Traffic Jams
Yes, it’s all about iPods now, but good old radio still has its uses. When Chad & Kevin on the Zone can get carried away with athletic arcana, and All Things Considered begins inducing drowsiness, often the only thing that makes the evening I-35 slog tolerable is something in Billboard with a bullet. A few “TCB” drive-time favorites from 2004:Bad Religion, “Los Angeles Is Burning”Big & Rich, “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)”Black Eyed Peas, “Hey Mama”Dashboard Confessional, “Vindicated”Sara Evans, “Suds in the Bucket”Franz Ferdinand, “Take Me Out”Green Day, “American Idiot”Jay-Z, “99 Problems”Jimmy Eat World, “Pain”Alicia Keys, “If I Can’t Have You”The Killers, “Somebody Told Me”Avril Lavigne, “My Happy Ending”Christina Milian, “Dip It Low”Modest Mouse, “Float On”Prince, “Cinnamon Girl”Petey Pablo, “Freek-a-Leek”Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss, “Whiskey Lullaby”Social Distortion, “Reach for the Sky”Snoop Dogg with Pharrell, “Drop It Like It’s Hot”Gwen Stefani, “What U Waiting For”Terror Squad, “Lean Back”Twista featuring Jaime Foxx & Kanye West, “Slow Jamz”U2, “Vertigo”The Used, “Take It Away”Usher with Ludacris & Lil Jon, “Yeah!”Velvet Revolver, “Slither”Kanye West, “Jesus Walks”Gretchen Wilson, “Redneck Woman”
TEN FROM TEXAS
Beyoncé featuring Lil’ Flip, “Naughty Girl”Bowling for Soup, “1985”Destiny’s Child, “Lose My Breath”Kevin Fowler, “Ain’t Drinkin’ Anymore”Lil’ Flip, “Game Over”Lil’ Flip featuring Lea, “Sunshine”Los Lonely Boys, “Real Emotions”Willie Nelson, “Big Booty”Pauline Reese, “One Less Honky Tonk”
This article appears in December 31 • 2004.