“I wanted to re-pot Blur like a plant. I got tired of being involved in comedy records.”
That’s Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, opening up to triple j back in ’97 about his desire to move the Britpop kings in a new direction. The four-piece’s anthemic 2.02 track (“Whoo-hoo!”) was originally nicknamed ‘Song 2’ as a working title. The name stuck. Blur’s eponymous fifth album was a departure from the cheeky chappy London sound of Parklife, moving towards a more American lo-fi feel. At one point ‘Song 2’ nearly didn’t make the album at all due to its brief length until their American label, Virgin, stepped in.
Blur would put their differences aside more than a decade later, reuniting to play UK festival Glastonbury in June ’09.
“When I was working on The Downward Spiral it was turning out to be a pretty bleak, dark, depressing claustrophobic record,” NIN creator Trent Reznor confessed to triple j’s Costa Zouliou back in ’05. To record his second longplayer, Reznor had rented the house where Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson Family. “I was pretty well into it when I [started] messing around with a beat,” he recalled. “I chopped up Iggy Pop’s ‘Nightclubbing’, and this stupid disco beat came out. I thought, ‘This is turning out pretty cool – but it may not be tough enough, dark enough, extreme enough.’ That was the censor in my head. It’s based on fear, my being afraid to try anything that might be outside these self-imposed parameters of Nine Inch Nails.”
The lead single from AC/DC’s 14th album, ‘Thunderstruck’ spawned a drinking game (scull with every “thunder” – there are 33 in all), while rugby league’s Melbourne Storm enjoy spruiking it at games.
Trivia: did you know the Youngs’ sister, Margaret, was not only responsible for suggesting the band’s name (a warning label on a sewing machine) but also insisted Angus don his schoolboy costume onstage? “Because when I used to come home from school,” he guffawed to Double Jay back in the ’70s, “I’d come in the door and before my mum could grab me to go to the shops, or before my old man could ask me if I had been at school, I used to run and grab my guitar – and out the door.”
“It’s pretty obvious that it’s not the best song we have, but it’s catchy and it sucks people into the Violent Femmes,” bassist Brian Ritchie told Robbie Buck about their best-loved tune when the band stopped by triple j in ’07. Frontman Gordon Gano joked that it “sucks”.
While it was a highlight of the band’s sets on the ’07 Big Day Out, a few months later it was at the heart of a lawsuit Brian filed against Gordan for, among other royalty disputes, selling the song for US hamburger chain Wendy’s. The bassist now lives in Hobart, where he and his wife run a tea shop.
After wisely ditching the guitar funk of Underneath The Radar (and singer Karl Hyde’s penchant for dodgy ponytails and frilly shirts), Underworld rapidly established themselves at the forefront of the early ’90s techno renaissance.
It wasn’t until Mark Renton chose life at the end of Trainspotting that Underworld matched their peers’ wider acclaim. It reached No.12 in ’96’s Hottest 100, its “Lager, lager, lager / mega mega white thing” lyrics part of a generation’s lexicon – even among those then-alcoholic Karl was parodying.
The band admitted the iconic chord stabs were deliberately cheesy. Thirteen years on, Underworld continue to test the bounds of electronic music, while ‘Born Slippy.NUXX’ still makes hairs stand on end.
At the last count, Sir Elton had written a staggering 52,967,119 songs.* Few would have bet on this – his second Australian top 20 hit but far from his biggest – featuring in this list if it hadn’t been for Almost Famous. ‘Tiny Dancer’ soundtracked the film’s reconciliatory tour bus singalong and Elton himself acknowledges director Cameron Crowe gave the song a second wind.
Its original release predated his elevation to pop superstar, as seen in a ’71 interview on ABC’s GTK program. Elton said, “I don’t want to be a showbiz personality. We’ve tried to cut back on publicity but it’s just really impossible. You can’t stop people writing about you.” [* Not an exact figure]
“They call her name at 7.30 / I pace around the parking lot / Then I walk down to buy her flowers / And sell some gifts that I got / Can’t you see / It’s not me you’re dying for / Now she’s feeling more alone / Than she ever has before”.
It was the most successful single of the North Carolina trio’s career, based on a not-so-sunny topic: an unwanted pregnancy tearing lovers apart. The downbeat ballad – which Ben admits was based on his own personal experiences – was out of character for the piano-led indie pop outfit, Ben struggling with finishing the tune until bandmate Darren Jessee came up with the chorus.
“As a producer now,” Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus told Scott Dooley earlier this year, “I could say about five things that disappoint me in the recording of that song. The vocals are the main thing; I’m rushing the whole time: ‘Mark, calm down!’”
It’s precisely that super-charged youthful energy Mark conveys in Blink-182’s classic tale of teen romance angst that connected. The first single from their fourth LP and major label debut, ‘Dammit’ was produced by punk-oriented alt-rock legend Mark Trombino. It took just 2:45 for pop-punk to cross into the mainstream.
The title track from Jeff Buckley’s one and only record was also its first single, co-written by former Captain Beefheart cohort Gary Lucas. Penned in Los Angeles before his move to New York City, the troubadour would explain to the crowd on Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition) that the song was about “not feeling so bad about your own mortality when you have true love.”
“In recording [Grace] he was aware of how very much he was being watched in some ways,” admitted Jeff’s mother Mary Guibert to Richard Kingsmill, years later, “because he knew he was going to be compared to his father. So he had a high standard for himself.”
While the Prodigy’s mastermind is Liam Howlett, if it wasn’t for former Essex drug dealer Keith Flint the trio mightn’t have blown through the boundaries of punk and dance.
Keith’s killer rave moves earned him a full-time seat on the Prodigy tour bus, but he came into his own here, lending his John Lydon-esque vocals to ‘Breathe’. A feisty mix of punk-rock attitude, thumping big beat and electronica, the No.7 song on ’96’s Hottest 100 may not have had a lot of lyrical depth, but it cleverly played on the drama of a face-off between Keith and MC Maxim Reality.
“The guys are always knocking around when I’m in the studio and just there for support in the studio,” Liam told triple j in ’04. The explosive live energy of ‘Breathe’
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12 Jul 2009 9:36:56pm
I love AC/DC, and Thunderstruck is one of their top 5 songs, but if I was going to pick one sone it would be Long Way to the top or something of the greatest heavy rock album of all time - Back In Black
12 Jul 2009 7:29:50pm
I would consider calling it the Hottest 100 "of this time".
Gets a bit beyond everyone when claimed to be " of all times"
11 Jul 2009 4:42:14pm
Tiny Dancer? What's that all about?!
