Music Monday: 2005

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Music Monday: 2005

There is a radio show on CBC here in Canada that occasionally does a feature called SYNTH: Songs You Need To Hear.

Now, I can’t say to someone, “You’ll like this song” (or book for that matter) because I can’t presume that others will share my taste in music (or books), so it is safer to say, “You might like this” and if they don’t like it, so be it.

Maybe you will find a new favorite.

CBC MUSIC, Central · Mornings with CBC Music

I’ve been trying to showcase songs that I remember listening to and usually enjoyed, but as I have been going through the 2000s, I seem to have less and less choice.

2005 looks to be one of those years. The Black Eyed Peas had a lot of hits. Hollaback Girl was the earworm of the year, and the charts were dominated by hip hop and rap artists.

I didn’t know this singer was Canadian until today:

Simple Plan. Canada’s answer to every other Emo band out there.

Jack Johnson pioneered the “Blurry video”:

And The Killers pioneered “Bad Audio Rock”.

I wonder what’s in store for next year?

-Leon

Want to read more music blogs? Here are some of the ones I follow: Mostly Music Covers, Take it Easy, Beetley Pete, A Sound Day, PowerPop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture, SuperdekesVinylReviews, Peat Long’s Blog, Fox Reviews Rock

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/