Showing posts with label tenacious d. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tenacious d. Show all posts

Thursday, April 28, 2016

My Top 100 Favourite Songs 2010-14 Edition: #33

#33. "Low Hangin' Fruit" – Tenacious D
Released: 17/5/12
Album: Rize of the Fenix


Two days in a row now a song has featured both on this list as well as last year's Top 100 Favourite Music Videos of All Time list, this one climbed very high though, getting to 22nd place. Also yesterday I said that the music video sometimes makes the song - that's exactly what happens here I have no shame in saying. Sure, the song "Low Hangin' Fruit" is funny. Very funny in fact. But the music video is just... something you have to see. It's so dirty and full of innuendo, and if that's your thing you'll love it. Some Tenacious D songs don't need visual aid, and as I said this song is fine, but it's value is multiplied by a hundred with this music video. There's a reason why I said it's my 22nd favourite music video of all time last year.

Here's the video if you want to hear it!

If you missed #34 go here.

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Friday, May 22, 2015

My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #22

#22: "Low Hangin' Fruit" - Tenacious D
Release Date: 2012
Director: Liam Lynch
Fun Fact: Liam Lynch also directed "Tribute" by the band, which got to #45 in my list, and the video for "POD", and, I believe, he directed his own music video, "United States of Whatever" which got to #49! He also directed their film, "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny!"
This video only has 4 million views and I personally think that's an absolute tragedy. If you love Tenacious D and you haven't seen this video, seriously, watch it. Now. I mean it.

Anyways, assuming you have seen this video, and you have a crude sense of humour, you have to love this video, it's just hilarious. It's squirmingly funny mind; seeing two men in their fourties putting their fingers in fruit, licking it, and doing sexual references with them is just wrong in a certain way. Yet I absolutely love it.

The best thing about this video? Kyle Gass. Just watch KG throughout the video and look at his facial expressions and his moves, he completely OWNS this video. And of course, I absolutely love their dressing gowns. I totally want to own KG's bedwear, INCLUDING his cowboy hat. I just love this video, and it is, believe it or not, my favourite Tenacious D video.


Here is the video for your enjoyment!

Click here to see #21 on the list or here for #23!

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #45

#45: "Tribute" - Tenacious D
Release Date: 2002
Director: Liam Lynch
Fun Fact: Ben Stiller has a discrete cameo in the video!
This is the greatest and best song in the world... tribute!

You gotta love this video. The video that perfectly works with a tribute to the best song in the world has got to be in this list right? It's just hilarious throughout, what with The D rigging the song recording studio that only plays cover versions to record The Greatest Song in the World, to Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters playing "The Shiny Shiny Demon", to Ben Stiller's brief cameo, to the way Jack Black flaps about outside the studio before getting arrested... it's just an awesome video. It at one point was the most played music video in Kerrang! history, and for good reason!


Here's the video for your enjoyment!

Click here to see #44 on the list or here for #46!

Friday, March 07, 2014

The Rock and Metal Double Feature Show 2/3/14


Hello there. Sorry the website entry is late but this is last week's Rock and Metal Double Feature Show. I'll be posting the weekly show at midnight every Saturday night, if you want to hear it! But here's last weeks show if you've missed it. I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was nice to get back into the groove of my regular feature again, and I had a record number of requests once again.

Listen to the show here:



The Rock and Metal Double Feature Show: 2/3/14
Track listing:
The Rock Show
I Will Do Anything for Love But I Won't Do That - Meat Loaf
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
MSG - Attack of the Mad Axemen
Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies - Biffy Clyro
La Fee Verte - Kasabian
No Beard, No Good - The Beards
Radioactive/M.A.A.D City (LIVE) - Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
No One Knows - The Queens of the Stone Age
Man Alive! - Billy Talent
Drive - Incubus
Low Hangin' Fruit - Tenacious D

The Metal Hour
Here to Stay - KoRn
Back in Black - AC/DC
I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
Girl From Oklahoma - Steel Panther
Icon of Dominance - Lordi
Flashback - Ministry
Never Enough - Five Finger Death Punch
Intermission - The Offspring
I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Duality - Slipknot
Red War - Probot
Memorial - Caliban
Tik Tok Redneck - Ke$ha vs Lamb of God
Skeletor/Beastman - Gnarkill
Total running time: 02:00:00

Other entries you might want to read:
The Mercyside 100 - DJ Show/Listing
Big News Regarding My DJing - Personal Blog
My Top 50 Favourite Video Game Villains - Listing


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Saturday, January 11, 2014

The Mercyside 100: #100 to #86


Hey there. Welcome to the Mercyside 100. This is both a DJ set and a listing; you can listen to each individual section of the Mercyside 100 over the next seven weeks, but I will also be revealing them on this site a few days after each show.


