Music of the Year 2003

[redfiona99]

Sorry about the gap between years :)



Get Rich Or Die Trying - 50 Cent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss This was everywhere in 2003.

Fallen - Evanescence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-A-4NQfFRs Don't worry, the other song will make an appearance later. This is a major example of something where, while I like the song, it's so fixed in my mind with one particular person (Classy Freddie Blassie for WWE related reasons) that it seems weird without that background.

Meteora - Linkin Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcs5PRxEXq4

Elephant - White Stripes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sudk3ZdMsVA

American Life - Madonna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCbeCdqAr8

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evMVTZgxyVk Hipster rubbish, but hipster rubbish that was everywhere.

Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzMtlZjXpU

Dangerously in Love - Beyonce - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByOshUkEoo My choice of Baby Boy to illustrate it has everythingnothing to do with Sean Paul ;)

Permission to Land - The Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU

Final Straw - Snow Patrol - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT62Gwv70kM

Billy Talent - Billy Talent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCMx8yS7c0 If ever a band were setting themselves for reviewers to rip them, this would be they.

The Soul Sessions - Joss Stone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DwcPqjCW3Y

Absolution - Muse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhAmug6Ts6o or the one where Muse went massive.

Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAPACD8_Zzw

Life For Rent - Dido - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8rUe_FQ7tU

Coral Fang - The Distillers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYmUtpy4evU Just omgwow! I have screamed myself hoarse to songs from this far too often.

Room on Fire - The Strokes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM2Ssne97ek

Three - Sugababes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p30gRprIFtQ

Try This - Pink - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EKSpcA_s14

The Black Album - Jay-Z - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etl9kkIGaHo So very tempted to put Lucifer in here instead.

A Present For Everyone - Busted - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl7gPZnMBWo

Body Language - Kylie Minogue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNFe7XSt6os

So Much For The City - The Thrills - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1fGNCvZL_w




Permission to Land - The Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgV_euG_JnY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NP0P42QlJ0

It's my list, I can put two songs up if I want :P Okay, so it's the guitar solo I love in this track. There isn't a bad track on the album full stop.

Billy Talent - Billy Talent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGUw0und0HM




Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCuYQmzgfE

Girl's Not Grey - AFI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yzu-4kJg6g

Suck It Up - Hed PE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVH4cSlrlw

Faint - Linkin Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYU-8IFcDPw The best Linkin Park song, if only for the drum n bassy drum at the beginning.

Seven Nation Army - White Stripes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7huh5Egew

Out of Time - Blur - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkX1Up1vnc

We Used To Be Friends - Dandy Warhols - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrnA8LgA3co

Safe Home - Anthrax - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8SM_Hr1Ldk And yes, that is Keanu Reeves. It took me a few moments too.

Sell Your Body To The Night - Turbonegro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkobpvDmVjc

Mobscene - Marilyn Manson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdwZV4Y95Nw

Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaT86mk9gj8

Any singles by the Black Eyed Peas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc

Crazy In Love - Beyonce - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6HPJJjqvG0 Probably the biggest hit of the year.

Growing on Me - The Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMogMOjIH8M

Just Because - Jane's Addiction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoTzMAFetLs One of my friends was going through his 're-evaluating grunge/grunge era bands' phase when this came out. He went mad for it.

Bill McCai - The Coral - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyapFbvPJio Gloriously melacholic psychadelia.

Run - Snow Patrol - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssA3xScf2RQ Gone with a live version as it's one of those songs that sounds better live. Still not the one I look for every time which was live acoustic and on channel 4, but it will do.

Molly's Chambers - Kings of Leon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WGS6O2y0A From their hairy and beardy phase ;)

Fall Back Down - Rancid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FqtkOZo350&feature=related Oh come on, it's a modern day Musketeers theme tune. How can I resist it?

Remember Me - British Sea Power - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua4BiBV6i6o

Figured You Out - Nickleback - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjRo-gMlKE Oh Chad, you and your problems with women. And yet, catchy as all get out.

