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**James** · 01-16-2009, 12:37 PM

Time Magazine recently reported the results of Songs of the Year and the number #1 Song of 2008 was a shocking surprise as they gave it to Kanye West's "Love Lockdown".

Time Magazine wrote about the song "Singing in an Auto-Tuned monotone with little regard for melody, West sounds ghostly as he recounts his romantic failures in brutal detail. Just when "Love Lockdown" seems too brittle to sustain itself, humanity arrives in the form of an army of Japanese taiko drums. At first it sounds like pop-guns going off, but the drumming gets faster, warmer, wilder, and matched against West's distant vocals "Love Lockdown" turns into a dance song about misery — far closer to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" than any hip-hop ancestor. It's easily the most interesting pop experiment this year, and, if you grant its premise and stick with it, also the best."

Shocking results as usually Kanye West gets hammered by the media. What do you think about Time's choice of Song of 2008?

View Poll Results: Does Love Lockdown deserve Song of the Year?
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James iamwallstreet Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Haven't Decided Posts: 3,847 Rep Power: 10	Song of the Year 2008 Time Magazine recently reported the results of Songs of the Year and the number #1 Song of 2008 was a shocking surprise as they gave it to Kanye West's "Love Lockdown". Time Magazine wrote about the song "Singing in an Auto-Tuned monotone with little regard for melody, West sounds ghostly as he recounts his romantic failures in brutal detail. Just when "Love Lockdown" seems too brittle to sustain itself, humanity arrives in the form of an army of Japanese taiko drums. At first it sounds like pop-guns going off, but the drumming gets faster, warmer, wilder, and matched against West's distant vocals "Love Lockdown" turns into a dance song about misery — far closer to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" than any hip-hop ancestor. It's easily the most interesting pop experiment this year, and, if you grant its premise and stick with it, also the best." Shocking results as usually Kanye West gets hammered by the media. What do you think about Time's choice of Song of 2008?

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