Why hello there and I'm back with more details on my newest DJ show. It's my first two hour show (well, the first that I've announced online) and I'm quite proud of it. It's a big improvement on last week's show, or at least, I think so. Any feedback is appreciated if you listen to it. The Rock and Metal Double Feature Show: 30/11/13 Track listing: The Rock Hour Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Led Zeppelin - In the Evening Kings of Leon - Use Somebody The Fall - I'm a Mummy The Quireboys - 7 O'Clock P.R.O.U.D. - Tur Kue Kwam Fun (Music Box) Suede - Filmstar David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging The Fratellis - Henrietta Nickelback - Burn it to the Ground Foo Fighters - The One The Offspring - All I Want Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion The Metal Show White Zombie - Electric Head Pt. 1 (The Agony) KoRn - Never Never Marilyn Manson - The Reflecting God 36 Crazyfists - Slit Wrist Theory Nine Inch Nails - Last Skindred - Kill the Power Primus - Lacquer Head Devildriver - Clouds Over California Machine Head - Now I Lay Thee Down Turmion Kätilöt - Verta Ja Lihaa Rammstein - Rammstein Slayer - Raining Blood Total show running time: 02:00:00 On info on how to listen, email me! Other entries you might want to read:
Hey
there. This is my first post in over two months. I've moved back to North Wales and am looking for a job. Still no luck. Fun times. But I'm going to try and get back into writing again, I have the time at the moment but in honesty I've had a lot of writers block. I'm not in my own comfort and environment at present and I'm just struggling to think properly. I hope you like the new website design. I'm going try to start posting again; it might not be all the time but I'll give it a go when it feels right. This Mixtape was definitely a nice distraction so I hope you enjoy it.
Welcome to a Jubilee special. Happy Diamond Jubilee and all that jazz. I'm really not that big on royalty so I'm not really celebrating it, but if you are, then enjoy yourself. This Mixtape came from an idea I had whilst working with the British Heart Foundation (I'm currently volunteering there). There's a sweepstake in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee that had a load of songs you can put £1 on to donate to charity. All the songs were referencing royalty in some way or another, either in their song titles or the band or singer's name. I thought it made a brilliant idea for a Mixtape, obviously mine would have some obscure songs that would not feature on that list, but it's still a lot of fun and you know what? It's a damn good list of songs below if I should say so myself.
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A Mixtape is a playlist of a certain genre, band or era. The
list is generally 80 minutes long, the same length of a blank CD, with further
recommendations if some of the songs aren't to your taste. Remember kids,
downloading is wrong!
So the songs below are my way of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee. I hope you celebrate it in a way you see fit. Enjoy your day off! Also, this Mixtape is now available to listen to fully on YouTube so subscribe to me if you want to listen to it properly.
Thanks for joining me on this site again. I do love writing and I hope you enjoy reading my work. I hope I can start working on the site more now, I just hope my head clears a little so my work isn't crap. Anyway enough rambling from me, have a good night.
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Hey there, welcome to my newest Mixtape. This one is paying homage to the music of the FIFA football games, something that has been a constant source of decent sound for some time. Now, if you know me personally or have been following my work on this site, you'll know that I love my metal. My interest in indie is nothing on metal, and don't get me started on dance music, electronic, RnB or ambience. These other genres for the most part don't interest me. But they are always evident in the FIFA games and quite often the songs that are chosen year upon year are great. So what I'm hoping you'll see in today's list is a different side to my musical tastes.
Not familiar with my Mixtapes? Here are the rules.
A Mixtape is a playlist of a certain genre, band or era. The
list is generally 80 minutes long, the same length of a blank CD, with further
recommendations if some of the songs aren't to your taste. Remember kids,
downloading is wrong!
Okay, before I start, I'd like to say two things. Firstly, FIFA didn't really have long and productive soundtracks on their games until FIFA 2004 came out, and while certain games before it had one or two popular tracks, nothing was really substantial until then. Secondly, I haven't played every FIFA game. I've played most of them, so one or two games are missing from the list. But I cover most of the games, and I think you can appreciate the amount of games that are actually covered here. Enjoy!
