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objavio je listu najboljih
pop-rock singlica za 2008:
1. BEYONCÉ - "Single Ladies"
2. SANTOGOLD - "LES Artistes"
3. MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
4. BLITZEN TRAPPER - "Furr"
5. LIL WAYNE - "Lollipop |
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6. BECK - "Gamma Ray"
7. ESTELLE & KANYE WEST - "American Boy"
8. MY MORNING JACKET - "I'm Amazed"
9. COLDPLAY - "Viva La Vida"
10. T.I. - "No Matter What" |
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1 BEYONCÉ - "Single Ladies"
Love has always been a high-stakes business transaction for Beyoncé,
ever since that lousy boyfriend maxed out her credit card in "Bills,
Bills, Bills." "Single Ladies" is her definitive statement
on that subject. The beat, courtesy of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart,
is irresistible and exuberant, the vocal hook is stormy and virtuosic,
and her lesson is blunt: Seal the deal. With a shiny ring. Or else.
2 SANTOGOLD - "LES Artistes"
The New Wave guitar hook of the year, served with an icy dis of New York
hipsters by dance punk's reigning queen: "Leave me out, you name-dropper!"
3 MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
A magnificent piece of snark about acting like rock stars: The boys are
probably joking about shooting heroin, but that fuzzed-out keyboard
riff is deadly serious.
4 BLITZEN TRAPPER - "Furr"
Deceptively pretty, deeply weird and nearly perfect: the folk fable of
a man who matures into a beast and loses "the taste for judging
right from wrong." Think Bob Dylan on Klonopin.
5 LIL WAYNE - "Lollipop"
Wayne's first Number One hit is a tour de force - about selling out
to get a Number One hit. It's also a tortured oral-sex metaphor. And
impossibly
catchy.
6 BECK - "Gamma Ray"
Go-go dancing at the end of the world: Beck turns the threat of melting
ice caps into a giddy, shimmy-shake beach party.
7 ESTELLE & KANYE WEST - "American Boy"
More proof that great R&B can help America improve its international
reputation: Winsome U.K. singer Estelle crushes on U.S. B-boys and makes
Kanye West actually seem charming.
8 MY MORNING JACKET - "I'm Amazed"
The mammoth Southern-rock anthem on Evil Urges where MMJ let it all hang
out: Check the guitar solo that shoots out to the cheap seats and beyond.
9 COLDPLAY - "Viva La Vida"
Thunderclap tympani! Symphonic swells! Calvary choirs! Coldplay return,
stirringly, with their secret weapon, Brian Eno. "I used to rule
the world," sings Chris Martin. Used to?
10 T.I. - "No Matter What"
Even with a prison sentence looming, the King remains as cool as this
boom-bap groove, re-establishing his reign with three words: "I
ain't dead."
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