i hit the bottom and escape... escape...

[mr_ethanboy]

MY FAVORITE TRACKS of 2007So... I'm not sure anybody follows my journal anymore because I mostly just talk about music (and, sadly, this entry is not an exception to this rule). I'm indulgent, I know, sorry. I do actually have a big non-music entry in the works, and after I post it I'd like to continue posting as regularly as I used to. However,

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[deadlymist]

I just read an entry by a guy who ranked his top 100 albums of 2007; so this was a cakewalk. Interesting list; but Weird Fishes? Really? Again, songs mean so many different things to different people.

But no cracked out Amy Winehouse? The National? I would like to see your top 25 albums or something.

[deadlymist]

Oh wait... I just read the part about your top 10 album post coming up...

DOH

[mr_ethanboy]

top 100 albums?! i haven't even heard that many albums from 2007, haha
& hellz yeah, "weird fishes"! which radiohead song would you pick?

(a) i don't like amy winehouse
(b) i haven't listened to the national

and here are my top 25 albums, since you asked nicely...

25.) bright eyes - four winds [ep]
24.) the new pornographers - challengers
23.) battles - mirrored
22.) white williams - smoke
21.) aesop rock - none shall pass
20.) !!! - myth takes
19.) bodies of water - ears will pop & eyes will blink
18.) arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare
17.) wilco - sky blue sky
16.) amon tobin - foley room
15.) modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank
14.) okkervil river - the stage names
13.) kanye west - graduation
12.) arcade fire neon bible
11.) the shins - wincing the night away
10.) blitzen trapper wild mountain nation
9.) animal collective - strawberry jam
8.) m.i.a. - kala
7.) jay-z - american gangster
6.) yeah yeah yeahs - is is [ep]
5.) deerhunter - cryptograms + fluorescent grey [ep]
4.) spoon - ga ga ga ga ga3.)

[deadlymist]

Wait...what? Battles at 23? I thought you found Mirrored to be pretentious and inaccessible? - Dave

[mr_ethanboy]

i did, on both counts
but it was still a decent album
(& "atlas" carried it a long way)

[mr_ethanboy]

also, keep in mind that i probably only heard about 50 albums this year... so #23 is not as fantastic as it sounds

[deadlymist]

(a) you should listen to the national
(b) you too, dave
(c) I was the one who posted about chocolate rain

-Will

[mr_ethanboy]

i actually downloaded their album on eMusic a while ago
but never got around to listening for some reason

i'll explore it today

[deadlymist]

SOME STAY DRY AND OTHERS FEEL THE PAIN
CHOCOLATE RAIN

- Not Tay Zonday (that's T A Y to the Z)

[deadlymist]

House of cards man, house of cards. So so good. and for MIA, I'd have gone with Paper Planes. And with.... But then, this is your top 25. I really should post my top 25. Eh.

This is the link to the dude who did the 100 album review. I don't know who he is though, I just followed the note cuz one of my friends was tagged in it (DAMN YOU FACEBOOK FEED)
http://uva.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=6748438173

[mr_ethanboy]

hmm, this 100 album list doesn't really mean too much... he doesn't even like the albums toward the bottom of the list that much. i could do a 100 album list, but then linkin park and maroon 5 and fall out boy and timbaland would end up on it, and that's not really a reflection of what i liked, haha.

[mr_ethanboy]

also, "house of cards"? why does everybody love that one so much? it's my least favorite on the album. the songs in competition w/ "weird fishes/arpeggi" were actually "faust arp", "nude" and "videotape", my other favorites.

as per "paper planes" --- i like it a lot, but it feels a little obvious to me (the chord progressions and hooks, i mean). i like the whole shooting sample thing, but "bamboo banga" (& "bird flu" & "boyz" & "20 dollar") brim with a lot more creativity and ingenuity, i think.

[deadlymist]

Hey you were saying you wanted bootleg cds? of what exactly? I may be heading to Thailand soon to get them. You need to be a *little* more specific cuz they literally have everything.

I really really like house of cards. First song that jumped out. And Reckoner too.

And I still think Paper Planes is the standout song of that album. I remember first hearing it on the radio and going WTF?

[mr_ethanboy]

fair enough (and as per the bootleg cd's? i just want something that is so obviously over-the-top bootleg it's hilarious... preferably of something that i listen to, or would ironically listen to)

[deadlymist]

Yo, I'm heading back to UVA sometime Tuesday afternoon. Can I ask for a bit of your manly strength in helping with my luggage? You will be rewarded! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

See ya soon (tell Amy!)