What will be considered the best songs of this decade?

Blisterman

I was just watching a show on VH1, the 100 greatest songs of the 90's.
The full list can be seen here: http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/127759/episode_featured_copy.jhtml
It was, I believe, done by a vote, so it's very mainstream.

But it made me think, in 10 years, what will people remember as the best songs this decade? I know there's still 1 1/2 years left to go, so it's just out of the decade so far.

I'm not asking for your personal favourite songs. I'm asking, what songs have been popular enough, and memorable enough, for it to be the future classics?

I'd say, the following songs, would definitely be on the list.

Outkast - Hey Ya
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Coldplay - Clocks
Killers - Somebody Told Me
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Kanye West - Stronger
Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my Head.

And I'm sure there's load's I can't remember

I doubt, that the likes of Westlife and Girls Aloud, have the staying power, to stay popular, however.

guinnessdrinker

The Ting Tings, Great DJ ftw.

shane86

Blisterman wrote: »

I'd say, the following songs, would definitely be on the list.

Outkast - Hey Ya

It would be an abomination if it is. It is amazing to listen to their 1994 debut album which is quality stuff and compare it with the utter sh1t they make nowadays. Somehow they manage to get away with this childish nonsense due to critics throwing around terms like "innovative" and "progressing".

Killers - Somebody Told Me

Awful.

Kanye West - Stronger

One of his poorer singles.

Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my Head.

Awful.


tbh I dunno what would/should make the list, pretty poor decade in fairness.

Makaveli

That Nickelback song will be on it. How You Remind Me? Is that what it's called?

Latchy

Sugurbabes - Hole in the head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zumaNotiT7o

Predhead

There hasn't been one good song mentioned yet imo!

Eminen - Lose yourself?! NEVER! First he sampled Aerosmith's 'Dream On'. Whatever it is, it'll have to be original and a bit different for the time it was released, or perhaps pave the way somehow and open a new chapter in music - OK that sounds a bit OTT!! But ya get me?!

Prob wouldn't be the best but deserves to be up there:

Intervention by Arcade Fire.
7/4 Shoreline by Broken Social Scene
In this home on ice by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Blisterman

shane86 wrote: »

It would be an abomination if it is. It is amazing to listen to their 1994 debut album which is quality stuff and compare it with the utter sh1t they make nowadays. Somehow they manage to get away with this childish nonsense due to critics throwing around terms like "innovative" and "progressing".



Awful.



One of his poorer singles.



Awful.


tbh I dunno what would/should make the list, pretty poor decade in fairness.

But, that's just your opinion. My point was, that a lot of people liked those songs, and still like them. I don't like most of them.
But, it's that type of song, which is the song, which people will remember as the best songs of the 00's.

FearDark

Yeah definately that nickelback - how you remind me song, even their latest single has had a mountain of airplay...

The rest of the songs mentioned are absolute crap... but yeah theyre popular.

Fall_Guy

Predhead wrote: »

There hasn't been one good song mentioned yet imo!

Eminen - Lose yourself?! NEVER! First he sampled Aerosmith's 'Dream On'. Whatever it is, it'll have to be original and a bit different for the time it was released, or perhaps pave the way somehow and open a new chapter in music - OK that sounds a bit OTT!! But ya get me?!

Prob wouldn't be the best but deserves to be up there:

Intervention by Arcade Fire.
7/4 Shoreline by Broken Social Scene
In this home on ice by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Think you might be missing the point here.-It's more about the mainstream popularity than the quality of the songs with these "greatest hits of the *insert decade*" countdowns.

Granted, you probably won't see the huge novelty hits in it, but it will mainly be decent catchy pop or pop-rock songs that were in the charts for ages. Ye know, all those songs that you never want to hear again because they were overplayed to f*ck on the radio and the telly?!

That's the sort of thing you normally get in these chart thingy's. I'd say "hey ya" and "how you reming me" are pretty good bets, along with songs like "In da Club", "Golddigger", maybe "seven nation army", that was pretty all over the place at one stage.

Granted none of this stuff would come anywhere near my personal list, put I'd say they'll all feature in the VH-1 countdown in a few years!

kerash

Those lists are always full of the usual chart crap, but I'll chose a few that should be in there anyway!

