2007 Music

The Big A here. Today is the last day of the year, so what better time to review the year in music? With props to friends who've done this already here and here, I thought I'd post my own take on the music of 2007.

The first list is the 25 most played songs on my ipod that were added after December 15, 2006. Why that date, you ask? I usually scour various publications year-end lists (Pitchfork, The Onion, even Rolling Stone) sometime each December, and I usually find some great stuff from that year that I didn't already know about. And then it becomes part of my soundtrack for the following year, even though it was released the previous year. Obviously, thos songs from ealier in the year are going to have a higher play count, so it is not an exact science. And there are some things on here that I'm not super proud of (I'm looking at you, Regina Spektor!)

Song, Artist (play count)
25. "Young Folks" Peter, Bjorn, and John (23)
24. "Young Bride" Midlake (23)
23. "Myriad Harbour" New Pornographers (24)
22. "Wig in a Box" Hedwig & the Angry Inch (24)
21. "The Underdog" Spoon (25)
20. " Woke Up New" Mountain Goats (25)
19. "See You at the Lights" 1990s (26)
18. "You Blanks" Portistatic (26)
17. "Right Moves" Josh Ritter (26)
16. "To the Dogs or Whoever" Josh Ritter (26)
15. "Carborro" Schooner (27)
14. "Be Easy" Ghostface Killah (feat. Trife) (27)
13. "Country Caravan" Blitzen Trapper (27)
12. "Paris 2004" Peter, Bjorn, and John (28)
11. "Mama Won't You Keep The Castles in the Air and Burning?" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (28)
10. "Hate It Here" Wilco (29)
9. "Irreplaceable" Beyonce (29)
8. "If Looks Could Kill" Camera Obscura (31)
7. "Say it All" Sondre Lerche (33)
6. " Trains and Parades" Schooner (33)
5. "We Used to Vacation" Cold War Kids (33)
4. "Read My Mind" The Killers (34)
3. "When You Were Young" The Killers (34)
2. "Fidelity" Regina Spektor (35)
1. "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" Birdman & Lil' Wayne (36)


The next list is my (slightly) revised top ten of 2007. Here goes:

10. "Ode to LRC" Band of Horses
9. "Patty Lee" Les Savvy Fav
8. "We Used to Vacation" Cold War Kids
7. "Myriad Harbour" The New Pornographers
6. "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" Bruce Springsteen
5. "The Underdog" Spoon
4. "Carrboro" Schooner
3. "See You at the Lights" 1990s
2. "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" Black Kids
1. "Right Moves" Josh Ritter