Modern Rock #1 Hits of 2006

probably the best year of #1s in the past decade imo -- could vote for "Perfect Situation" or "When You Were Young" or "Hypnotize" or "Anna-Molly"

― bronytheus (some dude), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:13 (11 months ago) Permalink

I still love that Killers tune.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

I have a secret weakness for that Weezer song. The hook is so strong, it seems like one of those melodies that's been around forever.

― LimbsKing, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

"When You Were Young"

― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:17 (11 months ago) Permalink

last three are all killer

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:17 (11 months ago) Permalink

love the PJ song too

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:19 (11 months ago) Permalink

That Killers song is awesome. I have a huge soft spot for the MCR song. It's actually the only MCR song I know but I LOVE it.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:19 (11 months ago) Permalink

i don't know which one is the best, but i voted for "when you were young" just because i've been listened to it a lot over the past two days or so

― markers, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:19 (11 months ago) Permalink

also, i've been listening to

since, like, last night i think

― markers, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:20 (11 months ago) Permalink

x-post - It's amazing. I think the video was p cool too iirc.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:20 (11 months ago) Permalink

gonna vote "anna-molly" because it probably won't get any other votes otherwise

light grenades is seriously the best incubus album if you toss "love hurts"

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:20 (11 months ago) Permalink

ok i'm gonna vote for The Killers in hopes of helping it defeat "Welcome To The Black Parade"

― bronytheus (some dude), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:20 (11 months ago) Permalink

since "when you were young" is prob gonna win i'm gonna vote for "black parade"

― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:21 (11 months ago) Permalink

― markers, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:21 (11 months ago) Permalink

I voted "Anna-Molly." That album had great singles, especially "Dig" and "Oil & Water."

― LimbsKing, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah "Dig" is great

― bronytheus (some dude), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:23 (11 months ago) Permalink

"When You Were Young" had this great turnaround from sounding absurd and awful at verse to like wait no this is awesome

― bronytheus (some dude), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:23 (11 months ago) Permalink

― markers, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

I'm with Jordan - When You Were Young won't need any help. Voted Black Parade.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

Voting "Anna-Molly".

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:25 (11 months ago) Permalink

surprised by the outpouring of Incubus enthusiasm after the anemic turnout for Incubus singles poll

― bronytheus (some dude), Monday, 18 June 2012 14:28 (11 months ago) Permalink

I don't know enough Incubus to vote in a singles poll, but I like "Anna-Molly" the most out of these songs.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:30 (11 months ago) Permalink

I would have voted "Stellar." Am I closet Incubus fan and not know it???

― LimbsKing, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:32 (11 months ago) Permalink

"When You Were Young" had this great turnaround from sounding absurd and awful at verse to like wait no this is awesome

much as i love the record this description applies to basically every song on sam's town

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2012 15:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

magnificent karaoke anthem too

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2012 15:25 (11 months ago) Permalink

Black Parade. That's how much this list sucks.

― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Monday, 18 June 2012 15:31 (11 months ago) Permalink

Granted, still way better than the mook rock of 99-02 (or thereabouts).

― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Monday, 18 June 2012 15:32 (11 months ago) Permalink

lol here I was thinking it was super obvious that NIN was the best of these

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Monday, 18 June 2012 15:49 (11 months ago) Permalink

i took the less obvious pick in the past couple ones but 'when you were young' is just that good here

― ciderpress, Monday, 18 June 2012 15:52 (11 months ago) Permalink

SOAD, no hesitation.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 18 June 2012 17:58 (11 months ago) Permalink

The opening build & release is magnificent, and the first folky instrumental bridge is nuts.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 18 June 2012 18:00 (11 months ago) Permalink

^^^^^^ straight fire beautiful song

― some dude, Monday, 18 June 2012 18:00 (11 months ago) Permalink

Seriously, anyone who doesn't find 2.00 to 2.30 gorgeous and exhilarating has a completely opposite conception of what makes good music to me.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 18 June 2012 18:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

That Final Fantasy section is pretty great.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 18 June 2012 18:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

Also great SOAD form this period: "BYOB."