Hey Ya - OutKast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wl6R8u6Zus Without a doubt the best single of the 00s. I love it so very much.

Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxUIjJrFKQ A song that simultaneously steals the guitar from Lust For Life and the drums from Town Called Alice and yet fails to be as good as either of them.

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZjr0heZNIw

Breathe - Blu Cantrell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKSfgMKw84Q I would probably like this anyway, but having Sean Paul in it makes it oh so much better.

Bring Me To Life - Evanescence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpmSHb-aRB0

California - Phantom Planet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Q7WylHjlg I'd never seen the video before compiling this list, but I really like it :)

Christmas Time - The Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-eslNwGXrI My favourite Christmas song of the past few years, so wonderfully realistically honest, with a glorious ridiculousness.

Don't Look Back Into the Sun - The Libertines - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g207eTzVw0 I didn't want to like the Libertines. They were indie mag darlings, and yet, oh sometimes, they were good.

Feel Good Time - Pink - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUyWJseVew Obvious sample is obvious, and yet, tune is awesome for non-sample related reasons.

Milkshake - Kelis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwXKJoKJz4 I prefer Trick Me, but this was the bigger hit.

Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4 Now that I've earwormed myself, I hope you enjoy it too.

Miss You - Blink 182 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY Ridiculously divisive song. Half the people I knew thought it was awesome, the other half that they were becoming boring or selling out.

Toxic - Britney Spears - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9kVZ1Zperc My housemate N bought the album on the strength of this song. She was very disappointed.

Hit That - The Offspring - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5TPXUrj-0 Another total earworm.

Spirit In The Sky - Gareth Gates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4l4whqg_kg I think I made my views on Gareth Gates clear in the 2002 section, however, this was for charity and my other housemate N is related to one of the backing dancers. I'm also very fond of the inserted lines by the Kumars.

Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0LCC9bbivk

Leave Right Now - Will Young - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhO3WxkwT6Q

Mad World - Gary Jules - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4apHuWytLko Huge summer hit, I always remember one of N's friends loving this.

Sweet Dreams My LA Ex - Racheal Stevens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtoHJcfJOk Catchy pop nonsense, and it has a pun in the title. How could I resist?

Fast Food Song - Fast Food Rockers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3dPXxPGbmM Notice I said big sellers, not good. I swear I chanted this on long coach journeys when I was way younger, well the chorus anyway. The next bit went 'a mini, a mini and a ford escort' repeat x 2, 'ferrari, ferrari, a mini and a ford escort'. There were at least 3 more verses that I don't remember.

Scandalous - Mis-Teeq - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AmjhX3dHy0 Probably the best of the Brit-girl groups of the early 00s, Mis-Teeq split up way too soon.

Never Leave Me - Lumidee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRLHHAsEbpk

No Letting Go - Wayne Wonder - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnwBtLrIYI

Why yes, I did put the two together because they have the same rhythm.

White Flag - Dido - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HcWPDYtwI Did I spend several watches of this video wondering whether or not that was David Boreanz? Yes, yes I did.

Dance tracks:

Move Your Feet - Junior Senior - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfqL7bwx9fs 2003 was just a really good year for singles, because this is another of my absolute favourites.

Make Luv - Room 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHs2f2TSxI Lynx advert music

Loneliness - Tomcraft - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHs2f2TSxI Old-school electo house.

Pretty Green Eyes - Ultrabeat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHs2f2TSxI

Fly On The Wings of Love - XTM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4bxUOxY2M0 Warning earworm, but a fun one. And an adorable cartoon video.


Special Cases:

Justified - Justin Timberlake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mu8MrCR5pQ Was actually released at the tail-end of 2002, but my main memory of going out anywhere in 2003 was JT on the soundtrack. I've gone with Cry Me A River as the exemplar track because it's so good, and yet, it's by the Timberlake.