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BEST OF 2010 (music, books, film, etc)
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Louis VI



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:14 am    Post subject: BEST OF 2010 (music, books, film, etc) Reply with quote

LIST YOUR BEST-OF ANYTHING THIS YEAR.

Here are the best rock albums of 2010 imo:

Sheryl Crow, '100 Miles From Memphis'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxDuCEZPwrM

Robert Plant, 'Band of Joy'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LREVZSIcL8

The Black Keys, 'Brothers'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaPBCBjSVc

Neil Young, 'Le Noise'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJddbSJQjA

John Mellencamp, 'No Better Than This'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4ccxc50fk

Jamey Johnson, 'The Guitar Song'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mczbTQhDdUM

The National, 'High Violet'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_yskRDrmqI

Drake, 'Thank Me Later'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyv4Bjja8yc

Elton John and Leon Russell, The Union
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01VMWr3Q64k

Vampire Weekend, 'XL'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVfTNCb_7js

The Dead Weather, 'Sea of Cowards'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDZ3DRT1mcM&feature=fvst

Kid Rock, 'Born Free'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C58hHzMMlxM

Kings of Leon, 'Come Around Sundown'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGmQ4ctjUk

Beach House, 'Teen Dream'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ipyWYO3LM&feature=related

Honorable mentions:

Superchunk, 'Majesty Shredding'
Peter Wolf, 'Midnight Souvenirs'
Elizabeth Cook, 'Welder'
Spoon, 'Transference'
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rumdiary



Joined: 05 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beach House and The National are good choices. I would also add:

Best Coast-Crazy For You

No Age- Everything in Between

The Growlers- Hot Tropic

Sleigh Bells- Treats
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BaldTeacher



Joined: 02 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The best album was probably 'Oh' by SNSD. 2010 has been a horrible year for music, so I can't think of anything good on the American front. Also, I haven't heard Beast's album but their song "every day I shock" was pretty good. The best song of 2009, also a terrible year for music, was "Saturday Night" by Son Dambi. The best album of 2008, another terrible year for music, was Metallica's "Death Magnetic" and that's the last good American album that I can think of.

How anybody could like Drake, I have no idea. He needs to go back to Sesame Street, or wherever the hell he's from.

Best movie, I don't really know. 'The Town' was okay, but it could have been better. I'm trying to think of other movies that came out this year. Oh yeah, "The Other Guys" with Will Ferrell was funny. It's one of his funnier performances.

Best TV series would have been The Pacific.
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jacksthirty



Joined: 30 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toy Story 3 is fav film of the year for me!

Followed by Expendables, then........no idea! Been pretty shit this year!
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erasmus



Joined: 11 Sep 2010

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best film: Film Socialisme

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pdS8jEYzU4&feature=related

Best Album: Realism by The Magnetic Fields

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxrCiD_HDGo&feature=related
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Louis VI



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

erasmus wrote:
Best film: Film Socialisme

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pdS8jEYzU4&feature=related

That was hell to watch. Interesting at first but very quickly got boring as heck, mundane, almost torture to watch. It didn't pick up until the alpaca and the only character I think showing any worth watching more of was the donkey.

The 80-year-old Godard was influential in the past. Was this film really the best of 2010? Looks like an art house bore.
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ESL Milk "Everyday



Joined: 12 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree.... 2010 was a pretty lousy year.

I really liked the MGMT album, though... and Inception was a genuinely good film, even if it did rip off a Scrooge MacDuck comic.
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Globutron



Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL, SNSD as a top 2010 song...

hahahaha.

Harry potter film was great. Inception I agree, Shutter Island is at least as good if not better.

I hear the third toy story was much better than the previous 2.

Social network is getting loads of good reviews.

Loads of great stuff this year. I won't even go into music. So much greatness from this year. 2011 is something i'm very much looking forward to.
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Spud10



Joined: 26 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have any of you seen black swan? It's a pretty great film, i highly recommend it.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best movie: Black Swan. By far. Social Network was the 2nd best movie I saw this year.
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Dev



Joined: 18 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best Movies of 2010

127 Hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlhLOWTnVoQ
and

Inside Job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2DRm5ES-uA
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BaldTeacher



Joined: 02 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
LOL, SNSD as a top 2010 song...

hahahaha.


I forgot to mention, '2 Different Tears' by Wondergirls is even better. That's probably the best song released in 2010.
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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't really like the guy's personality but Kanye West's album is excellent. ummm also the lcd soundsytem album..

Those are kind of boring picks though, they are on every top 100 list. My favorite track of the year is definitly 'Re-Up' from joker and ginz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uBPEEWy86Q

edit: actually that track was released in 2009. so my track of the year is

Shine Blockas by Big Boi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBt_p8gFkw

I know it was made a few years ago but it was released this year.


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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BaldTeacher wrote:
The best album was probably 'Oh' by SNSD. 2010 has been a horrible year for music, so I can't think of anything good on the American front. Also, I haven't heard Beast's album but their song "every day I shock" was pretty good. The best song of 2009, also a terrible year for music, was "Saturday Night" by Son Dambi. The best album of 2008, another terrible year for music, was Metallica's "Death Magnetic" and that's the last good American album that I can think of.

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If all the last 3 years have been terrible for music...maybe you've just hit the wall where you don't like new music so much. it happens to 90% of people around the age of 29. Seriously. I think the age is variable but thinking that whole 3 year blocks have been terrible for music is definitely cantankerous old man sounding.

I thought the last 3 years have been pretty good, just because there is such a great mix of music out there on the net. Especially in hip hop..record companies and their bs have become less important which is always good. The rise of the mixtape has been a boon for the hip hop fan.
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InDaGu



Joined: 28 Jun 2010
Location: Cebu City, Philippines

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JMO wrote:
BaldTeacher wrote:
The best album was probably 'Oh' by SNSD. 2010 has been a horrible year for music, so I can't think of anything good on the American front. Also, I haven't heard Beast's album but their song "every day I shock" was pretty good. The best song of 2009, also a terrible year for music, was "Saturday Night" by Son Dambi. The best album of 2008, another terrible year for music, was Metallica's "Death Magnetic" and that's the last good American album that I can think of.

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If all the last 3 years have been terrible for music...maybe you've just hit the wall where you don't like new music so much. it happens to 90% of people around the age of 29. Seriously. I think the age is variable but thinking that whole 3 year blocks have been terrible for music is definitely cantankerous old man sounding.

I thought the last 3 years have been pretty good, just because there is such a great mix of music out there on the net. Especially in hip hop..record companies and their bs have become less important which is always good. The rise of the mixtape has been a boon for the hip hop fan.


I agree 100%. I haven't really listened to new music in about 4-5 years, and I'm 33. There may be the occasional song or band that I find interesting, but these days I mostly listen to older stuff and even some mash-up.
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