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<\/a>Over at the National Review<\/em> site, an argument has broken out over what the best song of the 21st century is so far.\u00a0 The thing is, showing how out of touch I have become, I haven\u2019t heard any of the candidates the contenders have put forward!<\/p>\nThey are these:<\/p>\n
Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes<\/a><\/p>\n
Ball and Biscuit by the White Stripes<\/a><\/p>\n
Reckoner by Radiohead<\/a><\/p>\n
Finer Feelings by Spoon<\/a><\/p>\n
Wake Up by Arcade Fire<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nHere are the different arguments from Dan McLaughlin<\/a>, Judson Berger<\/a>, and Jeffrey Blehar<\/a>.\nThese are pretty good tunes, I admit, but they are all of the rock genre.\u00a0 Surely any discussion of the best song of the first quarter of a century should at least consider the other genres, including country music, alt-country, gospel, pop,\u00a0 rhythm & blues, hip-hop, folk, showtunes, soundtracks, opera, etc., etc,, as well as all of the sub-genres thereof.<\/p>\n
So I thought the Cranach community might have some opinions about this.\u00a0 What do you consider to be the best song of the century so far?<\/p>\n
The fact is, there is no longer a mass market for music, as in the old days of Top-Forty radio; rather, the music market has become hyper-specialized with listeners fixated on ever-narrower niches.\u00a0 So not being familiar with particular songs is not necessarily a case of old-fogeydom, as is the case with me, but a simple matter of not being exposed to them.<\/p>\n
So if\u00a0you can, post a YouTube link of your top song to expand the horizon of the rest of us.<\/p>\n
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