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Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
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50. Ke$ha
"We R Who We R"
Over Dr. Luke's arena-electro beat, Ke$ha takes stupid-savvy pop to bombastic heights.
49. Elizabeth Cook
"El Camino"
A twangy, hilarious vignette about a schoolgirl who becomes powerless against the charms of a mulleted, El Camino-driving skeezeball.
48. Das Racist
"hahahaha jk?"
NYC trio transcend joke-rap status by making a song about transcending joke-rap status, set to a finely stoned beat.
47. Kid Rock
"Born Free"
Rock throws on a fringed jacket and cuts a Seventies-rock anthem that's perfect for cruising in a vintage Chevy — or just pumping your fist.
46. MGMT
"Congratulations"
The psych-pop jokers let down their guard and rip off the Band for a hazily pretty singalong about fast fame.
45. The Rolling Stones
"Plundered My Soul"
An expertly reconstructed track from the Exile on Main Street sessions, with Keith Richards' damaged licks crying across the years.
44. Neil Young
"Love and War"
"I've been in love, and I've seen a lot of war": Young wrestles with his two biggest topics — and meditates on his entire career.
43. B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
"Nothing on You"
A nearly perfect pop-rap ballad, with the Atlanta MC telling his one and only, "You the whole package, plus you pay your taxes."
42. Surfer Blood
"Floating Vibes"
Florida guys combine a Beach Boys-style surf tune with Nineties alt-rock riffs. Why didn't anyone think of this before?
41. Junip
"In Every Direction"
Pale-voiced Swede José González kicks up the volume for a supremely pretty folk swirl.
Number 36: Drake feat. Nicki Minaj, "Up All Night"
40. Kanye West
"Power"
The first sign of how crazy Twisted Fantasy would be: 'Ye goes all schizoid while sampling King Crimson.
39. The Gaslight Anthem
"The Diamond Church Street Choir"
Brian Fallon triangulates doo-wop, Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey emo. Result: a finger-snapping ode to basement gigs and lost love.
38. Spoon
"The Mystery Zone"
2010's most mesmerizing guitar groove — a dark, dubby burner with lyrics about basement gigs and lost love.
37. Lloyd Banks feat. Juelz Santana
"Beamer, Benz, or Bentley"
Two New York badasses team up over the year's rawest beat to celebrate paying way too much in car insurance.
36. Drake feat. Nicki Minaj
"
Up All Night"
One of the year's great driving songs, with Minaj "doing doughnuts in a six-speed."
35. Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval
"Paradise Circus"
The U.K. trip-hoppers call in guest moaner Hope Sandoval for a narcotic ballad that's both surreal and unnervingly erotic.
34. Gorillaz feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack
"Stylo"
Your favorite cartoon primates cook up a disco jam that's sexy enough to make Donna Summer sigh with pleasure. And that synth-bass line? Unstoppable.
33. Wavves
"Post Acid"
The San Diego trio turn in a sweetly psychedelic punk nugget: part Buzzcocks, part acid-damaged beach rock.
32. Die Antwoord
"Enter the Ninja"
The year's freakiest rap song: Three South Africans mix machine-gun flows with warped hooks, suggesting Eminem's "Lose Yourself" on mescaline.
31. Gil Scott-Heron
"I'm New Here"
The long-lost Seventies rap pioneer rasps his way through an acoustic version of a Smog ballad. He turns indie-rock melancholy into the darkest, deepest country blues.
Number 24: Eminem, "Not Afraid"
30. Jakob Dylan
"Nothing but the Whole Wide World"
Dylan delivers a roots-folk lullaby with a hushed melody James Taylor would kill to have written.
29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"The Trip to Pirate's Cove"
A classic Petty road story, outfitted with black-ice organ and sneering guitar.
28. Band of Horses
"Laredo"
A country-rock ballad about needing to get away, built around shimmering guitars that go on for miles.
27. The National
"Bloodbuzz Ohio"
"I still owe money to the money to the money I owe," croons Matt Berninger, singing so seductively you'll want to toss him a few bucks.
26. Robyn
"Dancing on My Own"
The Swedish diva spots her beloved with another girl — then turns her sadness into sparkling pop, perfect for solo freakouts.
