Music 2005
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redfiona99A real mix this time, not that many albums, but lots of singles, despite being before the download chart got mixed in with the physical sales chart.
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzZQJZdcCU4 My problem with Bloc Party is the same as my problem with Muse. They only have three songs, the ones that sound like 'Helicopter', the ones that sound like this (So Here We Are) and 'Two More Years' which, co-incidentally is the only one of theirs that I like.
Employment - Kaiser Chiefs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y
Arular - MIA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNJ96imMskk To be honest, I had a bit of jump start on listening to MIA because of my housemate of Sri Lankan descent. Of course, the minute N introduced her to me, I went awesome, because female politico-rap MC, that's pretty much exactly down my alley.
The Bravery - The Bravery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw_G0qzxiD8 One day I will own this album.
The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI2cwfluyNo
From Under The Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6MOKXm8x50 We're back to bands I loathe.
Demon Days - Gorillaz - http://www.youtube.com/user/gorillaz?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/2/-6yantixZ5c
Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQZQ5MHehes Lyla could just as easily have gone in the singles section with Importance of Being Idle going here. Two strong singles.
X&Y - Coldplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNftO3-_sxQ One of the Coldplay songs I actually like ;)
Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaI2IlHwmgQ I love Pump It! slightly too much. It's the surf guitar.
Get Behind Me Satan - White Stripes - http://www.youtube.com/user/whitestripes?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/18/IlcMRq3gb1s My Doorbell, other than being an earworm, is also probably my favourite White Stripes song.
In Your Honour - Foo Fighters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbL0uY_Brec
Stars of CCTV - Hard-Fi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ye43mKIcy8&feature=related
Supernature - Goldfrapp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFF8bubMc40
Late Registration - Kayne West - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92FCRmggNqQ
PCD - Pussycat Dolls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCLxJd1d84s I continue to be cheap for Snoop Dogg.
You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qII2RBVcEKQ
Taller In More Ways - Sugababes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nD2vZfdzGg This video is sentimental nonsense. Of course, I love it.
Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna - http://www.youtube.com/user/madonna?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/13/B5OPMI13qng
A Certain Trigger - Maximo Park - http://www.youtube.com/user/maximoparkofficial#p/u/24/L-ft2dZ7-FE
Employment - Kaiser Chiefs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54DtVXjk2jY
This is the album that gets the story this time. The song you just heard was 'Oh My God'. The first time I heard it was on CD:UK, and I fell in love. I had to have more of this band. One of the other tracks off this album was on the NME 'Best of' CD for the year. That track was 'Na Na Na Na Naa' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMViPKkRImk&feature=channel). I played it to my housemate N because it was the only track of theirs I had to hand. Her reaction was 'that's not music'. Then 'I Predict A Riot' (video further down) was released. She was hooked. So yeah, Kaiser Chiefs converted a bhangra and RnB fan to indie. N went to see them live at Brixton. She said it was a fantastic night. I was talking to her one night, and she'd left this playing quietly in the background. We went to talk to my other housemate N, and 'Time Honoured Tradition' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-w4ce30xc) came on, but so quietly the second N couldn't hear it. According to her, the two of us breaking simoultaneously into the chorus was wierd and freaky ;)
Back To Bedlam - James Blunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cueB7j4ZGrM Yes, I know. And I don't care. It's a solid album.
Galvanize - Chemical Brothers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt71kcu-TI0&feature=related Couldn't find a decent version of the video. Love the tune though.
Helicopter - Bloc Party - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R6S5CJWlco
I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qWb8i_Q_A&feature=channel
Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRqnNEOpe0
Dakota - Stereophonics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHjDJxkcSE
Galang - MIA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCL1RpgYxRM
An Honest Mistake - The Bravery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8vzbezVru4 I love this song and I almost love the video just as much. It's clever and witty. Which takes doing.
E-Pro - Beck - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrG6xBW5Wk
We Belong Together - Mariah Carey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g
Why Do You Love Me - Garbage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrv9nhH9iY&feature=fvst
Sugar, We're Goin' Down - Fall Out Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG-vLZrb-g I still don't like them, but this is a cracker of a song.
