Best songs of 2009

What do you think are the best Songs of 2009

Zero by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and I Want You to Know by Dinosaur Jr.

Yo Are The Blood by Sufjan Stevens is a pretty cool song

a.f.i. - "Medicate"

The first track of Porcupine tree's new cd The Incident. can't remember what its called, but it is one 55 minute track and it is awesome.

Zero by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and I Want You to Know by Dinosaur Jr.

Engrish_Major

Mastodons-OblivionWilfred_Owen

• Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
• Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I just realized a few things trying to figure out what came out this year ...

1. Popular music sucks
2. I don't follow the trends
3. I am a few years behind
4. I need some new music

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Zero by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and I Want You to Know by Dinosaur Jr.

Neon-Tiger

Mastodons-OblivionWilfred_Owen

lol opinions

The first track of Porcupine tree's new cd The Incident. can't remember what its called, but it is one 55 minute track and it is awesome.

Film-Guy

Beat me to it...

• Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
• Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I just realized a few things trying to figure out what came out this year ...

1. Popular music sucks
2. I don't follow the trends
3. I am a few years behind
4. I need some new music

my_mortal_coil

Id just get some old bands.

New stuff realy badly blows...
You got so much good bands from 1960-2000 that its mouthwatering :D

Zero by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and I Want You to Know by Dinosaur Jr.

Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1, 2 & 3 - Muse

What have I done - Cursive

Gasoline - Brand New

Why cant you be - Third Eye Blind

Yo Are The Blood by Sufjan Stevens is a pretty cool song

jazznate

Good answer.

So far, my favourite is "While You Wait for the Others" by Grizzly Bear. "My Girls" by Animal Collective is a hell of a track, too.

That new Muse song is pretty good.

That new Muse song is pretty good.

nalhutta94

There's 11 new Muse songs....

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That new Muse song is pretty good.

Guppy507

There's 11 new Muse songs....

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[QUOTE="nalhutta94"]

That new Muse song is pretty good.

nalhutta94

There's 11 new Muse songs....

Don't worry about it.... it wasn't that good.

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There's 11 new Muse songs....

Guppy507

Don't worry about it.... it wasn't that good.

It was better than their last two at the very least.

*sigh* People are going to be going on about how much they hate the album for the next 3 years, it was actually pretty damn good. It was better than Black Holes at the very veryleast.

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[QUOTE="nalhutta94"] They released the album.. ? Why was I not informed?! D:WasntAvailable

Don't worry about it.... it wasn't that good.

It was better than their last two at the very least.

*sigh* People are going to be going on about how much they hate the album for the next 3 years, it was actually pretty damn good. It was better than Black Holes at the very veryleast.

It was ok, it was about as good as black holes but I wouldnt say its better. Their lyrics seem to be getting cheesier and dumber each album though. Origin of Symmetry is still their best by far, but The Resistance wasnt bad. i would give it a 6. There are tons of better albums this year though.

some of my favorites

uprising - Muse

21 guns - Green day

strobe lights - Kill Hannah

time flies - Porcupine tree

medicate - AFI

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The first track of Porcupine tree's new cd The Incident. can't remember what its called, but it is one 55 minute track and it is awesome.

Guppy507

Beat me to it...

I am getting more and more into that album, it may not be as accesable as in abesntia and lightbulb sun but as a single work it is amazing. One of their best by far. The best part of the first track though is the last section I Drive the Hearse, such a beautiful song. i love the new theme of the album, the idea of the incident being a term we use to seperate ourselves from tragic events. I read a great interview with steven wilson where he talked about the themes of the album, for example that section called The Seance is based on a Seance he did when he was younger. He also seems pretty anti religous, not in an athestic way but he seems like a pretty big skeptic of society in general, which seems to be the overall theme of the new album too.

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

Don't worry about it.... it wasn't that good.

Film-Guy

It was better than their last two at the very least.

*sigh* People are going to be going on about how much they hate the album for the next 3 years, it was actually pretty damn good. It was better than Black Holes at the very veryleast.

It was ok, it was about as good as black holes but I wouldnt say its better. Their lyrics seem to be getting cheesier and dumber each album though. Origin of Symmetry is still their best by far, but The Resistance wasnt bad. i would give it a 6. There are tons of better albums this year though.

The lyrics? :|

There's been nought that's intrested me, and it's better than Black Hole for the last 3 tracks alone. OoS is definately the best, but The Resistance is still a good album. I wasn't impressed by Absolution either, one of the most overated albums on this site.

Honestly though, what albums are you talking about? And let's just excuse Porcupine Tree from this because I don't think they are as remarkable as people make them out to be. I'm going to need a serious flame shield for this, but I found they don't try hard enough to make each track feel distinctly diffrent on an album. I'm not saying I don't like them, I'm just saying I'd take Muse over them based on their previous efforts.

