THE TOP 100 SONGS OF THE 2010's, Part II (#77-#51)
Welcome back to the countdown! If you'd like to listen along, here's a playlist of (more or less) the top 100. Let's keep it rolling with:
77. "The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind" Ben Folds Five (2012)
This song is all about the chorus, but that pumping build gets it there.
76. "Supercrush!" Devin Townsend (2009)
I mused back in 2009 that had it not missed the cut-off this would have been the song to make my decade list. And I was right, but it brought some friends along with it for the ride:
75. "Hyperdrive!" Devin Townsend (2009)
Like this one! Featuring Anneke van Giersbergen on lead vocals (who does a bunch of singing all over Addicted as well as other Townsend albums), this is a remake of a song from 2007's Ziltoid The Omniscient. This version blows the other one out of the water. It encapsulates the pop metal goodness that Addicted is all about.
74. "Light" Periphery (2010)
I said it in my initial review for this album, at the two minute mark this song sounds like your car is being attacked by velociraptors with rocket launchers. You need to hear it in stereo to get the full effect.
73. "Physical Education" Animals As Leaders (2014)
This song is fun and upbeat for being so technical, so it's cool that they have a fun video to go with it.
72. "Tactile Sonic Glide" The Shanghai Restoration Project (2019)
This one might be long, but you have to let it wash over you. Just kick back, breathe in and get on board the bubble ship, yo.
71. "Dry Bone Valley" Mastodon (2011)
70. "Throwback" Jim James (2018)
69. "Marching Orders" The New Pornographers (2014)
68. "Run Wild Horses" Aaron Watson (2017)
I'm a man who's always seen genre as a four letter word, but Country has always been a bit rough for me to sit through. So if you would have told me ten years ago a country song would have wound up on my Best of the Decade list, I would have looked at you funny. Honestly the only thing that could improve this song from sonic perfection is less meat-headed lyrics.
67. "Look Both Ways" Company Of Thieves (2011)
66. "Gang Fight" Countless Thousands (2014)
Never fails to pump me the fuck up. The video is rad too.
65. "Cylindrical Sea" Animals As Leaders (2011)
64. "Somnarium" Animals As Leaders (2011)
More on Animals As Leaders's Weightless in the Top Albums Of The Decade list. *spoilers*
63. "Voodoo Mon Amour" Diablo Swing Orchestra (2012)
You know shit's crazy when your vocalist quits the band to go further their opera singing career. That's where Diablo Swing Orchestra found themselves leading up to this, and you can plainly hear they landed on their feet. "Guerilla Laments" from this album nearly made this list as well. Definitely an interesting band.
62. "U Ouchea" Christelle Bofale (2019)
This song grew and grew on me ever since I first heard it. It washes over you with it's aetheral melancholy and beauty. The idea in the bridge about the person she's singing about being a figment of her imagination just adds to the unworldliness of the whole affair. Hit play and get chills.
61. "The Way Home!" Devin Townsend (2009)
The highest ranking song not technically from this decade. Didn't expect this to be the one to make it the farthest (would've guessed "Supercrush!" or "Hyperdrive!"), but here we are. The chorus of this song is frickin' amazing.
60. "Praying" Kesha (2017)
This song is hard to sit through, but it's epic as fuck. Perfectly constructed for the subject matter and emotions she's trying to convey. The monologue in the video might seem a little heavy-handed at first, but if you've gone through trauma or abuse then it doesn't seem so far fetched in retrospect.
59. "The Future's What It Used To Be" Apollo 440 (2012)
My #1 pick from 2012. After my first draft, this song wasn't even on the list. Goes to show what a weird journey I went on with all these incredible jams. The sentiment on this one's gone a little stale (are we even going to have a future?) but that intro puts it back into context. It's a fast-paced, beefy, synth power chord-laden slab of drum and bass. It makes me nerd out, okay?
58. "Dirty Diamond" Neko Case (2018)
Talk about polar opposites. This song is all subtlety and vocal harmony with a mean underbelly of D major chords cutting through on the change. One of the most beautiful songs on the list and feels real good to sing along to.
