your favorite song of the last decade

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:33 am

i wonder if doug rr and michael stipe have ever gobbled a turkey together

Post by **stip** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:37 am

Kevin Davis wrote:All right, I will do my best.

I won't say this is my single favorite song from the last ten years, but going with my gut and not scanning my CD collection for confirmation, I will say pretty confidently that there isn't one I like better.

And because you're a lyrics guy:

Anda my love, wake up to your window, the day calls in billows
Its echoing moonlight onto the blue nightmare of your heart
In cozy red rainbow, its shaking off halos
And the memory of our sacred so and so

Oh, take my hand sweet, complete your release
Unbury your feet and married we'll be
Alone in receiving, ours is a feeling not that they would see
They dont know that we could be down where your cradle escaped the sea
And your raven haired mama caught told you so

We're hanging in the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There's a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep young

Only your mind, is it safe to say that weve waited patiently
Call me on time and recall the tune
That has placed us gracefully all into line
There's a garden grave and a place they've saved for you
I'll fall by your side though your silver haired mama throes told you so

We're hanging in the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There's a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep it young

And now well gather in the shadow of your family tree
In haunted harmony
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the valley of your family tree
There's a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep us young

I love the piano in this. The music was pretty great throughout. I wasn't a fan of the singer, but the climax of the song won me over.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:39 am

stip wrote:I wasn't a fan of the singer

But thankfully he's black, so the guy who wrote that Salon article would be happy with me.

Post by **stip** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:40 am

oasisfan35 wrote:Perhaps not über fave but number one at this moment:

I liked this too.

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:40 am

probably yellow moon

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:45 am

Somewhere on the list has gotta be this beaut:

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:48 am

street cred: achieved

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:50 am

Worldwide Suicide? You listened to music for a decade and thought that was at the top of the pile? Didn't Mark Lanegan release music in the last 10 years at least?

zeb · Post by **zeb** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:51 am

Good choice, KD.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed November 27, 2013 3:54 am

Kevin Davis wrote:Somewhere on the list has gotta be this beaut:

Post by **stip** » Wed November 27, 2013 4:06 am

verb_to_trust wrote:Worldwide Suicide? You listened to music for a decade and thought that was at the top of the pile? Didn't Mark Lanegan release music in the last 10 years at least?

He had some great songs. Gravedigger's Song was a contender. How's it Gonna End was also up there (it would win best bridge if that was a thread). But WWS is a top 10, and possibly top 5, PJ song for me.

i wouldn't nominate WWS for the best song of the decade, but it may very well be my favorite.

On the other hand, I seem to be the only person on RM who thinks there is a distinction

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Wed November 27, 2013 4:07 am

stip wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Worldwide Suicide? You listened to music for a decade and thought that was at the top of the pile? Didn't Mark Lanegan release music in the last 10 years at least?
He had some great songs. Gravedigger's Song was a contender. But WWS is a top 10, and possibly top 5, PJ song for me.

i wouldn't nominate WWS for the best song of the decade, but it may very well be my favorite.

On the other hand, I seem to be the only person on RM who thinks there is a distinction

At least you picked r.e.m. in the end...

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Wed November 27, 2013 4:12 am

I bet stip is literally the only person on Earth who thinks WWS is their favorite song of the last ten years.

Post by **stip** » Wed November 27, 2013 4:17 am

I hope it gets mentioned in my obituary

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Wed November 27, 2013 4:34 am

I'm not positive this is number 1--there are a lot of songs from the past 10 years that I've loved, and at the moment I don't have the patience to round them all up and decide which of them I like best--but it's certainly up there.