“Kids” also became the subject of a lawsuit filed by the band against French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who used the song during a national congress session without permission. Inspired by the singer’s own sense of naivety and unworldliness as a student in college, it was the consequence of an alcohol-inspired songwriting session and feelings of despair over the War on Terror. A spark of innocence runs like an undercurrent through the tune, suggesting that while evil persists in the world around us, we’re all nothing more than children. Opening on a playground of screaming children and rising into a sweet, driving synth riff, “Kids” feels instantly nostalgic even the first time you hear it. Modern Rock charts and earned distinction as NME’s Best Single of 2008. Behold this moody and melodic hook, the third single from their debut.īy the time of the single’s arrival, MGMT had already landed a few good Billboard punches, but this marked their biggest success yet. Borrowing liberally from new wave heroes like New Order and the Talking Heads, MGMT added a layer of emotional depth to a sonic realm often given over to cold detachment. With the 2008 release of Oracular Spectacular, MGMT took electro-pop to newly expressive heights. Ok, MGMT is the only band I came up with too. Quick, name all of the awesome bands you’ve ever heard of from the great state of Connecticut.
Band members amicably parted ways in 2012. Jet would go on to chart a few more hits, including a #1 with “Cold Hard B***h” in the following year, but “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” remains the best and most lasting achievement from their 10-year run. Either way, for a couple of guys from Australia, they made a convincingly American rocker. Though Jet was swept up the charts as part of a short-lived garage-rock resurgence, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” probably owes more to classic rock revivalists like the Black Crowes and the Georgia Satellites. It reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Modern Rock chart, launching the band into the same heady airspace occupied by smartly-dressed punk upstarts like The Hives and The Vines. Signed to Elektra on the strength of a well-reviewed indie EP, Jet made “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” the lead single off of their 2003 debut album. (In their defense, the guys from Jet claimed they were really ripping off “You Can’t Hurry Love” by the Supremes.)Īnyway, none of these sordid affairs stood in the way of Jet’s early success. In the grand rock & roll tradition of borrowing unabashedly from history, Jet blasted out of the cannon with a tune that comes so close to Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life” that it’s practically a cover. Jet-Are You Gonna Be My Girl (2003)įrom its driving riff and boogie breakdown to its slurring vocals and pickup-bar lyrics, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” is pure, derivative rock & roll cliché. Otherwise, behold… The 25 Greatest Hits of the 2000s. If you are so inclined, make your own damn list. Of course, all lists are made to be debated. Somebody will send me hate mail for including nothing by Radiohead here. You might think the Strokes are ranked way too high and Daft Punk is ranked way too low. Maybe you might there’s too much Jay-Z or not enough Justin Bieber.
This list is highly subjective, as are all “Best Of” lists. If you’d rather get the exact reasoning behind each song’s inclusion (plus the usual bonus playlist), read on… It’s Just Like, My Opinion Man Gary Jules and Michael Andrews-Mad World.If you’re overwhelmed by a whole lotta words, you can just check out my list here. The best artists smashed the lines separating rock, hip hop, R&B, electronica, dub and reggae, capturing our mash-up culture in a new era of information overload. If the 2000s can be celebrated for anything, it is an unbridled deconstruction of musical barriers. In the midst of these events, there was some truly awesome music. Web users redefined how they bought, stole or streamed their music.Īnd of course, Johnny Depp became a pirate. The 2000s was also the decade that the record industry collapsed on itself. Somewhere in between, we lived through 9/11, the War on Terror, the emergence of reality television, the mass proliferation of high speed internet, Botox, cargo pants, MySpace, The Sopranos, and Dance Dance Revolution. The 2000s began with a contested presidential election and ended in the Great Recession.
You Aught To Knowīefore diving into our list, let’s briefly journey back to a time when Michael Jackson was still alive, Dave Chapelle was still funny, and iPods weren’t yet phones. But like any period in our history, the best of its music is a window into our past. A lot of it was disposable, forgettable and instantly regrettable. It’s easy to dismiss the music of the 2000s.
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