The Best Songs of 2004 [Biased in favor of the electronica genre]
Published December 19, 2004
16. Snoop Doggy Dogg and The Doors - "Riders On The Storm" [Fredwreck Mix - by far, one of the best ever remixes of a rock classic]
17. Air - "Cherry Blossom Girl" [Takes you back to the days of "Sexy Boy" and "Kelly Watch The Stars"]
18. Bjork - "Triumph of a Heart" [Good track, but she was better back in the day. Plaid and Howie B, come and revive the Bjork of old]
19. Scribe - "Not Many" [Here's a lad who will give King Kapisi, Salmonella Dub, and Freq Nasty a run for their money. Malo Luafutu, a pat on the back for you, mate]
20. PJ Harvey - "Shame" [For the first time EVER, I could actually listen to a track by her and not puke in disgust. Where's Fiona Apple?]
21. Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty" [One of the most catchy riffs of the year]
22. Goldie Lookin' Chain - "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" [Mocking our beloved gangstas, just like DJ Vadim and Sarah Jones did with the cynical, feminist "Your Revolution".]
23. Armand Van Helden - "My, My, My" [Mr. Ultrafunkula returns with a bang, and trust you me, its BIG]
24. U2 - "Vertigo" (Jacknife Lee 12" Mix) [A remix in the style of our man, DJ Tomcraft]
25. John Butler Trio - Zebra [Blues for the Prozac generation by an Aussie-American]
Honorable mentions: R.E.M. [long live Michael Stipe] and Prince [TAFKAP]. I still love your work. Fatboy Slim, on the other hand, has managed to make a career of creating mediocre and below-average happy softcore records his labels market as "bigbeat". Bigbeat my balls. I think its time for Mr. Norman Cook to go back to playing bass in the Housemartins. I must state here - U2 is beginning to sicken me with their formula tunes. That is precisely why I had to list a remix, instead of the original single. I miss Zooropa and the critically panned, electronica-focused Pop.
British band The Music deserve a paragraph to themselves. Their album,
Welcome To The North is so amazing that listing a single track in the top 25 would have been an insult to these youngsters who are spearheading a revival of classic rock. If you can, listen to their self-titled debut album, which is equally brilliant.
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- Writer: Salvia Divinwhorum
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very interesting and informative list, thanks Salvia!
Mr. Berlin, the Fredwreck remix of Riders on the Storm is brilliant - do check it out. Available on the OST for Need for Speed Underground -2.
As for Moby, the MKLVFKWR sample was pretty good - don't know what happened to the lyrical content though.
Thanks Eric.:)
I think that u really r biased, even if thats wot u r deliberately being but I still fink its wrong. U shud do the gr8est hits and best solo artists n stuff. U know like Beyonce did better than Kelly Rowland, LE Tasha and La Toya but now Destinys Child have got back together she's brought the three up a level. Solo artists should be mentioned like Robbie Williams and Natasha Bedingfield and u shud do more than blues, rnb, rap etc, u should do different sections for ALL types of music, including country western. I mentioned cuntry western because the amount peopl listening to it have dropped incredibly!
Ali, I appreciate your concern, but I can only do a personal favorites, as I've clearly stated at the beginning or the post.
shit no help at all n snoop dogg riders on the storm is shit so are the rest of them
shit no help at all n snoop dogg riders on the storm is shit so are the rest of them
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I agree with you on U2, The Beasties, and Franz Ferdinand. I didn't really like the Moby/Public Enemy joint, but I appreciate the effort.
I have to, just have to, check out the Snoop Dogg/The Doors on "Riders on the Storm." I can only hope that it's not the disaster that became P Diddy and Jimmy Paige on "Kashmir."
Eric Berlin
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