Arcade Fire - Intervention

Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dance floor

Killers - All these thing that I've done

Daft Punk - One more time

The Roots - You got me

U2 - Beautiful Day

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Coldplay - Yellow

Outkast - Ms Jackson

Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Foo Fighters - All my life

Kings of Leon - Knocked Up

Eels - Souljacker

KnifeWRENCH

Songs that WILL be there:
Rhianna - "Umbrella" and Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" are the 2 that come to mind straight away.

These are ones that I would put there:
Robyn - "With Every Heartbeat"
Kings of Leon - "On Call"
CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above"
Bjork - "Declare Independence"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Tarantula"
Klaxons - "Atlantis To Interzone"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - " Dig Lazarus, Dig!!!"
KT Tunstall - "Hold On"
White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"

Peyton Manning

I would suggest:

White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
The Killers - Mr. Brightside

From what I can remember, the 3 most played songs of this decade, or maybe just the past 5 years, have been:

James Blunt - You're Beautiful
2pac - Ghetto Gospel (feat. Elton John)
Mark Ronson - Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

Xavi6

Muse - Knights of Cydonia will be considered their best of this decade due to its commercial success but I'd say New Born would be their defining song (even though it's not my favourite).

Other songs for me personally in my preferred genres would be -

Modest Mouse - Float On
Interpol - Evil
Doves - There Goes The Fear
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Alkaline Trio - Private Eye
Idlewild - American English
Snow Patrol - Run
Ash - Shining Light
Muse - Plug In Baby
Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Killers - Mr. Brightside
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Delays - Valentine
Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Biffy Clyro - 57
Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Feeder - Buck Rogers
AFI - Morning Star
JJ72 - October Swimmer
Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
Reel Big Fish - Where Have You Been?
Less Than Jake - All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
Seafood - Splinter
King Adora - Bionic
My Vitriol - Always Your Way

And of course.....

Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000

ZakAttak

I can't believe you haven't mentioned 'Crazy Frog'

And what about Scooter? Germany has produced other things besides Hitler you know, God you're sooooooo uncultured!

IanCurtis

Scooter, but only if it's "Move Your Ass"

Hyper Hyper was lyrically inferior

Insect Overlord

ZakAttak wrote: »

I can't believe you haven't mentioned 'Crazy Frog'

And what about Scooter? Germany has produced other things besides Hitler you know, God you're sooooooo uncultured!

He was Austrian tbh :cool:

Xavi6 is on the ball (post 13) with plenty of perfect examples (ie Run, Mr Brightside, I Bet That You Look Good On the Dancefloor), same can be said of Archimedes post just before that.

It helps to have seen the VH1 countdown for the '90s. The vast majority of the songs included were overhyped rubbish (imo) but they all had a huge cultural impact (Sir Mixalot, Madona, TLC, etc)

I don't think this decade has produced an era-defining song yet (á la Smells Like Teen Spirit) so it's hard to suggest anything that hasn't been mentioned already.

gustavo

Some of these deserve recognition

Eminem Lose Yourself
Strokes Last Nite
White Stripes Hotel Yorba
System of A Down Toxicity
Hives - Hate to say i Told you so
Johnny Cash -Hurt
Coldplay - Scientist
Justin Timberlake - Like i love you
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me out
Killers Mr Brightside
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Interpol - Evil
Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Strokes - Heart in a Cage

Stompbox

Yeah so far only Archimedes, Xavi and gustavo have the gist of it. Possible contenders include:

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor- Arctic Monkeys
Crazy- Gnarls Barkley
Umbrella-Rihanna
Chelsea Dagger-The Fratellis
Golddigger- Kanye West
Mr.Brightside- The Killers
Bohemian Like You-Dandy Warhols
Dont Cha-Pussycat Dolls

rebeldiamond

There are just so many aren't there? Anyway, heres a few more (of the Rock genre) that I think should be included, they may or may not have already been mentioned.
See what you think?

