Music Song of the century

calodo2003 said:
Can’t believe it turns 20 next year.
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It seems longer ;)

I was never a huge fan and their 4 or 5 good tunes have been so overplayed everywhere I've become very bored with them.

My wife went to see them just before Christmas (I declined) and she was very disappointed. Charismaectomy. Concert by numbers.
 
Moby said:
This sounds more like ignorance where you've stopped exploring new music as you got older and are only considering things that get popular. A bunch of stuff created by people like Steven Wilson in the last decade or so isn't just on par but fecking towering above a bunch of stuff that got popular in the 70s or whatever. Maybe stop putting the same five albums on repeat and try something new.
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Not as bad as most recent music but Wilson is still very bland.
 
Has to be a Fleet Foxes song. I’ll come back when I’ve decided which one.
 
Heardy said:
Mr Brightside tends to be polarising.

A lot of people love it, but so many are utterly sick of hearing it. It’s a bit of an anthem though that pretty much every one can sing along to.
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It’s a fairly good song. Marty Casey’s version was better than the Killers who weren’t a great band.
 
What’s this Steve Wilson’s claim to song of the century?
 
Throwing some iconic songs out there, the answer in bold:

2001 - Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
2001 - Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
2002 - Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
2002 - The Vines - Get Free
2003 - The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
2003 - Hoobastank - The Reason
2004 - The Killers - Mr Brightside
2005 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
2005 - Foo Fighters - Best of You
2005 - Green Day - Wake me up when September ends
2006 - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
2006 - Amy Winehouse - Rehab
2006 - Shakira - Hips don't Lie
2007 - Rihanna - Umbrella
2007 - M.I.A - Paper Planes
2007 - My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
2009 - Black Eyed Peas - I gotta feeling
2010 - Eminem/Rihanna - Love the way you lie
2011 - Maroon 5 - Moves like Jagger
2011 - Snoop Dogg/Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild and Free
2012 - Gotye - Somebody that I used to know
2013 - Daft Punk - Get Lucky
2013 - Arctic Monkeys - Do I wanna know?
2014 - Pharrel Williams - Happy
2015 - Justin Bieber - Sorry
2017 - Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

I think I'm painfully misinformed about the last 10 years or so though.
 
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Some of my favs:

The Strokes - Last Nite
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Arctic Monkeys - 505
 
Moby said:
feck all you guys who don't think it's In The End. Nothing else comes close

ONE THING I DON'T KNOW WHY
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Agreed, great song.

Linkin Park - In The End
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
Arctic Monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Agreed, great song.
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I mean without being disrespectful to a bunch of other legendary bands that contributed heavily to that era, if you had to pick one band that defined that era which is one of the greatest metal eras ever, it is pretty much them and as insane it is to pick one album let alone one of their songs, you'd generally end up going HT and from that, it is likely going to be that as their signature track.

So that pretty much objectively answers the thread title.
 
Scarlett Dracarys said:
Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar
Audioslave - Like a Stone
N***as in Paris - Jay-Z and that other person
Lost - Frank Ocean
Yellow - Coldplay
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I genuinely thought you were taking the piss until I read the rest of your list after Imagine Dragons.
 
Wibble said:
Not sure if serious.
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Hoboman said:
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Radiohead - Reckoner
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
Queens of the Stone Age - Better Living Through Chemistry
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Steven Wilson-routine

I haven't heard a song that hits that deep.
 
Moby said:
Being a part of that album's live tour will remain as one of the most incredible experiences of my lifetime.


Love them to bits. But for me this is the one:

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Also quality. I love YHIM due to the connection to both the TV show & movie ‘Friday Night Lights.’
 
Moby said:
This sounds more like ignorance where you've stopped exploring new music as you got older and are only considering things that get popular. A bunch of stuff created by people like Steven Wilson in the last decade or so isn't just on par but fecking towering above a bunch of stuff that got popular in the 70s or whatever. Maybe stop putting the same five albums on repeat and try something new.
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This must be a pisstake. I like Porcupine Tree, but steady
 
It's quite obviously Mr Brightside by the Killers.
Been in the top 100 constantly since its release, near enough everyone knows it, still gets played by every generation, is a true modern classic which will last decades.

Certainly not my favourite tune in the world but looking at it subjectively it's hard to make a case against it.
 
Moby said:
Being a part of that album's live tour will remain as one of the most incredible experiences of my lifetime.
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Sorry what??? You mean you worked for the tour as an engineer or you are Gavin Harrison or someone like this? :lol:
 
Moby said:
:lol: No just witnessing them live at the time it came out.
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Ah OK. I misunderstood. Yeah, I have only watched live versions in YouTube and it still seems amazing. I imagine live is an experience that it makes you indeed part of it.
 
BTW for all those who mention Mr brightside, from now on when you listen to it, you will think of Beethoven

 
Wibble said:
Not sure if serious.
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I quite enjoyed it. Admittedly being a darned old fashioned English speaking Neanderthal I'd like to know the words so I can sing along. They seem great fun live.

But ultimately I couldn't help wondering why I wasn't seeing an anime intro. :wenger:
 
Mr Pigeon said:
I genuinely thought you were taking the piss until I read the rest of your list after Imagine Dragons.
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Haha Imagine Dragons is a guilty pleasure of mine. You know how songs reminds us of a certain point in our lives? I used to listen to this a lot when I was at my lowest of lows so it has a special meaning to me. It reminds me that I can get through almost anything.
 
You know imagine dragons are bad when the meme parody edits of their songs are better than the originals





 
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