rollie's top 100 - the big finish!
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20. Chad Vangaalen "Mini TVs"
i did a cover of this song for coke machine glow and for good reason. this lanky dude made a totally unrewarded collection of wave your hands and say yeah numbers and nobody really bigged him up. he's a real canadian treasure, can you feel it? 'the chickadee sitting next to me/ says mini televisions hang like bats in the trees now', hot shit.
19. Junior Boys - In The Morning
jeremy greenspan starts this one with canadian mouth breathing exercises and makes a lament about ageism in the bedroom. story of my life! this song officially gets 30 year old women to get naked, which is probably the point.
18. Danielson - Bloodbook On The Half Shell
that new modest mouse song is not really like modest mouse. it sounds like franz ferdinand which sounds like xtc which sounds like, etc. but this song sounds kinda like old modest mouse. all frantic weirdo vocals and bloody books and that part where he does the geddy lee with the hard drums behind him (i have a feeling that might be the homie josiah from why? on the sticks, someone confirm it for me) is real nasty. this record got fronted on.
17. Outkast - PJ & Rooster
biggest fuckup of 2006: not only are these two dudes completely out of step with each other creatively, but the label is out of step with them too. they are really fucking up by not releasing this as a single. this is the only song that accomplishes their (stupid) period piece goal while maintaining a forward-thinking stance. but whatever man, i'm just an electro rapper from canada, don't listen to me. big boi's verse with the barbershop accompaniment is perfect.
16. The Roots - Here I Come (ft. Malik B and Dice Raw)
welcome to bizarro world: the (live hip hop band, don't forget) roots are actually more progressive than outkast and rapping way way harder than anybody on the radio. this song has some very dynamic korg blasts as well as a song stealing third verse from malik b. the illest shit was their stint on letterman, all wearing black suits/white dress shirts and re-gees rapping ALL THREE VERSES! ill shit! many edmonton locals will remember this year for constant use of my world famous maneuver of mixing out of this song into number 14 on this list.
15. Bob Dylan - Nettie Moore
bob dylan : modern times :: tyrannosaurus rex : jurassic park
14. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
this was on the radio! he's not singing. at all. he says motherfuckers. it's like a step away from justice abrasive on the synth tip. it's not particularly accessible. but everyone heard it and liked it for various reasons not related to the merit of the song itself. justin goes bowie. hopefully only part one in a series.
13. Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
chop of the year. just blaze killed rick james, it was just a little bit after he died. retaining a couple of obvious elements of the original and clipping those wings real close, you have the invention of MICRO-RAP. play this right next to michael mayer.
12. Nelly Furtado - Glow
i will disagree with my manager by saying nelly furtado can't sing. but i will rebuke myself by saying she can sing like sheila e can sing or something. is that like singing by committee? e-singing? whatever. this beat is coated in synth and once again timbo is making shit that i have no problem hearing 100,000 times a day. was quincy jones this contentious in his time, i wonder?
11. Gnarls Barkley - Transformer
fuck the hype. this is the song where danger mouse finally achieved his promise for me. incredible drum work, the 808 bass kicks come in unexpectedly and the chopping of the flutes and the fucked up vocal takes, this song is really genuinely creative, something i rarely see but always appreciate. good luck on the grammy tip.
10. TV On The Radio - I Was A Lover
you know when you hear a record and initially and you are confused or disoriented by it at first, but you play it a few more times, give it a chance and becomes one of your very favorites? that happened with this record, paul's boutique and my current girlfriend. these guys are one or two albums away from being the biggest band in the world IMO.
9. Lo-Fi-FNK - The End
they gave me one of their hats!!! nice guys, these dudes. this is the only daft punk inspired electro house song i've heard in years that is actually comparable to daft punk in quality level. too many people are so obviously influenced and while you have to think of a certain thing when you hear this song initially, it's obvious that the human element reigns supreme on this one.