12 Jul 2009 1:48:33pm
Anyone who has seen "Almost famous" definitely voted for this track... A great song but Elton has written better tracks...
11 Jul 2009 4:12:57pm
I am 52 yrs old and I absolutely love NIN Closer, but my all time Fave has to be Zeppelin Friends, I hope that it is in the top 20.
11 Jul 2009 4:05:18pm
Glad Blink made it in. Dammit's not my fave but i didn't bother voting for their other songs cos they wouldn't make it.
I really hope teen spirit isn't number 1.
11 Jul 2009 3:59:14pm
I'm pretty sure no. 65 was laid down by Nate Myles. If it sounds like it and smells like it...
11 Jul 2009 3:44:40pm
tiny dancer would not make my top 1,000,000
11 Jul 2009 10:19:31am
Davo your a champ......blink 182 should not even rate in the category of music!
10 Jul 2009 6:37:32pm
blink arnt the best band ever they are good but i will say kings of leon are really really shithouse if it wasnt for the couple of new songs they got out now they would still be crap haha. living end and acca dacca are the best for sure
10 Jul 2009 5:40:53pm
Dude blink is the best band ever, on another note..how the fuck did kings of leon get in there? No one will remember them in 6 months yet theyre on the hottest 100 of all time? I dont think so...
10 Jul 2009 5:27:01pm
BLINK 182
oh dear guys this shouldnt make a hottest 10 billion
its a poor song from a poor band
11 Jul 2009 8:43:41pm
blink-182 are the founders of pop punk just like nirvana is to grundge or the sex pistols are to punk
blink-182 has every right to be here if not a little bit higher, they are my favourite band of all but still dont deserve to be better then the top 50 mark
10 Jul 2009 3:44:19pm
blink 182 should be #1
10 Jul 2009 2:12:56pm
Personally I'd like to see some My Bloody Valentine, and of course Radiohead and Joy Division.
10 Jul 2009 1:26:51pm
Haha, that's "Thunderstruck" at number 63, not Thunderstuck! Can't wait for the top 20!! x
10 Jul 2009 12:33:08pm
two things, if song 2 is blur's highest ranked song i'm gonna spew. also i thought this was a jjj list. what the hell is blink 182 doing here, and why are they above grace. have a good hard look at yourself people, a real long, hard look!
10 Jul 2009 12:16:45pm
I am a young fella and I think older Elton John is superb, I voted for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, right along side Nirvana and Tool. Music from all eras rocks and thats why fourums like the Hottest 100 ever, r really cool. I am loving it
10 Jul 2009 8:55:48am
blink182 for reals???????
in front of "hey jude, life on mars, gimme shelter" and heaps of other brilliant songs...
especially on JJ which plays really good music i feel. surprising
09 Jul 2009 5:07:45pm
Really enjoying the hottest 100 so far.. some songs I absolutely love, other songs I've never heard but appreciate how popular they are!
Can't wait for the next fifty! It's getting me through my day. ^_^
09 Jul 2009 4:22:33pm
just in regards to the 'youth' and 'triple j is a youth radio' comments. any youth with a bit of an education, broad music exposure and basically good taste will appreciate elton john, the beatles etc and the songs of any era chosen for there pure brilliance. When eva a song was recorded and it is genuinely good then it deserves a place.
ps i think Tiny dancer is awesome and i'm 25.
09 Jul 2009 3:48:26pm
Born Slippy at 65??? Deserved to be much, much higher! Disappointed people! ah well you cant win them all i guess
09 Jul 2009 3:41:45pm
What no 'Corrs' 'Tegan & Sara' ??? they must be in the Top 10 then. lol
09 Jul 2009 3:33:30pm
JJJ is not a youth radio station! how can it be? my dad was listening to it before it was called triple j and he is now 47 at what age do you turn off and change stations? JJJ is an altenative non commercial radio station suitable for ages 1 and up!
09 Jul 2009 4:55:53pm
Well said. You're never too old to listen to new (non commercial) music.
10 Jul 2009 12:20:48am
i shouldn't have said jjj was youth radio because really
thats incorrect but i would expect its listeners no matter their age to listen to music that better than elton john
10 Jul 2009 12:12:08pm
JJJ youth radio???, wish someone had told me that... i got into it from the the days of the adam and will breakky show and have not looked back since- no effin ads- no Coma FM shit that i used to listen to and teeny boppa rubbish that fills our airwaves. Yeehar for variety- new oz music and appealing to the ages- which is what the top 100 does- Im just waiting for U2, INXS, Dragon, Cold Chisel, and any other rippa song from yesterday, doesnt matter what you listen to or like as long as its loud- 42 and trying to get my kids to get off Chocolate STAR FM stations. Go the jays!
10 Jul 2009 3:40:09pm
I agree Justin I am now 45 and would not even consider another radio station jjj is ageless !!!!!
waiting for more pixies!!! :o)
11 Jul 2009 4:51:04pm
BS its non commercial most of this stuff ends up onto mainsteam radio stations...how do u think they make their money? obviously by going commercial sex on fire for example...
09 Jul 2009 1:45:11pm
amazing list, so far however expect an irate phone call from Trent Reznor that so far his songs are all above 50, i'm guessing he is mortally wounded right now hahaha
More Aussie tracks we have some brilliant and worthy top 50 artists for sure definitely get some karnivool in there
09 Jul 2009 1:27:08pm
can anyone that voted for elton john go jump off a cliff
because ur taste in music is terrible and JJJ IS A FUCKING
YOUTH RADIO STATION.
09 Jul 2009 1:49:21pm
calm down big feller.
09 Jul 2009 1:51:13pm
calm down
09 Jul 2009 3:00:43pm
uh, youth are allowed to like a bit of elton too.
09 Jul 2009 3:26:44pm
Elton John is a genius, you are a moron, ever thought that maybe this music inspired the musicians that you love today? have a little respect, after all this is the hottest 100 of ALL TIME.
09 Jul 2009 3:39:30pm
Settle Ollie. The whole point of this is for people to vote for "their favourite" songs democratically. Thats what a poll is for idiot.
09 Jul 2009 7:54:20pm
to all the above im just suprised the listeners of jjj
like elton john. i would hav thought if u like elton
u listen to mainstream radio
but obviously not so sorry
to micky
i know what a poll is dickhead
10 Jul 2009 2:52:07pm
Elton is clearly not the only 'mainstream' artist on this list so far; The Beatles, Coldplay, AC/DC,Green Day, David Bowie, BLINK 182(!) etc.
