December 28, 20195 yr Author Number 1 song coming later this evening. Although I'm guessing no-one will be surprised as to what song it is. Predictions?
December 28, 20195 yr I like half of your top 10, and have not heard the other four, which I have added to my weekly Spotify playlist to check out. I listened to Egoism after seeing you tweet about them, 'What Are We Doing' is the one I enjoy most, and like Enemies too. I wasn't as fussed on Maps album this year as I'd like to have been but it is good and 'Just Reflecting' is in a similar position for me for the year.
December 28, 20195 yr Nice to see Your Girlfriend in the Top 10, however it did actually make the UK Top 100! Peaking at... #100 :kink: This Life was another decent offering from Vampire Weekend although Harmony Hall was my favourite of their recent offerings. Giving your #2 a listen now, very nice, the sort of music I'm getting more and more time for as of recent.
December 28, 20195 yr Author And my favourite song of 2019 is........... #1 Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend IlkTVMMkCP4 Album: Father Of The Bride And so my favourite song of 2019 is the comeback single from one of my favourite bands. There was a six year gap since Vampire Weekend's last album, and given the passing of time & reconfiguration of the band (with Rostam Batmanglij no longer being a permanent member), I wasn't sure that the band would be able to re-spark my interest in the way that their earlier material did. Well, along came "Harmony Hall", the first single of Vampire Weekend Mk II, which blew away all my doubts on one fell swoop. The song is miles away from the indie-rock sound that first attracted me to them, but still feels like it's a natural progression for the group (especially given that the main lyric also features on the song "Finger Back" from their last album). The lyrics have layered meanings, with inspirations coming from the White House, slavery & Jewish identity, with the music taking inspiration from roots music, baroque, baggy, and even a little country twang in there, as well as a production that both mimics and plays with the lyrics. From the moment I heard the song back in January, I had no doubt in my mind that it would be my favourite song of 2019, and 11 months later, no other song this year could top it. Previous chart positions: 2008 A-Punk - #1 2009 Horchata - #39 2010 Holiday - #34 2013 Diane Young - #7 2013 Unbelievers - #30 2019 This Life - #5
December 28, 20195 yr Author And here's the top 50 in full - 1 Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall 2 Sean McConnell - I Could Have Been An Angel 3 The Radar Station - Zanzara 4 UVERworld - Touch off 5 Vampire Weekend - This Life 6 Mark Hegan - Skyward 7 Maps - Just Reflecting 8 Billie Eilish - bad guy 9 Blossoms - Your Girlfriend 10 EGOISM - What Are We Doing? 11 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies 12 King Hannah - Crème Brûlée 13 Son of The Hound - You Are Alive 14 Parker Bossley - Lifted 15 Pi Ja Ma - I Oh I 16 Catfish and the Bottlemen - Longshot 17 White Lies - Tokyo 18 Tom Williams - It's Dark Now 19 wojtek the bear - a long wait for bad news 20 Bear's Den - Laurel Wreath 21 TeamRKT - Working Sundays 22 Fjokra, Annie Bea - Sugarface 23 Allez Allez - Sean Connery 24 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights 25 Sports Team - M5 26 Sundara Karma - Higher States 27 Junodream - Odd Behaviour 28 CamelPhat, Jake Bugg - Be Someone 29 Buí - Something Else to Talk About 30 Barns Courtney - You And I 31 Freya Ridings - Castles 32 Alcabean - Tsukuyomi 33 Matt McGinn, Ciara O'neill - Bubblegum 34 Blanco Brown - The Git Up 35 Broods - Hospitalized 36 I Was A King - Hatchet 37 Nai Br.XX&Celeina Ann - Hold Me Now 38 Dean Maywood - Jane 39 Swim Deep - To Feel Good 40 Runabay - Dig 41 AJR - 100 Bad Days 42 Kitten - Goodbye Honeymoon Phase 43 Husky Loops - Let Go for Nothing 44 Jamie Johnson - Christopher 45 Peter J. McCauley - Pony on the Fare 46 Foals - On The Luna 47 Ferals - The Low 48 Drop The Shadow - Other Voices 49 Cheerbleederz - cabin fever 50 Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road
December 30, 20195 yr Fab choice of #1! Will be fairly high up in my EOY also, a really great comeback from them and one of their best of all time in my opinion. Great EOY all round as well, I've enjoyed following this thread and found a few interesting new songs along the way.
January 3, 20205 yr Hello Brett! Here are my favourites from your top 50 Year-end list: 1 Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall 5 Vampire Weekend - This Life 8 Billie Eilish - bad guy 9 Blossoms - Your Girlfriend 16 Catfish and the Bottlemen - Longshot 24 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights 28 CamelPhat, Jake Bugg - Be Someone 31 Freya Ridings - Castles 34 Blanco Brown - The Git Up 46 Foals - On The Luna 50 Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road Great list! Really enjoyed reading through this!
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