Not a bad list I'd say

...second. :(

On a less whiny note, I do wonder how many of these From The Vaults there are left before you get up to the beginning of your TGWTG run. I hope there are a fair few left, as I do greatly enjoy them.

If you go to Todd's YouTube channel (ToddInTheShadows), you'll see that there are seven reviews after this (there are eight videos, but the eighth is him talking about moving to TGWTG). Though, actually, some of the vids on YouTube are on TGWTG already (like "Carry Out" and "Sexy Bitch"), to it's really fewer than that.

There are presently two left on his blip account, with three more afterwards, provided he doesn't consider his reviews of "Sexy Bitch" and "Carry Out" as being "From the Vaults"; I personally wouldn't, as they're already on the site.

If you haven't seen the old stuff...I guarantee, you won't believe the last review to go if you haven't heard the song. Stupidest. Rap. EVER.

EDIT: Darn it. As we say on MTGSalvation, sarnath'd!

Hee... sorry...

But, yeah seven vids on YT, minus the two already here, would make five more.

"I guarantee, you won't believe the last review to go if you haven't heard the song. Stupidest. Rap. EVER."

Do you mean "Bed Rock" or "Carry Out"?

Bedrock. Carry Out ended up getting reposted on here early on.

What is this "waste of a first comment" shit all about? That's two I've seen in two days...it means very little to have a first comment, the fact that you put a sad face after saying second really speaks volumes to your sad bitterness because you weren't quick enough.

Do grow up please.

So what about the person who has to comment on the fact that someone didn't get a first comment?

What about the person who has to comment on the person commenting about someone who didn't get first comment? The only thing more pathetic would be someone commenting on THAT and then referencing their own comment.

I don't even listen to music really but I still love these reviews.

Hey I like Bob Dylan.

I do too. His concert was memorable and he has the most amazing lyrics. But the man can't sing and that is the truth. In the concert nobody recognized Blowing in the Wind until the chorus, beceause understanding him was so hard (and half of hte people there didn't get it until we started signign along). He defenetly doesn't have a great signign voice, but that doesn't make him any less awesome.

third.....:p
ahh was fun to see a few nice nice songs

I cannot help EVERY time you say "I love pop music" in the openings of this video to think of the Ben Lee song.
What? It's a good song.

I hope I don't sound annoying, but are you going to talk about your best from 2011?

in hot n cold i know the black girl that gets a close up sitting in the church at the begining of the video

I almost forgot that there are some good pop songs out there unlike all those other songs on the charts that are just shitting all over music.

If anyone like the original Numa Numa and the one listed in this vid then they will love the English Numa Numa.
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=WMvAzYH1xHM

So many good memories of 'night and day' and 'meet me half way'

This was the first video I ever watched from you. And since I've been completely hooked. Loved this video. Can't wait for your 2011 list.

It makes me proud to say I loved this list and had all these songs except for Kings of Leon. Regardless enjoying the list and the from the vaults!

Hey pop songs I actually know. That's weird XD

Thanks for including the #11 song- I heard it all the time and never knew it by name. And you can't exactly look up the lyrics.

I think this was a very good list. Well, most of the top 10 anyway. Personally, I like things that focus on the good side now and again.

11) 'Live Your Life'
That Numa Numa is called Dragonstea Din Tei by O-Zone. It's one of those awful, tacky sorts of Europop songs that Americans are usually lucky enough to never hear. It was a minor hit here in the UK unfortunately, and I hated it. I thought that YouTube video was stupid, and I found Live Your Life annoying as well.

10) 'Green Light'
This was great! It was one of my favourite 2009 tracks as well.

9) 'Forever' was... alright. 8) 'I Gotta Feeling' was fine. I have nothing against it, but I never loved it.

7) 'Let It Rock'
I'd more or less forgotten about this song, but I loved it back then!

6) 'Hot N Cold'
I remember a lot of people liked this, but I didn't. I have warmed to Katy Perry as a popstar since though. She is kind of guilty pleasure, I like a lot of her songs, but she isn't very likeable herself really.

5) 'Day N Night'
I rather liked this, but it was a slightly different remix of it that was a hit over here. I think I like the US version better actually.

4) 'Meet Me Halfway'
This was a lovely song. It's a nice pop ballad, and I agree Fergie's voice is quite good on this.

3) 'Good Girls Go Bad'
I liked this a lot. Maybe it is because it's "dance music for nerds", although I think Leighton Meester's part of it was my favourite.

2) 'Use Somebody'
I have a lot of love for this song, but it became overplayed, along with 'Sex On Fire'. They were both huge hits in Britain, so it was justified they got played so much I guess.