And that's my playlist. If you like the genres mentioned above and haven't heard some of these songs give them a listen, the videos all link to Youtube where possible. I'm starting to run dry on ideas at the moment for future Mixtapes, so if you have any other ideas comment below, with some suggestions and I might cover them. That's it from me today, have a good night.
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We're finally here. Before I reveal #1, here's a quick recap of the 99 songs before it:
#100: “Rebellion (Lies)” - Arcade Fire
#99: “Shut Me Up” - Mindless Self Indulgence
#98: “Grounds for Divorce” – Elbow
#97: “The Kill” - 30 Seconds to Mars
#96: “Bodies” - Drowning Pool
#95: “Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)” - Florence and the Machine
#94: “Sing” - Travis
#93: “99 Problems” - Jay-Z
#92: “Wires” - Athlete
#91: “Slither” - Velvet Revolver
#90: “Feel Good Inc.” - Gorillaz
#89: “Warriors Dance” - The Prodigy
#88: “Filthy/Gorgeous” - Scissor Sisters
#87: “Uprising” - Muse
#86: “Last Nite” - The Strokes
#85: “Empire” - Kasabian
#84: “Famous Last Words” - My Chemical Romance
#83: “Gives You Hell” - The All-American Rejects
#82: “B.Y.O.B.” - System of a Down
#81: “Time is Running Out” - Muse
#80: “Everyday I Love You Less and Less” - Kaiser Chiefs
#79: “Duality” - Slipknot
#78: “Bohemian Like You” - The Dandy Warhols
#77: “Dry Your Eyes” - The Streets
#76: “Monster” - The Automatic
#75: “The Shock of the Lightning” - Oasis
#74: “Danger! High Voltage” - Electric Six
#73: “Break Stuff” - Limp Bizkit
#72: “Tribute” - Tenacious D
#71: “Bonkers” - Dizzee Rascal
#70: “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” - Jet
#69: “Cochise” - Audioslave
#68: “Feeling This” - Blink-182
#67: “Sugar, We're Goin Down” - Fall Out Boy
#66: “Foundations” - Kate Nash
#65: “Kings and Queens” - 30 Seconds to Mars
#64: “We Are All Made of Stars” - Moby
#63: “Gay Bar” - Electric Six
#62: “Fat Lip” - Sum 41
#61: “Time to Pretend” - MGMT
#60: “Standing in the Way of Control” - The Gossip
#59: “That's Not My Name” - The Ting Tings
#58: “Clint Eastwood” - Gorillaz
#57: “Butterfly” - Crazy Town
#56: “Teenage Dirtbag” - Wheatus
#55: “For Lovers” - Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty
#54: “Paper Planes” - MIA
#53: “Crazy” - Gnarls Barkley
#52: “Brianstorm” - Arctic Monkeys #51: "Dance Wiv Me" - Dizzee Rascal #50: "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day
#49: "Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs #48: "Don't Upset the Rhythm" - The Noisettes #47: "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne #46: "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down #45: "Fire" - Kasabian #44: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day #43: "All My Life" - Foo Fighters #42: "Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence #41: "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - The Ting Tings #40: "I Predict a Riot" - Kaiser Chiefs #39: "Fell in Love With a Girl" - The White Stripes #38: "Last Resort" - Papa Roach #37: "Dare" - Gorillaz #36: "Supermassive Black Hole" - Muse #35: "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters #34: "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon #33: "Oh My God" - Kaiser Chiefs/Mark Ronson #32: "Hurt" - Johnny Cash #31: "Run" - Snow Patrol #30: "By the Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers #29: "Best of You" - Foo Fighters #28: "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z #27: "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm #26: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" - My Chemical Romance #25: "Clocks" - Coldplay #24: "Misery Business" - Paramore #23: "Human" - The Killers #22: "Welcome to the Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance #21: "In the End" - Linkin Park #20: "When You Were Young" - The Killers #19: "The Scientist" - Coldplay #18: "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand #17: "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay #16: "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes #15: "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock #14: "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" - The Darkness #13: "All the Small Things" - Blink-182 #12: "Somebody Told Me" - The Killers #11: "Valerie" - The Zutons/Mark Ronson #10: "Rockstar" - Nickelback #9: "You've Got the Love" - Florence and the Machine #8: "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys #7: "Rollin'" - Limp Bizkit #6: "One Day Like This" - Elbow #5: "Hey Ya!" - OutKast #4: "Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol #3: "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback #2: "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon
Okay, here we go, the most important song of the last decade is...
