My Favorite Songs of 2007!

Another year of my favorite songs, new songs that came out this past year or older songs that I discovered hopping around here and there one way or another. Again, like previous yearly posts, I'd be glad to make a mp3 disc for anyone who is interested. Just let me know! Enjoy the new year while I reflect on the past, Bull-Roar Fans!

Here are the songs in no real particular order, just randomly dropped into the mix!

Read A Book----D'Mite
[A bunch of my favorite songs this year are compiled from watching little clips and videos on the internet. This song is from a video originally aired on BET a satire on black hip-hop culture, which I feel applies to all people. Yeeah! Youtube Video Link]

Never Stop (Discotheque)----Echo and the Bunnymen
[Measure by measure, drop by drop, A pound for pound this song always rocks!]

Aquaman----The Linger Effect
[A somber, dreamy reflection of childhood, this reminds me a lot of Liz Phair's early demo-tracks. And, one must remember, the song of the sea is a sad one.]

The Beat Goes On (By Offer Nissim Remix)----Madonna
[Somehow, I heard this remix of a leaked song off of Madonna's upcoming album. It's not coming out until sometime next year in the US, but I guess this song and its remix is a big hit in the danceclubs of Brazil. I keep on waiting, anticipating more, more, more Madonna- this mix is intense!]

Candy Shop----Madonna
[Her last album was my favorite so far, but I'm so looking forward to the next one. She's been working with Timbaland and Pharrel Williams. She's going more for an urban groove as opposed to the Moroder disco-stylings of Confessions. Sticky and Sweet!]

Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth----The Brunettes
[Pure pop perfection! A cheerleaders crescendo meets wall-of-sound! This New Zealand group is terrific to see live, go check 'em out if you can!]

Hey Mr. Magic----Pamela Stanley
[This year I got hooked on a Seventies internet radio-station that played tons of awesome disco. This particular song by Ms. Stanley stood out, and I spent a looooooong time searching it out trying to get an mp3 of this ode to the DJ!

Little Star (Static Revenger Mix)----The Elegants
[Whenever one thinks of a remix, they think of some danceclub grind or disco-diva tune; so how refreshing to hear an old fifties tune reworked so flawlessly! From the soundtrack album for the movie "Destroy All Humans" this song sits along other remixed oldies likte the Crewcuts "Sh-Bom" and the Chordettes' "Lollipop", as well as great new songs like Kelis and Timo Maas' "Help Me." Now, I only have to see the movie!]

D.A.N.C.E.----Justice
[The Langley Schools Music Project meets the Go Team! I get up out of my chair everytime I hear it!]

Gimme More (Live at the VMA)----Britney Spears
[This song is important to me, because it represents everything shitty about modern top-40 MTV pop music today. I saw the video of Britney opening up the VMA's and f-ing up sooooo badly that I LOVED IT! It's like she is a pop-terrorist ripping apart the music industry machine from the inside---it's Britney, bitch!]

Bonafied Lovin----Chromeo
[This is smoove! Get up and groove! Listen to that keyboard!]

Love Me or Hate Me----Lady Sovereign
[Any song that starts with the line, "Yeah, it's officially the biggest midget in the game...I don't know..." has got to be on my list! Thanks to my friend Evan for posting this on his Myspace profile page. Spunky English Crunk!]

Skeletor/Beastman!----Gnarkill
[I'm disturbed how much I dug this horribe, immature exercise in toy-related filth! Basically, it's a challenge/duet between the two villians from the Masters of the Universe going on what they're going to do each other sexually. I think a naughty ten year old could have written this song, but somehow it gets so stuck in my head- thanks Jeff P.!!! Youtube Video Link]

Bin Laden----Mos Def, Immortal Technique
[Another thanks to Jeff P. for also showing me the video to this song on Youtube. Youtube Video Link An insurgent statement on who really knocked down the towers. You have to watch out who you hum this song in front of...]

Feeling Free----Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators
[Great modern soul made with real instruments and vocals, all from...Finland? Oh man, this stuff is soooo great, my body melts to it!]

Waiting for the Man----OMD
[An awesome, awesome new-wave remake of the Velvet Underground's hit song, this came off OMD's first full album and was recently included in a compilation CD of new-wave artists covering classic songs put out by Nouvelle Vague!]

