First Decade Of The Millennium: Part One

I wanna talk about the first 10 years of this new Millennium.

2000

2000 In Music
My favourites out of the hit list that year ...
"All The Small Things" - Blink 182
"Beautiful Day" - U2
"Be With You" - Enrique Iglesias
"Breathe" - Faith Hill
"Bye Bye Bye" - Nysnc
"The Call" - Backstreet Boys
"Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Come On Over" - Christina Aguilera
"From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" - Britney Spears
"I Try" - Macy Gray
"It's Gonna Be Me" - 'N Sync
"It's My Life" - Bon Jovi
"Last Resort" - Papa Roach
"Lucky" Britney Spears
"Music" - Madonna
"Oops! I Did It Again!" - Britney Spears
"Shape of My Heart" - Backstreet Boys
"The Way I Am" - Eminem
"There She Goes" - Sixpence None The Richer
"There You Go" - Pink
"Try Again" - Aaliyah
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" - Baha Men


My Favourite albums that year:
Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Nysnc - No Strings Attached
Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
Aaron Carter "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)"
---(ha! I remember in 2000 when I was 12, I had the hugest crush on him! LoL! Not now though, he's gone all gangsta white boy:-/...]


Honorable Mention
I would have thought this would have been a bigger hit and she would have been more successful. Remember a cute girl by the name of Hoku? From Hawaii?.

2001

Aaliyah
I wasn't a big fan of her music, but I did like one of her songs. I remember hearing that she died in a tragic plane crash and thought it was so sad.


Music
"All For You" - Janet Jackson
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" - Kylie Minogue
"Drowning" - Backstreet Boys
"Don't Tell Me" - Madonna
"Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliot
"Hanging By A Moment" - Lifehouse
"Hero" - Enrique Iglesias
"I'm A Slave 4 U" - Britney Spears
"I'm Real" - Jennifer Lopez
"In the End" - Linkin Park
"Love Don't Cost A Thing" - Jennifer Lopez
"My Sacrifice" - Creed
"One Last Breath" - Creed
"One Step Closer" - Linkin Park
"Only Time - Enya
"Overprotected" - Britney Spears
"Standing Still" - Jewel
"Survivor" - Destiny's Child
"Thank You" - Dido
"Whenever, Wherever" - Shakira
"Whole Again" - Atomic Kitten
"With Arms Wide Open" - Creed
"You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson


Dishonorable Mentions:
OH MY VLOD! From the moment I heard 'Clint Eastwood,' by Gorillaz, I thought it SUCKED! "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback makes me wanna tear out my eardrums! :p "Pop" by Nsync wasn't a very good single choice...


Honorable Mentions
'My Religion' - Krystal Harris





This is interesting. I remember Going to K-Mart and buying the single for Leslie Carter's "Like Wow," because she's the only other sibling of Nick Carter to make music I think. Her debut single was the only thing that was released. Only 5 of her songs were released after you count up the songs from her US Single and her Australian single. Apparently, she never wanted to record this song or make the video for it. Which is unfortunate because the video did cost $350,000 to make! I guess I just have weird tastes but this song just rocks for me! it's like bubble gum pop and 90s pop put together and a total mind explosion! LoL The music video goes off into a weird thing so the song doesn't match the video after awhile.

2002

Harry Potter
VHS's were still being sold, and I remember my Aunt had a copy of the first Harry Potter movie. I asked if i could borrow it because I heard it was really cool. That night, I watched it twice in a row. My Aunt was worried that I was gonna watch it so much the tape inside the VHS would crinkle! (LoL!) She eventually insisted I give it back to her because mum told her I was on my 8th time of watching it. IN 3 DAYS!!! (;p)


