10 Best Songs I Heard First in 2005

Yes, that may be a bit of an odd title, but it really doesn't matter what year the song was recorded in, it matters what year you first heard that song. Most of the list is 2005 recording year stuff, but a few aren't. If the world bowed down to me, and did as I say, this would be what you had your ears force fed this year, instead of songs about Laffy Taffy.

10. Cold Day In The Sun by the Foo Fighters
One of the songs off the acoustic side of the double disc. Makes me think Beatles for some reason. Also shows that Dave Grohl truly is a musical genius. Not many can make a song this simple this good.

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9. Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well by Mike Doughty
The former frontman of Soul Coughing hasn't lost it as a solo artist. Different than his work with them (far more pop, less experimental) but still good. Got this one as a free and legal download from amazon.com. I'll eventually pad the man's pockets by buying the disc.

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8. Perfect Woman by Lollipop Lust Kill
This song is disturbing, but that tends to just encourage me to listen. Goth/Metal band, which suits me well, with a nice combo of screams and almost lounge singer like vocals. So what if the CD came out three years ago and I didn't discover them till now.

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7. Cure For Pain by Morphine
Baritone sax slow rock... Yeah, not exactly a big genre. This disc is actually about ten years old, but I've been slowly picking up Morphine cd's for the past few years. They really were a good, groundbreaking band. Still many more discs and many more songs for me to become addicted to.

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6. The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails
For a while, I thought Trent had lost it. This CD brought me back to being a follower. By far my favorite NIN disc since the early nineties.

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5. Dare by the Gorillaz
Anyone who has listened to this disc has played this song nonstop. Its just way too catchy. Makes me almost dance. Note: almost. This disc overall suprised me with the amount of songs that seem to follow me around now. I'm not sure if its pure pop catchyness, or some kind of morbid musical genius.

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4. Fix You by Coldplay
Every top ten list needs a good, sit in the corner, slit your wrists, ball up in the fetal position song. This one is it.

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3. What Kind of Woman Is This by Buddy Guy
This song grabbed me ten seconds into it, and I was addicted ever since. Its bluesy. Its dirty. Buddy Guy, you are a legend. (He's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too I might add.)

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2. Violent Pornography by System of a Down
This song still amazes me. Its a combo of jibberish, bad lyrics, but an amazing catchy chorus. When they break off into "Its just violent, pornography, choking chicks and sodomy, the kinda shit ya get on your TV" I just want to hold a big stein of beer in the air, wave it back and forth, and sing along with 40 other people.

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1. Doesn't Remind Me by Audioslave
I have played this song nonstop for at least six months. Just amazes me. It pieces everything together: lyrics, vocals, music... even has one of Tom Morello's better guitar solos. It is easily, hands down, the best song of the year. At least in my little world of fluffy clouds and happy trees.

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