| Music |
[Jun. 22nd, 2008|12:15 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Eric Hutchinson - Rock & Roll | ] |
In lieu of the old charts, I've got this. I've maintained opinions enough to name number one songs for every month this year. That's about it. All of these things happen to be 2007 songs that were released as singles and had videos and whatnot, so they were actually even current during the respective months.
Here goes:
Number Ones for 2008 Months
June: Rock & Roll - Eric Hutchinson
May: Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
April: Believe - The Bravery
March: Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
February: From Where You Are - Lifehouse
Janaury: Stop and Store - OneRepublic
Here's the video that recently landed for "Rock & Roll," a song that caught my attention when Eric closed his set with it December:
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 02/29/2008 |
[Mar. 1st, 2008|03:42 pm] |
This may be the final top 40. I haven't decided yet. If nothing else, its relevance will fade. I've made the decision that out of respect for my mother, I'm not downloading music recorded after her death. 2008 shouldn't be, and I certainly shouldn't do things to support its existence.
Furthermore, I turned off the radio this week here in Altoona and I'm done with Top 40 radio. I'm fed up with what it has become. After some research, I discovered that it's Chris Brown whose utter crap that was gracing the airwaves made me turn off that station for good. (Interestingly, the oldies station has phased out '50s in '50s/'60s/'70s and replaced it with '80s and I've found myself more tolerant of that than I was in years past. The '80s certainly were better times.) Also, WBOS, the best radio station ever, also died this month.
Finally, I spent many hours over many months developing a wonderful MySQL database to track these charts. In keeping with every aspect of my life fighting me, MySQL cannot be found on my computer any more. This makes no sense. But I'm giving up. I admit defeat.
So, have the chart. I almost had it posted on Friday for once, but wrote it up in a text editor and forgot to paste it over. I'll decide later whether this is the last one or I'll keep it going for a while. (That recurrents thing I tried before was short-lived; maybe the whole thing will turn into that.) It doesn't seem to matter much anymore either way. (The top ten of this one's about all that I cared much about as it is.)
01. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
02. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
03. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
04. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
05. Tyrant - OneRepublic
06. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
07. Apologize - OneRepublic
08. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
09. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
10. Believe - The Bravery
( Read more... ) |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 02/22/2008 |
[Feb. 25th, 2008|05:02 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  crushed | ] |
01. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
02. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
03. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
04. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
05. Tyrant - OneRepublic
06. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
07. Apologize - OneRepublic
08. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
09. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
10. Mercy - OneRepublic
( The Rest ) |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 02/15/2008 |
[Feb. 17th, 2008|06:42 pm] |
01. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
02. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
03. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
04. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
05. Apologize - OneRepublic
06. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
07. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
08. Tyrant - OneRepublic
09. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
10. Mercy - OneRepublic
( #11-40 ) |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 02/08/2008 |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|03:51 pm] |
[EDIT] Made public for history's sake after posting of most recent. Still majorly pissed at loss of mysql. Not about to tempt fate and screw with the computer and try to fix that now.
Couldn't post this before. It's way late now. I don't expect anyone else to care and I'm a failure for doing it late, so I'm just going to leave it private. The database disappeared, so maybe I should stop bothering. Stuff that brought me happiness once is futile now.
01. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
02. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
03. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
04. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
05. Apologize - OneRepublic
06. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
07. Mercy - OneRepublic
08. Over You - Daughtry
09. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
10. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
11. Home - Daughtry
12. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
13. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
14. Food Chain - Eric Hutchinson
15. Stay On The Ride - Patty Griffin
16. Keeper - Yellowcard
17. Shine - Take That
18. Tyrant - OneRepublic
19. Come Home - OneRepublic
20. Wonderful World - James Morrison
21. All Fall Down - OneRepublic
22. Someone to Save You - OneRepublic
23. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
24. Falling Down - Duran Duran
25. Prodigal - OneRepublic
26. Last Good Time In Town - The Eagles
27. Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow) - Alamoth Lane
28. Believe - The Bravery
29. Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
30. Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
31. All At Once - The Fray
32. 1234 - Feist
33. Dreaming Out Loud - OneRepublic
34. Into the Night (feat. Chad Kroeger) - Santana
35. Teardrops On My Guitar - Taylor Swift
36. Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) - Fergie
37. Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
38. Our Time Now - Plain White Ts
39. Calling You - Blue October
40. Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 02/01/2008 |
[Feb. 3rd, 2008|01:50 am] |
Let's take care of this before it ends up happening much later. If you look at this and you think it looks like I put barely any effort into anything beyond the top 10, you'd be right. There are bigger things to worry about.
