ONTD Original: Revising Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (Part One)
Inspired by this post. Basically, Rolling Stone poo-poohed this list, so OP thought it was best to revise it because their list had some struggles. So here is OP's take (the objective one) on what are the 100 Best Songs of the 21st century so far. To help narrow it down, the song had to be officially released as a single by the artist and that no artist could appear more than three times. OP thinks she followed her own rules. AnyTway, my list a probably a lot different from Rolling Stone and that might be for the better. Please remember, if you don't seen your favorite song or artist, it doesn't mean I think they are bad or not worthy to be on the list but I narrowed this down from 250 and it was incredibly tough. Also OP is old and she forgets people, places and things.
100. The Kills - “URA Fever”
Click to viewTo kick off the list is slinky, sexy and slight dirty tune from the American-Brit duo. Mosshart’s seductive voice clashed with Hince’s thrashing guitar is no surprise why this group was constantly featured in Gossip Girl.
99. Radiohead - “I Might Be Wrong”
Probably the only radio friendly single from Amnesiac demonstrating the band’s experimentation with blues and electronic music.
98. Charlotte Cardin - “Dirty Dirty”
97. How to Dress Well - “Cold Nites”
The guy is a fucking sleaze, but damn it if this song ain’t great.
96. The Rapture - “How Deep is Your Love?”
Warning: it’s not a cover of the Bee Gees song and the video edit is half of the studio cut on the album, but The Rapture’s last album delivered some funky bops bordering on spiritual.
95. Buddy Guy - “Please Don’t Leave Me”
Okay, so I broke my rule of singles only for this list. But this was featured in Hustle & Flow, so it’s not too far off. Besides, it’s important to know the music of the man who inspired Jimi Hendrix.
94. No Doubt - “Bathwater”
OP leaves post to do some crunches.
93. Junior Senior - “Move Your Feet”
Everything about this song is fucking strange: the damn song, the damn video and yet it’s damn addicting.
92. Vagabon - “The Embers”
Her debut album was a breath of fresh air in the white dominated world of indie rock, but at the same time Vagabon delivers us some good ol’ 90s nostalgia.
91. Blur - “Under the Westway”
90. Tricky ft. Hawkman and Ed Kowalczyk - “Evolution Revolution Love”
We’re obviously years off from Tricky’s magnum opus Maxinequaye, but this collaboration is odd on paper but executes a song that encapsulates the blend of dark pulses of trip-hop and romance.
89. Gorillaz - “Rhinestone Eyes”
Thought it’d be Clint Eastwood, huh? Damon Albarn makes his second appearance with this track from the superior Plastic Beach shows a band at the top of their production game.
88. Franz Ferdinand - “Michael”
This song is not about Michael Jackson.
87. Santigold - “L.E.S. Artistes”
Whichever way she chooses to spell her name, it was so hard to narrow it down so she wouldn’t take up 20% of the list. One of her earliest singles introduces us to the powerhouse artist that would continue to deliver genuine artistry.
86. Interpol - “Evil”
85. Sleigh Bells - “Rill Rill”
The heavily sampled “Can You Get to That” by Parliament Funkadelic is what makes this song.
84. Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - “Drop it Like It’s Hot”
83. Rihanna - “Kiss It Better”
Only took eight or nine albums, but Rihanna finally delivered an entertaining, cohesive album - one that beats her previous works by miles.
82. Britney Spears - “Gimme More”
One of the best songs in Spears’ discography and that’s saying a lot. The wonderful thing about this song is that if Spears were to release it today, it would still sound fresh.
81. Vampire Weekend - “Oxford Comma”
A Williamsburg classic.
My apologies mods, I'll be breaking this post down over the next few days.
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