Your favorite song of 2005

[Carnival 0]

remember, Czech hates rap...

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I know he does, and he can hate that song all he wants. But I just wanted to show him that Kanye wasn't trying to rhyme "money" with "money". Maybe if he understands....he will start to like it.......or not.

 

I'm telling you Lushus, download that Cage song, you'll like it. Cage is fucking tight. White Rappers Baby!!!!! WHOOoooOOO!!!

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"The Food" is good stuff too.

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Definitely.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Love It or Hate It - The Game / 50 Cent

[razazteca 0]

"Stay Fly-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y" Three 6 Mafia

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I find Common excruciatingly boring, by the way. He's absolutely the most dull of the type of guys with whom he's typically associated (Mos Def, Kweli, Tribe, etc.).

[Guest J0bber]

"Echo of My Scream" by Fear Factory is the most well-crafted and saddest song of 2005. Just listening to it gives me goosebumps.

[snuffbox 0]

"Echo of My Scream" by Fear Factory is the most well-crafted and saddest song of 2005. Just listening to it gives me goosebumps.

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No shit? I didnt even know Fear Factory still made music...

[UZI Suicide 0]

Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs

[Zack Malibu 0]

"Be" would probably find its way into my Top Ten if I were to make one. "The Food" is good stuff too.

 

"The Food" is actually about 2 years old. Common and Kanye did it on Chappelle's Show during season 2. Great jam and one of my favorite recent rap songs, but I don't know if you should include it on a 2005 list.

[Zack Malibu 0]

I don't know if I can pick just one off the top of my head, but it's either Anberlin's "A Day Late" or The Receiving End Of Sirens "Planning A Prison Break".

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"Echo of My Scream" by Fear Factory is the most well-crafted and saddest song of 2005. Just listening to it gives me goosebumps.

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No shit? I didnt even know Fear Factory still made music...

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Fear Factory is alive and kicking. They just released an album Transgression in August of this year and are currently on tour with Strapping Young Lad and Soilwork.

[Guest BrokenWings]

Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs

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Seconded.

[Annabelle 0]

I find Common excruciatingly boring, by the way.  He's absolutely the most dull of the type of guys with whom he's typically associated (Mos Def, Kweli, Tribe, etc.).

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all of them are quite boring, actually. BE is saved by kanye, though.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

They're all quite boring right now, I agree with that. Mos Def still has his first solo album, which is very good, and both he and Kweli have the excellent Black Star disc to their credit. Admittedly, that means the two of them have been boring for about five years, which is ancient history. As for Tribe, at least Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders are very good, and I would actually be pretty surprised if you didn't like those. Q-Tip's great, Phife sometimes is even better. They can't sit at the same table as Biggie, Wu-Tang, Outkast, etc., but when I'm looking for something a little less serious (but not quite as less serious as De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising), the Tribe'll do me just fine.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Kweli had his album with Hi-Tek, too, which I still put on occasionally. But yeah, the whole modern day Native Tongues movement fell off pretty quickly.

[Annabelle 0]

i have always been very underwhelmed by a tribe called quest. and msot jazz rappers in general. rap is supposed to be about balls, machismo, & hard beats. not fluffy emo lightweight ditties about socially conscious issues.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Inappropriate use of "emo," narrow-minded view of hip hop and I recall you used to ride Common's jock, big time.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Electric Circus in the signature. I remember that too. We all go through phases, though. I remember when you were straight-lovin' on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and now, not so much. I can't remember what the dumbest shit I've professed my love for is.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I grew to like Yoshimi less and less over time, but I never had a boner for it; I might've been more forgiving early on because I had such high hopes post-The Soft Bulletin. And they had yet to release all those mediocre EPs and become cartoon characters. I don't doubt some of my YBTPR-distaste is retroactive, but I still don't care for it outside of a few songs. It simply took time for me to recognize it as the beginning of where I no longer cared for the band like I once did. They still have a lot of good stuff, though.

