Best cover songs are coming up in a little bit. I'm still scrounging around for the last couple mp3s.

Eh. This debate will be worth it in a year's time. I'm not gonna bother.

I was hoping Martha Wainwright would make the top 10. If you and I had voted, I guess, it might've made it.

It's still the 90's?

does Kanye have anything as classic as Kid A, Funeral, Elephant or YHF?
no.

will he ever?
no.

racist.

Umm, try his first two albums, and then the new one if you feel like challenging yourself.

Or you could just lick the rock canon's nuts some more.

you mean the ones with some awsome singles and a bunch of filler?

You're thinking of Funeral.

there's filler on Funeral?

SOMB Best Cover Songs of 2008:


#10.




Hot Chip - Wearing My Rolex (Wiley)

#9.




Glen Campbell - Sing (Travis)

#8.



Deerhunter - Oh It's Such A Shame (Jay Reatard)

#7.




The New Pornographers - Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra)

#6.




The Mai Shi - See You Again (Miley Cyrus)

out of the context of the record... i'm not a big fan of In The Backseat or Kettles, but as a whole those songs are essential to the flow imo.

God, yes.

Yeah, Backseat is filler. Maybe Une Annee Sans Lumiere too. Everything else is great.

#5.




She & Him - You Really Got A Hold On Me (Smokey Robinson)

#4.




Cheap Time - People Talk (The Toys)

#3.




Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Radiohead)

#2.




Wilco and Fleet Foxes - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan/The Band)



#1.




Radiohead - The Rip (Portishead)

Holy shit. Why have I never heard this?

The Cheap Time song totally deserves its placement, too.

If you consider "Gone" filler, than I will no longer continue this debate. You just lost.

edit: I'm actually gonna stop hijacking this thread. That Mae Shi version of See U again rules.

That's it for 2008. Bye.

(slow clap into standing ovation)

Thanks, Paul!

enjoy Mexico!

Good work Paul. Go sleep till November.

Awesome job, Paul.

Mantana: almost as good as the initial red lobster gimmick?


Mayhaps.

way worse.

I don't need FAKE reasons to swear at montana.

Fabulous work Paul. I really liked the graphics you used in Worst Singles, too.

Paul, you me in mexico.


*raises glass*

Great effort Paul.

Bravo Paul!

He sings?
I thought that was Cher...

Someone explain to me Kanye's appeal. I get it if you like the egomaniac caricature persona, but I don't understand his appeal as a musical artist. What has hip-hop gained from his participation?

For one thing, he's got a phenomenal ear for music. He knows how to make a hook whether speeding up samples or commissioning Fiona Apple's producer for piano and orchestral elements. For another, while he may not be a skilled rapper, he has his own style that remains fresh, urgent, and captivating. You allude to his ego, which he certainly has (at least had) plenty of, but it's just one side of him, a side he shares with most of our beloved stars of rock and hip hop. But even at his most arrogant, in a second he can flip humility and vulnerability. There are very few rappers out there willing to mine their emotional depths the way Kanye has and continues to, and one of my favorite musical moments of the decade is at the end of Through The Wire, rapping about his life-threatening accident and recovery, where he declares "I'm a champion." Still goosebumps.

But even if you don't believe that, even if you don't like him as a person or an artist, it's hard to say there's much about the guy that is typical in other hip hop artists. Dude's an original, and he's brought a real creative streak to the genre that's crossed over majorly.

One of the finest of the decade.

i don't find Kanye to be all that original. at all.

Expound.

worst description of Jon Brion ever.

what has he brought to the hip hop table that wasn't already done before him? Dizzee Rascal, Spank Rock and Dan The Automator are all leaps and bounds more original then Kanye.

he can create great beats, thats for sure. jay z is just much better at rapping over them.

he also has yet to release and album thats solid all the way through.

understatement

kanye is dope and a highly skilled rapper.

there would be a massive void in modern mainstream pop culture if he wasnt out there doin' his thing.

happy to have him aboard.

Who?



Guess we'll just have to disagree.

exactly.

...

Then we're in agreement.

as long as we are agreeing on the fact that he is no where nears the caliber of Radiohead, The White Stripes, Wilco or Arcade Fire.

Agree to disagree, but Kanye reminds me too much of Puff Daddy's monotone delivery that the masses seemed to eat up while spoon fed.

wow

I mean even asking what the appeal of Kanye West is in 2009 as if there haven't been oceans of ink spent on the subject.