Singles of 2008

Bomby · 01-04-2009, 05:01 PM

Singles that rocked:
15. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Tailored perfectly for the indie rock crowd.
14. Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
The Dillaesque piano loop will send old school heads running back to their Tribe records.
13. Jay-Z - Roc Boys
Okay, technically, this was 2007. One of the strongest songs off "American Gangster"
12. Oasis - Shock of the Lightning
Unlike that other Britpop era band making a comeback, Oasis didn't suck it up.
11. TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
Reminiscent of Post-Punk, repackaged for the Bush era.
10. Solange - Sandcastle Disco
Who would've thought Beyonce's little sister would be more than a novelty act?
9. Lil' Wayne - A Milli
Catchy, witty, stream of consciousness ODB-style rant.
8. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Ay, ay, ay, ay!
7. Big Boi f/ Andre 3000 & Raekwon - Royal Flush
Skew It on the Bar-B: Ten Years Later.
6. No Age - Teen Creeps
Playing with feedback is fun. Refreshingly unpretentious punk rock.
5. Estelle f/ Kanye West - American Boy
Light, funky, and unbelievably catchy.
4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Coldplay has great singles and boring albums. Viva la Vida is no exception.
3. Chairlift - Bruises
Once again, those iPod guys have decent taste in music.
2. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
"Bird Flu" was the best single of 2007, but this was the real winner on Kala. Got a bit overplayed. How do I know? I don't even listen to the radio intentionally yet I heard it many times on the radio.
1. Tilly & the Wall - Rainbows in the Dark
I'm not sure what the story is about, but it's a damn good song.

Most Irritating Singles:
1. Beyonce - If I Was a Boy
"Hey, I'm a condescending misandric bitch."
2. Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Watered down Lily Allen is unintentionally homophobic. When Jill Sobule did a song with the same title, it was at least making a statement.
3. Ferras - Hollywood's Not America
So your girl turned out to be a playmate. That's her choice. Get over her. BTW, Hollywood is the epitome of America.
4. Rihanna - Take a Bow
Because there weren't enough songs about cheating in the past few years.
5. Mariah Carey - Bye Bye
Miss your lost family in a less annoying way, please.

Guilty Pleasures:
1. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
Katy Perry may be a watered down Lily Allen, but this is actually a decent pop song.
2. The Last Goodnight - Stay Beautiful
So they're Maroon 5 wannabes... this song reminds me of "You Get What You Give"
3. Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again
Actually, I didn't even really like it that much, but I didn't hate it.

-Bomby von Bombsville
A Very Single Man

Panfan · 01-04-2009, 05:40 PM

A few favorites:
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
Solange - Sandcastle Disco
Portishead - Machine Gun
TV on the Radio - Golden Age
No Age - Teen Creeps
Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne
The Mars Volta - Wax Silmulacra
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
The Raconteurs - Salute Your Solution
T.I. - What Up What's Haapnin
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Foals - Balloons
M83 - Kim & Jesse
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
MGMT - Electric Feel
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
--
Worst:
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Katy Perry - All of them (they're all ungodly terrible)
Lil Wayne - Lollipop
Nickelback - Gotta be Somebody
Britney Spears - Womanizer
P!nk - So What
Beyonce - If I Was a Boy
Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - Low
3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time

**Galefore** · 01-06-2009, 09:59 PM

I wish TVotR had released Crying as a single, but I agree about Halfway Home. Love that song.

Perrin Aybara · 01-06-2009, 10:11 PM

As of 2008, I'm no longer single. Does that count?

-jay

Eagle Eye · 01-06-2009, 11:13 PM

[Close: T.I. - What Up/What's Happ'nin?: When you can make a DISS track and it can be a Billboard Hot 100....wow]
20. Charles Hamilton f/ B.o.B. and Asher Roth - Change Gon' Come
Never thought I'd hear a good sample of a Sam Cook classic, but lo and behold, these 3 came through

19. Baby D- I'm Bout Money
Typical, but it did it's job nonetheless

18. Janelle Monae - Many Moons
Incredible. Not only is the song creative, the whole album is. On the outside, it looks like she's been doing one too many drugs, but it's a classic love story, to a futuristic beat.

