Off the Record

I pride myself on maintaining a different blog than most. At the end of the year, however, every other blogger posts eir "Best of" lists and... and... I want to, too! Before I start whining, I'm just going to post my top 40 songs of 2005:

40. Bloody Motherfucking Asshole - Martha Wainwright
39. Greatest You Can Find - Keren Ann
38. Be Gentle With Me - The Boy Least Likely To
37. Speed Of Sound - Coldplay
36. Walking With A Ghost - Tegan & Sara
35. Strange Goodbye - Frank Black
34. Love Is An Unfamiliar Name - The Duke Spirit
33. Inside And Out - Feist
32. Gold Digger - Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
31. My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
30. Waltz - Fiona Apple
29. 1 Thing - Amerie & Jay-Z
28. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
27. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
26. Rollercoaster - Sleater Kinney
25. 1 2 Step - Ciara & Missy Elliott
24. You're Beautiful - James Blunt
23. Back To Me - Kathleen Edwards
22. Over My Head - Fray
21. Better Version Of Me - Fiona Apple
20. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
19. Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson
18. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
17. Nobody's Home - Avril Lavigne
16. The First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
15. These Words - Natash Bedingfield
14. These Are The Fables - The New Pornographers
13. Can't Stop - Missy Elliott
12. Trees - Marty Casey
11. Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
10. Jesus Of Suburbia - Green Day
9. Worked Up So Sexual - The Faint
8. Man Who Sold The World - Jordis Unga
7. Landed - Ben Folds
6. Fall To Pieces - Avril Lavigne
5. Move Along - All-American Rejects
4. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
3. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
2. The Bleeding Heart Show - The New Pornographers
1. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

I beg forgiveness - for the list, not for Kelly Clarkson. There is no shame in liking that song. None.