This morning, I patiently waded through what one group of experts exclaimed as the pivotal musical pieces created during 2008. Sadly there wasn't a single song that I was even tempted to download. With that in mind, I've asked the experts at our house to list the songs they've enjoyed most during this past year. The requirements for the list were simple - if we liked it, it made the list, regardless of when it was recorded, or the musical genre it represents. Easy enough.
Click on any title and you'll be redirected to a song or a version of the song on You Tube.
10. Dolla Bill / Wyclef Jean. If you don't listen to the words, it's a catchy enough tune. One of our daughters still believes they are singing about government workers.
9. Carol of Joy / BYU combined choruses. This spectacular new Christmas song was recently recorded by these fantastic singers. (This link isn't to the BYU singers, unfortunately. But it's all that's out there on line.)
8. Shake it / Metro Station. Miley's older bro turns it loose on this one.
7. Empty / Ray Lamontagne. This is the year that the majority of the family warmed up to dear old Ray.
6. Long Lost Child / Mendy Gledhill. We love this song. It's just that it's a little too painful to talk about right now.
5. You Get What You Give / New Radicals. Pump up the volume on this one every time you drop into Cajon Pass and you feel like you're nearly there.
4. Smoky Mountain Memories / David Archuleta. Of all the songs Archie sang to us this year, this was our favorite.
3. Until the Morning / Sean Kingston & Fergie. Great remake for a catchy song with cheeseball lyrics, (i.e. " I'm gonna miss you like a child misses its blank-ket.")
2. Forever / Chris Brown. Hey, it's the song that makes everybody happy. Especially if you're a teenage girl.
1. Sweet Child 'O Mine / Banda Do Sul. For the majority of you that have stopped by our house during the year, you've heard this whispering to you in the background of parties, conversations or any other activity.