[cbacon 0]

I totally forgot Disintegration by Jimmy Eat World off their latest EP. Definetly a contender. Worth checking out even if you view JEW as a flash in the pan emo band.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Flash in the pan? I thought they've been around for like eight years.

[cbacon 0]

Yeah, but some people only recognize them as the band that came out with "The Middle".

[Annabelle 0]

Inappropriate use of "emo," narrow-minded view of hip hop and I recall you used to ride Common's jock, big time.

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oh. electric circus is great. its musical adverturism makes it far more interesting than anything else he's ever released. i don't recall ever promoting anything anything else common-related. certainly no socially conscious rap. electric circus wasn't jazz rap, nor emo, nor involving socially conscious issues. it was like a psychadelic rap album. its somewhere between bitches brew, their satanic majesties request & the first n.e.r.d album. its critical acclaim (criticism) mirrors those, too. the concept appealed to me then, and still does today. has anyone else really done this? n0. will anyone? probably not as common got racked through hot coals for it. he returned his vanilla straight forward mc style after it. which, and i am in the extreme minority, i find to be a mistake. pretension isn't always a bad thing in music. i consider satanic majesties better than a lot of stuff the stones did. bitches brew was considered blasphemous to most jazz fans.

[Guest Samantha]

Jamiroquai - Fells Just Like It Should

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc

The 69 Eyes - The Lost Boys

Bullet For My Valentine - 4 Words To Choke Upon

[Vyce 0]

If we're mentioning the Killers, I actually prefer "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" off Hot Fuss, probably because it strikes me as the most New Wave.

[The Czech Republic 0]

New Wave wasn't good the first time around, how are the Killers any different?

 

 

 

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[ant_7000 0]

Can't Stop Me- Little Brother

[cbacon 0]

Top 50 singles of '05

 

50. Doves - Black and White Town

49. Matthew Good – Oh Be Joyful

48. Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch

47. Kanye West – Heard ‘Em Say

46. Feist – Inside and Out

45. Metric – Monster Hospital

44. The Killers – All These Things I’ve Done

43. The Strokes - Juicebox

42. Weezer – Perfect Situation

41. Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights

40. Hot Hot Heat – Middle of Nowhere

 

39. Death Cab For Cutie – Crooked Teeth

38. Interpol – Evil

37. M.I.A – Bucky Done Gone

36. The Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine, And You, You Need to be Nicer

35. Kanye West – Diamonds From Sierra Leone

34. Limblifter – Perfect Day to Disappear

33. Taking Back Sunday – Set Phasers to Stun

32. Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla

31. Bloc Party - Helicopter

30. k-os feat. Sam Roberts – Dirty Water

 

29. The Killers – Mr. Brightside

28. Green Day – Holiday

27. The Arcade Fire – Neighbourhood #2 (Laika)

26. The New Pornographers – Use It

25. Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.

24. Nine Inch Nails – Hand that Feeds

23. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema

22. Kanye West – Gold Digger

21. Feist – Mushaboom

20. Stars – Ageless Beauty

 

19. Metric – Dead Disco

18. Jimmy Eat World - Futures

17. Wolf Parade – Shine A Light

16. Bloc Party – Two More Years

15. Bloc Party – Pioneers

14. U2 – Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

13. Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams of Pavement

12. The Arcade Fire – Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)

11. Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia

 

10. The Arcade Fire – Wake Up

9. Death Cab For Cutie – Soul Meets Body

8. Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead

7. k-os – Crucial

6. k-os - Man I Used to Be

5. Bloc Party – Banquet

4. k-os - The Love Song

3. Broken Social Scene – 7/4 Shoreline

2. Modest Mouse – The World at Large

1. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)

Edited December 18, 2005 by C-Bacon

[The Czech Republic 0]

Rebellion isn't even the best song on Funeral, let alone 2005.

[cbacon 0]

Best single released off Funeral this year i'd say. Wake Up is close.