The Prodigy - World's On Fire

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The first track of Porcupine tree's new cd The Incident. can't remember what its called, but it is one 55 minute track and it is awesome.

Film-Guy

Beat me to it...

I am getting more and more into that album, it may not be as accesable as in abesntia and lightbulb sun but as a single work it is amazing. One of their best by far. The best part of the first track though is the last section I Drive the Hearse, such a beautiful song. i love the new theme of the album, the idea of the incident being a term we use to seperate ourselves from tragic events. I read a great interview with steven wilson where he talked about the themes of the album, for example that section called The Seance is based on a Seance he did when he was younger. He also seems pretty anti religous, not in an athestic way but he seems like a pretty big skeptic of society in general, which seems to be the overall theme of the new album too.

I Drive the Hearse is my favorite part too. I saw that interview too. He definitely sees the dark side of society. FoaBP was the same way, him saying what he thought was wrong with society.

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale

Lily Allen - **** You

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Head With Droll

Animal Collective - My Girls

Muse - Uprising

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Head With Droll

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It was better than their last two at the very least.

*sigh* People are going to be going on about how much they hate the album for the next 3 years, it was actually pretty damn good. It was better than Black Holes at the very veryleast.

WasntAvailable

It was ok, it was about as good as black holes but I wouldnt say its better. Their lyrics seem to be getting cheesier and dumber each album though. Origin of Symmetry is still their best by far, but The Resistance wasnt bad. i would give it a 6. There are tons of better albums this year though.

The lyrics? :|

There's been nought that's intrested me, and it's better than Black Hole for the last 3 tracks alone. OoS is definately the best, but The Resistance is still a good album. I wasn't impressed by Absolution either, one of the most overated albums on this site.

Honestly though, what albums are you talking about? And let's just excuse Porcupine Tree from this because I don't think they are as remarkable as people make them out to be. I'm going to need a serious flame shield for this, but I found they don't try hard enough to make each track feel distinctly diffrent on an album. I'm not saying I don't like them, I'm just saying I'd take Muse over them based on their previous efforts.

I didnt say it was a bad album, I am just getting bored of their over the top almost queen sounding music these days. They get monotonous for me much faster than porcupine tree, and yes i think the lyrics are pretty mediocre. These are just a few albums I thought were better this year.

Phideaux- Number Seven

Manic street preachers- Journal for plague lovers

The Dear Hunter: Act 3: Life and Death

Super furry animals- Dark Days/ Light Years

Beardfish- Destined Solitare

O.S.I- Blood

Bill Callahan- Sometimes I wish we were an eagle

Mew- No more stories are told today

Oceansize- Frames

Mount Eerie- Lost Wisdom

Dredg- The Pariah, the parrot, the delusion

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

Pendragon- Pure

The Horrors- Primary Colours

Best song in 2009 was probably a remake of a song written 30+ yrs ago, this is because the music industry has been getting worse ever since, just check the Grammys, VMAs or another crappy show and the clowns that participate and get awards, pathetic...eXists

Sure the mainstream isnt great, but there is still good music. You just have to find it:P

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale

Lily Allen - **** You

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Head With Droll

Animal Collective - My Girls

Muse - Uprising

flordeceres

Best song in 2009 was probably a remake of a song written 30+ yrs ago, this is because the music industry has been getting worse ever since, just check the Grammys, VMAs or another crappy show and the clowns that participate and get awards, pathetic...eXists

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[QUOTE="Guppy507"]

Beat me to it...

Guppy507

I am getting more and more into that album, it may not be as accesable as in abesntia and lightbulb sun but as a single work it is amazing. One of their best by far. The best part of the first track though is the last section I Drive the Hearse, such a beautiful song. i love the new theme of the album, the idea of the incident being a term we use to seperate ourselves from tragic events. I read a great interview with steven wilson where he talked about the themes of the album, for example that section called The Seance is based on a Seance he did when he was younger. He also seems pretty anti religous, not in an athestic way but he seems like a pretty big skeptic of society in general, which seems to be the overall theme of the new album too.

I Drive the Hearse is my favorite part too. I saw that interview too. He definitely sees the dark side of society. FoaBP was the same way, him saying what he thought was wrong with society.

I think The Incident works better than fear of a blank planet though, both lyrically and in terms of the themes. It feels more subtle while fear of a blank planet was a bit blunt with its themes. Did you think disk 2 of the incident was as good as the first? Also what is your favorite song from the new frost album experiments in mass appeal:P

I didnt say it was a bad album, I am just getting bored of their over the top almost queen sounding music these days. They get monotonous for me much faster than porcupine tree, and yes i think the lyrics are pretty mediocre. These are just a few albums I thought were better this year.

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

Film-Guy

Experiments in Mass Appeal was last year.

Fainting Spells by AFI. Maybe something by Mastodon, as well.

