Matt's Top 300 Favorite Songs (MT3FS); numbers 280-271

Sorry, I've been lazy as of late with the countdown. Let's not waste any time.

Matt's Top 300 Favorite Songs (MT3FS): numbers 280-271

Number 280. Chromeo - "Bonafied Lovin (Tough Guys)" (off of the album "Fancy Footwork," 2007)

Chromeo Bonafied Lovin from VICE Records on Vimeo.


A Jew and a big thug-lookin Mexican coming together to make electro-pop music. And yet for some reason it works. "Bonafied Lovin" is my "dance-happy" jam. Listen to the song and then try and tell me that you didn't feel like shakin' your booty. You can't, because you totally wanted to. It's okay. That's all I really can say about the song. It's a booty shakin' jam.

Number 279: Blood Brothers "Beautiful Horses: (off of the album "Crimes," 2004)


The first time I heard The Blood Brothers I freaked out. It was unlike anything I had ever heard. Just an amazing blend of punk, post-punk, post-hardcore, hardcore, and art-punk. "Beautiful Horses" has always been my favorite Blood Brothers song. Just the energy and the chaos, like a more talented, easier-to-listen-to Locust song. It's too bad The Blood Brothers broke up. They were a good band.

Number 278: Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart (off of the album "You Are The Quarry," 2004)


Morrissey has one of the greatest voices I have ever heard. I don't even really know how to explain it. I expect God's voice to sound a lot like Morrissey's. Anyways, I heard this song back in high school and loved it, which was weird because I hated The Smiths back then. Sorry, I was a Cure fans and it felt sacrilegious to support The Smiths as a Cure fan. It wasn't until the last year or so that I got over my Cure/Smiths beef. Now I love both. But "Irish Blood, English Heart," was on heavy rotation during my senior year of high school. In fact, I remember I used to bug my then-girlfriend Stephanie by playing that song constantly and doing my best Morrissey impersonation. Moz is the man. That's all you can really say.

Number 277: Notorious B.I.G - "Notorious Thugs" featuring Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony (off of the album "Life After Death," 1997)


I remember the first time I heard this track. I was 19 and in Sean's truck. Sean had just installed a pretty bad ass system in his truck and had a hip-hop mix in his stereo. Why? So he could hear his speakers and amp hit. Anyways, "Notorious Thugs" came on and caught my attention. The first minute of the track is crazy. "Life After Death" was released after the death of Biggie. Him and Pac were both incredibly talented, and nobody can argue that.

Number 276: Bedouin Soundclash - Gyasi Went Home (off of the album "Sounding a Mosaic," 2004)


Canadian's playing raggae. Yeah, Canucks do more than just play hockey and curling. "Gyasi Went Home" is a nice relaxing jam. That's all you need to know.

Number 275: Big D & The Kids Table - "Not Fucking Around" (off of the album "Fluent in Stroll," 2009)


As much as I like super-ska Big D & The Kids Table, I think what the lounge-style sound they've gone with on the last couple albums is much more fitting for them. "Not Fucking Around" is one of the more rock-ish tracks on "Fluent in Stroll" but it has a really catchy, dancy sound. I love the lyrics though. I don't think anyone can say they haven't been in a relationship where you and your significant other asked each other "what-if" type questions. The hypotheticals sung about in the song crack me up. It used to crack Catherine and I up when we were dating. I can't speak for her, but they still crack me up.

Number 274: Paramore - "Here We Go Again" (off of the album "All We Know is Falling," 2005)


Yeah, yeah...save your shit talk, cause I don't wanna hear it. Paramore, for the terrible genre they're lumped into, are actually a pretty decent band. I actually really liked "Riot!" It also doesn't hurt that I think Hayley Williams is gorgeous. But by far my favorite Paramore song is "Here We Go Again." Williams' voice is tremendous. Don't believe me? Check out this acoustic version.

Number 273: Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day" (off of the album "The Predator," 1993)


How can you not like this Ice Cube track? When I want to feel "gangster" I drive around with my '05 Honda Civic windows down blasting this track. It would probably work better if I had something that looked remotely the part, but you gotta work with what you got.

Number 272: Say Anything - "Alive With the Glory of Love" (off of the album "...Is a Real Boy," 2005)


Before Say Anything frontman Max Bemis pissed off me and my .orgcore brothers and sisters (and before he crawled up his own asshole), I used to be a big fan of Say Anything. "...Is a Real Boy" was a really good pop-punk album. "Alive With the Glory of Love" is the standout track on a very interesting album. However, I think most of Say Anything's audience (13 - 17 year old girls) missed the fact that it's a song about love during the Holocaust and decided to dedicate the track to their totally cool boyfriends. Either way, it's a good song.

Number 271: Matt and Kim - "Light Speed" (off of the album "Matt and Kim," 2006)


It's a song by Matt and Kim about baseball. What's not to love? Also, whoever made that cartoon video I posted is brilliant. It cracks me up.

So there's that. What's up next? Canadian lesbian sisters, a jigga-man, and a dude who thinks he's Jesus appear on the next installment of MT3FS!