{"id":3555,"date":"2010-12-18T22:28:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T22:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2011-03-28T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T21:22:10","slug":"the-year-in-music-the-year-in-song-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2010-12\/the-year-in-music-the-year-in-song-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year in Music, The Year in Song (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Top 40 Songs of 2010 With Soul
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The following were the songs that dominated our playlist in 2010.\u00a0 Except for two exceptional cases, we purposefully limited bands to one song on the list in order to spread the wealth and under the theory that many of the bands whose other songs might have warranted inclusion had already received world-wide recognition via our Top 11 Albums of 2010<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 That’s a joke, son, but them’s the guidelines.<\/p>\n

1. <\/strong><\/em>The Suburbs<\/em>—<\/em><\/strong>Arcade Fire<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

You could pick just about any song off of Arcade Fire’s Album of the Year, “The Suburbs,” whether it be Suburban War, Deep Blue, We Used to Wait, Sprawl II, <\/em>or The Suburbs (continued)<\/em>, or whichever song sent you running from the suburbs. \u00a0We’ll go with the piano-driven title track, which set the tone for all that would follow.\u00a0 The Suburbs<\/em> came\u00a0delivered in the cool new and inventive player below. \u00a0All hail Arcade Fire.<\/p>\n

Inspirational Verse (in homage to the self-dubbed “Dean of American Rock Critics,” Robert Christgau, though he overlooks Greil Marcus) :\u00a0 “Grab your mother’s keys, we’re leavin’…I’m movin’ past the feeling and into the night.”<\/p>\n

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2. <\/em>Terrible Love (Alternative Take)<\/em>–The National<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here again, you could have taken virtually any song off of their fine album, “High Violet.” \u00a0But we’ll gloss over Afraid of Everyone, Anyone’s Ghost, England, Bloodbuzz Ohio, Lemonworld, England <\/em>and Conversation 16, <\/em>and go with the alternate take of Terrible Love<\/em> that was released well after the album’s release. \u00a0They got it really right this time and better-conveyed the sound of the song live. \u00a0Check out the video below of the song, which gives a good flavor for the band and their live show. \u00a0And then listen again while not watching. Powerful stuff.<\/p>\n

Inspirational Verse:\u00a0 “It takes an ocean not to break!”<\/p>\n