OK, obviously, this is not a John Peel-endorsed one, but in honour of the great man (and because I was not going to have time to listen to everything I have downloaded/bought this year) this is my personal festive 50. Feedback and comments welcome.
1. Long Blondes 'Weekend Without Make-Up'
2. Primal Scream 'Country Girl'
3. My Latest Novel 'When We Were Wolves'
4. The Gossip 'Standing In The Way Of Control'
5. Morrissey 'You Have Killed Me'
6. X-Vectors 'Now Is The Winter Of Our Discoteque' (winner of the 17seconds award for best title)
7. Nelly Furtado 'Maneater'
8. CSS 'Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above'
9. Corinne Bailey Rae 'Put Your Records On'
10. Muse 'Starlight'
11. Aberfeldy 'Whatever Turns You On'
12. Camera Obscura 'Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken'
13. The Shins 'Phantom Limb'
14. Love Is All 'Make Out. Fall Out. Make Up.'
15. Luke Haines 'Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop.'
16. Peter Bjorn & John 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.'
17. Junior Boys 'In The Morning'
18. The Fratellis 'Chelsea Dagger'
19. The Organ 'Brother'
20. Muse 'Supermassive Black Hole'
21. Neil's Children 'Another Day'
22. Amy Winehouse 'Rehab'
23. Yo La Tengo 'Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind'
24. Arctic Monkeys 'Leave before The lights Come On'
25. Peter Bjorn & John 'Young Folks'
26. Snow Patrol 'Chasing Cars'
27. Camera Obscura 'Let's Get Out Of This Country'
28. The View 'Superstar Tradesman'
29. Gruff Rhys 'Candylion'
30. The Spinto Band 'Oh Mandy'
31. The Futureheads 'Skip To The End'
32. Arctic Monkeys 'When The Sun Goes Down'
33. Albert Hammond Jr 'Back to the 101'
34. The Rapture 'Get Myself Into It'
35. Yo La Tengo 'Beanbag Chair'
36. Scanners 'Low life'
37. The Feeling 'I Love It When you Call'
38. The Delays 'Valentine
39. Rogers Sisters 'Never Learn To Cry'
40. Aberfeldy 'Hynotised'
41. Scritti Politti 'The Boom Boom Bap'
42. The Pipettes 'Pull Shapes'
43. The Upper Room 'Black And White World'
44. Hot Chip 'Never Learn To Cry'
45. Belle and Sebastian 'The Blues Are Still Blue'
46. Long Blondes 'Once and Never Again'
47. Mogwai 'Friend Of The Night'
48. Morrissey 'The Youngest Was The Most Loved'
49. The Raconteurs 'Steady As She Goes'
50. Dirty Pretty Things 'Bang Bang You're Dead'
Looking at the above list, I'm reminded thatit's been another fantastic year for music (at the beginning of 2000, I almost gave up on music altogether as I just felt that I couldn't connect with most of what was out there). There's a lot of wonderful stuff out there, and it's a very close call for some of these. It's also amazing to think how much good stuff Rough Trade are putting out too.
I'm also reminded that not working in a record shop any more, it's also quite hard to hear everything that comes out. But hey.
Let the rows commence. Feel free to disagree- but leave a message and let me know what YOU think is the track of the year,
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8 comments:
good stuff
i quite literally gave my latest novel some blog love the same moment you posted this.
havent thought about a song of the year... it may be by guillemots.
xvectors thank you. they are sorry they can't be here tonight to collect their award for best title, but we can join them live via satelite...
hi, just testing
HI Ed, Gilmour here, thanks for the cd of Johnny C, I liked it a lot, lovely electronic sounds that soothe and massage the brain. I am also enjoying reading the blog.
cheers
what a cool list.....music was good this year...it's just the politicians that let us down.
do whatever turns you on!
long live the revolution!
Festive 50. I like the idea.
:)
Actually, you might like to know that there is an official Festive Fifty for 2006. It's over at www.DandelionRadio.com, an internet station insipred by Peel and run by volunteers.
We were asked by John Peel's old production team if we'd like to carry on the tradition, after Radio 1 decided not to do one in 2006. After six weeks of online voting, the show containing all 50 exciting results can be listened to as part of our repeating January schedule. See the site for the show times.
Cheers!
thanks for the list,could do with a few Fall tunes to make it more authentic.
xxx Dave
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