April 12, 201510 yr Author F4eccPBFEjE 46 Daft Punk - Derezzed 2010 From the disappointing soundtrack to Tron Legacy comes this blistering, head-melt of a song and the most electro that Daft Punk have got. Utterly exhilarating. Could listen to this for days.
April 12, 201510 yr Author zwfCjYv7gVQ 45 Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road 2010 Strictly speaking, this came out in 2009 but I'm claiming as a 2010 song as that's when I heard it and that is when the album came out. A lunatic song, of course, with a video reminiscent of Supergrass's Pumping on the Stereo. I think it's possibly her most naturally strange song where everything just seems to work - unlike Girls or Hermit the Frog, which sound forced. It would have fitted on to Kate Bush's The Dreaming. Can't imagine here suppose peer - Ellie Goulding - ever doing anything even 1/3 as interesting as this. Edited April 12, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
April 12, 201510 yr Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road A lunatic song, of course, with a video reminiscent of Supergrass's Pumping on the Stereo. Yes, though it does match the song quite well I thought. Technically this single was released in 2009 by the way!! It charted in my Top 5 at the time, but I always preferred “Obsessions” and “Oh No!” as the killer singles. Absolutely love “Not In Love”, it resonated so much with me in December 2010/January 2011 and reminds me of that time. It also does sound AMAZING in indie clubs. Great start.
April 13, 201510 yr My bad! I do really like “Mowgli's Road”, I agree that it sounds like something Kate Bush might've done at one point - she was on Neon Gold at the time (indie label: and the influence behind the lyric "Tonight I feel like neon gooooooooold on “Radioactive”), and so not many people were that aware of her at the time. Edited April 13, 201510 yr by Doctor Blind
April 13, 201510 yr Author My bad! I do really like “Mowgli's Road”, I agree that it sounds like something Kate Bush might've done at one point - she was on Neon Gold at the time (indie label: and the influence behind the lyric "Tonight I feel like neon gooooooooold on “Radioactive”), and so not many people were that aware of her at the time. I wasn't aware of that.
April 13, 201510 yr Author Greq05zAS9g 44 Joanna Newsom - '81 2010 What's this? A Joanna song less than 4 mins long? Well, it did happen before on Milk Eyed Mender but I never/still haven't got into that album because of her voice. This, however, was the most instant thing I'd heard her do. He voice had changed because of vocal cord nodules to a smoother, less idiosyncratic tone which has a purity to it not present in much of her earlier work. This sort of song is right up my street - baroque and folkie with my second favourite instrument (after the piano) as a central sound plus, of course a female singer. The elliptical musical phrases used are just magical.
April 13, 201510 yr Author VO63vb1S7Cw 43 PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill 2011 From her almost universally revered and award winning album Let England Shake, On Battleship Hill was my favourite. Like Regina Spektor, I never really got into PJ despite all the sign being good. The melody of this just hits me - perhaps it's the English folk influence which I love. I must go back to the album to see if there are any other nuggets to be found. I didn't know there was an official video for this until searching Youtube for this chart. Edited April 20, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
April 13, 201510 yr Author OEhrE2tqGHE 42 Editors - You Don't Know Love 2010 Released at the very start of the decade in January 2010, this is from Editors' underrated 2009 album In This Light and On and on This Evening. Gone were the sub-X&Y era Coldplay sounds of piano and reverbed grinding guitar and in their place an 80s synth sensibility which suited me far better. Incidentally, for anyone interested in such a concept The Boxer from In This Light.....sounds like a Pet Shop Boys ballad as performed by Joy Division. The hook for me in You Don't Know Love is the three note synth twist that appears at 0:57 that introduces the main synth refrain. It appears again at 1:40. :wub: Edited April 13, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
April 13, 201510 yr Author rYEDA3JcQqw 41 Adele - Rolling in the Deep 2011 The first of 8 huge selling (700,000+) singles in this chart. This needs no introduction. I avoided Adele intentionally because of the ear-abuse inflicted by Chasing Pavements. And that continued until one day in early 2011 watching NME TV they played this during a Top 100 British Artists countdown. I was kinda awe-struck. There's so many wonderful thing to love about this song - the main one, for me being the backing vocals reminding my of 60s girl group harmonies. Of course, the intro melody is nearly a century old at this stage coming from southern blues. It's by far the most interesting song she has ever attempted - although i have to say I was moved by her Brits performance of Someone Like You.
April 13, 201510 yr I loved “Papillon” (which sounded very New Order-esque), and “You Don't Know Love” was ok (it peaked at No.29 on my weekly chart on 31st January 2010) but the rest of that album left me a bit cold I'm afraid and little by them has interested me since. : ( PJ Harvey is fantastic - “The Words That Maketh Murder” is my favourite single by her in the 2010s. It peaked at No. 2. “On Battleship Hill” is also pretty amazing, as is the whole album/concept behind it really. Have never heard that Joanna Newsom track before, it's pretty good. RITD is great pop single, spent 3 weeks at No. 1 for me in January 2011, agreed that “Chasing Pavements” was a pretty average lead single (peaked at No. 22 for me) . I have a 7" vinyl of her first ever single “Hometown Glory” (got to No. 8, released in Autumn 2007) which pressed only 500 copies, think it's worth about £50 these days!
April 13, 201510 yr Author oABEGc8Dus0 40 Rudimental ft. John Newman - Feel The Love 2012 The second huge selling single and the second of many songs to feature that most common chart affliction, a guest feature vocalist. Who will the others be? Not overly blessed with a variety of lyrics - there's between 10 and 15 unique words, depending on how you count various oohs an aaahs. It's basically a showcase for John Newman's voice and whichever member of Rudimental was in charge of the LFO-w*n**ry that particular day in the studio. It's certainly effective. Edited April 20, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
April 13, 201510 yr Author Papillion was more Depeche Mode than New Order, to my ears - at least musically.
April 13, 201510 yr *.* John LOONman. Loved both “Feel The Love” and “Love Me Again” - both were solid Top 10 hits on my chart in consecutive summers.
April 13, 201510 yr Papillion was more Depeche Mode than New Order, to my ears - at least musically. Don't the choral 'aahhhhs' in the middle remind you of “Blue Monday” ? Maybe it's Depeche Mode doing “Blue Monday”. :P
April 13, 201510 yr Author SeIJmciN8mo 39 Nicki Minaj - Starships 2012 One of those songs that stops you in your tracks, wherever you are, brings a lump to your throat and tears to your eyes. I mean, it's a cold hear that doesn't melt with the desolate ennui conveyed so tenderly in lyrics such as "Jump in my hoopty hoopty hoop, I own that". Bob Dylan could neva.
April 13, 201510 yr Author Don't the choral 'aahhhhs' in the middle remind you of “Blue Monday” ? Maybe it's Depeche Mode doing “Blue Monday”. :P The main riff was a typical DM one - albeit a bit sped up. The choral sounds are very Blue Monday, you're right.
April 13, 201510 yr Author Starships forever reminds me of: mEzaUZeRrQw :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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