If we just said "Fuck one song, Stip. Here's five." mine would probably look like this (in no order).
BPBilly w/ Cairo Gang - That's What Our Love Is
Ryan Adams + Cardinals - Let It Ride
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Old Man Gloom - The Volcano
Soulsavers - Revival
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 10:48 am
by Lament
LetMeSleep wrote:If we just said "Fuck one song, Stip. Here's five." mine would probably look like this (in no order).
BPBilly w/ Cairo Gang - That's What Our Love Is
Ryan Adams + Cardinals - Let It Ride
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Old Man Gloom - The Volcano
Soulsavers - Revival
Are we saying "Fuck one song, Stip"?
Then in addition to More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley, I'm gonna add...
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
Stab Yr Heart - Nicky Wire
The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES
Obsessions - Marina & The Diamonds
(I think)
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 10:50 am
by Heathen
Lament wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:If we just said "Fuck one song, Stip. Here's five." mine would probably look like this (in no order).
BPBilly w/ Cairo Gang - That's What Our Love Is
Ryan Adams + Cardinals - Let It Ride
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Old Man Gloom - The Volcano
Soulsavers - Revival
Are we saying "Fuck one song, Stip"?
Then in addition to More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley, I'm gonna add...
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
Stab Yr Heart - Nicky Wire
The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES
Obsessions - Marina & The Diamonds
(I think)
Can't we just say fuck stip instead?
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 10:51 am
by Lament
Heathen wrote:Can't we just say fuck stip instead?
I like stip.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 11:01 am
by Heathen
Sorry to hear that, man
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 11:03 am
by Lament
I guess we all have our crosses to bear. I'm just glad I've found mine.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 11:05 am
by LetMeSleep
Let's not get too carried away here, guys.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 11:07 am
by Lament
LetMeSleep wrote:Let's not get too carried away here, guys.
Are you suggesting the sequined "TEAM STIP" denim jacket I just made might be going a bit overboard?
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 11:18 am
by LetMeSleep
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 11:42 am
by Heathen
I was about to tell stip my favorite song of the last decade then at the last minute I turned away and dropped it on the floor.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 4:09 pm
by William Bloke
I've been umming and aahing for ages here but it's this (as recently posted in the appropriate band thread):
The Walkmen - The Rat
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 5:04 pm
by Jorge
Heathen wrote:Can't we just fuck stip instead?
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 5:12 pm
by William Bloke
stip wrote:2004-2013. Only one selection, so make it count.
It was a tough call between this and World Wide Suicide. I have a pretty similar relationship with both songs. They are each fast and aggressive numbers that came at a time where I was worried whether or not either band could be bothered to bring their A game anymore. In the end i'll give the nod to Living Well since I was more anxious for a great REM song (I like Riot Act a hell of a lot more than Around the Sun). In either case this was a fall in love all over again moment, and this may very well be the best fast song in REM's catalog. For that to come along at album 14 25 years in is remarkable.
I love everything about this song. The dirty riff, the vicious sarcasm, the take no shit aesthetic, the coiled anger, the rough and angular way the song chases after itself. It's a snarling, spitting dog trying to bite its own tail.
This version is from the amazing Live at the Olympia set of rehearsal shows where they are testing the works in progress that would become Accelerate.
[stip]Is this really the best on offer? This is pretty uninspiring stuff and kinda dull. And far too many words to deal with. Lyrics - Ugh. Looking through these posts this decade has been pretty shit.[/stip]
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 5:16 pm
by EJ
super nintendo chalmers wrote:This was my gut's answer.
a damn fine tune
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 5:55 pm
by zeb
Varis wrote:I've been umming and aahing for ages here but it's this (as recently posted in the appropriate band thread):
The Walkmen - The Rat
Solid.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 6:37 pm
by harmless
My gut says this one (fan video, but at least it's the studio version).
This song followed me through a lot of shit in my mid-late twenties.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 6:38 pm
by William Bloke
stip wrote:
oasisfan35 wrote:Perhaps not über fave but number one at this moment:
I liked this too.
s'funny, if I was to jump on the "Fuck stip" bandwagon and go for 5 the very next song on this album would be in my selections:
Yeasayer - Tightrope
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me(and if you haven't checked it out this particular Letterman version is stellar)
Felice Brothers - Frankie's Gun
Dawes - If I Wanted Somebody
...or something...
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 6:41 pm
by William Bloke
harmless wrote:My gut says this one (fan video, but at least it's the studio version).
This song followed me through a lot of shit in my mid-late twenties.
This was cool. I felt sorry for the guitar.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Fri November 29, 2013 6:52 pm
by harmless
Varis wrote:
harmless wrote:My gut says this one (fan video, but at least it's the studio version).
This song followed me through a lot of shit in my mid-late twenties.
This was cool. I felt sorry for the guitar.
I love this band.
Re: your favorite song of the last decade
Posted: Sat November 30, 2013 4:03 am
by zeb
My short list was:
The Rat
Great Waves
The Trapeze Swinger
What's Mine Is Yours
Cursed Sleep
Wolf Like Me
Someone Great
Turnin' On The Screw
Out Of Reaches
The Suburbs
Undiscovered First
Illusory Light
A Thousand Days Before
The Kids Will Get The Money
I Appear Missing
Jubilee St
My final five is:
Jubilee Street / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Undiscovered First / Feist
The Trapeze Swinger / Iron & Wine
The Rat / The Walkmen
Great Waves / The Dirty Three & Cat Power