― LimbsKing, Monday, 18 June 2012 18:10 (11 months ago) Permalink

i've definitely said this before but aside from "hypnotize" and "byob" the choices for singles from those two records was totally bizarre, especially since like 80% of mezmerize is total hooks

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2012 18:17 (11 months ago) Permalink

imo as a rule every 1st single from SOAD albums >>> every other single

― some dude, Monday, 18 June 2012 18:32 (11 months ago) Permalink

Radio/Video and Lost in Hollywood should've been singles.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 18 June 2012 19:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

lol this list

a firestorm to purify

― fauxmarc, Monday, 18 June 2012 19:12 (11 months ago) Permalink

there isn't a single song on this list I really like. gonna have to sit this one out.

― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Monday, 18 June 2012 23:20 (11 months ago) Permalink

the SOAD and My Chem songs are goon-rock canon

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:43 (11 months ago) Permalink

SOAD, no hesitation.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, June 18, 2012 1:58 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:44 (11 months ago) Permalink

Seriously, if you vote anything but SOAD or MCR in this poll, I don't fucks w u

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:44 (11 months ago) Permalink

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY MY FATHER TOOK ME INTO THE CITY TO SEE A MARCHING BAND

― some dude, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:46 (11 months ago) Permalink

"Welcome To The Black Parade" was a heartbreaking falloff from "Helena" and "I'm Not Okay" imo

― some dude, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:46 (11 months ago) Permalink

no wai

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:48 (11 months ago) Permalink

shit was like "Stone Cold Crazy" into "Bohemian Rhapsody"

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:49 (11 months ago) Permalink

Al you are insane. Granted, I already admitted that I don't think I have ever heard another MCR song but I can say with absolute certainty that TBP is their best.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 01:59 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah it's pretty insane to have opinions about songs i've actually heard

― some dude, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:04 (11 months ago) Permalink

;p

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:05 (11 months ago) Permalink

Pretty good list, magnificent compared to the previous 00s lists. Voted MCR over Killers (although I'd take AFI's Decemberunderground over The Black Parade easily). I like the songs by SoaD, Foo Fighters, AFI, Raconteurs, and Pearl Jam. I have fond memories of drunkenly singing along to a lot of this shit with my roommate and neighbour in 06-07.

I never liked The Black Parade nearly as much as Three Cheers but I'm surprised that "Welcome..." wouldn't appeal at all to someone who loved the earlier album. It's not "Helena" but nothing is.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:27 (11 months ago) Permalink

I never bothered to check out Mesmerize/Hypnotize, I think because I didn't find the singles as compelling as those from Toxicity. This thread is making me think I should give them a shot some time.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:32 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah they're solid records, def worth hearing for any fans of the first 2 albums. some days Mezmerize is my favorite SOAD album.

― some dude, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:37 (11 months ago) Permalink

Not feeling this list at all. Voting AFI just because I like their first couple of records, so I might as well.

― Regional Tug (irrational), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:57 (11 months ago) Permalink

only recognize like half these titles, but the ones i do recognize all gargle turds

― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 04:15 (11 months ago) Permalink

Voting Anna Molly just over the SOAD tune.

― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 04:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

I have never heard "Tell Me Baby," "Anna-Molly," "The Animal I've Become" or even knew that a band named 10 Years existed. I feel like dancing.

― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 05:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

"DOA" "Perfect Situation" & "World Wide Suicide" would some of the better later songs by those guys, but I think I have to go with "When We Were Young"

― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 05:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

10 Years is the first band since the early '90s I had never heard of when compiling this list.

― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:31 (11 months ago) Permalink

"Welcome To The Black Parade" was a heartbreaking falloff from "Helena" and "I'm Not Okay" imo

Agree w/this.

― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

thank you

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

only song on black parade i really enjoy is "dead!"

― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:13 (11 months ago) Permalink

rest is just a little too styx

― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:13 (11 months ago) Permalink

imo as a rule every 1st single from SOAD albums >>> every other single
― some dude, Monday, June 18, 2012 2:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

K-Rock in New York played "Cigaro" a month or so before playing "BYOB" and I recall thinking it was the heaviest song to ever receive such frequent spins on a major commercial rock station, which might be correct.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:34 (11 months ago) Permalink

I've grown to enjoy MCR's "Teenagers."