Geez, just because he is popular and widely recognised doesn't mean he doesn't deserve mention.
Come on, give him a break!
10 Jul 2009 4:28:03pm
yeah pull the "mainstream" card. stop commenting
10 Jul 2009 10:56:22pm
to ollie. u are an ignorant fuck with no musical culture what so ever.
11 Jul 2009 10:11:55am
lol!
Triple J is mainstream. It might be less Mainstream than some, but it's definitely a majority mainstream station.
11 Jul 2009 10:17:57am
mate triple j has been a non commercial station for 30 years
u dont here them playing fucking timbaland and rhianna do u
so get ur facts right
11 Jul 2009 10:19:43am
and ur a douche bag that shouldnt personally attack someone for stating their opinion
dickhead
11 Jul 2009 3:29:36pm
music is music.
its both good bad, old new, mainstream and alternative. just embrace it for what it is.
and ollie, just calm down and let it go. no one else is freaking out about it.
11 Jul 2009 4:50:14pm
u people are so easily stirred
11 Jul 2009 6:01:42pm
Ollie, you are a knob
13 Jul 2009 3:39:03pm
Im agreeing Tripe J plays the best stuff not that friggin crap they do on like hot fm I love Linkin park and stuff even though it's rare they'll play it on J but still bets that crap called music on hot fm and stuff.
09 Jul 2009 12:54:28pm
Glad to see Brick in there, although I hoped it would be higher on the list, serves me right for not getting round to voting... oops! Also Song 2, Tiny Dancer and Grace :)
09 Jul 2009 12:05:35pm
There is maybe 2 bands on this entire list worth anything, most of this music is terrible.
09 Jul 2009 12:16:42pm
I'm with ya mate.
09 Jul 2009 12:52:41pm
Mate why don't ya post up a couple of your favourite songs then ...... we all need a good laugh!
09 Jul 2009 1:24:42pm
wouldn't want to belittle you man, music you've never heard.
09 Jul 2009 1:47:27pm
And you're surprised about this, that music that hardly anyone has heard of isn't on a countdown based on popular vote?
09 Jul 2009 1:55:43pm
It's a shame such music can't be appreciated by the masses in Australia.
09 Jul 2009 2:27:57pm
You keep talking about this so called "music" but haven't listed one track you like.
Please everyone hail Mr I know everything about music, he is a god! Triple J please give him a job.
Man I've been around for a while and love music. Last festival I attended was Coachella a couple of months ago so why don't you enlighten me.
09 Jul 2009 1:31:26pm
Hizzah go listen to your commercial rubbish that you love!
09 Jul 2009 1:35:49pm
Hizzah go listen to your commercial rubbish that you love!
commercial? If anything it's neally 10-15years old, and hasn't seen the light of day of commercial / mainstream scene.. so... nice
09 Jul 2009 11:48:08am
Next part of the countdown is up #51-60
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_51-60.htm
09 Jul 2009 11:31:56am
I'm happy, as one of my choices (#69: Grace - Jeff Buckley)has made the 100. The world is a poorer place without him, here's hoping "Last Goodbye" makes an appearance also.
09 Jul 2009 11:28:10am
You know when its time to turn the radio off and wait till 4pm... when frickin' hill top hoods come on!!
09 Jul 2009 11:22:41am
If i make a cd of this countdown, it's gonna have 98 tracks - Daft Punk, what a joke!!
09 Jul 2009 11:43:28am
Yep. Most annoying song in the world.
09 Jul 2009 1:25:06pm
what do u listen to u prick
mozart?
09 Jul 2009 11:21:50am
Stoked that bullet with butterfly wings made it.
The first "real" song i liked post primary school.
09 Jul 2009 11:19:43am
You Am I and Pumpkins - both a HUGE breath of fresh air after boring Comfortably Numb. Am loving the countdown even though not all to my taste - it's great to see everyone's take on it all.
09 Jul 2009 11:19:32am
No nickelback yet. Fingers crossed for some
09 Jul 2009 11:25:16am
with any luck, they may have the top 5 spots...
maybe creed will sneak in and get one though...
09 Jul 2009 11:27:05am
OMG I love Chad Kroeger, there has not been enough power ballads so far about wanting to bone a chick and not being able to. Lets hope we see creed and short stack up there too
09 Jul 2009 11:27:33am
Bloody hell please tell me you didn't just say that ..... I'm just assuming your being sarcastic.
09 Jul 2009 4:00:57pm
HAha the Paddlepop lion...that would be amusing if he was on here!
09 Jul 2009 11:19:23am
Pumkins shouldn't feature so much in my opinion.
Corgan said they lost the interest in live shows ...... ha yeah that's because the both times I've seen em they were absolute crap.
Today is a great song and great film clip .... not sure about this one.
09 Jul 2009 11:17:56am
Bring on the pumpkins!
09 Jul 2009 11:16:50am
PUMPKINS YEEEAAAH!!
09 Jul 2009 11:15:16am
Ever since I saw You Am I supporting Soundgarden in Perth back in 96 - never been a fan
09 Jul 2009 11:15:06am
"open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur"....... so glad to hear that song get in, surprising it didnt place higher?
09 Jul 2009 11:11:33am
I love all these songs, but so far NO FEMALE ARTISTS? That said, I didn't vote for any either... :S
09 Jul 2009 11:18:06am
Bjork will be in the top 20 - Hyperballad
09 Jul 2009 11:25:37am
Portishead should also get fairly high in the list.
09 Jul 2009 11:26:30am
I only chose Bjork, but regret adding more. Joni Mitchell's Yellow Taxi, Santogold's LES Artistes.
09 Jul 2009 11:28:31am
Unbelievable really. I voted for PJ Harvey - Good Fortune and The Cranberries - Linger. Surely songs like this are more worthy in a Triple J Hottest 100 than 'Tiny Dancer', 'Comfortably Numb' or even bloody 'Around the World'. Don't get the popularity of the latter.
09 Jul 2009 11:06:34am
Comfortably Numb. This was my Number 1 vote, so I'm glad it made it on.
09 Jul 2009 11:06:00am
as if around the world isnt top 10. or eventop 50. silly
09 Jul 2009 11:05:59am
Now the real songs are coming through Pink Floyd etc
09 Jul 2009 11:05:24am
Amazing some Pink Floyd has made it in! I thought they died way back in the era of Dinosaurs! Probably means some more will be up the top, like Money or Wish You Were Here.
09 Jul 2009 11:04:52am
WHAT! I thought Comfortably Numb would make it much higher on the list.
09 Jul 2009 11:12:23am
Trying to decide whether I prefer this version or the one from Pulse...
But yeah, more floyd would be cool ;-)
09 Jul 2009 11:23:25am
I'm glad it made it, but agree, it should have been higher
09 Jul 2009 11:01:36am
Can someone give me the last 5 songs?
09 Jul 2009 11:07:57am
doop - doop
stakabo - here we go
sabrina - boys boys boys
cherry poppin daddys - zoot suit riot
the bangles - eternal flame
09 Jul 2009 11:19:14am
51 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins United States
52 Berlin Chair You Am I Australia 1994 23 61 (1998)
53 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd England 1979 95 (1990), 73 (1991), 90 (1998)
54 Close to Me The Cure England 1985 89 (1998)
55 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan United States 1965
56 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley United States 1994 47 (1998)
57 Forty-Six & 2 Tool United States 1997 30
58 Around the World Daft Punk France 1997
59 One Crowded Hour Augie March Australia 2006 1
60 Hurt Johnny Cash United States 2003
09 Jul 2009 11:00:35am
How am I suppose to do work when Triple J hottest 100 OF ALL TIME IS ON!?
I stayed at work late last night till 5.05pm to listen.
I am truly addicted.
Wish they could of held it in one day!Like the usual hottest 100 =(
Love Love LOVE Triple J!
Dooooowoop!
Afternoon delight! =)
09 Jul 2009 10:59:59am
As I suspected, the "of all time" part of the exercise seems to have been forgotten.
09 Jul 2009 10:56:51am
Sure hope there is some Bjork in the next 50 somewhere. I just finished watching Dancer In The Dark on Austar, what a tragic film and Bjork's acting & singing were brilliant!
09 Jul 2009 10:56:39am
Wow, half a million votes for the Hottest 100. Well done Triple J!
09 Jul 2009 10:56:20am
cant wait to spend this weekend with the radio pumping & listen to all this again. wat a great mix of music. well done to the JJJ team for wat must of been a huge task!
09 Jul 2009 10:54:12am
The Rick Meister, hehehe, I still liked Ricks dulcet tones rather than Bobs Whine . . .(heresy?, maybe)
Bring on the Rick Roll for the number 10 spot!
09 Jul 2009 10:54:12am
Yeah, I finally got a song in the hottest hundred with the cure - close to me, coming up at no54.
09 Jul 2009 10:53:47am
So far i have nto had any of my songs get in, no girlfriend, collette, toni pearon, bec cartwright, jason donovan, peter andre, ace of base or cannibal corpse... what a rort
09 Jul 2009 10:53:15am
The Cure and Bob Dylan Classics,real music now alot more Led Zeppelin
09 Jul 2009 10:50:59am
What a beautiful Jeff Buckley song. Believe it or not I have never heard that before! Bring them on Triple J...now the Cure...I feel a dance coming on..!
09 Jul 2009 10:48:16am
10 Angel Massive Attack
9 Marquee Moon Television
8 All My Friends LCD Soundsystem
7 The Wrong Way TV On The Radio
6 Friday I'm In Love The Cure
5 Beetlebum Blur
4 Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin
3 Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Arcade Fire
2 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
1 Paronoid Android Radiohead
09 Jul 2009 10:47:13am
The chords in One Crowded Hour sound a lot like the verse in Like A Rolling Stone! Haha. Both great songs.
Massively impressed to see another of Buckley's own compositions in there (rather than Hallelujah).
09 Jul 2009 10:46:29am
Rick Astley...gah...I think I just died inside...
09 Jul 2009 10:46:18am
Classic...I thought you were serious with the Rick roll!!!! I tried include Rick in my list but it was hard enough deciding on my top ten as it was....
09 Jul 2009 10:44:12am
I was just about to threaten to take out the breakfast team and have them executed. Thank god the Australian voting public have better taste.
09 Jul 2009 10:44:08am
i am loving this hottest one hundred.
however, it appears to be male dominated so far..i hope that we see more indig, women, gay, all but white male artists coming up soon....
thanx jjj,
turtle
09 Jul 2009 10:44:00am
Yeah some bob dylan. about time. hopefully one more cup of coffee makes the list
09 Jul 2009 10:43:32am
LOL rick roll for #55
09 Jul 2009 10:42:17am
Hottest 100 just got Rickrolled. Ha ha.
09 Jul 2009 10:41:49am
Rick Astley... has Robbie Buck changed his wet knickers yet?
09 Jul 2009 10:40:08am
I hope that the Aussie public have taken into account our pub rock origins...
Weddings Parties Anything. Paul Kelly, Hunters, Chisel.
09 Jul 2009 11:35:28am
Looking out for The Church, The Sunnyboys, Go-Betweens & Grinspoon.
10 Jul 2009 12:16:07am
I had "How to Make GRavy" in my 10. "Wide Open Road" was on my shortlist, as was "Don't Wanna Be the One". "Away Away" was right up there to.
The wife has "From Little Things Big Things Grow" and "Throw Your Arms Around Me" in her 10.
We're doing our bit DPM.
09 Jul 2009 10:38:51am
jeff buckley! perfect song.
09 Jul 2009 10:36:12am
if jeff buckley gets number one i will contemplate suicide
09 Jul 2009 10:44:16am
Don't be like that Grant! Jeff is one of the most brilliant artists ever and deserves to be celebrated by the living. There's going to be at least 2 more of his songs in the countdown - Hallelujah and Last Goodbye. Hopefully Lilac Wine also!
09 Jul 2009 10:45:44am
It it should be a mass suicide!
09 Jul 2009 10:46:57am
GET OUT!!!! :)
09 Jul 2009 11:00:26am
Yay for natural selection.
09 Jul 2009 10:31:52am
Here is a list a friend sent me 2 years ago with the heading: Now you never have to look at another top 10 albums list!.
1.Band you've never heard of
2 Any Canadian band
3 Radiohead
4 Band you've never heard of
5 Quirky chick who is really just good looking
6 Token electronica entry only ever heard after 2 am in a tent
7 Old reliable with 'return to form' ( waits/plant /springsteen)
8 Radiohead
9 Any band with a French name
10 3 chord 18 yearold British rockers who say foook
11 Rapper to placate racism claims
12 Band which only critics have the cd
13 Alt Country
14 Alt Country
15 Wilco
16 Posthumous B-sides from over rated legend
17 The sounds of the Pixies getting out of a van
18 28 year old who rides a skateboard and sits down when he plays guitar
19 Very good looking chick with 'tude and tatts
20 Any band from England that meet at college
09 Jul 2009 10:26:14am
NOT enough aussie artists!!!!!!
