Nostalgia for '05

Don't read this post if you've never liked pop music or you are older than twenty-three.

The year that I got into music is the year 2005. My favorite bands at that point were Green Day and The Black Eyed Peas, not necessarily in that order. I really liked the song "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson, but not as much as the much grittier "Behind These Hazel Eyes". The only cd I owned was TobyMac's Welcome to Diverse City, and I spun that junk on repeat. I had Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" and "Dance, Dance" memorized, but I felt guilty for listening to them because I thought they were very inappropriate. The only rap songs I had ever heard were "Yeah" by Usher and the rap half of Welcome to Diverse City. A year later I heard "Soul Survivor" (edited, obviously) by Young Jeezy and memorized that. If you asked me what my favorite song was, I would've said either "Holiday" or "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.

Fact is, I listen to pop music extremely sporadically. I know almost every pop song released from 2004-2006, but I could hardly name any song from 2007-2009. This thing called Lady Gaga happened somewhere around '09 and I dug it, but that's about it for those years. I tried to return to my roots this year, though, by downloading a bunch of what is on the top pop lists, so I can tell you what is good and what is not (Good: "Break Your Heart" and Drake. Bad: "California Gurls", "OMG", and Kesha).

In conclusion, pop music peaked in 2006 with "Every Time We Touch" by Cascada.

mp3: Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes