SYG's top 500 songs of the decade voting thread

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.24.2009, 01:45 AM

OK, so since most of us though the Pitchfork one was utter shit, lets make our own list.

Here's how it is going to work for now:

Post in this thread your favorite songs of the decade.

Post your picks here (any number of picks, it doesn't matter how many you choose.)

You can make more picks later, but don't edit your original post- just post a new reply. I'm not tallying anything til the end of the year, because there's still a few months of songs left.

After we're done making picks, we'll have a list of 500, but they'll probably be a bunch of ties, so we'll sort that out in a second thread.

So make some picks!

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.24.2009, 02:02 AM

my first batch of picks:

The Streets- Fit But You Know It
Polysics- Rocket
Polysics- Catch on Everywhere
The Ex- 3:45 AM
Sonic Youth- Sympathy For the Strawberry
Sonic Youth- Karenology
Sonic Youth- Anti-Orgasm
Sonic Youth- Massage the History
Sonic Youth- Renegade Princess
Sonic Youth- Jams Run Free
Sonic Youth- Do You Believe in Rapture?
Sonic Youth- Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
LIARS- It Fit When I Was a Kid
FUGAZI- Nightshop
Don Caballero- The Peter Criss Jazz
The(e) Speaking Canaries- Life Like Homes
Deerhoof- Forty Fours
Deerhoof- Giga Dance
Deerhoof- Halfbird
Deerhoof- Matchbook Seeks Maniac
Mission of Burma- Careening With Conviction
Mission of Burma- Nancy Reagan's Head
Against Me!- Sink, Florida, Sink
Hella- Biblical Violence
Hot Snakes- Suicide Invoice
William Shatner- Common People
Tom Waits- Hoist that Rag
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists- Me and Mia
Beastie Boys- Ch-Check It Out
Gary Wilson- Gary Saw Linda Last Night
DEVO- Don't Shoot, I'm a Man
Boris- Flood
Xiu Xiu- Fabulous Muscles
Gogol Bordello- Start Wearing Purple
Stars of the Lid- Another Ballad for Heavy Lids
Fuck Buttons- Sweet Love For Planet Earth
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant- Electric Circus
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs- Highlight
Unwound- Radio Gra
Outkast- Hey Ya
Big Business- Focus Pocus
Kool Keith- I'm a Tell-U
No Age- Teen Creeps
Sic Alps- Gelly Roll Gum Drop
Wavves- So Bored
Skull Defekts- Waving
Shellac- Prayer To God
Shellac- Mama Gina
TV on the Radio- I Was a Lover
TV on the Radio- Staring at the Sun
Liars- This Dust Makes That Mud
Hot Snakes- Plenty For All
Tom Waits- Day After Tomorrow
Gogol Bordello- Think Globally, Fuck Locally
M.I.A.- Paper Planes
Kayo Dot- Gemini Becoming the Tripod
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282- Sno Cone
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282- He Keeps Himself Fed

I'll think of more later

finding nobody · 08.24.2009, 02:52 AM

Sweet idea my friend!

Quasimoto- Return of the Loop Digga
Quasimoto- Greenery
Madvillian- Accordian
Aesop Rock- Daylight
Aesop Rock- No Regrets
El-p- Smithereens (Stop Cryin')
Cat Power- I Don't Blame You
Cat Power- Living Proof
DOOM- That's That
DOOM- Angelz
MF DOOM- One Beer
J Dilla- Nothing Like This
J Dilla- Wild
Del tha funky homosapien- Offspring
Del tha funky homosapien- pet peeves
Deltron 3030- Madness
Deltron 3030- Virus
Deltron 3030- Memory Loss
Sonic Youth- Rain On Tin
Sonic Youth- I love you Golden Blue
Sonic Youth- Anti- Orgasm
Radiohead- Everythings In It's Right Place
Radiohead- National Anthem
Ghostface Killah- It's Over
Johnny Cash- God's Gonna Cut You Down
Animal Collective- People
Animal Collective- Did You See The World?
Animal Collective- Leaf House
Animal Collective- Girls
White Stripes- Death Letter
White Stripes- Truth Doesn't Make A noise
Jurrasic 5- Quality Control
Jurrasic 5- Lausd
Bob Dylan- Mississippi
Bob Dylan- High Water (For Charley Patton)
Glassjaw- Siberian Kiss
Glassjaw- Ape Dos Mil
Glassjaw- Mu Empire
Beck- Guess I'm Doin Fine
Beck- End of The Day
Beck- Missing
Beck- Emergency Exit

Didn't expect to come up with that many the first time around.. More to come!

loubarret · 08.24.2009, 03:42 AM

I like this thread:

Pattern Against User-At The Drive-In
Big Swan-Blood Brothers
More Light-J Macis+Fog
Been There All the Time-Dinosaur JR
Prayer To God-Shellac
Cashout-Fugazi
The Black Crow-Songs Ohia
I Want Wind To Blow-The Microphones

Pphh, not feeling to much to go through my libary now.

