Greatest Alternative Song of the past 10 years
 

As we now approach the end of a decade what song should be considered the greatest of the last ten years?


My vote: Life is Pigsty by Morrissey....it's true and it sounds awesome



NOEL

Hunted by a Freak - Mogwai

already breaking the rules, but it's two songs for me:

Cut-Out - John Frusciante
reckoner - Radiohead

Motion Picture Soundtrack-Radiohead
or
Cicatriz ESP-The Mars Volta

The Widow- Mars Volta

Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You

is this an 'ugly kid joe' cover?

No it's just their own crappy hard rock song that gets played on the radio all the time.

Nothing alternative about it.

Forgot one.
The Dismemberment Plan-Time Bomb

time for heroes - the libertines
irish blood english heart - morrissey

Seven Nation Army

unwound - off this century

Giant Drag "Kevin is Gay"

alternative to what? Seven Nation Army was a massive hit for one... At least in the UK

oh jesus christ. Guess what, I don't know what "real emo" is and I constantly ascribe the term "indie" to the wrong bands too.

The title was "greatest alternative song," but you're saying it can't be popular now? So what is this thread? The best **** song to come out since 1999?

It was a huge hit in the states too. How many other songs do you know that sound like SNA?

No need to lose your marbles, I'm not being anal for the sake of it... I'm just trying to understand the ridiculously vague 'alternative' bracket, because Seven Nation Army is a great pop song, it just happens to have distorted guitars in it like everything else and sound like led zeppelin.

So the thread title is 'greatest alternative song' of the decade, I wanted to see if anybody else noticed what a subjective term that is; we might as well call it 'your favourite song of the past 10 years' because clearly we all have different ideas on what 'alternative' means.
For that reason I don't find the term at all helpful, it belongs in late 80's/early 90's American rock press, when alternative rock genuinely was the alternative to the mainstream at the time.

Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead.

FACT. ;)

Not even top 5 off of In Rainbows.

Its a pretty good dance song, that being said yeh I really like it.

But anyway Tomorrow Comes Today by Gorillaz

Also, I second Kevin is Gay by Giant Drag.

I second Motion Picture Soundtrack .

Love goes to dragging giantly.

Imitosis by Andrew Bird

Too damn hard to narrow it down to one song.... thats a hard task.... can't even begin to narrow down even a short list... then again, i am getting pretty drunk right now, so that might explain it....lol...

Jigsaw is #4


LOL at the argument about alternative music. I'm making TheBig3 my signature.. :laughing: