Monday, December 29, 2008

2008 IN LISTS

(great los campesinos reference in the title of this post... ehheh)

TOP 4 TIMES I SAW VAMPIRE WEEKEND IN 2008
1) summerstage. guh.
2) saturday at terminal 5.
3) bowery ballroom album release show. (this is #3 because about half the time i could not hear them playing. however it did supplant architecture in helsinki 6/8/07 as the sweatiest experience of my life)
4) wednesday at terminal 5.

TOP 5 EMBARRASSING CHORUSES I YELLED IN 2008
1) "my body is your body. i won't tell anybody. if you want to use my body go for it." --- we are scientists, "nobody move nobody get hurt." 11/22
2) "i fucked my american cunt." --- the teenagers, "homecoming." 12/3
3) "do you want to fuck, like you know i do?" --- vampire weekend, "cape cod kwassa kwassa." 1/29, 6/14, 12/3, 12/6
4) "i said ooh girl! shock me like an electric eel!" --- mgmt, "electric feel." 7/28
5) "all all all your soaking wet dreams, you've spent them, you have gone and dreamt them dry!" --- ra ra riot, "ghost under rocks." 7/19, 8/19, 10/16

TOP 6 SEXIEST PEOPLE I UNFORTUNATELY SPENT THE MAJORITY OF CONCERTS STARING AT IN 2008
1) ezra koenig (vampire weekend). 1/29, 6/14, 12/3, 12/6
2) keith murray (we are scientists). 11/22
3) ed macfarlane (friendly fires). 12/9
4) andrew vanwyngarden (mgmt). 7/28
5) alexandra lawn (ra ra riot). 7/19, 8/19, 10/16
6) andrew bird. 10/2

TOP 3 "MAINSTREAM" SONGS I REALLY UNDENIABLY LOVED IN 2008
1) beyonce, "single ladies (put a ring on it)"
2) rihanna, "disturbia"
3) t.i. & rihanna, "live your life"
(i have not listened to the carter III yet. i will sooner or later)

TOP 6 BEST COVERS OF 2008
1) architecture in helsinki, "beef in a box" (iq) (they'd been playing this live as early as june 07 but it was only released this year on the like it or not ep. really, really, really good)
2) vampire weekend, "don't come around here no more" (tom petty) (i also saw them cover blondie and fleetwood mac and heard them cover plastic bertrand)
3) spoon, "panic" (the smiths)
4) the last shadow puppets, "SOS" (rihanna)
5) friendly fires, "i'm good i'm gone" (lykke li)
6) ezra koenig + fucked up, "someone's gonna die tonight" (blitz). if you have not seen this... you need to watch this

TOP 5 BEST LYRICS OF 2008
1) "i said ooh, girl! shock me like an electric eel! i said baby girl! turn me on with your electric feel." mgmt, "electric feel"
2) "is your bed made? is your sweater on? do you want to fuck, like you know i do?" vampire weekend, "cape cod kwassa kwassa"
3) "when i arrive will you wake if i open the door?" ra ra riot, "saint peter's day festival"
4) "you and me in the photobooth. waiting for the flash, close the curtain underneath. you and me like young lovers do. timing for the kiss and close enough to hear you breathe." friendly fires, "photobooth"
5) "i am my mother's only one." bon iver, "flume"

TOP 5 SEXIEST JAMZ OF 2008
1) friendly fires, "on board"
2) mgmt, "electric feel"
3) passion pit, "sleepyhead"
4) ra ra riot, "ghost under rocks" (don't know why i find this sexy but i do)
5) vampire weekend, "ottoman" (if only for "you sweat like a teenager")

TOP 5 BANDS I WANT TO LIKE BUT REALLY CAN'T
1) los campesinos!
2) dirty projectors
3) mystery jets
4) airborne toxic event
5) high places

TOP 3 BANDS THAT I DON'T LIKE BUT WITH ONE SONG I REALLY LIKE
1) deerhunter. "never stops"
2) of montreal. "gallery piece"
3) los campesinos! "you, me, dancing"

TOP 5 BANDS I REALLY JUST DON'T LIKE
1) black moth super rainbow
2) telepathe
3) blitzen trapper
4) love is all
5) atlas sound

TOP 6 THINGS I AM REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED FOR IN 2009
1) GRIZZLY BEAR AT AN OPERA HOUSE WITH A PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
2) RA RA RIOT IN PARIS
3) the recorded version of WHITE SKY, aka. the jam of all jams, aka. that song that makes me cry like a baby for no reason
4) the recorded versions of WRITING TO YOU IN REVERSE and WHO BACKS YOUR MONEY.
5) new grizzly bear and animal collective
6) discovery's promise to be "coming hard at you in 2009"

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