25. Nicki Minaj
"Did It On'em"
A hazy, synapse-butchering throwdown. Nicki: "If I had a dick, I would pull it out and piss on 'em."
24. Eminem
"Not Afraid"
Em opens up about sobriety, disses his last album and pledges to be a better dad. His most inspiring song ever.
23. Jamey Johnson
"Macon"
Johnson rolls slow and steady on this rough diamond of Seventies Southern rock.
22. Rick Ross feat. Styles P
"B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
Ross flows like the Barry White of white powder on this lush drug-lord fantasia.
21. Sleigh Bells
"Infinity Guitars"
A classic girl-group tune set against skull-rattling guitar fuzz that hurts so good.
Number 13: The Dead Weather, "Hustle and Cuss"
20. Best Coast
"Boyfriend"
A heartbreaker about a lonely summer — imagine Brian Wilson as a sensitive stoner girl.
19. The New Pornographers
"Your Hands (Together)"
The indie-rock collective harmonizes about silver bullets and piles on the classic-rock guitars. Result: bizarro pop that's hard to shake.
18. Jenny and Johnny
"Scissor Runner"
Power pop finds its own George Burns and Gracie Allen. Her best borscht-belt joke? "I'll forgive you/If I outlive you."
17. LCD Soundsystem
"I Can Change"
The year's best Depeche Mode song is also its best Smiths song. James Murphy shows off a great falsetto while expressing pain with wild humor.
16. Cold War Kids
"Coffee Spoon"
SoCal kids hallucinate about the high life, turning "ascetics wring their hands" into a killer chorus..
15. Drake
"Over"
Drake rhymes about how stardom is both terrifying and awesome. With a huge, clattering beat, it's also irresistible.
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4. Big Boi feat. Cutty
"Shutterbugg"
OutKast's brawnier half throws an electro party, coaxing players to the dance floor with a nasty ghetto-tech bass line.
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3. The Dead Weather
"Hustle and Cuss"
Jack White and Alison Mosshart howl over the dirtiest riff of the year, generating ungodly amounts of sexual electricity.
12. Mark Ronson and the Business International feat. Q-Tip and MNDR
"Bang Bang Bang"
Ronson turns a French kiddie tune into a Technicolor hook on this synth-pop fire starter.
11. The Black Keys
"Everlasting Light"
A steady-grooving blues-rock ballad, with Dan Auerbach's falsetto floating over craggy funk like some beautiful ghost.
Number One: Kanye West feat. Pusha T., "Runaway"
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0. Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver
"Monster"
On this rumbling id-fest, Minaj delivers the cameo of the year, switching personae and voices like she's rap's Meryl Streep. Kanye has the good sense to let her go on for 31 thrilling bars.
9. Broken Bells
"The Ghost Inside"
This noirish jam mixes Danger Mouse's steely funk with a creepily addictive chorus from the Shins' James Mercer. Bet you loosen your collar.
8. Janelle Monáe feat. Big Boi
"Tightrope"
Sister-from-another-planet Monáe delivers a ferocious, horn-splashed burner that mashes up Cab Calloway, hip-hop, James Brown and art-pop wackiness.
7. Vampire Weekend
"White Sky"
Synth foam, perky digital rhythms, joyful whoops and African-flavored guitars. The sound of a young band discovering how much is possible.
6. Mavis Staples
"You Are Not Alone"
A modern hymn, written by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and sung with maternal assurance by the voice that once told you to "Respect Yourself."
5. Arcade Fire
"We Used to Wait"
"Now our lives are changing fast," sings Win Butler, spooked and sleepless. But his empathetic croon — and his band's orchestral- rock wallop — make high anxiety sound almost sublime.
4. Katy Perry
"Teenage Dream"
Co-written by Max Martin and Dr. Luke, this buoyant electro-pop singalong is 2010's catchiest tune. As for that "teenage dream," Perry doesn't mince words: "Let's go all the way tonight."
