Click Track Archive: Lists

Tough decisions: Wild Flag, OMD, Tyondai Braxton or Ray Kurzweil?

Ray Kurzweil will make you feel inferior Thursday night. (Wikipedia Commons) Thursday is one of those nights we get mad at science for not yet figuring out how to clone humans. Seriously, what have you been up to lately, science?...

By David Malitz | March 10, 2011; 12:08 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Lists | Tags: OMD, Ray Kurzweil, Tyondai Braxton, Wild Flag
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Lists: Five artists we wish would have performed at last week's Motown celebration at the White House

One of these singers did not belong. (Reuters) Last week's Motown tribute at the White House had some spectacular moments, but in my review, I groused about a few of the performers invited to sing for the first family. (The...

By Chris Richards | March 1, 2011; 2:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (5)
Categories: Lists | Tags: Dolly Parton, Erykah Badu, John Fogerty, John Legend, Nick Jonas, Seal, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
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Lists: The Academy Awards' worst-ever musical numbers

Why did Antonio Banderas sing at the 2004 Oscars? The Academy Awards ceremonies used to be famous for their song and dance routines: big, strapping, overwrought production numbers of terrifying ridiculousness, done for no particular reason. Throughout most of the...

By Allison Stewart | February 25, 2011; 12:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Lists: The five strangest Best Original Song nominees in Oscar history

Bjork's outfit was weird. So was her nomination. (Lucy Nicholson/AFP) When you think about it, Oscar nominations for Best Song have gone to the unlikeliest of people: Counting Crows. That guy from Fountains of Wayne. Jon Bon Jovi. The Oscars...

By Allison Stewart | February 23, 2011; 12:22 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Lists | Tags: Bjork, Elliott Smith, Jerry Livingston, Lars von Trier, Mack David, Marc Shaiman, Three 6 Mafia, Trey Parker
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Lists: The top five most unexpectedly great Grammy performances of the past 25 years

Christina Aguilera's 2007 tribute to James Brown was a highlight of that year's show. Heaven knows, we at Click Track have whiled away many happy hours making fun of the Grammys. This is not hard to do, because the Grammys...

By Allison Stewart | February 9, 2011; 12:05 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Grammys, Lists | Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Dave Grohl, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eminem, Grammys, James Brown, Janet Jackson, Joe Strummer, No Doubt, The Clash, Tony Kanal
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Lists: The four best outfits we saw at the DMV Bounce Beat Teen Awards

Fans exalting at the D.C. Armory, Saturday night. (All photos by Kyle Gustafson/FTWP) We didn't have space in today's Washington Post to really get into how well dressed the audience was at Saturday's DMV Bounce Beat Teen Awards. But photographer...

By Chris Richards | January 31, 2011; 4:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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List: The six best TV guest appearances by rock stars , Allison Stewart , January 7, 2011

Lists: David Malitz picks his top 10 concerts of 2010, David Malitz , December 30, 2010

Lists: Five slightly boring musical acts who would make great reality tv stars, Allison Stewart , December 27, 2010

Lists: Chris Richards and David Malitz pick their top singles of 2010, Click Track , December 23, 2010

Lists: Five things in 2010 that turned out worse than we thought, Allison Stewart , December 22, 2010

Lists: Five things in 2010 that turned out better than we thought, Allison Stewart , December 22, 2010

Lists: Top indie 7"s of 2010, David Malitz , December 22, 2010

Lists: David Malitz picks his top 10 albums of 2010, David Malitz , December 21, 2010

Lists: 2010, the year in concert photos, David Malitz , December 21, 2010

Lists: Allison Stewart picks her top ten albums of 2010, Allison Stewart , December 20, 2010

The best albums for your holiday season - and why you should embrace them, Erin Williams , December 20, 2010

Lists: Chris Richards picks his top 10 albums of 2010, Chris Richards , December 17, 2010

Lists: Five awesomely random things Nick Cave has done lately, Allison Stewart , November 16, 2010

Lists: Five great and strange re-workings of La Roux's "Bulletproof", Allison Stewart , November 10, 2010

Lists: Washington's best dressed musicians, Chris Richards , October 26, 2010

Lists: Last night a rock star saved my life: Five musicians turned rescuers., Allison Stewart , October 18, 2010

Lists: '90s bands we hope never reunite, Allison Stewart , October 6, 2010

List: The 21 best Matador Records albums, David Malitz , October 1, 2010

Four classic rock records that could stand an in-concert revival, Aaron Leitko , September 29, 2010

