My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #190-181

#190 - The Orchids - Califone

Roots & Crowns (2006)

#189 - Wolf Like Me - TV On the Radio

Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

#188 - Like Spinning Plates - Radiohead

Amnesiac (2001)

#187 - I'm a Pretender - The Exploding Hearts

Guitar Romantic (2003)

#186 - Gideon - My Morning Jacket

Z (2005)

#185 - Don't Leave the Light On Baby - Belle & Sebastian

Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)

#184 - Go! - Common

Be (2005)

#183 - Atlas - Battles

Mirrored (2007)

#182 - Go With the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age

Songs for the Deaf (2002)

#181 - Banquet - Bloc Party

Silent Alarm (2005)

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #230-221

#230 - We Major - Kanye West ft. Nas

Late Registration (2005)

#229 - Too Long - Daft Punk

Discovery (2001)

#228 - The Kindness of Strangers - The American Analog Set

Know By Heart - (2001)

#227 - Hotel - Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene (2005)

#226 - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids

Wizard of Ahhhs (2007)

#225 - Hounds of Love - The Futureheads

The Futureheads (2004)

#224 - Gareth Brown Says - Mclusky

Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)

#223 - Pagan Poetry - Bjork

Vespertine (2001)

#222 - Lowdown - My Morning Jacket

At Dawn (2001)

#221 - Walking - The Dodos

Visiter (2008)

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #240-231

#240 - Love In This Club - Usher ft. Young Jeezy

Here I Stand (2008)

#239 - When You Were Young - The Killers

Sam's Town (2006)

#238 - So Says I - The Shins

Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

#237 - When the Last Time - Clipse

Lord Willin' (2002)

#236 - Soft Revolution - Stars

Set Yourself on Fire (2004)

#235 - Goin' Against Your Mind - Built to Spill

You in Reverse (2006)

#234 - The Sweat Descends - Les Savy Fav

Inches (2004)

#233 - Farewell - Boris

Pink (2005)

#232 - It Beats 4 U - My Morning Jacket

Z (2005)

#231 - Blind - TV On the Radio

Young Liars (2003)

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #250-241

#250 - Surfing On a Rocket - Air

Talkie Walkie (2004)

#249 - 1901 - Phoenix

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

#248 - Never Change - Jay-Z

The Blueprint (2001)

#247 - Atom - Cannibal Ox

The Cold Vein (2001)

#246 - Top Back - T.I.

King (2006)

#245 - Dondante - My Morning Jacket

Z (2005)

#244 - Flashlight Fight - The Go! Team

Proof of Youth (2007)

#243 - Kids on Holiday - Animal Collective

Sung Tongs (2004)

#242 - Up With People - Oneida

Happy New Year (2006)

#241 - Almost Ready - Dinosaur Jr.

Beyond (2007)

My 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #11

#11 - My Morning Jacket

For whatever reason, when I first heard of My Morning Jacket I instantly pigeon-holed them as some sort of terrible emo band simply based on their name. When I got around to hearing their music soon after, however, I realized that I couldn't have been more wrong. MMJ have carried on the southern rock tradition in remarkable fashion, creating songs with big vocals and blistering guitar solos, and most importantly becoming one of the most interesting live acts around. Jim James heavily reverbed vocals are beautiful (he's probably my favorite vocalist of the decade), sounding like they're being sung in the middle of the largest cathedral in the world. The band's album Z is what a southern rock album from the 70s would have sounded like if it had magically been introduced to Radiohead's OK Computer, and is one of the masterpieces of the 2000s.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Z (2005)

2. It Still Moves (2003)

3. At Dawn (2001)

4. My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday (2003)

Jim James has one of my favorite voices in music, as long as he's not trying too hard to sound like Prince. On this song, the chorus sounds as if he's singing down to you from the heavens, the constant reverb on his vocals is just perfect on this track. It's one of the biggest sounding songs I've ever heard, and has the guitar solo to back it up. Seeing this song performed live has been a highlight of my music watching life. Check out the new Monsters of Folk album too.....James just dominates the others on the record.




Unfortunately this is a live version, as the regular album version has been removed. When/if the regular version appears again, I will replace it on this post.