![]() StrangleyWhat a great way to start this list, a wash of white noise obliterating all that came before, then slowly a syncopated 4/4 snare groove rolls in, droning synth chords, a chilling melody and one of those classic Ulrich Schnauss choruses that hooks you on a train ride to ecstasy. At the bottom, I’ve got a Spotify Playlist of John Diliberto’s Top Ten Songs of the New Millennium, So Far. It’s not much like the lists of other XPN hosts, and will certainly be nothing like the list that comes from their 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium Poll with listeners, but it’s my list. For some reason, several of the tracks are from 2008. Six of my ten songs are from artists who began recording in the 2000′sīecause it is greatest “songs,” I left out instrumentals, except for one, which, in an admittedly idiosyncratic move, I made number 1. Nor are there any great new Pink Floyd, The Who or Hendrix tunes to be found. In my 885 Best Rock Songs list I picked The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” as number one and wrote that “I think any of 10 tunes by The Rolling Stones could be on this list.” On this list, there aren’t any great new Rolling Stones tunes in this century. One thing I like about this list is it takes classic rock, new wave, progressive rock and just about everything else I grew up with out of the equation. This is never an easy task but it made me think of the songs I keep coming back to, the songs that haven’t left my iPhone where music is constantly being cycled off to make room for new material. This time, the impossible assignment was picking the Top Ten Greatest Songs of the New Millennium for their 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium Countdown. But I was asked to compile another Top Ten list for Echoes affiliate, WXPN in Philadelphia. Those lists usually come on the decade and quarter century marks. ![]() The thirteenth year of the 21st century doesn’t seem to be the right time to look back on the best of the millennium. Here’s John’s “Greatest Songs of the 21st Century… So Far: An Idiosyncratic List.” ![]() If you vote, you’ll be entered into a contest win a trip to see John Mayer in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl. Voting ends next Monday, September 16 at midnight. We asked John to submit his top ten songs of the new millenium (songs from 2001-present) for this year’s 885 countdown. ![]() The following article appears in the Echoes blog. John also hosts Sleepy Hollow on XPN every Sunday morning from 6 A.M. Ulrich Schnauss at Glastonbury 2013 – Photo by Nat Urazmetova John Diliberto is the host of the long standing public radio show Echoes, broadcast on XPN, Monday-Thursday at 11 P.M. ![]()
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