Best Decade Tournament 2000s: mike wins for realz!

[stip]

Wait. No you don't

[Mike]

aaand same question as yesterday. anyone here for my pick? i'm going to sleep soon.

[Rangi Guy]

I'm around for the next 3 hours or so

[stip]

I'll be up for a few more hours and can pass it on to the next person, mike

[stip]

okay, it seems like I'm always 20 songs behind. Back to work.

[stip]

dsb picks:

Centro-Matic - Flashes and Cables

this sounded pretty familiar. Nice chorus

[stip]

numbers picks:

The Killers- All These Things That I've Done

I loathe that Mr. Brightside song, so it's hard for me to get past this.

This is far less annoying than Mr. Brightside.

[epilogue]

Natalie Maines' "F U T K" shirt was one of my favorite moments from the 2000's. Fuck that guy.

I owe you a beer next time you're in NYC, friend.

[stip]

Koopee:



Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

3 seconds into this song I was ready to predict that I'll hate it.

yup.

too bad, I like the music

[Norah]

Koopee:



Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

3 seconds into this song I was ready to predict that I'll hate it.

yup.

too bad, I like the music

Wait, you didn't know this song?

[epilogue]

I have to admit I'm somewhat disappointed my choice of a Murder City Devils song didn't inspire any reaction from you, Joey. Didn't you once call them the single worst band you'd ever seen?

That isn't why I picked it, of course, but still.

from page like 75 or 76:

The Murder City Devils - 'Idle Hands'

I saw MCD open for Pearl Jam in 1998. They were terrible.

Yeah, you know what? I didn't hate that.

[epilogue]

Koopee:



Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

3 seconds into this song I was ready to predict that I'll hate it.

yup.

too bad, I like the music

Wait, you didn't know this song?

For realz... what the entire fuck?

[ABNorman]

[Norah]

This is one of the more baffling stip revelations.

[stip]

Blonde Redhead- "Elephant Woman"

the singer's voice was occasionally a bit too piercing, but I liked the music a lot

[Norah]

stip, answer my fucking question

[stip]

it sounds vaguely familiar. In 2001 I was living alone, had a short commute in which I mostly listened to npr or mix cds, and it was pretty easy for me to avoid anything that I didn't gravitate to right away.

[Norah]

that song was everywhere

[ABNorman]

that song was everywhere

It's entirely possible to avoid a song that's "everywhere", as I was reminded by the new Weird Al album.

[stip]

I graduated college in an era where I thought pop raido was really awful, MTV had fallen apart, and there wasn't effective internet for hearing about new music. I was pretty happy with the stable of artists I left college with. Plus I had just discovered Dan Bern and Tom Waits, and between the two of them I had about 500 songs to keep me busy for a while.