Smashing Pumpkins- Tarantula
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- By The Way
The Killers- Mr Brightside/When You Were Young
Feeder- Buck Rodgers
Muse- New Born
Arctic Monkeys- When The Sun Goes Down
Kaiser Chiefs- I Predict A Riot
Franz Ferdinand- Take Me Out
Foo Fighters- Times Like These
U2- Beautiful Day
Depeche Mode- John the Revelator

Thats just a few that come to mind right now and these are the ones I would defo vote for!

nyarlothothep

I'd like these songs to be remembered

Gold Lion- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Turn Into-Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Pin-Yeay Yeah Yeahs
Fight Song- Marilyn Manson
Disposable Teens- Marilyn Manson
One Armed Scissor-ATDI
Inertiac Esp- TMV
The Widow-TMV
Trains-Porcupine Tree (if it is a single)
Through the fire and the flames-Dragonforce
Growing on Me-The Darkness
I believe in a thing called love-The Darkness
Obstacle 1-Interpol
Slow Hands-Interpol
Pull harder on the heart strings of your martyr-Trivium
Only-NIN
Survivalism-NIN
Discipline-NIN
Pyramid Song- Radiohead
There There-Radiohead
National Anthem-Radiohead (if it can be considered an unofficial single)
Mobscene-Marilyn Manson
The Empires of the Worlds-Biomechanical
No One Knows- Queens of the Stone Age
Last Train Home-Lost Prophets
P.I.M.P.-Fiddy Cent (great cheese/uber sh1t rap!)
Utopia-Goldfrapp
Train-Goldfrapp
Lovely Head-Goldfrapp
Way out of here-Porcupine Tree
Slow-Kylie Minogue
Trees- Pulp
Sunrise-Pulp
That song from Life on Other Planets by Supergrass
Rainbow Zephyr-RCHP
Dani California-RCHP
Californification-RCHP
Toxicity-Sys of a down
Chop Suey-SOAD
B.Y.O.B-SOAD
E-PRO-Beck

Lest we forget Rollin' by Limp Bizkit (time has not been kind to this one)


looking back, 2000-2003 had some great songs among the dearth, until all the Cockney indie stuff took over completely.

Xavi6

Thought of a few more that will be considered 'good' songs. I'd agree with most -

Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World
At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
Staind - Outside
Blink 182 - I Miss You
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter/Cannonball
Creed - With Arms Wide Open
Linkin Park - In The End
Coldplay - Fix You
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
The Bravery - Honest Mistake
Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
QOTSA - No One Knows
Papa Roach - Last Resort
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
Bell x1 - Eve, The Apple Of My Eye
Audioslave - Like A Stone
Athlete - Wires
BRMC - Love Burns
Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Stereophonics - Dakota
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart
Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
Oasis - Little By Little
Sum 41 - Fat Lip
The Strokes - Last Nite
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Von Bondies - C'mon, C'mon
Razorlight - Golden Touch

gustavo

You'd have to have
Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs too

Bubs101

I'd say All My Life by the Foo Fighters is a lock for the top 20.
Where is the Love is a top 5 lock

ZakAttak

IanCurtis wrote: »

Scooter, but only if it's "Move Your Ass"

Hyper Hyper was lyrically inferior

==>Indeed, Scooter's vocabulary skills are frequently underestimated- especially by those who fail to appreciate such classics like 'Back in the U.K.' or even 'Back in Ireland' (complete with quite obviously inserted sound sample in the appropriate lyrical location). His question is what is the question?

ZakAttak

An Fhile wrote: »

He was Austrian tbh :cool:

==>Yeah, you're right. But does it really make a difference? Perhaps in keeping with cultural sensibilities they should take all of Scooter's albums and lock them in a basement for 24 years.

Predhead

Fall_Guy wrote: »

Think you might be missing the point here.-It's more about the mainstream popularity than the quality of the songs with these "greatest hits of the *insert decade*" countdowns.

Granted, you probably won't see the huge novelty hits in it, but it will mainly be decent catchy pop or pop-rock songs that were in the charts for ages. Ye know, all those songs that you never want to hear again because they were overplayed to f*ck on the radio and the telly?!

That's the sort of thing you normally get in these chart thingy's. I'd say "hey ya" and "how you reming me" are pretty good bets, along with songs like "In da Club", "Golddigger", maybe "seven nation army", that was pretty all over the place at one stage.

