NME‘s 100 Best Tracks Of The ’00s

[johnnydawg68]

Certainly some interesting choices. Beyonce at #1? I have to admit that's outside my listening area, but is “Crazy In Loveâ€￾ really the best song over that 10 year period? MGMT coming in at #2? Love "Time To Pretend" but not sure it's the second best song of the decade either. Good to see Bloc Party – “Banquetâ€￾ in at #31 (would be higher on my list), and some others. These lists are always complete subjective, but what say you Music Cliquers and non-Music Cliquers?

http://stereogum.com/1049372/nmes-100-best-tracks-of-the-00s/list/

100 Maximo Park – “Apply Some Pressureâ€￾
99 Flaming Lips – “Do You Realizeâ€￾
98 Morrissey – “Irish Blood, English Heartâ€￾
97 Sugababes – “Round Roundâ€￾
96 Crystal Castles – “Crimewaveâ€￾
95 The Killers – “These Things That I’ve Doneâ€￾
94 Animal Collective – “My Girlsâ€￾
93 The Big Pink – “Dominosâ€￾
92 Johnny Cash – “Hurtâ€￾
91 CSS – “Make Love And Listen To Death From Aboveâ€￾
90 Eminem – “The Real Slim Shadyâ€￾
89 Beck – “Chemtrailsâ€￾
88 The Horrors – “Sea Within A Seaâ€￾
87 Black Lips – “O Katrina!â€￾
86 Foals – “Spanish Saharaâ€￾
85 Yeasayer – “Sunriseâ€￾
84 Pulp – “Bad Cover Versionâ€￾
83 Destiny’s Child – “Independent Women Part 1â€￾
82 Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fireâ€￾
81 Antony & The Johnsons – “Hope There’s Someoneâ€￾
80 The Futureheads – “Hounds Of Loveâ€￾
79 Muse – “Plug In Babyâ€￾
78 Glasvegas – “Daddy’s Goneâ€￾
77 The Cribs – “Men’s Needsâ€￾
76 Gnarls Barkley – “Crazyâ€￾
75 TV On The Radio – “Staring At The Sunâ€￾
74 Kylie Minogue – “Can’t Get You Out Of My Headâ€￾
73 Eminem – “Without Meâ€￾
72 The Knife – “Heartbeatsâ€￾
71 Kelis – “Milkshakeâ€￾
70 Primal Scream – “Acceleratorâ€￾
69 Super Furry Animals – “Slow Lifeâ€￾
68 Kings Of Leon – “Red Morning Lightâ€￾
67 The Vines – “Highly Evolvedâ€￾
66 Friendly Fires – “Parisâ€￾
65 Wolfman – “For Loversâ€￾
64 Jamie T – “Sheilaâ€￾
63 Babyshambles – “**** Foreverâ€￾
62 Spiller – “Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)â€￾
61 Amy Winehouse – “Back To Blackâ€￾
60 Regina Spektor – “Usâ€￾
59 Interpol – “Evilâ€￾
58 Radiohead – “Everything In Its Right Placeâ€￾
57 Elbow – “One Day Like Thisâ€￾
56 The Coral – “Dreaming Of Youâ€￾
55 The xx – “Islandsâ€￾
54 Sufjan Stevens – “Chicagoâ€￾
53 The Libertines – “Time For Heroesâ€￾
52 La Roux – “In For The Killâ€￾
51 Daft Punk – “Harder, Better, Faster, Strongerâ€￾
50 Kasabian – “Empireâ€￾
49 Jay-Z – “99 Problemsâ€￾
48 Vampire Weekend – “A-Punkâ€￾
47 Britney Spears – “Toxicâ€￾
46 Lily Allen – “Smileâ€￾
45 Dizzee Rascal – “Fix Up, Look Sharpâ€￾
44 Battles – “Atlasâ€￾
43 Coldplay – “Clocksâ€￾
42 Gossip – “Standing In The Way Of Controlâ€￾
41 The Killers – “Mr. Brightsideâ€￾
40 Kanye West – “Gold Diggerâ€￾
39 Girls Aloud – “Sound Of The Undergroundâ€￾
38 Doves – “The Cedar Roomâ€￾
37 Crystal Castles – “Alice Practiceâ€￾
36 Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak Onâ€￾
35 At The Drive-In – “One Armed Scissorâ€￾
34 The Hives – “Hate To Say I Told You Soâ€￾
33 Queens Of The Stone Age – “No One Knowsâ€￾
32 Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mindâ€￾
31 Bloc Party – “Banquetâ€￾
30 Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Outâ€￾
29 LCD Soundystem – “Losing My Edgeâ€￾
28 Arctic Monkeys – “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloorâ€￾
27 Justice Vs. Simian – “We Are Your Friendsâ€￾
26 Amy Winehouse – “Rehabâ€￾
25 Arcade Fire – “Wake Upâ€￾
24 Doves – “There Goes The Fearâ€￾
23 Muse – “Knights Of Cydoniaâ€￾
22 The Strokes – “Last Niteâ€￾
21 The White Stripes – “Fell In Love With A Girlâ€￾
20 Hot Chip – “Over And Overâ€￾
19 Radiohead – “Reckonerâ€￾
18 Outkast – “Ms. Jacksonâ€￾
17 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Mapsâ€￾
16 Rihanna – “Umbrellaâ€￾
15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Bangâ€￾
14 The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Armyâ€￾
13 The Walkmen – “The Ratâ€￾
12 The Streets – “Dry Your Eyesâ€￾
11 The Libertines – “Can’t Stand Me Nowâ€￾
10 Arctic Monkeys – “A Certain Romanceâ€￾
09 Arcade Fire – “Rebellion (Lies)â€￾
08 Blur – “Out Of Timeâ€￾
07 Klaxons – “Golden Skansâ€￾
06 The Rapture – “House Of Jealous Loversâ€￾
05 Outkast – “Hey Ya!â€￾
04 M.I.A. – “Paper Planesâ€￾
03 The Strokes – “Hard To Explainâ€￾
02 MGMT – “Time To Pretendâ€￾
01 Beyonce – “Crazy In Loveâ€￾