#1. "American Idiot" - Green Day Released: 31/8/04 Album:American Idiot Accolades: #22 in Triple J's Hottest
100 of 2004, #13 in Rolling Stone's Best of 2000s, #432 in Rolling Stone's Best Songs of all Time Appearances: Wedding
Crashers (movie trailer), Madden NFL 2005 (video game), The Andy
Milonakis Show (TV series), The Simpsons Movie (movie), Johnny Test (TV
series) Chart Positions: UK - #3, US - #56 (#1 in Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart), Best Elsewhere - Canada - #1
"American
Idiot" is for me, the most important song of the decade. Now that might
upset some of you people who don't like modern punk, and want to stick
to your indie roots, which is fair enough. In fact, some could argue
that "Boulevard" was a bigger hit, which it was. But the reason why it
was a bigger hit is because at the time of "American Idiot"'s release,
downloads weren't considered. Between the releases they were. I'm sure
some of you think "Sex on Fire" is a more deserving entry, but here me
out.
Imagine
in your mind it was 2004 again. 9/11 happened not too long ago and
every American is on high alert about the whole thing. The war on Iraq
was a controversial decision. On a less serious side of things, Green
Day not long released International Superhits!. They had just just
passed 15 years of music making. They were now at the peak of their
career in terms of the fact that everyone worldwide knew of their music
and they had experience and maturity on their side.
They
then release a concept album about a guy that hates his life and
everything about it. "Emo" was on the rise not too long from the release
of the album. "Emo", if you didn't know, is the rise of a 'new' fashion
statement and music genre associated with teenagers who dress in dark
makeup, tight black trousers and stripy tops. "Emo" culture fell into
teenage life where these young individuals were questioning life and
disliking the negative elements within it. It can stretch to self harm
and even suicide, although I'm not going to talk about those dark
elements in a strong way.
So,
everything, in my eyes, came to a climax with the release of this song.
It's anti-American lyrics, the attachment to the album with its
punk/emo qualities were definitely part of the reason this song because
such a huge hit. Green Day as I said, were getting to the stage of their
career that they were an experienced well respected band, and they were
about to get a huge influx of new fans. No, it didn't sell as well as
"Sex on Fire", or many other songs in this listing, but I'll tell you
now, since 2004, I've not seen one song played more on multiple video
channels that's not an RnB or pop or rap song. I've heard this song more
than any other song in the decade I'd say. It's revived Green Day's
career, it was accepted as a great track by many diverse fans, rock,
metal, pop, indie, and everything in between. It has a purpose in this
decade, it was a form or rebel song in reference to the 9/11 attacks and
American culture as well. America in this decade has started to be
perceived as a silly nation and this song definitely pinpoints that.
"American Idiot" above all that is a decent little punk/emo song. I don't love
it, but I don't hate it either. And while a lot of people got fed up of
the band after a while, the playing of this song hasn't really gone
away. It ticks all my boxes when it comes to its importance in the
decade, and that's why I believe, it's the most important song of the
decade.
So Green Day, this award goes to you!
Agree?
Disagree? Comment below. So there you have it, the 100 Most Important
Songs of the Decade. But this Noughtie series hasn't quite finished yet.
Tomorrow I'm going to explain myself further. How did I make this
listing? How did I
go about it? Read tomorrow if you want to know. On Friday will be the
stats post, where I'll compile all the songs that featured in certain TV
shows or games, as well as a compiled list from each year, and more.
