Songs of the Year 2010

Here it is. Logwood Burning's first annual list of the best sounds of the year (the word "best" being used, as always, in a purely subjective sense).

Compiling this list was hard work, but it became a lot easier as I ruled out songs that were not actually released this year, songs that I could not find for download, and songs that, upon repeat listening, turned out to actually not be that good.

"Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus & Pliers

I don't remember much from my first trip to Jamaica. I was only 8 years old. The year was 1992.

One thing I recall, though vaguely, is the ascent up the slippery rocks of the tourist trap known as Dunns River Falls, hand-in-hand in a chain with my family and the other tourists.

"Kids" by MGMT

Up on Magic Mountain, I split a shake with a cutie little English chick. We both wanted to see what it would do.

She had arrived on the island on vacation with her boyfriend over a year earlier, as an accountant. When her boyfriend dumped her in the middle of their trip, she decided to just stick around and make a living as a novelty act singing Thai pop songs.