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:36 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah "Dead!" and "Teenagers" are aight but the album as a whole is a wash imo. last album was great but nobody cared because they took 4 fuckin years to make it.

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:37 (11 months ago) Permalink

cannot at all understand these opinions about black parade but hey yeah danger days was totally great, yeah

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:38 (11 months ago) Permalink

teenagers is awesome

― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:42 (11 months ago) Permalink

I kind of thought "Teenagers" was the hokiest thing on there, actually. On the other hand, it's one of the only two songs I remember from the album so that's something.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:45 (11 months ago) Permalink

Helena's hokey too, but it owns

― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:52 (11 months ago) Permalink

/imo as a rule every 1st single from SOAD albums >>> every other single
― some dude, Monday, June 18, 2012 2:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark/

K-Rock in New York played "Cigaro" a month or so before playing "BYOB" and I recall thinking it was the heaviest song to ever receive such frequent spins on a major commercial rock station, which might be correct.
--billstevejim

Five Finger Death Punch got hella radio play

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:56 (11 months ago) Permalink

their biggest hits are power ballads and a cover of fucking "Bad Company" though

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 17:58 (11 months ago) Permalink

black parade is a great album goddamn you all

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:16 (11 months ago) Permalink

Danger Days is good like Three Cheers is good? I should give it a chance. You guys were totally right about Folie à Deux after all.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:18 (11 months ago) Permalink

Three Cheers is by far their best, even Black Parade stans can't front on that

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:21 (11 months ago) Permalink

oh wait n/m that wasn't your question -- Danger Days is not AS good but it's worth checking out

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

SOAD's "Sugar" seemed pretty atonal and frenzied for alt-rock stations back in 1999 to me.

― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:36 (11 months ago) Permalink

oh yeah, i totally didn't get them at first -- my cooler-than-i-realized-at-the-time friend who also played me Aquemeni for the first time had to convince me of how great "Sugar" was

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 19:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

I have to admit that Gerard Way's vocals aren't really holding up as great as I might have liked.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 03:18 (11 months ago) Permalink

ha Sugar might still be SOAD's finest moment

― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 03:51 (11 months ago) Permalink

"Sugar" is great (but is surely not atonal). Crystallizes all the things I like about them: clever range of vocal styles, stop-start rhythmic mania, weirdly hooky dissonant riff.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 04:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

black parade is a great album goddamn you all

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 20 June 2012 04:25 (11 months ago) Permalink

better than Three Cheers tho?

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 09:06 (11 months ago) Permalink

unquestionably

― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 12:46 (11 months ago) Permalink

think they're about equal in my estimation

― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 12:59 (11 months ago) Permalink

Love the song... but Serj doesn't quite sing as shout.

― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:16 (11 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 21 June 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 22 June 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink

What a boring winner.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 22 June 2012 00:03 (11 months ago) Permalink

i can't tell if whiney has mistaken self-importance for importance in rock or is just a secret broadway baby

― da croupier, Friday, 22 June 2012 00:04 (11 months ago) Permalink

What a boring winner.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap),

you're waitin on some beautiful boy to save you from your old ways?

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 June 2012 00:05 (11 months ago) Permalink

kind of sorry "DOA" got a goose-egg, it's zippy enough that having dave grohl sing about a suicide blonde or what-the-fuck-ever is funny rather than sad.

― da croupier, Friday, 22 June 2012 00:07 (11 months ago) Permalink

also the "nothing like the taste of sweet decline" verse stuff always reminds me of the "words all fail the magic prize" part of "add it up"

― da croupier, Friday, 22 June 2012 00:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah "DOA" is pretty good

i like most Raconteurs songs but not the actual popular one

― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Friday, 22 June 2012 00:43 (11 months ago) Permalink

I've been on a bit of a MCR kick since this poll. The Black Parade actually sounds much better now. There are some good songs on Danger Days but I'm not sure yet what to make of it.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 25 June 2012 20:42 (11 months ago) Permalink

The Black Parade actually sounds much better now.

Maybe because I was just listening for hooks, without expecting it to be more like Three Cheers? Not sure what the difference is.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 25 June 2012 20:47 (11 months ago) Permalink