The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhBRJStz7w
BYOB - System of a Down - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TteLSVxsCg
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdAXIj5QViw&feature=PlayList&p=8F37E16605FFB4F7&playnext_from=PL I've gone with the "live" performance at the EMAs because it's still unspeakably awesome, both idea and execution.
The Importance of Being Idle - Oasis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySfU10IQu4 I adore this video. Mostly for Rhys Ifans.
Riot Radio - The Dead 60s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJfCJVH0jOM Like all musical movements, the mid-00s jangle new wave had it's one hit wonders. Why, I don't know because this is awesome. And yes, they're from Liverpool.
Fix You - Coldplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skUJ-B6oVDQ
My Humps - Black Eyed Peas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs From the grandiose to the ridiculous. Not the worst lyrics ever, if only due to the existence of Fergalicious.
Blue Orchid - The White Stripes - http://www.youtube.com/user/whitestripes#p/u/15/uoZ4zWuu2Do - I am the only person who even tries this on Guitar Hero. Damn it, Jack, that's one heck of a falsetto.
Best of You - Foo Fighters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgRAMUxk-_c
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxzocNnmifs&feature=related
The Kill - 30 Seconds To Mars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIKNbvMuFg
Ooh La La - Goldfrapp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uco-2V4ytYQ
All About You - McFly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtUkbW4a1aY This was the single for the 2005 Comic Relief, hence the cameo-laden video.
Pon de Replay - Rhianna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA I was happy to see a non-Jamaican raggae star get international exposure. And then there was something about her being Jay-Z's protege. I wonder what happened to her?
Gold Digger - Kanye West - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY I love this, the lyrics and the tune and the beat, and so much love. (Mysteriously fond of the video too.)
Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNSxNsr4wmA I still don't get the lyrics to this. Does she want the boy, does she not want him, does she think less of him because he's thinking of cheating, or is she encouraging him, or does she know that if they get together, it will all end in tears?
Your Missus Is A Nutter - Goldie Lookin' Chain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SAYlRf_6bQ
Have A Nice Day - Bon Jovi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCg2BoKiuOM
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQG6-DojVw I still don't like her stuff, but this is a pleasing ditty.
Wings of a Butterfly - HIM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUUSz54G6jc Another one of those bands where I prefer the music to the lyrics.
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic At The Disco - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6vs-l5dkc And no, I'm not bothering with their extraneous punctuation. But I do sing along to this, every damn time.
Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oy3nzfA3Qk Still one of the smuttiest songs of the last 10 years.
Push The Button - Sugababes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3bcc-cKwo
Negotiate With Love - Rachel Stevens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTlq34HQufc (This too sounds more than a little like another song, but I can't quite remember which it is off hand.)
Benzin - Rammstein - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHvmgxq7-Dk
Hung Up - Madonna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU I like this, but that is probably because it samples my favourite ABBA song.
You're Beautiful - James Blunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjUaWiy_QXc I know I said I'd use the videos of the songs, but I prefer the live version.
1,2 Step - Ciara - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH6mwYEgUNM
Axel F - Crazy Frog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE I can only apologise. And yet ...
Four To The Floor - Starsailor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1aKzdInlzY Starsailor were the kind of whiny indie I was glad to see the back of (pretty boy lead singer notwithstanding), yet this one track was awesome. Deadly earworm, mind.
Gasolina - Daddy Yankee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHiHz2pwWho
Numb/Encore - Linkin Park and Jay-Z - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNeI2oLBXw&feature=related Yes, yes, I know I am the kind of person responsible for the death of good music, but I adore this kind of mashup (see also Dangermouse's Grey Album, which is the White Album mashed with Jay-Z's Black album). It works so well.
Since You've Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson - http://www.youtube.com/user/kellyclarkson?blend=2&ob=4#p/u/12/cdxRS_GyBbM
Like Toy Soldiers - Eminem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexLAjh8fPA
Lonely - Akon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EEW-9NDM5k The other Chipmunk song
Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie and Peter Kay and a cast of thousands - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRzja4VSPo My grandmother has a copy of this.
(Special notice of it being used for the This Week title show - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4420385.stm)
Over and Over - Nelly and Tim McGraw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3htOCjafTc
Get Right - Jennifer Lopez - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYhPGuOHRj4 I like this, even if it makes me think of Mickey Mouse for reasons that make perfect sense to me, but not to anyone else.
