Board 8 > Which of these rock songs of the early 2000s do you consider the most iconic?

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I limited it to 2000-2003. Only had 10 choices, but feel free to post something else. Vote for one of the 10 regardless though.
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WAKE ME UP!

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I was thinking of Mr. Brightside coming into the topic. Oh well.

Of the poll, Bring Me to Life. The mainstream crossover appeal was immense with that song. I think How You Remind Me, It's My Life, and I Hate Everything About You might also be in contention here.

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Snake5555555555 posted...

I was thinking of Mr. Brightside coming into the topic. Oh well.

Of the poll, Bring Me to Life. The mainstream crossover appeal was immense with that song. I think How You Remind Me, It's My Life, and I Hate Everything About You might also be in contention here.

I had the poll narrowed down to about 20, and I actually had those 3 on the short list! There were a lot of great choices from those years. "Like a Stone" by Audioslave was my 11th place cut for the poll. These aren't my song preferences by the way. I just was trying to list things that I still hear played a lot today.
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Yeah I was gonna mention Like a Stone too. Then you've got It's Been Awhile, Numb, a bunch of other 3 Doors Down hits, Hanging by a Moment, Wherever You Will Go, She Hates Me, the list sure goes on!

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Snake5555555555 posted...

Yeah I was gonna mention Like a Stone too. Then you've got It's Been Awhile, Numb, a bunch of other 3 Doors Down hits, Hanging by a Moment, Wherever You Will Go, She Hates Me, the list sure goes on!

I know, right! It almost makes me want to run a contest/tournament of this kind of music now! But I've never run one, and I also don't know how much interest there actually would be.
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Ahhh, Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out just misses the cut due to being a January 2004 release.

With that in mind, I voted for Seven Nation Army. In addition to its crossover success and ubiquity on alternative radio, it's a mainstay within sports.
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Never made it as a wise man
I couldnt cut it as a poor man stealing

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I can't believe I was the first vote for Chop Suey

"all my life" is the definitive radio rock song of this era and seems like a huge oversight - but maybe it's less popular in the states than in europe? half of these songs i have never heard on a radio ever - i know three doors down especially never made it outside of the US, and it's funny to me to think of Disturbed or Papa Roach at the same level. I heard both "In The End" and "Bring me to Life" on the radio today, which makes them leading candidates, but I can't shake the fact that Seven Nation Army was not only everywhere on release, it's taken its place as a sports chant and is well established there now. Leaning towards that.

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i just googled "kryptonite" to be sure and i can confirm that i have never heard that song before in my life

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is californication even a top 3 most iconic chili peppers song?

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kryptonite comes on all the time, plus it was in a GH/RB game and that's how you know

I have to give it to Bodies, Bring Me to Life or In the End just for classic YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VztVQtWuQt0&list=PLnwKyUfhsM95SGQTqPwpy2cOuaVZ-K5ui
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MysticBrohan posted...

is californication even a top 3 most iconic chili peppers song?

yeah but the year is way off - by the way would fit this poll much better

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Steiner posted...

i just googled "kryptonite" to be sure and i can confirm that i have never heard that song before in my life

This is most definitely a lol Europe thing.

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having listened to the song now, it seems more like a "lol America" thing to me

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Trapt - Headstrong

Immediately came to mind
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Am I crazy or isn't Californication late 90's

Californication the album was released in 1999, the single though was 2000.

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The album released in 99, but the song was first released as a single in 2000.

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yeah this is why By The Way is the correct choice for chillis song here

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Snake5555555555 posted...

I was thinking of Mr. Brightside coming into the topic. Oh well.

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mr brightside is an iconic song but is it really a rock song? it's also extremely 2004, which feels 100 years removed from the era of this topic

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If you watch soccer and/or college football, you still hear Seven Nation Army all the time, so I'll go with that

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I feel like Seven Nation Army is the one that stands the test of time the best while Kryptonite is the one youd play in a flashback on a tv show to let the viewer know its 2001.
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Speaking of iconic RHCP songs, I was very disappointed when I saw them a few years ago and they didn't play Under the Bridge, which I think is pretty clearly their most iconic.

(They had Trombone Shorty opening for them, though, which made up for it).
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MoogleKupo141 posted...

I feel like Seven Nation Army is the one that stands the test of time the best while Kryptonite is the one youd play in a flashback on a tv show to let the viewer know its 2001.

Not entirely wrong. Seven Nation Army is chanted in EU soccer/football clubs on the daily, "Kryptonite" reminds me that I listened to rock stations in 1999. It's those Linkin Park votes that worry me... "because in the end it doesn't even matter"... "if I slit mt wrist, which is what the audience mostly thought."
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Seven Nation Army is the only one I still hear without looking for it
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ChichiriMuyo posted...

It's those Linkin Park votes that worry me... "because in the end it doesn't even matter"... "if I slit mt wrist, which is what the audience mostly thought."

fuck i just rolled my eyes completely out of my head help

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This is definitely a case where the answer is dependent on where you are in the world. Basically echoing what Steiner said, I've never heard the first three songs on the poll played on the radio in the UK, even on stations specialising in rock. 'Seven Nation Army' on the other hand is probably the most ubiquitous rock song of that time frame; possibly even of the century. It's just never gone away since release.
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Luis_Sera89 posted...

