"Dirty Little Secret," incredibly, only appeared on pop charts and no rock charts, and so was ineligible (although I would've instead picked "Move On," which was ineligible for the same reason)
― some dude, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
kudos 2 u ship, but train are a bit too much the calling for me to get behind
― whoa...did I or didn't I? (cozen), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
the hardest thing about limiting to only 2 songs per band was cutting "Rollin'"
have i told you lately that I love you?
― da croupier, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
>>>>The Strokes - "Hard To Explain" (2001)
my vote though a bit of a (nyc) cop out ;)
― bnw, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I went w/ a weird Blink pick because for me their best singles are "Dammit" and "What's My Age Again," which are both from the '90s, not as big on "All The Small Things" or "I Miss You" but I love that whole self-titled album and the less popular singles from it
― some dude, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
man, i'm probably the biggest strokes stan on this board & "hard to explain" is one of my least favorite songs of theirs
when i saw julian solo a few months ago that was the only strokes song he played
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i've always been partial to "down"
That Train song is their only hit that i've ever liked ever, but I really have no desire to hear it again
"Always" is crazy underrated and deserves the love it gets here
― da croupier, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh wait - I didn't see The Strokes one. I'll add that to my shortlist too.
Dammit is my fav Blink song but yes, 90s.
Aw man - I feel bad for starting the Train hate now. I didn't realize that was something Al's had to defend many times before. Sorry dude! That said, I now have "Drops of Jupiter" in my head and it's driving me crazy and it's YOUR FAULT. grrrr.
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"12:51" would've been my strokes song
that one ages more and more now that they've put out material after 'room on fire' and it's become incredibly relevant that they should've gone the fun, frothy, cars route instead of the leather jackets & metal studs black-and-red motif that they chose
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
ages more and more well*
incredibly obvious* as well
the post-secret biting video for "dirty little secret" is an abomination tho, good christ
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
haha ENBB nah it's ok, I can take the Train fight, just saying I probably won't go to bat for it too hard
I liked Room On Fire as an album but for me all their good singles are from the first one
― some dude, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
have u heard a little song called last nightxp
― whoa...did I or didn't I? (cozen), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
44. Fall Out Boy - "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (2007)21. Paramore - "Misery Business" (2007)
between these two for me. weird that the only two songs of this whole genre to make a good impression on me were both from 07.
― goole, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"Maps" is going to take this by a safe margin.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
would have voted forhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIADZKU9dw
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
incidentally - what did you think of the casablances solo rec jordan? really didn't dig it at all but didn't sit with it for all tht long
― whoa...did I or didn't I? (cozen), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i was about to go to bat for train, but then i realized that i was confusing them for some reason with lol fastball. who are great and fuiud, but from the 90s so never mind
― RAWK WHORNES (jjjusten), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh wait final choices (promise)
Mr. BrightsideMapsHard to Explain (although "Someday" would have been my pick)We You Were YoungChop Suey
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i have never heard this Billy Talent song in my life, singer's voice and drummer's hair are pretty lol
― some dude, Friday, 3 September 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
mine too.
Went for "Mr Brightside." That Pearl Jam song is very good too.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― whoa...did I or didn't I? (cozen), Friday, September 3, 2010 3:43 PM (52 seconds ago) Bookmark
i thought it was pretty good & a better direction sonically speaking but julian is a really dreadful lyricist right now imo
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, September 3, 2010 3:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
that record is sort of a minor classic to me
i haven't listened to it in like 6 years or something to me but my friends & i banged it out back then
― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 September 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Voting Jet, though there are definitely a few White Stripes singles I would've rated higher; just not that one. Also like the Finger Eleven, Killers, Nickelback songs, and a few others. Smart Green Day pick, too. Still, what a sad decade for radio rock.
― xhuxk, Friday, 3 September 2010 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, actually, a "few" others is probably exagerrating. (Maybe a couple, though. And there's lots of titles I don't recognize, right off. I do like that White Stripes song; just don't think it's their best. Don't mind "Chop Suey" either, though I basically hate that band.) (Aaaah....Didn't notice the Darkness 'til now! Probably should've gone with that, instead.)
― xhuxk, Friday, 3 September 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps" (2004)29. Blink 182 - "Always" (2004)21. Paramore - "Misery Business" (2007)17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "By The Way" (2002)8. Limp Bizkit - "My Way" (2001)6. Train - "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (2001)
^^one of these i think. there's a couple others i can't remember how they go that i think i like too
― max skim (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 September 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
If the deciding criterion is "Which of these songs would you most enjoy hearing if it got played RIGHT NOW?" then frankly I'd vote for "I Believe In A Thing Called Love." If the Strokes pick were "The Modern Age" or "12:51," I'd go for that. Leaning toward Icky Thump, but I do really enjoy that Darkness song . . .
