It's time for the second annual Songs of the Year thread!

 

Rules:

1. Make a list of 5 to 25 songs, ranked numerically.

1. Eligible songs must have been released between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2012.

3. The songs can come from any singles, albums, EPs, compilations, or soundtracks, as long as they are original work. No live songs or rereleases.

4. You may list more than one song per artist.

 

Deadline: December 31 2012 at 11:59 pm GMT.

 

I will count up the votes and post the results soon after the deadline.

 

Note that this time I will do the scoring system a little bit differently, the same way that Space Cadet assigned points in her Albums of the Year threads:

 

 

Rank - Points

1 - 500

2 - 425

3 - 375

4 - 325

5 - 300

6 - 275

7 - 250

8 - 230

9 - 210

10 - 200

11 - 190

12 - 180

13 - 170

14 - 160

15 - 150

16 - 145

17 - 140

18 - 135

19 - 130

20 - 125

21 - 120

22 - 115

23 - 110

24 - 105

25 - 100

 

 

Lists:

Afshin_Noel G

Alien Radio

an angel

Brent

bubbleymonki

Cheese Nip 2

Corkus

Cyan Kat

domscientist

Italian Plastic

Jack Bauer

nobodyseditwaseasy08

para-para-parrotdies

Prospector

rainplay

The Final Track

Troxley

Wyrd

Are we treating songs like Thinkin Bout You (Frank Ocean) or Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen ) as 2011 or 2012 releases? they were released as singles late 2011 but released on albums this year.

They would count as 2011 releases.

 

edit: according to wikipedia, Thinking Bout You was released in April 2012.

1) Sigur Rós – Varúð

2) Jack White – sixteen saltines

3) Noel Gallagher - I'd Pick you every time (2012 demo)

4) Silversun Pickups – Skin Graph

5) Sigur Rós – Dauðalogn

6) Arctic monkeys – RU mine

7) The Vaccines – No Hope

8) The xx – Angles

9) The Walkmen – Heaven

10) Howler - Pythagorean Fearem

11) Silversun Pickups – Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)

12) The Vaccines – Bad Mood

13) Paul banks – the base

14) Arcade Fire - Abraham's Daughter

15) The Killers – Runaways

16) Palma violets – best of friends

17) The xx – Sunset

18) Jack White – Freedom at 21

19) Arctic Monkeys - Electricity

20) The cribs – come on, be a no-one

21) Smashing Pumpkins - Violet Rays

22) Howler - Back of Your neck

23) Noel Gallagher - Freaky Teeth (demo 2012)

24) Smashing Pumpkins – The Celestials

25) The Walkmen - Heartbreaker

They would count as 2011 releases.

 

edit: according to wikipedia, Thinking Bout You was released in April 2012.

 

ooh, it was definitely floating around the internet in 2011 but I guess it wasn't officially released till April

Yeah, so anything leaked before 2012 but released officially in 2012 is fair game.

all I could think of from this year(I believe); very weak year for rock music.

 

Or maybe you just didn't listen to a lot of music.

Or maybe you just didn't listen to a lot of music.

 

I am picky/stuck in the 90s but imo it wasn't a very good year at all, alot of hipster shit. lol

1) Radiohead – the daily mail

2) Sigur Rós – Varúð

3) Jack White – sixteen saltines

4) Radiohead – staircase

5) Silversun Pickups – Skin Graph

6) Sigur Rós – Dauðalogn

7) Arctic monkeys – RU mine

8) The Vaccines – No Hope

9) The xx – Angles

10) The Walkmen – Heaven

11) The cribs – come on, be a no-one

12) Silversun Pickups – Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)

13) The Vaccines – Bad Mood

14) Paul banks – the base

15) Smashing Pumpkins – The Celestials

16) The Killers – Runaways

17) Palma violets – best of friends

18) The xx – Sunset

19) Jack White – Freedom at 21

 

all I could think of from this year(I believe); very weak year for rock music.

 

Wait, do The Daily Mail and Staircase count?

nope

Also I think this year was an amazing year for music

Yeah, it's been incredible. I do kind of agree with that guy though it hasn't been great for rock music (this also might be because i have very little interest in rock music anymore)

1. Keane - Sovereign Light Cafe

2. Keane - The Starting Line

3. Keane - Sea Fog

4. Keane - Strangeland

5. Keane - Neon River

6. Keane - Watch How You Go

7. Keane - Myth

8. Keane - On The Road

9. Keane - Dificult Child

10. Keane - You Are Young

11. Laura Jansen ft. Tom Chaplin - Same Heart

 

I have a feeling this might be too much, but it really is my opinion...(I don't listen to that much)

17) Palma violets – best of friends

 

Just for this I want to marry you.

 

Palma Violets are fucking awesome. So awesome. :awesome:

 

(Also you have The Vaccines and Palma Violets yet no Howler... What gives?)

 

Anyway, I will give serious consideration to my list before posting it so... :thinking:

Okay, so you said that we can list more than one per artist, but what if all that was released this year that I really care about is by one band?