17. Remy Shand - Ripened and Consumed
Remy is back, and he couldn't have come back better

16. Natasha Bedingfield - Angel
Her whole album is incredible...and this isn't even the best song

15. B.o.B. - Generation Lost
First song I ever heard from this guy, and I was amazed and have been ever since

14. T.I. - No Matter What
Great song to start off a great album (single wise), showed a mature side of TIP that we knew was there

13. Kanye West f/ Dwele - Flashing Lights
Incredibly creative

12. Gnarls Barkley - Going On
Classic Lo, and it was over a Danger Mouse beat (of course)

11. T-Pain featuring Ludacris - Chopped N Skrewed
One of the most creative songs of the year as well

10. John Legend - Green Light f/ Andre 3000
I didn't expect this combination, but I loved it.

9. Kanye West - Heartless
As much of a disappointment as his album was, there were a few great songs.

8. Erykah Badu - Honey
Forgot about this, didn't you?

7. Michael Jackson - For All Time
Oh you didn't know?

6. Solange Knowles - Sandcastle Disco
She's creative. More creative than her sister, but less talented. Her uniqueness will be a secret because people won't bother with "Beyonce's little sister"

5. B.o.B. - I'll Be In The Sky
Classic. A slept on classic.

4. Nappy Roots f/ Greg Nice - No Static
They came back in a BIG way

3. Big Boi featuring Andre 3000 and Raekwon - Royal Flush
Whole song was incredible, Andre's verse ****ted on about every song that was released last year.

2. DJ Drama featuring OutKast and Marsha Ambrosious- Art of Storytelling Part 4
I still would like to know where part 3 is...

1. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
Technically it was late 07, but still, it carried through 08, and it's all around success is a big indicator at just how great it was.

The Spark · 01-11-2009, 09:42 PM

Katy Perry is GAY. total lesbian. im not homophobic, this just seems to irritate me.

ZeldaGirl · 01-11-2009, 09:49 PM

^Except she has a boyfriend...

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-11-2009, 11:52 PM

^He don't mind it.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Panfan · 01-12-2009, 04:19 PM

^^^ I recall reading something that she's never even kissed a girl.

Bomby · 01-12-2009, 06:39 PM

How can she be gay when her song clearly sees homosexuality as the trend of the moment? Right now there's a disturbing trend of young women who think it's "cool" or "funny" to pretend to be lesbians, and they don't even know why sensible people are offended by it. There is inherent homophobia in doing so.

Panfan · 01-12-2009, 07:40 PM

^ I don't think there's really a trend of that, I think she sold that many albums because even in the progressively less homophobic times homosexuality is still a "taboo subject" so what would your uptight mom think if she heard you listening to music about a girl who was a LESBIAN? And she liked it? Well then your parents would go berserk! A GIRL AND A GIRL KISSING? AND LIKING IT? THE VERY THOUGHT IS PREPOSTEROUS!

The same thing happened with Thrash Metal back in the late 80s/early 90s. Except some Thrash Metal bands are actually good.

Bomby · 01-12-2009, 07:53 PM

^ You haven't been to college yet.

**Galefore** · 01-12-2009, 07:57 PM

^^CLEARLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS FAIL

FOR YOU ARE NOT WORLD-WISE AND WEARY YET, LIKE THE OLD ONES

IN TIME, MY SON, YOU WILL RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE LIKE THESE ELDERS

Bomby · 01-12-2009, 07:59 PM

^ Fail.

It has nothing to do with the education you receive. It has to do with girls in a college environment vs. girls in a high school environment.

**Galefore** · 01-12-2009, 08:02 PM

Right, right.

So it's not ageism.

Gotcha, I see. Sorry for the confusion.

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-13-2009, 12:04 AM

Stop attacking Bomby when he's right on the money.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Cosmonautical*** · 01-14-2009, 04:45 AM

wtf?

Of course it's a trend. It's been appearing in media since Tatu.

**Marchie** · 01-14-2009, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bomby

^ You haven't been to college yet.

Or high school

Laika Come Home · 01-15-2009, 08:51 PM

Best singles of '08:
MGMT - Electric Feel
The Wombats - Kill the Director
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Los Campesinos! - My Year in Lists
Scouting for Girls - I Wish I Was James Bond
Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency
Sam Sparro - Black and Gold
Kanye West - Heartless

Worst Singles of '08:
Katy Perry - Ur So Gay
Beyonce - Single Ladies
Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Kanye West - Homecoming
Saving Abel - Addicted
Buckcherry - Too Drunk

Eagle Eye · 01-15-2009, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laika Come Home

Worst singles of '08:
Kanye West - Homecoming

Really?

Seriously?

