NPR's All Songs Considered Top 25 Songs of the Year
12-15-09, 03:52 PM
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if you like All Songs Considered, try Sound Opinions which is a podcast hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, the top music critics at the Chicago Sun-Times (Jim) and the Chicago Tribune (Greg).
12-15-09, 03:55 PM
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Funny post. Sure, you can say all that. Guess I find my favorite songs sort of along those lines, but I mainly just sit here on my ass in front of the computer listening to music. Well, sitting on my ass in my car as well. Never been to an Upper West Side wine/cheese party. I saw AC/DC, Pogues, St. Vincent and Airborne Toxic Event live this past year (forgot I went to more than two shows). I like a mixture of tunes, but still lean towards what NPR listed.
12-15-09, 04:06 PM
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I guess I'm in the demographic for this list (I'm 22) but I don't listen to even half that stuff and I still don't understand why it's considered "hipster" music.
I also don't understand why it's considered a "laughably stereotypical white/upper-middle-class/liberal/urban/rock-snobby list" either.
White: Is that because there's no rap on the list? Maybe the NPR people don't like rap music? I bet there are a lot of people out there that aren't hipsters that don't like rap.
Upper-middle-class: I don't even understand this at all unless it's going back the race issue.
Liberal: I've noticed that a lot of creative people in the entertainment industry have a more liberal view on things. People not included on this list as well, so...
Urban: Huh? As in "in the city?" So... The more people, the more tastes.
Rock-snobby: By rock-snobby does that mean stuff that's not played on the radio? I don't see what's wrong with not listening to the radio. Most of the time the radio stations only cater to the newest of the new and the hittest of the hits. Even classic rock stations only play the hits of the '70s. I'm not a fan of the new metal stuff therefore I don't like the rock station we have. I'm not a fan of rap so I don't like that station either. And so on and so on...
I also don't understand why it's considered a "laughably stereotypical white/upper-middle-class/liberal/urban/rock-snobby list" either.
White: Is that because there's no rap on the list? Maybe the NPR people don't like rap music? I bet there are a lot of people out there that aren't hipsters that don't like rap.
Upper-middle-class: I don't even understand this at all unless it's going back the race issue.
Liberal: I've noticed that a lot of creative people in the entertainment industry have a more liberal view on things. People not included on this list as well, so...
Urban: Huh? As in "in the city?" So... The more people, the more tastes.
Rock-snobby: By rock-snobby does that mean stuff that's not played on the radio? I don't see what's wrong with not listening to the radio. Most of the time the radio stations only cater to the newest of the new and the hittest of the hits. Even classic rock stations only play the hits of the '70s. I'm not a fan of the new metal stuff therefore I don't like the rock station we have. I'm not a fan of rap so I don't like that station either. And so on and so on...
Again, search through my MP3 collection and you'll find pretty much every single song on this list. It's nothing personal and no comment on the quality of the music.
12-15-09, 05:36 PM
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Plus its just an age thing, I mean who calls someone a "hipster", that is something my grandfather would say. Also I think there is a big metal fandom on this board. I'm not angry so its just not my thing, but I think metal fans like to rag on music that isn't loud and screaming.
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12-15-09, 10:50 PM
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Now that I think about it, Bob Boilen, the host of All Songs Considered, is in his upper 40s or possibly lower 50s and I recognize several others here in our lower 40s.
Glad you liked them, fellow hipster. They are a weekly show, well worth a subscription on iTunes. Even if you don't have an iPod you should look at iTunes for for podcasts, they are downloaded into .mp3 format and they manage / organize them quite well.
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12-15-09, 11:55 PM
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Aw c'mon. You're all taking this too personally. All I'm saying is that if you were to ask me for a list of songs that a stereotypical NPR listener and/or NPR journalist might put on their best of the year list, what I'd come up with would be a list very close to what they provided. They're not going to throw a Behemoth or Lil' Wayne track on there, are they.
Again, search through my MP3 collection and you'll find pretty much every single song on this list. It's nothing personal and no comment on the quality of the music.
Again, search through my MP3 collection and you'll find pretty much every single song on this list. It's nothing personal and no comment on the quality of the music.
12-16-09, 12:49 AM
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Now that I think about it, Bob Boilen, the host of All Songs Considered, is in his upper 40s or possibly lower 50s and I recognize several others here in our lower 40s.
Glad you liked them, fellow hipster. They are a weekly show, well worth a subscription on iTunes. Even if you don't have an iPod you should look at iTunes for for podcasts, they are downloaded into .mp3 format and they manage / organize them quite well.
Glad you liked them, fellow hipster. They are a weekly show, well worth a subscription on iTunes. Even if you don't have an iPod you should look at iTunes for for podcasts, they are downloaded into .mp3 format and they manage / organize them quite well.