 

1. Keane - Sovereign Light Cafe

2. Keane - The Starting Line

3. Keane - Sea Fog

4. Keane - Strangeland

5. Keane - Neon River

6. Keane - Watch How You Go

7. Keane - Myth

8. Keane - On The Road

9. Keane - Dificult Child

10. Keane - You Are Young

 

I have a feeling this might be too much, but it really is my opinion...(I don't listen to that much)

I dunno, I guess that if enough people join the list, this wouldn't skew the results that much anyway. But on the other hand it seems ... well, strange

Yes! :bomb: It will be hard to pick the best 25, fo shoI dunno, I guess that if enough people join the list, this wouldn't skew the results that much anyway. But on the other hand it seems ... well, strange

Well, it is Strangeland after all. Yeah, I guess most of the other artists I listen to haven't released anything this year.

wait we can edit our lists later right

 

temporary list

 

01. Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You

02. Burial - Ashtray Wasp

03. Marina & The Diamonds - Primadonna

04. Hackman - Forgotten Notes

05. Ke$ha - Die Young

06. Panabrite - Index Of Gestures

07. Ricardo Donoso - The Bow & The Lyre

08. 2NE1 - I Love You

09. Carly Rae Jepsen - Turn Me Up

10. Andrés - New 4 U

11. T-ara - Lovey Dovey

12. Psy - Gangnam Style

13. Frank + Derol - Let iT Go

14. Ukkonen - Tellervo

15. Marina & The Diamonds - Hypocrates

16. Miguel - Adorn

17. XXXY - Everything

18. Actress - Serpent

19. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call me Maybe

20. Icona Pop - I Love It

21. Teyana Taylor - Make Your Move

22. Solange - Losing You

23. Usher - Climax

24. Lana Del Rey - Ride

25. Kahn - Angeles

1- Mark knopfler- dream of the drowned submariner

2- muse- Follow Me

3- Muse- Supremacy

4- Anathema- Untouchable, Part 2

5- Poets Of The Fall- Cradled in Love

6- muse- Explorers

7- Muse- Panic Station

8- Chris de Burgh- It's Such A Long Way Home

9-Mark knopfler- radio city serenade

10- Poets Of The Fall- Skin

11- Deus- The Soft Fall

12- Keane- Sovereign Light Café

13-Keane- The Starting Line

14- Rush- Caravan

15- Mark knopfler- go love

16-Chris de Burgh- Forevermore

17- The killers- Be Still

18- Muse- Big Freeze

19-The killers- The Way It Was

20- all will be quiet-a promise

21- Ronan keating- Love You and Leave You

22- Bob Dylan - Soon after Midnight

23- Leonard Cohen- Show Me The Place

24-Two Wounded Birds-Growing

25-blur-Under the Westway

^ (Noel G was last year); oh man, daily mail and staircase don't count, my list is dwindling.

Just for this I want to marry you.

 

Palma Violets are fucking awesome. So awesome. :awesome:

 

(Also you have The Vaccines and Palma Violets yet no Howler... What gives?)

 

Anyway, I will give serious consideration to my list before posting it so... :thinking:

 

oh i forgot howler, they're pretty good. I prefer the vaccines an palma violets; anything that sounds somewhat like the strokes is a-ok for me.

Can you class HLH as a 2012 song? :)

 

I do like Muse Madness

oh i forgot howler, they're pretty good. I prefer the vaccines an palma violets; anything that sounds somewhat like the strokes is a-ok for me.

 

Thought something was amiss!

 

I think I prefer Howler > Palma Violets > The Vaccines.

 

Although this probably will change in a few days because at the moment I am stanning Howler after interviewing them. Standard pretty much.

Okay, so you said that we can list more than one per artist, but what if all that was released this year that I really care about is by one band?

 

1. Keane - Sovereign Light Cafe

2. Keane - The Starting Line

3. Keane - Sea Fog

4. Keane - Strangeland

5. Keane - Neon River

6. Keane - Watch How You Go

7. Keane - Myth

8. Keane - On The Road

9. Keane - Dificult Child

10. Keane - You Are Young

 

I have a feeling this might be too much, but it really is my opinion...(I don't listen to that much)

 

This isn't against the rules, but I honestly think this is overkill.

 

Can you class HLH as a 2012 song? :)

 

No. The single may have been released in 2012, but it comes of a 2011 album, so it's classified as a 2011 song.

 

Anyway, as Natt said, I'm going to have to really think about this before I post a list, if I do one at all. I'm so indecisive when it comes to ranking.

R U Mine is definitely on my list, and Electricity probably is too. I don't want to have like 18 songs from one artist so I'll have to sort through which 2nd Law songs are my favorites....

 

Probably 16 Saltines and Love Interrupted for Jack White too....I'll have to come back to this when I have a more comprehensive list:)

 

Also, in the case of Noel Gallagher, does Freaky Teeth count? It's been played live for a while now but is just getting an official release now.

1. Susanne Sundfør - Rome

2. Lost In The Trees - Neither Here Nor There

3. Spleen United - It's a Wild Life

4. The Rumour Said Fire - Nocturne IV/Mist

5. The Rumour Said Fire – Beneath The Waves

6. Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes

7. The Rumour Said Fire - Destroyer

8. Wild Nothing - Paradise

9. Choir Of Young Believers - The Third Time

10. Lana Del Rey – National Anthem

11. The Rumour Said Fire – Provence III

12. Efterklang - Sedna

13. The Raveonettes - She Owns The Streets

14. Beach House – Lazuli

15. I LIKE TRAINS - Mnemosyne

16. The Rumour Said Fire – The Oracle

17. The Shins – The Riffle’s Spiral

18. Passion Pit – Take a Walk

19. St. Lucia – All Eyes On You

20. The Gathering – I Can See Four Miles

21. Sigur Rós - Varúð

22. Ariel’s Pink Haunted Graffiti – Symphony Of The Nymph

23. Guillemots – Outside

24. Grizzly Bear – Yet Again

25. Animal Collective – Today’s Supernatural