Sonic Youth Gossip · 08.24.2009, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finding nobody

Sweet idea my friend!

Quasimoto- Return of the Loop Digga
Quasimoto- Greenery
Madvillian- Accordian
Aesop Rock- Daylight
Aesop Rock- No Regrets
El-p- Smithereens (Stop Cryin')
Cat Power- I Don't Blame You
Cat Power- Living Proof
DOOM- That's That
DOOM- Angelz
MF DOOM- One Beer
J Dilla- Nothing Like This
J Dilla- Wild
Del tha funky homosapien- Offspring
Del tha funky homosapien- pet peeves
Deltron 3030- Madness
Deltron 3030- Virus
Deltron 3030- Memory Loss
Sonic Youth- Rain On Tin
Sonic Youth- I love you Golden Blue
Sonic Youth- Anti- Orgasm
Radiohead- Everythings In It's Right Place
Radiohead- National Anthem
Ghostface Killah- It's Over
Johnny Cash- God's Gonna Cut You Down
Animal Collective- People
Animal Collective- Did You See The World?
Animal Collective- Leaf House
Animal Collective- Girls
White Stripes- Death Letter
White Stripes- Truth Doesn't Make A noise
Jurrasic 5- Quality Control
Jurrasic 5- Lausd
Bob Dylan- Mississippi
Bob Dylan- High Water (For Charley Patton)
Glassjaw- Siberian Kiss
Glassjaw- Ape Dos Mil
Glassjaw- Mu Empire
Beck- Guess I'm Doin Fine
Beck- End of The Day
Beck- Missing
Beck- Emergency Exit

Didn't expect to come up with that many the first time around.. More to come!

Excellent list
I don't listen to a great deal of music from this decade so I'll just rattle off some electronic music given finding nobody listed most of the hip-hop tracks I'd pick.

Boards of Canada - Julie and Candy
The Tuss - Synthacon 9
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Tortoise - Monica
AFX - PWSteal.Ldpinch.D
Clark - Ted
Clark - Herr Bar
Autechre - Xylin Room
Boards of Canada - Sunshine Recorder
AFX - Lisbon Acid
Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn
Kettel - Twinkle Twinkle That is You
Autechre - Pen Expers
Aphex Twin - Meltphace 6
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Autechre -Gantz Graf
Venetian Snares - Öngyilkos Vasárnap
Richard Devine - Arc Acid
Richard Devine - Sigstop
Autechre - Lentic Catachresis
Battles - Snare Hanger
Venetian Snares - Suffocate
Xanopticon - Drunxpla

and of course some Radiohead
Kid A, Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, There There, Life In A Glass House, Videotape

batreleaser · 08.24.2009, 04:19 AM

boredoms-circle
richard youngs-the valley in light
six organs of admittance-maria
a frames-u boat
ghostface killah-shakey dog
acid mothers temple-loved and confused
sir richard bishop-taqasim for omar

batreleaser · 08.24.2009, 04:21 AM

the hospitals-animals act natural
blues control-always on time
pink reason-storming heaven
warmer milks-in the fields

Death & the Maiden · 08.24.2009, 04:44 AM

I'll just keep it to one per artist

The Verlaines - Sunday in Sevastopol
Sigh - Corpsecry-Angelfall
Boris - ... (final track on Smile)
Malice Mizer - Shiroi Hada ni Kuruu ai to Kanashimi no Rondo
Ed Kuepper - Hang Jean Lee
Sonic Youth - What We Know

TheFoxBen · 08.24.2009, 09:54 AM

I've made a top 100 tracks of the decade if someone is interested

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/TheFox...ade__2000_2009

caz · 08.24.2009, 10:30 AM

ok here are a few

At The Drive In - One Armed Scissor
At The Drive In - Mannequin Republic
Beck - Volcano
Radiohead - Idioteque
Radiohead - How to Dissapear Completely
Ghostface Killah - The Champ

Rob Instigator · 08.24.2009, 01:30 PM

I have no idea what songs I love came out this decad, or last decade or the decade before that one.

