Personal Charts: 12/6/10 - 12/12/10

[crash46]

12/10/10

40. Anberlin - "Take Me (As You Found Me)"
39. Neon Trees - "Animal"
38. Stone Temple Pilots - "Between The Lines"
37. Broken Bells - "The High Road"
36. Florence & The Machine - "Dog Days are Over"
35. Switchfoot - "The Sound"
34. Passion Pit - "Little Secrets"
33. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - "40 Day Dream"
32. Eminem - "Not Afraid"
31. Linkin Park - "Waiting for the End"
30. Gorillaz - "Rhinestone Eyes"
29. Mike Posner - "Cooler Than Me"
28. Paper Tongues - "Ride to California"
27. Alice in Chains - "Your Decision"
26. Atreyu - "Stop! Before It's Too Late And We've Destroyed It All"
25. Jimmy Eat World - "Coffee and Cigarettes"
24. The Temper Trap - "Fader"
23. Gorillaz - "Stylo"
22. Far East Movement - "Like a G6"
21. Civil Twilight - "Letters from the Sky"
20. Mumford and Sons - "The Cave"
19. Against Me! - "White Crosses"
18. Hot Chip - "One Life Stand"
17. Bruno Mars - "Just The Way You Are"
16. Stone Temple Pilots - "Cinnamon"
15. Mumford and Sons - "Little Lion Man"
14. Middle Class Rut - "New Low"
13. Alice in Chains - "Lesson Learned"
12. Crash Kings - "You Got Me"
11. The Black Keys - "Tighten Up"
10. Cee Lo Green - "f*** You"
9. Arcade Fire - "Ready To Start"
8. Avenged Sevenfold - "Nightmare"
7. My Chemical Romance - "Na Na Na"
6. Cake - "Sick Of You"
5. Anberlin - "Impossible"
4. Stone Temple Pilots - "Take A Load Off"
3. Thirty Seconds To Mars - "Closer to the Edge"
2. Muse - "Undisclosed Desires"
1. Jimmy Eat World - "My Best Theory"

"My Best Theory", "Undisclosed Desires", and "Nightmare" would have accounted for just about the entire summer and fall's allotment of #1's this year.

As often as I was able to hear "Neighborhood #3", "Black Mirror", and "Keep The Car Running" on the radio, it's so disappointing how infrequently I heard "Ready To Start", being their breakthrough hit and all.

I could make a long list of songs that fit the category "Obviously not tired of _____, yet". A lot of those became late bloomers. Especially: "Take A Load Off", "You Got Me", both AIC tracks, "The Sound", and "The High Road".

Then there's "Ride to California", basically on a second wind, partially influenced by how s***ty of a job I've done following up on singles that I enjoy. I still haven't even heard "Trinity" or "Get Higher"...I think there may have even been another one too. Same with Civil Twilight. Haven't heard any of "Letters"' followups.

Both of Linkin Park's latest singles were very quick to burn out. Still trying to decide how much I like "Dog Days". It's just not as good as "Kiss With A Fist" (even though that one got old quickly enough) and it's really only working out on the radio due to its clappability. I've yet to hear it anywhere on the radio besides Out of Order. "40 Day Dream", a one time Out of Order bonus track, isn't as infectious as "Home", but I liked it well enough to seek it out for myself. "Take Me (as you found me)" has been on the radar ever since preparing for the Anberlin show a few months back.

[a Nick O!]

Shit, man, I've only been wondering what you've been into, like, all year long! Awesome!

(I need to get with it and get the rest of this year's charts posted on here...and then, like, re-evaluate this whole public chart posting thing. The second job and the girl of interest are sapping my time and commitment to putting them up online here.)

