Rolling Stone’s 50 best singles of 2011

[Conner2245Member Joined: Nov 21st, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 41 View Predictions]

#377580

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/64924309.html

Interesting choices! 

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[Richard LeBeauParticipant Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 6 Posts: 332 View Predictions]

#377582

Decent list.  

A couple minor issues:
– I like that Britney charted so high (#3 “Til the World Ends”) but I think that “I Wanna Go” was a superior track.
– I think “Countdown” was way too high (it shouldn’t have even been on the list)
– I know Adele appears at #1 (with “Rolling in the Deep”) and #29 (with “Rumour Has It”) but “Someone Like You” deserves to be somewhere.  It’s my #1 for the year.  

 

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[Pieman1994Participant Joined: Nov 14th, 2010 Topics: 4 Posts: 1734 View Predictions]

#377583

I’m actually pleasantly surprised at The Decemberists’ high entry! Interesting Fleet Foxes pick. I would have picked “Grown Ocean,” but I can’t really complain. Solid enough list.

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[Daniel B.Participant Joined: Nov 22nd, 2010 Topics: 148 Posts: 1503 View Predictions]

#377584

I always enjoy Rolling Stone magazine’s year-end lists. There are usually a lot of titles I haven’t heard, but when I give them a listen, I quite enjoy them.

I am surprised “Pumped Up Kicks” didn’t make the top ten though. That would be my #1 pick of the year.

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[HerMadgestyMember Joined: Oct 30th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 401 View Predictions]

#377585

Decent list.  

A couple minor issues:
– I like that Britney charted so high (#3 “Til the World Ends”) but I think that “I Wanna Go” was a superior track.
– I think “Countdown” was way too high (it shouldn’t have even been on the list)
– I know Adele appears at #1 (with “Rolling in the Deep”) and #29 (with “Rumour Has It”) but “Someone Like You” deserves to be somewhere.  It’s my #1 for the year.  

 

I think critics seem to prefer Till the World Ends, and they seem to not care for “Someone Like You,” which is not surprising. It’s such a sentimental audience favorite, but I can see why critics would turn their nose up. It’s the “I Will Always Love You”/”We Belong Together” factor. It’s just not very edgy.

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[DrJusticeParticipant Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 155 View Predictions]

#377586

Was music this year really that bad?

It’s probably one of the worst end-of-year songs list I’ve seen….well, maybe ever.

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[ENGLANDParticipant Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 53 Posts: 2060 View Predictions]

#377587

If they were going to select a Beyonce song, Party or 1+1 should have made it.

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[PoweRParticipant Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 75 Posts: 4154 View Predictions]

#377588

“Someone Like You” has made several year-end lists and Pitchfork (you can’t get more edgier than that site) was one of the first sites to pimp “Someone Like You.” So, it’s just a matter of which Adele’s songs make the lists. They can’t included all of them. SLY is definitely a critical favorite.

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[HerMadgestyMember Joined: Oct 30th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 401 View Predictions]

#377589

^ Oh, I based that on the fact that I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere in the year-end lists. Which ones did it make?

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[PoweRParticipant Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 75 Posts: 4154 View Predictions]

#377590

Off the top of my head, Q Magazine and Amazon, and it was up against mainly indie/alternative music favorites on their lists. There are some others that slipped my mind, and I’m confident it will make a few more as more lists roll in due to the critical love it received early on.

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[JustGuy89Participant Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 17 Posts: 911 View Predictions]

#377591

The Edge of Glory is the only GaGa song that deserves to be on that list. Rolling Stone has lost its credibility in recent years anyways. Im looking forward to the other year end lists.

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[Graeme O’NeilMember Joined: Sep 28th, 2011 Topics: 21 Posts: 2246 View Predictions]

#377592

I usually say “to each his own” with people’s list, but I have to say, I’m shocked at how mainstream that top 10 list. Britney, Gaga, and Beyonce are all in the top 10. Wow. Not that it’s undeserved, but just very surprising. Oh, and “Rolling In The Deep” was released in 2010. Sorry Rolling Stone. That’s why it’s not on my list, and it shouldn’t be on yours.

Has Miranda Lambert released “Mama’s Broken Heart” as her second single? I must have missed that. 

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