GeneticKiss · 08.24.2009, 02:06 PM

Mastodon: "Oblivion", "March of the Fire Ants"
Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic", "Around The World"
Transplants: "Diamonds and Guns", "Quick Death", "D.R.E.A.M.", "Down In Oakland"
Gorillaz: "Feel Good Inc.", "Rock It", "Clint Eastwood"
The Avalanches: "Frontier Psychiatrist"
The Vines: "Outtathaway", "Country Yard", "1969", "In The Jungle", "Ride", "Animal Machine", "Amnesia", "FTW", "Nothin's Comin'", "Dope Train", "Spaceship"
Massive Attack: "Future Proof", "Butterfly Caught"
Deftones: "Elite", "Knife Prty", "Passenger", "Minerva", "Needles and Pins", "Beware", "Mein", "Pink Cellphone", "Combat", "Riverie"
The Cure: "Lost", "Alt.End"
Minus The Bear: "Drilling", "El Torrente", "Knights", "White Mystery", "Dr. Lling/Part 2", "Lotus"
Sonic Youth: "Disconnection Notice", "Karen Revisited", "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style", "Pattern Recognition", "Unmade Bed", "Stones", "I Love You Golden Blue", "Rats", "Turquoise Boy", "Pink Steam", "Sacred Trickster", "Antenna", "What We Know", "Malibu Gas Station", "Walkin' Blue", "Massage The History"
Radiohead: "Everything In Its Right Place", "The National Anthem", "Optimistic", "Idioteque", "Morning Bell", "Packt Like Sardines in a Tin Box", "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", "Knives Out", "2+2=5", "Where I End and You Begin", "There There", "The Gloaming", "15 Step", "Bodysnatchers"
Lamb Of God: "As The Palaces Burn", "Laid To Rest", "Hourglass", "Ashes of the Wake", "Remorse Is For The Dead"
Damageplan: "Breathing New Life", "Pride", "Reborn", "Save Me", "Crawl", "Moment of Truth"
Porcupine Tree: "Blackest Eyes", "Gravity Eyelids", "Wedding Nails", "3", "The Creator Has A Mastertape", "Strip The Soul", "Deadwing", "Shallow", "Halo", "Mellotron Scratch", "Open Car", "Glass Arm Shattering", "Fear of a Blank Planet", "Anesthetize", "Sleep Together"
TV On The Radio: "Staring at the Sun", "Dreams", "Bomb Yourself", "I Was A Lover", "Hours", "Providence", "Wolf Like Me", "Dirtywhirl", "Tonight", "The DLZ", "Heroic Dose"

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.24.2009, 03:42 PM

I'll give another vote to Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style

if you see something on someone else's list that you think deserves to be in the top 500, give it another vote!

Remember, we want to try to get 500 songs voted on multiple times

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.24.2009, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I have no idea what songs I love came out this decad, or last decade or the decade before that one.

Then just vote for your favorite songs mentioned in this thread maybe?

notyourfiend · 08.24.2009, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Gary Wilson- Gary Saw Linda Last Night

yes! a work of pure genius!

demonrail666 · 08.24.2009, 05:31 PM

Comet Gain - "The Fists in the Pockets"
Morrissey - "First of the Gang to Die"

davenotdead · 08.24.2009, 05:59 PM

i'm about to list a whole bunch of ariel pink songs

notyourfiend · 08.24.2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davenotdead

i'm about to list a whole bunch of ariel pink songs

yup!

08.24.2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batreleaser

the hospitals-animals act natural
blues control-always on time
pink reason-storming heaven
warmer milks-in the fields

Yeah

demonrail666 · 08.24.2009, 06:13 PM

The Walkmen - "The Rat"