Partly due to its wonderfulness and its rise over the past few weeks since its debut, partly due to the emotions of the past few weeks, and partly due to Friday's devastating loss, we have a new #1 from Lifehouse. It's also one of the rare times I will publicly dedicate a song. This one is for my beloved mother. You will be missed. I'm sorry I can't personally share it with you.
Despite being bumped back a notch, OneRepublic's runner-up track remains extremely strong and I heard it on a few different radio stations this week. The band's concludes 10 consecutive weeks of a stronghold on #1 with three different tracks.
The chart:
01. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
02. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
03. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
04. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
05. Apologize - OneRepublic
06. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
07. Over You - Daughtry
08. Mercy - OneRepublic
09. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
10. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
( The Rest... ) |
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| words of the moment |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|12:43 pm] |
so far away from where you are
these miles have torn us worlds apart
and i miss you
yeah, i miss you
so far away from where you are
i'm standing underneath the stars
and i wish you were here
i miss the years that were erased
i miss the way the sunshine would light up your face
i miss all the little things
i never thought that they'd mean everything to me
yeah, i miss you
and i wish you were here
i feel the beating of your heart
i see the shadows of your face
just know that wherever you are
yeah, i miss you
and i wish you were here
i miss the years that were erased
i miss the way the sunshine would light up your face
i miss all the little things
i never thought that they'd mean everything to me
yeah, i miss you
and i wish you were here...
[lifehouse, "from where you are"] |
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| Lyrics game meme |
[Jan. 28th, 2008|10:57 pm] |
[Actually compiled several hours ago...5 or 6 or 7, I don't really remember]
Let's break this out again. I'm bored in the hospital waiting room and
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) paperkingdoms completely stumped me with her version if this, so
here's mine. The idea is first lines, it's pretty much what my iPod
gave me, but I skipped stuff that didn't get radio airplay or gave
away the title in the first line. This one seems to have a bit of a
retro feel to it. (after I said that, it gave me two current songs...)
Comment with answers...
1. Well it's not far down to paradise. At least it's not for me.
2. I have climbed highest mountains. I have run through the fields...
3. Give me the song and I'll sing it like I mean it.
4. Kissing like a bandit stealing time underneath the sycamore tree
5. I am driving up 85 in the kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
6. They made up and they started packing. They left before the sun
came up that day.
7. There's nothing you can do that can't be done, nothing you can sing
that can't be sung
8. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
9. Hello again. It's you and me, kinda always like it used to be
10. All around the big bad world on CIA machine
11. Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
12. Last night I had the strangest dream. I sailed away to China...
13. I'm holding on your rope. Got me ten feet off the ground.
14. Baby girl like cinnamon, hot for the skin he's in
15. It's alright to tell me what you think about me
16. There's a calm surender to the rush of day
17. Slip inside the eye of your mind. you know you might find a better
place to play?
18. Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry, you don't know how lovely
you are
19. She said it's cold outside and she hands me a raincoat
20. Look around, could it bring somebody down if I never made a sound
again? |
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| top 40 - Week Ending 01/25/08 |
[Jan. 27th, 2008|10:24 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | altoona | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | crushed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lifehouse - From Where You Are | ] |
Here goes, admittedly with little effort and not anywhere near my top priority this week:
01. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
02. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
03. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
04. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
05. Apologize - OneRepublic
06. Over You - Daughtry
07. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
08. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
09. Mercy - OneRepublic
10. Food Chain - Eric Hutchinson
11. Home - Daughtry
12. Stay On The Ride - Patty Griffin
13. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
14. Keeper - Yellowcard
15. Shine - Take That
16. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
17. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
18. Wonderful World - James Morrison
19. Come Home - OneRepublic
20. All Fall Down - OneRepublic
21. Someone to Save You - OneRepublic
22. Falling Down - Duran Duran
23. Prodigal - OneRepublic
24. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
25. Last Good Time In Town - The Eagles
26. Tyrant - OneRepublic
27. Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow) - Alamoth Lane
28. Believe - The Bravery
29. Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
30. All At Once - The Fray
31. Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
32. 1234 - Feist
33. Dreaming Out Loud - OneRepublic
34. Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) - Fergie
35. Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
36. Our Time Now - Plain White Ts
37. Turpentine - Brandi Carlile
38. The Heart Never Lies - McFly
39. Calling You - Blue October
40. Love Song - Sara Bareilles |
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| The Newspaper Collection |
[Jan. 21st, 2008|10:12 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Something Corporate - You're Gone | ] |
This was inspired by gooseypoo calling me during a flight layover in Detroit, asking me if I had a newspaper from there. I didn't think so. But I looked. I didn't. I've been planning to make this list for some time, so, here it is.
To clarify, what I collect is just the bannerhead of the newspaper (the part with the title, date, where it's published, etc., from the front page. This started in 8th grade when my English teacher offered extra credit for bringing them in. I had the same teacher as the newspaper advisor in 9th grade and so I collected up a bunch more over the summer. I got to keep the collection at the end of 9th grade and I've kept it going ever since, picking up newspapers wherever I go. I've had some help from friends (including some who'll read this -- thanks!) and various people I knew in college. (I remembered people I'd completely forgotten when I recorded their hometown newspapers in making this list.)
( The Newspaper List is behind the cut... )
I did find a printout of an old spreadsheet I'd made with all the newspapers sometime in high school. It was easier to start from scratch than to dig in the basement for the floppy, find something to stick the floppy into, convert it from MS Works to Excel, etc., etc.
I didn't proofread or anything. I scanned to eliminate duplicates. There may be typos. I caught 3 in posting this. If you read and catch 'em, let me know. |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 01/18/08 |
[Jan. 20th, 2008|06:19 pm] |
01. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
02. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
03. Apologize - OneRepublic
04. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
05. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
06. Over You - Daughtry
07. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
08. Food Chain - Eric Hutchinson
09. Mercy - OneRepublic
10. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
11. Home - Daughtry
12. Stay On The Ride - Patty Griffin
13. Keeper - Yellowcard
14. Wonderful World - James Morrison
15. Shine - Take That
16. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
17. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
18. Come Home - OneRepublic
19. Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
20. All Fall Down - OneRepublic
( #21-40 ) |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 01/11/08 |
[Jan. 12th, 2008|11:24 am] |
This week brings a new #1. Like the last time that happened, OneRepublic replaces itself at the top of the chart. "Stop and Stare," the official second single, becomes the third #1 here, marking the eighth consecutive week the band has topped the chart with something from Dreaming Out Loud. This is the fifth week that "Stop and Stare," "Say (All I Need)," and "Apologize" -- in some permutation -- have had control of the top three. But, the connection goes further: there's a link to the rest of the top five. Blake Lewis, of American Idol fame, cracks the top five this week with his first original single. "Break Anotha" was produced by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic. Then Eric Hutchinson, who I know because he's touring with 1R, scores his first top five track with "Oh!" this week.
It's also worth noting that the Eagles make their return to the top 10 this week after a 13-year absence. The band last reached the top ten with 1995's "Love Will Keep Us Alive," which went to #2. Lifehouse also makes an impressive return to the chart with "From Where You Are."
Have a chart:
01. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
02. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
03. Apologize - OneRepublic
04. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
05. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
06. Over You - Daughtry
07. Wonderful World - James Morrison
08. Home - Daughtry
09. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
10. Food Chain - Eric Hutchinson
11. Mercy - OneRepublic
12. Keeper - Yellowcard
13. Shine - Take That
14. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
15. Stay On The Ride - Patty Griffin
16. All Fall Down - OneRepublic
17. Come Home - OneRepublic
18. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
19. Prodigal - OneRepublic
20. Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow) - Alamoth Lane
21. Someone to Save You - OneRepublic
22. Last Good Time In Town - The Eagles
23. Dreaming Out Loud - OneRepublic
24. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
25. Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
26. 1234 - Feist
27. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
28. Falling Down - Duran Duran
29. All At Once - The Fray
30. Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) - Fergie
31. Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
32. Happy Ending - MIKA
33. All We Are - OneRepublic
34. Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
35. Tyrant - OneRepublic
36. Believe - The Bravery
37. Turpentine - Brandi Carlile
38. Love Song - Sara Bareilles
39. The Heart Never Lies - McFly
40. Our Time Now - Plain White Ts |
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| Top 40 - Week Ending 01/04/08 |
[Jan. 6th, 2008|07:34 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | chart | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Altoona | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | worried | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Eric Hutchinson - Food Chain | ] |
Here goes... commentary will be very quick...