What is the Mercyside 100? It's the 100 most played songs on my personal media player. I'll hopefully be doing this every year going forward. So this is the first one, covering last year's music. So the 100 songs on this list are the 100 songs I played more than any other from January 1st to December 31st 2013.

So before we get started, here's the link to the show, if you want to listen to the tracks and what I have to say about the tracks.



So without further delay, he's the first part of the Mercyside 100, from #100 to #86!


#100: Hey, Cruel World...
Artist: Marilyn Manson
Album: Born Villain
Released: 2012

#99: Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown
Artist: Rob Zombie
Album: Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
Released: 2013

#98: My Curse
Artist: Killswitch Engage
Album: As Daylight Dies
Released: 2006

#97: Babylon
Artist: Skindred
Album: Babylon
Released: 2002

#96: Supremacy
Artist: Muse
Album: The 2nd Law
Released: 2012

#95: Ayo Technology
Artist: 50 Cent (feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland)
Album: Curtis
Released: 2007

#94: 212
Artist: Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay)
Album: 1991
Released: 2011

#93: Right Now
Artist: PSY
Album: PSYFIVE
Released: 2010

#92: YYZ
Artist: Rush
Album: Moving Pictures
Released: 1981

#91: Free Bird
Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Album: Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Released: 1973

#90: Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll
Artist: Blue Oyster Cult
Album: Blue Oyster Cult
Released: 1972

#89: I Put a Spell on You
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Album: At Home With
Released: 1956

#88: Verta Ja Lihaa
Artist: Turmion Kätilöt
Album: Hoitovirhe
Released: 2004
Most played song of November 2013

#87: Get Up!
Artist: KoRn (feat. Skrillex)
Album: The Path of Totality
Released: 2011

#86: Low Hangin' Fruit
Artist: Tenacious D
Album: Rize of the Fenix
Released: 2012

...look out for #85 to #71 next week!

The Mercyside 100: #100 to #86: 9/1/14
Track listing:
Hey, Cruel World… - Marilyn Manson
Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown - Rob Zombie
My Curse - Killswitch Engage
Babylon - Skindred
Supremacy - Muse
Ayo Technology - 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
212 - Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay)
Right Now - PSY
YYZ - Rush
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Verta Ja Lihaa - Turmion Kätilöt
Get Up! - KoRn (feat. Skrillex)
Low Hangin' Fruit - Tenacious D
Total running time: 01:08:11

See other parts of this listing!
#100 to #86 | #85 to #71 | #70 to #56 | #55 to #41 | #40 to #26 | #25 to #11 | #10 to #1

Other entries you might want to read:
My Top 50 Favourite Video Game Villains - Listing
The Rock and Metal Double Feature Show Christmas Special (20/12/13) - DJ Show
Mercy Licks - March 2013 - Listing


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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Q&A with Johnny Mercyside: Part 4

Hey everyone, I'm back from my holiday. Yes it was good, thanks for asking. It went too quick though. Hey ho. Well time to get back to normality. Because I only just got back I'm doing a lazy post today. It's not filler; I usually do this post every month, it's just that I'm doing it slightly early this month. I'll be covering the Liverpool vs Tottenham match tomorrow, where naturally I'm hoping we can get the three points. It'll be an intriguing test against Spurs, it'll be good to see how far we should have come from last season. Anyway, here's this months Q&A post, just in case you all want to know a little more about me as a person rather than my writing. These come from my Formspring account, which you can find here. These were answered a while ago, and I've changed the answers if the situation has changed since then. Enjoy.

Q: Do you believe in luck?
A: Not really, I mean some times it does feel it's on your side or against you but on the whole, no. I think how everyone behaves and circumstance combined makes the world tick in the modern world.

