With 2008 on the verge of becoming a distant, boozy memory, join the Rock Daily crew as we look back at the year that was. Ah, 2008, the year Chinese Democracy became a reality, Obama was elected President, Britney Spears went from crazy mama to hot mami. To quote our favorite Kanye West rant of ‘08, it was the year of the “Squid Brains.” But who was the year’s most-blogged-about star? What posts did the readers comment on the most? How many times did we discuss the Phish reunion and the R. Kelly sex tape? And how many times did David Archuleta fans demand that we “eat our hat?” All those answers and more as we blog down Rock Daily’s best moments of the year:
Most commented, non-Rock List:
• Robert Pattinson Vs. The Jonas Brothers: Who Has the Crazier Fans?
• Guns N’ Roses Return To Radio With “Chinese Democracy”
• The 2008 MTV VMAs Live Blog: It Has To Be Better Than Last Year
• Mellencamp Asks McCain to Stop Using Tunes
Most commented, Rock List:
• Weekend Rock List: Readers’ Top Albums of 2008
• Weekend Rock List: Next Velvet Revolver Singer
• Weekend Rock List: Best Beatles Covers
Most commented Comment of the Week:
• (Comment of the Week: When Teenyboppers Attack)
• Number of times Kanye West appeared in the headlines: 90
• Number of times Britney Spears appeared in the headlines: 85 (2007 Headlines: 86. That’s consistency.)
• Number of times Metallica appeared in the headlines: 74
• Number of times Radiohead appeared in the headlines: 65
• Number of times Barack Obama appeared in the headlines: 52
• Number of times Bruce Springsteen appeared in the headlines: 51
• Number of times AC/DC appeared in the headlines: 41
• Number of times Led Zeppelin appeared in he headlines: 32
• Number of times Chinese Democracy appeared in the headlines: 28
• Number of times Enuff Z’Nuff appeared in the headlines: 1 (Tied their 2007 number!)
• Number of times we had to report on that really creepy R. Kelly sex tape trial: 17
• Number of stories concerning the whereabouts of Roger Waters’ escaped inflatable pig: 3
• Number of stories concerning Roger Waters without mentioning his escaped inflatable pig: 1
• Number of bad Lil Wayne “A Milli” Jokes: 5
• Number of Phish reunion stories: 10
• Number of Blur reunion stories: 6
• Number of My Bloody Valentine reunion stories: 5
• Number of Toadies reunion stories: 3
• Number of Creed reunion stories: 1 too many
• Number of Pavement reunion stories: 0
• Number of times we received death threats from David Archuleta fans because we didn’t enjoy their boy hero’s debut single “Crush” all that much: 1
(David Archuleta Debuts First Single “Crush”)
• Number of times we probably would have received death threats from Jack White had our inbox not been full: 1
(Is the Second Raconteurs Album Coming Out Next Week?)
Number of Live Blogs: 5
• The Grammy Nomination Show Live Blog: Foo Fighters, Mariah Carey and a Bunch of Names
• TR-Later! Rock Daily’s Farewell to “TRL” Live Blog
• The 2008 MTV VMAs Live Blog: It Has To Be Better Than Last Year
• Archuleta or Cook? The Last “American Idol” Countdown (And Live Blog) Begins
• 2008 Grammys Live Blog: Harder, Better, Faster, Blogger
And that’s it, folks! Happy new year and we’ll see you in ‘09!
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