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Artic Monkeys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm69M3jtZl4 There's a moment when you realise modern music has passed you by. This was mine. I like this track, I really do, but I don't get why people are claiming they're the second coming.
JCB - Nizlopi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3WhQB7Hq0Q This is a weird one because I saw them at De Montfort's student uni before this got released. They sound better live.
Bad Day - Daniel Powter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg I have no shame, and will admit to loving this video.
We Be Burnin' - Sean Paul - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUGFhVWPOFs Why yes, I did injure myself dancing to this.
Crazy Chick - Charlotte Church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64nY2DKxoyI She totally blew out her opera singing voice, but what was left was fabulous. I also like Call My Name by her - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_c4tDyGH4&feature=channel
1 Thing - Amerie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-zuRddeKI This always reminds me of the other housemate N.
Jerk It Out - The Caesars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an6A-Wu6-B4
From The Floorboards Up - Paul Weller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXd5G8inhwk So good it makes the CD I have it on skip half the time ;) And yes, that is the bass player from Ocean Colour Scene. And I strongly suspect the guitarist is theirs too.
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2AEwOtFHA
Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z45DOeaFkg&feature=fvst My favourite song of the past 10 years. The only song released in the 2000s that is on my top songs list. I love this.
Boys Will Be Boys - Ordinary Boys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGqjrNzDgNs&feature=related
You know what, Britpop vol 2 may have had some stinkers, but it had some crackers too.
I Like The Way (You Move) - BodyRockers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAOJ_azIvus
Shot You Down - Audio Bullys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovDz7b5I_pI
Dr Pressure - Mylo and Miami Sound Machine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9grWoCEZHFI
Special Cases
Back to Bedlam - James Blunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyggTKDcOE Release 2004, went huge in 2005
Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYEU91d8ngc&feature=fvst So, I'm watching Jools and expecting Paul Weller. He's got a throat infection and can't perform, so we get this instead. And much though I love Paul Weller, definitely happy with the replacement :) (And squee, that was the first time I heard the Futureheads live, I think).
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzZQJZdcCU4 My problem with Bloc Party is the same as my problem with Muse. They only have three songs, the ones that sound like 'Helicopter', the ones that sound like this (So Here We Are) and 'Two More Years' which, co-incidentally is the only one of theirs that I like.
Employment - Kaiser Chiefs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y
Arular - MIA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNJ96imMskk To be honest, I had a bit of jump start on listening to MIA because of my housemate of Sri Lankan descent. Of course, the minute N introduced her to me, I went awesome, because female politico-rap MC, that's pretty much exactly down my alley.
The Bravery - The Bravery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw_G0qzxiD8 One day I will own this album.
The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI2cwfluyNo
From Under The Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6MOKXm8x50 We're back to bands I loathe.
Demon Days - Gorillaz - http://www.youtube.com/user/gorillaz?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/2/-6yantixZ5c
Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQZQ5MHehes Lyla could just as easily have gone in the singles section with Importance of Being Idle going here. Two strong singles.
X&Y - Coldplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNftO3-_sxQ One of the Coldplay songs I actually like ;)
Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaI2IlHwmgQ I love Pump It! slightly too much. It's the surf guitar.
Get Behind Me Satan - White Stripes - http://www.youtube.com/user/whitestripes?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/18/IlcMRq3gb1s My Doorbell, other than being an earworm, is also probably my favourite White Stripes song.
In Your Honour - Foo Fighters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbL0uY_Brec
Stars of CCTV - Hard-Fi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ye43mKIcy8&feature=related
Supernature - Goldfrapp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFF8bubMc40
Late Registration - Kayne West - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92FCRmggNqQ
PCD - Pussycat Dolls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCLxJd1d84s I continue to be cheap for Snoop Dogg.
You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qII2RBVcEKQ
Taller In More Ways - Sugababes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nD2vZfdzGg This video is sentimental nonsense. Of course, I love it.
Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna - http://www.youtube.com/user/madonna?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/13/B5OPMI13qng
A Certain Trigger - Maximo Park - http://www.youtube.com/user/maximoparkofficial#p/u/24/L-ft2dZ7-FE
Employment - Kaiser Chiefs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54DtVXjk2jY
This is the album that gets the story this time. The song you just heard was 'Oh My God'. The first time I heard it was on CD:UK, and I fell in love. I had to have more of this band. One of the other tracks off this album was on the NME 'Best of' CD for the year. That track was 'Na Na Na Na Naa' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMViPKkRImk&feature=channel). I played it to my housemate N because it was the only track of theirs I had to hand. Her reaction was 'that's not music'. Then 'I Predict A Riot' (video further down) was released. She was hooked. So yeah, Kaiser Chiefs converted a bhangra and RnB fan to indie. N went to see them live at Brixton. She said it was a fantastic night. I was talking to her one night, and she'd left this playing quietly in the background. We went to talk to my other housemate N, and 'Time Honoured Tradition' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-w4ce30xc) came on, but so quietly the second N couldn't hear it. According to her, the two of us breaking simoultaneously into the chorus was wierd and freaky ;)
Back To Bedlam - James Blunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cueB7j4ZGrM Yes, I know. And I don't care. It's a solid album.
Galvanize - Chemical Brothers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt71kcu-TI0&feature=related Couldn't find a decent version of the video. Love the tune though.
Helicopter - Bloc Party - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R6S5CJWlco
I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qWb8i_Q_A&feature=channel
Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRqnNEOpe0
Dakota - Stereophonics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHjDJxkcSE
Galang - MIA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCL1RpgYxRM
An Honest Mistake - The Bravery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8vzbezVru4 I love this song and I almost love the video just as much. It's clever and witty. Which takes doing.
E-Pro - Beck - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrG6xBW5Wk
We Belong Together - Mariah Carey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g
Why Do You Love Me - Garbage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrv9nhH9iY&feature=fvst
Sugar, We're Goin' Down - Fall Out Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG-vLZrb-g I still don't like them, but this is a cracker of a song.
The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhBRJStz7w
BYOB - System of a Down - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TteLSVxsCg
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdAXIj5QViw&feature=PlayList&p=8F37E16605FFB4F7&playnext_from=PL I've gone with the "live" performance at the EMAs because it's still unspeakably awesome, both idea and execution.
The Importance of Being Idle - Oasis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySfU10IQu4 I adore this video. Mostly for Rhys Ifans.
Riot Radio - The Dead 60s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJfCJVH0jOM Like all musical movements, the mid-00s jangle new wave had it's one hit wonders. Why, I don't know because this is awesome. And yes, they're from Liverpool.
Fix You - Coldplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skUJ-B6oVDQ
My Humps - Black Eyed Peas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs From the grandiose to the ridiculous. Not the worst lyrics ever, if only due to the existence of Fergalicious.
Blue Orchid - The White Stripes - http://www.youtube.com/user/whitestripes#p/u/15/uoZ4zWuu2Do - I am the only person who even tries this on Guitar Hero. Damn it, Jack, that's one heck of a falsetto.
Best of You - Foo Fighters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgRAMUxk-_c
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxzocNnmifs&feature=related
The Kill - 30 Seconds To Mars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIKNbvMuFg
Ooh La La - Goldfrapp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uco-2V4ytYQ
All About You - McFly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtUkbW4a1aY This was the single for the 2005 Comic Relief, hence the cameo-laden video.
Pon de Replay - Rhianna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA I was happy to see a non-Jamaican raggae star get international exposure. And then there was something about her being Jay-Z's protege. I wonder what happened to her?
Gold Digger - Kanye West - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY I love this, the lyrics and the tune and the beat, and so much love. (Mysteriously fond of the video too.)
Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNSxNsr4wmA I still don't get the lyrics to this. Does she want the boy, does she not want him, does she think less of him because he's thinking of cheating, or is she encouraging him, or does she know that if they get together, it will all end in tears?
Your Missus Is A Nutter - Goldie Lookin' Chain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SAYlRf_6bQ
Have A Nice Day - Bon Jovi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCg2BoKiuOM
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQG6-DojVw I still don't like her stuff, but this is a pleasing ditty.
Wings of a Butterfly - HIM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUUSz54G6jc Another one of those bands where I prefer the music to the lyrics.
