Top 20 Songs of 2005 So Far
I was inspired by my buddy Wu over at Backfield in Motion to make a list of my favorite twenty songs released so far in 2005. Since I’m too lazy to write something about each one, I chose instead to let part of each song do the talking. Hope you enjoy; click below to see the list.
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#20Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – It KillsFace the Truth
It kills the time
Until you fill your heart
You'll see
There's more to you than what you think of me -
#19Edan – Funky Voltron Ft. InsightBeauty and the Beat
Somebody throws a baby
Oh shit
Do a spin move and catch it
And the crowd goes crazy -
#18The Oranges Band – Ride the Wild WaveThe World And Everything In It
We'll ride the wild wave
All around the world -
#17The New Pornographers – The Bleeding Heart ShowTwin Cinema
We have arrived
to late to play
the bleeding heart show -
#16The Decemberists – The Mariner's Revenge SongPicaresque
Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave -
#15Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Let the Cool Goddess Rust AwayS/T LP
So we'll salvage some of that human dignity
It'll be a long hard road -
#14Common – FaithfulBe
She asked, "Why do men always have to stray?"
He said, "I'm bad, not as bad as Eric Benet" -
#13Art Brut – Bad WeekendBang Bang Rock and Roll
Popular culture no longer applies to me
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#12Lyrics Born – I'm Just RawSame !@#$ Different Day
The Loch ness monster up against a crawdad
Talkin Sly Stalone in Rocky versus Sly Stalone in Copland -
#11Iron and Wine – JezebelWoman King EP
wait
we swear we'll love you more
and holy jezebel
it's we that you are for, only -
#10Sleater-Kinney – EntertainThe Woods
If your art is done
Johnny get your gun
Join the rank and file
on your TV dial -
#9Maxïmo Park – Apply Some PressureA Certain Trigger
What happens when you lose everything
You just start again
You start all over again -
#8Okkervil River – The Latest ToughsBlack Sheep Boy
All the latest toughs
Well we have seen that stuff
And we have seen enough
Blood in dying coughs
Which means that we have lost -
#7Marathon – Painting by NumbersMarathon
Let's start a war
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#6LCD Soundsystem – Disco InfiltratorLCD Soundsystem
Oh, stop
You gotta shake your waist – uggh -
#5Sufjan Stevens – Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!Illinois
The sound of the engines and the smell of the grain
We go riding on the abolition grain train
Stephen A. Douglas was a great debator
But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator -
#4The Hold Steady – How a Resurrection Really FeelsSeparation Sunday
She crashed into the easter mass
With her hair done up in broken glass
She was limping left on broken heels
And she said, "Father, can I tell your congregation
How a resurrection really feels?" -
#3The Mountain Goats – This YearThe Sunset Tree
And then Kathy showed up and we hung out
Trading swigs from the bottle all bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding hands
Twin high-maintenance machines
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me -
#2The Fiery Furnaces – EvergreenEP
Needle prick my spruce root
Dear little hemlock shoot
Make me stay sharp and keen, evergreen -
#1Spoon – I Summon YouGimme Fiction
But aww no where are you tonight
And how'd we get here
It's too late to break it off
I need a release
The signal's a cough
But that don't get me off
I summon you to appear my love
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