Wow! What a year for music. When I look back there was so much good music released…and some really stellar albums. I’d have to put Arcade Fire, Wilco, Fujiya&Miyagi, and LCD Soundsystem as the best of the full album experiences of 2007. However, pound for pound, the best song was by far North American Scum (Lyrics, Video). It dominated my playlists from the summer through the fall.

Here’s a snippet of the Drowned In Sound review of the song: “North American Scum comes on like a 21st Century impressionist painting of early Talking Heads, sharpened, hardened and reshaped out of modern electro. It’s sparse, funky, driving, and as catchy as hell. The song is angular like The Knack, and when the bass line kicks in I defy you not to bob your head like a Weeble in a car chase.”

For me, the song is a great NYC walking song and it really hit home for me with the following lyric…
“New York’s the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent
and it’s the furthest you can live from the government
some proud American Christians might disagree
but New York’s the only place we’re keeping them off the street”

Amen, brother.

(Yeah, I know there are 11 songs in my top ten…the last one is Radiohead live cover of a Smiths song that I just had to throw in there.)