57. "Right Where I Belong" Miley Cyrus (2019)
When I hear this song, I think of the life that could have been if mental illness hadn't crippled me with anxiety. Could I have done something with my creative passions? Could I have achieved my dreams? I'll never know, but I'm also okay enough now to let all of that be in the past, the good and the bad. I'm still tethered to my past (as are we all), but I feel as though I have a longer leash.
56. "Goya Soda" Christine & The Queens (2018)
Christine & The Queens are the goddam truth and you're fucking up if you ain't know. Get to know.
55. "Bang Bang Bang" Mark Ronson, Q-Tip & MNDR (2010)
This would have been higher if not for severe overplay. And I never heard it on the radio, so that's my own damn fault.
54. "Some Nights" fun. (2011)
Say what you want about Nate Ruess or Jack Antonoff's work in the pop production sphere afterwards, they were able to craft one unstoppable pop juggernaut with this tune. (Song begins around the 1:00 mark)
53. "Little Talks" Of Monsters And Men (2011)
As cliché as it sounds, I still need to do this at karaoke at some point.
52. "Daffodils" Mark Ronson (basically Tame Impala) (2015)
Kevin Parker (who is the only listed member of Tame Impala) does vocals, bass, guitar and keyboards on the song, Kirin J. Callahan does some extra guitar, and Mark Ronson is credited with extra keyboards and percussion. Finding this out is one of the things that led to me buying Tame Impala's Currents.
51. "Rings" Aesop Rock (2016)
A song I feel all too much. I really thought from August through January that I was done writing. That I was done being creative. And that it would be nice to just walk away from the things that were my only emotional outlet. Couple thousand words to the good about the best music of the year/decade, and I'm slowly remembering how to be myself. But I almost became this guy:
We're gonna call it there for today. I'm looking to make this four parts, so mathematically, this is probably the place to cut it up. Stay tuned for Part III in the very near future!
THE TOP 100 SONGS OF THE 2010'S:
PART I (#100-#78)
PART III
PART IV
77. "The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind" Ben Folds Five (2012)
This song is all about the chorus, but that pumping build gets it there.
76. "Supercrush!" Devin Townsend (2009)
I mused back in 2009 that had it not missed the cut-off this would have been the song to make my decade list. And I was right, but it brought some friends along with it for the ride:
75. "Hyperdrive!" Devin Townsend (2009)
Like this one! Featuring Anneke van Giersbergen on lead vocals (who does a bunch of singing all over Addicted as well as other Townsend albums), this is a remake of a song from 2007's Ziltoid The Omniscient. This version blows the other one out of the water. It encapsulates the pop metal goodness that Addicted is all about.
74. "Light" Periphery (2010)
I said it in my initial review for this album, at the two minute mark this song sounds like your car is being attacked by velociraptors with rocket launchers. You need to hear it in stereo to get the full effect.
73. "Physical Education" Animals As Leaders (2014)
This song is fun and upbeat for being so technical, so it's cool that they have a fun video to go with it.
72. "Tactile Sonic Glide" The Shanghai Restoration Project (2019)
This one might be long, but you have to let it wash over you. Just kick back, breathe in and get on board the bubble ship, yo.
71. "Dry Bone Valley" Mastodon (2011)
70. "Throwback" Jim James (2018)
69. "Marching Orders" The New Pornographers (2014)
68. "Run Wild Horses" Aaron Watson (2017)
I'm a man who's always seen genre as a four letter word, but Country has always been a bit rough for me to sit through. So if you would have told me ten years ago a country song would have wound up on my Best of the Decade list, I would have looked at you funny. Honestly the only thing that could improve this song from sonic perfection is less meat-headed lyrics.
67. "Look Both Ways" Company Of Thieves (2011)
66. "Gang Fight" Countless Thousands (2014)
Never fails to pump me the fuck up. The video is rad too.
