The Best and Most of Oh Six
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I really like songs, and I really like lists, but trying to list my favorite songs in order of greatness just didn't feel right. These are the songs I heard this year that accompanied my ups and downs, made me dance carelessly around my living room, helped me fall asleep and wake up, and gave me reasons to love music all over again. How could I choose one great song over another (besides "Postcards From Italy, of course)? So without further adue, I present to you my "best and the most" of 2006, highlighting what I love about each of my favorite songs. Download links courtesy of several blogs via "The Hype Machine":http://hype.non-standard.net/.+*The Best*+My precious, the best song of the year:"Beirut - Postcards From Italy":http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/7/6/113439/04%20Postcards%20from%20Italy.mp3. But you already knew that. Best bassline:"Tapes 'n Tapes - Cowbell":http://www.indietastic.net/cms/audio/picks06/Chris/07%20Cowbell.mp3Best falsetto:"Muse - Supermassive Black Hole":http://www.onthepullmanagement.com/nicola/supermassiveblackhole.mp3Best drums:"Final Fantasy - Song Song Song":http://www.wolf-notes.com/assets/music/final_fantasy-song_song_song.mp3Best late-night driving through the city song:"Junior Boys - In The Morning":http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/13/66879/05%20In%20The%20Morning%20%28ft.%20Andi%20Tomi%29.mp3Best song to shake it to:"Hot Chip - Boy From School":http://impunitezero.free.fr/Top%202006/02%2002%20And%20I%20Was%20A%20Boy%20From%20School.mp3Best guilty pleasure:"The Rapture - Get Myself Into It":http://storage.comfortradio.org/12-13get.mp3. Totally infectious. Totally lame lyrics.+*The Most*+Most blog-hype worthy:Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up To Dry":http://www.snapdrive.net/files/249989/01%20hang%20me%20up%20to%20dry.mp3 & "Hospital Beds":http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/21/307949/ColdWarKids_HospitalBeds.mp3. I love both songs equally.Most gorgeous musical moment:("Stream":http://bmpiety.imeem.com/music/Ziq_kS1v/central_and_remote/) Grizzly Bear - Central and Remote. From 3:22 - 4:02Most awesomely quirky:"Danielson - Did I Step On Your Trumpet?":http://www.danielson.info/MP3/Danielson_Did_I_Step_On_Your_Trumpet.mp3. Ridiculously fun call-and response.Most addictive song:"The Knife - We Share Our Mothers' Health":http://www.indietastic.net/cms/audio/picks06/Jim/04%20We%20Share%20Our%20Mother's%20Health.mp3. Most annoying song that I couldn't get enough of:"Man Man - Push the Eagle's Stomach":http://obscuresound.com/mp3/2006/man-pus.mp3. This could rival the most annoying sound in the world.Most hauntingly beautiful:"Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Strange Form of Life":http://www.shakeyourfist.net/mp3s/Strange_Form.mp3Most unexpectedly sweet song:"Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack":http://www.funtimeok.com/wp/go.php?http://funtimeok.com/files/mp3s/2006/12/20/Liars-The%20Other%20Side%20Of%20Mt%20Heart%20Attack.mp3. A calm, soothing ending to an otherwise challenging album.+*Better Than Most - Bonus Tracks*+"Band of Horses - Funeral":http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/download.php?url=/downloads/free/The_Funeral366.mp3"Cat Power - The Greatest":http://www.andreachiu.com/music/catpower-greatest.mp3"Ratatat - Wildcat":http://mp3.insound.com/download.cfm?mp3id=2894"Tom Waits - Lie To Me":http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/24/85989/Lie%20To%20Me.mp3"Midlake - Roscoe":http://mp3.insound.com/download.cfm?mp3id=2888"Sufjan Stevens - The Henney Buggy Band":http://idisk.mac.com/olneyce/Public/henneybuggy.mp3"Under the Influence of Giants - In The Clouds":http://bencohen.quack.ca/under_the_influence_of_giants-in_the_clouds.mp3"Chad VanGaalen - Flower Gardens":http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/download.php?url=/downloads/free/Flower_Gardens384.mp3"Herbert - The Movers and the Shakers":http://obscuresound.com/mp3/2006/her-the.mp3I'm sure there's some I missed, but I had to stop somewhere. Thanks for reading and listening, and a special thanks to all of you in MOG - land for making this the best year ever for the internet!
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