Pitchfork's P2k: The Decade in Music

im keeping it posi in the 09 but can i just say with heartfelt heartfeltness here - paper planes and all my friends are some abysmal BS

especially paper planes, my god that song sucks ass on every conceivable level

I must've missed the 'We Are The World'-feeling that song ignited according to Sherburne

i got more of a 'god her vocals don't get less annoying, hmm gunshot samples are sounding ancient nowadays, wow these lyrics are bad' type feeling

Paper Planes is fun. Possibly not third best song of decade level of fun however.

'Here was another outsider, this one a Sri Lankan Tamil raised in a London slum who won over listeners with global-minded beats and revolutionary chic. '

^didn't she go to an art school? Or did I imagine that. Wasn't that where the first album came from? Is this like punk all over again?

i think Paper Planes is still pretty good, normal caveats of MIA aside (lyrics a bit uhh, neither scenius nor genius etc...), but no way should it be that high. i would have rather have had Boyz or Jimmy on the list if a single had to be taken from that album. but i guess it's a hotly debated/touted indie/internet creation that made it big and had crossover appeal, therefore justifying the countless hours of navel-gazing debate and is thus representative of what the 2000's were.

or not. dig the clash sample tho.

do you guys think "freakfolk" bands like CocoRoco will be shunned on p4k list because its "meme capacity" is all time low?

― CaptainLaRoux (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 01:33 (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what happened 2 the band "new weird amrca"? did they break up?

― CaptainLaRoux (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 01:34 (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"Are" "you" Carles?

eh decent list when all was said and done.

i mean i know mark p. is from london and all but what... the... fuck...

He's from Canada. Lives in London.

Rehab?

No, no, no.

i thought mark p left london ages ago

Uh guys you do realize that an ILM poll would come up with more or less the same songs, right?

Anyway, good call, those of you who were saying "Idioteque" and "something by Arcade Fire" yesterday.

"Idioteque" is the highest-ranking song that was eligible for the 2000-04 list but didn't make it.

Conversely, the highest-ranking song on the 2000-04 list that didn't show up here: LCD Soundsystem's "Yeah," which placed 19th back then.

The only bullshit line I've seen is in the "99 Problems" blurb, where once again a simple glance at a Joel Whitburn Billboard Top 40 book would have settled the matter. I mean, "Bonnie and Clyde '03" is his biggest solo hit, for chrissakes.

Only glanced briefly at #50-1 but if you overlook Animal Collective and Spoon that's a pretty decent list all in. Did Pitchfork never rep for the Strokes/Stripes that much? They seem to be pretty low in comparison to all the Pitchfork-friendly whiney college indie.

I think I know what Mark is trying to get at, but the phrase "mainstream vernacular" is too vague. It's not that it was the first song of Jay-Z's to do well on the charts, but it might have been the first Jay-Z song that my dad knew, for instance. And certainly, as the Rev indicates, the Rick Rubin production meant that it was the first Jay-Z song that a lot of people who were otherwise only into rock music got into.

(Meanwhile, I'm envious if you've got a Whitburn book with Jay-Z in it. My edition's from 1992.)

No Scott Walker, no cred.

^^^^^^^^^^ OTM. 'Clara' deserved to be in this at the very least

Was there any country on the list? I've only glanced it over each morning, and can't remember. I get what their target demographic expects, and that's cool; but did e.g. Sugarland or Taylor Swift or Miranda Lambert make the list?

Yeeeah Mitcham isn't exactly a 'London slum'. And going to St Martins Art College isn't really very slummy either. It's basically the artworld equivalent of Oxbridge.

I didnt see much country or metal :-(

PFM doesn't review country.

They do metal and drone though... Could've (should've?) chosen a bit more adventurous or experimental music even. I mean, no Fennesz for instance?

wait for the albums list, jeez.

I think there was a Fennesz song on the list. (xp)

Caecilia by Fennesz was in there somewhere

Huh, for some reason I remember them covering Miranda Lambert, but it was a while ago.

Caecilia by Fennesz was in there somewhere

― Number None, vrijdag 21 augustus 2009 13:01 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Missed it then, mea culpa!

was a decent list for sure. usually tho i think the top 10 are the most boring in any of their lists. maybe just b/c i'm overexposed (B.O.B. in this case) or i just never got into them at all (LCD)

also 'crazy' is a good song for sure and i always enjoy hearing it but it's basically a fucking moby song

I never really understood the love behind "All My Friends."

200-1

2000 25
2001 18
2002 29
2003 26
2004 18
2005 27
2006 21
2007 22
2008 11
2009 3

usually tho i think the top 10 are the most boring in any of their lists. maybe just b/c i'm overexposed (B.O.B. in this case)

I'm underexposed to this song, tho I have the album. After seeing it listed as No. 1 this morning, I went back to give it a more careful listen and . . . meh. I always love that one guy's fast, articulate delivery (Big Boi, I'd guess?), but beyond his delivery and the beat, which is pretty standard-sounding to me, the song doesn't leave much of an impression. (OTOH, I'm a "lyrics guy," and I've been impressed by OutKast's lyrics before, but I haven't focused on the B.O.B. lyrics yet).

Overall, very good list.

the song doesn't leave much of an impression.

Do you dance?

Uh guys you do realize that an ILM poll would come up with more or less the same songs, right?

― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 21, 2009 7:36 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

SOTM

Which, to be clear, I don't mean you need to dance to it to understand it, but I do feel like the times I've been most in love with the song have been at weddings or house parties or whatever where people are going crazy for it.

the beat for B.O.B is not pretty standard-sounding

Well, maybe I'm missing something in it. What about the beat do you think is exceptional?

well i cant think of any rap songs that have a similar beat?

it's just the 'Numbers' beat sped up as on countless booty bass tracks but that's hardly a bad thing

One of the first ILM threads ever:
Bombs Over Baghdad

There may have been some kind of 3 song cap for artists, because I figured "Yeah" was a lock and I'm sure people voted for it..

Although I'm almost positive I 4 each from Jay-Z and Kanye..

Although I'm almost positive I saw 4 each from Jay-Z and Kanye..

There should be a thread for the best songs that didn't make it..

Jay's on there 4 times as the main artist, and 6 more times as a featured artist. I don't think any quota or cap kept "Yeah" from being higher.

There is no such thing as a 54 mph speed limit, Jay-Z...

that lyric is what's known as a "joke"

Do you dance?

I haven't for a looooong time.