FINISHED!!!!!! Matt's Top 100 of the 2000s

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250. Shut The Hell Up

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Walrus Man And Mighty Tighty Rhymefish
Shut the Hell Up (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 249. Before I Forget[/url]
Slipknot
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 248. We Are All On Drugs[/url]
Weezer
Make Believe (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 247. Low[/url]
Flo Rida
Mail On Sunday (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 246. Glass To The Arson[/url]
Anberlin
Blueprints for the Black Market (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 245. Bother[/url]
Stone Sour
Stone Sour (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 244. Original Fire[/url]
Audioslave
Revelations (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 243. Big Casino[/url]
Jimmy Eat World
Chase This Light (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 242. The Bad Touch[/url]
Bloodhound Gang
Hooray for Boobies (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 241. Down With The Sickness[/url]
Disturbed
The Sickness (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 240. Pardon Me[/url]
Incubus
Make Yourself (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 239. Megalomaniac[/url]
Incubus
A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 238. Growing Old Is Getting Old[/url]
Silversun Pickups
Swoon (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 237. Short Skirt/Long Jacket[/url]
Cake
Comfort Eagle (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 236. Breaking The Habit[/url]
Linkin Park
Meteora (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 235. My Sacrifice[/url]
Creed
Weathered (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 234. Grey Street[/url]
Dave Matthews Band
Busted Stuff (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 233. Hash Pipe[/url]
Weezer
Weezer (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 232. Why Can't You Be[/url]
Third Eye Blind
Ursa Major (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 231. Kill[/url]
Jimmy Eat World
Futures (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 230. Sweet Release[/url]
Live
Birds of Pray (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 229. Suspension[/url]
Mae
The Everglow (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 228. Jaded[/url]
Aerosmith
Just Push Play (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 227. Famous Last Words[/url]
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 226. A Sorta Fairytale[/url]
Tori Amos
Scarlet's Walk (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 225. Closure[/url]
Chevelle
Wonder What's Next (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 224. Use Somebody[/url]
Kings Of Leon
Only By the Night (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 223. Crushcrushcrush[/url]
Paramore
Riot! (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 222. Everywhere[/url]
Michelle Branch
The Spirit Room (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 221. I'm Not Okay (I Promise)[/url]
My Chemical Romance
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 220. Here Is Gone[/url]
Goo Goo Dolls
Gutterflower (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 219. Speed Of Sound[/url]
Coldplay
X&Y (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 218. Whisper[/url]
Evanescence
Fallen (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 217. Let Me Love You[/url]
Mario
Turning Point (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 216. Forgot About Dre[/url]
Dr. Dre & Eminem
2001 (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 215. Try Honesty[/url]
Billy Talent
Billy Talent (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 214. Never Again[/url]
Nickelback
Silver Side Up (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 213. Wherever You Will Go[/url]
The Calling
Camino Palmero (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 212. Question![/url]
System Of A Down
Mezmerize (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 211. Hysteria[/url]
Muse
Absolution (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 210. Dirt Off Your Shoulder[/url]
Jay-Z
The Black Album (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 209. Believe[/url]
The Bravery
The Sun and the Moon (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 208. A Praise Chorus[/url]
Jimmy Eat World
Bleed American (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 207. Take Me Away[/url]
Lifehouse
Stanley Climbfall (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 206. Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades[/url]
Brand New
Deja Entendu (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 205. Ride Wit Me[/url]
Nelly
Country Grammar (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 204. What If[/url]
Creed
Human Clay (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 203. Times Like These[/url]
Foo Fighters
One by One (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 202. Inside Out[/url]
Vonray
Vonray (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 201. Fireflies[/url]
Owl City
Ocean Eyes (2009)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]

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200. My Happy Ending

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Avril Lavigne
Under My Skin (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 199. American Idiot[/url]
Green Day
American Idiot (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 198. Devour[/url]
Shinedown
The Sound of Madness (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 197. AM Radio[/url]
Everclear
Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 196. I Wanna Know[/url]
Joe
My Name Is Joe (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 195. Break Ya Neck[/url]
Busta Rhymes
Genesis (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 194. Nobody's Home[/url]
Avril Lavigne
Under My Skin (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 193. Stay Fly[/url]
Three 6 Mafia
Most Known Unknown (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 192. Amazed[/url]
Lonestar
Lonely Grill (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 191. Don't Cha[/url]
Pussycat Dolls
PCD (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 190. Unemployed Boyfriend[/url]
Everclear
Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 189. The Chemicals Between Us[/url]
Bush
The Science of Things (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 188. Hammerhead[/url]
Offspring
Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 187. Take Back The City[/url]
Snow Patrol
A Hundred Million Suns (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 186. The Diary Of Jane[/url]
Breaking Benjamin
Phobia (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 185. Let's Get Married (Remarquable Remix)[/url]
Jagged Edge featuring Run-DMC
"Let's Get Married" (single) (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 184. Map Of The Problematique[/url]
Muse
Black Holes and Revelations (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 183. Precious[/url]
Depeche Mode
Playing the Angel (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 182. Like I Do[/url]
Live
Birds of Pray (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 181. Breathing[/url]
Lifehouse
No Name Face (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 180. Broken[/url]
Seether featuring Amy Lee
The Punisher: The Album (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 179. No More Drama[/url]
Mary J. Blige
No More Drama (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 178. The Way You Move[/url]
OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 177. Follow The Sun Down[/url]
Dark New Day
Twelve Year Silence (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 176. The Boys Of Summer[/url]
The Ataris
So Long Astoria (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 175. Funny The Way It Is[/url]
Dave Matthews Band
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 174. Heaven[/url]
Live
Birds of Pray (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 173. Stronger[/url]
Kanye West
Graduation (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 172. That's Not My Name[/url]
The Ting Tings
We Started Nothing (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 171. Lapdance[/url]
N.E.R.D.
In Search Of... (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 170. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs[/url]
Fall Out Boy
Infinity on High (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 169. Wasteland[/url]
10 Years
The Autumn Effect (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 168. Happy?[/url]
Mudvayne
Lost and Found (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 167. Savin' Me[/url]
Nickelback
All the Right Reasons (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 166. Closer[/url]
Ne-Yo
Year of the Gentleman (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 165. The Runaways[/url]
Anberlin
Never Take Friendship Personal (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 164. Hurt[/url]
Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 163. All My Life[/url]
Foo Fighters
One by One (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 162. Going Under[/url]
Evanescence
Fallen (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 161. Make A Move[/url]
Lostprophets
Start Something (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 160. Midnight Bottle[/url]
Colbie Caillat
Coco (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 159. Icky Thump[/url]
The White Stripes
Icky Thump (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 158. Through Glass[/url]
Stone Sour
Come What(ever) May (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 157. It's My Life[/url]
No Doubt
The Singles 1992–2003 (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 156. The '59 Sound[/url]
The Gaslight Anthem
The '59 Sound (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 155. Baby Girl, I'm A Blur[/url]
Say Anything
In Defense of the Genre (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 154. The Adventure[/url]
Angels and Airwaves
We Don't Need to Whisper (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 153. The News[/url]
Carbon/Silicon
The Last Post (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 152. How We Operate[/url]
Gomez
How We Operate (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 151. Nobody[/url]
Skindred
Babylon (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
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OK, now we're getting pretty serious. There are some songs in this group that, looking back, I'm shocked missed the top 100.

