KEEPING LISTING

IX. TOP TEN SONGS: "CATCHING ALL THE LIGHTS," VOL. II


The other half--the ones we dance to all the time.

1. "Bird Flu" - M.I.A.
   A challenge. But if people figure it out, it will get the party started. Can we get Panaan to teach us some dances for this?


2. "Thou Shalt Always Kill" - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
   Manifesto.


3. "Atlas" - Battles
   Everybody always thinks it's Marilyn Manson; then they think it's aliens; finally they all just start dancing and freaking out.


4. "Gronlandic Edit" - Of Montreal
   All the party people dancing for the indie star.


5. "A Sentence of Sorts In Kongsvinger" - Of Montreal
   Because these songs are inseparable. They're like "Ziggy Stardust" and "Suffragette City." One completes the thought of the other. Also, because it's fun to dance to bubbly songs about suicide and depression and living in Norway while feeling "the darkness of the black metal bands."


6. "Beautiful Life" - Gui Boratto
   My favorite song of the year.


7. "Annabelle" - Hail Social
   I love Philly bands, especially when they make me feel like I'm making love to a peppermint candy cane.


8. "Merry Making At My Place" - Calvin Harris
   A song about our upcoming New Year's party.


9. "Violator" - White Williams
   Why haven't you discovered him yet?


10. "Pro Nails f/ Kanye West" - Kid Sister
    A song about my kid sister.


11. "Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix f/ Kelly Rowlands, Michelle Williams and Solange)" - Beyonce
    Most welcome dance-music trend of 2K7? Bringing back the hokey-pokey. Second most welcome? Giving Beyonce a George Michael chorus and letting her explode all over it.


12. "D.A.N.C.E." - Justice
    Duh.


13. "Get Innocuous!" - LCD Soundsystem
    Not the best song on the album, but my favorite to dance to. It's easy, if you're drunk, to forget there's anyone else in the room when this song is playing, even if there are two thousand people.


14. "The Magic Position" - Patrick Wolf
    Cheeky monkey.


15. "1234 (Van She Technologic Remix)" - Feist
    Improvements on perfection: another welcome trend.


16. "The Crystal Cat" - Dan Deacon
    Designed to pinpoint and stimulate the pleasure center in your brain throughout the entire song (and album).


17. "Harder Better Faster Stronger Alive" - Daft Punk
    Even if I never get over the fact that my boyfriend was there and I wasn't, there's always this track to get lost in and get really excited about midnight on New Year's Eve.