2006 Music Postacular #3: Top 10 Songs
My year end music postacular continues with my favorite ten songs of 2006. The first two posts in this series are my favorite older albums that discovered in 2006 and my favorite guilty pleasures of the year. As I normally do with singles/song lists, I’ll follow each song with a favorite quote from the song. Top ten songs of 2006, after the jump.
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#10
The Gossip – Standing in the Way of ControlStanding in the Way of ControlKill Rock StarsYour back’s against the wall
There’s no one home to call
You’re forgetting who you are
You can’t stop crying -
#9
Man Man – Van Helsing BoomboxSix Demon BagAce FuWhen anything that’s anything
Becomes nothing, that’s everything and
Nothing is the only thing
You ever seem to have -
#8
Mates of State – Fraud in the 80’sBring it BackBarsukYou will surely find this news
You will surely find this news pleasing to your ears
Pleasing to your ears
You could surely try to be more alive -
#7
Test Icicles – Circle, Square, TriangleFor Screening Purposes OnlyDominoDrawing lines
Making shapes
Stay alive
Sleep awake
We could do with some more poison -
#6
Destroyer – European OilsDestroyer’s RubiesMergeYou, you didn’t mind
Shedding your beautiful european blood
As I screamed, “Death to the murderers we’ve loved all our lives!”
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#5
Junior Boys – In The MorningSo This is GoodbyeDominoAnd in the morning
Why’d you tell me that it’s over?
You think that you’d do better
To stick with someone older
Because you’re too young
Too young
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#4
Boris – Sukuriin no Onna (Woman on the Screen)PinkSouthern LordDoa wo ake
soshite omae wo sasou
mitasareru omae no mousou
sore wo ore wa sasou -
#3The Knife – We Share Our Mother’s HealthSilent ShoutRabid
Trees there will be
Apples, fruits maybe
You know what I fear
The end is always near -
#2
Gnarls Barkley – CrazySt. ElsewhereDowntownMy heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it’s no coincidence I’ve come and I can die when I’m done
But maybe I’m crazy -
#1
Islands – Rough GemReturn to the SeaEquatorThe world beat you for the something nice
You worked hard, died poor
You mined what you died for
Diamonds
You can whistle my name
It’s the mines in Africa that are to blame
You can scoop out my brain
Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain
Held death at bay from first day
Stayed awake, stayed awake
The rabbit was removed under the whole moon
Long bird, short road
Dig deep but don’t dig too deep
When it’s late you’ll see the hole is empty, and oh so deadly
They want me raw but smooth like glass
They want it fast but they don’t want flaws
I’m a girl’s best friend
Can you cut?
I can cut
‘Cause I’m a rough gem
Who lives in those lights in the distance?
Watered down, the rain will help you out
I had a dream it was all a dream
But it was ruined by the sun shining through me
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