<![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:10:37 EST Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:10:37 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3428471 @bcapirigi: "Heart In Motion" was the first tape I ever bought for myself. Usually I just listened to the oldies my parents listened to on the radio. My first CD was Matthew Sweet's "100% Love," which I bought when it came out. Still have it to this day. Can't say the same for Amy Grant, though.

MissPeacock

]]> 33:329612:c3428471 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:10:37 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3194068 kudos to jess for figuring out how to pimp Gawker's new "Pay by Page Views" thing.

Weezy F Baby

]]> 33:329612:c3194068 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:47:53 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3187651 I swear 'Baby, Baby' was played before every single Indians game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in '91, along with Michael Jackson's 'Jam' and Shanice's 'I Love Your Smile'. I think those were the only 3 songs they had.

AL

]]> 33:329612:c3187651 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:48:39 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3187167 @maura:
oops. i'm a big dope. forget i said that.

bcapirigi

]]> 33:329612:c3187167 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:26:07 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3186464 27 times 2 isn't 40? Aw, crap.

Chris N.

]]> 33:329612:c3186464 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:51:57 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3186355 I know I'm regarded as the big pop apologist 'round these parts, but I have always hated "Baby, Baby," mostly for its overuse (drowning, really) in the kind of keening turn-of-the-'90s synths that suffused such other pop "classics" as "Wind Beneath My Wings." I don't think you have to be a pop grouch to hate this song.

Out of the Top 10 of '91 that Casey counts down in that video (segments two and three are available if you follow the link to YouTube), the ones that I remain fond of are EMF's "Unbelieveable," Extreme's "More Than Words" and (if you ignore the ooky lyrics and don't watch the dated video) Color Me Badd's "I Wanna Sex You Up" (I know, but it was an original sound back then). The Hi-Five tune is a little better than I remembered it, too. I did enjoy C+C's "Gonna Make You Sweat" back in the day, but the video has aged poorly (the skinny model lip-synching to Martha Wash is now stomach-turning) and...oy, Freedom Williams, were we ever that naïve? I also still can't stand the Bryan Adams and Paula Abdul songs, and that Timmy T joint is some seriously forgotten ballady schlockiness.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:329612:c3186355 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:46:13 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3186219 Did anyone else spot the Pitchfork slam?

SuperUnison

]]> 33:329612:c3186219 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:38:23 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3185843 @bcapirigi: There are 19 publishing days (including today) left in December. (Weekends not included, obv, and we get the day off on Christmas.) We're going to have 8-7-6 run on Thursday, Dec. 27, and 5-4-3 run on Dec. 28. The countdown will finish up on New Year's Eve.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:329612:c3185843 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:20:09 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3185467 Also, aren't there like 27 days left in December? 27 times 2 isn't 40.

bcapirigi

]]> 33:329612:c3185467 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:01:02 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3185440 Heart In Motion by Amy Grant was my first CD. Kind of accidentally, because I wasn't allowed to touch my parents' CD player and I had asked for the tape and my grandmother didn't notice the difference between tapes and CDs. Still, I, um, haven't gotten rid of it yet. There it sits, on my CD rack, right in-between Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Green Day*. Because it's kind of not that bad. Baby Baby and Every Heartbeat are kind of.... well, good, frankly.

(*I'm not at home right now so I'm not really sure if that's what it's in-between, but it's something like that.)

bcapirigi

]]> 33:329612:c3185440 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:59:49 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3184572 @SomeSound-MostlyFury: phail!

Anyway, I fotgot that Amy Grant was actually really cute back in the day. Can we revisit "Baby, Baby," or is that not open for any critical appreciation?

Halfwit

]]> 33:329612:c3184572 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:08:33 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3184437 Love the video Jess! A 'kurt' (eh?) reminder of just how mind-blowing Nirvana were at the time! I just bought the Descendents 'Sour Grapes' on iTunes, and Henry Rollins' spoken word atrocity 'Family Man'. Neither of those songs are relevant to your prospective list. Go team!

jetblackturd

]]> 33:329612:c3184437 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:29 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3184253 *will be*

SomeSound-MostlyFury

]]> 33:329612:c3184253 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:44:32 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3184242 So I'm assuming the top ten songs will the tracklist for In Rainbows, right? Right?

SomeSound-MostlyFury

]]> 33:329612:c3184242 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:43:33 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3184185 Lists: You are part of the problem.

zapfdingbats

]]> 33:329612:c3184185 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:39:21 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3184134 @GovernmentNames: great, now you've spoiled the twist ending where the greatest song of the year is whatever you truly want it to be in your hearts.

Jess Harvell

]]> 33:329612:c3184134 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:36:39 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3183990 @jambajim: Except that would be some lame "the person of the year is YOU" bullshit and not at all bad-ass.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:329612:c3183990 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:26:09 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3183839 Casey: "To give you an idea of how fresh a year [1991] was, six of the Top 10 were by brand-new acts!"

...most of whom were never heard from again after 1993.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:329612:c3183839 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:13:05 EST <![CDATA[Idolator's Year-End Top 40: Because You Can Never Have Enough Download Recommendations In Your Life]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/idolator.s-2007-top-40-list-of-awesomeness/idolators-year+end-top-40-because-you-can-never-have-enough-download-recommendations-in-your-life-329612.php#c3183828 at first i didn't read all the text (because i don't like to read) and when i saw the blank list i thought you guys were making a really ironic and bad-ass statement about how silly top 10 lists are.

but nope. you're just like the rest of us.

jambajim

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