09 Jul 2009 10:25:49am
Trent Reznor is one of modern musics true genius. Great to see not only closer but Cash's rendition of hurt... now lets hear some tool.
09 Jul 2009 10:44:21am
Someone that intentionally lived in a Manson Murder house in order to get a 'dark' feel to his songs?? Sick pathetic satanist freak.
09 Jul 2009 10:24:54am
Only 144 times? surely more...
09 Jul 2009 10:22:44am
I think that the poll captures the vastness of Australian music tastes. The poll isn’t going to represent everyone’s top 100 but nor should it. Music is art, and art is subjective. But I have to say so far that it’s represented all styles and eras of popular music. I most certainly am enjoying listing to it. Also for all those who say the Brit bands should be higher on this list… well perhaps, but this is Australia and I’m glad that a crap load of Aussie music is popping up in this list… we don’t need to adhere to our convict heritage anymore and idolise the Brits… good music should transcend heritage.
09 Jul 2009 10:22:27am
What I can't understand is how Daft Punk electronic boredom can rate higher than Jeff Buckley's Grace???!!! Still, great line-up so far.
09 Jul 2009 10:22:15am
Go the J's!!! If there was ever the best radio station of all time, the J's have it in the bag hands down.
09 Jul 2009 10:22:14am
Nirvana??
Everyone knows Silverchair was a much better evolution of the same formula. They should be here instead of Nirvana.
This is a joke....
09 Jul 2009 10:25:56am
youre kidding, right?
09 Jul 2009 10:32:03am
Excuse me. If Kurt was still alive, they wouldn't be on this list. Everyone knows this. Sheesh.
It's about respect for decent artists.
09 Jul 2009 10:37:13am
surely you are joking? hen was the last time silverchair released an album that changed the face of modern music? i don't think they did nor will they. silverchair aren't in the same league as nirvana so do us all some justice and keep you're mouth shut
09 Jul 2009 11:55:41am
I think you meant 'when'.
Think about albums like Freak Show and Neon Ballroom. Everyone could relate to being a Freak, everyone could relate to lusting after a girl named Ana.
It makes more sense. Yeah, smells like teen spirit? Most teens probably smell really bad, why would I want to smell their spirit? That's silly.
09 Jul 2009 10:29:11am
Were you born an idiot? Nirvana completely changed the face of music worldwide with teh release of Nevermind. Silverchair pretty much rode on their coatails (no offence to Silverchair, whom I had great respect for prior to their most recent album).
09 Jul 2009 10:50:33am
Nirvana changed bugger all, their music was 10 years old you idiot
09 Jul 2009 10:21:05am
No hip hop yet. Good work Australia.
09 Jul 2009 10:34:26am
We've still got a way to go so you might be suprised. We might get some great Aussie Hip Hip!
09 Jul 2009 11:56:37am
Wu-Tang clan aint nothin to mess with.
09 Jul 2009 10:19:36am
how did NIN closer make it in? ughhh
09 Jul 2009 11:02:47am
um excuse me Lizzy but if the kings of leon sex on fire and coldplay yellow can make it into THE HOTTEST 100 OF ALL TIME then the NIN closer should be in the top 5. NINs have had a very long career with a huge dedicated fan base and never once sold out so there!!!!!!!
09 Jul 2009 10:19:27am
Hi jerks, can someone inform what was number 60 please
09 Jul 2009 10:17:18am
Ok....Daft Punk's good...but number 58? Well I reckon electro kids who love parklife have had their say. I looooved that Augie March got in there, and Johnny Cash. Well done for those who can appreciate what brilliant music is!
09 Jul 2009 10:15:37am
Imagine life without music...enjoy
09 Jul 2009 10:15:31am
hopefully 'don't fight it' gets in there.. it doesnt matter if it's mainstream.. mainstream songs can be good even great
09 Jul 2009 1:21:40pm
Luke i hear you mate anyhow the panics have been supported by triple j for many years, whereas some of these artists on the list have not as they would be considered to mainstream. There should be no limitiations placed on a song because of other prople perception. Dont fight it for number one............
09 Jul 2009 10:14:11am
really please this hasn't turned out to be hottest 100 of the last two years - great to hear the master Johnnie Cash in there... not too sure about Augie March.... but hey that's what makes everyone different
09 Jul 2009 10:11:51am
Hearing Augie March on the radio makes me want to hurt really cute small animals.
09 Jul 2009 10:10:32am
Loving the variety and generally high quality of the choices people have made.
No single person is going to love every song, but you have to appreciate the mix of genres, and old and new in the list.
09 Jul 2009 9:59:04am
Where is the tool?? Freaking awesome instrumentaly and lyrically hoping they appear a little later on in the count. Prob nothing from 10 000 days but Opiate Aenima and Lateralus to an extent were amazing albums
09 Jul 2009 9:54:19am
i don't know WTF some of these AC/DC songs are doin in here, particularly Thunderstruck, the stuff from that late in the band's catalogue is re-hashed, re-packaged drivel. Classic Aussie band, 1st 2 albums were worth the price but it ended there. Their inclusion here is bogan nostalgia in operation
09 Jul 2009 9:52:01am
wow...you guys really take this seriously don't you...
09 Jul 2009 9:45:37am
Aight well I did this for the first 20, so let's go blow by blow again.
Stones: average song
Bowie: decent
Pumpkins: great song. I have mixed feelings about the band, but this is a modern classic.
Gotye: surprising. Average song.
Roses: did not see this coming. Forgettable, in that I've forgotten what it sounds like entirely. I do remember it being kinda nice though.
Green Day: A footnote in music. This sucks.
Nirvana: boring.
Clash: rules. Raw f**king power.
Shins: The Shins did not change my life, and Garden State is not even a good movie.
Smiths: this rules.
Prodigy: uh no thanks.
Buckley: nice.
Blink: wow you are a child if you like this band/song.
Ben Folds Five: OK, but they had better songs.
Elton: not bad, I'm hoping for Your Song in the list sometime.
Underworld: pumpin'. Best dance song.
Femmes: decent.
AC/DC: heh more like... ThunderSUCK.
NIN: you want to WHAT Trent? Oh, oh my. Well that's rude. I neither like nor dislike this song.
Blur: eh it's OK I guess.
Overall this was alright I guess. Here's hoping today's is a killer.
09 Jul 2009 9:52:58am
so are there any songs you do like???
09 Jul 2009 10:08:22am
Agree almost 100%with these comments.
