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Funny, I was holding this in pocket for today, and a friend posted it as her year end video yesterday. Gogol Bordello‘s Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher):

My (Apparent) Top 10 Tracks of 2010

By MB

On December 30, 2010

In Music, Personal

Taken, in ascending order, from my iTunes play counts, limited to tracks I picked up in 2010. Â This means things I picked up early in the year have weight over more recent tracks (the only late addition to really make it in comes from the Roots). Â And the whole thing is a bit tilted toward things I enjoy while running, it seems, and excludes lots of older music that was still in heavy rotation. Â But enough with that, here’s the music:

10. DJ Fox’s Club Can’t Use Somebody (An *excellent* running track.)

here (MP3)

9. Metrics’ Combat Baby (2003 release, but just introduced to me this year)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rMfPvv3BMs[/youtube]

8. The Hood Internet’s Ignition (Which, despite my deep dislike for all things R. Kelly, is another favorite track for running.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG_LM3RSowI[/youtube]

7. DJs from Mars’ California Jump (A Katy Perry/Van Halen mashup.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF8B8aO2A6c[/youtube]

6. Dan Black’s Get into Cloudbusting (Perhaps my second favorite track of the year, subjectively)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMb00qtChg[/youtube]

5. DJs from Mars’ Teenage Gay (Katy Perry & OMD mashup)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaAdolUvVV4[/youtube]

4. The Pixies’ Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix) (You need real speakers for most music, but especially for this)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXlRhkegkM0[/youtube]

3. The Roots’ How I Got Over (If I can’t convince you to buy the album, at least get this track.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nDKTxjKK9k[/youtube]

2. Â DJs from Mars absolute masterpiece of a mashup – Love the Way You Lie in Paradise City (mixing – not just in audio – Eminem/Rihanna & Guns ‘n Roses)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIFMwi0bD0[/youtube]

1. DJ Clive$ter’s Heartbreaking Maps (Mashup of Metronomy & the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s (also my subjective top pick of the year). Video not related.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iniNaQYZX-c[/youtube]

Midweek Makeover: Intoxicated

By MB

On December 22, 2010

In Music

So, I’ve been aggressively defensive in my indulgence of pop music here. Â And it’s almost entirely genuine – appreciation by the masses can’t ruin good music. Â So, with that introduction, I’m going to risk a set of covers based on . . .

Midweek Makeover: Oh My God Edition

By MB

On December 8, 2010

In Music

In 2007, Mark Ronson put together an album of cover collaborations called Versions. Â He invited Lily Allen, whose star had just exploded, to re-record “Oh My God”, a track she’d covered on an earlier mixtape. Â I’m already a fan of Allen’s flavor of Britpop, but I especially enjoyed it:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4GvHXjHMmo[/youtube]

Fan vid, of course. Â Official is here.

I’ve enjoyed that track for years now, but never even thought about its nature as a cover until this year, when some friends staying with me left behind a slew of music that they thought I might appreciate. Â And so I came across the original Kaiser Chiefs version of Oh My God (please just ignore the awful video):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwhK4pyQEg[/youtube]

*Love* it.