― Shock and Awe High School (Phil D.), Friday, 3 September 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i did not see this!
my favourite thing connected to any of these tracks is the jacques lu cont remix of "mr brightside", which is an all-timer imo; felix da housecat dropping it as his last track while swigging from a bottle of tequila at tdk '06 is one of my favourite raving memories of the past decade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSheh22KGQg
but i hate the original, so i might vote for "maps", even though that's nowhere near my favourite yyys song
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
36. Korn - "Word Up!" (2004)
please can someone reassure me that this is not a cameo cover
lie if you need to
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
either "fat lip" or "knights of cydonia". think i'll go with latter cause of less love on this thread.
"icky thump" as the one white stripes song?......okaaaaay
the existence of "ocean ave" has always weirded me out because that was my address growing up
― markers garvey (The Reverend), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a cameo cover
It's not a Cameo cover, honest.
Anyway can't decide between "Chop Suey" or "Hard to Explain" or "I'm Norman Whiteside".
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
that cameo cover is probably the best thing Korn's ever done
― harbl essences (crüt), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
voted yellowcard.
― *sets trend* (deej), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
their use of a violin was v. progressive
Probably gonna vote for "Fat Lip" over three or four other songs I really like on this list, just 'cause I still love the video.
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Sunday, 12 September 2010 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
SOAD rule this.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 13 September 2010 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
don't like anything there except for the strokes, yeah yeah yeahs, and possibly n.e.r.d if i was in the right mood. there's actually a lot of stuff there that i'd happily forgotten and would never have expected to surface for a decade-end list
― charlie h, Monday, 13 September 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
tell me more about your taste
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 September 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
kinda think al is a champ for taking on probably the most uncool period of rock music and giving it such a fair trail, & for extent of scrutiny & 3rd singles off weezer albums and all
― samosa gibreel, Monday, 13 September 2010 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
idk it's not exactly a charity to mainstream rock... a lot of this is a fucking blast to listen to
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 September 2010 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
not that al doesn't spend more time paying attention to this shit than any critic
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 September 2010 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
what more do you need to know about my taste? the only bands i like are the strokes and the yeah yeah yeahs :)
― charlie h, Monday, 13 September 2010 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, no i totally agree
by "fair trial" i meant like celebrating what should be celebrated and accepting & engaging w/ commercial rock on its own terms, rather than flat out dismissal or focusing on instances of it acting out of character/crossover with indie trends. don't mean uncool as a negative value judgment either, but it's true!
― samosa gibreel, Monday, 13 September 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
xp
besides loving this song, i love the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZTNgAs4Fc
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 September 2010 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
lots of these songs are classic
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
delete ILX
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
who voted nickelback?
― charlie h, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
the lead singer posts here
you mean the dude who looks like the cowardly lion?
― charlie h, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i31.tinypic.com/2njx6x3.jpg
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been thinking the last few days that part of the reason maps is so incredible is that it creates this entire coherent world unto itself where everything falls exactly into place, the way the guitar octaves in the chorus echo the intro and the single note lines spin around the vocal melody it's like yo the indie rock lord of the rings has arrived
― friends don't understand us, adults don't understand us (zorn_bond.mp3), Monday, 13 September 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
whos gollum
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
If you check the piece I specified only songs that have appeared on a Billboard rock chart (SY haven't had a charting single since 1994)
Ah that makes sense. Would be curious to see your list of rock songs that did not appear on a Billboard rock chart.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
"Maps" is well-constructed, it's just a bit too ballady for me.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
"maps" is great, but "hard to explain" is crazy overrated -- "mr brightside" is waaay better
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
― charlie h, Monday, September 13, 2010 6:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
stolen from beavis & butthead five yard penalty
― *sets trend* (deej), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i wasn't talking about hetfield.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
aw wish i'd voted for blink
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 September 2010 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
or paramore, wtf!
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 September 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
would've voted darkness
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 06:19 (thirteen years ago) link
― jaymc, Monday, September 13, 2010 7:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
eh, if i did that, it'd surely be just a scrambled assortment of deep cuts from my favorite rock albums of the decade (i.e. the thing that i rag on P&J voters for doing with their singles ballots every year, which is why i prefer putting together singles lists like this).
― some dude, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link