Top 25 Songs from the 2000's
 

Ooh La La - GOLDFRAPP
Frontier Psychiatrist - THE AVALANCHES
Can't Get You Out of My Head - KYLIE MINOGUE
The Middle - JIMMY EAT WORLD
Hot N Cold - KATY PERRY
Zwitter - RAMMSTEIN
Mass Romantic - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Bodies - DROWNING POOL
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
That's Not My Name - THE TING TINGS
Family Affair - MARY J. BLIGE
Danger! High Voltage - Soulchild Radio Mix - ELECTRIC SIX
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Radio Edit - SCISSOR SISTERS
Uprising - MUSE
Party Hard - ANDREW W.K.
I Get Along - THE LIBERTINES
Womanizer - BRITNEY SPEARS
Toxic - BRITNEY SPEARS
Dog Days Are Over - FLORENCE+THE MACHINE
I Fell It All - FEIST
The Laws Have Changed - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Fat Lip - SUM 41
Bag of Hammers - THAO
Sick Muse - METRIC

Fun idea using 25 year blocks of time.

1950 - 1975 - Starts before Alan Freed coined the phrase 'rock and roll' and goes up to Bohemian Rhapsody. That's a wild ride with Elvis, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Jimi and Led Zep.

I will give thought to my favorites since 2000 and get back with you.

I love this idea. These are the ones that came to mind, I bet I forgot lots of favorites but I also tried to balance between personal favorites and objectively influential songs and between different genres (grime! math rock!). Wonder if I can do another 25

Portishead - Machine Gun
ANCO - Banshee Beat
Bjork - Declare Independence
Death Grips - Guillotine
Tom Waits - Sins of My Father
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Die Antwoord - Ugly Boy
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Ariel Pink - Politely Declined
Rihanna - Umbrella
FKA twigs - Water Me
Battles - Atlas
MIA - Bucky Done Gone
Brother May ft. Micachu & Baker Trouble - Fine
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Sleater-Kinney - The Fox
Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes
MGMT - Kids
St Vincent - Rattlesnake
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
The Weeknd - The Hills
Dälek - Spiritual Healing
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
The Moldy Peaches - Goodbye Song
Psapp - Hill of Our Home

jadis, 90% of the songs on your list are my favorites

Hey, that's pretty neat. Let's hear your list, which can overlap with mine as much as you want obv

I wanted to put together a well thought out list but what we have is a stream of songs that quickly came to mind. No particular order of relevance.

Lean On Sheena - The Bouncing Souls
I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
Pretend This Is Fiction - The Pink Spiders
Who Will Save Rock and Roll - The Dictators
Never Been In love - Screeching Weasel
Destination - Joanna Conner
U Boat Baby - Luke Haines
How Dare You Want More - Bleachers
Dancing In The Sunshine - Thunder
Down With The Ship - Todd Rundgren
The Interrogator - The Paranoid Style
Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello
Where They Wander - Horrorpops
Gotta Get Away From Tommy - New York Dolls
Harmonic Generator - The Datsuns
Stick 'Em Up - Masked Intruder
Roll On - The Living End
Jobriath Medley - Ann Magnusom
So Physical - We Are The Fury
bethamphetamine (pretty pretty) - Butch Walker
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Suburban Homeboy - Sparks
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
God Killed The Queen - Louis IVX
Switchblade - Lars Frederiksen and The Bastards

Damn haven't heard that name in a while. I knew some people who were huge fans. I thought he was one heck of a charming character but his music didn't do anything to me. Still, the live show I saw some time around 2010 was very enjoyable.

Gogol Bordello just popped into my head when thinking of bands from the last 25 years. There really aren't enough gypsy punks. I own a couple CDs but have never been lucky enough to see a live performance. EVERYBODY should know the song "Start Wearing Purple"!