I'd like to thank everyone that commented this countdown and truly got the full experience of this crazy rollercoaster of a countdown. I bow out, with a possibly, unpredictable, shocking top ten, as well as a #1 album I'm sure none of you were expecting. And now, act 10, the finale...
White Americans, what? Nothing better to do, why don't you kick yourself out? You're an immigrant too!...
The White Stripes, "Icky Thump"
Month of Obsession: June
If there was a song to knock back everyone who said "real rock was dead" yadda yadda etc., this was it. When I first heard this song, I was shocked, mouth ajar, and refreshed all at the same time. I personally found it amazing how Jack & Meg used this one song to bring the "roll" back to rock, without the use of computers or any ProTools or **** like that, but pelt America with the most jagged, raw, retro song we've had in ages. (That's right, **** you, Wolfmother
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From my mouth, I could sing you, another bridge that I laid...
Nelly Furtado, "Say It Right"
Month of Obsession: January
Back when I first copped the
Loose cd in June of '06, I honestly didn't give a **** about this song. It was filler to me and I really couldn't see its appeal or why the hell they decided to release it as a 3rd single after the under-performing (NOT a flop) "Maneater", but it took the video and song alone, without context, to appreciate its greatness. The beat is nouveau-tre-cool beans and as quenching as lemonade on a hot summer's day, and the lyrics are about as gripping as frostbite. Nelly Furtado abandons all sexual subtext and uses detached seduction as a come-on. Way better than J. Who, she did it ****ing well.
I lost my faith along the way and found myself believing your lies!...
nine inch nails, "Survivalism"
Month of Obsession: April
This song makes me wanna shake my butt like a baby with a snake in his diaper. Not ****, but a ****ing anaconda. It's not because this song is frenetic, but because Trent or Flood's beat gets in you and takes affect like venom, and the whisper-scream alternation between the verses and the chorus make for a fun-as-hell sing-a-long. But, nothing, NOTHING, in this song truly grabs me like when the beats and the drums drop at the start of the last chorus. BARK****inBARK.
Also, a random tidbit: one day in my junior year of high school (2005-2006) i distinctly remember saying "Mother Nature is a *****" in response to how warm it was on that winter day. I WANTS MY ****IN ROYALTY CHECK, TRENT!
You should be honored by my lateness, that I would even show up to this fake ****...
Kanye West, "Stronger"
Month of Obsession: July
**** "KANYE SAMPLES DAFT PUNK?!?"; for me, it was more "KANYE'S NOT SAMPLING AN OLD SOUL RECORD?!?!" I just
had to hear it. Now, I'll admit at first listen I was hesitant because I didn't like Daft Punk nor did I think Ye was capable of pulling off something so preposterous, but homeboy did it. The first hip-hop song in my top ten, as well as the last on the countdown. One genre down, three [and whatever the **** the next song classifies as] to go.
Let me see that sugarcane you like that, don't cha..
Nicole Scherzinger featuring T.I., "Whatever U Like"
Month of Obsession: August
What a ****ing *****. BUT I REFUSE to front on this crack rock of a song...**** is hottttt. Polow da Don produced a full-fledged club banger with this one and everyone's favorite Pussycat Doll (just look at her album sales...oh wait
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) stepped out on her own laid breathy vocals that just exuded foreplay and sweaty hot ****. With this, she may very have overthrown Fiona Apple's "Criminal" as the greaziest, skankiest, ****tiest, SEXIEST video of all time, and in this instance, I am in no way exaggerating. Loser of the year T.I. also delivers some anorexic playboy swagger in such lines as "I'll eat it, beat it till it's swollen, you gon need a icepack." COTDAYUM!
This joint is ****o for the blind, no questions asked.
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And now, for my favorite album of 2-double O-seven...
01. nine inch nails, "Year Zero"
Released: April 17, 2007
Billboard 200 Chart Peak: 2
Singles:"Survivalism", "Capital G"
Favorite Tracks:1. "Vessel"
2. "Me, I'm Not"
3. "God Given"
4. "In This Twilight"
5. "The Great Destroyer"
Epic. Clever. Overlooked. Genius. Avant-Garde. Scared the **** Outta Me Cuz The Label On The Back Said I Was Consuming Subversive Material. Cohesive. Diverse. Rawk. Scuzz. Awkward Silences. Go Buy It.
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He's like so whatever...
Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend"
Month of Obsession: February
I have no qualms what-so-ever about liking this bratty fake bitch's song. Very reminiscent of Toni Basil's "Mickey" and I first heard it that week I cut school and stayed home all week long. This is exactly what this little mall-rebel said she would never do five years ago, but she sold out and I loved it almost as much as "Sk8er Boi". Almost.
We all have someone that digs at us, at least we dig each other...
Incubus, "Dig"
Month of Obsession: February
I, hereby hate everyone that was in a dedicated monogamous faithful relationship in '07 because of this tearjerker of a song. Musicians nowadays don't make songs like this, simply cherishing the one you're with. This heart**** of a song is about the kinda love you feel simply from your baby's presence along as well as that unspoken connection that exists between two people that really love
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one another. I says, no love song this decade will hit me as hard as this one did. OK, I'm done.
The center of attention (K-Fed), even when they're up against the wall...
Britney Spears, "Gimme More"
Month of Obsession: September
I distinctly remember going to my aunt's house the Friday of my first week of college to listen to this song, and how at first listen, I was like "meh", but once it caught on, **** CAUGHT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOON. Anyway, scroll down to be shocked at what beat this to the top spot.
Mi corazon vestido de negra te espera, y dormimos tan solitos...
Aventura, "Mi Corazoncito"
Month of Obsession: June
Ha! "Gimme More" got beat out by a spanish song most of you've never heard of. Basically in this song, Romeo (the lead singer) is mourning over the loss of his girl but is kind of borderline Edgar Allan Poe/stalker scary about it. Case in point, the line mentioned above which translated means, "my heart dressed in black waits for you, and together, we sleep so alone."
Spics could be emo too.
and now for the number one. yay! yay.
Crashing not like hips or cars, no more, like, p-p-p-parties...
Fall Out Boy, "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"
Have you ever tried blasting this song with the bass really high? Try it. And I dare you not to bob your head. Amazing.
That's it. Goodbye.