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I like them better than any of Easy Tiger (ducks)

OMG that was great! How new is that version? Did he record that in the studio just for the cause?

Starting now!

For the record, Yo La Tengo DID NOT play "She's Your Lover Now" but "I Wanna Be Your Lover". I find it funny that they got the title wrong and replaced it with a pretty obscure track.

I was going to respond but this post above sums it up. I don't really care what all the influences were. The fact that Dylan can take all that stuff, put it in a pot, and come up with something as great as Modern Times is all I need.

Here we go with this BS again.... Come up with something half as wonderful as Modern Times and get back to us. How are those songs NOT his? Jesus.

Wow, sounds like you have it all figured out. Jesus, talk about cynical! Lighten up, it's only rock and roll.

It's funny. I was loving this list until I saw #1. I will never understand the Pavement thing. I try every year or so and each time, meh.

And while I can't stand the guy, that took real balls to do that song on live TV back then. And kudos to Leno for allowing it on the air.

Don't get me wrong. They rip it up on that movie but I sure wouldn't say it looks like they're having fun. It looks like they are working really hard which I totally appreciate. As far as Tweedy goes, I've seen him have fun onstage but let's be honest, he isn't known for his "fun" attitude live.

Just the DVD. Lots of headbanging, yes. Fun?

That's funny because to me, Wilco and MMJ usually look like they would rather be at the dentist then onstage. I guess we need to now define what it means to look like you're having fun. A smile once in a while works for me.

I can't believe I'm the first to say this, but SONIC YOUTH.

Anyone want to trade a what.cd for a Libble?

I actually thought I'd completly grown out of Dave until I heard this new acoustic disc. It is fantastic. It made me realize that the problem isn't with Dave, it's that his band is awful.

Yeah, how dare a rock star actually have fun and enjoy being in front of the camera/audience?

So does Waffle allow former Oink people membership or not? It sounded like it in that post.

For you Trey fans, he rocked the house with Phil on 10/20- http://www.archive.org/details/plf2007-10-20 Not sure if it is the recent sobriety, but Trey sounds better than I have heard in years, and these aren't even his songs!

I just can't believe how ahead of their time those early 70's discs sound. Basically layed the foundation for what passes as alternative music these days.

It could be because it just came out. Or it could be because Levon Helm doesn't fit in with the Pitchfork-Indie-Hipster flavor of the week band that people usually pick on end of the year lists.

Holy crap do I feel out of the loop...I've never even heard of The National. Guess they're good huh? Mine: 1. Wilco-Sky Blue Sky 2. Rickie Lee Jones-Exploration Blvd. 3. Lucinda Williams-West (I will never understand the lack of love for this) 4. That new Sigur Ros disc 5. Kevin Drew-What if Props to Levon Helm, Son Volt, White Stripes, Thurston Moore, Paul McCartney

Weren't they up there at some point and the management made the shows come down? Maybe I dreamt the whole thing...

James sings that track like a funeral durge (like most MMJ stuff). He misses the humor that Dylan had in his voice on that tune. The Iron and Wine sounds like it was pulled from the new disc of his. I was hoping for the quiet acoustic thing.

The major disappointments for me are the Jim Jones and Iron and Wine tracks.

How great is Yo La Tengo's version of "I Want to be Your Lover"? Thin Wild Mercury music indeed!!