12-16-09, 02:51 AM
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While I do wish radio was much better, you make a good point. I never had to get tired of Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" because I didn't hear it beyond my own listening environment. Wouldn't argue with Rolling Stone naming it the best song of the decade.
I know that I do sort of bristle a little bit with people calling us 40+ year olds out for not caring about new music. Not true for me, but I certainly know a lot of people my age who wouldn't have a clue about Dirty Projectors. Hmmm, come to think of it, that might be true for many of my co-workers in their 20's.
I know that I do sort of bristle a little bit with people calling us 40+ year olds out for not caring about new music. Not true for me, but I certainly know a lot of people my age who wouldn't have a clue about Dirty Projectors. Hmmm, come to think of it, that might be true for many of my co-workers in their 20's.
I will cut Sessa17 some slack, however, as even though I don't know our exact age differences, and I don't necessarily always like or know some of the bands he mentions, many times we have fairly similar tastes. (Gaslight Anthem comes to mind) Because of this, I'm always willing to give a band he recommends a listen, even if it does turn out to be something I don't end up caring for.
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12-16-09, 03:15 AM
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"Daniel" is perhaps my favourite song of '09 along with "I'm All Alone" by Calvin Harris and "Rabbit Heart" by Florence & The Machine.
Have I all those names right? I dig the music...
Have I all those names right? I dig the music...
12-16-09, 01:39 PM
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A much more respectable list than the other stuff I have seen. Some I don't agree with but nice to see good music getting an appreciation.
12-16-09, 02:58 PM
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I think these were some brave musical choices. I would have liked to see The Refrigerator Magnets and White Shoe Timbuktu get some mention as well.
12-16-09, 04:00 PM
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All really good stuff. "Dog Days Are Gone" is my favorite song of the Florence + The Machine album.
12-16-09, 09:04 PM
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I'm 38 and have heard every album on the NPR list and own over half of them. I think it does require a bit of time and effort to keep up with new music but it's certainly worth it. Most of the people I went to high school with are still listening to Bon Jovi and whatever was at the top of the charts back then. If they listen to new music it's usually mainstream "country" or pop/rock. Of course, even in the 80s my tastes were completely different from most everyone else I knew.
I do take mild, very mild, exception to what Sessa17 said regarding metal listeners not liking this music. I've been a fan of metal since my teens and I'm far from angry
. He is probably right in that most metalheads tend to be dismissive of less visceral forms of music but some of us just love good music. You can be both metal and hipster.
By the way, of all the music on that Top 25 I just can't get enough of Bat for Lashes. I am absolutely in love with her music. Two Suns is probably my favorite album of the year and I also love her debut.
I do take mild, very mild, exception to what Sessa17 said regarding metal listeners not liking this music. I've been a fan of metal since my teens and I'm far from angry
. He is probably right in that most metalheads tend to be dismissive of less visceral forms of music but some of us just love good music. You can be both metal and hipster. By the way, of all the music on that Top 25 I just can't get enough of Bat for Lashes. I am absolutely in love with her music. Two Suns is probably my favorite album of the year and I also love her debut.
12-16-09, 10:37 PM
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How Pitchfork is that. Come on, they couldn't find a place for Poker Face? Not that I'm a big fan of hers or anything but that song will be remembered in ten years as *the* song of 2009, a song that even South Park had to recognize. It's like these people want to keep cred so they won't possibly name stuff that actually made charts because they don't want look uncool to Joe Snob who thinks all cd's that sell over 500 copies is soulless commercial garbage.
12-16-09, 11:28 PM
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I'm a "hipster" (I've heard of all but one song on that NPR list) and I will readily admit that I like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc, but I know a lot won't.
12-17-09, 12:04 AM
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Actually, two Lady Gaga songs made Pitchfork's end of the year song list - "Bad Romance" and "Paparazzi". They would probably consider "Poker Face" to be from 2008, but an NPR poll wouldn't have any rules like that.
I'm a "hipster" (I've heard of all but one song on that NPR list) and I will readily admit that I like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc, but I know a lot won't.
I'm a "hipster" (I've heard of all but one song on that NPR list) and I will readily admit that I like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc, but I know a lot won't.
12-17-09, 07:35 AM
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How Pitchfork is that. Come on, they couldn't find a place for Poker Face? Not that I'm a big fan of hers or anything but that song will be remembered in ten years as *the* song of 2009, a song that even South Park had to recognize. It's like these people want to keep cred so they won't possibly name stuff that actually made charts because they don't want look uncool to Joe Snob who thinks all cd's that sell over 500 copies is soulless commercial garbage.