01-04-2009, 05:01 PM	#1
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Singles of 2008 Singles that rocked: 15. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened Tailored perfectly for the indie rock crowd. 14. Q-Tip - Gettin' Up The Dillaesque piano loop will send old school heads running back to their Tribe records. 13. Jay-Z - Roc Boys Okay, technically, this was 2007. One of the strongest songs off "American Gangster" 12. Oasis - Shock of the Lightning Unlike that other Britpop era band making a comeback, Oasis didn't suck it up. 11. TV on the Radio - Halfway Home Reminiscent of Post-Punk, repackaged for the Bush era. 10. Solange - Sandcastle Disco Who would've thought Beyonce's little sister would be more than a novelty act? 9. Lil' Wayne - A Milli Catchy, witty, stream of consciousness ODB-style rant. 8. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk Ay, ay, ay, ay! 7. Big Boi f/ Andre 3000 & Raekwon - Royal Flush Skew It on the Bar-B: Ten Years Later. 6. No Age - Teen Creeps Playing with feedback is fun. Refreshingly unpretentious punk rock. 5. Estelle f/ Kanye West - American Boy Light, funky, and unbelievably catchy. 4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Coldplay has great singles and boring albums. Viva la Vida is no exception. 3. Chairlift - Bruises Once again, those iPod guys have decent taste in music. 2. M.I.A. - Paper Planes "Bird Flu" was the best single of 2007, but this was the real winner on Kala. Got a bit overplayed. How do I know? I don't even listen to the radio intentionally yet I heard it many times on the radio. 1. Tilly & the Wall - Rainbows in the Dark I'm not sure what the story is about, but it's a damn good song. Most Irritating Singles: 1. Beyonce - If I Was a Boy "Hey, I'm a condescending misandric bitch." 2. Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl Watered down Lily Allen is unintentionally homophobic. When Jill Sobule did a song with the same title, it was at least making a statement. 3. Ferras - Hollywood's Not America So your girl turned out to be a playmate. That's her choice. Get over her. BTW, Hollywood is the epitome of America. 4. Rihanna - Take a Bow Because there weren't enough songs about cheating in the past few years. 5. Mariah Carey - Bye Bye Miss your lost family in a less annoying way, please. Guilty Pleasures: 1. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold Katy Perry may be a watered down Lily Allen, but this is actually a decent pop song. 2. The Last Goodnight - Stay Beautiful So they're Maroon 5 wannabes... this song reminds me of "You Get What You Give" 3. Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again Actually, I didn't even really like it that much, but I didn't hate it. -Bomby von Bombsville A Very Single Man Last edited by Bomby; 01-04-2009 at 05:15 PM.

01-06-2009, 10:11 PM	#4
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	As of 2008, I'm no longer single. Does that count? -jay Last edited by Perrin Aybara; 01-06-2009 at 10:26 PM.

01-04-2009, 05:40 PM	#2
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,250 Times in 1,338 Posts Blog Entries: 15	A few favorites: Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook Solange - Sandcastle Disco Portishead - Machine Gun TV on the Radio - Golden Age No Age - Teen Creeps Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne The Mars Volta - Wax Silmulacra Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal The Raconteurs - Salute Your Solution T.I. - What Up What's Haapnin Coldplay - Viva la Vida Foals - Balloons M83 - Kim & Jesse Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire MGMT - Electric Feel Weezer - Pork and Beans Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma M.I.A. - Paper Planes -- Worst: Kid Rock - All Summer Long Katy Perry - All of them (they're all ungodly terrible) Lil Wayne - Lollipop Nickelback - Gotta be Somebody Britney Spears - Womanizer P!nk - So What Beyonce - If I Was a Boy Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - Low 3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time

01-06-2009, 09:59 PM	#3
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I wish TVotR had released Crying as a single, but I agree about Halfway Home. Love that song.

