{"id":1945,"date":"2009-01-18T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-01-18T00:01:41","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T00:01:41","slug":"rock-town-hall-s-top-singles-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-town-hall-s-top-singles-of-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Town Hall&#8217;s Top Singles of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EchLPyiPqrc?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Last night, with the help of YouTube, I listened to each of <b><em>Rolling Stone<\/em>&#8216;s top 100 singles of 2008.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I do this kind of thing every now and then because of my belief in the 90-10 rule 90%: of all music produced in any genre at any time, I do not want to hear. Or rather, I do not want to hear<i> again<\/i>. But discovering a new gem can be thrilling, and every few months I manage to find a new catalogue to plunge into for a while. <\/p>\n<p>I pulled out about 10 songs I hadn&#8217;t heard yet and liked from the list. Some of the videos are here. You can take or leave <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, but let&#8217;s not get sidetracked turning this into a post about its relative merits. Just consider it a jumping off point. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, some good stuff mixed in with some so-so stuff, as you would imagine from any list as large. My list will be short on dance music because A, this is <b>ROCK<\/b> Town Hall and B, I can&#8217;t dance very well. But I will say this about that: dance music is clearly in a producer-driven era, where stars don&#8217;t matter as much any more. And some of the production from these hired gun producers on the dance numbers is truly unreal. You may find <b>Katy Perry<\/b>&#8216;s &#8220;I Kissed a Girl&#8221; to be not to your taste, but I find the production exciting. It&#8217;s more likely the producer, <b>Dr. Luke<\/b>, who has produced Missy Elliot, Britney Spears, Lady Sovereign, Kelis, and Avril Lavigne will be working long after <b>Katy Perry<\/b> leaves music for a film career or whatever (She is <i>really<\/i> hot). <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, to my picks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I have never knowingly heard a <b>Ryan Adams<\/b> song before, but I really liked this:<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d0xvEMYBrcc?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>In a similar way, I think <b>My Morning Jacket<\/b>&#8216;s bid at a mainstream hit really works: <\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzdoOGUsEKg?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p><b>Weezer&#8217;s<\/b> &#8220;Pork and Beans&#8221; I had heard and I think it&#8217;s up there with their best. (At some point I anticipate a hearty discussion of &#8220;The Greatest Man That Ever Lived&#8221; from the same album here in these hallowed halls)<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_jGlyqoYoo?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>About halfway through <b>TV on the Radio<\/b>&#8216;s &#8220;Golden Age&#8221; I realized it&#8217;s a <b><ins>Prince<\/ins><\/b> tribute, but I still like it. It&#8217;s good Prince. <\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hCcEg0tok8o?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>I always enjoy <b>The Black Keys<\/b> and this year&#8217;s single was everything i like about them: <\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v5FW8Xo8ENo?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>As it stands right now, my current favorite of last year wasn&#8217;t on the list, so I will add it here. &#8220;The Righteous Path,&#8221; by <b>Drive by Truckers.<\/b><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CyNabyA4lA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>What were <b>your<\/b> top singles of 2008?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, with the help of YouTube, I listened to each of Rolling Stone&#8216;s top 100 singles of 2008. I do this kind of thing every now and then because of my belief in the 90-10 rule 90%: of all music produced in any genre at any time, I do not want to hear. Or <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-town-hall-s-top-singles-of-2008\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}