Best Music 2006 - Brian Anderson

Hey Rob,

Hope your holidays are going well. Here's my list for 2006

- Brian

1. DJ Format - "Separated at Birth" and lots of other songs picked from his last two albums
2. Arctic Monkeys - "Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm not" - the only album I bought this year

Songs:
3. Jan Delay - "Klar"
4. Sportfreunde Stiller - "'54, '74, '90, 2006" - anthem for Germany fans during the World Cup
5. The Streets - "When you wasn't famous"
6. Sido - "Strassenjunge"
7. Saian Supa Crew - "La patte"
8. Bela B. - "1. 2. 3."
9. Rihanna - "SOS" - I have a guilty weakness for any variation of "Tainted Love"
10. The Wiggles - "Can you dig it" - stuck in my head because of Ben

Silvia would like to add Shemale Trouble.

Best Music 2005 - Brian Anderson

Only a few albums this year, I've been using iTunes Germany mostly.

Albums
Röyksopp - The Understanding
2Raum Wohnung - Melancholisch Schön
Beck - Guero

Songs
Seeed - "Aufstehn!"
The White Stripes - "My Doorbell"
Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
Fettes Brot - "An Tagen wie diesen"

But the most remarkable thing about German radio is how many gimmicky covers and remakes there are. Here is some of the worst, weirdest stuff I've heard this year:

The BossHoss - Internashville Urban Hymns
( Berlin band doing redneck covers of urban music : "Hey Ya!", "Word Up", "Hot in Herre" )
Fler - "Neue Deutsche Welle"
(samples Falco's "Rock me Amadeus")
DJ Tomekk - "Jump,Jump"
( remake of Kriss Kross )
Alcazar - "This Is the World We Live In"
( Swedish disco remake of Genesis )
Die Firma - "Die Eine"
( repetitive German rap over Pachelbel's Canon )

Best Music 2004 - Brian Anderson

Jem - Finally Woken
Medeski, Martin & Wood - End of the World Party
White Stripes - Elephant
Calexico - Feast of Wire
Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
Die Fantastischen Vier - Troy
Wir Sind Helden - Die Reklamation
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

Best Music 2002 - Brian Anderson

1) Flogging Molly - drunken lullabies

2) Die Fantastischen Vier - live und direkt

3) Jovanotti - pasaporte

4) Control Machete - Artilleria Pesada

5) Cake - Prolonging the Magic

6) Bebel Gilberto - tanto tiempo

7) Fantastic Plastic Machine - beautiful

8) Weezer - maladroit

9) Twenty Years of Dischord (compilation)

10) Son Goku - Crashkurs