Reading a Pitchfork list is often the equivalent of eating a tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in one sitting - mine's a Chocolate Fudge Brownie if you're asking.
The more you go through the tub, the more gluttonous satisfaction you derive from its contents, yet at the same time the burden of Catholic guilt begins to grow. You begin to ask questions of yourself: Should I know all of these bands? Are these placements really justified? How do they mix the brownie in the ice cream without losing its chewiness? etc... By the time you finish the pot, a strange mix of shame and fulfilment inhabits your body.
Following this flawed logic you can superficially accept the top 10 songs of the 2000s list Pitchfork has offered up, that is until you get to the typically disillusioned number one spot given to Outkast's B.O.B. It's a suitably bizarre choice pandering to a self-absorbed critical elite but then I'd have been disappointed if any sort of concession to sanity had been made. Overall I'd give the entire exercise a 6.89:
Ironically the song I myself had lined up as a probable oversight came in at number four so my disappointment has been placated somewhat.
In terms of a song that sums up the first decade of the twenty first century, Crazy In Love fits the bill to a tee. Combining the dominance of black music in popular culture, a sample resting on music's unhindering gaze back to the golden days of Motown and a near universal appeal regardless of age or background, I'm at a loss to pick anything else.
The top ten in reverse order is:
10. Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire
9. My Girls - Animal Collective
8. Idioteque - Radiohead
7. Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliot
6. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. One More Time - Daft Punk
4. Crazy In Love - Beyoncé [ft. Jay Z]
3. Paper Planes (Diplo Remix) - M.I.A. [ft. Bun B and Rich Boy]
2. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
1. B.O.B. - Outkast
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