 

[Allezfan]

Koff the NME.

 

[RFUS]

There's sprinklings of aceness throughout -- some surprisingly not very mainstream like The Rapture and TV on the Radio -- but Beyonce? Seriously?

It's not my type of music but saying that song is the best of a 10 year span is proof that the medium is a commercial utility first and an art form second.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

I can have fun here..

 

[Allezfan]

The fact that they've got Seven Nation Army as the best White Stripes song is all I need to discount their opinion totally if I'm honest.

That and their bizarre Strokes love in.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Big LOL at token rap and rnb tracks

 

[Allezfan]

Honestly, its the tracks they've picked from the artists they do like that bothers me more than the artists left out entirely.

I mean no Mountain Goats or Shins or System of the Down bugs me but 'Bang' as the best effort of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? 'Hey Ya!â€￾' ahead of 'Ms. Jackson'?

 

[RFUS]

The fact that they've got Seven Nation Army as the best White Stripes song is all I need to discount their opinion totally if I'm honest.

That and their bizarre Strokes love in.

That's a fair point as well. The first one, not the second. The Strokes are ace ffs.

But yeah, anyone with even a remote interest in TWS can name 5-10 better tracks.

 

[Allezfan]

That's a fair point as well. The first one, not the second. The Strokes are ace ffs.

My theory on the Stroke's baffling popularity, is a lot of people just don't have the money to buy a Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion album, slow it down and digitally replace the voice with that of a dying centipede.

 

[johnnydawg68]

Honestly, its the tracks they've picked from the artists they do like that bothers me more than the artists left out entirely.

I mean no Mountain Goats or Shins or System of the Down bugs me but 'Bang' as the best effort of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? 'Hey Ya!â€￾' ahead of 'Ms. Jackson'?

You have to wonder how a list like this gets put together. Clearly "Maps" is one of the top 100 songs and is clearly better than "Bang". No Shins on the list is glaring. "New Slang" was easily one of the best songs of the decade, probably in the top 10.

 

[The T-Dex]

Hot chip I am happy with. Great song that.

 

[RFUS]

My theory on the Stroke's baffling popularity, is a lot of people just don't have the money to buy a Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion album, slow it down and digitally replace the voice with that of a dying centipede.

Hahaha. TIT.

 

[johnnydawg68]

On the plus side, I'm happy to see:


58 Radiohead – “Everything In Its Right Placeâ€￾

That's a bold choice and one I agree with. Not sure about "Reckoner being the top Radiohead song, but Radiohead are a band you can argue about endlessly.

 

[johnnydawg68]

Also: 54 Sufjan Stevens – “Chicagoâ€￾

Only quibble is that should have defo been higher on the list. Amazing that.

 

[johnnydawg68]

My theory on the Stroke's baffling popularity, is a lot of people just don't have the money to buy a Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion album, slow it down and digitally replace the voice with that of a dying centipede.

I have that budgeted for next year.