[mtm4319]

lw tw wk pp ARTIST - TITLE
01 01 15 01 ARCADE FIRE - We Used to Wait
03 02 21 02 THE TEMPER TRAP - Fader
02 03 18 01 ZAC BROWN BAND - Free
05 04 08 04 MIKE POSNER - Please Don't Go
06 05 12 05 ZAC BROWN BAND f/Alan Jackson - As She's Walking Away
04 06 12 04 ONE ESKIMO - Amazing
09 07 18 02 JIMMY EAT WORLD - My Best Theory
08 08 13 08 FAR EAST MOVEMENT f/Cataracs & Dev - Like a G6
07 09 21 05 MUMFORD & SONS - Little Lion Man
12 10 10 10 LINKIN PARK - Waiting for the End
10 11 19 04 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB - I Can Talk
17 12 10 12 NEON TREES - 1983
13 13 12 13 THE XX - Crystalised
11 14 17 07 TRAIN - If It's Love
14 15 13 14 ARCADE FIRE - Ready to Start
16 16 09 16 NELLY - Just a Dream
21 17 05 17 USHER f/Jay-Z - Hot Tottie
26 18 04 18 WIZ KHALIFA - Black & Yellow
27 19 06 19 PINK - Raise Your Glass
25 20 06 20 DJ KHALED f/Ludacris, Rick Ross, T-Pain & Snoop Dogg - All I Do Is Win
20 21 14 20 BRUNO MARS - Just the Way You Are
15 22 16 08 CEE-LO GREEN - Fuck You
30 23 04 23 BLACK KEYS - Tighten Up
22 24 09 21 MY DARKEST DAYS f/Zakk Wylde, Chad Kroeger & Ludacris - Porn Star Dancing
23 25 21 17 MAYDAY PARADE - Kids In Love
18 26 17 02 PARAMORE - Careful
19 27 17 14 PAPER TONGUES - Trinity
24 28 23 01 ANBERLIN - Impossible
31 29 08 29 SICK PUPPIES - Maybe
35 30 05 30 JEREMIH f/50 Cent & Keenan Cahill - Down On Me
36 31 03 31 GO PERISCOPE - Crush Me
40 32 04 32 BROKEN BELLS - The Ghost Inside
28 33 11 25 JIMMY EAT WORLD - Evidence
32 34 08 29 3OH!3 - Double Vision
33 35 10 30 KINGS OF LEON - Radioactive
37 36 03 36 GIRL TALK - Triple Double
29 37 12 20 RAY LAMONTAGNE & THE PARIAH DOGS - Beg Steal or Borrow
38 38 04 38 GORILLAZ - Rhinestone Eyes
34 39 20 03 KATY PERRY - Teenage Dream
44 40 02 40 KE$HA - We R Who We R
45 41 02 41 EMINEM f/Lil Wayne - No Love
46 42 05 42 KATY PERRY - Firework
50 43 02 43 TAIO CRUZ f/Travie McCoy - Higher
DE 44 01 44 SLEIGH BELLS - Rill Rill
47 45 04 45 INGRID MICHAELSON - Parachute
DE 46 01 46 CAKE - Sick of You
41 47 07 35 FLO RIDA f/David Guetta - Club Can't Handle Me
DE 48 01 48 BLACK KEYS - Chop and Change
39 49 32 01 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - Dog Days Are Over
42 50 24 01 EMINEM - Not Afraid

Chart Highlights:[/b]
Deck the Hall Ball made a significant impact on several songs this week:
--- 3-2 Temper Trap "Fader": Regained the bullet it lost last week and set a new peak, but couldn't knock Arcade Fire from #1. Temper Trap opened their set with this song, but honestly, it wasn't their best performance.
--- 9-7 Jimmy Eat World "My Best Theory": The previous 3 weeks or so, the song had just been taking up space before tumbling 4-9 last week. It rebounds after getting to hear it live.
--- 30-23 Black Keys "Tighten Up": A big crowd-pleaser, obviously. I'm not sure this will propel the song much further up my chart, though. It might crack the top 20.
--- 40-32 Broken Bells "The Ghost Inside": I was only interested in their singles (they closed the show and I ended up leaving early, after "The High Road", which wasn't their closer). They didn't disappoint with this performance and actually turned up the intensity a bit on it, which made me happy.
--- DE-44 Sleigh Bells "Rill Rill": The first act was the only one I had never heard of going in. They have a very intriguing style of pop, punk, and thrash going on. This song showcases their pop side, which was the only one that went down easily with me at the show; however, a couple more of their harder songs grew on me in the days after ("Tell 'Em" almost made the chart, in fact).
--- DE-46 Cake "Sick of You": Had been bubbling under for several weeks before the show pushed it over the top. They did a cool audience-participation segment that approximated both the chorus line and the faint background vocals.
--- DE-48 Black Keys "Chop and Change": A track on the Twilight soundtrack that is much shorter on record than performed live. I did my best to appreciate their show even though their style isn't quite my favorite, but I was looking up the lyrics to this song before it was half over.