Some of these songs don't deserve to be in the list
09 Jul 2009 9:39:49am
The fact that Blink 182 has a song in the top 100 songs of all time has completely ruined the integrity of this poll. None of their songs should even feature in the top 100,000 songs of all time let alone the top 100.
09 Jul 2009 9:05:46am
I can't believe some of the comments I have read here!! This is NOT a Top 100 songs that are only played/heard on JJJ. It is a Top 100 songs of ALL time I believe!!! So, there will be songs here that various people commenting will not like or have never heard of. There is more to music than just what is played on JJJ. Rock music began in the 50's and continues to this day. Some of you should embrace music's heritage.
09 Jul 2009 9:55:32am
i agree. people need to stop complaining! they have all been voted in, so obviously a majority of the half a million people that voted liked them! i think the countdown is awesome so far. yeah there are some songs i don't like, but hey thats my personal taste.
09 Jul 2009 10:26:24am
well said Paolo. Voting is open to everyone, regardless of their taste in music. It was "vote for your favourite songs". Ok, so I was surprised to hear Elton John on here, but should Elton fans exclude his tracks from their list in an effort to appear cool to other Triple J listeners? That would be a dictatorship, not a democracy which would therefore make voting pointless if you where influenced by what others would think.
09 Jul 2009 9:02:39am
Waiting for some Pixies too Laurence... and some Machine Gun Fellatio... bring it on....
09 Jul 2009 8:52:57am
I agree with Rayzie. That guy knows what he's on about. Can't wait to see which 20 we have the pleasure of listening to today.
09 Jul 2009 8:32:54am
Tiny Dancer! I almost fell out of my chair but I didn't know that it was in a popular movie. It's off my most favourite Elton John album though. Nice work Triple J listeners. I voted in the first Hottest 100 20 years ago and it's great to see the diverse mix of songs in the new Hottest 100.
09 Jul 2009 7:18:02am
I'm pretty impressed with the nubers 61 to 70. I think that alot of the earlier songs were great songs but they were the run of the mill 'great' songs. I just want to see more Australian songs in the mix. My top ten only had 3 songs that weren't Australian, though I think this will start happening further down the line, I hope.
09 Jul 2009 2:36:05am
I can't believe Belinda Carlisle hasn't got in the list yet. I bet that's because she'll be top 20.
09 Jul 2009 2:27:59am
The Cure's Just Like Heaven needs to feature pretty soon. Other than that the list is shaping up nicely. Classic songs on here, great to see Skinny Love up there, a real nice surprise for me to be honest. Bring on some Radiohead, and we're set.
09 Jul 2009 2:00:20am
also- does anyone reckon the go betweens will feature at all? streets of your town surely? we need some aust music!! and none of that hip-hopety-hop
09 Jul 2009 3:03:06am
I really hope so... The Go-Betweens were such a brilliant band R.I.P Grant McLennan
I agree with the Flaming Lips epic, should be somewhere in the top 100.
I hope to see another Smiths song, but probably won't - it's a Hottest 100 of all time, not a most influential 100 of all time...
I wonder too if there will be anymore Zep - Immigrant song or Ramble On...??
09 Jul 2009 1:56:13am
no radiohead as of yet. i dont reckon theyll feature that much at all- only because everyone is so spoilt for choice when it comes to songs. imagine if this was top 100 albums. radiohead would kill it!!
The Flaming Lips- Do You Realise better feature highly. that song blows my mind everytime i hear it
09 Jul 2009 12:55:05am
The top ten songs will all be older songs ie pre-2000.
I'm going with Teen Spirit, throw your arms around me, Stairway to heaven, Enter Sandman, Alive, Bohemian Rhapsody, Hey Jude, Paranoid Android, Sympathy for the devil. Couple of roughies in there, but definitely songs that are timeless, and accessible to the masses. Now its time to wait and see...
09 Jul 2009 12:46:26am
Love will tear us apart must be up there in the top 10, I reckon. And How soon is now by the Smiths. Also, March of the Pigs by NIN! We need some louder stuff in the top 10. Although I am not complaining at all about the selection so far!
09 Jul 2009 12:30:04am
<sigh> people really need to go back and check out the previous Hottest 100 of All Time before they start getting too emotionally invested in the results this year.
It's surprising to see so many songs that rated highly slipping back into the >50 half.
09 Jul 2009 12:28:57am
ABBA
09 Jul 2009 12:27:42am
I've loved every part of this countdown so far. I have voted for none of these songs, but the more varied and suprising the nominations are (like Tiny Dancer, great song) the better! It proves that it isn't just another 'pick your favourite from this list' poll that you get sometimes, and demonstrates the range of listeners and tastes that this great station has. How many entries were there... half a million? These songs weren't voted by accident. The most annoying thing is people complaining about the ORDER of songs. Just be happy that your song made it on there. All time is a pretty broad range to choose from (I know this, I'm a scientist).
09 Jul 2009 12:24:18am
Pink Floyd!!!
09 Jul 2009 12:15:52am
In hindsight I probably should have voted for more songs that would actually get in. My number 1 was 'Oh Comely' by Neutral Milk Hotel...it would be deserving but there's no chance whatsoever.
However, I will be so disappointed if neither Debaser nor Where Is My Mind? by Pixies gets in. Gotta be some Radiohead up in this bitch too.
Some serious shit so far though - Kings of Leon only got in thanks to popularity runoff. Coldplay? Honestly? If there's MGMT I think I'll lose faith in the majority of triple j listeners for ever.
09 Jul 2009 12:12:33am
I don't really have a gripe about the successful entries in the countdown so far...
I just can't believe the atrocious misspelling of words and incorrect usage of grammar in these comments! This is Australia's future? Surely not...
09 Jul 2009 12:03:01am
"Bulls on Parade" coming in at number 89???!!! And then Coldplay - Yellow beating it at number 88???!!! I almost pissed and spewed at the same time. What's wrong with you people? This is no song filled with more energy than Bulls on Parade and it is being disrespected with an 89. Disguseted and appalled, should have been in the top 10.
08 Jul 2009 11:44:49pm
Sooo, hasnt been much Australian Hip Hop played so far. Guess the people have spoken...
08 Jul 2009 11:51:12pm
I agree. Australian Hip Hop is the worst thing to happen in this country musically ever. The music doesn't go beyond "we are bogans." They can sample as many soul classics as they want, I'm just going to sit and wish I was listening to the original track.
09 Jul 2009 12:10:13am
One song: 1200 Techniques - Karma
If you are a hip hop fan but dislike this track... i dunno man, something bloody horrible should happen.
