Pitchfork proves its dominance over musical lists

This one's 500 songs long.  And unlike Rolling Stone's comparatively wimpy 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, Pitchfork's just covers this decade.  This decade isn't even over yet.  Behold, it's Pitchfork's 500 Greatest Songs of the '00s.

Speaking of Jann Wenner's dinosaur, the hipper-than-thous at Pitchfork couldn't resist a dig at it in their explanation of the necessity for a 500 song "best of the decade" list: "...about what you'd get from a print magazine, but it's free and you won't throw it out the next time you move."

Insulting both the gold standard in music journalism and its own readers in one fell swoop?  Could Pitchfork get any cooler?

I have no desire to link directly to Pitchfork, so here's Stereogum's convenient abridged version.

Pitchfork's 20 Greatest Songs Of The '00s
20 The Walkman - "The Rat" (2004)
19 R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"
 (2002)
18 Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind" (2008)
17 Annie -"Heartbeat" (2004)
16 The Rapture - "House of Jealous Lovers" (2002)
15 The Knife - "Heartbeats" (2002)
14 Jay-Z - "99 Problems" (2003)
13 LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge" (2002)
12 OutKast - "Hey Ya!" (2003)
11 Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" (2005)
10 Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" (2004)
09 Animal Collective - "My Girls" (2009)
08 Radiohead - "Idioteque" (2000)
07 Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On" (2001)
06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps" (2003)
05 Daft Punk - "One More Time" (2000)
04 Beyoncé [ft. Jay-Z] - "Crazy in Love" (2003)
03 M.I.A. (Feat. Bun B and Rich Boy) - "Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)" (2007)
02 LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" (2007)
01 OutKast - "B.O.B." (2000)

"My Girls" makes the decade's top 10?  When is someone going to explain Animal Collective's appeal to me?  Beyond that, the scope of this list is simply too massive for me to even attempt to analyze it.  I think the best way to approach it is as a list of the songs you probably should listen to, for better or worse.


Pitchfork's Top 15 Songs Of 2009 ... So Far
15 The Big Pink - "Velvet"
14 Woods- "Rain On"
13 St. Vincent - "The Strangers"
12 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers - "Day 'N Night (Remix)"
11 The Walkmen - "In the New Year"
10 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Young Adult Friction"
09 Camera Obscura - "French Navy"
08 Japandroids - "Young Hearts Spark Fire"
07 Antony and the Johnsons - "Aeon"
06 Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
05 Phoenix - "1901"
04 Bat for Lashes - "Daniel"
03 Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
02 Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is The Move"
01 Animal Collective - "My Girls