Best of 2009

[D. Scott]

As we close out the year, I'd like to ask what were the best moments in music, film, politics, whatever. I wanted to pose this question so I could discover things I maybe had never heard or seen...

I'll start:
Music - MJ's This Is It and cypher with Black Thought, Mos Def and Eminem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4SQ8QBJUaI
Film - Angels & Demons and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (I know cheese)
Politics - Other than swearing in of Obama I have a lot of "worse" moments, not enough "best"....
Games - haven't played this year. :-/ that must change in '10
YouTube phenomenon - inmate performance of Thriller (even though it was posted earlier, it was resurrected in this year) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o&feature=player_embedded
"insert random category at your discretion"

Gotta go back to work! lol
Blessing - D. Scott

[Darkness Unlimited*]

Best ov...? Says who? I find all such "best ov" lists to be irrevelant, since most people have the shittiest taste imaginable.

And what would be, say, the best album? Jay-Z's Blueprint? Alot ov people might say so. But what if you don't like Jay-Z? Or Rap all together? Well, maybe if enough people say so, i suppose that makes it "the best". But this really isn't about "the best", so much as "what's most popular", is it?

Btw, wasn't "This is It" a shamelessly cobbled together 2 hour long music video shoved out right after MJ commited suicide?

[D. Scott]

Darkness Unlimited* said:

Best ov...? Says who? I find all such "best ov" lists to be irrevelant, since most people have the shittiest taste imaginable.

And what would be, say, the best album? Jay-Z's Blueprint? Alot ov people might say so. But what if you don't like Jay-Z? Or Rap all together? Well, maybe if enough people say so, i suppose that makes it "the best". But this really isn't about "the best", so much as "what's most popular", is it?

Btw, wasn't "This is It" a shamelessly cobbled together 2 hour long music video shoved out right after MJ commited suicide?

Whooooa there! It ain't that deep. :-)

This isn't a People's Choice/Oprah declares best of or voting type deal. I'm just trying to get different perspectives on what they thought was the best of '09. If you think an underground metal album was the best music of '09 I thought it would be cool to share that on a board where people all over can find out about things we never would have heard/seen otherwise.

As for This Is It, as a musician, I had an amazing experience seeing MJ from behind the curtain. It gave me another perspective of what it means to be an artist. The politics of the release is a whoooooole other story.

[Re:Dwayne..]

I'm gonna stick to music so here is who I liked in 2009

Learning about Pure Hell,Death,Stone Vengeance and Sound Barrier
Invasion
Killswitch Engage
Health
Abe Vigoda
Meshell Ndegeocello
Mos Def
BLK JKS
Japandroids
TVOTR (the Read Silence EP)
Silversun Pickups

[Darkness Unlimited*]

Eeh, blah, commercial, blah...

[chelles]

music- chali 2na album and eminem's album..he's back to his old self. oh yeah and only built for cuban linx partII
film- the orphan...old chick was awesome!
politics- Pass! they're all evil
games- GH world tour, beatles rock band, and most importantly dj hero!!
youtube- not a phenomenon...but "stupid deaths"

[Ken-K]

Music: Red & Meth - Blackout! 2, Eminem - Relapse, Little Dragon - Machine Dreams, DOOM - Born Like This, Tortured Soul - Did You Miss Me

[innocent_leader]

My top 10 albums of the year...

1. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
2. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
3. El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Cryptomnesia
4. Omar Rodriquez Lopez - Old Money
5. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
6. Zion I - The Takeover
7. Porcupine Tree - The Incident
8. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes
9. Strung Out - Agents of the Underground
10. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic

If you like progressive rock, I HIGHLY recommend checking out Rodriguez Lopez's music. Deuces.

[acidjazzvixen]

<----Loves Little Dragon.

Ken-K said:

Music: Red & Meth - Blackout! 2, Eminem - Relapse, Little Dragon - Machine Dreams, DOOM - Born Like This, Tortured Soul - Did You Miss Me

[acidjazzvixen]

Music -wise this year, the people that had my love and loyalty, lol, were/are (in no particular order):

The Phenomenal Handclap Band, TTC, Boy Crisis, Diplo, Kaiser Chiefs, New Young Pony Club, Santigold, M.I.A..

[Ken-K]

One of my favorite live shows of the year, as well!

acidjazzvixen said:

<----Loves Little Dragon.

Ken-K said:

Music: Red & Meth - Blackout! 2, Eminem - Relapse, Little Dragon - Machine Dreams, DOOM - Born Like This, Tortured Soul - Did You Miss Me

[CurvyDivaJC]

Music - TV on the Radio "Dear Science", Adele "Self-Titled"
Film -The Orphan, Twilight (ok..I'm a fan and this one was a lot better than the first!), Ninja Assassins (one of the best KF movies I've seen in a long time)
Politics - Swearing in of Obama and Nancy Pelosi's face when that senator called Obama a liar...she looked like she was going to get up from her seat...TeeHee
Games - DJ Hero and Grey's Anatomy
YouTube phenomenon - Don't Be Tardy for the Party song from Housewives of ATL...Ha Ha... JLo's fall at awards...and some old ones like the leprechaun in the ghetto and Scarlett takes a fall.

[Dragon of the Ghetto!]

wit the the exception of Japandroids and Silversun Pickups ( cuz I aint never listen to them) I second. except that Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light is the Best Record of 2009. Better than any movie, TV show, cataclysmic celeb showdown or sex tape and better than any other album for that matter ;)

Re:Dwayne.. said:

I'm gonna stick to music so here is who I liked in 2009
Learning about Pure Hell,Death,Stone Vengeance and Sound Barrier Invasion
Killswitch Engage
Health
Abe Vigoda
Meshell Ndegeocello
Mos Def
BLK JKS
Japandroids
TVOTR (the Read Silence EP)
Silversun Pickups