Dec 182007
Townswoman Crystal submitted her Best of 2007 list. But this isn’t any old “Best of” list. According to her, this is The Best list. Without further ado, The Best of 2007. Perhaps you’ve got your own suggestions.
The Best Album You Didn’t Buy But Should Have:
The Boy With No Name – Travis
Best Guilty Pleasure Singles:
“Never Again” – Kelly Clarkson
“Piece of Me” – Britney Spears
Best Movie That Is a Movie (Not a Musical Even Though It Got Labeled as One):
Once
Best Song to Dance in Your Underwear*:
“You! Me! Dancing!” – Los Campesinos!
Best Artist Influenced By Gypsies:
Beirut
Best Reason to Listen to Hip Hop:
M.I.A.
*I thought we moved beyond this kind of discussion! – Mod.
Because I’m rarely up to date, some of my Bests involve older things I first experienced in a significant way in 2007.
The Best Solo Album Ever by Joe Strummer That in No Way Involved Him:
The Mekons, Natural
Best Country for Reissued Music to Which I’d Previously Never Been Exposed:
Ethopia
Best Band I’d Previously Only Liked a Little Bit and Now Like a Little Bit More:
Funkadelic
Best Blues Performance in a Movie:
Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan
Best Performance in Panties and a Ripped T-Shirt While Chained to a Radiator:
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
Best Rock Biopic:
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Best RTH Founder Who’s Been Missing in Action:
E. Pluribus Gergely
More later, I would imagine.