200 Best Songs of the 2000's: 200-191
Quarantine has got me having a bit of time on my hands. I had no idea what I would do with this time, until I remembered how much fun I had ranking the best 200 songs of the 2010s. I decided, might as well just go back to the decade before and do the exact same thing. The 2000s, for a lot of my immediate social groups were a formative time for exploration and coming of age. This is where my music taste was born, cultivated, and flourished. This 200 was actually way harder than the 2010s, because there were so many memories attached with these songs. I digress, though.
I decided to do things a little differently this time, instead of spamming Instagram everyday with a collage of 10 different album covers, I decided that I will do write-ups, 10 at a time, twice a week. Sunday and Friday.
The criteria for the 200 was pretty chaotic. Some songs are on there for their iconic status, or for their musical soundscape, and there are a couple on there, because I really like them. I mean, it's my 200. I can do what I very well please. So without further ado. Here are the 200th- the 191th best songs of 2000s.
I feel like this should be adopted as the anthem of 2020, this song is a jubilee of guitar, piano, and entertaining harmonies about everyone coming together just for some ice-cream and hugs. There is a lot to love from Bowling For Soup's 2004 album "A Hangover You Don't Deserve". This one stands out as one of the best songs on the album, and even one of the best songs that they've ever written. This song even has a funk breakdown that teaches us that "all we need is love and beer."
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192
Noah and The Whale - 5 Years Time
I decided to do things a little differently this time, instead of spamming Instagram everyday with a collage of 10 different album covers, I decided that I will do write-ups, 10 at a time, twice a week. Sunday and Friday.
The criteria for the 200 was pretty chaotic. Some songs are on there for their iconic status, or for their musical soundscape, and there are a couple on there, because I really like them. I mean, it's my 200. I can do what I very well please. So without further ado. Here are the 200th- the 191th best songs of 2000s.
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200
Radiohead - Idioteque
Radiohead - Idioteque
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It would be weird to have a top 200 of the 2000s without acknowledging KID A, the hyper experimental, and basically genre destroying album by the prolific band, Radiohead. While this album, as a whole, is considered to be one of my more influential albums growing up, upon re-listening, I've come to realize that the Radiohead songs I've come to love are on albums earlier or later than KID A. "Everything in its Right Place" was also considered for my top 200, but was far too experimental for my taste at this point in life. "Idioteque" blends both the experimental with classic Yorke vocals and emotion. So, as KID A started my exploration into more experimental music later in life, I find it fit that "Idioteque" starts off my list of the top 200 of the 2000s.
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199
Bowling for Soup - Shut-up and Smile
Bowling for Soup - Shut-up and Smile
I feel like this should be adopted as the anthem of 2020, this song is a jubilee of guitar, piano, and entertaining harmonies about everyone coming together just for some ice-cream and hugs. There is a lot to love from Bowling For Soup's 2004 album "A Hangover You Don't Deserve". This one stands out as one of the best songs on the album, and even one of the best songs that they've ever written. This song even has a funk breakdown that teaches us that "all we need is love and beer."
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198
Cobra Starship - Guilty Pleasure
198
Cobra Starship - Guilty Pleasure
The song title says it all. Cobra Starship is a guilty pleasure of mine, and it's probably for the better that they stopped making anthems for sex crazed teens, but their song "Guilty Pleasure" is a upbeat, synthpop bop. You can't help yourself with the driving drumbeat and the seductive vocals. This song will forever go down as a classic, and you can judge me all you want for this even being on here, but check out this adorable music video and try and tell me you don't love it.
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197
System of a Down - Chop Seuy!
197
System of a Down - Chop Seuy!
Wake up! It's time to pop in Rock Band 2, and get your 3 closest friends together to man the guitar, bass, and drums while you try and fail to emulate Serj Tankian's insane vocals. You'll try it on expert and you will fail. This song was a great way to dip your feet into metal music without actually listening to metal music. It was loud, fast, and it scared your mom that you were listening to it. One of their most popular songs, "Chop Seuy" dabbles with tempo change, aggressive double bass drums, provocative lyrics. It is a great indication of what System of a Down was all about during their peak.
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196
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
196
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
I feel like this song would have been higher if it had stronger lyrics, and I may have judged it harshly, but I feel like this song doesn't stack up to the other two RHCP songs I have on this list. The saving grace of "Dani California" is Flee's incredible bass throughout the entire song.
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195
Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
195
Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
Can you feel the angst dripping off of this track? Brand New was the kings of the kids that hated everyone and didn't fit in. This song, like "Chop Suey" experiments with tempo change. The tempo change in "Sic Transit Gloria" works well with the emotion of the song, going from calm to a full on freak out. The slow vocals of Jesse Lacey that escalate into the chorus. It's well thought-out and executed just as well.
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194
The Aquabats! - Waterslides!
194
The Aquabats! - Waterslides!
With the release of the 2004 album "Charge!!", The Aquabats! saw themselves relying less on their horns and more on their keyboards and guitars. Out of all the songs on "Charge!!", the most notable is the second to last song on the album, "Waterslides!" It is unlike any other song they had put out before and has never been replicated since. The vocals of the MC Batcommander are crisp and sound like his heart is fully in the delivery. While goofy, the lyrics talk about self discovery, and letting go of the stress of life to slide into who you really are. This song is legitimately the best song that The Aquabats! have ever made. Plus, you get a little falsetto from the MCBC here.
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193
Motion City Soundtrack - The Future Freaks Me Out
Motion City Soundtrack - The Future Freaks Me Out
Trust me when I say that "The Future Freaks Me Out" is the only good song on Motion City Soundtrack's debut album "I Am The Movie". (I kid) This one song about how afraid of the future the band is, sparked their future, and features the classic sound of Motion City Soundtrack and distinct vocals of Justin Pierre. This song will always bring me back to 8th grade home-ec class debating with a friend if Pierre says "Bucket" or "F*ck it" in the bridge of the song. So innocent back then...
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192
Noah and The Whale - 5 Years Time
Noah and The Whale is the definition of polarizing for me. "5 Years Time" was introduced to me by my first ex, and that ex went on the shatter my heart, and date one of my best friends. Leaving me scarred for a considerable chunk of time, and skewing how I viewed relationships up until my 20's. This song is great, though. It's a song about not really worrying about the future, because you can't predict what is going to happen in 5 years. You might not even know the person anymore. You might hate them. Or you might still be in love. For me, it was the second one, and it's always fun when life imitates art. (I feel like I should have a disclaimer here that says that I am over my high school ex and the crappy things she did. I am not holding onto 9 year old grudges. I promise)
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191
Reel Big Fish - Drunk Again
Reel Big Fish - Drunk Again
Do you all remember when albums had hidden tracks? MCR did it on "The Black Parade", Suburban Legends did it on "Let's Be Friends... and Slay the Dragon Together" and Reel Big Fish did it on "Cheer Up!" with "Drunk Again". "Drunk Again" is a slow, thoughtful ballad of trumpeter-guitarist-pianist-vocalist Scott Klopfenstein realizing that a relationship isn't working out and how he's always wrong and ends up drunk and scared. Nothing ever changing, and just ending back to square one. This song is unlike most of Reel Big Fish's discography, but is one of my favorite songs that they've ever put out.
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There you have it. The first 10 of my list. Let me know what you thought and be sure to come back Friday for 190-181.
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