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Time for our resident long-haired college radical (but still a darned nice guy) to offer his musical insights into mainstream Songfactor country, as we highlight

TheLizard's Personal Top Ten

I had an almost completely different list a few weeks ago that reflected my taste of music from the 50s until now, but there were so many well-known songs and songs that have already been in other PTT lists that I decided, since I've learned so much from this process, that I owe it to the Songfacts community to throw some music out there that they may not have heard. As such, here are 50 of my favorite songs from 2000-2010 (with a concentration on the last few years). - Tim

ABCs - K'naan (2009)

Barcelona - Plastiscines (2009)

Bright Lights - Black Mountain (2007)

The Calculation - Regina Spektor (2009)

California Queen - Wolfmother (2009)

Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs (2008)

A Children's Crusade On Acid - Margot & the Nuclear So and So's (2008)

Daniel - Bat For Lashes (2009)

Elephants - Them Crooked Vultures (2009)

Fortune Teller - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (2007)

The Funeral - Band of Horses (2006)

Hard Times - Patrick Wolf (2009)

How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead (2000)

Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

In My Room - The Last Shadow Puppets (2008)

It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry - Glasvegas (2008)

Last Dance - The Raveonettes (2009)

M79 - Vampire Weekend (2008)

New Pony - The Dead Weather (2009)

Northshore - Tegan & Sara (2009)

Norway - Beach House (2009)

Nothing To Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John (2009)

Oh My God - Ida Maria (2008)

Paranoia in B-Flat Major - The Avett Brothers (2007)

Power Doesn't Run On Nothing - The Thermals (2006)

Quiet Dog Bite Hard - Mos Def (2009)

The Rake's Song - The Decemberists (2009)

Romance is Boring - Los Campesinos! (2010)

Satin In A Coffin - Modest Mouse (2004)

Scalliwag - Gaelic Storm (2006)

Shake A Fist - Hot Chip (2008)

Silver Trembling Hands - Flaming Lips (2009)

Smokin' From Shootin' - My Morning Jacket (2008)

Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)

Sound of Your Voice - Barenaked Ladies (2006)

Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady (2006)

Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys (2007)

This Fire - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case (2009)

Uprising - Muse (2009)

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon (2008)

Vanities - Charlotte Gainsbourg (2009)

Wake Up - Arcade Fire (2004)

We Looked Like Giants - Death Cab For Cutie (2003)

When Your Mind's Made Up - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (2006)

Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis (2007)

Winter Dies - Midlake (2010)

Within A Mile of Home - Flogging Molly (2004)

You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (2006)

Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2009)

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The times they are a changin' into ballots over protest signs. So, put down that placard and

VOTE!

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1. Elephants - Them Crooked Vultures (2009)

2. Fortune Teller - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (2007)

3. Daniel - Bat For Lashes (2009)

4. New Pony - The Dead Weather (2009)

5. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon (2008)

6. Quiet Dog Bite Hard - Mos Def (2009)

7. Last Dance - The Raveonettes (2009)

8. Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

9. The Calculation - Regina Spektor (2009)

10. This Fire - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

This was incredibly, incredibly hard. Not necessarily in the same way that other lists have been hard, but more because this kind of music isn't what I listen to at all and I had to listen hard to pick my top 10. But I did and I enjoyed it. :)

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Tim, I've listened to your list and I'm still listening to some songs over again... I barely knew there or four out of the whole list... :cool: Very good picks!!! :thumbsup:

So it's being hard for me to vote...

1- You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (2006)

2- The Calculation - Regina Spektor (2009)

3- Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis (2007)

4- Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs (2008)

5- The Rake's Song - The Decemberists (2009)

6- Barcelona - Plastiscines (2009)

7- Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys (2007)

8- Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

9- Vanities - Charlotte Gainsbourg (2009)

10-Elephants - Them Crooked Vultures (2009)

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1. Icky Thump - The White Stripes

2. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse

3. Smokin' From Shootin' - My Morning Jacket

4. The Funeral - Band of Horses

5. The Rake's Song - The Decemberists

6. Last Dance - The Raveonettes

7. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

8. Barcelona - Plastiscines

9. A Children's Crusade On Acid - Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

10. Daniel - Bat For Lashes

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1. Snow - RHCP

2. Uprising - Muse

3. Barcelona - Plastiscines*

4. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse

5. This Fire - Franz Ferdinand

6. Whistle For The Choir - Fratellis*

7. Wake Up - Arcade Fire

8. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys

9. Icky Thump - White Stripes

10. Fortune Teller - Plant & Krauss*

*new to me

Kings of Leon might have made my list, if it were a lesser played song. :P

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Elephants-Them Crooked Vultures

Teddy Picker-Arctic Monkeys

Scalliwag-Gaelic Storm

The Funeral-Band Of Horses

Barcelona-Plasisines

California Queen-Wolfmother

Bright Lights-Black Mountain

Whistle For The Choir-The Fratellis

This Tornado Loves You-Neko Case

Smokin From Shootin-My Morning Jacket

This is probably the toughest list...I knew about 3 songs and listened to all of them...I could probably pick another 5 or so songs :cool:

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1.The Rake's Song - The Decemberists

2.Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs

3.A Children's Crusade On Acid - Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

4.You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse

5.Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers

6.The Funeral - Band of Horses

7.Gaelic Storm - Scalliwag

8.Smokin' From Shootin' - My Morning Jacket

9.The Calculation- Regina Spektor

10.Daniel - Bat For Lashes

Very cool list Tim :D

I didn't know most of the songs but knew quite a few of the artists. I almost put "The Rake's Song", on my PTT. Thanks for making me familiar with The Decemberists, I like just about every song I've heard by them :thumbsup:

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1. Fortune Teller - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (2007)

2. Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

3. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys (2007)

4. Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs (2008)

5. Smokin' From Shootin' - My Morning Jacket (2008)

6. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (2006)

7. Sound of Your Voice - Barenaked Ladies (2006)

8. California Queen - Wolfmother (2009)

9. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon (2008)

10 Within A Mile of Home - Flogging Molly (2004)

That was fun!

:cool:

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1-The Calculation - Regina Spektor (2009)

2-Barcelona - Plastiscines (2009)

3-Last Dance - The Raveonettes (2009)

4-Fortune Teller - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (2007)

5-You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (2006)

6-Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs (2008)

7-ABCs - K'naan (2009)

8-This Fire - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

9-Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady (2006)

10-Scalliwag - Gaelic Storm (2006)

Only 2 songs on this list that I'd heard before. Eight of them are totally new to me.

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1. Last Dance - Raveonettes

2. Satin In a Coffin - Modest Mouse

3. This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case

4. Within A Mile Of Home - Floggin' Molly

5. Uprising - Muse

6. This Fire - Franz Ferdinand

7. Quiet Dog Bite Hard - Mos Def

8. Winter Dies - Midlake

9. Silver Trembling Hands - Flaming Lips

10.Oh My God - Ida Maria

Didn't know a lot of these songs, but I really enjoyed it.

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1. Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers

2. The Calculation - Regina Spektor

3. Barcelona - Plastiscines

4. This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case

5. Paranoia in B-Flat Major - The Avett Brothers

6. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys

7. Fortune Teller - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

8. Quiet Dog Bite Hard - Mos Def

9. Scalliwag - Gaelic Storm

10. Smokin' From Shootin' - My Morning Jacket

Only familiar with TWO songs on your original list, Tim! Just goes to show our diversity here at Songfacts. I was very happy with my final voted 10 :D

Good listening. Thanks.

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One of the hardest lists to narrow down to just ten, so I didn't bother. :P

1. Wake Up - Arcade Fire

2. This Fire - Franz Ferdinand

3. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4. Nothing To Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John

5. Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys

6. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady

7. Elephants - Them Crooked Vultures

8. This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case

9. Shake A Fist - Hot Chip

10. Quiet Dog Bite Hard - Mos Def

11. Barcelona - Plastiscines

12. Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs

13. ABCs - K'naan

14. The Calculation - Regina Spektor

15. Northshore - Tegan & Sara

16. Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis

17. Daniel - Bat For Lashes

18. Winter Dies - Midlake

19. Norway - Beach House

20. New Pony - The Dead Weather

Definitely my kind of music, great choices Lizard. :D

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