OneRepublic's stranglehold on the top of the chart remains extremely strong. This is week 5 for "Apologize" at #1. "Say" isn't any weaker; it's that now-official-second-single "Stop and Stare" keeps surging forward that causes the 2<-->3 switch.
Meanwhile, Blake Lewis' first non-American Idol single breaks through to the top 10.
New music comes from Eric Hutchinson, who impressed me opening for OneRepublic a few weeks ago. I finally remembered to download the ones I remembered on iTunes. Then we have a new track from Brandi Carlile's The Story, which I recently acquired, and a new track from Plain White Ts that I saw performed on New Year's Eve TV.
That's it. No time for recurrents or flashbacks or anything more now, but maybe I'll edit later. Have a chart:
01. Apologize - OneRepublic
02. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
03. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
04. Over You - Daughtry
05. Wonderful World - James Morrison
06. Keeper - Yellowcard
07. Home - Daughtry
08. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
09. Shine - Take That
10. All Fall Down - OneRepublic
11. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
12. Prodigal - OneRepublic
13. Come Home - OneRepublic
14. Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow) - Alamoth Lane
15. Someone to Save You - OneRepublic
16. Last Good Time In Town - The Eagles
17. Dreaming Out Loud - OneRepublic
18. Oh! - Eric Hutchinson
19. Stay On The Ride - Patty Griffin
20. Mercy - OneRepublic
21. Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
22. Food Chain - Eric Hutchinson
23. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
24. 1234 - Feist
25. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
26. Falling Down - Duran Duran
27. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
28. All At Once - The Fray
29. Happy Ending - MIKA
30. Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) - Fergie
31. All We Are - OneRepublic
32. Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
33. Love Song - Sara Bareilles
34. Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
35. Tyrant - OneRepublic
36. Believe - The Bravery
37. The Heart Never Lies - McFly
38. Calling You - Blue October
39. Turpentine - Brandi Carlile
40. Our Time Now - Plain White T's |
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| The Full Top 100 of 2007 |
[Dec. 31st, 2007|12:04 am] |
Along with the top ten of the year, there is, of course, a much bigger list. Here are my top 100 songs. This comes from the weekly top 40 charts and includes the radio singles and the album tracks all mixed together (and so you also get some stuff that's a few years old but which I discovered or was listening to a lot this year too, although it's safe to assume that things like "All At Sea," which charted in '04, are here because of live releases). Week counts and peaks are for the full time the songs spent on the chart in 2007 and prior.
Enjoy...
( Top 100 of 2007 )
Let's also recap the albums here:
( Top 10 Albums of 2007 )
And, yes, leave comments because I like those. |
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| #1 of 2007: going to the place where love and feeling good don't ever cost a thing... |
[Dec. 31st, 2007|12:00 am] |
#1
HOME
Daughtry
i'm staring out into the night
trying to hide the pain
i'm going to the place where love
and feeling good don't ever cost a thing
and the pain you feel's a different kind of pain
i'm going home
back to the place where i belong
and where your love has always been enough for me
i'm not running from
no, i think you've got me all wrong
i don't regret this life i chose for me
but these places and these faces are getting old
so i'm going home
i'm going home
the miles are getting longer, it seems
the closer i get to you
not always been the best or friend for you
but your love remains true
and i don't know why
you always seemed to give me another try
i'm going home
back to the place where i belong
and where your love has always been enough for me
i'm not running from
no, i think you've got me all wrong
i don't regret this life i chose for me
but these places and these faces are getting old
be careful what you wish for
'cause you just might get it all
you just might get it all
and then some you don't want...
This is it: the #1 song of the year. I guess that means this write-up ought to be really good. Here goes.
I guess American Idol's impact has reached my charts. I watched a few times when Chris Daughtry was on the show and was generally impressed with what I'd heard, particularly his take on Fuel's "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)." (Since we're doing year-end charts here, that was #28 of 2000.) I'm surprised he didn't win, but I didn't ever bother voting before this year, so I can't say too much. It was the live performance of "Home" during this year's season finale that introduced me to the song.
In terms of the weekly top 40, "Home" entered the charts the week of May 28, after the American Idol finale. It slowly moved up the chart before reaching the top 5 the week of July 13. It spent three weeks at #1, 21 weeks in the top 10, and 32 weeks on the chart.