150. 24

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Jem
Finally Woken (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 149. Homecoming[/url]
Kanye West
Graduation (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 148. Kerosene[/url]
Miranda Lambert
Kerosene (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 147. I Am Not My Hair[/url]
India.Arie featuring Akon
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 146. A Day Late[/url]
Anberlin
Never Take Friendship Personal (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 145. The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage[/url]
Panic! At The Disco
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 144. Work[/url]
Jimmy Eat World
Futures (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 143. Somebody Told Me[/url]
The Killers
Hot Fuss (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 142. Waking Up With Wolves[/url]
The Black Maria
A Shared History of Tragedy (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 141. Kryptonite[/url]
3 Doors Down
The Better Life (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 140. Ms. Jackson[/url]
OutKast
Stankonia (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 139. You And I Both[/url]
Jason Mraz
Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 138. The Pursuit[/url]
Evans Blue
The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 137. Sugar[/url]
Tonic
Sugar (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 136. Chop Suey![/url]
System Of A Down
Toxicity (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 135. Roses[/url]
OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 134. The Middle[/url]
Jimmy Eat World
Bleed American (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 133. Broken[/url]
Lifehouse
Who We Are (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 132. Hemorrhage (In My Hands)[/url]
Fuel
Something Like Human (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 131. Supermassive Black Hole[/url]
Muse
Black Holes & Revelations (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 130. Neon[/url]
John Mayer
Room for Squares (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 129. Beautiful Day[/url]
U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 128. What It Is To Burn[/url]
Finch
What It Is To Burn (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 127. Are You Happy Now?[/url]
Michelle Branch
Hotel Paper (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 126. Escalates[/url]
Falling Up
Crashings (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 125. Misery Business[/url]
Paramore
Riot! (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 124. Inspire[/url]
Cave In
Antenna (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 123. Take A Picture[/url]
Filter
Title of Record (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 122. Side[/url]
Travis
The Invisible Band (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 121. Politicians[/url]
Switchfoot
Nothing Is Sound (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 120. When I'm Gone[/url]
3 Doors Down
Away From the Sun (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 119. No Such Thing[/url]
John Mayer
Room for Squares (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 118. Rockin' The Suburbs[/url]
Ben Folds
Rockin' The Suburbs (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 117. Bitches Ain't Shit[/url]
Ben Folds
"Bitches Ain't Shit" (single) (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 116. Move Bitch[/url]
Ludacris
Word of Mouf (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 115. How You Remind Me[/url]
Nickelback
Silver Side Up (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 114. Everything You Want[/url]
Vertical Horizon
Everything You Want (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 113. Lose Yourself[/url]
Eminem
Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 112. What Goes Around.../...Comes Around[/url]
Justin Timberlake
FutureSex/LoveSounds (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 111. American Baby[/url]
Dave Matthews Band
Stand Up (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 110. It's Been Awhile[/url]
Staind
Break the Cycle (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 109. Last Resort[/url]
Papa Roach
Infest (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 108. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)[/url]
Arcade Fire
Funeral (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 107. Ether[/url]
Nas
Stillmatic (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 106. Lost Realist[/url]
Trapt
Someone In Control (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 105. I Wanna Be With You[/url]
Mandy Moore
I Wanna Be With You (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 104. Right Side Of The Bed[/url]
Atreyu
The Curse (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 103. Naïve Orleans[/url]
Anberlin
Blueprints for the Black Market (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 102. The New Transmission[/url]
Lostprophets
Liberation Transmission (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 101. Letting The Cables Sleep[/url]
Bush
The Science of Things (2000)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]

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100. Chaos

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Mute Math
Mute Math (2006)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
After "Control", which hit #3 on my weekly chart and finished in the top 20 of 2005, I was quite excited for Mute Math's self-titled full-length debut. "Chaos" was the first song that leaked on their MySpace (arguably a single, but they weren't on a big label at the time so it wasn't really promoted). What I heard was the first real example of the Mute Math sound I loved. It became their first of five #1 hits in the decade, finished #6 for 2006, and leads off the top 100.

99. Viva la Vida

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Coldplay
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
After the highly-disappointing "Violet Hill", Coldplay had run the risk of falling off the list of my favorite bands. But "Viva la Vida" put them right back into form. It was a #2 peaker on my weekly chart and top 20 for 2008. In 2009, I came upon the Telemitry remix, quite a worthy companion to the original. I played it at a wedding in May and it was a smash. The extra oomph the dance remix gave the song helps it finish inside the top 100.

98. Zero

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's Blitz! (2009)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Very few songs have ever gotten the instant love from me that "Zero" did. Less than 10 days after I first heard it, "Zero" had soared up to #6 on my weekly chart, and the next week it was #1. But a song that ranks even higher on this list was released very soon after and cut off "Zero"'s #1 reign at just two weeks. It managed a respectable fall down the chart, but ended up #6 for 2009.

97. Run

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Snow Patrol
Final Straw (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I was one of the few, it seemed, that gave "Spitting Games" some respectable attention; it earned a top-20 peak on my chart. But "Run" blew it out of the water. It took a little while to catch on, but after its sweeping (but genuine) grandness won me over, it spent over 6 months on my weekly chart with a #5 peak. As a recurrent/gold, it held up quite strongly in its further airplay and finishes strong at #97 for the decade.

