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| Songs of the Year 2007 by Neil Evans |
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| Chances are there will be no more good music released in 2007 so we will now try to offend you with our year end list of the songs we liked the most this year. While these certainly aren't the songs that sold the most records, received the most radio air play or got the most press on lame hipster blogs. These are songs that can be backed up with musical arguments, not just bullshit conjecture. We're keeping it short because most songs sucked this year. Enjoy. #5 Foo Fighters - The Pretender A great rock track from a band that I could care less about. What elevates the song past anything Nickelback or Daughtry released this year is a full throttle beat and driving chorus with a somewhat haunting cello melody weaving throughout. #4 Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - My Love Probably the best of the twenty singles released from JT's overrated album. Classic Timbaland beat (which got recycled about four times this year: Bobby Valentino "Anonymous", Omarion "Ice Box") and the obvious hot rapper du jour cameo (T.I.) makes is a smash. #3 Rhianna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella The summer jam of the year. Heavily covered and annoyingly quoted, but the hook is tight and auto-tune never sounded better. Plus, I love that the umbrella/vagina/sex metaphor went totally ignored by basically everyone. Ooh baby it's raining! #2 Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing/Stronger/Good Life Kanye should probably be number one but I already gave him the best album and I couldn't pick just one single. Good Life is my overall favorite, but Stronger is a club banger and Can't Tell Me Nothing is a street anthem. Whatever your favorite, Kanye brought the heat this year and he better get some awards this year or he can rightfully shove some Grammy's up the Academy's ass. #1 Fall Out Boy - The Take Over, The Break's Over Odd choice? Maybe. You see, I hate almost everything about FOB except their music and in a scene where style is more important than substance, actual skill can be overlooked (in the studio and songwriting, not live; I am not deaf or insane). The song is pop perfection with soaring melodies, a hard enough chorus and a bridge that screams classic Elvis Costello. Masterfully produced, the track is accented with piano in all the right places and I really don't care that what Patrick Stump is singing about is unintelligible and unimportant. Stump is the band and that's fine with me. |
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