This is definitely a case where the answer is dependent on where you are in the world. Basically echoing what Steiner said, I've never heard the first three songs on the poll played on the radio in the UK, even on stations specialising in rock. 'Seven Nation Army' on the other hand is probably the most ubiquitous rock song of that time frame; possibly even of the century. It's just never gone away since release.

do you have a feel for "all my life"'s place here? seems like the most glaring oversight and the song i would have voted for if it made the poll - is that a uk thing you think?

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All of these songs are giving me nostalgia. Also despite being a System of a Down stan I thought Chop Suey came out in 2005, not 2001. Whoops

Steiner posted...

Luis_Sera89 posted...

This is definitely a case where the answer is dependent on where you are in the world. Basically echoing what Steiner said, I've never heard the first three songs on the poll played on the radio in the UK, even on stations specialising in rock. 'Seven Nation Army' on the other hand is probably the most ubiquitous rock song of that time frame; possibly even of the century. It's just never gone away since release.

do you have a feel for "all my life"'s place here? seems like the most glaring oversight and the song i would have voted for if it made the poll - is that a uk thing you think?

I have no idea what All My Life is and googling isn't making it obvious either.
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CasanovaZelos posted...

I have no idea what All My Life is and googling isn't making it obvious either.

holy shit were the foo fighters not big in america?

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CasanovaZelos posted...

Steiner posted...

Luis_Sera89 posted...

This is definitely a case where the answer is dependent on where you are in the world. Basically echoing what Steiner said, I've never heard the first three songs on the poll played on the radio in the UK, even on stations specialising in rock. 'Seven Nation Army' on the other hand is probably the most ubiquitous rock song of that time frame; possibly even of the century. It's just never gone away since release.

do you have a feel for "all my life"'s place here? seems like the most glaring oversight and the song i would have voted for if it made the poll - is that a uk thing you think?

I have no idea what All My Life is and googling isn't making it obvious either.

I assumed Foo Fighters. Right?

edit: yes they were huge here Steiner
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i mean its omission from this poll and the fact anyone would ask "which all my life" is telling, and extremely surprising, enough for me

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All The Small Things gets a mention if we're doing released on a '99 album, as a single in 2000.
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I will also say that all of the songs in the poll were much bigger than All My Life.

It's also worth noting that there is a lot of regional variation in what was popular. Songs that got constant airplay for me growing up were considered obscure by people in other parts of the country
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GildedFool posted...

All The Small Things gets a mention if we're doing released on a '99 album, as a single in 2000.

yeah i mean i think we should just replace californication with by the way but if not then this is a big answer

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also @GildedFool am i out of my mind about all my life here

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Steiner posted...

also @GildedFool am i out of my mind about all my life here

It was *much* bigger here than in the US.
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GildedFool posted...

It was *much* bigger here than in the US.

yeah that's the vibe i'm getting from this topic, this is new information to me. more just looking for confirmation that i'm not out of my mind for, in the UK context, thinking it's the biggest of all of these

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Yeah, I totally know Foo Fighters and could name a dozen big hits, but I don't think that was one of them here.

My vote was easily for Seven Nation Army, as it's the big one that actually lasted beyond its own era. That, Take Me Out, and Hey Ya feel like the decade defining songs to me as far as both initial success and lasting impact.
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All My Life was spammed like crazy on rock radio in 2003 and 2004. It was the top single from that album 100% no question.
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CasanovaZelos posted...

My vote was easily for Seven Nation Army, as it's the big one that actually lasted beyond its own era. That, Take Me Out, and Hey Ya feel like the decade defining songs to me as far as both initial success and lasting impact.

Take Me Out is a second rate Mr Brightside

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Steiner posted...

"all my life" is the definitive radio rock song of this era and seems like a huge oversight

To be fair, it was the 2nd to last song I cut when making the poll! Like I said, way too many things to limit to 10, but it is what it is.

Steiner posted...

half of these songs i have never heard on a radio ever - i know three doors down especially never made it outside of the US, and it's funny to me to think of Disturbed or Papa Roach at the same level.

It somewhat depends on the rock station I suppose. Some stations don't dabble in nearly as heavy of rock as others do. I know the rock stations that did play Disturbed, played it non-stop back then, and still play it a lot today.

Steiner posted...

having listened to the song now, it seems more like a "lol America" thing to me

To an extent. Was wildly popular though!

Snake5555555555 posted...

Californication the album was released in 1999, the single though was 2000.

Good catch. Didn't even occur to me that the single and album would be different decades. By the Way probably would have been the better choice for the poll afterall.

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Trapt - Headstrong

Immediately came to mind

You guys have nearly named the 10 or so I had to delete to make room, at this point.
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Other rock songs that I think would be key for this era are "Hate To Say I Told You So," "Maps," and literally any of Coldplay's hits from their first two albums - but it looks like you mainly kept to harder rock, though I'd still argue "Hate To Say I Told You So" for that zone.
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I basically never listen to rock music by choice ever and neither did any of family members so I haven't even heard of most of these songs and I have no idea what nine of them actually sound like, though I suppose it's possible I'd recognize some if I gave them a listen.

But I definitely know In the End. The world refused to let me not hear it.

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