Saturday, August 22, 2009

The Koolthingzzz 150: Thom's Favorite Songs of the Aughts

I know I initially said I'd do a top 100. I couldn't do that few (which sounds weird, because 100 is a lot), so I expanded the field by 50 songs, and even that was an arduous task. Anyway, enough of exposition. Here it is:

150. A Milli - Lil Wayne



149. Inner City Pressure - Flight of the Conchords



148. 3's and 7's - Queens of the Stone Age



147. Mount Wroclei (Idle Days) - Beirut



146. Citizens of Tomorrow - Tokyo Police Club



145. Push Push Lady Lightning - Bang Camero



144. How I Could Just Kill A Man (Cover) - Rage Against the Machine



143. It Kills - Stephen Malkmus



142. Heretics - Andrew Bird



141. Ms. Jackson - Outkast



140. I Summon You - Spoon



139. The Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit



138. Free Radicals - The Flaming Lips



137. Patty Lee - Les Savy Fav



136. Slow Hands - Interpol



135. Cheer It On - Tokyo Police Club



134. Rome - Phoenix



133. A Method - TV on the Radio



132. I Might Be Wrong - Radiohead



131. Tonto - Battles



130. Real Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks



129. Dancing Choose - TV on the Radio



128. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine - Spoon



127. Black Cadillacs - Modest Mouse



126. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire


125. Summertime Clothes - Animal Collective



124. Electric Feel - MGMT



123. North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem



122. Stillness is the Move - Dirty Projectors



121. Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys



120. Impossible Germany - Wilco



119. All I Need - Radiohead



118. McFearless - Kings of Leon



117. He Doesn't Know Why - Fleet Foxes



116. My Old Ways - Dr. Dog



115. Brianstorm - Arctic Monkeys



114. Michael - Franz Ferdinand



113. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley



112. Black Mirror - Arcade Fire



111. Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats - Los Campesinos!



110. You And Whose Army? - Radiohead



109. Be Good - Tokyo Police Club



108. Dondante - My Morning Jacket



107. New Wave - Against Me!



106. You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand



105. Date With The Night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs



104. Helicopter - Bloc Party



103. Wake Up - Arcade Fire



102. Comfort Eagle - CAKE



101. A Punchup At A Wedding - Radiohead



100. Atlas - Battles



99. Dull Life - Yeah Yeah Yeahs



98. I'm Impressed - They Might Be Giants



97. Here's Your Future - The Thermals



96. Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys



95. A Nervous Tic Of Motion Of The Head To The Left - Andrew Bird



94. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn & John



93. Staring At The Sun - TV on the Radio



92. Head Rolls Off - Frightened Rabbit



91. Girl You Have No Faith In Medicine - The White Stripes



90. History Song - The Good, The Bad, And The Queen



89. Son The Father - Fucked Up



88. The Rat - The Walkmen



87. My Girls - Animal Collective



86. Shove It - Santogold



85. Turn Into - Yeah Yeah Yeahs



84. What Ever Happened? - The Strokes



83. The Czar - Mastodon



82. Handlebars - Flobots




81. Bad Weekend - Art Brut



80. Outsiders - Franz Ferdinand



79. Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches



78. Smoke & Mirrors - RJD2



77. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz



76. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz



75. Mr. Brightside - The Killers




74. 15 Step - Radiohead



73. Mahgeetah - My Morning Jacket



72. You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos!



71. On Call - Kings Of Leon



70. Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips



69. When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys



68. Fireworks - Animal Collective



67. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age



66. Cicatriz ESP - The Mars Volta



65. Crystal Skull - Mastodon



64. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire



63. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco



62. Up The Cuts - Against Me!



61. Commissioning A Symphony In C - CAKE



60. Of Moons, Birds, And Monsters - MGMT



59. Anytime - My Morning Jacket



58. Lisztomania - Phoenix



57. Go To Sleep - Radiohead



56. Meat Grinder - Madvillain



55. Paper Planes - M.I.A.



54. The View - Modest Mouse



53. Knives Out - Radiohead



52. Make It Wit Chu - Queens of the Stone Age



51. Gideon - My Morning Jacket



50. Smash Your Head - Girl Talk



49. Formed A Band - Art Brut



48. Walcott - Vampire Weekend



47. Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter



46. Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes



45. Sleeping Giant - Mastodon



44. Ocean Of Noise - Arcade Fire



43. Party Hard - Andrew W.K.



42. Fight Test - The Flaming Lips



41. Float On - Modest Mouse



40. Eriatarka - The Mars Volta



39. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem



38. Darts of Pleasure - Franz Ferdinand



37. Obstacle 1 - Interpol



36. Brothers And Sisters - Blur



35. Elephant Bones - That Handsome Devil



34. Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party



33. Wheels - CAKE



32. Time To Pretend - MGMT



31. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys



30. All Caps - Madvillain



29. Blood And Thunder - Mastodon



28. Idioteque - Radiohead



27. Eraser - No Age



26. Cannibal Resource - Dirty Projectors



25. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) - Outkast


Outkast - B.O.B. (Official Music Video) - A funny movie is a click away

24. Nature Of The Experiment - Tokyo Police Club



23. The Modern Age - The Strokes



22. For Reverend Green - Animal Collective



21. Bitches Ain't Shit - Ben Folds



20. Reckoner - Radiohead



19. Hearts on Fire - Cut Copy



18. A Certain Romance - Arctic Monkeys



17. Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes



16. Grass - Animal Collective



15. The Funeral - Band of Horses



14. Lay Low - My Morning Jacket



13. A Wolf At The Door - Radiohead



12. Bukowski - Modest Mouse



11. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out



10. The Strokes - Is This It



9. The Way We Get By - Spoon



8. Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio



7. One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket



6. 2 + 2 = 5 - Radiohead



5. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear



4. Divinations - Mastodon



3. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire



2. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead



1. Hearts Alive - Mastodon





Alright. That is all. I have one more list before I take a long break and prepare for our 2nd annual end of the year extra-vaganza, which will be of my 25 favorite album covers of the decade. Hope you enjoyed this list!


*Edit: Originally, I only had videos for the top 25. Guess what? Now they ALL have them. You're welcome.

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