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30 December 2005

My favorite song of 2005 What was yours?

post by: kellydamnit at: 14:33 | 43 comments

"No Satisfaction," by Black Mountain.

posted by Hugh Janus 30 December | 14:51

there were songs in 2005?

posted by jonmc 30 December | 14:52

I have no idea when new music comes out. I just (with 3 days to spare!!) bought my first 2005 music - the latest White Stripes, the latest New Pornographers. I am so behind.

*turns Glen Miller up loud again*

posted by gaspode 30 December | 14:57

Glenn, dammit.

posted by gaspode 30 December | 14:58

"Entertain", by Sleater-Kinney. Or, y'know, just about anything off that album.

posted by bmarkey 30 December | 15:00

"Casimir Pulaski Day", by Sufjan Stevens. Or maybe "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out To Get Us!".

To be honest, though, I probably missed the best song of 2005 and will stumble over it in a couple years. I'm slow.

posted by selfnoise 30 December | 15:02

Go on, admit it! You all know you secretly love Black eyed peas' "My Humps" (my lovely lady lumps!)

posted by ramix 30 December | 15:02

But my absolute favorite was a duet by Ray Charles/Mary J Blige on his latest posthumous album Genius and Friends called "It all goes by so fast."

posted by ramix 30 December | 15:05

Just one song? Jeez!

posted by matildaben 30 December | 15:09

Gideon, by My Morning Jacket

posted by Lipstick Thespian 30 December | 15:09

All These Things That I've Done, by The Killers.

It's got a hook, I tell ya!

posted by rainbaby 30 December | 15:12

Dick Is A Killer

posted by danostuporstar 30 December | 15:16

I really liked Say It by XTC which has a particularly good sentiment for the season. More or less anything off the Brendan Benson album. A lot of stuff on the Editors album is great too (thanks to slack-a-go-go for the recommendation).

Umm.. I didn't really buy much new stuff this year.

posted by dodgygeezer 30 December | 15:17

Mine was (is) Sing Me Spanish Techno by New Pornographers. I can send it up when I get home if anyone wants it, but I'm at work right now.

posted by iconomy 30 December | 15:19

Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone".

posted by eamondaly 30 December | 15:23

iconomy: I was listening to that just a few minutes ago! Whoa...

posted by gaspode 30 December | 15:23

Oh god yeah, The New Pornographers album was pretty good. This year I finally picked up Streethawk by Destroyer AKA The New Porno's Dan Bejar and that is a truly fantastic album. I've no idea what he's singing about but he does good lyric.

posted by dodgygeezer 30 December | 15:24

Here's Sing me Spanish Techno, which is definitely one of my top 15 songs of the 2nd half of the year.

posted by matildaben 30 December | 15:26

And yes, ramix, I love the way the BEP be rockin' it. FRRRRRRRRRRRRRESH!

posted by eamondaly 30 December | 15:38

Kelly, that track sounds pretty good to me.

posted by dodgygeezer 30 December | 15:41

I don't know the song names, but anything off that new Postal Service album is alright by me.

posted by Specklet 30 December | 15:59

I bought some Leonard Cohen.

Oh, released in 2005? feh.

posted by orthogonality 30 December | 16:00

Oh and the last DeVotchKa album, but that was near the end of 2004. I think. But I liked it.
Playing it in the living room is kind of frowned upon chez gaspode though.... If it isn't under 3 minutes long with yelling and heavy on the guitars, it's going to annoy mr g.

posted by gaspode 30 December | 16:05

Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine

Not a new song, but I heard it for the first time in 2005.

posted by warbaby 30 December | 16:06

I hate to tell you this, Speck, but the Postal Service album was released in 2003.

posted by matildaben 30 December | 16:08

Wow, I guess I really am getting old. Old and slow.

posted by Specklet 30 December | 16:13

Golden. My Morning Jacket.

posted by chewatadistance 30 December | 16:17

"This Year", by the Mountain Goats.

posted by cmonkey 30 December | 16:22

Is it OK to not enjoy new music anymore? I think I got too old, or something.

posted by sarah connor 30 December | 16:30

These
are
among
mine.

posted by gramschmidt 30 December | 16:37

Without a doubt, mine is "The Bleeding Heart Show" by The New Pornographers, though as has been mentioned, that whole album is pretty damn sweet.

I listed my favorite albums of the year here.

posted by BoringPostcards 30 December | 16:56

I don't think it was from this year, but DeVotchka's "How It Ends" was one of my favorite newer finds this year.

posted by Frisbee Girl 30 December | 17:12

i'd like to tell you all i didn't know "since you've been gone" was kelly clarkson until long after i overplayed its many covers.

posted by ethylene 30 December | 17:17

Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles because it is so sweet

posted by Martine 30 December | 17:23

James McMurtry - Can't Make It Here Anymore.

posted by mygothlaundry 30 December | 17:40

I discovered the Go-Betweens this year. And luckily they released a new album too. I like a bunch of songs on that album. Especially Lavendar and Born to a Family. I also made a song myself out of various odds and ends. It's gotta be my favorite since I made it. But actually, it doesn't make a sound.

posted by panoptican 30 December | 17:43

Born to a Family.

posted by panoptican 30 December | 17:46

My faves, more or less culled from iTunes stats:
"By the Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth" / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
"Portions for Foxes" / Rilo Kiley
"Intro-Introspection" / Osymyso
"Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" / Eels
"Since U Been Gone/Maps" / Ted Leo
"No Wow" / The Kills
"Abel" / The National
"Signourney Weaver" / Edie Sedgwick
"These Lights" / The Forecast
"Why Do You Love Me?" / Garbage

bonus (because I can't not list these artists): "She Really Wants You" / Aimee Mann
"Daft Punk Is Playing at my House" / LCD Soundsystem
"Only" / Nine Inch Nails

posted by stilicho 30 December | 18:02

16, Maybe Less by Iron and Wine/ /Calexico

Without a doubt, hands down, best of the year.

posted by YouCanCallMeAl 30 December | 18:05

Oh and I was turned on to Jose Gonzalez (he just cam e up on my iTunes) thanks to MeCha Radio.

Really, my best musical discovery was MetaChat, in general. Y'all are serious rockers of the poo, musically.

posted by Frisbee Girl 30 December | 18:13

I loved "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson, "Mr. Brightside" by the Killers, "This Fire" by Franz Ferdinand (may have been the end of last year). Favorite guilty pleasure songs: "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani and "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls (the lead singer was also in Eden's Crush, the first Popstars group).

posted by sisterhavana 30 December | 19:08

this

posted by mr.marx 30 December | 20:01

Technically came out in 2004, but I only found it in 2005 and it's gotta be the most listened single for the year: Edguy, New Age Messiah. Oh, so cathartic.

posted by Wolfdog 30 December | 20:08

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