70. Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
When Against Me! released Thrash Unreal in 2007, nobody could’ve guessed that Laura Jane Grace, then known as a 26 years-old Tom Gabel, could ever identify so much with the 40-something woman who lives her nightlife as if she just started college. Perhaps, through the age-gap malaise and shame from her mother, the key phrase comes in at the very end of the track,. After Against Me! most sing-along worthy chorus (and coming from that band, it’s saying a lot), Laura sings: “You know she wouldn’t change anything for the world”. Thrash Unreal is not about age-shaming, but rather about your right to celebrate and get fucked, no matter who you are. Amen.
69. Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Opening the …show more content…
The Strokes - Last Nite
Last Nite is a great song to sing while piss-drunk at a karaoke for two reasons: one, it’s pretty easy to sing and two, you can almost smell Julian Casablancas’ alcohol-soaked breath through his delivery in the original. With a bouncy rhythm section borrowed from Tom Petty’s American Girl, the track helped its parent album Is This It to become one of the most celebrated rock débuts of all time.
63. Estelle feat. Kanye West - American …show more content…
On American Boy, London singer Estelle muses about seeing the USA with the boy of her dream. It’s not clear just how great of a fit Kanye West would be romantically to her, but she holds more than her ground in the collaboration, even inviting herself to ad-lib all over his verse. A genuinely fun collaboration, American Boy stood the test of time extremely well.
62. The Shins - New Slang
Sometimes, all it takes for a song to become a hit is for Natalie Portman to look at you say say that the track “will change your life”. The folk ballad New Slang definitely changed The Shins’ life, helping the band’s début to sell 500,000 copies. With its light tambourine and dreamy melody, New Slang is the song every 60’s band wishes it would’ve made. It’s also arguably the only song to be licensed to McDonald’s to feature a line about having “dirt in your fries”.
61. TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
Starting with light acapella harmonies on the Young Liars EP version, Staring At The Sun quickly takes a turn for the darkest with the mammoth fuzz of the bass line kicks in. Add rapid-fire hi-hats and guitar strums and you’ve got the foundation for TV On the Radio’s first - and best - single. A track with the consistency of black mud, Staring At The Sun helped the band inject a sinister vibe to New York’s rock explosion of the early
When Against Me! released Thrash Unreal in 2007, nobody could’ve guessed that Laura Jane Grace, then known as a 26 years-old Tom Gabel, could ever identify so much with the 40-something woman who lives her nightlife as if she just started college. Perhaps, through the age-gap malaise and shame from her mother, the key phrase comes in at the very end of the track,. After Against Me! most sing-along worthy chorus (and coming from that band, it’s saying a lot), Laura sings: “You know she wouldn’t change anything for the world”. Thrash Unreal is not about age-shaming, but rather about your right to celebrate and get fucked, no matter who you are. Amen.
69. Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Opening the …show more content…
The Strokes - Last Nite
Last Nite is a great song to sing while piss-drunk at a karaoke for two reasons: one, it’s pretty easy to sing and two, you can almost smell Julian Casablancas’ alcohol-soaked breath through his delivery in the original. With a bouncy rhythm section borrowed from Tom Petty’s American Girl, the track helped its parent album Is This It to become one of the most celebrated rock débuts of all time.
63. Estelle feat. Kanye West - American …show more content…
On American Boy, London singer Estelle muses about seeing the USA with the boy of her dream. It’s not clear just how great of a fit Kanye West would be romantically to her, but she holds more than her ground in the collaboration, even inviting herself to ad-lib all over his verse. A genuinely fun collaboration, American Boy stood the test of time extremely well.
62. The Shins - New Slang
Sometimes, all it takes for a song to become a hit is for Natalie Portman to look at you say say that the track “will change your life”. The folk ballad New Slang definitely changed The Shins’ life, helping the band’s début to sell 500,000 copies. With its light tambourine and dreamy melody, New Slang is the song every 60’s band wishes it would’ve made. It’s also arguably the only song to be licensed to McDonald’s to feature a line about having “dirt in your fries”.
61. TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
Starting with light acapella harmonies on the Young Liars EP version, Staring At The Sun quickly takes a turn for the darkest with the mammoth fuzz of the bass line kicks in. Add rapid-fire hi-hats and guitar strums and you’ve got the foundation for TV On the Radio’s first - and best - single. A track with the consistency of black mud, Staring At The Sun helped the band inject a sinister vibe to New York’s rock explosion of the early