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I didnt say it was a bad album, I am just getting bored of their over the top almost queen sounding music these days. They get monotonous for me much faster than porcupine tree, and yes i think the lyrics are pretty mediocre. These are just a few albums I thought were better this year.

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

Guppy507

Experiments in Mass Appeal was last year.

I thought it came out jan of this year? Thats when it came out on amazon at least.

I think The Incident works better than fear of a blank planet though, both lyrically and in terms of the themes. It feels more subtle while fear of a blank planet was a bit blunt with its themes. Did you think disk 2 of the incident was as good as the first? Also what is your favorite song from the new frost album experiments in mass appeal:P

Film-Guy

Disk 2 wasn't as good as Disk 1, but I really liked it. Flicker and Remember Me Lover are amazing songs.

Welcome to Nowhere is my favorite song from Experiments in Mass Appeal. I love the way it builds up to the explosive chorus.

EDIT: It came out in '08 in Europe, '09 in the US. :P I just went with what Zune software told me.

That new Muse song is pretty good.

nalhutta94

Yeah, Uprising is a pretty solid song.

I can't really think of a song that I've truly loved from 2009.

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It was ok, it was about as good as black holes but I wouldnt say its better. Their lyrics seem to be getting cheesier and dumber each album though. Origin of Symmetry is still their best by far, but The Resistance wasnt bad. i would give it a 6. There are tons of better albums this year though.

Film-Guy

The lyrics? :|

There's been nought that's intrested me, and it's better than Black Hole for the last 3 tracks alone. OoS is definately the best, but The Resistance is still a good album. I wasn't impressed by Absolution either, one of the most overated albums on this site.

Honestly though, what albums are you talking about? And let's just excuse Porcupine Tree from this because I don't think they are as remarkable as people make them out to be. I'm going to need a serious flame shield for this, but I found they don't try hard enough to make each track feel distinctly diffrent on an album. I'm not saying I don't like them, I'm just saying I'd take Muse over them based on their previous efforts.

I didnt say it was a bad album, I am just getting bored of their over the top almost queen sounding music these days. They get monotonous for me much faster than porcupine tree, and yes i think the lyrics are pretty mediocre. These are just a few albums I thought were better this year.

Phideaux- Number Seven

Manic street preachers- Journal for plague lovers

The Dear Hunter: Act 3: Life and Death

Super furry animals- Dark Days/ Light Years

Beardfish- Destined Solitare

O.S.I- Blood

Bill Callahan- Sometimes I wish we were an eagle

Mew- No more stories are told today

Oceansize- Frames

Mount Eerie- Lost Wisdom

Dredg- The Pariah, the parrot, the delusion

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

Pendragon- Pure

The Horrors- Primary Colours

The lyrics are not what make a song, not by a longshot. Lyrics should allways be secondary to the music, allways. Sometimes I'd rather just listen to music without lyrics, because frankly quite often you finda vocalist who is not particularly good will take lead on a song, and the whole thing becomes ruined. To be quite honest, anything that isn't about sex or relationships is fine by me. Personally I love the more over the top style. At the very least it helps distinguish them from other artists.I take it you don't like Rush though?

I havn't listened to any of those, except from mabye the Manic Street Preachers, but I will do so now to see if anything appeals to me. If they are better than an album I actually like thenit may be worthwhile, but something tells me we're on completely diffrent wavelengths.

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The lyrics? :|

There's been nought that's intrested me, and it's better than Black Hole for the last 3 tracks alone. OoS is definately the best, but The Resistance is still a good album. I wasn't impressed by Absolution either, one of the most overated albums on this site.

Honestly though, what albums are you talking about? And let's just excuse Porcupine Tree from this because I don't think they are as remarkable as people make them out to be. I'm going to need a serious flame shield for this, but I found they don't try hard enough to make each track feel distinctly diffrent on an album. I'm not saying I don't like them, I'm just saying I'd take Muse over them based on their previous efforts.

WasntAvailable

Dredg- The Pariah, the parrot, the delusion

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

The lyrics are not what make a song, not by a longshot. Lyrics should allways be secondary to the music, allways. Sometimes I'd rather just listen to music without lyrics, because frankly quite often you finda vocalist who is not particularly good will take lead on a song, and the whole thing becomes ruined. To be quite honest, anything that isn't about sex or relationships is fine by me. Personally I love the more over the top style. At the very least it helps distinguish them from other artists.I take it you don't like Rush though?

I havn't listened to any of those, except from mabye the Manic Street Preachers, but I will do so now to see if anything appeals to me. If they are better than an album I actually like thenit may be worthwhile, but something tells me we're on completely diffrent wavelengths.

If you like Muse, check out the 2 bands I didn't deleate in Film-Guy's post.