Hopefully you'll find that interesting. Also you'll see a Mixtape in
that post, if you want to create a Johnny Mercyside Important Songs of
the Naughties playlist. After that, the whole thing will be
finished. It's took nearly six months to put the whole thing down on the
website and I've really enjoyed it. I hope you have too, if you agree or
disagree. I'll see you again tomorrow I hope.
To view my methods and explanations, click here. To view a full archived stats index of the songs listed, click here.
Finally. After more than three months of daily listing, we're arrived at the Top 10. I'm personally proud of this project, I hope you enjoyed reading it if you've been following it since the beginning. Let's do this!
To view part 1, click here. To view part 2, click here. To view part 3, click here. To view part 4, click here. To view part 5, click here. To view part 6, click here. To view part 7, click here. To view part 8, click here. To view part 9, click here.
#10. "Rockstar" - Nickleback Released: 22/8/06 Album: All the Right Reasons Accolades: Winner of the UK Record of the Year Award, #100 in Rolling Stone's Top 100 Songs of 2007, Appearances: DFS (sofa advertisement) Chart Positions: UK - #2, US - #6 (#4 in Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart), Best Elsewhere - Canada - #1 I pissed off a lot of people with my statement that Nickelback are the Most Important Artist of the Decade.
It's not a statement I like to say, but they've had a huge amount of
success consistently throughout the decade. Like it or lump it, but it's
a fact. It says something about the strength of the band if you take
into perspective that this song was the fifth single off the album. It
wasn't going to be released in this country but after a surge of
interest from the country on the internet they took the punt to release
it. It ended up being their biggest chart success to date. And it still
is. This song remained in the UK charts for most of 2007 and 2008. It
was in the Top 40 for a total of 35 weeks. It was in the Top 75 for 50
weeks in a row, only 22 songs have been in the Top 75 for a longer
period of time, and most of those aren't modern releases. That's the
strength of the song. Want more proof? How about the fact that after the
HUGE success of this song, the album "All the Right Reasons", the sales
went up 250% in the end. That's indefinite proof. Not happy about
Nickelback being a huge band, with huge singles and huge success? Me
neither, but I 'aint going to lie to you about it.
#9. "You've Got the Love" - Florence and the Machine Released: 5/1/09 Album: Lungs Appearances: Domestic Blitz (TV series), MasterChef Australia (TV show) Chart Positions: UK - #5, US - #6 (#4 in Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart), Best Elsewhere - Denmark - #7 Similar
to "Rockstar" above, this song slowly crept through the charts before
eventually peaking very high and then slowly going back down. Granted,
it didn't stay in the charts for as long as "Rockstar" did, but the song
was incredibly popular throughout 2009 and 2010. The main difference
between the songs as well is that this song was over huge with critics,
where as some critics have a huge distaste for Nickelback (me included).
"You've Got the Love" is the highest up cover version on this list, so
in a way, you can say this is the most important cover version in the
decade (although you can also give that accolade to Johnny Cash and
"Hurt"). This was a beautiful song, sung incredibly by Florence Welch
and she completely made the song hers (the original if you didn't know
was by The Source and Candi Nation in 1986). I am almost convinced this
song will remaintain its popularity throughout this and other decades as
one of the finest songs to come out from the last decade.
#8. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys Released: 17/10/05 Album: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Accolades: Winner of Best Track Award at the NME Awards, #10 in the NME's Top 50 Indie Anthems of All Time Chart Positions: UK - #1, US - #118 (#7 in Modern Rock Tracks Chart), Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #12 What
a decade the Arctic Monkeys have had. They started their career in 2002
and in four years, became the most hyped British band since Oasis. And
while they haven't maintained their success like Oasis did, their music
quality is arguably better. The Arctic Monkeys are just one of those
bands that deserve everything they get, they make great indie music,
they are good live, they are genuinely a nice group and critics and fans
love them. But no song they have released represent them like this one.
"I Bet That You Look Good on the Dance Floor" became an instant
classic. It didn't come out of nowhere, it was built up for weeks and
then released, but the sound of the song was so genuine, so, ahem,
British, it just had everything in it that a general British public
wanted. It's a simple yet brilliant song, and it'll easily live on
forever as a defining moment in the decade.
