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meatee.songs: The ’00s

Okay, so a couple of days ago I posted my “Songs That Rock” of the past decade, and I may not have been too clear on the meaning of the list. I believe, just from what I have in my personal collection, that those were the strongest true ‘rock’ songs from each year. This list, however, is much more broad, and is my list of favorites from the decade–regardless of genre.

Again, this list comes from my personal music collection, so there are probably some amazing songs I completely missed. Let me know in the comments!

  1. 2000 - Nothing As It Seems
    from the Pearl Jam album “Binaural”
  2. 2001 - Comptine d’un autre été : l’après-midi
    from the Yann Tiersen soundtrack album for the movie “Amélie”
  3. 2002 - My Tornado
    from the Raveonettes album “Whip It On”   *Debut Album Pick*
  4. 2003 - Anesthesia
    from the Type O Negative album “Life Is Killing Me”
  5. 2004 - Sugarless
    from the Autolux album “Future Perfect”   *Debut Album Pick*
  6. 2005 - Every Day Is Exactly The Same
    from the Nine Inch Nails album “With Teeth”
  7. 2006 - Vicarious
    from the TOOL album “10,000 Days”
  8. 2007 - The Dress
    from the Blonde Redhead album “23″
  9. 2008 - Kim & Jessie
    from the M83 album “Saturdays=Youth”
  10. 2009 - Omen
    from the Prodigy album “Invaders Must Die”

Special Jury Prize – Aireline – local band of the decade
I really wish things would have went differently for these guys. Other (and in my opinion, lesser) bands from the same Murfreesboro scene went on to sign record contracts (with varying levels of success), but for whatever reason that never quite panned out for Aireline. Every now and then I’ll put on Ocean Songs, or the Winter Song EP, and wonder about what could have been. They were, without question, my favorite local band ever. It’s a damn shame, I tell ya’s!

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07/20
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Songs That Rock: The ’00s

I decided to take a look at what albums I have that were released during the last decade, and I discovered something: there aren’t that many that really just ‘rocked.’ The decade was pretty dominated by a more subdued ‘indie’ sound (if the ’90s was the ‘alternative’ decade, the ’00s was certainly the ‘indie’ decade).

Looking at what I have, here are 10 songs–one from each year–that I thought really kept rock alive. It’s sad to say that most of these bands didn’t actually get started in the ’00s (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have the honor of being my only pick from a debut album), but in the end we had to leave it to the elder statesmen to really keep things rocking properly.

We start the list off with a last gasp of the ’90s (and one of my all-time favorite Pumpkins songs), and end the list with one of the very few bands that have kept rock alive for the past 3 decades (it’s hard to listen to “Anti-Orgasm” and then remember that Kim Gordon is older than both of my parents.)

  1. 2000 - Stand Inside Your Love
    from the Smashing Pumpkins album “MACHINA/The Machines of God”
  2. 2001 - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
    from the White Stripes album “White Blood Cells”
  3. 2002 - First It Giveth
    from the Queens of the Stone Age album “Songs for the Deaf”
  4. 2003 - Man
    from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album “Fever to Tell”
  5. 2004 - Unlucky
    from the StarFlyer 59 album “I Am the Portuguese Blues”
  6. 2005 - The Fox
    from the Sleater-Kinney album “The Woods”
  7. 2006 - Comatose
    from the Pearl Jam album “Pearl Jam”
  8. 2007 - Erase/Replace
    from the Foo Fighters album “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace”
  9. 2008 - Living Well Is the Best Revenge
    from the R.E.M. album “Accelerate”
  10. 2009 - Anti-Orgasm
    from the Sonic Youth album “The Eternal”

Special Jury Prize – Them Crooked Vultures – entire debut album
This album alone is evidence enough that rock will never die, and there is hope for the decade ahead. But once again, it’s up to the elder statesmen to show the kids how it’s done.

I’m sure you think I’m totally wrong about the past decade, and maybe I am, but I’m getting older and I’m perpetually stuck in the ’90s musically. (“Back in my day, rock music was blah blah blah…”)

Tell me why I’m wrong in the comments!

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