Q: If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get?
A: Chocolate. It has to be. Consistently in my lifetime, chocolate has made me feel good food wise.

Q: What celebrity would play you in a movie about your life?
A: Well the celebrity that looks like me the most is probably Wayne Rooney, frustratingly, but I doubt he can act. In the acting world, probably Zach Galifianakis or Seth Rogen, I reckon they look slightly like me, and can probably do my personality well enough.

Q: If you could have the starring role in one movie what would it be?
A: The Crow, that would be kickass.

Q: What was your favorite movie as a child?
A: Ace Ventura, which is still one of my favourite films.

Q: Who was your first crush?
Well I had a crush on a girl when I was around five, I think... her name was... Sophie... although I'm not certain. In terms of people on my Facebook,it's pretty common knowledge I had a relatively long term crush on a certain lady named Heledd... though times have changed a lot since then for both of us now!

Q: How many countries have you traveled to?
A: Officially, two, UK and Ireland. But if you didn't know I've got to the shortlist stage to appear on Total Wipeout, so I'm looking to add Argentina to that list very soon!

Q: Who's the most talented person you know?
A: Not sure, I know a lot of people with a lot of talents. I can't say one is better than the other.

Q: What's your dream car?
A: I'm not a big car lover, and I don't drive. If I all the money in the world to buy one, I'd just use my eyesight to choose one that looks the nicest without looking at the labelsor specs. I'd probably try to have a car that also was good to the environment - that's important.

Q: Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
A: I'm more of an extrovert, but I show signs in both. More in the extrovert side though.

Q: Who inspires you the most?
A: My mum probably, she went through a lot of problems and sacrifices to get to where she is today, not that it's my place to say what she has went through. But she has an eternal respect from me, she'll be happy to hear. I still think she's too soft though!

Q: Cats or Dogs?
A: Cats, easily. Never been a fan of dogs, and I adore cats with a passion.

Q: If you could go on a road trip with any person, dead or alive, who would it be and where would you go?
A: I've always said that Jack Black, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and a good few more people in that group of musician/comedy bunch always seem to be the coolest people to hang around with. I'd love to pick their brains and be a part of their banter.

Q: If you could eliminate one thing you do each day in the bathroom so you never had to do it again, what would it be?
A: Brushing my teeth, not that I do it each day, in fact I'm atrocious for doing them regularly. It is the one thing I can't stand doing, I don't even know why.

Q: What is your ultimate goal in life?
A: I don't really know, I don't have a formal goal. I'd like to be seen as a nice guy who has been a minor influence in some peoples lives. I'd like to be successful at what I do, whatever that will be.

Q: If your house was on fire and you could only grab three things, what would they be?
A: If it's anything, then naturally I'd grab Vivi and drag Mimi, and erm, probably my XBox, but only if Left 4 Dead was in the disk tray.If it's not including people, then my XBox, my TV, and my games cabinet.

Q: Do you believe in angels?
A: The short and sweet answer is no.

Q: If you could live any moment in time over again, just once, which moment would it be?
A: May/June 2003, when I was in a women's refuge after we left my dad. I was at peace then, no stress at all. I've had fantastic and proud moments since then, but at that time, there was just zero stress, and it was just peaceful and lovely.

Q: What are your views on god?
A: I don't think there is one, I have a scientific view on the way the world works, and if there is a super being out there, it's not a god for Earth but a god for the universe.

Q: What is the best thing about being a father?
A: Difficult, I'd probably say when Vivi gives me hugs without asking. I love that.

And there you go. A little insight to what type of person I am and my views on things. Just in case you missed it earlier you can follow me and ask me questions on my Formspring here. I'll be back tomorrow when I cover Liverpool vs Tottenham. Until then, take care.



Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Mixtape: Best Collaborations in Music

Hey there, welcome to my new Mixtape. The Noughtie series aside, this is the first Mixtape I’ve done for this site. This is a Mixtape of my favourite collaborations in music. By collaboration, the definition I’ve used is a group and a singer, or two singers, who don’t work together on a regular basis, in the same song. There’s has to be at least two voices, for instance, as great as Mark Ronson’s version of “Just” is, he doesn’t sing so it’s not even in contention. Not familiar with my Mixtapes? Here are the rules of the Mixtape.