Music
"A Moment Like This" - Kelly Clarkson
"A New Day Has Come" - Celine Dion
"A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
"All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u.
"All You Wanted" - Michelle Branch
"The Anthem" - Good Charlotte3
"Blurry" - Puddle of Mudd
"By the Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Can't Get You out of My Head" - Kylie Minogue,
"Cleanin' Out My Closet" - Eminem
"Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
"Die Another Day" - Madonna
"Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
"Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
"Don't Let Me Get Me" - Pink
"Goodbye to You" - Michelle Branch
"Hella Good" - No Doubt
"Hero" - Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott
"Hey Baby" - No Doubt
"I'm Alive" - Céline Dion
"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain
"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" - Britney Spears
"In the End" - Linkin Park
"Just like a Pill" - Pink
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" - Good Charlotte
"Love at First Sight" - Kylie Minogue
"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
"Ordinary Day" - Vanessa Carlton
"Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne
"Soak Up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow
"Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow
"The Taste of Ink" - The Used
"The Tide Is High" - Atomic Kitten
"Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey
"Underneath Your Clothes" - Shakira
"Without Me" - Eminem


Dishonorable Mentions:
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows. It always sounded like they were saying 'fucking lot' which was so annoying!
Sorry. Most songs by System of a Down just don't get the honor of entering my ears. Chop Suey????????? *sighs*
AN EPIC HONORABLE MENTION:
Normally, Honorable mentions would be secondary or listed as 'but not least!'; but this is a song that Eminem truly outdid himself on. It was his first serious song that really caught my attention (Even though his other songs always caught my attention too LoL). "Lose Yourself" - Eminem is by far one of the most influential songs I have ever heard by a rapper!




Favourite Albums
Christina Aguilera "Stripped" (2002)


2003
"Addicted" - Simple Plan
"Behind Blue Eyes" - Limp Bizkit
"Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence
"Can't Hold Us Down" - Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim
"Come Clean" - Hilary Duff
"Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé Knowles
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
"Faint" - Linkin Park
"Feeling This" - Blink-182
"Fighter" - Christina Aguilera
"Girls & Boys" - Good Charlotte
"Headstrong" - Trapt
"Hold On"- Good Charlotte
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash
"I'm With You" - Avril Lavigne
"In Da Club" - 50 Cent
"Intuition" - Jewel
"Invisible" - Clay Aiken
"It's My Life" - No Doubt
"Like a Stone" - Audioslave
"Losing Grip" - Avril Lavigne
"Me Against the Music" - Britney Spears featuring Madonna
"Me Myself and I" - Beyoncé
"Miss Independent" - Kelly Clarkson
"Milkshake" - Kelis
"My Love Is Like...Wo" - Mýa
"Numb" - Linkin Park
"Perfect" - Simple Plan
"P.I.M.P." - 50 Cent
"Right Thurr" - Chingy
"So Yesterday" - Hilary Duff
"Somewhere I Belong" - Linkin Park
"Swing, Swing" - All American Rejects
"The Anthem" - Good Charlotte
"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" - Jason Mraz
"The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera
"Unwell" - Matchbox Twenty
"Where Is the Love?" - The Black Eyed Peas
"White Flag" - Dido
"Why Can't I?" - Liz Phair
"Why Not?" - Hilary Duff


NOTE: I can never decide which is my favourite songs from the Marilyn Manson cd released in this year. It was the first cd of that band that I had ever purchased, and to this day i'm shocked I was able to at about 15 years old! It was parental advisory

Dishonorable Mention
"Hey Ya! - Outcast! including the music video.


Honorable Mentions
"Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne. Please keep in mind that in 2003, I was about 14 or 15. The boy they put in this video with braces if I remember correctly, was about 13 at that time, so it shouldn't seem weird for me to say that when i was around 14 years old, I had a crush on a 13 year old LoL. I no longer have a crush on him obviously, because that video is now nearing 10 years old. Plus, i have no idea what he looks like now! LoL. The video was pitch perfect for the song, though I felt the song felt like it came out of the 80s, which is probably why I liked it! LoLz.