Granted none of this stuff would come anywhere near my personal list, put I'd say they'll all feature in the VH-1 countdown in a few years!

Bah! You're right dagnabbit! But if/when they are ya know it'll be on the news on the radio with someone reading out that ''In da Club'' or whatever has been voted the best song of the decade and will therefore be known for that in future to some extent instead of what it should be.

It's like you'll get fools saying that Westlife are better than the Beatles as they've had more no.1's some rubbish like that.

Shane St.

Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

MooseJam

Lady Gaga - Pokerface

lordgoat

IanCurtis wrote: »

Scooter, but only if it's "Move Your Ass"

Hyper Hyper was lyrically inferior

Balls, the mans' best song was Rave in New Mexico. A modern Poet.

PrivateEye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMOkfI7wCrI

*Sold a sh/t-ton of copies
*Got used in plenty of soundtracks
*Was actually a fantastic song

It has consistently been one of the weekly top 5 most frequently played tracks on social music site Last.fm since the website began, holding the top spot for the majority of 2005.

remus808

Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s, surely??

May be not everywhere but it was absolutely enormous over here.

Don't think I'v seen Naive by the Kooks in here anywhere either - surely the biggest indie song of the decade, or at least the last 5 years.

Kanye - Jesus Walks is a dead cert for very close to the top spot, as is Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars.

MGMT and possibly Bloc Party (banquet) outside bets too

Eminem guaranteed to have a few tracks in contention.

Little bit more left-field, but I would love to see Tool recognized, probably for Schism - OK they have never quite breached the mainstream but they are one the most influential bands in alternative music

remus808

VH1's top 100 of the 90s might suprise some people, check it out:

11 Pearl Jam - "Jeremy" (not 'Evenflow' or 'Alive'!!)
13 Dr. Dre (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg) - "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" (Would have expected 'California Love' to take the obligatory hiphop spot here)
19 Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
24 House of Pain - "Jump Around"
25 Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
26 Eminem - "My Name Is"

http://tinyurl.com/njo8jw

JerryHandbag

My list for the decade, I've limited myself to 1 song per year from my collection, so a LOT will be left out!

2000 - Oasis - Go Let It Out
2001 - REM - Imitation Of Life
2002 - Doves - The Pounding
2003 - White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
2004 - Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
2005 - Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
2006 - Razorlight - America
2007 - Biffy Clyro - Folding Stars
2008 - Coldplay - Viva La Vida
2009 (so far) - U2 - Magnificent

laoisforliam

Justice VS Simian - We are your friends

Kettle316

Jizz In My Pants - The Lonely Island!!

End of thread!!

kwestfan08

I think its hard to pick a song of the decade as so far there hasn't been a genre to really define the noughties like grunge in the 90's etc..

Anyway here's a list of songs I think will make it.

I Bet You Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Kids - MGMT
99 Problems - Jay-Z
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas
Stan - Eminem
Drop It LIke Its Hot - Snoop Dogg
Numb/Encore - Linkin Park/Jay-Z
Pork And Beans - Weezer
Golden Skans - Klaxons
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
Still D.R.E - Dr. Dre Feat Snoop Dogg
Ms Jackson - Outkast
Stronger - Kanye West
In The Morning - Razorlight
Rockshow - Blink 182
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Move Your Feet - Junior Senior (remember that one! )
Club Foot - Kasabian

That's just some of the one's I can think of right now.

Purple Gorilla

Poker Face- Lady Gaga
I kissed a girl- Katy Perry
Where is the love- Black Eyes Peas
How to save a life- The Fray
Umbrella- Rihanna
Use Somebody- Kings of Leon
Sex on Fire- Kings of Leon
Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
Thats not my name- The Ting Tings
Untouched- The Veronicas

They're my guesses..mostly from the Pop side of music

irish_bob

in what was a truly awfull decade for music , heres a few i can think of


white stripes = seven nation army
mgmt = kids
lady ga ga = poker face
amy winehouse = im no good
geroge michael + mary j blige = as
estelle = american boy
duffy = mercy
basement jaxx = wheres your head at
basement jaxx = rendevouz
basement jaxx = romeo
britney spears = toxic
sugababes = hole in the head
christina aguilera = dirty
rhianna = please dont stop the music
u2 = magnificent