150. Ben Folds — “Still Fighting It” — Only Ben Folds could make “The roast beef combo’s only $9.95” sound so poignant. But that’s just the beginning, as the song turns into an ageless epic about how it sucks to grow up.
149. The Darkness — “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” — For one hair-metal-on-steroids throwback song, we believed in a band called The Darkness.
148. Spacehog — “In the Meantime” — Sometimes “Ooooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooooh” is all the lyric you need.
147. Bruce Springsteen — “Glory Days” — Wistful, melancholy lyrics, but the music is so upbeat that it kind of makes me smile anyway (wistfully, though).
146. ‘Til Tuesday — “(Believed You Were) Lucky” — Sure, Aimee Mann’s voice sounds great on her folkier stuff, but it goes to another level with her backing band, which sounds so ’80s, but not in a bad way.
145. The Verve Pipe — “The Freshmen” — This song about immature-but-innocent kids sounded epically poignant to my ear in 1996. Still does.
144. Cat Power — “Islands” — A pretty little tune about giving up on love: “I want to rule the islands/ And I want to rule the sea/ But if you’re not coming back/ I will sleep eternally.”
143. Our Lady Peace — “Innocent” — Sometimes it’s good to drop the blame game and remember that none of us human beings really know what we’re doing. OLP captures that sentiment through a few nice anecdotes and the simple chorus.
142. The Shins — “New Slang” — I don’t know what it’s about, but it sounds pretty. Huge bonus points: It was the song on the headphones during the meet-cute between Sam and Large in “Garden State.”
141. Keane — “Somewhere Only We Know” — Again, Keane rocks the piano so effectively that you’ll wonder why other bands use guitars.
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150, 142, 141# Posted By chance | 7/19/10 5:55 AM