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My Top 10 Songs of 2010
Jan 3rd
2010 did not have as many fantastic albums as 2009 had, but with the albums that did come out there were some damn good songs. Here is my list of my Top 10 most played songs of 2010. (This is according to the play count on my iTunes, and the song had to be released in 2010).
#10
#10: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
I was actually surprised to see that I listened to this song so much, but I have to believe that it is only this high because of Glee. After the Glee version of this song came out I started listening to Katy Perry again… so that must be it.
#9
#9: Smashing Pumpkins – Freak
Obviously I have always been a fan of the Smashing Pumpkins, and now that they are making new music again I am tickled pink…or um orange! This song really reminds me of the stuff they used to release back in the late 90′s as b-sides. Livin’ it and lovin’ it.
#8
#8: Robyn – Time Machine
This bitch tore last year apart! If this song had been released earlier last year it would have been way up on this list. I love this song, and as I type I am listening to it. If you haven’t listened to Robyn’s new music then you are a dumb ass.
#7
#7: Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World)
It really sucks that Rihanna has become one of those artists who has like one or two good songs on their albums. I had so much hope for her new album when I heard this first single, and when I finally got to listen to the album (which took a while because Benutty never sent it to me like he said he would) it was just a huge let down. This song is amazing though, and I dare you not to dance while listening to it.
#6
#6: Robyn – Fembot
Ok… so I really hated this song when I first heard it. I gave it a second chance when Body Talk pt. 2 came out, and totally fell in love with it. Listen to it and love it!
#5
#5: Scissor Sisters – Night Work
Thank the gods that the Scissor Sisters decided to do a dance album. The whole album is super amazing, but this song is especially good. It kind of makes you want to go out at night and hang out with prostitutes, or dress in drag and go to the Castro followed by the Penny.
#4
#4: Kylie Minogue – Get Outta My Way
Like Rihanna, I was fairly disappointed in Kylie Minogue’s new album. It didn’t seem to have any substance… just a lot of mindless, not very well thought out songs. I don’t even know how to explain it properly, but if you heard it I am sure you know what I mean. There were a couple highlights to her album though… Aphrodite was one of them, but in the end Get Outta My Way totally stayed with me thru out the year. The video really helped this song out also…. look it up… totally cuties.
#3
#3: Goldfrapp – Rocket
I don’t know what it is about this song, but I fucking love it and I could listen to it non-stop… oops and I did. The video is a little out there, but I love that it looks very 80′s. I Wanna Life by Goldfrapp just missed my top 10, but it is also a must listen!
#2
#2: Scissor Sisters – Skin Tight
By far my favorite song on their new album. I mean honestly you should just listen to their full album because it is just that good. It is better than their other 2 albums combined. It is super gay, super dancey, and super fun. Only homophobes would hate this album haha.
#1
#1: Robyn – Hang With Me
Ok so really… Scissor Sisters and Robyn tie this past year as my favorite. This song really grabbed me, and I still listen to this song all the time. You need to seriously just buy the 3 albums Robyn released this past year because the majority of the songs are fantastic. This is the music that I wished Madonna was making right now, but you can’t have everything.
Nick’s Greatest Moments: The Zest Incident
Feb 10th
In early 1989 when I was 12 my sister Sherry and I were patiently waiting for the music video premiere of Def Leppard’s Rocket on MTV. At the time Def Leppard was my favorite band, and Rocket was one of my favorite songs from their album. The excitement of the day got a little too much for us at one point, and while rough housing in the living room we spilled a glass of tropical punch kool-aid all over the carpet.
Now if you knew my mom you would know that this was not going to be pretty. You see my mom likes to keep her house looking like a museum, and like in a museum, don’t mess with her shit. Seriously though, you have no idea how pissed my mom got when we spilled shit. To this day she has mini carpet cleaners on the first and second floor of her house just in case.
As my sister distracted my mom, I ran into the kitchen to get napkins to soak up the kool-aid. When I was done soaking up all I could from the carpet, I ran to the backyard and threw the kool-aid soaked napkins into the ditch behind my house. As I am about to re-enter the house I can hear my mom yelling… “You god damn kids will be the death of me yet”. Apparently in my rush to throw the napkins in the ditch I dropped one in the hallway which my mom found. So we had to tell her we spilled the kool-aid, and we were sent to our rooms banished from watching TV.
Nothing was going to stop me from watching the premiere of Def Leppards new video though. Two minutes before it was supposed to premiere I quietly sneaked back into the living room, and I turned on the TV with the volume down low. The video started, and I was so excited and happy I could barely stand it. One minute into the video however my mom caught me.
- Mom: What are you doing?
- Me: I…
- Mom: I thought I told you to stay in your room (I start walking back to my room)
- Mom (talking to herself): Well I never… These kids today don’t listen… coming out here watching TV when they knew they weren’t supposed to… If I did that when I was a kid my dad would have slapped me silly… spilling drinks… and then I have to clean up after them… they think I am some sort of maid…
Yea… my mom loved to talk to herself when she was mad at us. As I got back to my room my sister peeked out of her room, to ask me what happened. I turned around toward the hallway and yelled: “Mom is being a bitch”
My mom flew around the corner with crazy in her eyes… she grabbed me and dragged me to the bathroom. She told me to open my mouth and she forced a bar of Zest soap in it. When she pulled the bar out of my mouth, about a minute later, she made sure to scrap it across my teeth, so that soap shavings would stay in my mouth. Then I had to sit down and listen to a lecture on why I am not to use those kinds of words, and believe me… it was a long long lecture.
It took me all day to get the soap taste out of my mouth, but I’ll tell you what… I never called my mom a bitch after that. Well… not to her face anyways.
And that… is one of Nick’s Greatest Moments.