Other risers:
--- 17-12 Neon Trees "1983": It got a big boost from repeat play on my birthday Thursday. Hey, I can't help but pound a good song with my birth year as the title, especially with lyrics like "1983 / The year I was born" (even though that's probably being taken out of context). It has now outpeaked "Animal".
--- 21-17 Usher f/Jay-Z "Hot Tottie": If the chorus didn't have the word "kemosabe", it might be 15 spots lower. ...OK, maybe not. But I still dig it (and the tie-in from Jay: "I creeped all in her teepee / We did it Indian style, had the girls speaking in tongue").
--- 26-18 Wiz Khalifa "Black and Yellow": First heard this almost a month ago on a friend's road trip playlist. I didn't even know this was a breakout hit single at the time; I assumed it was more of an underground mixtape-type track. This may be a future #1 for me.
--- 27-19 Pink "Raise Your Glass": With almost every listen, I raise the bar for where this stands on my favorite Pink singles. This might end up all the way at #2 after "Just Like a Pill". This is just so much better and more palatable than a song like "So What". Catchy without being annoying, obnoxious, or faux-rock. And it's got a good message. Pink, that's all I need from you!
--- 25-20 DJ Khaled f/Ludacris, Rick Ross, T-Pain & Snoop Dogg "All I Do Is Win": Bounced around the 55-70 area for much of the summer, it finally broke through after hearing it on highlight videos for a couple of my football teams (Auburn and South Alabama), who -- you guessed it -- haven't lost this year.
--- 36-31 Go Periscope "Crush Me": This is a group from Seattle introduced to me by the same friend who I was with when I heard "Black and Yellow". They fill the dancey void between Owl City and the Ready Set. (I know that sounds bad, but this song is really not.)
--- 37-36 Girl Talk "Triple Double": The track that stood out the most to me on this mashup album, it opens with a sick "1901"/"How Low" segment and ends with "Paint It, Black"/"Black and Yellow" (that song again).

Ones that are slowing down or done:
--- 5-4 Mike Posner "Please Don't Go"
--- 6-5 Zac Brown Band f/Alan Jackson "As She's Walking Away": These two tracks are here basically because this area of the chart is pretty weak. The only one with a shot at toppling Arcade Fire is "PDG", but even those prospects are dim at best. Both are probably bulleted for the last time.
--- 12-10 Linkin Park "Waiting for the End": I'm glad this made the top 10, but honestly I haven't really listened to it all in a few weeks.
--- 14-15 Arcade Fire "Ready to Start": Did quite well just to get here. I gave it a full chance but it looks to be done here.
--- 20-21 Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are": A late push got this into the top 20 for a week (I was bedridden and only heard a few of the songs on my chart that week, and this was one of them -- performed acoustically on the Grammy nominations concert).

[radical347]

Dec 12, 2010 3:41:59 GMT -4 mtm4319 said:

--- 27-19 Pink "Raise Your Glass": With almost every listen, I raise the bar for where this stands on my favorite Pink singles. This might end up all the way at #2 after "Just Like a Pill". This is just so much better and more palatable than a song like "So What". Catchy without being annoying, obnoxious, or faux-rock. And it's got a good message. Pink, that's all I need from you!

Are you sure you heard the right song?

[Mega248]

