My Favorite Songs from 2005

Yes, I definitely lost my hold on the music scene by this point, and wouldn’t get it back for 15 years. In fact, teens and twenty-somethings will say that I never got it back. Old age has hit – in 2005 I was just 31. Mark it! That’s the moment!

In 2005 I got married. So yeah, it was a great year. Lots going on. I also launched a webpage in June of that year that in November I turned into a full-blown website. I called it “DobberHockey”. My music habits consisted of listening to rock music on the 35-minute commute into Toronto from Pickering. If I didn’t catch a new release during those two daily windows, then I didn’t catch it. Upon reviewing the music from 2005 there is so much that I love that I wasn’t familiar with at the time. I didn’t realize how much I would love The White Stripes, for example. Other songs, such as Wisemen and Joker & The Thief are now favorites of mine. And while I really liked Audioslave right off the bat, I’ve grown to adore that band these last few years.

Also in 2005 – ‘Guitar Hero’ is first released on PlayStation 2!

Unlike most rankings, I haven’t been tossing these up in a numerical order. We can agree that on some days, certain songs kick more ass than other songs – yet other days they do not. It depends on mood and situation. A song ranked 14th today could rank 1st tomorrow if it comes on the radio at the right moment. Instead, I group them rather than present a hard-and-fast order:

Awesome
Great
Solid
Not Bad
…with some inter-group splitting.

First, videos of the best from that year…

19 Solid Songs from 2005

Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

Soul Meets Body  – Death Cab for Cutie

Tessie  – Dropkick Murphys

Mockingbird – Eminem

When I’m Gone  – Eminem

Do You Want To  – Franz Ferdinand

Hate It Or Love It  – Game

Wings Of A Butterfly  – HIM

Better Than Me  – Hinder

Pretty Vegas  – INXS

Banana Pancakes  – Jack Johnson

You And Me  – Lifehouse

Photograph  – Nickelback

The Importance Of Being Idle  – Oasis

Don’t Bother  – Shakira

Lonely Day  – System Of A Down

How To Save A Life  – The Fray

No Surprise  – Theory Of A Deadman

White Unicorn  – Wolfmother

16 Great Songs from 2005

Speed of Sound  – Coldplay

Joker & The Thief  – Wolfmother

Lyla  – Oasis

Doesn’t Remind Me  – Audioslave

When the Night Feels My Song – Bedouin Soundclash

Better Together  – Jack Johnson

Unwritten  – Natasha Bedingfield

Hey There Delilah  – Plain White T’s

Pieces – Sum 41

I’m Shipping Up To Boston  – Dropkick Murphys

Good People  – Jack Johnson

You’re Beautiful  – James Blunt

Don’t Phunk With My Heart  – The Black Eyed Peas

Santa Monica  – Theory Of A Deadman

Beverly Hills  – Weezer

Remedy  – Seether

8 Truly Awesome Songs from 2005

Lips Of An Angel  – Hinder

The Green Fields Of France  – Dropkick Murphys

Best Of You  – Foo Fighters

Wisemen  – James Blunt

Hypnotize  – System Of A Down

Rockstar  – Nickelback

My Doorbell  – The White Stripes

Gold Digger  – Kanye West

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The above songs are put together on a YouTube playlist for your listening enjoyment, here.