8. The Federation - 18 Dummy
rick rock and the bay area hyphy movement have brought some really weird sounds into the hip hop pantheon. this one sounds kinda like glitch, kinda like M.I.A (with the bass repeated that way), kinda like snap music, but kinda ill, all around. the lyrics are so disassociated and weird. 18 dummy is practically performed in a different language and while i typically take issue with foreign films, i can really identify with this picture.
7. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
i'm in love. and when i fall, i fall hard. see, i might listen to gay covers of t. rex songs done via schaffel beat half the time, but when i'm not, i'm swooning over girls that play the harp. who is fucking with the end of this song?
6. Clipse - Trill
how typical of me. a blogger blogging about a clipse song. how typical of the clipse. rapping over a beat that no one else in the universe would touch or could understand the direction of. this shit practically sounds like gabber techno strapped to thugged out drug routes. hipsters: actually buy this album please.
5. The Hold Steady - Hot Soft Light
shut up. i already know all the shit that's wrong with this. they are offering an unlived version of 80s high school nostalgia that i shouldn't actually be able to identify with (never done any drugs, girls didn't really like me in high school), done in terms (bruce springsteen) that i normally wouldn't be into. but yeah, who gives a shit about reason, though? this might sound like counting crows or whatever, but i have terrible taste anyway.
4. Destroyer - Painter In Your Pocket
album of the year, surely. this guy is not fucking around, at all. pretty self serious stuff, sure, self-referential, yeah. but when you write like this, in big bubble letters about time, dates, experiences and (probably) beautiful girls, i can't not love it. leonard cohen redux.
3. T.I. - What You Know
i probably said this was a top three song of the year when i first heard it. beat is the sound of the heavens opening up and striking down all haters that crawl among god's dirtiest plains. because cleanliness is next to godliness.
2. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
this song is a perfect dance record. so many shifts. the video is aimed directly at my demographic. i hate to say this, but this is a 'hip-hop influenced' track that works.
AND FINALLY...
1. Peter Bjorn And John "Young Folks"
hey fuck, calm down, guys. just because every girl you know loves this song doesn't mean it isn't a slice of timeless power-pop. no song has sounded like summer more than this one.
thanks for joining me all this time.
20. Chad Vangaalen "Mini TVs"
i did a cover of this song for coke machine glow and for good reason. this lanky dude made a totally unrewarded collection of wave your hands and say yeah numbers and nobody really bigged him up. he's a real canadian treasure, can you feel it? 'the chickadee sitting next to me/ says mini televisions hang like bats in the trees now', hot shit.
19. Junior Boys - In The Morning
jeremy greenspan starts this one with canadian mouth breathing exercises and makes a lament about ageism in the bedroom. story of my life! this song officially gets 30 year old women to get naked, which is probably the point.
18. Danielson - Bloodbook On The Half Shell
that new modest mouse song is not really like modest mouse. it sounds like franz ferdinand which sounds like xtc which sounds like, etc. but this song sounds kinda like old modest mouse. all frantic weirdo vocals and bloody books and that part where he does the geddy lee with the hard drums behind him (i have a feeling that might be the homie josiah from why? on the sticks, someone confirm it for me) is real nasty. this record got fronted on.
17. Outkast - PJ & Rooster
biggest fuckup of 2006: not only are these two dudes completely out of step with each other creatively, but the label is out of step with them too. they are really fucking up by not releasing this as a single. this is the only song that accomplishes their (stupid) period piece goal while maintaining a forward-thinking stance. but whatever man, i'm just an electro rapper from canada, don't listen to me. big boi's verse with the barbershop accompaniment is perfect.
16. The Roots - Here I Come (ft. Malik B and Dice Raw)
welcome to bizarro world: the (live hip hop band, don't forget) roots are actually more progressive than outkast and rapping way way harder than anybody on the radio. this song has some very dynamic korg blasts as well as a song stealing third verse from malik b. the illest shit was their stint on letterman, all wearing black suits/white dress shirts and re-gees rapping ALL THREE VERSES! ill shit! many edmonton locals will remember this year for constant use of my world famous maneuver of mixing out of this song into number 14 on this list.