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 with that out of the way, here are my favourite music collaborations!

  1. I Just Had Sex - The Lonely Island and Akon
  2. Stan – Eminem and Dido
  3. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
  4. Walk This Way – Aerosmith and Run-DMC
  5. Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre and Eminem
  6. Throw it on Me – Timbaland and The Hives
  7. Another Way to Die - Jack White and Alicia Keys
  8. Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Young Ones
  9. Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
  10. Meds – Placebo and Alison Mosshart
  11. This Mess We're In - PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke
  12. Nightclubbing - David Bowie and Iggy Pop
  13. Hands of Death - Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
  14. Break You Down – Godhead and Marilyn Manson
  15. Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer - Linkin Park and Jay-Z
  16. Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare) - Saul Williams and Zach de la Rocha
  17. Get It Up - Mindless Self Indulgence and Chantal Claret
  18. I'm Afraid of Americans (V1) - David Bowie and Trent Reznor
  19. Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) - Tenacious D and Dave Grohl
Want some alternatives? Here’s five more:
  1. The Omen - DMX and Marilyn Manson
  2. Gold Digger - Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
  3. Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue
  4. The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck - The Eagles of Death Metal and Brody Dalle
  5. Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter
Well I hope you like this list. I’ve covered rap, rock and metal here, which is good. There will be songs you like, and songs you don’t. I think in a list as diverse as this, everyone’s going to have a different personal list. If you’ve heard and liked stuff by some of these artists but have not heard these particular collaborations, check them out, they’re all good songs, well I think so anyway!

Do you have any suggestions for Mixtapes? I don't like doing artist Mixtapes to often, so a certain era, genre or distinctive element (like this collaborations one) is what I prefer. Any suggestions are welcome in the comments section below. Until next time, take care.


Monday, April 04, 2011

Noughtie: The 100 Most Important Songs of the Decade (Part 3)

We continue our countdown of the most important music singles of the Naughties from #80 to #71!

To view part 1, click here.
To view part 2, click here.


#80. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" - Kaiser Chiefs
Released: 16/5/05
Album: Employment
Appearances: Run, Fatboy, Run (movie)
Chart Positions: UK - #8, Best Elsewhere - Netherlands - #52

I always find it difficult when a song was very popular, very well received in the UK in this listing. Just in case you didn't know, I'm British. This is a biased listing with respect to the fact that all the research and sorting out I've done to make this listing the way it is, is done with a British hat on. Yes some artists were more popular in America than in the UK, some artists have done jack in the States. It does count to a certain degree how well they do across the pond, but it all stems from the fact that if they didn't succeed in these great British isles, they 'aint getting in the list.
Sorry for rambling, but this song is one of those songs. The Kaiser Chiefs at this moment were nothing in America (in fact, "Ruby" aside, they aren't anything in America even now) but this song solidified them as a fun and quirky little band from Leeds who were living the British dream of mainstream popularity. Personally? I liked the Kaisers when they first started, and this was a good little ditty, and many people agree.


#79. "Duality" - Slipknot
Released: 4/5/04
Album: Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Appearances: Madden NFL 10 (video game), Rock Band (video game), nail'd (video game trailer),
Chart Positions: UK - #15, US - #106 (#5 in Mainstream Rock Tracks), Best Elsewhere - Germany - #28

What do you know, this song was released on my birthday! Anyway, "Duality", yes, you've heard it many times in the blog with many artists, but it was the song that got Slipknot mainstream success. You've heard it many times and you'll continue to hear it because it's a very strong connection for rock artists, and most certainly metal artists. If you can get people who don't like heavy music to like your song(s) then you've done a good job. Going mainstream is different from having a song that was successful in the mainstream charts. Slipknot aren't mainstream. They're far from it I'd say. But "Duality" got people rocking. It was really successful. It was a great metal track, it was definitely one of the bigger metal anthems of the decade.