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The lyrics? :|

There's been nought that's intrested me, and it's better than Black Hole for the last 3 tracks alone. OoS is definately the best, but The Resistance is still a good album. I wasn't impressed by Absolution either, one of the most overated albums on this site.

Honestly though, what albums are you talking about? And let's just excuse Porcupine Tree from this because I don't think they are as remarkable as people make them out to be. I'm going to need a serious flame shield for this, but I found they don't try hard enough to make each track feel distinctly diffrent on an album. I'm not saying I don't like them, I'm just saying I'd take Muse over them based on their previous efforts.

WasntAvailable

I didnt say it was a bad album, I am just getting bored of their over the top almost queen sounding music these days. They get monotonous for me much faster than porcupine tree, and yes i think the lyrics are pretty mediocre. These are just a few albums I thought were better this year.

Phideaux- Number Seven

Manic street preachers- Journal for plague lovers

The Dear Hunter: Act 3: Life and Death

Super furry animals- Dark Days/ Light Years

Beardfish- Destined Solitare

O.S.I- Blood

Bill Callahan- Sometimes I wish we were an eagle

Mew- No more stories are told today

Oceansize- Frames

Mount Eerie- Lost Wisdom

Dredg- The Pariah, the parrot, the delusion

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

Pendragon- Pure

The Horrors- Primary Colours

The lyrics are not what make a song, not by a longshot. Lyrics should allways be secondary to the music, allways. Sometimes I'd rather just listen to music without lyrics, because frankly quite often you finda vocalist who is not particularly good will take lead on a song, and the whole thing becomes ruined. To be quite honest, anything that isn't about sex or relationships is fine by me. Personally I love the more over the top style. At the very least it helps distinguish them from other artists.I take it you don't like Rush though?

I havn't listened to any of those, except from mabye the Manic Street Preachers, but I will do so now to see if anything appeals to me. If they are better than an album I actually like thenit may be worthwhile, but something tells me we're on completely diffrent wavelengths.

I see what you are saying, but lyrics are still a part of the song. Some bands like Nick Cave and the bad seeds have more of a focus on lyrics and their lyrics are fantastic for the most part. For what its worth i like the new muse album, i probably just need to get into it more. It takes a few listens for me usually, but overall I would say it is better than black holes. What is your favorite Muse album? If you are into music without lyrics do you like ambient music or post rock? I love music without lyrics too, that way you can listen to their musicianship. You might like the Mahavishu Orchestra.

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Dredg- The Pariah, the parrot, the delusion

Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

Guppy507

The lyrics are not what make a song, not by a longshot. Lyrics should allways be secondary to the music, allways. Sometimes I'd rather just listen to music without lyrics, because frankly quite often you finda vocalist who is not particularly good will take lead on a song, and the whole thing becomes ruined. To be quite honest, anything that isn't about sex or relationships is fine by me. Personally I love the more over the top style. At the very least it helps distinguish them from other artists.I take it you don't like Rush though?

I havn't listened to any of those, except from mabye the Manic Street Preachers, but I will do so now to see if anything appeals to me. If they are better than an album I actually like thenit may be worthwhile, but something tells me we're on completely diffrent wavelengths.

If you like Muse, check out the 2 bands I didn't deleate in Film-Guy's post.

whats wrong with dredg:cry:

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The lyrics are not what make a song, not by a longshot. Lyrics should allways be secondary to the music, allways. Sometimes I'd rather just listen to music without lyrics, because frankly quite often you finda vocalist who is not particularly good will take lead on a song, and the whole thing becomes ruined. To be quite honest, anything that isn't about sex or relationships is fine by me. Personally I love the more over the top style. At the very least it helps distinguish them from other artists.I take it you don't like Rush though?

I havn't listened to any of those, except from mabye the Manic Street Preachers, but I will do so now to see if anything appeals to me. If they are better than an album I actually like thenit may be worthwhile, but something tells me we're on completely diffrent wavelengths.

Film-Guy

If you like Muse, check out the 2 bands I didn't deleate in Film-Guy's post.

whats wrong with dredg:cry:

Dredg is there... I kept it in your post in the quote tree. Dredg and Frost strike me as fairly similar to Muse.

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If you like Muse, check out the 2 bands I didn't deleate in Film-Guy's post.

Guppy507

whats wrong with dredg:cry:

Dredg is there... I kept it in your post in the quote tree. Dredg and Frost strike me as fairly similar to Muse.

Ok then:D I see what you mean, frost especially. Did you like the new dredg album? I thought it was their best since El Cielo.

Hybrid times from the new Riverside album Anno Domino high definition is another song I really liked this year. Any prog metal fans here might like Riverside.

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whats wrong with dredg:cry:

Film-Guy

Dredg is there... I kept it in your post in the quote tree. Dredg and Frost strike me as fairly similar to Muse.

Ok then:D I see what you mean, frost especially. Did you like the new dredg album? I thought it was their best since El Cielo.