Boy did I fall behind here.
EXTRAS:Got Nuffin - SpoonThis would have been fun to chart. Not too familar with it, but sounds like asy top 30 material to me.
I'm Outta Time - OasisThsi is the Oasis vibe I rememeber. Tho I don't recall this song on the airwaves. LIke ver. Not even VH-1.
Her Morning Elegance - Oren LavieWhy this guy trying to sound slike Dylan's son from The Wallfolwers? "Song kinda fucks too" Never seen a song described like this? I might change that F for an S tho.
Ain't Gonna Lose You - Brett DennenHow this guy ever made it out of my tank in past RDs is beyond me?
Fingers crossed?40.
Little Bit of Red - Serena RyderNice pop rocker to anchor the top 40. Chorus is catchy.
39.
The Resolution - Jack’s MannequinI feel like us three were the biggest fans of this song and yet neither of us gave a top 20 slot. go figure?
38.
Candy - Paolo Nutinican't recall ever liking anything from this guy. I would call this a Cool "Wilderness" vibe.
37.
The Weight of Her - Butch WalkerI put this one in my top 40 cvuz it rocked.
36.
Backwards Down the Number Line - PhishThis vibe was too too much for me. I'm not even sure if I previewed the right song, but I didn't like this at all.
35.
Say Please - Monsters of FolkThis wasn't too bad for folk vibes. IT was actually in my top half at one point. Gave me
Beatles Folk vibes.
34.
Carpetbaggers - Jenny Lewis I previewed a version with an
Elvis Costello cameo. Don't know if that helped or hurt the song, but Elvis sounded like he struggled with this song's melody.
33.
Fugitive - David Gray Forgot about this tanker. That just leaves one Adele song to go.
32.
We Let Her Down - Chris IsaakGood slot for this one. Pleasantly surprised at how much more I liked this song over his big radio hits. The guitar struming reminded a bit of
Tom Petty's
"I Won't Back Down".31.
Fitz and the Dizzyspells - Andrew BirdNot usually a song I would like. I didn't upgrade it thinking it was about Michael Fitzpatrick, even tho it did have whistling. but I did like the female backups. Very subtle, but adding a very soothing feel to the song.
30.
Use Somebody - Kings of LeonDidn't see that coming. I love this song. I'm guessing ppeps handicapped it cuz they heard it a million X. well I put it in my top 10 for that same reason. Song becomes stronger the more I hear it if I love it...and still do.
29.
Crack the Shutters - Snow PatrolI dig this band. Love Gary's vocals tones. Most Snow Patrol songswill usually will get an RSVP top 20 on my lists. Any other band singing a song like this...not really.
28.
Them Kids - Sam RobertsI had a strong feeling this one would be popular on this RD. I liked it well enough for my top 40. Guitars were my highlight. Melodic and fast.
27.
Wrong - Depeche ModeDecent song. Not one of my favorites from them. Ironically Mexican Electronic icons
Moenia have a silmiar sounding song which I love.
26.
Little Bribes - Death Cab for Cutie I didn't recall this song at all. It's alright, but not great for them.
25.
You Never Know - WilcoMore Tom Petty vibes.
"Jammin' Me" came to mind. I liked that part of the song. The chorus was passable at best.
24.
Sugarfoot - Black Joe Lewis and the HoneybearsWell at least most of you have legs.
Now this was a song. So much foot stomping groove going on. and I love all the shout alongs. Reminded me of something
Morris Day would do. Favorite first time listen makes my top 20. Where's
James Brown when you need him.
23.
Show Me What I’m Looking For - Carolina LiarStill one of my favorite songs from that year. The melody doesn't change so much, but I love the buidup and the chimes. This is another one that charted on that HOT AC show I used to listen to. I think Rick Dees hosted that one.
22.
Airstream Driver - GomezOneof the songs on this list that rocked. The vocals had 60's Psychedelic tones. I really liked that. I also heard cowbell.
21.
The Lovers Are Losing - KeaneReally great song. You know through the years
The Killers kinda morphed thies music style in to
Kean's ...and Kean just went awway.
...and you all put Adele in the top 20.
This post willbe long, so go grab a bucket of KFC.
EXTRAS:Just a couple I would have given top 30 ranks to. You know which ones.
Incubus - Love HurtsI recall thos one well. THis one
Anna Molly were some of this band's highlights.
Broken - LifehouseCharted everything Lifehouse released back then. This one was one of the few I didn'y take top 10. Usueless PULSE fact #108. I charted evrything from these guys up until thier last studio album.
