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Top 50 songs of the '00's Wednesday, February 03 2010 
(Photo courtesy of Shayna Fontana) So... I've been meaning to do a post like this for a while and have now decided to make good on it. Here is a list, in alphabetical order, of my "50 favorite songs of the '00's". I should start by saying that I don't think a list like this could ever truly be "accurate" or perfectly representational of my definitive favorites because my feelings about a lot of these songs can change on a near day to day basis. In other words, I could easily come up with another 50-100 songs that could replace any number of songs within this list and still hold true to my supposed "50 favorite"... But, with the mind that I should just churn out this post and sing the praises of some of my favorite music of the last ten years, I've decided that despite inevitably forgetting some equally great tunes, I'm just gonna throw this thing out there for the world as is. Additionally, I'd like to stress that this list is IN NO WAY meant to be a definitive statement of any kind with regard to the "objectively" best songs of the decade. I think lists of that variety, while often being interesting conversational fodder, are flawed by nature given the inherent subjectivity of such things. With that in mind, I've decided simply to list them in alphabetical order to do nothing other than call attention to what I think are some really great songs. I've also opted not to double up any of the artists, even if I thought they deserved multiple mentions, in order to diversify the list. For example, though I could realistically pick any number of Burial or Basement Jaxx songs from the last decade that I loved, I instead chose what I thought was the most immediately memorable song they made. Or, for example, though I could never really pick a favorite song off of The Avalanches' 'Since I Left You' LP (which was probably my favorite album of the whole decade), I decided to simply have the title track represent that album on the list because it most blatantly represents the spirit of the recording in full. In the instance of individual producers who did wildly varied work, and who I thought made amazing music and deserved mention in some way or another (like, say, Timbaland, Trentemoller or Ewan Pearson), I picked what I thought was their single production that had the biggest impact on me. Also, I've decided not to add any content specific to the songs themselves. The fact is, nobody really needs me to tell them why a song like "B.O.B." is so awesome... It just fucking is and if that's not obvious to you then I'm probably not going to have any luck making that clear to you. I had originally started to write little 1 or 2-paragraph entries on each song though and frankly, became a little overwhelmed by the prospect of knocking out all 50. It was simply WAY too much work. But... Since I do have a head start on the writing, I've decided to let the popularity (or lack thereof) of this post decide whether or not I ultimately add the additional, song-by-song content. So... I'm gonna put it out there that if I get a mere 10 people to say in the comment section of this post that they'd be interested in hearing my additional and elaborated thoughts on each of these songs then I will go ahead and begin editing the post anew. Without further ado...
Aaliyah - "More Than A Woman" Post Comment        
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