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best song of the the 5yrs?

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    #62
    sbsquarepants
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSDzPByjEuM


    Probably my favourite song of the last 5 years


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    #63
    Dickerty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭Dickerty


    God, where to start?

    Fleet Foxes - Montezuma
    The Shins - Australia
    Beach House - Myth
    James Blake - Retrograde
    Janelle Monae - Faster
    Bat for Lashes - Winter Fields

    Not every great song is a single, or a big hit...


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    #64
    Lollipops23
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    I think this is one of my top 5 songs of all time tbh. Just perfectly written pop song.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTRvJ9fugM


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    #65
    RobertKK
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    Any Taylor Swift song...


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    #66
    RWCNT
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭RWCNT


    bpmurray wrote: »
    "Addicted to Pain" by Alter Bridge from the Fortress album.

    Every single one of this band's songs sounds like it should be in WWE! No idea how anybody can take this band seriously.


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    #67
    Wide Load
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    threeball wrote: »
    Love the way people post completely obscure music in these threads that no one has heard of as it makes them some kind of aficionado. If it was worth a sh1t it would have gained some traction somewhere. When people have to google it, its safe to say its probably just a closely held personal preference.

    To be fair if you actively listen to new music there's nothing obscure in the thread at all. If you follow a couple of music blogs you'd have heard 90% of what's been posted.


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    #68
    AnonoBoy
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    The The have many good songs.


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    #69
    catallus
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    The who?


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    #70
    jimgoose
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    I don't tend to take much notice of pop-music, but this little ditty by the mesmerising Julie Feeney caugh me ear lately:



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    #71
    WoollyRedHat
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    Wouldn't name one outright, but this is up there



    and this


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    #72
    Wolf Club
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    threeball wrote: »
    Love the way people post completely obscure music in these threads that no one has heard of as it makes them some kind of aficionado. If it was worth a sh1t it would have gained some traction somewhere. When people have to google it, its safe to say its probably just a closely held personal preference.

    So going by your logic, who has released the best song of the last 5 years? Avicii? One Direction? Just because a song isn't on regular rotation on day time radio doesn't make it completely obscure. I assume you're referring to the likes of Tame Impala who were mentioned earlier in thread, you mightn't hear them being played in Coppers or on Today FM but they'd sell out most venues in Ireland and would have a high billing at any festival they play, as well as having released 2 critically acclaimed albums that have done reasonably well commercially.


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    #73
    Ghost Buster
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    Wolf Club wrote: »
    So going by your logic, who has released the best song of the last 5 years? Avicii? One Direction? Just because a song isn't on regular rotation on day time radio doesn't make it completely obscure. I assume you're referring to the likes of Tame Impala who were mentioned earlier in thread, you mightn't hear them being played in Coppers or on Today FM but they'd sell out most venues in Ireland and would have a high billing at any festival they play, as well as having released 2 critically acclaimed albums that have done reasonably well commercially.

    Indeed, the old 'mass popularity= quality' thought process.
    Making McDonalds a Michelin star restaurant chain.


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    #74
    annascott
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSVMgRr6pw

    not a great video, but fantastic song..


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    #75
    Boom_Bap
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    Easily the best song of the past 5 years.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtW6HW8jO_U


    Not really though. It is a song that takes absolutely everything that is wrong in hip hop, mashes it together and makes something listenable and memorable.


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    #76
    Rothko
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I like the way you illustrated your response with numerous examples. :p

    Tame Impala, Japandroids, Yuck, The Joy Formidable, Fionn Regan, Animal Collective, Best Coast, Beach House, And So I Watch You From Afar, Deerhunter, Laura Marling, Villagers, Ryan Adams, Mick Flannery, The Men, No Joy, Sun Kil Moon, Sparklehorse, Ty Segall, Mac Demarco, Temples, Spiritualized, The Flaming Lips, Beck, Mclusky, Boris, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Deltron 3030, Sigur Ros, Tim Hecker, The White Stripes, Cathy Davey, The Strokes, The Antlers, Queens Of The Stone Age, Sleep, Electric Wizard etc.


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    #77
    dark crystal
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    I love Uptown Funk. It's got such an old school 70's/80's vibe to it and it just stays in your head long after you've heard it.

    Great tune.


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    #78
    RGDATA!
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    threeball wrote: »
    Love the way people post completely obscure music in these threads that no one has heard of as it makes them some kind of aficionado. If it was worth a sh1t it would have gained some traction somewhere. When people have to google it, its safe to say its probably just a closely held personal preference.

    wait, so anything you have to google is "obscure" & can't be any good? uh, ok..


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    #79
    hynesie08
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    dark crystal wrote: »
    I love Uptown Funk. It's got such an old school 70's/80's vibe to it and it just stays in your head long after you've heard it.

    Great tune.

    It's got that hey ya quality where i know I'm gonna get really sick of it one day but I'll listen to it at least 10 times a day till then.


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    #80
    Adamantium
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    I remember hearing this in a car journey with a friend, it came on randomly on 2FM, and I distinctly remember thinking instant classic when it turned to the chorus. I still think its the best mainstream song of the first half of this decade. It has it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5OGh8D-ok


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    #81
    V_Moth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭V_Moth


    How is this even a debate? It is clearly Dongcopter Pirate.

    NSFW:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4de0m4ivUXA


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    #82
    Doris300
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭Doris300


    Hard to pick one but these stick out for me:









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    #83
    fleet_admiral
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    Moves Like Jagger


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    #84
    Omackeral
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    The correct answer is Everything Is Awesome, from The Lego Movie.


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    #85
    Cienciano
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    3 from me:







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    #86
    wendell borton
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    Arcade fire and the black keyes have been mentioned numerous times so here the best of the rest for me:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmo9zGw1IX4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC58867mfiA


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    #87
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
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    Wide Load wrote: »
    To be fair if you actively listen to new music there's nothing obscure in the thread at all. If you follow a couple of music blogs you'd have heard 90% of what's been posted.

    I'd say less than 1% of AH listen to music blogs. the majority of people get their music on radio.

    ok, for well known tracks of the past 5 years I'd have to go with either kanye west - power or taylor swift - shake it off


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    #88
    IamNotNumber
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    Yeah could say tame impala or radiohead,little green cars all superb bands or any one of million songs but I like to support the little guys ...Bless this guy he couldn't afford a real band so he improvised.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L83-0Q3bcZE


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    #89
    Frigga_92
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    georgiecasey wrote: »
    the majority of people get their music on radio.

    Do you really think so?


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    #90
    Zamboni
    Registered Users Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Zamboni


    it would have to be a track from the most credible artist of the last 20 years.



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    #91
    sheesh
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    IamNotNumber wrote: »
    Yeah could say tame impala or radiohead,little green cars all superb bands or any one of million songs but I like to support the little guys ...Bless this guy he couldn't afford a real band so he improvised.
    I liked that! :)

    Another Arcade fire song here
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nTjn1yJp0w


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