01-06-2009, 11:13 PM	#5
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	[Close: T.I. - What Up/What's Happ'nin?: When you can make a DISS track and it can be a Billboard Hot 100....wow] 20. Charles Hamilton f/ B.o.B. and Asher Roth - Change Gon' Come Never thought I'd hear a good sample of a Sam Cook classic, but lo and behold, these 3 came through 19. Baby D- I'm Bout Money Typical, but it did it's job nonetheless 18. Janelle Monae - Many Moons Incredible. Not only is the song creative, the whole album is. On the outside, it looks like she's been doing one too many drugs, but it's a classic love story, to a futuristic beat. 17. Remy Shand - Ripened and Consumed Remy is back, and he couldn't have come back better 16. Natasha Bedingfield - Angel Her whole album is incredible...and this isn't even the best song 15. B.o.B. - Generation Lost First song I ever heard from this guy, and I was amazed and have been ever since 14. T.I. - No Matter What Great song to start off a great album (single wise), showed a mature side of TIP that we knew was there 13. Kanye West f/ Dwele - Flashing Lights Incredibly creative 12. Gnarls Barkley - Going On Classic Lo, and it was over a Danger Mouse beat (of course) 11. T-Pain featuring Ludacris - Chopped N Skrewed One of the most creative songs of the year as well 10. John Legend - Green Light f/ Andre 3000 I didn't expect this combination, but I loved it. 9. Kanye West - Heartless As much of a disappointment as his album was, there were a few great songs. 8. Erykah Badu - Honey Forgot about this, didn't you? 7. Michael Jackson - For All Time Oh you didn't know? 6. Solange Knowles - Sandcastle Disco She's creative. More creative than her sister, but less talented. Her uniqueness will be a secret because people won't bother with "Beyonce's little sister" 5. B.o.B. - I'll Be In The Sky Classic. A slept on classic. 4. Nappy Roots f/ Greg Nice - No Static They came back in a BIG way 3. Big Boi featuring Andre 3000 and Raekwon - Royal Flush Whole song was incredible, Andre's verse ****ted on about every song that was released last year. 2. DJ Drama featuring OutKast and Marsha Ambrosious- Art of Storytelling Part 4 I still would like to know where part 3 is... 1. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar Technically it was late 07, but still, it carried through 08, and it's all around success is a big indicator at just how great it was.

01-11-2009, 09:42 PM	#6
The Spark Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: At the bottom of the shipping address list Gender: Posts: 1,743 Thanks: 156 Thanked 74 Times in 54 Posts	Katy Perry is GAY. total lesbian. im not homophobic, this just seems to irritate me.

01-11-2009, 09:49 PM	#7
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^Except she has a boyfriend...

01-11-2009, 11:52 PM	#8
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	^He don't mind it. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

01-12-2009, 04:19 PM	#9
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,250 Times in 1,338 Posts Blog Entries: 15	^^^ I recall reading something that she's never even kissed a girl.

01-12-2009, 06:39 PM	#10
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	How can she be gay when her song clearly sees homosexuality as the trend of the moment? Right now there's a disturbing trend of young women who think it's "cool" or "funny" to pretend to be lesbians, and they don't even know why sensible people are offended by it. There is inherent homophobia in doing so.

01-12-2009, 07:40 PM	#11
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,250 Times in 1,338 Posts Blog Entries: 15	^ I don't think there's really a trend of that, I think she sold that many albums because even in the progressively less homophobic times homosexuality is still a "taboo subject" so what would your uptight mom think if she heard you listening to music about a girl who was a LESBIAN? And she liked it? Well then your parents would go berserk! A GIRL AND A GIRL KISSING? AND LIKING IT? THE VERY THOUGHT IS PREPOSTEROUS! The same thing happened with Thrash Metal back in the late 80s/early 90s. Except some Thrash Metal bands are actually good.

01-12-2009, 07:53 PM	#12
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^ You haven't been to college yet.

01-12-2009, 07:57 PM	#13
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^^CLEARLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS FAIL FOR YOU ARE NOT WORLD-WISE AND WEARY YET, LIKE THE OLD ONES IN TIME, MY SON, YOU WILL RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE LIKE THESE ELDERS

01-12-2009, 07:59 PM	#14
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	^ Fail. It has nothing to do with the education you receive. It has to do with girls in a college environment vs. girls in a high school environment.

01-12-2009, 08:02 PM	#15
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Right, right. So it's not ageism. Gotcha, I see. Sorry for the confusion.

01-13-2009, 12:04 AM	#16
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Stop attacking Bomby when he's right on the money. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

01-14-2009, 04:45 AM	#17
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	wtf? Of course it's a trend. It's been appearing in media since Tatu.

01-15-2009, 08:51 PM	#19
Laika Come Home Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Gender: Posts: 615 Thanks: 214 Thanked 77 Times in 45 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Best singles of '08: MGMT - Electric Feel The Wombats - Kill the Director Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place Los Campesinos! - My Year in Lists Scouting for Girls - I Wish I Was James Bond Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency Sam Sparro - Black and Gold Kanye West - Heartless Worst Singles of '08: Katy Perry - Ur So Gay Beyonce - Single Ladies Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody Kid Rock - All Summer Long Kanye West - Homecoming Saving Abel - Addicted Buckcherry - Too Drunk