Here is the complete list of the best songs from 2005…

Awesome – 1	Rockstar	–	Nickelback
Awesome – 1	My Doorbell	–	The White Stripes
Awesome – 1	Gold Digger	–	Kanye West
Awesome – 4	The Green Fields Of France	–	Dropkick Murphys
Awesome – 4	Best Of You	–	Foo Fighters
Awesome – 4	Wisemen	–	James Blunt
Awesome – 4	Hypnotize	–	System Of A Down
Awesome – 4	Lips of an Angel	–	Hinder
Great – 9	Speed of Sound	–	Coldplay
Great – 9	Joker & The Thief	–	Wolfmother
Great – 9	Lyla	–	Oasis
Great – 9	Doesn’t Remind Me	–	Audioslave
Great – 13	When the Night Feels My Song	–	Bedouin Soundclash
Great – 13	Better Together	–	Jack Johnson
Great – 13	Unwritten	–	Natasha Bedingfield
Great – 13	Hey There Delilah	–	Plain White T’s
Great – 13	Pieces	–	Sum 41
Great – 13	I’m Shipping Up To Boston	–	Dropkick Murphys
Great – 13	Better Than Me	–	Hinder
Great – 13	Good People	–	Jack Johnson
Great – 13	You’re Beautiful	–	James Blunt
Great – 13	Don’t Phunk With My Heart	–	The Black Eyed Peas
Great – 13	Santa Monica	–	Theory Of A Deadman
Great – 13	Beverly Hills	–	Weezer
Great – 13	Remedy	–	Seether
Solid – 25	Suddenly I See	–	KT Tunstall
Solid – 25	Soul Meets Body	–	Death Cab for Cutie
Solid – 25	Tessie	–	Dropkick Murphys
Solid – 25	Mockingbird	–	Eminem
Solid – 25	When I’m Gone	–	Eminem
Solid – 25	Do You Want To	–	Franz Ferdinand
Solid – 25	Hate It Or Love It	–	Game
Solid – 25	Wings Of A Butterfly	–	HIM
Solid – 25	Pretty Vegas	–	INXS
Solid – 25	Banana Pancakes	–	Jack Johnson
Solid – 25	You And Me	–	Lifehouse
Solid – 25	Photograph	–	Nickelback
Solid – 25	The Importance Of Being Idle	–	Oasis
Solid – 25	Don’t Bother	–	Shakira
Solid – 25	Lonely Day	–	System Of A Down
Solid – 25	How To Save A Life	–	The Fray
Solid – 25	No Surprise	–	Theory Of A Deadman
Solid – 25	White Unicorn	–	Wolfmother
Solid – 43	Crazy	–	Alanis Morissette
Solid – 43	Be Yourself	–	Audioslave
Solid – 43	Girl	–	Beck
Solid – 43	Talk	–	Coldplay
Solid – 43	Gasolina	–	Daddy Yankee
Solid – 43	Bad Day	–	Daniel Powter
Solid – 43	I Will Follow You into the Dark	–	Death Cab for Cutie
Solid – 43	Marching Bands of Manhattan	–	Death Cab for Cutie
Solid – 43	Ass Like That	–	Eminem
Solid – 43	The Man I Used to Be	–	K-Os
Solid – 43	No	–	Shakira
Solid – 43	Perfect	–	Simple Plan
Solid – 43	Welcome to My Life	–	Simple Plan
Not Bad – 56	Cast It Out	–	10 Years
Not Bad – 56	Brothers on a Hotel Bed	–	Death Cab for Cutie
Not Bad – 56	The Warrior’s Code	–	Dropkick Murphys
Not Bad – 56	Ashes	–	Embrace
Not Bad – 56	Heard ‘Em Say	–	Kanye West
Not Bad – 56	Let There Be Love	–	Oasis
Not Bad – 56	Pon De Replay	–	Rihanna
Not Bad – 56	Breathe (2 AM)	–	Anna Nalick
Not Bad – 56	Before He Cheats	–	Carrie Underwood
Not Bad – 56	Save Your Scissors	–	City and Colour
Not Bad – 56	Resolve	–	Foo Fighters
Not Bad – 56	Bleed Like Me	–	Garbage
Not Bad – 56	Afterglow	–	INXS
Not Bad – 56	Lonely No More	–	Rob Thomas
Not Bad – 56	All About Us	–	t.A.T.u.
Not Bad – 56	So She’s Leaving	–	The Trews
Not Bad – 56	Freak Me Out	–	Weezer
Not Bad – 56	Perfect Situation	–	Weezer
Not Bad – 74	Wasteland	–	10 Years
Not Bad – 74	Let Me Go	–	3 Doors Down
Not Bad – 74	Albion	–	Babyshambles
Not Bad – 74	In This River	–	Black Label Society
Not Bad – 74	Easy/Lucky/Free	–	Bright Eyes
Not Bad – 74	Land Locked Blues	–	Bright Eyes
Not Bad – 74	Happens All The Time	–	Cold
Not Bad – 74	Stricken	–	Disturbed
Not Bad – 74	Fully Alive	–	Flyleaf
Not Bad – 74	I’m So Sick	–	Flyleaf
Not Bad – 74	Remember The Name	–	Fort Minor
Not Bad – 74	Like Father, Like Son	–	Game
Not Bad – 74	Best I Ever Had	–	Gary Allan
Not Bad – 74	Feel Good Inc.	–	Gorillaz
Not Bad – 74	Cupid’s Chokehold	–	Gym Class Heroes
Not Bad – 74	Killing Loneliness	–	HIM
Not Bad – 74	Constellations	–	Jack Johnson
Not Bad – 74	They	–	Jem
Not Bad – 74	Diamonds From Sierra Leone	–	Kanye West
Not Bad – 74	Boondocks	–	Little Big Town
Not Bad – 74	Hung Up	–	Madonna
Not Bad – 74	First Day Of My Life	–	Melanie C
Not Bad – 74	Far Away	–	Nickelback
Not Bad – 74	Savin’ Me	–	Nickelback
Not Bad – 74	I Write Sins Not Tragedies	–	Panic! At The Disco
Not Bad – 74	Heroes	–	Shinedown
Not Bad – 74	Save Me	–	Shinedown
Not Bad – 74	Glósóli	–	Sigur Rós
Not Bad – 74	Everything Changes	–	Staind
Not Bad – 74	Right Here	–	Staind
Not Bad – 74	Biggest Mistake	–	The Rolling Stones
Not Bad – 74	Heart In A Cage	–	The Strokes
Not Bad – 74	You Only Live Once	–	The Strokes
Not Bad – 74	At 1AM	–	The Subways
Not Bad – 74	I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say	–	The Subways
Not Bad – 74	The Denial Twist	–	The White Stripes
Not Bad – 74	We Are All on Drugs	–	Weezer
Not Bad – 74	Lost And Found	–	Will Smith
Not Bad – 74	Woman	–	Wolfmother

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