Ich habe oben die Top 50 von Pitchfork ergänzt; so hat man die Liste auf einen Blick. Zweimal Cut Copy in der Top 20, das freut mich (obwohl ich „Lights and Music“ gewählt hätte). Die Top 100 von Pitchfork ist viel besser als die des amerikanischen ROLLING STONE, der uns „So What“ von Pink als einen der besten Songs des Jahres andrehen möchte…
Der Text zur Nummer Eins („Blind“):
Mark Pytlik2008 was a weird year for dance singles. With a few notable exceptions, techno basically spent it on snooze, electro sounded limp and uninspired, and house failed to build on French touch with much of anything fresh. Indie rock did a pretty decent job of integrating dance music into the full-band aesthetic, while a few mainstream cheesemongers helped make up some of those losses (the otherwise awful Sam Sparro scored with „Black & Gold“, and it says a lot that one of the year’s best dance tracks — „Pjanoo“ — came from Eric fucking Prydz), but it was hardly robust. Disco, however, avoided that malaise. While tracks from Aeroplane, Chaz Jankel, and Sally Shapiro (with Lindstrøm) helped maintain its profile, this cut from New York’s Andy Butler was its undoubted high point. And thanks to its sturdy rhythm, infectious horn section, rumbling bassline, and an appropriately vampy vocal turn from Antony Hegarty (whose full-bodied belt, as it turns out, is perfectly suited for disco divadom), „Blind“ cut across all sections and tastes. Between this, Cut Copy, and last year’s singles winner, LCD Soundsystem, producer Tim Goldsworthy might want to think about having his mixing desk bronzed.
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