96. Ordinary

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Train
Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I thought I had pegged Train pretty well. Decent group, but not the most musically interesting. Off the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack, "Ordinary" brought us a Train I hadn't heard before (or since). A rockin' Train, in fact. It was their last single to make the Alternative chart, and their last single to hit #1 on my weekly chart (or even come close). It turns out I did peg them pretty well, save this gem.

95. Decode

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Paramore
Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
In the topic for Regina Spektor's "Fidelity" in the Alternative forum, I called the song annoying and decried the lack of females or female-led bands making good modern rock music. After being asked who would I suggest, my response was "How about Paramore?" Some months later, Riot! and made stars out of Hayley Williams and the gang (and gave them three top-400 hits here). That album paved the way for this song from the Twilight soundtrack, "Decode". It became their biggest Hot 100 hit, their second #1 hit on my chart (along with a #2 and a #3), and their only song within the top 100 of the decade.

94. Gone Away

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Cold
WWF Tough Enough 2 (2002)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I only had a cursory knowledge of Cold from their album 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage. They seemed strictly an Active Rock band, a format I wasn't following much in 2002. Their next release came off the soundtrack to the reality show "Tough Enough". By somewhat of a contrast, "Gone Away" was emotional and vulnerable -- but in just over 3 minutes, packed tons of power. It was their first and only #1 on my weekly chart, but set the stage for a successful album for me in Year of the Spider: it had a top-10 and a top-20 on the weekly chart and two songs that finish in my decade-end recap ("Suffocate", #314; "Wasted Years", an album track that didn't chart originally but is #267 here).

93. Bleed American

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Jimmy Eat World
Bleed American (2001)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Talk about missing the boat. In 2001 I was starting to develop more than a cursory knowledge of modern rock. A select few songs pre-2001 had caught my ears, but not many. As 9/11 hit, I took note of a song that begun free-falling in its wake. Not "Bodies" (I actually did like that song), but "Bleed American". JEW got their huge breakthrough for me with the #1 hit "The Middle" (#134), and after getting into their album, "Bleed American" (the song) got the love it deserved the year before. It even surpassed "The Middle" with time for me.

92. Hey Ya!

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OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
This song was hard to place. It had a very successful chart run for me: #1 hit and all that. I listened to it so much and it was so ubiquitous, though, that there was some burnout for me for a couple of years afterward. I've found that I'm closer to ranking my *favorite* songs of the decade rather than the ones I believe are the *best* songs of the decade (trying to be objective quality-wise), and "Hey Ya!" is likely a slight casualty of that decision. (I don't know if that comparison made any actual sense, but whatever.)

91. Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)

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Lostprophets
Liberation Transmission (2006)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Lostprophets certainly know how to make anthems. "Last Train Home" (with its "And we sing..." refrain) hooked me to the tune of #2 song of the year. "Rooftops" was no slouch, either. As 2006 ended, it made a strong push for year-end chart position as I used it prominently in a video recap I made for a business organization I was active in during college. It helped drive the living-for-the-moment theme home for me even further, and much like "Run", it kept sounding better in my eyes as it passed into recurrency and beyond.

90. Talk

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Coldplay
X&Y (2006)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Speaking of videos... I based an entire rush video I created around this song. Add in its excellent chart performance (#2 peak) and you have a top-90 hit of the decade. I also loved to imagine a video for this song that had no real correlation to its meaning. Chris Martin and company as fake thugs playing up the humor to maximum effect? Oh, how I wish I had connections with Anton Corbijn.

89. Lazy Eye

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Silversun Pickups
Carnavas (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
See: "Run", Snow Patrol. Except even better and even more epic. This goes much higher than #89 on the list of "Songs I haven't yet heard live that I would kill to hear live." I can close my eyes and imagine, though. I have several times.

88. Higher

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Creed
Human Clay (2000)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
It sounds crazy and ridiculous now that I liked "Higher" so much. It was so damn cheesy! I can't deny, though, that for a brief time I considered Creed my favorite band. It would have probably ranked top-20 on this list if it were made in 2002, but time helps some songs and hurts others. This was one it hurt.

87. Sweetness

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Jimmy Eat World
Bleed American (2002)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
As I got into "The Middle" (and Internet downloading), I started listening to a demo version of "Sweetness" before actually buying the album. And, as you can guess, I loved it. In some ways, I loved it even more than the album version... they call it the primacy effect, I guess. But either version was one I wouldn't turn it off, and played a huge effect on catapulting Jimmy Eat World into the upper echelon of my favorite bands, a status they would maintain throughout the entire rest of the decade.

86. Chasing Cars

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Snow Patrol
Eyes Open (2006)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I really don't know if I like this song better than "Run" (#97). I definitively don't like it more than "Hands Open". But that's like saying you don't like a Lexus as much as a Mercedes-Benz or an Audi. You're more than happy with any of the three. "Chasing Cars" was an easy pick for top-10 of 2008 and is no less enthralling to listen to a year later.

85. Rebellion (Lies)

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Arcade Fire
Funeral (2005)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Hearing this was when I thought, "Wow, the Arcade Fire aren't just one-song flukes". I'm not even sure where I first heard "Neighborhood #3" (#108), but against the odds of an indie act hitting it big with their first offering, it was a top-5 weekly hit. "Rebellion" caught me off-guard with its dissimilar sound, but it charmed me right away. I used to stay up late nights chatting with an online friend around this time, and we both loved the song. The "sleeping is giving in" lyric exemplified our wee-hours conversations aptly.

84. Walk Away

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Mad At Gravity
Resonance (2002)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Why, oh why did this band not catch on? Mad at Gravity had a sound that clearly fit somewhere into the alternative rock scene, but it was so hard to find a close comparison to another band. Although "Walk Away" was a #1 hit for me, it was only a minor Active Rock hit; may or may not have even had a second single; and found itself on the outs after just one disc, Resonance. It happens to be one of the most underrated albums of this decade in my opinion.

83. Toxicity

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System Of A Down
Toxicity (2002)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I loved "Chop Suey!" (#136), but I couldn't quite get 100% behind the new (to me) band with that much of a novel sound. As a result, the song peaked "only" at #4 on my weekly chart. "Toxicity" had all the hard work done for it already, so it met with no resistance. It reached #2 on the weekly chart and suffered little backlash or burnout in the succeeding years.

82. Mad World

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Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
Donnie Darko: Music from the Original Motion Picture Score (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Simply put, this may be the most haunting song of the decade for me: as chilling as it is simplistic. It fit the Donnie Darko soundtrack perfectly and got even more appreciated by me with time.