09 Jul 2009 12:25:51am
Nah, if any it should be The Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight. Definitely.
But other than that, no Australian hip-hop, please.
09 Jul 2009 8:45:01am
I had no idea The Sugarhill Gang were Australian. Live and learn.
09 Jul 2009 9:21:59am
This verifies my theory on Australian Hip Hop.
08 Jul 2009 11:41:12pm
this is all pissweak music,better be some bloody metallica or sabbath,pantera in there somewhere
09 Jul 2009 3:08:29am
I'll agree that there should be maybe Pantera - Walk or Metallica - St Anger (jk, lol), but this isn't all pissweak music. Some, yes, but that's the poor folks who don't know real music yet. Give them time and they'll discover Zeppelin and The Stones. Either that or they'll listen to MGMT and Justin Timberlake for the rest of their lives. Poor people :(
09 Jul 2009 9:59:08am
Heavy metal requires talented musicians. But it isn't music.
09 Jul 2009 10:04:00am
Heavy metal takes massive skill to play well, however,it isn't music.
11 Jul 2009 9:36:29am
haha, insecure much?
08 Jul 2009 11:08:15pm
Even tho alot of these songs were released before some triple J listeners were born it's great to see the variety of the mix. Great recent songs like Skinny Love mixing it with The Smiths,just shows the fantastic, eclectic musical taste of the triple j listeners. Age is no barrier to good music. Looking forward to the next 60.
08 Jul 2009 11:07:17pm
Elton John? Jesus Christ what sort of old people music do you people like? May as well put in some Simon and Garfunkel or Louis Armstrong or even Miles Davis in there ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!
08 Jul 2009 11:13:30pm
Are you serious? Simon and Garfunkel laid the foundation for modern-day rock/pop, along with the beach boys, the beatles, and bob dylan.
Sorry Brittney didn't get in there for you Brosephine, maybe you should've used all ten of your votes on her instead of sacrificing one for the black eyed peas.
08 Jul 2009 11:32:54pm
Hahaha - YES!
After all, it IS a hottest 100 of ALL time.... and it might surprise some people to know that great music just might have been created before they were born....
08 Jul 2009 11:45:24pm
Black Eyed Peas have like 100x more soul than Miles Davis just saying.
People who like Jazz are either/or:
- Old
- Wankers
09 Jul 2009 12:01:00am
Every now and then someone on the internet says something so mind-numbingly stupid, it stands out amongst an ocean of stupid on music forums, news sites and youtube. You, Ricky Bobby, are responsible for that comment. Black Eyed Peas even uttered in the same breath as Miles? Congrats.
09 Jul 2009 9:47:54am
I second that and I'm quite fond of BEP, JJJ is a youth radio station not a kindergarten.
Miles was a god
09 Jul 2009 12:06:03am
And people who don't respect the origins of music yet consider themselves music buffs either
A) are sexually attracted to llamas
or
B) Still fancy their Mumma's milk...
Just saying.
09 Jul 2009 12:09:53am
*facepalm*
09 Jul 2009 12:45:19am
Please post a Miles Davis song with more groove than Hey Mama I double dare ya.
09 Jul 2009 2:23:14am
The difference between Davis and the Black Eyed Peas is that Davis was original and pioneered a sound, instead of jumping on the RnB bandwagon and ripping off classic guitar riffs. Yes, Dick Dale's song Misorlou is the only reason that Pump It is tolerated. Also, Rick Bobby, you changed your argument from '100x more soul' to more groove. Difference, soul requires emotion and feeling, groove requires large amounts of money for producers and writers to do it for you. Has anyone heard the Black Eyed Peas sing live. Car Wreck, they are so studio made as to be a joke. I am instantly stupider for reading your opinion Ricky Bobby.
09 Jul 2009 10:36:30am
oh goodness, how embarrassing for BEP that they have fans who are so naive and ignorant. I somehow think that the BEP wouldn't agree with your narrow-minded opinions. They wouldn't be producing the type of music they generate if it weren't for the influences of the earlier greats who laid the foundations for dance and R&B, which heavily samples from the early stuff.
10 Jul 2009 5:42:37pm
"Blue 'n' boogie". And if you want more soul than the BEP you could go for just about anything in the Miles Davis catalogue. "Round Midnight" or "Bye Bye Blackbird" are two great examples.
11 Jul 2009 4:17:58pm
>> groove requires large amounts of money for producers and writers to do it for you
What are you even talking about? Do you know anything about music at all???
>> Groove is the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or sense of "swing" created by the interaction of the music played by a band's rhythm section (drums, electric bass or double bass, guitar, and keyboards).
08 Jul 2009 10:58:07pm
I would be over the moon if Divinyls or B52s made it in...
08 Jul 2009 10:56:05pm
Bands that HAVE to be in the next 60:
Silverchair
Powderfinger
Ben Harper
The Beautiful Girls (Periscopes at least)
Hilltop Hoods
The Grates
Drowning Pool
If they all don't get in there at least once then we ought to be ashamed of ourselves.
08 Jul 2009 11:19:55pm
Yeah i agree, hopefully the Beautiful Girls get a look in. morning sun and periscopes.
08 Jul 2009 11:29:22pm
yeah also, don't know why i didn't include them in my earlier listing, but Jack Johnson and Xavier Rudd definitely need to get in there! Along with Karnivool!!
The list goes on.
09 Jul 2009 10:13:50am
I saw Jack Johnson on the short list but as a song title it just had - 'entire catalog'
Perfect, htey all sound the same anyway.
09 Jul 2009 10:24:59am
Xavier Rudd, Jack Johnson..... They are musical benzodiazepines!
They put you to sleep with their same same, airy fairy shite. If they make it in I will their wrists. Or fall asleep! ha ha
09 Jul 2009 10:47:49am
xavier rudd is in a completely different class to jack johnson
watch any xavier rudd live (on youtube) and youll realise his brilliance and raw energy
09 Jul 2009 8:47:53am
Beautiful Girls??? I dont like your chances!!!
08 Jul 2009 10:54:10pm
70-61 was super strong, great list so far, hoping for radiohead to take it out (paranoid android #1, pyramid song top 50, fingers crossed), obvious favourite is nirvana though, cant wait til sunday!!!
08 Jul 2009 10:51:16pm
this was a cool 10 songs but i hated born slippy my first list i made when i was picking songs to vote had blur song 2 and breathe aswell but i cut them from my final 10 so im glad to see them in there tho !! DID ANY1 besides me vote for tenacious D TRIBUTE come on fess up !!