65. "Cylindrical Sea" Animals As Leaders (2011)
64. "Somnarium" Animals As Leaders (2011)
More on Animals As Leaders's Weightless in the Top Albums Of The Decade list. *spoilers*
63. "Voodoo Mon Amour" Diablo Swing Orchestra (2012)
You know shit's crazy when your vocalist quits the band to go further their opera singing career. That's where Diablo Swing Orchestra found themselves leading up to this, and you can plainly hear they landed on their feet. "Guerilla Laments" from this album nearly made this list as well. Definitely an interesting band.
62. "U Ouchea" Christelle Bofale (2019)
This song grew and grew on me ever since I first heard it. It washes over you with it's aetheral melancholy and beauty. The idea in the bridge about the person she's singing about being a figment of her imagination just adds to the unworldliness of the whole affair. Hit play and get chills.
61. "The Way Home!" Devin Townsend (2009)
The highest ranking song not technically from this decade. Didn't expect this to be the one to make it the farthest (would've guessed "Supercrush!" or "Hyperdrive!"), but here we are. The chorus of this song is frickin' amazing.
60. "Praying" Kesha (2017)
This song is hard to sit through, but it's epic as fuck. Perfectly constructed for the subject matter and emotions she's trying to convey. The monologue in the video might seem a little heavy-handed at first, but if you've gone through trauma or abuse then it doesn't seem so far fetched in retrospect.
59. "The Future's What It Used To Be" Apollo 440 (2012)
My #1 pick from 2012. After my first draft, this song wasn't even on the list. Goes to show what a weird journey I went on with all these incredible jams. The sentiment on this one's gone a little stale (are we even going to have a future?) but that intro puts it back into context. It's a fast-paced, beefy, synth power chord-laden slab of drum and bass. It makes me nerd out, okay?
58. "Dirty Diamond" Neko Case (2018)
Talk about polar opposites. This song is all subtlety and vocal harmony with a mean underbelly of D major chords cutting through on the change. One of the most beautiful songs on the list and feels real good to sing along to.
57. "Right Where I Belong" Miley Cyrus (2019)
When I hear this song, I think of the life that could have been if mental illness hadn't crippled me with anxiety. Could I have done something with my creative passions? Could I have achieved my dreams? I'll never know, but I'm also okay enough now to let all of that be in the past, the good and the bad. I'm still tethered to my past (as are we all), but I feel as though I have a longer leash.
56. "Goya Soda" Christine & The Queens (2018)
Christine & The Queens are the goddam truth and you're fucking up if you ain't know. Get to know.
55. "Bang Bang Bang" Mark Ronson, Q-Tip & MNDR (2010)
This would have been higher if not for severe overplay. And I never heard it on the radio, so that's my own damn fault.
54. "Some Nights" fun. (2011)
Say what you want about Nate Ruess or Jack Antonoff's work in the pop production sphere afterwards, they were able to craft one unstoppable pop juggernaut with this tune. (Song begins around the 1:00 mark)
53. "Little Talks" Of Monsters And Men (2011)
As cliché as it sounds, I still need to do this at karaoke at some point.
52. "Daffodils" Mark Ronson (basically Tame Impala) (2015)
Kevin Parker (who is the only listed member of Tame Impala) does vocals, bass, guitar and keyboards on the song, Kirin J. Callahan does some extra guitar, and Mark Ronson is credited with extra keyboards and percussion. Finding this out is one of the things that led to me buying Tame Impala's Currents.
51. "Rings" Aesop Rock (2016)
A song I feel all too much. I really thought from August through January that I was done writing. That I was done being creative. And that it would be nice to just walk away from the things that were my only emotional outlet. Couple thousand words to the good about the best music of the year/decade, and I'm slowly remembering how to be myself. But I almost became this guy:
We're gonna call it there for today. I'm looking to make this four parts, so mathematically, this is probably the place to cut it up. Stay tuned for Part III in the very near future!
THE TOP 100 SONGS OF THE 2010'S:
PART I (#100-#78)
PART III
PART IV
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