#7. "Rollin'" - Limp Bizkit Released: 10/10/00 Album: Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Appearances:
NHL Hitz 2002 (video game), The Fast and the Furious (movie), Hancock
(movie), Fastlane (TV series), My Name is Earl (TV series), WWF
SmackDown! Just Bring It (video game), WWE Raw (video game), WWE
WrestleMania X8 (video game) Chart Positions: UK - #1, US - #65 (#7 in Modern Rock Tracks Chart), Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #1
I'm
sure there are going to be people absolutely ripping me for putting
this so high in this listing. As I said, this isn't a personal listing,
it's an unbiased one. And like it or not, this song was fucking huge in
this country, and in Ireland. It's Limp Bizkit's most popular song. It's
a song that arguably defines the rap/rock/metal era from the early
Naughties. White guys rapping over metal music, thinking incredibly high
of themselves. It's a genre that at the times the adults hate, and a
lot of teenagers loved at the time, but feel embarrassed about now
thinking about it. Not me in particular, I don't have any shame saying I
liked Limp Bizkit's old stuff. This was a catchy track. And it was
really over in this country. And you still see it get played more than
any other nu-metal track from the era today. I just speak the truth, if
you like it or not.
#6. "One Day Like This" - Elbow Released: 2/6/08 Album: The Seldom Seen Kid Accolades: Winner of Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Appearances:
2008 Summer Olympics (athletics broadcast), Earth Day 2009
(advertisement), The Soloist (movie advertisement), Big Brother 9 (TV
series), Hollyoaks Later (TV series), Torchwood (TV series), British
Soap Awards (award ceremony), Screenwipe (TV series), Waterloo Road (TV
series), National Rugby League (Australian rugby coverage), Holby City
(TV series), MacBook Air (notebook computer advertisement) Chart Positions: UK - #35
Beautiful.
It's the best word to describe this song. Frustratingly so, because at
one point or another, this song wouldn't go away. It was everywhere, on
the radio, and in every single fucking sporting broadcast around. But
let's not retract that away from how awesome this song is. This song
really is a masterpiece. It's just an incredibly moving song. And no, it
didn't chart well, but the song maintained its popularity for a long
time, just in case you didn't know, it's ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FUCKING
SIX WEEKS, and counting, in the Top 100 right now. That's an amazing
feat. Yet, the song has never peaked higher than #35, which is a damn
shame. Regardless, this song more than deserves a place this high in the
listing, I'm willing to put a lot of money on the fact that this song
will be considered a highlight of the decade.
#5. "Hey Ya!" - OutKast Released: 9/9/03 Album:Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Accolades: Winner
of Best Urban/Alternative Performance at the Grammys, #1 in Jazz
& Pop's Best of 2003, #15 in Blender#s Top 500 Greatest Songs
Since You Were Born, #2 in Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Singles of
2000-2004, #4 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Songs of the Decade, Nominated
for Record of the Year at the Grammys Chart Positions: UK - #3, US - #1, Best Elsewhere - Norway, Australia, Canada and Sweden - #1
I
read somewhere around 2 or 3 years ago that "Hey Ya" is the most played
song on the radio in the decade. Frustratingly, I can't find evidence
of that at the moment so take this information with a pinch of salt.
Regardless if that information is true, you can't deny how big this song
was, and is. It's a hip hop classic. You can put this song up there
with the great hip hop songs of the nineties and eighties and seriously,
it won't look out of place. It's genuinely one of the best song ever
made. OutKast will never have a finer moment, much to Big Boi's
disappointment I'm sure, as Andre 3000 cracked the world with this
masterpiece. The video, the lyrics, the beat, everything is just
brilliant. It's funny how "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" is
potentially responsible for the revival of the retro camera. I can't say
I've heard one person dislike this song (although I'm sure someone will
prove me wrong now). "Hey Ya!" will forever be known as one of the best
hip hop tracks of all time, it's that simple.