3. Sade
"Soldier of Love"
Nobody knows where Sade disappears to for years at a time between hits, but "Soldier of Love" proves she knows how to make a hell of a re-entrance. She sings about emotional devastation over a beat that mixes quiet-storm synths with acid-damaged riffs straight out of TV on the Radio's playbook. It's as close as she's ever come to blowing her cool.
2. Cee Lo Green
"Fuck You"
The title alone would have guaranteed hundreds of thousands of Web clicks. But Cee Lo didn't just say "Fuck you" – he said it with humor and serious panache. Despite the bummed-out lyrics, the Motown-style beat is DayGlo-bright, and Cee Lo's lovelorn lament doubles as an anthem for lean times: "If I was richer/I'd still be with ya/Ha, now ain't that some shit?"
1. Kanye West feat. Pusha T
"Runaway"
It takes a special kind of dark, twisted genius to raise the white flag of surrender while raising a middle finger. Kanye West is that genius. "Runaway" is Kanye's musical response to the Taylor Swift affair, but it's much more than that: a nine-minute meditation on romantic failure and public infamy. Kanye creates a huge, eerie beat out of thunderous drums and plinking piano, and he turns the phrase "Let's have a toast for the douchebags" into a refrain nearly as catchy as "She loves you — yeah, yeah, yeah." In 2010, no other song was so crazily epic or jaw-droppingly gorgeous — not on the radio, not anywhere. Now, everyone raise your glasses.
Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
I think 2010 has been the worst year in music since 1999-2000. Very little substance. Each year I usually stumble across at least one new artist/band that blows my mind, at least temporarily. Not even gonna bother with my annual 'Best albums of the year' thread. Don't even have ten albums to make a list with. I need to check out that new Neil Young material though. That Sade album is pretty damn good. Only listened to it a couple times though.
Nicki Minaj is horrific. One of the worst albums I've heard in my entire life.
Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
The National is a fucking amazing band. Bloodbuzz Ohio is easily the best SONG on the list. The best SINGLE on the list in my opinion is Teenage Dream - Katy Perry.
High Violet - The National is the BEST album of 2010
Bloodbuzz Ohio
Afraid of Everyone (best song on album I think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_yskRDr … re=related
England
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hl6Gnmv … re=related
Sorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IIYjPlnCi4
Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
Fuck You is far and away the best song there, but the Kanye stuff is epic. I know he has no fans here, but he's damn near genius.
And his attitude? Who gives a fuck? He's the Axl or hip-hop. A rock star too. He's scrutinized the way Axl was in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
And here's a girl from Canada who should be having chart success in the US but nobody outside of Canada knows who she is I don't think. She goes by the name LIGHTS. I know she writes her own songs and I wouldn't be surprised if she directs her own videos as well. She's my guilty pleasure 
Mostly cause if you watch her vlogs she seems really cool but her music is pretty catchy in a cheesey way. 
Second Go
[youtube]aPLRkyGU3cM&feature=channel[/youtube]
Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU9-TRVb … re=channel
My Boots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiLHe3mk … re=channel
Ice(acoustic live via online chat)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-3MNL1 … re=channel
Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
Why do you guys think a flash in the pan song like Fuck You is the best song of the year? It's popular because saying "Fuck You" in a song is supposedly funny. Toss in "non offensive" lyrics and the song would barely chart. It's a typical breakup type song in the form of a gimmick. I'm not understanding the facination with it.
Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
Fuck You is far and away the best song there, but the Kanye stuff is epic. I know he has no fans here, but he's damn near genius.
And his attitude? Who gives a fuck? He's the Axl or hip-hop. A rock star too. He's scrutinized the way Axl was in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
THIS.
Man the new Kanye album is RIDICULOUSLY good.
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Re: Rolling Stone's Best Singles of 2010
Not Afraid and Fuck You get my votes on the list. Of course, I don't think I've heard 95% of those songs.
Bono, the fascination in Fuck You (for me) is the fact that it's a classic, upbeat soul song with a modern twist. The fact that it has offensive lyrics is what gives it the modern twist, and makes it a little more light-hearted and not depressing. A break-up song that makes you laugh is a little more than a flash in the pan to me.
If you ask me, I don't understand the fascination with Drake, Cutty, Kesha, etc. I'd easily pick Cee-Lo above any of those acts anyday.