81. Outside

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Staind
Break the Cycle (2001)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
See: "Gone Away", Cold. Via my limited knowledge of Staind before Break the Cycle, my opinion of the band was marginal at best. Then the live version of "Outside" came, which I liked but didn't really love. The studio version combined a more agreeable tempo of their usual rock sound with the emotion clearly apparent on the live version of "Outside". The best of both worlds. (I would later come around pretty well on "Mudshovel", and to a lesser extent, "Home".)

80. The Only One

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Evanescence
The Open Door (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Fallen was such an out-of-the-park success for me (three #1 hits and a top-5 on the weekly chart, and the #321, #289, #218, and #162 songs on this list as well as two more in the top 100!) that their follow-up couldn't quite measure up. But it still had two #1 hits on the weekly chart: "Call Me When You're Sober" (#255) and this song, an album track that wasn't very radio-friendly but was the best example of what made me fall in love with the band in the first place.

79. Human

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Big City Rock
Big City Rock (2006)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I had no idea who Big City Rock were until I heard them open for Everclear when they came to my school in 2006. I was enjoying them OK enough, until they played "Human". I think it was the first time I had applauded and cheered aloud that night. This was a pretty cool song! I went home and immediately downloaded (and charted) the song. It didn't even make the top 10 on my weekly chart though; some of my subconscious still wasn't giving it the fairest shake due to their status as a relative unknown band. With only a few exceptions, this shows best how repeated airplay for a song, even after it falls off the chart, can make a world of difference in its true standing with me.

78. She Must And Shall Go Free

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Derek Webb
She Must And Shall Go Free (2003)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
See: "Human", Big City Rock. This is one of the few exceptions that I mentioned just one write-up ago. I don't even remember if I charted this when it was out. A non-crossover Christian artist had a much harder time than its crossover pop and rock brethren, but thankfully I didn't give up on this beautiful track. To the contrary, I spun it enough as a non-current that it vaults all the way into the top 80.

77. No Cars Go

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Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I thought, at some point, that Arcade Fire's amazing luck with singles (for me) would run out. Three out of their four singles up to the release of "No Cars Go" hit my top 5, with only "Wake Up" missing. And on brief listens to both of their albums, it was stunning how hit-or-miss they were for me. Not that their album tracks were bad; they just didn't resonate with me. But "No Cars Go" not only matched "Rebellion" as their highest-peaking hit for me, but it's the best-performing Arcade Fire song on this list, period. I'll always associate this song with a mini-road trip to a casino in Biloxi; I played it in the car with several friends who all loved this song too.

76. Schism

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Tool
Lateralus (2001)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Appreciation, appreciation, appreciation. I wasn't "getting" "Schism" in 2001. I really wanted to, but I couldn't even push this into the top 40 of any of my weekly charts. Obviously I recognized the genius of this track as I grew up and also became more musically mature. The beneficiary: "Vicarious" (#353), which had no problem zooming up to #2 on the weekly chart upon its release.

[sadchild]

great list, love it. there are plenty of songs i "like" or "don't like".

to make it easier, these are the ones i LOVE

395. Desert Rose
353. Vicarious
308. Feel Good Inc.
271. Break Stuff
261. The Kill
256. Boom
240. Pardon Me
212. Question!
183. Precious
171. Lapdance
169. Wasteland
151. Nobody
140. Ms. Jackson
139. You And I Both
132. Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
131. Supermassive Black Hole
129. Beautiful Day
114. Everything You Want
76. Schism

these are the ones i DESPISE

400. If Everyone Cared
394. All Summer Long [ www.411mania.com/music/columns/93562 see #20]
390. Umbrella
366. Careless Whisper [ www.411mania.com/music/columns/100350]
344. Jesus Of Suburbia [(mentioned in) www.411mania.com/music/columns/111129]
277. Magnificent [ www.411mania.com/music/columns/102762]
214. Never Again
201. Fireflies [ www.411mania.com/music/columns/126867 see #50]
172. That's Not My Name [ www.411mania.com/music/columns/95058 see #1]
110. It's Been Awhile


and "300. Eric f**ked His Sister's Tits"

... i, uh, missed that one.

[Matt4319]

Jan 21, 2010 9:19:57 GMT -5 sadchild said:

and "300. Eric f**ked His Sister's Tits"

... i, uh, missed that one.

Haha, I wondered if anyone would catch that one. Some friends of mine were messing around one night, pretty much, and just started mercilessly making fun of our friend Eric (who can be heard on the track objecting feebly). The entire track was done on one glorious take that happened to be recorded. I was present, but had no actual part in the song.

And I'm bumping this as well for the purpose of noting that I've added small write-ups for #100 through #76. (They would have been posted last night, but a rainstorm here knocked out Internet access pretty much the entire night.)

[Slinky]

Good to see "24", "Work", and "Mad World" on the list. There's a lot of Jimmy Eat World on here, but "Work" often gets overlooked and I'm glad this list didn't overlook it.

"Neon" is probably the best song on John Mayer's debut, but I associate it with a particular ex... ruins it for me a bit. I haven't heard it in a long time.

"Rooftops" is one of those songs that I've never really gotten into but should. If it ever comes on the (satellite) radio, I'll crank it up, and then immediately forget about it 2 seconds after it's over. Someday I should get around to downloading it.

[Matt4319]

75. One Big Holiday

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My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Only the best guitar solo of the decade.

74. Godspeed

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Anberlin
Cities (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Anberlin's first #1 hit on my chart; believe it or not, nothing from Never Take Friendship Personal hit #1 (and there are still three songs from that album we haven't even gotten to yet).

73. So Cold

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Breaking Benjamin
We Are Not Alone (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Sometimes artists make the "big leap" - when you think you know what caliber of an artist they're capable of being, and then a song comes and surprises the heck out of you. This was probably the biggest example of that phenomenon.

72. Paperthin Hymn

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Anberlin
Never Take Friendship Personal (2005)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
The longest-lasting song ever on my personal chart that didn't hit #1. Anberlin's first modern rock hit and still their best video.

71. 99 Problems

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Jay-Z
The Black Album (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Absolute genius. "You're crazy for this one, Rick." Crazy like a fox.

70. Her Diamonds

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Rob Thomas
Cradlesong (2009)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Rob must have channeled some of that MB20 soul that seemed to be missing on his previous album (save a bit on "This Is How a Heart Breaks").

