The Best Lyric Of The Noughties (2000-2009)

I hate pretty much everything about rap/hip hop

Been watching a few of those react videos, teens react to 2000s music, and they are singing along to some hip hop songs, they know all the words

I dont get it, most of them I dont get why the songs are interesting, or even catchy


All except two Eminem songs, Lose yourself in particular, which is crazy infectious, and I'd go so far as to say was the most important song of that decade, the Noughties most defining song

I know all the words to this song, every time I hear it, can not help but to move, I am getting down and then back up again

So is:

"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti"

The most important lyric of that decade?





http://youtu.be/_Yhyp-_hX2s

 

According to Rolling Stone, the five best songs of the 00's were:

5. M.I.A, "Paper Planes"
4. Outkast "Hey Ya"
3. Beyonce "Crazy in Love"
2. Jay-Z "99 Problems"
1. Amy Winehouse "Rehab"

All catchy, but not necessarily lyrical masterpieces.

Actually, scrolling through that list of the top 100, there are so many I totally forgot about. "Stan" from Eminem, "Toxic" from Brittany, even "Hurt" from Johnny Cash and Kanye "Jesus Walks".

 

I embrace my desire to, I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral,
to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.

https://youtu.be/_tcW-j7KFgY

 

i'd like this like 100 times if i could.

 

i'm not going to quote him, but stuart murdoch's work across the board is pretty exceptional.

 

Hate to be this guy, only reason i am is because i love his work

but hurt was trent renzor and not johnny cash

he deserves much praise.

i appreciate this would qualify it for 90's instead. but johnny cash should never have got as much credit as he did for that song

 

Right, but I would argue that Cash totally transformed the song with his cover. I much prefer Cash's version, nothing against renzor at all.

Also, the original version came out in the 90's, so it wouldn't have made the list anyhow.

 

I agree the spaghetti lyric by Eminem is iconic

Also: this shit is bananas, B A N A N A S

And : I'm so 2000 and 8, you're so 2000 and late!

The early oughts were a foul decade lol, but I guess most decades seem that way until you're 20 years out and things start looking retro and vintage.

 

its just personal opinion i guess. i prefer n.i.n.

don't get me wrong i love johnny cash but that version of the song was too well informed for my liking
trent was fucked on drugs at the time and you hear that in his delivery.
kind of interesting point to make i guess, that good lyrics can be transformed by those singing them (cohen/buckley etc.)

and i know it is 90's, i did make light of this fact ?

anyways, opinions are like assholes.

 

It depends on your mood (and memory).

 

It's interesting, I remember having a 500 Best Songs of All Time issues from Rolling Stone in like the Mid Noughties and the selection of the Top 5 you posted seems like a completely different direction than their reviews tended to be for that issue. I came across this review, wonder if it and perhaps similar gripes had any influence:

 

The one I cited from was just the top 100 songs of the year 2000 to 2009, not of all time...

 

I know, what I'm saying is that Best Songs of All Time issue came out in the Mid 2000's, with the criticism following it. I am wondering if there was any influence from that criticism on their subsequent Best of Lists they do.