Just about every line in the song has rung true at some point this year. That opening verse is golden. I could go on with my personal interpretation of the lyrics, but I won't.
There is always something good to be said for going home, whatever the circumstances in life -- good or bad -- are. It's become a personal tradition of mine to play this song sometime while I'm driving on Interstate 99 on the way into Altoona, but usually a few times. It's usually once the "Altoona Exits: Plank Road, Frankstown Road, 17th St" sign comes into view that it has to come on. (I wanted to put a picture in here, but attempts to make that happen didn't work.)
There was also the time I spent two weeks for training in Illinois this summer and played this song A LOT, especially as going home got closer to being a reality. There it wasn't really home; it was just getting back to DC. During these training sessions, there were large group meetings and there was usually music playing as they started and ended. I was thinking "Home" would be appropriate for the final one. I don't think I smiled more during those two weeks than when it happened.
Obviously, it's Daughtry's biggest success of the three songs in the top 100. The first single, "It's Not Over," finishes the year at #98. Follow-up "Over You" has been rather successful at the end of the year, reaching the top five and finishing the year at #71.
I'll wrap up with a link to the video. |
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| Top Songs of '07: now there's no place else i could be... |
[Dec. 29th, 2007|07:41 pm] |
Continuing with the top 10 songs of 2007... as Casey Kasem used to say, we're just a hit away from #1, but first...
#2
HERE (IN YOUR ARMS)
Hellogoodbye
i like where we are
when we drive
in your car
i like where we are
here
'cause our lips can touch
and our cheeks can brush
our lips can touch
here
when you are the one
the one that lies close to me
whispers, "hello, i've missed you quite terribly"
i fell in love
in love with you suddenly
now there's no place else i could be but here in your arms...
A pop song. A love song. Simple as that.
Damn catchy. That which inspires playing over and over and over and over. That which energizes.
When I first heard this song and it shot to #1 during its second week on the chart in September of '06, I never would've expected it to have such longevity. It ended up charting for 57 weeks, spending three weeks at #1 last year and reentering the top 10 four times. But it's good, so good in fact that it is what it is: the second-best song of 2007.
Now as I write this, I think I'll repeat it a few more times, because that's what you do with this song.
Have the official music video featuring Camp Holadios (get it?).
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That leaves just the #1 song of the year. To recap, we've had:
10. Undeniable - Mat Kearney
09. Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow) - Alamoth Lane
08. One Wish - Roxette
07. Don't Stop Believin' - Brian Kent
06. Shadows and Regrets - Yellowcard
05. Nothing Left to Lose - Mat Kearney
04. Read My Mind - The Killers
03. Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
02. Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye
To recap further, let's have the last 5 years of #1 songs:
2006: Move Along - All-American Rejects
2005: What About Everything? - Carbon Leaf
2004: Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
2003: Swing Swing - All-American Rejects
2002: The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
What could possibly outrank Hellogoodbye's signature song? Find out... soon... (I'll gladly solicit guesses but will do nothing to indicate rightness or wrongness unless you pick something that's already in the top 10.) |
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| Top 40 - Week ending 12/28 |
[Dec. 29th, 2007|06:55 pm] |
Here's last week's chart and the last one for 2007, wherein "Apologize" scores its fourth week at #1:
01. Apologize - OneRepublic
02. Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
03. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
04. Home - Daughtry
05. Over You - Daughtry
06. Keeper - Yellowcard
07. Prodigal - OneRepublic
08. Wonderful World - James Morrison
09. All Fall Down - OneRepublic
10. Carousels (Dreaming of Tomorrow) - Alamoth Lane
11. Shine - Take That
12. Last Good Time In Town - The Eagles
13. Come Home - OneRepublic
14. Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
15. Dreaming Out Loud - OneRepublic
16. How Far We've Come - matchbox 20
17. Falling Down - Duran Duran
18. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - The Eagles
19. Shadows And Regrets - Yellowcard
20. Break Anotha - Blake Lewis
( Read more... )
Top two songs of the year are forthcoming, along with the top 100 too. I'll take predictions too... that might be fun. |
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| Top Songs of '07: if i could go back once again, i'd do it all so much better |
[Dec. 28th, 2007|02:05 pm] |
Continuing with the top 10 of 2007, we have...
