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The Ten Most Songs Of The Year: III
Published Friday, December 28, 2007 by Michael K. | E-mail this post
On the way to 2008, I'm counting down ten songs that made me especially glad to have ears this past year.
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
My second nod to the true north strong and free already, and my first (and probable only) tip of the hat to anything resembling the mainstream. What can I say? I like Canadians, at least when they're acting appropriately contrite for inflicting Nickelback upon the world.
Yeah, it's a pretty straight rip-off of Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out groove, from the chunky, jerk-dance rhythm to the studied nonsense of the lyrics. But it was a fine groove that stood to be ganked once or twice as far as I'm concerned, so good on them for being the someone that did it. No life-changer, surely already beaten mercilessly into your brain, and not really worth me expounding upon, but for all that it's as non-suck as anything I heard on free commercial radio this year.
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
My second nod to the true north strong and free already, and my first (and probable only) tip of the hat to anything resembling the mainstream. What can I say? I like Canadians, at least when they're acting appropriately contrite for inflicting Nickelback upon the world.
Yeah, it's a pretty straight rip-off of Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out groove, from the chunky, jerk-dance rhythm to the studied nonsense of the lyrics. But it was a fine groove that stood to be ganked once or twice as far as I'm concerned, so good on them for being the someone that did it. No life-changer, surely already beaten mercilessly into your brain, and not really worth me expounding upon, but for all that it's as non-suck as anything I heard on free commercial radio this year.
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