Top Ten of the Decade!

January 20, 2010 | Filed Under Music | 6 Comments

Or not.

Look – you know how crappy I think this past decade was for music. It was so crappy that I have come home after two years and ALL the record stores have closed. People are buying singles again (this time off the Internet) and radio hardly plays music at all. Maybe four or five horrible songs over and over again. So crappy in fact that I think most of the music I picked up this decade was from previous decades.

So – here is a list. Could there be more? Possibly. If you and I sat with a beer and discussed, you could probably convince me of more. But you could also talk me out of a few (depending on how many beers). And we are staying with the rock/pop genre though I know there were some excellent jazz and classical discs. But these are just the ones that came off the top of my head. The less heavy lifting – the better.

Twilight Singers – “Powder Burns” Best album of the decade. Wanna fight?
Scott Walker – “The Drift” He only puts out one record each decade and they are unlike anything you have ever heard.
Pearl Jam – “Holmdel, NJ 07-14-03” Why? Because I was at this show and it was phenomenal.
Tori Amos – “Scarlet’s Walk” One of her best.
The Hold Steady – “Stay Positive” Toss up with Boys and Girls…. Great songs with great gusto.
Underworld – “Everything Everything” A live album from a techno band that kicks ass.
The Roots – “Game Theory” Yeah, I know – they are on Jimmy Fallon’s show now. But this record is still hard edged and timely.
Boards of Canada – “Campfire Headphase” Chill trip-hop that got me through every flight.
Spoon – “Gimme Fiction” Pure pop for smart people.
Stew – “Something Deeper Than These Changes” The world is finding out about Stew through the musical Passing Strange and the accompanying documentary. But this album is still classic.
Massive Attack – “Collected” A greatest hits collection with some great new material. Their show at Roseland was also one of the decade’s best.
Rilo Kiley – “The Execution of All Things” Primo Jenny Lewis and gang.
Neko Case – “Middle Cyclone” Or any other Neko Case album.
America The Book by John Stewart and the Daily Show – Actually an audiobook and one of the funniest damn things you could ever listen to.

BTW – See Avatar. The one thing that actually lives up to the hype.

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6 comments so far
  1. Tommy January 21, 2010 8:59 am

    Powder Burns is going to be ranked high on the list i am making. it is on your ballot and mine as well as someone elses. Tis a good record

  2. Patrick January 23, 2010 9:25 am

    See “Avatar”? Please tell me you’re not serious.
    Besides being colorful and some neato 3D (that was interesting for about 30 minutes), that was the (longest and) most painfully moronic story I’ve had to endure since….Titanic(?). I mean really— “unobtainium”?!

  3. mburma January 23, 2010 2:58 pm

    It’s all about the technology – not even the 3D. It was the most seamless CGI ever made, to the point were you thought the Nav’i HAD to be real. The story wasn’t the point. Or are you just cheesed off that the Americans were dicks and the aliens kicked them off their world?

  4. Patrick January 23, 2010 6:07 pm

    LOL.
    No, definitely not “cheesed off” about that because hell, they were not only not Americans, they didn’t even mention but once (maybe?)that they were from Earth! Ok, the CGI was well done but that ain’t gonna keep me caring about this movie for 2 hours and 40 minutes! Give him awards for special effects if you want, but for director or best film?! Please! The only smart thing he did as director was name the film “Avatar” instead of something more accurate like “Dances with Blue Aliens”.

  5. mburma January 24, 2010 7:53 am

    You have a point, sir. And thank God Kevin Costner wasn’t in it!

  6. Patrick January 24, 2010 9:35 pm

    Yes, thank God for no Kevin Costner.

    But Wes Studi was there as the official “Dancing” respresentative. :>)