Hustle On----Evidence
[A brilliant introduction to their "Red Tape Instrumentals" album; I discovered this song, along with a few others on this year's list by going to Strictly Discs on Monroe St. I'm so glad for their listening stations!]

Mushaboom----Feist
[I'll admit song first seemed kind of "VH1-ey" to me, but it quickly caught on with its soaring chorus.]

Fidelity----Regina Spektor
[Like Mushaboom, this song seems kinda cutesy in a coffeeshop way and was really not my style, but it did get stuck in my head - quite a bit!]

Be With You---Atomic Kitten
[A Romantic, English, Swirling-Dance, Girl-Groove Disco-anthem that makes you glad that you're in love! A direct descendent of OMD and the beautiful, heavenly cousin of those Spice Girls tarts!]

Shoes----Liam Sullivan
[Another Youtube song favorite. Here's a link to the video, now let's party! Youtube Video Link]

Kiss, Kiss, Kiss----Yoko Ono with Peaches
[Earlier this year Yoko invited many musicians to take her back catalog and rework the songs for her Yes, I'm a Witch album. This track shows the mastery of one of my favorites, the electro-glam, rauch-diva Peaches. Unforgetable!]

Main Title (Voyage Under the Sea)/ The Super Sub----Frankie Avalon (Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter)
[This opening song for the old fifties adventure movie Voyage Under the Sea was my Myspace profile song for awhile after I discovered it on one of Frankie Avalon's pages on that site. It was nice of him to include the song for download too! This song of the sea isn't as sad as most sea-songs are; it's a bit more romantic and inspiring!]

True Confessions----Bananarama
[I've loved Bananarama for awhile but it wasn't until this year that I got their albums in my possession, thanks to the dollar bin at the local Half Price Books store. This great sing-along is from the group's album of the same name as the song. Bananarama made some pop gold here!

I Can't Help It----Bananarama
[This song is from another Bananarama album I purchased from the dollar bin. Wow! is a bit more pop and seems to have this incredible power to get you out of your seat and perform body movements akin to jazzercise. Now see what happens when you put in the player in the car like I did!]

My Piano----Hot Chip
[An infectious song from the electro-pop and dj masters Hot Chip from their album they put together for the DJ Kicks series. I am a HUGE fan of DJ Kicks, so should you!]

How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?----Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
[An excellent modern addition to the soul/funk genre. Thanks Shelli, for sharing this song with me!]

Dem Dong (Winter Night)----Phuong Dung
[Here's another song I'm grateful to my friend Shelli for introducing me to. I've tried to find some info on to share with you all; but, all I found out that it's a Vietnamese oldie. Haunting and mysterious!

Ode to Zach Braff----SuperSecretProject
[ZB 4-eva! This is a great Youtube find where this guy is a huuuge fan of Zach Braff, star of Scrubs and Garden State, and wrote a song about his affection for him. Todd sent me the link and it became a favorite about the time of my road trip with Pam and Jeremy this summer. Youtube Video Link]

Man Vs. Nature----Killdozer
[Youtube Video Link A great musical synopsis of three early 1970's disaster films, the Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, and the Towering Inferno. Funny, educational (kinda, some of the facts are wrong), and a total blast all from the true originators of grunge music and the deadpan growl, local Madison band Killdozer!]

Dance Into My Life----Donna Summer
[Another disco-internet discovery; you can really hear the influence of producer Giorgio Moroder (whom I admire) in this one!]

Sweet Charlie Babe----Jackie Moore
[Upbeat soul song from the early 1970's - makes one smile!]

Gravity's Rainbow----Klaxons
[Dance-punk that embeds itself into your mind and soul and makes you groove. I think of this song as a super-hero love song!]

My Humps----Alanis Morissette
[Youtube Video Link What a great April Fool's joke. Alanis spoofs the hip-hop band Black-Eyed Peas song singing it slow, mournful rendition. Very clever and funny- I wasn't ever a huge fan of her's, but I give her credit for making me laugh and for making me like her version of the song.]

Ugly Primadonna----Datarock
[This March was Datarock month for me. Shelli, Matt, and I drove down the Empty Bottle in Chicago and rocked out to these crazy Norwegians. I got into them last year, but this song was in my heavy rotation this year - yay!]

Earth Intruders (Mark Stent's Extended Edit)----Björk
[Always inventive, my favorite Icelandic nymph gives birth to another masterpiece - part tribal dance, rock opera, Scooby-Doo mystery music, and techno-urban grooveshaker!]

I Can't Stay Mad at You----Jonathan Richman
[I fell in love the Scottish group Camera Obscura this year and I heard they did a cover of Skeeter Davis' big hit. While on the hunt for their version, I came across Mr. Richaman's acoustical guitar stylings. I love it!]

This Past Week----The Radio Dept.
[This band is the Swedish amalgamation of moodiness, self-reflection, and long drives or walks. One part My Bloody Valentine, another part Pet Shop Boys and Junior Boys. I feel like such an idealistic teenager when I hear songs like this.]

Danger Sign----Carol Williams
[My dad, of all people, wanted me to find this song for him earlier this year, which led me to my discovery of the internet disco station. Nice use of flute and a great message about getting hurt in relationships. A great feel-good groove about feeling bad!]

Murder on the Dancefloor----Sophie Ellis Bextor
[A discofied groove thinly wrapped up in a very deadly threat! Sashay that weapon away from here!]

A Smile and a Ribbon----Patience and Prudence
[Three things to mention about why this song is on my list: 1. Its inclusion in Daniel Clowes' graphic novel and motion picture Ghost World. 2. This youtube clip. Youtube Video Link 3. It was going to be included in my setlist for my conceptual band I named Americer (as in, I'm more Americer than you. I'm faster, bigger, better than you!), which was the sideproject from the conceptual band Pam, Matt, and I invented while brainstorming over dinner at the OCB. It's kind of a mantra for trying something better than you are now. You aren't good the way you are, you have to smile and wear a frickin' ribbon- and tah-dah, you're better...but remember someone else is out there who might be better....so smile more and wear a bigger and brighter ribbon!!!!!!]

Trippin' On the Moon Suite (Cerrone Mix)----Claudja Barry
[This song makes me want to make a groovey disco-fi movie! Advenure! Fun! Excitement! Danger! Intrigue! Sexuality!]

Tonight You Belong to Me----Patience and Prudence
[Another Patience and Prudence classic from the late fifties. A mix of Patty Duke or Hayley Mills meets the Peanuts kids choir meets stalkerville! Here was a great youtube video kind of like the other one I found: Youtube Video Link]

Pillow Talk----Sylvia
[This is the silky-soul Sylvia, not the early 80's pop-country, my-man's-been-cheating Sylvia that I love so much. Just as fun, though! She's having so much fun in bed she's starts speaking baby Spanish, aye, aye, aye!]

Let's Get Out of This Country----Camera Obscura
[Many Camera Obscura songs dominate this list of mine. I only listened to their new album non-stop for about three months! Any song that uses the term "bee's knees" makes me happy. Oh, and I so identify with this song....I better get my passport soon...!]

Razzle Dazzle Rose----Camera Obscura
[This album was on heavy rotate at the time that Tobey-Cat died. This song comes swelling in like a quiet nighttime storm. Tears are shed....]

If Looks Could Kill----Camera Obscura
[I want to grab someone by the arm to start dancing around the house whenever I hear this song! If outdoors, I want to start rolling down hills!]

Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken----Camera Obscura
[How dreamy...sigh!!!!]

Proper Education----Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd
[Mash-up songs usually have mixed results, but this one really worked for me. Maybe because I'm a student again and I have teachers that don't ever seem to leave us kids alone! Anyway, it's groovy!]

Candy Girl----Soviet
[This is a romantic electro-pop masterpiece!]

Lovely 2 C U (T. Raumschmiere Remix)----Goldfrapp
[This is one of the best tracks off of Goldfrapp's album "We Are Glitter", a glam-fabulous collection of remixes of some of their best songs, all great dancehits on their own. Pure Electro-spice!]

Painter in Your Pocket----Destroyer
[A strange dichotomy, where at first I think I really hate this guy's voice, but then about 45 seconds into the song I feel my heartstrings and groovestrings being pulled. "Hey, there's Christine...", thanks, Jeremy!]