#3
TIME WON'T LET ME GO
The Bravery
whenever i look back on the best days of my life
i think i saw them all on tv
i am so homesick now for somewhere i've never been
i am so homesick for some place i will never be
time won't let me go
time won't let me go
if i could do it all again, i'd go back and change everything
but time won't let me go
i never had a summer of '69
never had a cherry valance of my own
all these precious moments you promised me would come in time
so where was i when i missed mine?
As I was preparing to write this, I was reminded of the feud between The Bravery and the somewhat-similar-sounding Killers, whose "Read My Mind" was featured yesterday at #4. Both land singles in the top 5 of the year and both have CDs that spent some time in my car's CD visor (perhaps a metric for how much I like a CD as a whole). There's no question that "Time Won't Let Me Go" is my favorite Bravery song. (Follow-up single "Believe" is the second favorite.)
Radio gets the credit for this one. I think it was DC 101. I was on the way back to PA from seeing Hellogoodbye with Boys Like Girls and The Rocket Summer (all of whom land some tracks in the top 50 of the year) with gooseypoo and made him write down the song title because I liked it that much. The following Friday, it debuted on the chart at #10. It went to #1 the following week, where it stayed for 5 weeks total (with one week off near the end of its run). It has spent 19 weeks in the top 10 and 34 weeks in the top 40.
The music is catchy and evokes a bit of a retro feel. The lyrics are great, and fitting for a year that's not been without its share of disappointments. Kudos to writer and vocalist Sam Endicott for referencing Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" in this one too.
This one also boasts my favorite music video of the year. It impresses me every time I see it. The video features Guinness world record card stacker Bryan Berg building houses out of cards. Check out the video and be impressed. |
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| Top Songs of '07: can you read my mind? |
[Dec. 27th, 2007|07:00 pm] |
On with the top 10 of the year...
#4
READ MY MIND
The Killers
on the corner of main street
just trying to keep it in line
you say you wanna move on and
you say i'm say i'm falling behind
can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?
i never really gave up on
breaking out of this two-star town
i got the green light
i got a little fight
i'm gonna turn this thing around...
In 2004, the Killers first scored a number one hit and the #10 single of the year with "Somebody Told Me." I'd been pleased with what I'd heard on Hot Fuss and new single "When You Were Young," which landed on the charts in October 2006 (and was 2007's first #1 and finishes the year at #14). So, I sampled Sam's Town in Borders on one of those Satruday roadtrips that were so common during my days in York. I'm not sure if it was a random choice or if one of those labels on the CD cover hinted at it (you know, "featuring ___ and ___," usually the current and future singles), but I instantly went for "Read My Mind" and the line about breaking out of this two-star town and turning this thing around instantaneously sank in. I bought the CD based on the song and the rest is history. (The rest, by the way, was good, but not this good.)
"Read My Mind" went on to spend 7 weeks at #1: two in November 2006 as an album track and 5 in March and April once the song had gone to radio. It spent 32 weeks in the top 10 and 43 weeks overall in the top 40.
I still have yet to decide whether I like this or "Somebody Told Me" better, but they're certainly my two favorite Killers songs.
Check out the official "Read My Mind" video.
Then check back soon for the top three songs of the year... |
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| Top Songs of '07: push the pedal down, watch the world around fly by us... |
[Dec. 26th, 2007|10:50 am] |
On with the top 10 songs of the year...
#5
NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
Mat Kearney
something's in the air tonight
the sky's alive with a burning light
you can mark my words
something's 'bout to break
and i found myself in a bitter fight
where you felt my hand through the darkest night
don't know where you're coming from
but you're coming soon
to a kid from oregon
by way of california
all of this is more than i've ever known or seen
c'mon and we'll sing
like we were free
push the pedal down
watch the world around fly by us
c'mon and we'll try
one last time
i'm off of the floor one last time to find you
and here we go
there's nothing left to choose
and here we go
there's nothing left to lose
It debuted on the top 40 the first week of July 2006. It spent 8 weeks at #1 last year and was the #4 song of 2006. It hung around for a total of 67 weeks. That included 36 weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks in the top 5. This last well into 2007, which would explain how it ends up finishing a second year in the top 5 of the year. That's no small feat, but it has been done before by "What About Everything?" and "Name."
"Nothing Left to Lose," of course, was the single that launched Mat Kearney. While I claim it's his best song, there's quite a bit of good music on the album of the same name.
Have the official video:
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