Martes 20 Ene 2015, 6:07

5 years have passed since this decade has ended. A decade which started when I finished primary school and went to secondary school. A decade which ended when I finished my studies. In other words: I have grown from an early teenager into an adult during this decade. Music has contributed in this development. In the 90's I would consider myself as an outskirt. Listening mostly to No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom, The Cranberries, The Cardigans and U2. My musical preference was rock-based. However all of that was about to change when the new millenium started.

Pop was knocking on the door. But I wasnot answering the door for Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera yet. 2001's Cowboys And Kisses was the missing link between my rockbased musiclove and the popworld waiting for me in the charts. What A Song! It was an eye-opener and made me look back. The singles from Anastacia before Cowboys And Kisses were not so bad after all. And neither was Britney's Stronger or X-Tina's Genie In A Bottle. And listening to 2000's Silence remixed by Tiesto now feels like a nostalgic classic.

But my rock-based musical preference wasnot gone. No Doubt's Hella Good from 2002 was one of the tracks that kept it alive. And there was soul also in the form of No More Drama. I lost my rockbiased and became ecclectic at a rapid pace. And pop was almost dominating lead with Texas, the Sugababes and Girls Aloud rising to personal fame. But 2003 was also the year of an epic song. An epic video. An epic performance. Fighter by X-tina was upon me. Talking about a missing link between pop and rock. In the same year there was also Linkin Park and Evanescence. Rock was still very much alive.

It is the year 2004. Anastacia has just survived breast cancer and came back. What an album (Anastacia)! What a songs: Left Outside Alone, Time and Heavy On My Heart are just a few iconic songs from a classic album. An album full of rock, so when I needed my popfix I could still go to the Sugababes and Girls Aloud (and others ofcourse). But rock was going to a an all-time high iniated by The Killers. One year later there we have the Foo Fighters rocking it out with In Your Honor and the Stereophonics. But also U2 came out strong in 2005, particularly with Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own. But pop was growing also by the likes from Kylie Minogue and Sophie Ellis-Bextor

2006 is the rise from Madonna and especially Get Together. But this years also marks the rise of Muse. And Top 40 music was now part of my life. Whether I liked it or not. This year I also finished secondary school and started my studies. In the charts there become more and more RnB and so in musical preference. It really kicked off from 2005's Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey, but it wasn't until 2007's Loose it really changed. Nelly Furtado made a mark for 2007 saying it was nor pop, nor rock but a year of RnB. And as a result nowadays you will find Say It Right high in my all-time musical lists. At this time we also have Kat DeLuna and Rihanna breaking out! Was rock dead? No we have Editors. Arcade Fire and Meatloaf. Maybe more alternative than rock, but it's not more than that. And pop? Gwen Stefani was slaying solo for a few years now. And we still have Anastacia, Madonna, Texas, the Sugababes and Girls Aloud. So that's that.

Being gay I was finding peace with this around this time (we are in 2008 already). All I needed was a gayfabulous anthem. I did not have to wait very long. Róisín Murphy gave me everything I needed at the exact time. There was one song from her album Overpowered that I was strongly rooting for to be single. Little did I know. It happened. And it happened with a video full of draqqueens and plain gayness. Movie Star was released. Typing this it is still my #1 on last fm of all-time. And with a 200 difference in plays it will stay there for a very long time. It might be the song of the decade! And that year was a strong. In all my newfound gayness there was also Lady Gaga out of the blue. And were was rock? It was gone. The end of this decade saw the rise of electronic influence in music grow exponentially. In pop it made sense for me. It also happened with my rock-favourites, such as Muse, Arcade Fire and Editors. But I could not identify it with rock.

Poprock became a household genre for me. Lead by Anastacia and followed in 2008 closely by Ashlee Simpson and her Little Miss Obsessive. One year later it is Kelly Clarkson ruling the poprock world with Already Gone. What happened with pop. Anastacia went into the direction of rnb and dance, so that's mweh. Both Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears can score a few hits, but are no longer album favourites. The same is going for both Beyoncé and Alicia Keys for the whole decade now, Girls Aloud, Texas and Sugababes are finishing. Only Kylie Minogue and Sophie Ellis-Bextor can survive. But to fight the electronic-based music I am loving at the end of the decade there must be a strong opposite power. Yes there is. We have a rise from British females dominating my life: Amy MacDonald, Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Adele. I am finishing my studies and I am finding peace with these ladies.