My favorite songs of the decade
January 14th, 201050 Self- Stay Home
48 Eels- Fresh Feeling
47 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly- Call Me Ishmael
46 Modest Mouse- Float On
45 Kate Nash- Foundations
44 The National- Apartment Story
43 Rogue Wave- Eyes
42 Vampire Weekend- A Punk
41 Ben Folds and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra- Zak and Sara
40 Kanye West- Touch The Sky
39 Reel Big Fish- Good Thing
38 Barenaked Ladies- Falling For the First Time
37 Against Me- Thrash Unreal
36 Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos- Tall as Cliffs
35 Dodos- Fools
34 The Beastie Boys- An Open Letter To NYC
33 Black Kids- I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
32 You Don’t Know What Love Is, You Just Do What You’re Told
31 Jay Z- Roc Boys
30 The Format- Let’s Make This Moment A Crime
29 The Gaslight Anthem- Great Expectations
28 Wilco- Heavy Metal Drummer
27 Arcade Fire- Wake Up
26 The Hold Steady- Stuck Between Stations
25 The Shins- New Slang
24 The New Pornographers- The Bleeding Heart Show
23 The Polyphonic Spree- Light and Day
22 Something Corporate- Konstantine
21 Eminem- Without Me
20 The Killers- All These Things I’ve Done
19 Alphabeat- Fascination
18 Regina Spektor- On the Radio
17 Straylight Run- The Tension And The Terror
16 The Streets- Weak Become Heroes
15 The Postal Service- Such Great Heights
14 Counting Crows- Up All Night
13 Arcade Fire- Haiti
12 Spoon- The Underdog
11 Tilly And The Wall- Rainbows in the Dark
10 The Decemberists- Sons and Daughters
9 The Get Up Kids- Campfire Kansas
8 Weezer- Dope Nose
7 Belle and Sebestain- I’m a Cuckoo
6 Ben Folds- Landed
5 Guster- Come Downstairs and Say Hello
4 K’s Choice- Busy
3 Ben Folds- Hiro’s Song
2 Fountains of Wayne- New Routine
1 LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends
Forgot a song!
I’d put Reggie and the Full Effect’s “Take Me Home Please” at number 20. Everything else is bumped up a spot, now we’ve got 51.