1) 'Just Dance'
This is a great pop-dance track! I agree that it sums up how nights out can end up, and while it's probably one of Lady Gaga's more 'normal' songs, it's also one of her stronger ones.

Awesome list! Looking forward to seeing your picks for the best of 2011.

I think I Gotta Feeling was so successful because the Black Eyed Peas cleverly made a song that everyone will always want to have playing as they get ready for a night out. Genius! Actually the first time I heard that song I flat out didn't believe it was by the Peas because it was so awesome compared with everything else they had ever released. Of course that was before the abominations of Imma Be and The Time but even then they hadn't released anything that didn't make me go 'meh' when I heard it. Well actually I liked Pump It but that doesn't count because I only liked that they sampled Misirlou.

not a bad list.
i agree with a few songs except maybe 2 or 3 but its supposed to be like that :)
good list and I can't wait to see the
Top 10 Best Songs of 2011 :)

You should review Looks Like Sex. It's awful.

Todd, I am appalled! I didn't know you had such atrocious taste in music. All the songs in this list are shit. Hearing only one minute of each and any one of them is pure torture to me. I'd rather be whacked with a spiked baseball bat than every having to listen to any of them ever again. No joke.

Hip hop is dead. Pop music is dead. It has all turned into repetitious, overproduced, empty dreck.

So is this your new thing now; spamming the same whiny crotchety-old-man "[insert genre of music here] is dead!" thing in every music related video on the site or what?

I love these songs. I love half the songs you hate. I love pop

Todd, I thought I couldn't love you any more than i already did but somehow you have taken the level of my love for you and up'd it times 12million. If things don't end up working out with Lindsay, please, pm me

In the old days, about 90% of pop music was crap. Now that percentage is closer to 99.9%. Hip hop used to be a good alternative, but now it's all tedious bling-bling bullcrap. Rock music has kicked the bucket a long time ago, to the point where 15-year-olds playing in rock bands tell me they listen to old geezers like AC/DC, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. Where is the new talent those kids can look up to??

New talent that rock musicians can look up to?

Broadway Calls
The Menzingers
Cobra Skulls
The Accelerators
The Apers
Banner Pilot
The Bronx
Comadre
The Copyrights
Death From Above 1979
The Dopamines
Hour of the Wolf
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Pianos Become the Teeth
Samuel Caldwell's Revenge
Teenage Bottlerocket
Zatopeks
A Wilhelm Scream

Music is far from dead.

I know I might sound snoby but this was my reaction:

"OH BOY! Cant wait to see what #1 is! (song plays) FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUU......"

Hey it's Gaga. That sounds like a normal reaction to me. :)

If you could find the content to make them as entertaining as your negative reviews, I'd love to see a positive review every now and then. I'd love to hear what's actually worth listening to. :P

honestly, both "Meet me halfway" and "I got a feeling" put me to sleep, they feel just so bland, forgetable and washed-out to me, always have and probably always will.

I agree with some of the other tracks on your list though, especially "Let it rock", "Just dance" and "Live your life".

"Use somebody" was really good imho, but got a bit boring over time, especially the lead singer's emo faces in the video, but I still like it today - to some extent.

I never listened to the original version of "Day 'n' Nite", we got a weird remix over here in good ol' Germany that feels pretty soulless by comparision - would have greatly preferred the original, now that I got a glimpse at both versions.

The rest of your list, well, I got no particular feelings for or against, "Hot and Cold" was ok, the rest never really charted in Germany or I missed it.

In the end, it's always subjective what you like/dislike and what sticks in your mind 2-3 years down the line.

But...didn't Let It Rock come out in 2008? I recall hearing it on the radio for the first time back in autumn ´08 o__O
Well, nevertheless it's a good song (except maybe Lil Wayne's part...I just can't stand that mans grating, fingers-on-chalkboard- voice).

Could be, US singles often get released later in Germany, so I'm not too sure about that.

What I am sure about is that "Just dance" came out in 2008 and was already a pretty big hit by that year's end, so it's technically not a 2009 song aswell . . .

15:29- To answer your question, Todd: The Killers, Spaceman. Though I must add, a few other songs on their Day & Age album deserve to be higher on the charts. Neon Tiger, Losing Touch and Dustland Fairytale are all better.

Don't get me started on Human. That one baffles me.

not half bad of a list i actually liked some of these songs tbh (though i got a feeling was bled to fucking death & btw Shinedown kick ass so GFY Todd

NOTHINNNNG!!

I'll accept one Black Eyed Peas song, but two? Gonna have to go with Gladstone on this one.

Don't think links work, so youtube

Hate By Numbers 39

He makes some good points.

It's only harmless fun until it's evil incarnate.