08.24.2009, 01:45 AM	#1
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	OK, so since most of us though the Pitchfork one was utter shit, lets make our own list. Here's how it is going to work for now: Post in this thread your favorite songs of the decade. Post your picks here (any number of picks, it doesn't matter how many you choose.) You can make more picks later, but don't edit your original post- just post a new reply. I'm not tallying anything til the end of the year, because there's still a few months of songs left. After we're done making picks, we'll have a list of 500, but they'll probably be a bunch of ties, so we'll sort that out in a second thread. So make some picks!
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08.24.2009, 02:02 AM	#2
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	my first batch of picks: The Streets- Fit But You Know It Polysics- Rocket Polysics- Catch on Everywhere The Ex- 3:45 AM Sonic Youth- Sympathy For the Strawberry Sonic Youth- Karenology Sonic Youth- Anti-Orgasm Sonic Youth- Massage the History Sonic Youth- Renegade Princess Sonic Youth- Jams Run Free Sonic Youth- Do You Believe in Rapture? Sonic Youth- Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream LIARS- It Fit When I Was a Kid FUGAZI- Nightshop Don Caballero- The Peter Criss Jazz The(e) Speaking Canaries- Life Like Homes Deerhoof- Forty Fours Deerhoof- Giga Dance Deerhoof- Halfbird Deerhoof- Matchbook Seeks Maniac Mission of Burma- Careening With Conviction Mission of Burma- Nancy Reagan's Head Against Me!- Sink, Florida, Sink Hella- Biblical Violence Hot Snakes- Suicide Invoice William Shatner- Common People Tom Waits- Hoist that Rag Ted Leo & The Pharmacists- Me and Mia Beastie Boys- Ch-Check It Out Gary Wilson- Gary Saw Linda Last Night DEVO- Don't Shoot, I'm a Man Boris- Flood Xiu Xiu- Fabulous Muscles Gogol Bordello- Start Wearing Purple Stars of the Lid- Another Ballad for Heavy Lids Fuck Buttons- Sweet Love For Planet Earth Thee Michelle Gun Elephant- Electric Circus Mass of the Fermenting Dregs- Highlight Unwound- Radio Gra Outkast- Hey Ya Big Business- Focus Pocus Kool Keith- I'm a Tell-U No Age- Teen Creeps Sic Alps- Gelly Roll Gum Drop Wavves- So Bored Skull Defekts- Waving Shellac- Prayer To God Shellac- Mama Gina TV on the Radio- I Was a Lover TV on the Radio- Staring at the Sun Liars- This Dust Makes That Mud Hot Snakes- Plenty For All Tom Waits- Day After Tomorrow Gogol Bordello- Think Globally, Fuck Locally M.I.A.- Paper Planes Kayo Dot- Gemini Becoming the Tripod Thinking Fellers Union Local 282- Sno Cone Thinking Fellers Union Local 282- He Keeps Himself Fed I'll think of more later
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08.24.2009, 02:52 AM	#3
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	Sweet idea my friend! Quasimoto- Return of the Loop Digga Quasimoto- Greenery Madvillian- Accordian Aesop Rock- Daylight Aesop Rock- No Regrets El-p- Smithereens (Stop Cryin') Cat Power- I Don't Blame You Cat Power- Living Proof DOOM- That's That DOOM- Angelz MF DOOM- One Beer J Dilla- Nothing Like This J Dilla- Wild Del tha funky homosapien- Offspring Del tha funky homosapien- pet peeves Deltron 3030- Madness Deltron 3030- Virus Deltron 3030- Memory Loss Sonic Youth- Rain On Tin Sonic Youth- I love you Golden Blue Sonic Youth- Anti- Orgasm Radiohead- Everythings In It's Right Place Radiohead- National Anthem Ghostface Killah- It's Over Johnny Cash- God's Gonna Cut You Down Animal Collective- People Animal Collective- Did You See The World? Animal Collective- Leaf House Animal Collective- Girls White Stripes- Death Letter White Stripes- Truth Doesn't Make A noise Jurrasic 5- Quality Control Jurrasic 5- Lausd Bob Dylan- Mississippi Bob Dylan- High Water (For Charley Patton) Glassjaw- Siberian Kiss Glassjaw- Ape Dos Mil Glassjaw- Mu Empire Beck- Guess I'm Doin Fine Beck- End of The Day Beck- Missing Beck- Emergency Exit Didn't expect to come up with that many the first time around.. More to come!
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08.24.2009, 03:42 AM	#4
loubarret expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Dutch suburbs Posts: 1,573	I like this thread: Pattern Against User-At The Drive-In Big Swan-Blood Brothers More Light-J Macis+Fog Been There All the Time-Dinosaur JR Prayer To God-Shellac Cashout-Fugazi The Black Crow-Songs Ohia I Want Wind To Blow-The Microphones Pphh, not feeling to much to go through my libary now.
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08.24.2009, 04:19 AM	#6
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	boredoms-circle richard youngs-the valley in light six organs of admittance-maria a frames-u boat ghostface killah-shakey dog acid mothers temple-loved and confused sir richard bishop-taqasim for omar __________________ listen to pink reason