"Lights Out" Lisa Marie Presley. I just liked this song so much because it had a story to it and gave an insight partially on how she feels about her father's suicide. This is not the real music video. The real one can be found at her facebook page by following this link:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1640320646875



"Measure Of A Man" - Clay Aiken. I just have always like this song because it truly goes into how you measure a man's character.

Favourite Albums
Evanescence "Fallen" (2003)
Kelly Clarkson "Thankful" (2003)
Hilary Duff "Metamorphosis" (2003)
Lisa Marie Presley "To Whom It May Concern" (2003)
Clay Aiken "Measure Of A Man" (2003)
Marilyn Manson 'The Golden Age Of Grotesque" (2003)

2004

"Accidentally In Love" - Counting Crows
"American Idiot", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
"Breaking the Habit" - Linkin Park
"Burn" - Usher
"Don't Tell Me" - Avril Lavigne
"Everybody's Changing" - Keane
"Goodies" - Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo
"Heaven" - Los Lonely Boys
"Leave (Get Out)" - JoJo
"Lose My Breath" - Destiny's Child
"Lying from You" - Linkin Park
"Mr. Brightside" - The Killers
"My Place" - Nelly featuring Jaheim
"My Band" - D12
"My Immortal" - Evanescence
"My Happy Ending" - Avril Lavigne
"Pieces of Me" - Ashlee Simpson
"She Will Be Loved" - Maroon 5
"Shadow" - Ashlee Simpson
"Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
"These Words" - Natasha Bedingfield
"Tipsy" - J-Kwon
"The Reason" - Hoobastank
"This Love" - Maroon 5
"What You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
"Yeah!" - Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris


Note: It is near impossible for me to choose just one song from Ashlee Simpson's debut cd, released in this year, because to me, they are all equally great. If I had to pick a least favourite, I guess i'd say 'Unreachable.'


Note: It is also impossible for me to decipher a favourite song from Lindsay Lohan's debut album released in this same year for the same reason as Ashlee's cd. Despite her publicized issues going on right now, she does have a beautiful voice.
Honorable Mention
"Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane. I just love this song because in a year when a lot of songs were starting to talk more and more about sex, this song simply talks about offering someone a shoulder and going to a place where no one is gonna hear you vent. I love a lot of Keane's music, unfortunately, their tour for the USA was canceled for their second album due to failure for their single, 'Is It Any Wonder?' to get on the radio. they are from the UK. They had two music videos, it's up to you if you would like to watch them both :). The first one is better because the second one is a typical mock live performance. I give you some real music!




"Broken" - Robert Downey Jr. It's the most unique song i've ever heard. I know I probably say that about a lot of songs though. I always try to find more meanings in it when I listen to it.It's interesting watching him sing LoL




"Backflip" - Raven-Symone. It talks of her wanting her boyfriend to prove his love.
Gawd! I had such a crush on the guy in this video LoL!




Favourite Albums
Keane - "Hopes and Fears" (2004)
Robert Downey Jr "The Futurist" (2004)
---[I still want to get a copy of this one]
Raven Symone - "This Is My Time" (2004)
Mindy Smith "One Moment More" (2004)
---[Holy crap! Just saw on Wikipedia that she's 38. She so does not look her age! I thought she was my age!! WOW!].
Kelly Clarkson "Breakaway" (2004)
Gretchen Wilson "Here For The Party" (2004)
---[I love her style and music despite her political preference. I read that she performed the National Anthem at the National Republican Convention one year.]
Hilary Duff "Hilary Duff" (2004)
Regis Philbin "When You're Smiling" (2004)
Ashlee Simpson "Autobiography" (2004)
Lindsay Lohan "Speak" (2004)

