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Favorite Songs of the '00s, Part 3
68. “Walide (The girl I love)” – Amadou & Mariam
70. “Mario and Peaches” – Caffe-In
71. “Blind” – Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
72. "Tits on the Radio" – Scissor Sisters
73. “John the Revelator” – Depeche Mode
74. “Somewhere Only We Know” – Keane
75. “Comfortably Numb” – Scissor Sisters
76. "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" – CAKE
77. “Addicted” – Lit
78. “Screw You, We’re from Texas” Ray Wylie Hubbard
80. "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" – Cake
81. “Dry Your Eyes” – The Streets
82. “Business Time” – Flight of the Conchords
83. “ “Unison” - Björk
84. “Blue” – The Fruit Guys
This underwear commercial parody of Coldplay was better than any actual Coldplay song/video.
85. “Million to One” – Al Green
86. “Coffee and Reefer” – Ron Sunshine
88. “Strange Hands” – Katie Elevitch
89. “All Ones and Zeros” – The Early Years
90. “Somebody Let the Devil Out” – Popa Chubby
91. “Talking Old Soldiers” – Betty LaVette
93. “Always in Trouble” – Judithstar*
Every moment of this song maximixes the combination of the smallest elements – a light yet strongly syncopated beat, a simple guitar ostinato, a descending chord progression conveyed via bass, guitar chimes, the glorious outburst of a new guitar for the chorus, and then a truly magical bridge with contrapuntal vocals.
95. “No Way Out” – Peter Gabriel
96. “Horses in My Dreams” – P.J. Harvey
98. “Cruel Girl” – The Red Button
99. “The Way She Is Now” – Rebecca Turner
100. “10 Million Slaves” – Otis Taylor
- Steve Holtje
Mr. Holtje is a Brooklyn-based poet and composer who splits his time between editing Culturecatch.com, working at the Williamsburg record store Sound Fix, and editing cognitive neuroscience books for Oxford University Press. No prizes for guessing which pays best.
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