Or should that be 2009? I dunno… it’s for songs from 2008 but it’s voted in 2009….
What I Voted For (in no particular order)…
- Ben Folds – You Don’t Know Me (Ft. Regina Spektor) – #16
- Custom Kings – Red Sails
- Do, The – On My Shoulder
- Is (aka Tom Ugly) – Cult Romance
- Kate Nash – Mouthwash
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! – #35
- Santogold and Julian Casablancas – My Drive Thru
- She and Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
- Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa – #58
- Yael Naim – New Soul
And the songs I WANTED to vote for but ran out of space for (again in no particular order)… and trust me when I say that leaving some of these out nearly killed me… literally… ok, well NOT literally, but a lot!
- Bjork – Nattura (Ft. Thom Yorke)
- Children Collide – Farewell Rocketship – #66
- Emiliana Torrini – Jungle Drum – #42
- Empire Of The Sun – Half Mast
- Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal – #65
- Fleet Foxes – He Doesn’t Know Why
- Goldfrapp – Happiness
- Josh Pyke – The Lighthouse Song – #27
- Laura Marling – You’re No God
- Laura Marling – Ghosts – #43
- MGMT – Electric Feel – #2
- MGMT – Kids – #5
- Santogold – L.E.S Artistes – #57
- Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning
- Mystery Jets – Young Love (Ft. Laura Marling) – #49
- You Am I – Erasmus
- Ting Tings – Great DJ
- Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream – #4
I dunno… I’m wholely unimpressed by this years results… the top 10 is so boring and predictable I could fall asleep in a bucket of sulpherous poo while being nipple-crippled by Johnny Depp…
The final 100 were….
- #1 – Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
- #2 – MGMT – Electric Feel
- #3 – Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
- #4 – Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
- #5 – MGMT – Kids
- #6 – The Presets – Talk Like That
- #7 – Pez – The Festival Song(feat. 360 and Hailey Cramer)
- #8 – The Presets – This Boy’s In Love
- #9 – The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
- #10 – Drapht – Jimmy Recard
- #11 – Ladyhawke – My Delirium
- #12 – Pnau – Embrace
- #13 – The Herd – The King Is Dead
- #14 – The Rapture – No Sex For Ben
- #15 – Cut Copy – Lights and Music
- #16 – Ben Folds – You Don’t Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor)
- #17 – Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome)
- #18 – MGMT – Time To Pretend
- #19 – Flight Of The Conchords – Business Time
- #20 – Birds Of Tokyo – Broken Bones
- #21 – Bon Iver – Skinny Love
- #22 – Birds Of Tokyo – Silhouettic
- #23 – The Living End – White Noise
- #24 – Kings of Leon – Closer
- #25 – Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat
- #26 – Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning
- #27 – Josh Pyke – The Lighthouse Song
- #28 – Architecture In Helsinki – That Beep
- #29 – Josh Pyke – Make You Happy
- #30 – Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
- #31 – Cog – Bird Of Feather
- #32 – Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
- #33 – The Kooks – Always Where I Need To Be
- #34 – The Grates – Burn Bridges
- #35 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
- #36 – Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
- #37 – British India – I Said I’m Sorry
- #38 – Cold War Kids – Something Is Not Right With Me
- #39 – Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked
- #40 – Bliss N Eso – Eye Of The Storm
- #41 – Soko – I Will Never Love You More
- #42 – Emiliana Torrini – Jungle Drum
- #43 – Laura Marling – Ghosts
- #44 – Art vs Science – Flippers
- #45 – Muscles – Ice Cream {triple j live acoustic version}
- #46 – Lily Allen – The Fear
- #47 – Little Red – Coca Cola
- #48 – Something With Numbers – Stay With Me Bright Eyes
- #49 – Mystery Jets – Young Love (feat. Laura Marling)
- #50 – Ash Grunwald – Breakout
- #51 – Birds of Tokyo – Wild Eyed Boy
- #52 – The Killers – Human
- #53 – The Butterfly Effect – Window and the Watcher
- #54 – Pnau – Baby
- #55 – Ween – Your Party
- #56 – The Presets – Yippiyo-Ay
- #57 – Santogold – L.E.S Artistes
- #58 – Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
- #59 – The Getaway Plan – Where the City Meets The Sea
- #60 – Flight of the Conchords – The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room
- #61 – Bliss N Eso – The Sea is Rising
- #62 – Faker – Sleepwalking
- #63 – The Herd – 2020
- #64 – Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
- #65 – Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
- #66 – Children Collide – Farewell Rocketship
- #67 – Flight of the Conchords – Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
- #68 – Empire of the Sun – We are the People
- #69 – Hot Chip – Ready for the Floor
- #70 – Kings of Leon – Crawl
- #71 – Vampire Weekend – One(Blake’s got a New Face)
- #72 – Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You
- #73 – The Killers – Spaceman
- #74 – Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
- #75 – Tame Impala – Half Full Glass Of Wine
- #76 – Yves Klein Blue – Polka
- #77 – Drapht – Falling
- #78 – The Ting Tings – Shut Up and Let Me Go
- #79 – Sparkadia – Jealousy
- #80 – The Grates – Aw Yeah
- #81 – Weezer – Pork and Beans
- #82 – Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
- #83 – The Grates – Carve Your Name
- #84 – Rise Against – Re-education (Through Labor)
- #85 – Gyroscope – 1981
- #86 – Muph & Plutonic – Beautiful Ugly
- #87 – Jack White & Alicia Keys – Another Way To Die
- #88 – Metallica – The Day That Never Comes
- #89 – Kanye West – Love Lockdown
- #90 – Lily Allen – Guess Who Batman? (Aka F**ck You)
- #91 – Lisa Mitchell – Nepolitan Dreams
- #92 – Pendulum – Propane Nightmares
- #93 – Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook
- #94 – Bliss n Eso – Woodstock 2008
- #95 – Wiley – Wearing My Rolex
- #96 – Dizzee Rascal – Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex)
- #97 – Cog – Are You Interested
- #98 – Lyrics Born – I like It, I love It
- #99 – Muph & Plutonic – Don’t Worry About Nothin’
- #100 – Dukes of Windsor – It’s a War
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