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic At The Disco - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6vs-l5dkc And no, I'm not bothering with their extraneous punctuation. But I do sing along to this, every damn time.
Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oy3nzfA3Qk Still one of the smuttiest songs of the last 10 years.
Push The Button - Sugababes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3bcc-cKwo
Negotiate With Love - Rachel Stevens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTlq34HQufc (This too sounds more than a little like another song, but I can't quite remember which it is off hand.)
Benzin - Rammstein - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHvmgxq7-Dk
Hung Up - Madonna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU I like this, but that is probably because it samples my favourite ABBA song.
You're Beautiful - James Blunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjUaWiy_QXc I know I said I'd use the videos of the songs, but I prefer the live version.
1,2 Step - Ciara - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH6mwYEgUNM
Axel F - Crazy Frog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE I can only apologise. And yet ...
Four To The Floor - Starsailor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1aKzdInlzY Starsailor were the kind of whiny indie I was glad to see the back of (pretty boy lead singer notwithstanding), yet this one track was awesome. Deadly earworm, mind.
Gasolina - Daddy Yankee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHiHz2pwWho
Numb/Encore - Linkin Park and Jay-Z - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNeI2oLBXw&feature=related Yes, yes, I know I am the kind of person responsible for the death of good music, but I adore this kind of mashup (see also Dangermouse's Grey Album, which is the White Album mashed with Jay-Z's Black album). It works so well.
Since You've Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson - http://www.youtube.com/user/kellyclarkson?blend=2&ob=4#p/u/12/cdxRS_GyBbM
Like Toy Soldiers - Eminem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexLAjh8fPA
Lonely - Akon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EEW-9NDM5k The other Chipmunk song
Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie and Peter Kay and a cast of thousands - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRzja4VSPo My grandmother has a copy of this.
(Special notice of it being used for the This Week title show - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4420385.stm)
Over and Over - Nelly and Tim McGraw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3htOCjafTc
Get Right - Jennifer Lopez - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYhPGuOHRj4 I like this, even if it makes me think of Mickey Mouse for reasons that make perfect sense to me, but not to anyone else.
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Artic Monkeys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm69M3jtZl4 There's a moment when you realise modern music has passed you by. This was mine. I like this track, I really do, but I don't get why people are claiming they're the second coming.
JCB - Nizlopi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3WhQB7Hq0Q This is a weird one because I saw them at De Montfort's student uni before this got released. They sound better live.
Bad Day - Daniel Powter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg I have no shame, and will admit to loving this video.
We Be Burnin' - Sean Paul - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUGFhVWPOFs Why yes, I did injure myself dancing to this.
Crazy Chick - Charlotte Church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64nY2DKxoyI She totally blew out her opera singing voice, but what was left was fabulous. I also like Call My Name by her - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_c4tDyGH4&feature=channel
1 Thing - Amerie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-zuRddeKI This always reminds me of the other housemate N.
Jerk It Out - The Caesars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an6A-Wu6-B4
From The Floorboards Up - Paul Weller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXd5G8inhwk So good it makes the CD I have it on skip half the time ;) And yes, that is the bass player from Ocean Colour Scene. And I strongly suspect the guitarist is theirs too.
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2AEwOtFHA
Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z45DOeaFkg&feature=fvst My favourite song of the past 10 years. The only song released in the 2000s that is on my top songs list. I love this.
Boys Will Be Boys - Ordinary Boys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGqjrNzDgNs&feature=related
You know what, Britpop vol 2 may have had some stinkers, but it had some crackers too.
I Like The Way (You Move) - BodyRockers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAOJ_azIvus
Shot You Down - Audio Bullys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovDz7b5I_pI
Dr Pressure - Mylo and Miami Sound Machine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9grWoCEZHFI
Special Cases
Back to Bedlam - James Blunt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyggTKDcOE Release 2004, went huge in 2005
Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYEU91d8ngc&feature=fvst So, I'm watching Jools and expecting Paul Weller. He's got a throat infection and can't perform, so we get this instead. And much though I love Paul Weller, definitely happy with the replacement :) (And squee, that was the first time I heard the Futureheads live, I think).