#4. "Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol Released: 6/6/06 Album:Eyes Open Accolades: Nominated
for Best Rock Song award at the Grammys, Nominated for Best Single
award at the BRITs, #1 in Channel 4's Best Songs of the Decade Appearances: Gray's
Anatomy (TV series), One Tree Hill (TV series), Just Go with It
(movie), Anatomia Unplugged (TV series), Gavin and Stacy (TV series),
Cold Case (TV series), SingStar Pop (video game), Wo is Fred? (movie),
ER (TV series) Chart Positions: UK - #6, US - #5 (#1 in the Adult Contemporary Charts), Best Elsewhere - Austria - #2
This
song was released in America on 6/6/6 so it must be EVVIIIIIIILL!! Okay
seriously though, what a remarkable song this was. I mean, it's not my
thing, I don't like it, but you'd be a fool not to understand why this
song got put into so popular. I swear this film was in like EVERY romcom
around at the time but when I did my research I can't find it being
listed in many romcoms which is embarrassing. Regardless the song
wouldn't go away, it was everywhere, because of its gentle tune and it's
romantic lyrics. The video was also a reason. You can also thank "Grays
Anatomy" for that too, the song shot up in popularity afterwards,
particularly in the US. In fact, the song was STILL in the UK Top 100
this year, that's five years! I think it's last activity in the Top 100
UK singles was March mind. But yeah, that's longevity for you, it's
quite obvious this song isn't going anywhere, you will hear it for years
to come, as one of the most romantic songs ever to grace our ears. If
you like it or not!
#3. "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback Released: 28/7/01 Album:Silver Side Up Accolades: Winner of Record of the Year award at the Grammys, #16 in VH1's Greatest Power Ballads Chart Positions: UK - #4, US - #1, Best Elsewhere - Austria, Denmark and Ireland - #1
Yep.
Nickelback at #3. I think there's three songs that stand out in the
decade, and that are guaranteed to be played forever, or however long
music will be a form of entertainent. And like it or not, this is one of
them. "How You Remind Me", despite being nearly 10 years old this month
in terms of release date, still gets an incredible amount of airplay
today. It was such a strong hit for the band, and despite "Rockstar"
getting a lot of airplay as well, this song is probably untouchable in
terms of its impact on the music scene. It won a Grammy award two years
after its release, which is bizarre, but at the same time it shows that
even two years after release the song was still played, still important
and still worthy of winning such a prestigious award. "How You Remind
Me", regardless if you like the song or not, is just untouchable as a
song that will be associated with the 10 years of music I'm covering at
the moment. And that's why it's third in my list of most important songs
from this decade.
#2. "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon Released: 5/9/08 Album:Only by the Night Accolades: Nominated
for Best Rock Song award at the Grammys, Winner of Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Group Award at the Grammys, #1 in Triple J's Hottest
100 of 2008, #40 in Rolling Stone's Best of 2008 Appearances: Stay Cool (movie trailer) Chart Positions: UK - #1, US - #56 (#1 in Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart), Best Elsewhere - Australia, Finland and Ireland - #1
Surely
there should be no surprise about this entry. It had to go in really.
It's the biggest hit in history in the UK on downloads alone. The song
got to #1 on downloads before it was physically released. The song has
spent an amazingly long time in the Top 100, it's not long dropped out
actually.
Truth
is, I was really going to put this down as my #1. It was a difficult
choice between this and the song you'll see posted tomorrow. Chart
success, this wins, hands down. Probably in terms of how much it will be
played in ten years time from now in comparison to my #1, it'll
probably win in that 'battle'. But there's a significance to tomorrow's
track that this lacks. And if I said what it is now, you'll have a good
idea what that is. So I'll shut up about that song now.
Who
would have anticipated that Kings of Leon would get a #1 hit eight
years ago? I wouldn't have. They've come a long way to being one of the
most loved rock bands of the moment. The song itself isn't the best song
in the world, I prefer a lot of their older stuff. But there's an
appeal to this song that bodes very well with the general public, it's
got to be the simple yet memorable guitar, the simple yet memorable
chorus and the simple yet memorable video. "Sex on Fire" will forever
live as an important song of the decade, it was the song that Kings of
Leon will always be known for.
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