"Hurricane" and
"One For The Pain" were thier last songs to grace my charts.
I might have to learn how to do those "word walls" in case I fall behind again?20.
This Is the Life - Amy MacDonaldNot a bad little country pop diddy.
19.
Right As Rain - AdeleAn Adele pop song. Sure ,but when G
reen Day cruises over...
. Anyway, Not a fan of this jazzy piano stuff. From now on I consider Adele a PULSE hard-on artist.
18.
No Sunlight - Death Cab for CutieI didn't recall this one on past Alt rds nor ever on the radio for that matter, but i liked it. Would have charted it back then if I knew it exsisted...and it would have ended up higher on my list too.
17.
Human - The Killers and there it goes. the first WTF of this night. It's a good slot, but this deserves top 3. Heard about 3 million x back then. Hence my
#3 song. I would go from radio station to radio staion and there it was. Sometimes just beginning and I stayed to hear it thru. This song touched a lot of people. This was the first post 80's song that my Mom went out to search for. Anyway I love this song so much a charted a
Go West cover a few years back.
Peter Cox sounds amazing on this.
16.
The Great Defector - Bell X1This is me kinda on the same page with the rest of
PULSE about a song I'm not familar with, but found really interesting. Kinda like the song
Talking Heads never wrote.
15.
Welcome to England - Tori AmosI actualy thought this was pretty decent. Kinda mesmerizing actually if you are bias to British Rock and pop acts.
14.
The Fixer - Pearl JamSo glad I was able to slot this one in my top 10. I was getting a little worried mid throuh. Still a banger and still my favorite Pearl Jam song ever.
13.
Magnificent - U2I'll be lucky to have one top 10 standing by #11. Anyway U2 gets screwed out of the top 10 with one of their best songs ever. I go as far as to call it "Magnificent"
12.
Life in Technicolor II - ColdplayI've cooled down on Coldplay so much through the years. I still kept
"Yellow", "Speed Of Light" "The Scientist", Fix You, "Talk ", and
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" on my laptop. The rest went on to retire on USBs.
11.
Lovers in Japan - ColdplayI've been thinking of bringing this one out of retirement. Correct one prevails.
Adele in the top 10. I'm telling you PULSE hard-on artist.10.
People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko CaseWas this about sex or canibals? Not very good on deciphering lyrics that are nor staright out in my face, but I did like the upbeat feel of the song.
9.
Buster Voodoo - Rodrigo y GabrielaI liked a mpre recent song from this duo a whole lot mote than this one.
8.
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon What even are those ranks below 20 about? Anyway. My two favorite words in music. "Sex" and "Fire". also used a lot in Hair Metal and Eurobeat. My favorite Kings of Leon song and I can safely say they will never beat it. They can try, but they won't do it. For the record
"Wait For Me" is
#2.7.
Chasing Pavements - AdeleMY #
67 rank means I didn't hate it. I also hope it didn't help her get into the top 10, but whatever. Still don't like her vocals, but dammit that melody was sweet. That's about as nice as I can get with Adele.
6.
Strange Overtones - David Byrne & Brian EnoStrange overtones pretty much sums it up for me.
5.
Mykonos - Fleet Foxes I heard that
Mammas and Pappas vibe, but I'm not the biggest fan of that band. Also expected those paper birds to fly out of the screen.
4.
Spaceman - The KillersIt always amazes me how most of my top 10 is killed off in the first half of these rds, and yet I almost always pick that golden ticket into the top 5. This is my favorite Killers song btw. If memory serves 6 weeks wearing the crown. I consider this a flawless song.
3.
No You Girls - Franz FerdnandColor me surprised as I didn't think you all loved this jam as much as I did. That video and a song about girls. Now I'm thinking this should have been in my top 10 as well.
2.
Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic EventI rememeber this one from other RDs. It's a nice song. has one of those
Coldplay intros.
1.
The Fear - Lily AllenTotally surprised this is
#1. It sounds like a straight out Pop song, but that's what I actually found enticing abut it. That and her vocals. I had to look this one up and it was huge all over the world. Except
U.S POp Hot 100. It didn't do dick there.
I would have definitely ended up liking this one with a few 100 more listens under my belt. very poppy.
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Thanks for hosting. Found some pretty good discoveries and revisted some of my all time favs. Sorry for the looooooooooooooong post, but this is what I do. ;)