Eth's top 50
December 11, 2010

01 01 01 MUSE "Undisclosed Desires"(#1, 4 weeks)[39]
03 02 02 ARCADE FIRE "Ready to Start"(#2)[20]
07 05 03 STARS "Fixed"(#3)[13]
05 06 04 MICHAEL BUBLÉ "Hollywood"(#4)[13]
04 03 05 JIMMY EAT WORLD "My Best Theory"(#3)[17]
08 07 06 CAKE "Sick of You"(#6)[10]
02 04 07 CEE LO GREEN "F**k You"(#1, 2 weeks)[15]
14 09 08 CUT COPY "Where I'm Going"(#8)[6]
15 12 09 MUMFORD & SONS "The Cave"(#9)[8]
11 10 10 TING TINGS "Hands"(#10)[11]
06 08 11 KATY PERRY "Teenage Dream"(#3)[18]
13 14 12 TEMPER TRAP "Fader"(#12)[17]
28 21 13 OK GO "White Knuckles"(#13)[6]
18 16 14 MIKE POSNER "Please Don't Go"(#14)[14]
09 11 15 30 SECONDS TO MARS "This is War"(#1, 1 week)[32]
20 17 16 30 SECONDS TO MARS "Closer to the Edge"(#16)[11]
10 13 17 GREEN DAY "Last of the American Girls"(#1, 8 weeks)[30]
22 20 18 R. KELLY "When a Woman Loves"(#18)[14]
45 34 19 KEANE "My Shadow"(#19)[3]
17 18 20 GASLIGHT ANTHEM "Boxer"(#16)[17]
26 23 21 NEON TREES "1983"(#21)[8]
12 15 22 GORILLAZ "Rhinestone Eyes"(#11)[21]
33 27 23 DEADMAU5 & KASKADE f/ HALEY GIBBY "I Remember"(#23)[5]
23 22 24 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE "Dog Days Are Over"(#22)[18]
16 19 25 BRANDON FLOWERS "Crossfire"(#2)[26]
32 28 26 PLAIN WHITE T'S "Rhythm of Love"(#26)[7]
21 24 27 PHOENIX "Lasso"(#13)[17]
38 32 28 DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS "Hello"(#28)[4]
29 29 29 XX "Crystalised"(#29)[7]
24 26 30 BROKEN BELLS "The Ghost Inside"(#24)[14]
34 31 31 EDWARD MAYA f/ VIKA JUGILINA "Stereo Love"(#31)[6]
19 25 32 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB "Cigarettes In The Theatre"(#5)[27]
35 35 33 KINGS OF LEON "Radioactive"(#33)[10]
47 42 34 A SILENT FILM "You Will Leave a Mark"(#34)[3]
27 30 35 BLAQK AUDIO "Ill Lit Ships"(#27)[12]
25 33 36 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS "Take a Load Off"(#8)[19]
40 38 37 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD "Strip Me"(#37)[8]
43 40 38 VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Holiday"(#38)[4]
30 36 39 BRUNO MARS "Just the Way You Are"(#30)[11]
--- 50 40 COLDPLAY "Christmas Lights"(#40)[2]
50 46 41 PAPER TONGUES "Get Higher"(#41)[3]
46 44 42 DIRTY HEADS "Stand Tall"(#42)[4]
--- 49 43 FAR EAST MOVEMENT f/ RYAN TEDDER "Rocketeer"(#43)[2]
31 37 44 B.O.B. f/ RIVERS CUOMO "Magic"(#4)[23]
36 39 45 SICK PUPPIES "Maybe"(#8)[25]
--- --- 46 JIMMY EAT WORLD "Coffee & Cigarettes"(#46)[1]
37 41 47 MIKE POSNER "Cooler Than Me"(#11)[23]
--- --- 48 CRYSTAL CASTLES f/ ROBERT SMITH "Not in Love"(#48)[1]
39 45 49 STONE SOUR "Say You'll Haunt Me"(#30)[11]
42 43 50 SARA BAREILLES "King of Anything"(#42)[7]


DROPPERS:

41 47 --- MUMFORD & SONS "Little Lion Man"(#7)[26]
44 48 --- JULIAN CASABLANCAS "11th Dimension"(#1, 5 weeks)[30]

[a Nick O!]

