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Best songs of 2006

Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
Stereolab - Plastic Mile
Hot Chip - Over And Over (Solid Groove Remix)
M. Ward - Post-War
John Tejada - The End Of It All
Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads
Peter, Bjorn And John - Young Folks (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Remix)
Datarock - Fa-fa-fa (five minute version)
Helena - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Trentemöller - Into The Trees (Serenetti Part 3)

Re: Best songs of 2006

Limited to one song per artist :

Belle and Sebastian - "We are the sleepyheads"
Camera Obscura - "Llyod, are you ready to be heartborken ?"
The Flaming Lips - "Vein of stars"
Guillemots - "We're here"
Ed Harcourt - "You only call me when you're drunk"
Midlake - "You never arrived"
Peter Bjorn & John - "Young folks"
The Pipettes - "Pull shapes" (every song on the album is great)
Primal Scream - "Country girl"
Scissor Sisters - "I can't decide"
Shack - "Shirley Brown"
The Sleepy Jackson - "Devil was in the yard"
Spearmint - "Psycho magnet"
Mojave 3 - "Big star baby"
David Mead - "Sugar on your knees"
Barth - "Under the trampoline"
Arctic Monkeys - "A view from the afternoon"
Jim Noir - "The onmy way"

Re: Best songs of 2006

1. gnarls barkley crazy
2. tv on the radio wolf like me
3. wolfmother woman
4. cat power living proof
5. nelly furtado promiscuous

Re: Best songs of 2006

TV On The Radio - Province
Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair
Ghostface Killah - Kilo
M. Ward - Chinese Translation
Belle and Sebastian - Song For Sunshine
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Midlake - Bandits
DJ Shadow - This Time
The Strokes - Razorblade

Re: Best songs of 2006

Prince- 3121
The Strokes- Ize of the World
Annie- The Crush
Morrissey- Life Is a Pigsty
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Cheated Hearts
Janet Jackson- With U
Gnarls Barkley- Crazy
Tiga- (Far From) Home

Re: Best songs of 2006

The Futureheads - Area
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Danielson - Bloodbook on the Halfshell
Eagles of Death Metal - I Want You So Hard (The Boys Bad News)
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Fiery Furnaces - Benton Harbor Blues
Volcano! - Apple or a Gun

Re: Best songs of 2006

I've tried to compile my top ten:

1. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
3. Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancing
4. Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
5. KT Tunstall – Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
6. Regina Spektor – Fidelity
7. Sam Roberts – Bridge to Nowhere
8. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
9. Belle & Sebastian – Funny Little Frog
10. Regina Spektor – On the Radio

Re: Best songs of 2006

Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day

TV on the Radio - Dirtywhirl
Flaming Lips - Vein of Stars
Cat Power - Love & Communication
Yo La Tengo - Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
Bob Dylan - Workingman's Blues
Grizzly Bear - Plans
Oneida - Distress

Re: Best songs of 2006

1. If Looks Can Kill -Camera Obscura
2. Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian
3. LDN -Lily Allen
4. Kelly -Van She
5.Pull Shapes -the Pipettes

6. SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER - the Blood Arm
7. Lloyd... -Camera Obscura

Re: Best songs of 2006

in no particular order:

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Buckcherry - Next to You
Built to Spill - Goin' Against Your Mind
Tool - Vicarious, Rosetta Stoned
Willie Nile - Game of Fools, The Day I Saw Bo Diddley at Washington Square
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me, A Method, Tonight
Gnarls Barkley - Go Go Gadget Gospel, Smiley Faces
Zero 7 - You're My Flame
Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Beth Orton - Shadow of a Doubt
Streets - Never Went to Church

Re: Best songs of 2006

i haven't really been paying attention to stuff this year but one song that i've really really liked is junior boys - in the morning. it'd be nice to see that mentioned on AM. has anyone else heard it?

Re: Best songs of 2006

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good...
Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push
Ghostface - Shakey Dog
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Lily Allen - Smile
Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted
Regina Spektor - Fidelity
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing

...and that's all I can think of right now.

Re: Best songs of 2006

I was curious as to which songs had been mentioned the most so far, so here are the titles with 2 or more picks:

5 - Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"

3 - Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancing"

2 - Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
2 - Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
2 - Belle & Sebastian - "We Are the Sleepyheads"
2 - Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?"
2 - Flaming Lips - "Vein of Stars"
2 - Flaming Lips - "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
2 - Peter, Bjorn & John - "Young Folks"
2 - Pipettes - "Pull Shapes"
2 - Regina Spektor - "Fidelity"
2 - TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"

It'll be interesting to see how many of these songs make Acclaimed Music for 2006 songs

Re: Best songs of 2006

1. Belle & Sebastian - White Collar Boy
2. The Decemberists - Sons & Daughters
3. TV On The Radio - I Was A Lover
4. Beirut - Postcards From Italy
5. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter
6. Lily Allen - LDN
7. Calexico - Cruel
8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
9. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
10. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
11. Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
12. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
13. The Decemberists - Summersong
14. Scott Walker - Cossacks Are
15. Belle & Sebastian - Dress Up In You

Re: Best songs of 2006

Good thing I've been compiling this all year:

1) Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland - Promiscuous
2) Calle 13 - Atrevete-Te-Te! -->(as a Hispanic male, this is the ONLY act would could make reggaeton as important as hip-hop)
3) Lily Allen - Smile
4) The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
5) Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - My Love
6) My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
7) Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
9) Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
10) T.I. - What You Know

Re: Best songs of 2006

That My Chemical Romance song is very good, which came as a suprise to me

Re: Best songs of 2006

Adding:

Danielson - Bloodbook On The Half Shell
Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
Beauty Room - Don't You Know
Band Of Horses - Funeral
Lilys - Dianas Diana
John Legend - Coming Home
Neko Case - Hold On
Tough Alliance - 25 Years And Running
Lavender Diamond - You Broke My Heart
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Cat Power - Living Proof
The Rapture - Wooo! Alright Yeah...Uh Huh
Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Richard Swift - Lady Day

Re: Best songs of 2006

Lilys had a great little record this year. I hope they make the cut this year