2005

"1, 2 Step" — Ciara featuring Missy Elliott
"Because of You" — Kelly Clarkson
"Behind These Hazel Eyes" — Kelly Clarkson
"Bend and Break" — Keane
"Boyfriend" — Ashlee Simpson
"Breakaway" — Kelly Clarkson
"Breathe (2 AM)" — Anna Nalick
"Candy Shop" — 50 Cent featuring Olivia
"Cool" — Gwen Stefani
"Everybody's Changing" — Keane
"Get Right" — Jennifer Lopez
"Happy?" — Mudvayne
"Hollaback Girl" — Gwen Stefani
"Hung Up" — Madonna
"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" — My Chemical Romance
"Incomplete" — Backstreet Boys
"Inside Your Heaven" — Carrie Underwood
"Lonely No More" — Rob Thomas
"Lose Control" — Missy Elliott featuring Ciara
"Oh" — Ciara featuring Ludacris
"Ohio Is for Lovers" — Hawthorne Heights
"Pieces" — Sum 41
"Pon de Replay" — Rihanna
"Rich Girl" — Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
"Run It!" — Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
"Scars" — Papa Roach
"Shake It Off" — Mariah Carey
"Since U Been Gone" — Kelly Clarkson
"Soldier" — Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne
"Unwritten" — Natasha Bedingfield
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" — Green Day
"We Belong Together" — Mariah Carey
"When I'm Gone" - Eminem
"Wordplay" — Jason Mraz
"You and Me" - Lifehouse
"You Raise Me Up" - Westlife (UK)
"You're Beautiful" — James Blunt


Honorable Mentions
"Better Days" — Goo Goo Dolls. I just like how this song talks of a hopeful tomorrow without getting cheesy. The fact that the song starts out with the world 'And,' is a little odd though. If someone can tell me what the significance of starting out a song or sentence with the world 'and' randomly is, let me know! :p



"Photograph" — Nickelback. This is the first song I have liked from Nickelback since their 'Someday,' song.



"Speed of Sound" — Coldplay This was the first song by them I have ever liked. Their song 'Fix You,' I still have to tap into and find the inner meaning, but otherwise at first listen, i'm not too fond of the message.



"The Ghost of You" — My Chemical Romance. This song seeped into my brain all the time. My friend told me he was going to Iraq and this song just kept haunting me. Still does to this day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUpvTMis-Y



Honorable Mentions
"Turbulence" by Lisa Marie Presley. Now I know she's not the best singer in the world. I guess I look past the voice sometimes as long as they can sing on tune and listen to the art they have created.



Dishonorable Mentions
"Dirty Little Secret" — The All-American Rejects. I really like the sound of this song, but the lyrics are just sad! It's about being ashamed of who you are dating. Tisk, tisk, tisk. If the music industry ever needs someone who can write better songs while on the john, you know where to find me! LoL


"Lonely" — Akon. Dear Vlod, i've got a headache just thinking about this song! The first time I heard it, that little 'so lonely,' high pitched voice throughout the song just drove me totally bonkers! The only other time that i have heard this kind of squeak was in Mariah Carey's 'Boy.' For her, it worked! For Akon, Idk, it just didn't :-/.


"Trapped in the Closet" — R. Kelly. This 10 or so song series just was interesting at most, but not something I want to own copies of. :-/


Favourite Albums
Carrie Underwood "Some Hearts" (2005)
Buzz Meade "Reflect The Light" (2005)
---[I just had a psychic vibration that my friend Nicole read this and was like, "WHO???" :p. Of course not many people know of him, he's a local artist from Milwaukee, WI. He came to a local coffee shop in my hometown, 2 hours away from his, and that's where I bought his album. So glad I did! It's great!]
Gretchen Wilson "All Jacked Up" (2005).
Backstreet Boys "Never Gone" (2005)
Lisa Marie Presley "Now What" (2005)

Now the fun part. I tag my friend Nicole to do everything I just did! ........ Well, not really, but if you want to, Nicole, you can. :) :p. I find that Wikipedia helps you remember songs very well. I typed in hit songs of (then added a year), but you aren't really tagged unless you wanna be :p.