Born on the Cusp----The American Analog Set
[A driving self reflective, moody use of vibraphone and acoustic guitar. Another song Jeremy introduced me to!]

Bedtime Story (Orbital Mix)----Madonna
[I'm still amazed that I'm finding Madonna songs I haven't heard before. This is best of the crop of the old songs that I first heard this year. Written by Bjork, sang by Madonna, mixed by Orbital---sweet.]

I Can't Stay Mad at You----Camera Obscura
[One of two covers Camera Obscura performed based on two of my favorite oldies. This one is a cover of Skeeter Davis' hit song. It really enforces your love for a band when they love, perform, and record the same songs you admire...all while bringing their own distinct style to it and not ruining it. Swoon!]

More Than Physical----Bananarama
[Everyone, especially Jeremy, is probably sick of hearing me singing, in my muttering fashion, key phrases from this song! "Baby, I'm waiting, anticipating.... I can't disguise it, I'm so excited..."]

The Get Go----New Young Pony Club
[Party-hopping art-student music!]

Sound and Vision----David Bowie
[I've checked out tons (really!), tons of CD's from the public library this year trying to hear music I haven't listened to before, wondering the whole time why I haven't yet! This is my favorite of all of them! It takes me to another place!]

All Summer Long----The Beach Boys
[After getting hit head-on late last year by the Truck-Slayer, I was at a loss how I was going to get to my College Physics class for spring semester. MATC wasn't offering the course I needed at the time I could take it at at my campus, so I enrolled at the Watertown campus. My dad was cool enough to lend me his Ford Aspire (the Ass-fire) and the Beach Boys tape in the player until my truck was fixed (resurected like Jesus, more like it!). As this was the only music I would listen to, for I have forsaken the FM radio, and the AM station I liked could only broadcast so far, and I had no cassette tapes of my own anymore, I learned to love the collection of Beach Boy songs I was given. I will always remember my commute to class and the Lake Mills high school classroom my class was moved to whenever I hear this one!]

Na Na Na----The Knife
[Gameshow countdown music meets etheral wood nymph meets KNIFE! Thanks, Shelli!]

I Don't Need Love, I've Got My Band----The Radio Dept.
[I'm such a sensitive teenager at heart!]

I Love How You Love Me----Camera Obscura
[This is the Scottish group's rendition of the Paris Sisters' classic. I searched and searched for this song and I love how this song loves me!]

Give Me Danger----Dangerous Muse
[Electro-Nipple-rock.]

NY, You Got Me Dancing----Andrea True Connection
[I haven't been to NY all year, but I'm still dancing (to disco music by an early 1970's porn-star)!]

Melody----Jack Wild
[Thanks to my friend Kyle's love of old Saturday morning cartoons, he lent me a CD of old Josie and the Pussycat songs with this one included. Jack Wild, a sparky, Oliveresque English lad singing about Melody Jones, his Melody Jones reminds me of when I was a kid and I made up a character called Puberty Jones...I dunno what to say about that!]

Zodiacs----Roberta Kelly/ Giorgio Moroder
[This one is on the list because it is both a little strange and fun to listen to. Astrology in a song...a disco song!]

Roscoe----Midlake
[Thanks to my friend Mark, I discovered this gem. I get a feel of Radiohead meets Fleetwood Mac...anyway, this song seems like it was birthed in a cave- primal and wanting.]

Sweetie----Josh Rouse
[Josh Rouse is one of America's finest troubadours (though he has forsaken us for the coffeeshops of Spain). His earthy-pop songs are identifiably catchy and make me fall in love. He puts on a good show, I got to see him front row at the Annex this year.]

Sexy Twilight Back----Justin Timberlake vs. 2 Unlimited
[An intense siren of sultry sexiness...1990's European Rave meets modern hyper-pop! A youtube discovery that I wasn't able to find an mp3 version of anywhere....have to make do with this transfer...Youtube Video Link!]

Last Train to London----ELO
[There's nothing like a classic falsetto ELO lyric of longing: "I really want tonight to last forever...I really want to be with you!" I'm glad I finally got to add this song to my life!]