrifice one song *cough*A-Punk*cough* which never made it into my chart and I wasn’t too excited about to make some space for this one. I don’t like ties, kids. Sweet Tides had it all to be a top-20 track here. Everything but time. It’s still charting in my weekly top 30 and it’s damn cute. It wouldn’t hurt you to listen to it at all. |
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TRACY CHAPMAN
SING FOR YOU
Our Bright Future
Video Link
Tracy Chapman could sing “Who Let The Dogs Out” or even “Womanizer” and make you think they’re the deepest songs in the world (Womanizer + Tracy in the same sentence = Blasphemy) But she’ll never do that because she’s too good. Despite your thoughts, she’s always been around. She’s never stopped releasing music. In 2005, she charted her song Change at #22 in my year-end chart. 2 years later and one position lower comes this simple beauty. And it’s simplicity the factor that makes this song work like magic. The song can relate to a lot of situations, but especially to a parent-child relationship. Oh, and the video was released 4 days ago, on New Year’s Day. |
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GAVIN ROSSDALE
LOVE REMAINS THE SAME
Wanderlust
Video Link
The rock ballad we needed this year. |
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U.N.K.L.E. FEATURING JOSH HOMME
CHEMICAL
End Titles… Stories For Film
Stream
Perfect mix between U.N.K.L.E. (I’ll miss them) and the lead singer of Queens Of The Stone Age. And of course the track is extra dark. |
I told you this chart was moist. Now sit down, get comfortable and expect the two last updates, where you’ll see the greatest things sung in 2008.