NICK’S TOP 40

December 8, 2010

01. 01. Avenged Sevenfold “Welcome to the Family” [#1(2), 20w]
03. 02. Jimmy Eat World "My Best Theory" [#1(3), 16w]
04. 03. Arcade Fire "Ready to Start" [#3, 12w]
02. 04. Jimmy Eat World “Movielike” [#1(5), 10w]
06. 05. My Chemical Romance "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" [#5, 11w]
05. 06. Jimmy Eat World “Higher Devotion” [#2(2), 10w]
07. 07. Jimmy Eat World “Coffee and Cigarettes” [#6, 10w]
09. 08. 30 Seconds to Mars "Closer to the Edge" [#3, 19tw]
08. 09. Avenged Sevenfold "Nightmare" [#1(17t), 29w]
14. 10. Linkin Park “Waiting for the End” [#10, 12w]
10. 11. The National "Afraid of Everyone" [#10, 8tw]
11. 12. Jimmy Eat World “Heart Is Hard to Find” [#10(2), 7w]
13. 13. Jimmy Eat World “Stop” [#12(2), 7w]
12. 14. Avenged Sevenfold “So Far Away” [#2(2), 20w]
15. 15. Jimmy Eat World “Evidence” [#15(2), 7w]
19. 16. The National “Terrible Love” [#16, 4w]
16. 17. Jimmy Eat World “Littlething” [#16, 7w]
25. 18. Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Pusha T, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & The RZA "So Appalled" [#18, 3w]
20. 19. Cee Lo Green "Fuck You" [#15, 14w]
21. 20. Good Charlotte "Like It's Her Birthday" [#20, 5w]
18. 21. Jimmy Eat World “Cut” [#18, 7w]
17. 22. Avenged Sevenfold “Buried Alive” [#11, 17w]
53. 23. Kanye West featuring Rick Ross “Devil in a New Dress” (DEBUT) [My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]
24. 24. Jimmy Eat World “Mixtape” [#22(3), 6w]
26. 25. Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are" [#17(2), 7w]
31. 26. Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" [#26, 19tw]
27. 27. The Black Keys "Tighten Up" [#24, 9tw]
28. 28. Linkin Park "The Catalyst" [#1, 17w]
23. 29. Muse "Undisclosed Desires" [#13, 21tw]
51. 30. Kanye West featuring Pusha T “Runaway” (DEBUT) [My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]
32. 31. The National “Conversation 16” [#31, 3w]
35. 32. My Chemical Romance “Sing” [#32, 2w]
38. 33. The National “Sorrow” [#33, 2w]
48. 34. Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver “Monster” (DEBUT) [My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]
45. 35. Arcade Fire “The Suburbs” (DEBUT) [The Suburbs]
29. 36. Jimmy Eat World “Invented” [#23(2), 6w]
22. 37. Far East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev "Like a G6" [#12, 10w]
30. 38. Jimmy Eat World “Action Needs an Audience” [#25(3), 6w]
47. 39. Sash! featuring Stunt “Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)” (DEBUT) [The Best Of]
--- 40. Bruno Mars “Grenade” (DEBUT) [Doo-Wops & Hooligans]

Falling off:
Avenged Sevenfold “Danger Line”
Avenged Sevenfold “Victim”
Avenged Sevenfold “Save Me”
Avenged Sevenfold “God Hates Us”
Avenged Sevenfold “Natural Born Killer”
Fitz and the Tantrums "MoneyGrabber"

The Contenders:
33. 41. Fitz and the Tantrums "MoneyGrabber" [#33, 2w]
46. 42. Social Distortion "Machine Gun Blues" (42)
50. 43. Kanye West “All of the Lights” (43)
60. 44. Kanye West “Dark Fantasy” (44)
34. 45. Avenged Sevenfold “Natural Born Killer” [#21, 16w]
36. 46. Avenged Sevenfold “God Hates Us” [#14(2), 13tw]
37. 47. Avenged Sevenfold “Save Me” [#30, 10tw]
52. 48. The National “Anyone’s Ghost” (48)
--- 49. Kanye West featuring Kid Cudi & Raekwon “Gorgeous”
--- 50. Kanye West “Power” (50)
--- 51. Kanye West featuring Bon Iver “Lost in the World/Who Will Survive in America”
55. 52. The National “Lemonworld” (52)
56. 53. Wolf Parade "Ghost Pressure" (53)
--- 54. Good Charlotte “1979”
42. 55. Linkin Park “Iridescent” [#15, 9tw]
58. 56. The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (56)
--- 57. David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi “Memories”
--- 58. A Day to Remember “All I Want”
43. 59. Linkin Park “Burning in the Skies” [#16, 6w]
--- 60. Eminem featuring Lil Wayne “No Love” [#31, 3w]

Nick's Notes:
I like "Power" and the "Power (Remix)" about equally. Really doesn't matter to me which version is charting. "No Love" reappears finally, because I'm hearing it on the radio now, thanks to AT40.