69. Forever

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Papa Roach
The Paramour Sessions (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Just like "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"... "Between Angels and Insects"? A little too heavy. "Scars"? A little too light. (Although I didn't mind either song.) "Forever"? Juuuuust right.

68. Falling For The First Time

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Barenaked Ladies
Maroon (2001)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
"Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost. Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost? Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost. Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost. What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time? What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind. It feels just like I'm falling for the first time." And you really do feel it with lyrics like these. You get your own butterflies just from listening.

67. These Things

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She Wants Revenge
She Wants Revenge (2006)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I loved the album version with the extended outro. I often imagined if the show 24 ever used it in the final episode as they closed the show. I got chills every time. A perfect atmospheric piece which I didn't even like at first.

66. Live Your Life

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T.I. featuring Rihanna
Paper Trail (2008)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I was loving my life like at no other time before when this song came out. I even almost learned all of T.I.'s raps in it.

65. Here With Me

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Michelle Branch
The Spirit Room (2002)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
So sweet it's almost sickening. Almost.

64. In The Clouds

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Under The Influence Of Giants
Under the Influence of Giants (2008)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I'm glad I somehow discovered this a full year after "Mama's Room" had run its course with nary a peep on my chart. My favorite part is the frenetic climax.

63. Maps

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever to Tell (2004)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
A classic of the 2000s in every way, it's pretty damn fun to play in Rock Band too.

62. Plan B

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Mute Math
Mute Math (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Even considering how dominating the better half of this album was on my personal charts, this might have slipped through the cracks had I noticed it as the iTunes Free Download of the Week once.

61. The Red Summer Sun

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Third Eye Blind
Blue (2000)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
So, so fun to sing scream along to. And if you splice it together with the last minute-plus on the album after "Darwin", it gets even better (listen above).

60. Dig

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Incubus
Light Grenades (2007)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
"________" (Incubus song coming up) was awesome, but I largely preferred the "harder" Incubus sound of Make Yourself through Morning View. This track showed me that they can be just a straight-up awesome band no matter what style they play.

59. Realize

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Colbie Caillat
Coco (2008)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
This got its most frequently airplay when I was trying to sort out just what kind of feelings I had for a particular girl (hint: it turned out not to be "those" feelings). But no emotions need to be attached to find this song warm, relaxing and endearing.

58. What These Bitches Want

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DMX featuring Sisqo
…And Then There Was X (2000)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
A (highly irrational) dream of mine when I was 16 was to drive around Compton at night in my 1993 Chevy Cavalier convertible with this song on full blast. (I am white.) Thankfully I'm still alive because I didn't follow through on that dream, but I can't help but love this.

57. My Immortal

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Evanescence
Fallen (2003)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
The first song ever to debut at #1 on my chart, upon the "Full Band" release of the single. As with many of my early-decade favorites, Evanescence has fallen (no pun intended) a bit in my eyes, but they must get their due props.

56. Drive

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Incubus
Morning View (2001)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Ah-ha, this was the fill-in-the-blank from #60. Did you expect anything else? Good enough to go on any format from AC to Active Rock and belong there.

55. Walk On

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U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2001)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
A perfect complement to "Beautiful Day" that ensured U2 wouldn't just be a "classic rock band from the '80s" for me (up to that point, the only song I heard from them as a current was "Sweetest Thing").

54. Stand Here With Me

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Creed
Weathered (2002)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
A side of Creed that sadly didn't get enough attention. Potent without being sludgy or super-earnest. Oh, and that Tremonti guitar solo was pretty sweet too. Apparently, it just missed the top 50 of Alternative as an album track. Why did "Don't Stop Dancing" get released again?!

53. Not Tonight

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Adelayda
Adelayda [EP] (2003)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
I first heard this on a Montgomery, AL pop station in 2002 as I was attending Auburn. Imagine, "local" bands (these guys were Birmingham) making good music! A redone version for their first full-length CD performed respectably on the CHR/Pop Indicator chart, but this rawer version was the one I remained loyal to. An attestation to its rarity: I couldn't find the cover to this EP anywhere on the internet, so I snapped a picture of it with my iPhone. No, the cover doesn't come with all the band members' autographs.

52. Bend And Not Break

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Dashboard Confessional
A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar (2003)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Emotional, tense, and hopeful. Yep, it sounded like both the love life I had always yearned for, and the love life Chris Carrabba seemed so thankful he had.

51. Spotlight

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Mute Math
Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]
Their "Typical" video may never be topped, but this came pretty close. Throw in the signature Mute Math sound ever-present here, along with an explosive live performance I saw in October (where I had a very close personal crowd interaction with him for the 2nd time overall and first of two times that night) and it definitely deserves its spot here.

[Matt4319]

For this set, I don't have any write-ups. For some reason, it's actually harder to put into words why I love these songs. I think my connection to the song is visceral enough that it transcends my ability as a writer to properly explain it. I could for some, but not for all. But if you're curious as to why a song ranks where it does, let me know and I'll give it a shot. :)

50. Bright Lights

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Matchbox Twenty
More Than You Think You Are (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 49. Tribute[/url]
Tenacious D
Tenacious D (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 48. Idioteque[/url]
Radiohead
Kid A (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 47. Stigmatized[/url]
The Calling
Camino Palmero (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 46. Home[/url]
Marc Broussard
Carencro (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 45. Caught In The Sun[/url]
Course Of Nature
Superkala (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 44. The Feel Good Drag[/url]
Anberlin
Never Take Friendship Personal (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 43. In The End[/url]
Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 42. Hands Open[/url]
Snow Patrol
Eyes Open (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 41. Haight Street[/url]
Anberlin
New Surrender (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 40. I Will Possess Your Heart[/url]
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 39. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams[/url]
Green Day
American Idiot (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 38. The Way I Are[/url]
Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson, DOE & Sebastian
Shock Value (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 37. Whiskey Lullaby[/url]
Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
Mud on the Tires (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 36. Sometime Around Midnight[/url]
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 35. Blurry[/url]
Puddle Of Mudd
Come Clean (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 34. Come To Jesus[/url]
Mindy Smith
One Moment More (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 33. Best Of You[/url]
Foo Fighters
In Your Honor (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 32. Dismantle. Repair.[/url]
Anberlin
Cities (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 31. Slow Motion[/url]
Third Eye Blind
Blue (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 30. Here's To The Night[/url]
Eve 6
Horrorscope (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 29. Bed Of Lies[/url]
Matchbox Twenty
Mad Season (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 28. Happy Is A Yuppie Word[/url]
Switchfoot
Nothing Is Sound (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 27. Panic Switch[/url]
Silversun Pickups
Swoon (2009)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 26. Meant To Live[/url]
Switchfoot
The Beautiful Letdown (2003)[/size][/td][/tr][/table]

[PHOBES]

Just now found this, nicely done. I was trying to decide which of these songs you've posted would be my favorite, and it became an easy decision once I saw the last song that you've posted thus far. Can't wait to see the top 25.