#78. "Bohemian Like You" - Dandy Warhols
Released: 31/10/00
Album: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

Appearances: Summer Catch (movie soundtrack), Igby Goes Down (movie), Fool Proof (movie soundtrack), Flushed Away (movie), Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale (TV series soundtrack), The Replacements (movie), Clockstoppers (movie), Little Nicky (movie), Man of the Year (movie), Numb3rs (TV series), 6-0-6 (radio show), Chuck (TV series), Le Mans 24 Hours (video game), Delirious (movie), Dancing with the Stars (TV series), Vodafone (mobile phone advertisement), Burton Albion FC (football team intro music), Ford Focus (car advertisement), Ford Mustang (car advertisement), Holden Astra (car advertisement), Citroen C4 Picasso (car advertisement), Next (clothing advertisement)
Chart Positions: UK - #5, US - #105 (#28 in Mainstream Rock Tracks), Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #17

The one thing I've found had whilst writing this listing is comparing songs from the year 2000 to songs from the year 2009. People have heard this song for up to 11 years, where as a song from 2009 has been heard for 2 of those 11 years. But what you're seeing is my attempt at doing that.

Yes this song was incredibly popular, on it's release it got very very popular because of Vodafone using the song on its adverts. On it's original release it didn't get very high in the charts though. But as you can see, this song has been used in so many different advertisements and movies. It's just a great track, one that people love singing as the words are easy to hear and sing. It's just a song so memorable and classy it deserves its place in this list.

#77. "Dry Your Eyes" - The Streets
Released: 31/5/04
Album: A Grand Don't Come For Free

Accolades: #19 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004
Chart Positions: UK - #1, Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #1

Another thing that is difficult to list, songs that got to #1. "Dry Your Eyes" is the first song on the list that got the #1 spot in the UK, but that doesn't mean it deserves to be higher in this list, at least I don't think so (if you do, comment and tell me why).  Some songs get to #1 then disappear into the decade. This song didn't quite do that, but it wasn't as prominent afterwards, this isn't a song that pops into my head when I think of the most important tracks of the decade. But getting to #1 is a merit that is well respected, and it's something all artists who work in the alternative music (although Mike Skinner's project is garage rap, he does have a strong indie following) worlds would love to do. So kudos to The Streets, they did something probably every artist on this list strive to achieve. Only a few do it.

#76. "Monster" - The Automatic
Released: 5/6/06
Album: Not Accepted Anywhere

Appearances: Lego Rock Band (video game), Kinect Sports (video game), FIFA 08 (video game), Igor (movie), Slither (movie), Torchwood (TV series), Doctor Who (TV series), Primeval (TV series), Hollyoaks (TV series), Le Grand Journal (TV series), Tittybangbang (TV series), Bones (TV series), Serious Ocean (TV series)
Chart Positions: UK - #4, Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #37

You could call The Automatic a one hit wonder, but their career is quite young and they haven't quite disappeared, they've just took a step backwards in their career. Love it or hate it "Monster" was a big hit upon its release. It was everywhere, on the radio, on music channels, on loads of different TV shows. It's even been used in Hollywood films, although the Welsh band haven't even come close to cracking America. It's just a simple catchy soft rock tune that appeals to all ages and has a light hearted comedy music video. I personally liked the track when it came out but I can easily see why some people dislike it. Regardless, I think it deserves a place in this listing and you'll find it at #76.

#75. "The Shock of the Lightning" - Oasis
Released: 22/9/08
Album: Dig Out Your Soul

Accolades: #96 in NME's 100 Tracks of the Naughties
Appearances: K-20: Legend of the Mask (movie), Jaguar (car advertisement), Honda (car advertisement), Top Gear (TV series), Soccer AM (TV series)
Chart Positions: UK - #3, US - #93 (#12 in Alternative Songs chart) Best Elsewhere - Sweden - #5

I'm quite secretive about the listing you are currently seeing, and what songs will appear later on in it. But I'll tell you one thing: this is the only Oasis song to make the Top 100. *gasps from Oasis fans*
Let's get something clear here. I like Oasis, as a band they are were great. The key word in that previous sentence is were. Oasis in the nineties, well, they produced hit after hit, they had two MEGA albums. If (or likely, when) I cover the nineties, you'll see them a lot more. But in the Naughties, they were flat. What annoys me about Oasis is that they use their presence and commercial success to big up their new releases, they then release their singles and get success, then they disappear again. This happened throughout the last decade. Their songs didn't stand out that much. In fact, if 2008 was a better year for music you wouldn't see ANY Oasis songs in this decade listing. "The Shock of the Lightning" was probably their last great single, but their singles were few and far between in quality and memorability in the decade. I'm saying this as a critical journalist, not as a biased music fan. I like Oasis, and a lot of their songs in the decade personally. But for popularity, they get little from me. I'm jus' sayin'.

