Appropos only to U2, anyone catch the Robin Williams HBO stand-up special last night? He nailed Bono at his most annoying – alone worth the price of admission.

Every Animal Collective album ever made (okay, I exaggerate), but no New Pornographers, Neko Case, Metric, or K’naan? C’MON! And for that matter, if you’re going to include the “love or hate” groups like Animal Collective or Of Montreal (both of whom do deserve their place), then why not Cat Power, Belle & Sebastian, Decemberists, or Yo La Tengo? One of the better lists, but obviously not, IMHO, perfect. (Not that any of these lists ever is.) The Pitchfork dig (HA!) may not be deserved, but I am surprised that Stereogum failed to appreciate the importance or longevity of albums it failed to include such as those mentioned in all these comments. BTW, I really wish just ONE of these lists would only include ONE album by each artist. Do the heavy lifting and figure out which one is THE most influential and will have the most staying power over the years as opposed to just listing all your faves. Even the lists that include the Beatles usually only include about two or three albums for cripes sake. (Usually Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and/or the White Album, because they were the ones that changed the landscape of ALL OF ROCK AND ROLL.) If any band deserves a handful, it’s the Beatles. And maybe Radiohead. Not Animal Collective.

First a trivia note: The “naught” play on words refers to the first decade of a century traditionally being called the “aughts.” As for the list, as usual, most of the artists are probably appropriate to the overall pop/rock landscape, but we couid do with a little bit less Coldplay and a few more important artists, like the aforementioned and the Decemberists, Neko Case, Jose Gonzalez, Josh Ritter, Stars, Feist, Metric, and Belle & Sebastian. At the very least, include Broken Social Scene for it’s groundbreaking structure, style and spin-offs. And, of course, the choice of material and order of precedence is stupid. For example, M.I.A.’s “Paper Airplanes” is far more significant than Kala, especially as it was a major part of the soundtrack of Oscar-winning Best Film. I am also one of those annoying indie lovers who also loves U2 (probably b/c I’m a geezer who fell in love with them when they were indie post-punk at the same time as Joy Division), but *No Line on the Horizon* has no place on any best-of list. (The other two albums I’ll grant ‘em, and ATYCLB actually belongs IMHO.) And I would really like it if the folk weighing in would pay attention to covers. There is probably no song on this list covered more this decade than “Heartbeats,” and yet it is #87? I don’t think so. Even if you don’t like the song, pay attention to the artists who do. And no “Breathe Me” (Sia) when it was all we heard the summer of 05? (It was just as ubiquitious as “:Crazy” was the following summer, and Feist was later that year.) I AM glad to see LCD SS & Radiohead getting love (although, again, I’d do some re-arranging, except for Kid A), and I do like the hip-hop inclusions, but as for the latter, the exclusion of K’naan is also unforgivable. Another commenter said it well, none of these lists will do justice to the artists we love, and we just have to make our own.