The best performances of Virgin Festivals past, David Malitz , September 21, 2010

Lists: Five VMA moments that looked like they hurt, Allison Stewart , September 10, 2010

Lists: Our favorite awkward moments from the VMAs, Allison Stewart , September 9, 2010

Lists: A highly selective list of awesome things Lady Gaga has worn on her head, Allison Stewart , September 3, 2010

Lists: Kanye West's five strangest collaborations, Allison Stewart , August 25, 2010

Lists: In (faint) praise of Ke$ha: Four reasons she might not be as terrible as previously feared, Allison Stewart , August 19, 2010

Poll: Charlie Wilson cameos before Kanye West's "See Me Now" , Chris Richards , August 12, 2010

Lists: The top five signs your band should not get back together, Allison Stewart , August 11, 2010

Lists: Best of the #indiefantasyteam memes, David Malitz , August 4, 2010

Contest: Summer playlist, Click Track , July 27, 2010

Best of Whartscape: Previewing Baltimore's biggest underground music festival, David Malitz , July 23, 2010

Lists: Famous actors in music videos you may have forgotten about, Allison Stewart , July 9, 2010

The essential Unrest mixtape, David Malitz , July 9, 2010

Lists: Four post-rock-and-roll careers for Ted Leo, Aaron Leitko , July 7, 2010

Lists: 5 good bands that are kind of unlistenable now because their frontmen became insufferable, David Malitz , July 7, 2010

Lists: 10 best indie 7"s of 2010 so far, David Malitz , June 30, 2010

Fifteen memorable moments from last night's BET Awards, Chris Richards , June 28, 2010

Lists: Our favorite random Michael Jackson covers, Allison Stewart , June 25, 2010

Lists: When really good soundtracks happen to really bad movies , Allison Stewart , June 23, 2010

Three more reasons not to be skeptical of Drake, Chris Richards , June 15, 2010

Lists: The five best songs about oil spills, Allison Stewart , June 11, 2010

Lists: Drake and other teen actors turned musicians, Sarah Godfrey , June 10, 2010

Lists: 2010's most inappropriate campaign songs, Allison Stewart , June 8, 2010

List: The five most awkward performances by rappers-turned-actors, Allison Stewart , June 4, 2010

Setlist wishlist: Songs we hope to hear when Paul McCartney visits the White House next week, Chris Richards , May 26, 2010

Lists: Top five musical guest stars on "The Simpsons", Allison Stewart , May 21, 2010

Lists: Five underrated rappers-turned-actors, Sarah Godfrey , May 19, 2010

Lists: Pearl Jam's post-"Vitalogy" highlights, David Malitz , May 13, 2010

New M.I.A. singles! (And nearly a dozen old ones you probably haven't heard.), Chris Richards , May 12, 2010

Lists: Young Jeezy as Malcolm X -- and four other rappers who have posed as historical figures , Sarah Godfrey , April 30, 2010

Nick Cave, Beck, Underworld: Six memorable shows at the new 9:30 club, David Malitz , April 16, 2010

Butthole Surfers, My Bloody Valentine and more: Five memorable shows at the old 9:30 club, David Malitz , April 16, 2010

"How to Rap" and grading hip-hop's professors, Sarah Godfrey , April 15, 2010

Lists: Five of the worst national anthem performances in recent memory, Allison Stewart , April 5, 2010

Spoon at 9:30 club: Set list statistics and analysis, David Malitz , March 24, 2010

Lists: Al Green's top five stage moves , Chris Richards , March 15, 2010

Lists: Five awesome things that happened at last night's Eric Church show, Chris Richards , February 17, 2010

Lists: The five best songs about U.S. presidents, Allison Stewart , February 15, 2010

Your Guide to the 2010 Best Original Song Oscar Nominees, Allison Stewart , February 4, 2010

Lists: The ten most interesting influences on Ke$ha's MySpace page, Chris Richards , January 11, 2010

Lists: David Malitz's top 237 shows of 2009, David Malitz , December 31, 2009

Lists: Music editor Joe Heim's top albums of 2009, David Malitz , December 31, 2009

Lists: David Malitz's top ten albums of 2009, David Malitz , December 22, 2009

Lists: Chris Richards leaks his ballots for Pazz & Jop and Nashville Scene, Chris Richards , December 21, 2009

Lists: Washington Post pop critic Chris Richards picks his top 10 albums of 2009 , Chris Richards , December 16, 2009

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