15. Bob Dylan - Nettie Moore
bob dylan : modern times :: tyrannosaurus rex : jurassic park
14. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
this was on the radio! he's not singing. at all. he says motherfuckers. it's like a step away from justice abrasive on the synth tip. it's not particularly accessible. but everyone heard it and liked it for various reasons not related to the merit of the song itself. justin goes bowie. hopefully only part one in a series.
13. Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
chop of the year. just blaze killed rick james, it was just a little bit after he died. retaining a couple of obvious elements of the original and clipping those wings real close, you have the invention of MICRO-RAP. play this right next to michael mayer.
12. Nelly Furtado - Glow
i will disagree with my manager by saying nelly furtado can't sing. but i will rebuke myself by saying she can sing like sheila e can sing or something. is that like singing by committee? e-singing? whatever. this beat is coated in synth and once again timbo is making shit that i have no problem hearing 100,000 times a day. was quincy jones this contentious in his time, i wonder?
11. Gnarls Barkley - Transformer
fuck the hype. this is the song where danger mouse finally achieved his promise for me. incredible drum work, the 808 bass kicks come in unexpectedly and the chopping of the flutes and the fucked up vocal takes, this song is really genuinely creative, something i rarely see but always appreciate. good luck on the grammy tip.
10. TV On The Radio - I Was A Lover
you know when you hear a record and initially and you are confused or disoriented by it at first, but you play it a few more times, give it a chance and becomes one of your very favorites? that happened with this record, paul's boutique and my current girlfriend. these guys are one or two albums away from being the biggest band in the world IMO.
9. Lo-Fi-FNK - The End
they gave me one of their hats!!! nice guys, these dudes. this is the only daft punk inspired electro house song i've heard in years that is actually comparable to daft punk in quality level. too many people are so obviously influenced and while you have to think of a certain thing when you hear this song initially, it's obvious that the human element reigns supreme on this one.
8. The Federation - 18 Dummy
rick rock and the bay area hyphy movement have brought some really weird sounds into the hip hop pantheon. this one sounds kinda like glitch, kinda like M.I.A (with the bass repeated that way), kinda like snap music, but kinda ill, all around. the lyrics are so disassociated and weird. 18 dummy is practically performed in a different language and while i typically take issue with foreign films, i can really identify with this picture.
7. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
i'm in love. and when i fall, i fall hard. see, i might listen to gay covers of t. rex songs done via schaffel beat half the time, but when i'm not, i'm swooning over girls that play the harp. who is fucking with the end of this song?
6. Clipse - Trill
how typical of me. a blogger blogging about a clipse song. how typical of the clipse. rapping over a beat that no one else in the universe would touch or could understand the direction of. this shit practically sounds like gabber techno strapped to thugged out drug routes. hipsters: actually buy this album please.
5. The Hold Steady - Hot Soft Light
shut up. i already know all the shit that's wrong with this. they are offering an unlived version of 80s high school nostalgia that i shouldn't actually be able to identify with (never done any drugs, girls didn't really like me in high school), done in terms (bruce springsteen) that i normally wouldn't be into. but yeah, who gives a shit about reason, though? this might sound like counting crows or whatever, but i have terrible taste anyway.
4. Destroyer - Painter In Your Pocket
album of the year, surely. this guy is not fucking around, at all. pretty self serious stuff, sure, self-referential, yeah. but when you write like this, in big bubble letters about time, dates, experiences and (probably) beautiful girls, i can't not love it. leonard cohen redux.
3. T.I. - What You Know
i probably said this was a top three song of the year when i first heard it. beat is the sound of the heavens opening up and striking down all haters that crawl among god's dirtiest plains. because cleanliness is next to godliness.
2. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
this song is a perfect dance record. so many shifts. the video is aimed directly at my demographic. i hate to say this, but this is a 'hip-hop influenced' track that works.
AND FINALLY...
1. Peter Bjorn And John "Young Folks"
hey fuck, calm down, guys. just because every girl you know loves this song doesn't mean it isn't a slice of timeless power-pop. no song has sounded like summer more than this one.
thanks for joining me all this time.
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