Friday Radio 26 Dec 2008 edition

Happy Boxing Day!
This is the last Friday Radio 'broadcast' for 2008... as such, we're going to take a look at some of the best and worst in music for 2008.


Best female vocalist but spoilt by heavy rotation on public radio

Duffy - "Mercy"

(first 5 secs also reminds me of "stand by me")



Miss/Mr "i'm trying to get attention and i like it"

Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"




Best 70s flashback

Manahan Street Band - "make the road by walking"




Best stoner love anthem a.k.a catalyst-of-the-michael-cera- obsession-in-women song

The moldy peaches - "anyone else but you"





Best rock

kings of leon - "closer"





Comebacks


Erykah Badu with "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)"
Honey -


Guns & Roses with "Chinese Democracy"
Chinese Democracy -

Britney Spears with "Circus"
Circus-


R.E.M with "Accelerate"
Hollow man -




Notable notes:

Santogold
Lights out -

MGMT
Time to pretend -

Lykke li
Melodies and beats -





Bands reformed in 2008 (source: wikipedia)

• Atomic Kitten
  
• Bad Company (reformed for a one-off show)
  
• Ben Folds Five (reformed for a one time reunion show for Operation Smile on September 18, 2008 as part of myspace's Front to Back series)
• Blind Faith (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, reformed for three performances)
  
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  
• Boyzone
• Carcass
• Dogs Die In Hot Cars
• En Vogue
• Eraserheads (reformed for one night only)
• Eve 6
  
• Face to Face
  
• The Get Up Kids
• Kidneythieves
  
• Liberty X
  
• New Kids on the Block
• No Doubt
• Sixpence None the Richer
  
• Stone Temple Pilots
• The Kinks
  

Bands disbanded (source: wikipedia)

• 3LW
• The Chalets
• The Departure
• The Hellacopters
• Hootie & the Blowfish
• Junior Senior
• Kubichek!
• Life in Your Way
• The Long Blondes^[51]
• Medic Droid
• The Police
• The Procussions
• Quiet Riot
• Spice Girls (disbanded after their final concert together)
• Toto
• Trick Pony

Returning performers (source: wikipedia)

• AC/DC (first album since 2000)
• Ashanti (Last studio album released in 2004)
• David Byrne & Brian Eno (first album since 1981)
• Vanessa Amorosi (debut international album and first Australian Album since 1999)
• Anastacia (Last studio album released in 2004)
• Brandy (Last studio album released in 2004)
• Boyzone (first studio album released in 1999)
• The Cure (first studio album since 2004)
• Jason Donovan (Last studio album released in 1992)
• Dido (Last studio album released in 2003)
• Eminem (first album since 2004)
• Guns N' Roses (first album of original material since 1991)
• Metallica (first album since 2003)
• New Kids on the Block (first album since 1994)
• Queen (First studio album since 1995, and first with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals.)
• The Offspring (first album since 2003)
• The Verve (first album since 1997)

Happy new year everyone!

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- Ashlynn