#74. "Danger! High Voltage" - Electric Six
Released: 6/1/03
Album: Fire

Accolades: NME's Single of the Week, #234 in Pitchfork Media's Best Songs of the 2000's, The Pitchfork 500
Appearances: Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle (movie), White Collar (TV series), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (movie), Balls of Steel (TV series), The Simpsons (TV series), Malcom in the Middle (TV series)
Chart Positions: UK - #2, Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #15

Danger! Danger! High Voltage! When we touch! When we kiss! This song was brilliant when it came out. It's one of those songs where you just think... "what the hell was that?" But it was fucking successful. It makes me laugh that this song is so well received in the UK yet only a few eccentric and intelligent groups of people in America like it. It makes our country look good when we accept American imports like Electric Six in to our music charts to create havok amongst the pop machine. And "Danger! High Voltage" did just that. I never knew the song got to #2 until I rereviewed it, but I'm pretty damn happy it did. It's a hilarious yet peculiar effort by the estranged band. Awesome stuff.

#73. "Break Stuff" - Limp Bizkit
Released: 18/4/00
Album: Significant Other

Appearances: UFC (theme song for fighter Tito Ortiz)
Chart Positions: US - #123 (#14 in Alternative Songs Chart), Best Elsewhere - Australia - #41

This song didn't chart in the UK and it doesn't have many accolades or appearances. Yet it's probably considered as the song that elevated Limp Bizkit's career. This song, it's famous video, the many cameos by already established artists such as Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Jonathan Davis of KoRn amongst many others, and most importantly, the controversy at Woodstock '99 that is attached with this song, gave Limp Bizkit ground to start on when it came to their next album (Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water). It's also their most popular song amongst the more hardcore Limp Bizkit songs. It's a great "nu-metal" track, and it's very catchy, although the lyrics are shit and immature (then again Fred Durst wasn't really renowned for his great lyrics). It's a good track, a very important one in the start of the decade.

#72. "Tribute" - Tenacious D
Released: 16/7/02
Album: Tenacious D

Accolades: Most Requested Song on Kerrang! TV in 2002
Appearances: Rock Band (video game)
Listings: Best Videos
Chart Positions: US - Never Charted, Best Elsewhere - Australia - #4

This song actually wasn't released in this country and it never charted in the US. Yet... despite that... it's incredibly important. I'm amazed while I'm writing this that this song never got released in this country. You would have thought, with the success on Kerrang! TV, Jack Black and Kyle Gass would have at least took a punt on releasing the single here. Hey ho.
The video is what makes this song. The video is hilarious. It's featured in my best videos listing and it would amongst a lot of peoples. But the song is great too. The lyrics are fantastic. The song and the video together just make greatness. I'm sure Jack Black, already a successful actor, wanted to prove himself as a lead singer without being ripped, and with his own little duo with Kyle Gass, this song was perfect. It's a rock song yes, but it's just so funny. It's a classic to be honest, this song won't go away any time soon.


#71. "Bonkers" - Dizzee Rascal
Released: 18/5/09
Album: Tongue n' Cheek

Appearances: Need for Speed: Nitro (video game), DJ Hero 2 (video game)
Listings: Top 100 Favourite Songs of the Decade
Chart Positions: UK - #1, Best Elsewhere - Ireland - #3

This was Dizzee Rascal's second #1 hit and the alternative grime rapper really found a style that got critical and commercial success at this point. He has since had two more #1 hits, although they were more pop orientated hits. Dizzee Rascal is having a fantastic time recently, as I said in my "Best New Artists" listing Dizzee is very young yet he's been around for a good part of this decade, and he's going nowhere. He's got a lot of respect from his peers in rap and in rock, he's got a lot of fans. He's a good guy actually as well, he comes across like a top bloke in interviews. The bass in "Bonkers" is what makes me love this track personally, it's just so heavy and so loud, it sounds great. The lyrics are good too, he explains that he's rather live free than pay for thrills, and that living this way makes him... "bonkers". Good stuff innit!

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