Rolling Stone - 100 Best Songs of the Decae
Spiritual_Chaos
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“I’m right over here, why can’t you see me?” Robyn might as well have been singing to U.S. pop audiences in the 2000s, who mostly ignored her as she spent years refining her bright, fizzy synth-pop sound to perfection. Then came “Dancing on My Own,” the killer single that elevated her to something approaching voice-of-a-generation status among America’s burned-out youth. Written and produced with fellow Swedish ace Patrik Berger, it’s a relatable hit of heartbreak at the club, with a chaser of empowering uplift — exactly the disco anthem we needed in the long hangover of the subprime-mortgage crisis. And while she’s no torch-song diva, Robyn sang the hell out of this one, sounding as warm and human as the precision-engineered track isn’t. “Dancing on My Own” just kept building as the 2010s went on, soundtracking a memorable scene in HBO’s Girls and countless karaoke nights across the nation. “All the big pop acts that I’ve been into over the years — whether it’s ABBA or Prince — managed to combine amazing melodies and honest human emotion,” Robyn told one interviewer. “But coming out of the super-super-commercial pop industry in the Nineties, maybe people forgot about the fact that pop music can do both of those things.” —S.V.L.
https://youtu.be/J294A-R1Cjk
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/coldplay-every-teardrop-is-a-waterfall-song-917645/
“I’m right over here, why can’t you see me?” Robyn might as well have been singing to U.S. pop audiences in the 2000s, who mostly ignored her as she spent years refining her bright, fizzy synth-pop sound to perfection. Then came “Dancing on My Own,” the killer single that elevated her to something approaching voice-of-a-generation status among America’s burned-out youth. Written and produced with fellow Swedish ace Patrik Berger, it’s a relatable hit of heartbreak at the club, with a chaser of empowering uplift — exactly the disco anthem we needed in the long hangover of the subprime-mortgage crisis. And while she’s no torch-song diva, Robyn sang the hell out of this one, sounding as warm and human as the precision-engineered track isn’t. “Dancing on My Own” just kept building as the 2010s went on, soundtracking a memorable scene in HBO’s Girls and countless karaoke nights across the nation. “All the big pop acts that I’ve been into over the years — whether it’s ABBA or Prince — managed to combine amazing melodies and honest human emotion,” Robyn told one interviewer. “But coming out of the super-super-commercial pop industry in the Nineties, maybe people forgot about the fact that pop music can do both of those things.” —S.V.L.
https://youtu.be/J294A-R1Cjkhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/coldplay-every-teardrop-is-a-waterfall-song-917645/
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I would disagree.
I really like The Weekends song w Daftpunk Starboy. I'd give that #1.
Now, Call Me Maybe is a bubblegum hit.
of course that slaps too.
I dug when Adams did 1989.
I did not did Robyn Adams song...
Robyn reminds me of Teegan and Sarah. I like Teegan and Sarah.
I'd even vote for Adelles sad ass song Hello as better than that.
Rolling Stone trying to be hip but still misses the mark...
I'd even throw in Old Town Road in the ring.
I don't expect Lightning Bolt to be on any sort of list.
I mean hell, MBV came back huge and its s/t didn't make any lists.
I'm digressing, these are albums, not songs. That being said, I get how most of the 2010s songs are 2000s acts and that tracks. I get that modern music isn't for everyone, but it doesn't mean its not great.