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08.24.2009, 04:21 AM	#7
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	the hospitals-animals act natural blues control-always on time pink reason-storming heaven warmer milks-in the fields __________________ listen to pink reason
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08.24.2009, 04:44 AM	#8
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	I'll just keep it to one per artist The Verlaines - Sunday in Sevastopol Sigh - Corpsecry-Angelfall Boris - ... (final track on Smile) Malice Mizer - Shiroi Hada ni Kuruu ai to Kanashimi no Rondo Ed Kuepper - Hang Jean Lee Sonic Youth - What We Know __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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08.24.2009, 09:54 AM	#9
TheFoxBen expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The land of fries and mussels Posts: 1,366	I've made a top 100 tracks of the decade if someone is interested http://rateyourmusic.com/list/TheFox...ade__2000_2009 __________________
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08.24.2009, 10:30 AM	#10
caz empty page Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 13	ok here are a few At The Drive In - One Armed Scissor At The Drive In - Mannequin Republic Beck - Volcano Radiohead - Idioteque Radiohead - How to Dissapear Completely Ghostface Killah - The Champ
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08.24.2009, 01:30 PM	#11
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	I have no idea what songs I love came out this decad, or last decade or the decade before that one. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.24.2009, 02:06 PM	#12
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	Mastodon: "Oblivion", "March of the Fire Ants" Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic", "Around The World" Transplants: "Diamonds and Guns", "Quick Death", "D.R.E.A.M.", "Down In Oakland" Gorillaz: "Feel Good Inc.", "Rock It", "Clint Eastwood" The Avalanches: "Frontier Psychiatrist" The Vines: "Outtathaway", "Country Yard", "1969", "In The Jungle", "Ride", "Animal Machine", "Amnesia", "FTW", "Nothin's Comin'", "Dope Train", "Spaceship" Massive Attack: "Future Proof", "Butterfly Caught" Deftones: "Elite", "Knife Prty", "Passenger", "Minerva", "Needles and Pins", "Beware", "Mein", "Pink Cellphone", "Combat", "Riverie" The Cure: "Lost", "Alt.End" Minus The Bear: "Drilling", "El Torrente", "Knights", "White Mystery", "Dr. Lling/Part 2", "Lotus" Sonic Youth: "Disconnection Notice", "Karen Revisited", "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style", "Pattern Recognition", "Unmade Bed", "Stones", "I Love You Golden Blue", "Rats", "Turquoise Boy", "Pink Steam", "Sacred Trickster", "Antenna", "What We Know", "Malibu Gas Station", "Walkin' Blue", "Massage The History" Radiohead: "Everything In Its Right Place", "The National Anthem", "Optimistic", "Idioteque", "Morning Bell", "Packt Like Sardines in a Tin Box", "Pyramid Song", "I Might Be Wrong", "Knives Out", "2+2=5", "Where I End and You Begin", "There There", "The Gloaming", "15 Step", "Bodysnatchers" Lamb Of God: "As The Palaces Burn", "Laid To Rest", "Hourglass", "Ashes of the Wake", "Remorse Is For The Dead" Damageplan: "Breathing New Life", "Pride", "Reborn", "Save Me", "Crawl", "Moment of Truth" Porcupine Tree: "Blackest Eyes", "Gravity Eyelids", "Wedding Nails", "3", "The Creator Has A Mastertape", "Strip The Soul", "Deadwing", "Shallow", "Halo", "Mellotron Scratch", "Open Car", "Glass Arm Shattering", "Fear of a Blank Planet", "Anesthetize", "Sleep Together" TV On The Radio: "Staring at the Sun", "Dreams", "Bomb Yourself", "I Was A Lover", "Hours", "Providence", "Wolf Like Me", "Dirtywhirl", "Tonight", "The DLZ", "Heroic Dose" __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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08.24.2009, 03:42 PM	#13
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I'll give another vote to Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style if you see something on someone else's list that you think deserves to be in the top 500, give it another vote! Remember, we want to try to get 500 songs voted on multiple times
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08.24.2009, 05:31 PM	#16
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	Comet Gain - "The Fists in the Pockets" Morrissey - "First of the Gang to Die"
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davenotdead invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,784	i'm about to list a whole bunch of ariel pink songs __________________
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08.24.2009, 06:13 PM	#20
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	The Walkmen - "The Rat"
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