Tuesday, July 3, 2007

MUSIC, MAKES THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER: iTunes now has an interesting '00s Pop "Essentials" collection (sadly, link maker does not seem to help), which seems to fall into three categories:
  • Those that are so obviously both still great songs and were big commercial successes, including "Hey Ya!," "Crazy In Love," "Mr. Brightside," and "Since U Been Gone."
  • Those that were substantial radio hits, but have not aged well, including "A Thousand Miles," "You're Beautiful," "Fergalicious," "Pon De Replay," and "With Arms Wide Open."
  • Those which you can't really understand why they're on the list at all. "You Raise Me Up?" "If Everyone Cared" by Nickelback (if you're going with a Nickelback song, why not "Photograph")? "Flake" by Jack Johnson? "With You" by Jessica Simpson? "Like A Stone" by Audioslave?

What would you add or subtract? I'd put in some more Clarkson ("Breakaway," for certain), maybe "The Space Between" by Dave Matthews Band, and take out the Audioslave and Jack Johnson for sure.

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