[My Life Is A Stereo]

Nice listings Matt. I like that you have the variety of the genres you listen to in there. I know there was lots of songs in the CHR/Pop/Dance world that I liked over the past decade but because I didn't follow it as closely and solely made Rock/alternative charts it would be too difficult for me go over the past decade and get a good variety of what I really liked unless I took a few months to scour over the songs again. I might try it to find some of the songs I had already forgotten about.

I'm just finishing, at this very moment, my 1001 rock and alternative songs (with a very few exceptions) of the last decade. Making it a countdown was extremely difficult and I have to acknowledge in it that its probably only the top 300-400 that are really in the best order that I could possibly put them in.

[Matt4319]

And now that I've slowly, but effectively killed off any real anticipation or suspense for my top 25 songs of the decade... here they are:

25. Here With Me

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Dido
No Angel (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 24. All You Wanted[/url]
Michelle Branch
The Spirit Room (2002)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 23. City Of Blinding Lights[/url]
U2
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 22. Breaking[/url]
Anberlin
New Surrender (2008)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 21. The Noose[/url]
A Perfect Circle
Thirteenth Step (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 20. Break The Same[/url]
Mute Math
Mute Math (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 19. The Pretender[/url]
Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 18. Welcome Home[/url]
Coheed And Cambria
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 17. Mr. Brightside[/url]
The Killers
Hot Fuss (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 16. Why Georgia[/url]
John Mayer
Room for Squares (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 15. Polaris[/url]
Jimmy Eat World
Futures (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 14. Wounded[/url]
Third Eye Blind
Blue (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 13. The Dolphin's Cry[/url]
Live
The Distance to Here (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 12. Move Along[/url]
The All-American Rejects
Move Along (2006)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 11. Giant[/url]
Matthew Good Band
Beautiful Midnight (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 10. Last Train Home[/url]
Lostprophets
Start Something (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 9. Clocks[/url]
Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 8. Bring Me To Life[/url]
Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy
Fallen (2003)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 7. Typical[/url]
Mute Math
Mute Math (2007)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 6. Hanging By A Moment[/url]
Lifehouse
No Name Face (2001)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 5. Dare You To Move[/url]
Switchfoot
The Beautiful Letdown (2004)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 4. Stockholm Syndrome[/url]
Muse
Absolution (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 3. Camouflage[/url]
Third Eye Blind
Blue (2000)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 2. Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen[/url]
Anberlin
Never Take Friendship Personal (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][/td][td] 1. Control[/url]
Mute Math
Reset [EP] (2005)[/size][/td][/tr]
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[Matt4319]

Here's the entire list in one text-only post:

400. Nickelback - If Everyone Cared
399. Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun
398. Five For Fighting - Easy Tonight
397. Mae - Painless
396. Nirvana - You Know You're Right
395. Sting - Desert Rose
394. Kid Rock - All Summer Long
393. Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever
392. Dilated Peoples featuring Kanye West - This Way
391. 'N Sync - Bye Bye Bye
390. Rihanna - Umbrella
389. Michelle Branch - Breathe
388. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
387. Weezer - Pork And Beans
386. Straylight Run - Existentialism On Prom Night
385. Fergie - Fergalicious
384. The Lonely Island - Jizz In My Pants
383. Evanescence - Lithium
382. Lostprophets - Burn Burn
381. Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 AM)
380. Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know
379. U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
378. Godsmack - Awake
377. Brand New - At The Bottom
376. Omarion - Ice Box
375. Dream - He Loves U Not
374. Blink-182 - All Of This
373. Third Eye Blind - Bonfire
372. Mat Kearney - Undeniable
371. Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies)
370. Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera - Nobody Wants To Be Lonely
369. Res - They-Say Vision
368. Idlewild - A Modern Way Of Letting Go
367. Rich Boy - Throw Some D's
366. Seether - Careless Whisper
365. N.E.R.D - Rock Star
364. Kenny Chesney - Young
363. Mute Math - The Nerve
362. Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
361. The Roots featuring Cody ChesnuTT - The Seed (2.0)
360. M2M - Everything
359. Disturbed - Land Of Confusion
358. Weezer - Keep Fishin'
357. Submersed - Hollow
356. Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
355. Nickel Creek - Speak
354. Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated
353. Tool - Vicarious
352. One True Thing - I'll Wait
351. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
350. Live - The Sanctity Of Dreams
349. Jimmy Eat World - Night Drive
348. Thrice - Red Sky
347. Sugar Ray - Answer The Phone
346. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
345. Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
344. Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia
343. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
342. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
341. Mudvayne - Not Falling
340. Eminem featuring Nate Dogg - Shake That
339. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
338. Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
337. Skillet - Savior
336. Coldplay - Fix You
335. Rob Thomas - Streetcorner Symphony
334. System Of A Down - Prison Song
333. Mick Jagger - God Gave Me Everything
332. The Spill Canvas - All Over You
331. System Of A Down - Aerials
330. HIM - Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly
329. soulDecision - Ooh It's Kinda Crazy
328. Social Distortion - Reach For The Sky
327. Interpol - Narc
326. Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
325. Hoobastank - Disappear
324. Joe - Stutter
323. Styles - Daddy Get That Cash
322. Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
321. Evanescence - My Last Breath
320. O-Town - All Or Nothing
319. The All-American Rejects - The Last Song
318. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins - Get Low
317. Modest Mouse - Float On
316. Damien Rice - Cannonball
315. City High - What Would You Do
314. Cold - Suffocate
313. Silverchair - Straight Lines
312. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
311. Anberlin - A Whisper & A Clamor
310. Taproot - Poem
309. Shinedown - Burning Bright
308. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
307. Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
306. Coldplay - Daylight
305. Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake & Charlie Wilson - Signs
304. Jimmy Eat World - Firefight
303. Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
302. Shaggy featuring Rik Rok - It Wasn't Me
301. Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
300. Walrus Man And Mighty Tighty Rhymefish - Eric Fucked His Sister's Tits
299. Nelly - Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
298. Anberlin - The Resistance
297. Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy
296. Deftones - Minerva
295. Nas - One Mic
294. Indecisive - Never Enough
293. Trapt - Still Frame
292. Lostprophets - 4:AM Forever
291. Zero 7 - Destiny
290. Pink - Just Like A Pill
289. Evanescence - Imaginary
288. Incubus - Just A Phase
287. Usher - U Don't Have To Call
286. SR-71 - In Your Eyes
285. Hoobastank - Same Direction
284. At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
283. Third Eye Blind - Don't Believe A Word
282. Cave In - Stained Silver
281. Switchfoot - Dirty Second Hands
280. My Chemical Romance - The Ghost Of You
279. Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz - Salt Shaker
278. Fabolous - Breathe
277. U2 - Magnificent
276. Sister Hazel - Champagne High
275. Hoobastank - Crawling In The Dark
274. Say Anything - Have At Thee!
273. Motion City Soundtrack - A-OK
272. John Legend featuring André 3000 - Green Light
271. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
270. Transplants - Diamonds And Guns
269. Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There
268. Eminem - Stan
267. Cold - Wasted Years
266. Sanctus Real - Everything About You
265. Paramore - That's What You Get
264. Chevelle - The Red
263. Stroke 9 - Little Black Backpack
262. Santana featuring Michelle Branch - The Game Of Love
261. 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill
260. A Perfect Circle - Blue
259. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
258. Staind - For You
257. Britney Spears - Toxic
256. P.O.D. - Boom
255. Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober
254. Keane - Is It Any Wonder
253. My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
252. Third Eye Blind - Deep Inside Of You
251. Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
250. Walrus Man And Mighty Tighty Rhymefish - Shut The Hell Up
249. Slipknot - Before I Forget
248. Weezer - We Are All On Drugs
247. Flo Rida - Low
246. Anberlin - Glass To The Arson
245. Stone Sour - Bother
244. Audioslave - Original Fire
243. Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino
242. Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
241. Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
240. Incubus - Pardon Me
239. Incubus - Megalomaniac
238. Silversun Pickups - Growing Old Is Getting Old
237. Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket
236. Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit
235. Creed - My Sacrifice
234. Dave Matthews Band - Grey Street
233. Weezer - Hash Pipe
232. Third Eye Blind - Why Can't You Be
231. Jimmy Eat World - Kill
230. Live - Sweet Release
229. Mae - Suspension
228. Aerosmith - Jaded
227. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
226. Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
225. Chevelle - Closure
224. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
223. Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
222. Michelle Branch - Everywhere
221. My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
220. Goo Goo Dolls - Here Is Gone
219. Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
218. Evanescence - Whisper
217. Mario - Let Me Love You
216. Dr. Dre & Eminem - Forgot About Dre
215. Billy Talent - Try Honesty
214. Nickelback - Never Again
213. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
212. System Of A Down - Question!
211. Muse - Hysteria
210. Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
209. The Bravery - Believe
208. Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus
207. Lifehouse - Take Me Away
206. Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
205. Nelly - Ride Wit Me
204. Creed - What If
203. Foo Fighters - Times Like These
202. Vonray - Inside Out
201. Owl City - Fireflies
200. Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending
199. Green Day - American Idiot
198. Shinedown - Devour
197. Everclear - AM Radio
196. Joe - I Wanna Know
195. Busta Rhymes - Break Ya Neck
194. Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Home
193. Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
192. Lonestar - Amazed
191. Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
190. Everclear - Unemployed Boyfriend
189. Bush - The Chemicals Between Us
188. Offspring - Hammerhead
187. Snow Patrol - Take Back The City
186. Breaking Benjamin - The Diary Of Jane
185. Jagged Edge featuring Run-DMC - Let's Get Married (Remarquable Remix)
184. Muse - Map Of The Problematique
183. Depeche Mode - Precious
182. Live - Like I Do
181. Lifehouse - Breathing
180. Seether featuring Amy Lee - Broken
179. Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
178. OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown - The Way You Move
177. Dark New Day - Follow The Sun Down
176. The Ataris - The Boys Of Summer
175. Dave Matthews Band - Funny The Way It Is
174. Live - Heaven
173. Kanye West - Stronger
172. The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
171. N.E.R.D featuring Lee Harvey and Vita - Lapdance
170. Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
169. 10 Years - Wasteland
168. Mudvayne - Happy?
167. Nickelback - Savin' Me
166. Ne-Yo - Closer
165. Anberlin - The Runaways
164. Johnny Cash - Hurt
163. Foo Fighters - All My Life
162. Evanescence - Going Under
161. Lostprophets - Make A Move
160. Colbie Caillat - Midnight Bottle
159. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
158. Stone Sour - Through Glass
157. No Doubt - It's My Life
156. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
155. Say Anything - Baby Girl, I'm A Blur
154. Angels And Airwaves - The Adventure
153. Carbon/Silicon - The News
152. Gomez - How We Operate
151. Skindred - Nobody
150. Jem - 24
149. Kanye West - Homecoming
148. Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
147. India.Arie featuring Akon - I Am Not My Hair
146. Anberlin - A Day Late
145. Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage
144. Jimmy Eat World - Work
143. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
142. The Black Maria - Waking Up With Wolves
141. 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
140. Outkast - Ms. Jackson
139. Jason Mraz - You And I Both
138. Evans Blue - The Pursuit
137. Tonic - Sugar
136. System Of A Down - Chop Suey!
135. OutKast - Roses
134. Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
133. Lifehouse - Broken
132. Fuel - Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
131. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
130. John Mayer - Neon
129. U2 - Beautiful Day
128. Finch - What It Is To Burn
127. Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now?
126. Falling Up - Escalates
125. Paramore - Misery Business
124. Cave In - Inspire
123. Filter - Take A Picture
122. Travis - Side
121. Switchfoot - Politicians
120. 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone
119. John Mayer - No Such Thing
118. Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
117. Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit
116. Ludacris featuring Mystikal and I-20 - Move Bitch
115. Nickelback - How You Remind Me
114. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
113. Eminem - Lose Yourself
112. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around.../...Comes Around
111. Dave Matthews Band - American Baby
110. Staind - It's Been Awhile
109. Papa Roach - Last Resort
108. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
107. Nas - Ether
106. Trapt - Lost Realist
105. Mandy Moore - I Wanna Be With You
104. Atreyu - Right Side Of The Bed
103. Anberlin - Naïve Orleans
102. Lostprophets - The New Transmission
101. Bush - Letting The Cables Sleep
100. Mute Math - Chaos
99. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
98. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
97. Snow Patrol - Run
96. Train - Ordinary
95. Paramore - Decode
94. Cold - Gone Away
93. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
92. OutKast - Hey Ya!
91. Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
90. Coldplay - Talk
89. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
88. Creed - Higher
87. Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
86. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
85. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
84. Mad At Gravity - Walk Away
83. System Of A Down - Toxicity
82. Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules - Mad World
81. Staind - Outside
80. Evanescence - The Only One
79. Big City Rock - Human
78. Derek Webb - She Must And Shall Go Free
77. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
76. Tool - Schism
75. My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
74. Anberlin - Godspeed
73. Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
72. Anberlin - Paperthin Hymn
71. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
70. Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
69. Papa Roach - Forever
68. Barenaked Ladies - Falling For The First Time
67. She Wants Revenge - These Things
66. T.I. featuring Rihanna - Live Your Life
65. Michelle Branch - Here With Me
64. Under The Influence Of Giants - In The Clouds
63. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
62. Mute Math - Plan B
61. Third Eye Blind - The Red Summer Sun
60. Incubus - Dig
59. Colbie Caillat - Realize
58. DMX featuring Sisqo - What These Bitches Want
57. Evanescence - My Immortal
56. Incubus - Drive
55. U2 - Walk On
54. Creed - Stand Here With Me
53. Adelayda - Not Tonight
52. Dashboard Confessional - Bend And Not Break
51. Mute Math - Spotlight
50. Matchbox Twenty - Bright Lights
49. Tenacious D - Tribute
48. Radiohead - Idioteque
47. The Calling - Stigmatized
46. Marc Broussard - Home
45. Course Of Nature - Caught In The Sun
44. Anberlin - The Feel Good Drag
43. Linkin Park - In The End
42. Snow Patrol - Hands Open
41. Anberlin - Haight Street
40. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
39. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
38. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson, DOE & Sebastian - The Way I Are
37. Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullaby
36. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
35. Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry
34. Mindy Smith - Come To Jesus
33. Foo Fighters - Best Of You
32. Anberlin - Dismantle. Repair.
31. Third Eye Blind - Slow Motion
30. Eve 6 - Here's To The Night
29. Matchbox Twenty - Bed Of Lies
28. Switchfoot - Happy Is A Yuppie Word
27. Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
26. Switchfoot - Meant To Live
25. Dido - Here With Me
24. Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
23. U2 - City Of Blinding Lights
22. Anberlin - Breaking
21. A Perfect Circle - The Noose
20. Mute Math - Break The Same
19. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
18. Coheed And Cambria - Welcome Home
17. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
16. John Mayer - Why Georgia
15. Jimmy Eat World - Polaris
14. Third Eye Blind - Wounded
13. Live - The Dolphin's Cry
12. The All-American Rejects - Move Along
11. Matthew Good Band - Giant
10. Lostprophets - Last Train Home
9. Coldplay - Clocks
8. Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy - Bring Me To Life
7. Mute Math - Typical
6. Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
5. Switchfoot - Dare You To Move
4. Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
3. Third Eye Blind - Camouflage
2. Anberlin - Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen
1. Mute Math - Control

