Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Best Songs of the 2000s: Part 4

* I didn't make this list, but I do love some of these songs. The ones with a star ( * ) by them are some favorites of mine. 
Now that the decade of the twenty-teens is five-plus percent complete, what better time than this holiday weekend to finally take a look back at some favorite songs of the '00s? [You can find the Best Albums of the '00s here]. This is the fourth of four parts.

100"Rebellion (Lies)"*
Arcade Fire
2004
People say that your dreams
are the only things that save you
Come on baby, in our dreams
we can live our misbehavior
100"Reckoner"*
Radiohead
2007
You were not to blame for 
bittersweet distractors
Dare not speak his name,
Did I cater to all your needs?
100"Reptilia"
The Strokes
2003
You sound so angry, just calm down, you found me
I said please don't slow me down if I'm going too fast
100"Run"*
Snow Patrol
2004
To think I might not see those eyes 
makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long good-bye,
I nearly do
100"Seven Nation Army"
The White Stripes
2003
All the words are gonna bleed from me 
and I will think no more
And the stains coming from my blood tell me to go back home
100"Shine a Light"
Wolf Parade
2005
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
100"Skinny Love"*
Bon Iver
2007
In the morning I'll be with you 
But it will be a different kind
100"Staring at the Sun"*
TV on the Radio
2004
I am the conscience clear 
In pain or ecstasy
And we were all weaned, my dear, 
Upon the same fatigue
100"Steady, As She Goes"*
The Raconteurs
2006
Find yourself a girl and settle down
Live a simple life in a quiet town
100"Still in Love Song"
The Stills
2003
We were lovers, we were kissers
We were holders of hands, 
We were make believers
100"Stillness is the Move"
Dirty Projectors
2009
Isn't life under the sun just a crazy dream?
Isn't life just a mirage of the world before the world?
100"Such Great Heights"*
The Postal Service
2003
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned
100"Take Me Out"
Franz Ferdinand
2004
So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair, I'm just a shot away from you
100"This Mess We're In"
PJ Harvey (feat. Thom Yorke)
2000
Night and day,
I dream of making love
to you now, baby
100"Tiny Vessels"*
Death Cab for Cutie
2003
You touch her skin and then you think 
That she is beautiful,
But she don't mean a thing to me
100"To Be Young *
(Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)"
Ryan Adams
2000
Young gal, you done me bad, and I went and did you wrong
100"2080"
Yeasayer
2007
If you find me I'll be sitting by the water fountain
Picket signs, letdowns, meltdown on Monday morning
100"Two Weeks"
Grizzly Bear
2009
Would you always? Maybe sometimes?
Make it easy? Take your time
100"U.R.A. Fever"
The Kills
2008
Go ahead and have her,
Go ahead and leave her,
You only ever had her
when you were a fever
100"Walking With a Ghost"*
Tegan and Sara
2004
No matter which way you go
No matter which way you stay
You're out of my mind, out of my mind
100"The Way We Get By"*
Spoon
2002
We found a new kind of dance
 in a magazine
Tried it out, it's like nothing you ever seen
100"Welcome Home"
Radical Face
2007
You were never supposed to leave,
Now my head's splitting at the seams
100"Wolf Like Me"*
TV on the Radio
2006
My mind has changed my body's frame, 
but god I like it
My heart's aflame, my body's strained,
but god I like it
100"Wolves at Night"
Manchester Orchestra
2007
I've got to crucify myself if I am gonna believe you, I've got to promise that I'll finish all the things I said I'd do to begin with, too
100"Yellow"*
Coldplay
2000
Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do
100"Young Folks"*
Peter Bjorn and John
2006
If I told you things I did before,
Told you how I used to be,
Would you go along 
with someone like me?

10 comments:

  1. you're irrelevant, but this list that has tegan and sara is not :D

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  2. Really like this list, especially anything Jack white and Tegan and Sara!! I like you taste in music :)

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  4. Love your taste in music<3.... my favorites on this list are radiohead and arcade fire :-)

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  5. Glad to know that we have some similar taste in music... Coldplay, Snow Patrol.. glad to see them on the list!!
    =)

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  6. Yesss, Reptilia! I love The Strokes.
    + Yellow, Take Me Out, Run and Seven Nation Army. Nice taste in music.

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  7. Ahh Ryan Adams, Bon Iver and Death Cab and pretty much everything else? Jenna why you are so awesome. Josh is too lucky.

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  8. yay a bon iver fan?
    i love them sooooo much :)

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  9. ooh peter bjorn and john! they're swedish, i'm swedish, and you like them. aha cool :')

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  10. Arcade Fire?
    Radiohead?
    Snow Patrol?
    The White Stripes?
    Bon Iver?
    PJ Harvey?
    Death Cab for Cutie?
    Grizzly Bear AND
    Tegan and Sara!?! YOU HAVE AMAZING MUSICAL TASTE!!!!

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