[PHOBES]

5 and 6 are my favorite songs on here, can't decide which I like more.

[busyboy]

One last quote for the Top 250:

242. The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang
239. Megalomaniac - Incubus
237. Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake
233. Hash Pipe - Weezer
228. Jaded - Aerosmith
222. Everywhere - Michelle Branch
217. Let Me Love You - Mario
216. Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre & Eminem
210. Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Jay-Z
205. Ride Wit Me - Nelly
203. Times Like These - Foo Fighters
200. My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne
199. American Idiot - Green Day
196. I Wanna Know - Joe
195. Break Ya Neck - Busta Rhymes
193. Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia
191. Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls
189. The Chemicals Between Us - Bush
183. Precious - Depeche Mode
178. The Way You Move - OutKast
173. Stronger - Kanye West
171. Lapdance - N.E.R.D.
166. Closer - Ne-Yo
164. Hurt - Johnny Cash
163. All My Life - Foo Fighters
159. Icky Thump - The White Stripes
157. It's My Life - No Doubt
143. Somebody Told Me - The Killers
140. Ms. Jackson - OutKast
135. Roses - OutKast
123. Take A Picture - Filter
122. Side - Travis
118. Rockin' The Suburbs - Ben Folds
113. Lose Yourself - Eminem
112. What Goes Around.../...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
108. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire
107. Ether - Nas
101. Letting The Cables Sleep - Bush
98. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
92. Hey Ya! - OutKast
90. Talk - Coldplay
85. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
83. Toxicity - System Of A Down
82. Mad World - Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
77. No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
71. 99 Problems - Jay-Z
66. Live Your Life - T.I. featuring Rihanna
63. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
58. What These Bitches Want - DMX featuring Sisqo
48. Idioteque - Radiohead
40. I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie
33. Best Of You - Foo Fighters
31. Slow Motion - Third Eye Blind
17. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
9. Coldplay - Clocks

A great list. Thanks for sharing.

[Minimalism]

Feb 2, 2010 13:21:55 GMT -5 PHOBES said:

5 and 6 are my favorite songs on here, can't decide which I like more.

I love this two as well! I also love the other Switchfoot songs you got in your top 30. Too many songs I love to mention, but I'm especially thrilled to see "Whiskey Lullaby" and "Kerosene"!

I'm a little surprised to see John Mayer's "Why Georgia" as high as it is, but I ain't complaining. Same goes for "All You Wanted".

Anyway, this list has been a pleasure to follow, so kudos.

[Matt4319]

Thanks for the comments, guys! I probably stretched it out way too long, but I wanted to include the YouTube links and album art, and life got in the way of posting the segments more frequently.

Ardi: "Why Georgia" was basically my life in college. The lyrics spoke to me like very few songs in the decade did. It didn't even hit #1 on my weekly chart, but I gave it plenty enough love over the remaining years in the decade that it jumped past a lot of songs from its initial position (it's my #3 song of 2003, behind only the behemoths "Bring Me to Life" and "Clocks").

And "All You Wanted" actually fell a good bit in the latter half of the decade. It was my #1 song of 2002, but what can I say? I was 18 then and I'm 26 now. My musical tastes changed drastically over those 8 years, but I still love the song. It's still the highest-ranked song of 2002 on this list.