08 Jul 2009 10:50:15pm
I have always been respectful to peoples choice of music and will always give every song at least 60 seconds to grab me. However, Blink182 in a shit load of peoples top 100 of all time, sorry.
08 Jul 2009 10:44:52pm
my computer fucked up and i couldnt get my list through in time so here's mine if anyone gives a shit 1 aneurysm nirvana 2 paranoid black sabbath 3 sleep now in the fire rage against the machine 4 green machine kyuss 5 blackened metallica 6 smells like teen spirit nirvana 7 jesus christ pose soundgarden 8 100 miles of runnin nwa 9 hey ladies beastie boys 10 tommy the cat primus that was hard as 2 get it to 10 but thats it so fuck it my apoligies 2 about 25 bands they r the sound track to my life i hope all the aritists i chose make the countdown maybe not the songs they r just my favourites
08 Jul 2009 10:42:52pm
Gotye? is there really a place for a bloke with a laptop and a drumkit in this list?
08 Jul 2009 10:41:13pm
AC/DC ~ Let There Be Rock
08 Jul 2009 10:39:27pm
i would like to see
white stripes- 7 nation army in the list : D
08 Jul 2009 10:32:40pm
Hilltop Hoods coming on up, nosebleed section!
08 Jul 2009 10:27:43pm
sorry buddy I got ten bucks on nirvana followed by radiohead. I may be able to squeeze michael hutchence in some where in the 30's though
08 Jul 2009 10:27:21pm
RADIOHEAD!!!
08 Jul 2009 10:21:58pm
If the Sex Pistols get anything in this list, I will cry.
08 Jul 2009 10:21:37pm
I am loving this countdown. Just the variety alone is out of this world. Proud to say I have all these songs on my Mp3 player. All except "Skinny Love"
08 Jul 2009 10:14:15pm
Bring on the inevitable half-dozen Cure songs, I say!
Also, Love Will Tear Us Apart for #1.
Also, where's the Rick Astley at?
08 Jul 2009 10:07:52pm
Elvis here, turning in my grave. I always liked that young John Spencer's band the Blues Explosion's song bellbottoms. I am sure the general public are with me on that.
08 Jul 2009 9:44:57pm
Loving the hottest 100. Who cares if not everything you want - its a reflection of all our taste - get over it......
08 Jul 2009 9:41:50pm
This is better than I expected it to be!
Bring on Sonic Youth/Teenage riot. Dinosaur Jr/Freak Scene.
Husker Du/Don't wanna know (if you are lonely)
and as many Smiths tunes as we know. This charming man?
08 Jul 2009 9:40:14pm
Filth
08 Jul 2009 9:36:17pm
It ain't so bad so far, I despise the Stone Roses, otherwise pretty agreeable. Modest Mouse getting in has made my night, what a fantastic band they are.
08 Jul 2009 9:54:07pm
The Stone Roses > Modest Mouse
More Smiths and some Libertines please.
08 Jul 2009 9:28:50pm
Some huge surprises! Cant believe the variety. I didn't even think of Born Slippy bit LOVE it!! None of mine in yet, but some that I have thought - 'oh, I shoulda voted for that'.
P.S. Ben Folds kicks butt - stop ur whingeing!
08 Jul 2009 9:17:01pm
Cool, Blur, Ac/Dc, Nin, femmes. This list is getting better & better. Can't wait to see what's next.
08 Jul 2009 9:05:41pm
yew i am loving this,
have been sick past few days.
been great listening to this and not attending school.
bloc party bit later on hopefully :)
08 Jul 2009 8:57:06pm
Some good songs so far. Makes me think there's promise in the top 50.
But... Brick... If there's one song... Yes, it's slow, whiney, not so great. Welcome to my christmas 2008.
08 Jul 2009 8:47:26pm
yay! blur, blink 182 AND Nine Inch Nails!
loving the countdown!
08 Jul 2009 8:42:01pm
english bands are shit where is the aussie stuff + blink rule
08 Jul 2009 8:32:58pm
just realised there are so many english bands so far, love it.
08 Jul 2009 8:31:59pm
What I am enjoying as I listen to the countdown being broadcast live or the streaming podcast is that even if the song is not to my particular tastes, they are all awesome songs. I can appreciate that each song has a particular power that at a given place and time will serve as part of the biography of someone's life, often my own. It is like a sonic photo album, with many weird little moments or life-changing events that have been part of my life brought to the surface, often with a bittersweet resonance.
Thanks Australia.
08 Jul 2009 8:23:08pm
It was Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana
08 Jul 2009 8:22:36pm
song 101 was: heart shaped box from Nirvana
08 Jul 2009 8:21:21pm
Loving it so far. there is so many songs I forgot about (and LOVE)that has come up so far.
08 Jul 2009 8:15:24pm
Aaaahhh - These songs bring back amazing memories... Thanks JJJ for airing what we voted for.
All songs fab in their own way (except Rick Astley, which will NOT be funny!) :)
Anyone know what song 101 was?
08 Jul 2009 8:10:27pm
The absence of female voices from the list so far may be related to the way that most people voted - i.e. sitting at a computer and being interested in lists (more of a guy thing?). Given the skew to this demographic, I reckon bands like Muse and Radiohead might go well.
Anyway, cricket's started!
08 Jul 2009 7:40:15pm
dude! i mean weird!
my brother has been listening to triple j for ages and thinks that this top 100 so far, sux!
my email is zavier555@hotmail.com
08 Jul 2009 7:34:06pm
Would have thought Born Slippy was going to be higher than that...
08 Jul 2009 7:33:37pm
Can't wait to hear some female voices in the 100. Where are they??? All in the top 50 I'm sure.
08 Jul 2009 7:30:38pm
Very surpising... Thought, well hoped, Born Slippy was going to be higher than that...
08 Jul 2009 7:29:47pm
omg you guys i like cannot even believe that ther has be like not even like 1 Brittany Spears song...BS forever
fyi acdc sukz
08 Jul 2009 7:25:24pm
Number 63. ThunderSTUCK.
I love it!!!
08 Jul 2009 7:19:44pm
BAHAHAHAHA i love how many people are bitching about peoples music taste, every heard of each to their own people! Brilliant count down so far... Can't wait for tomorrow!!
08 Jul 2009 7:14:50pm
Going great guys, although I'm not a fan of some songs, I'm not pissing and moaning like some, keep it up and hopefully there will be a cd release!!! (bring on the punk!!)
08 Jul 2009 7:09:51pm
REALLY hope the brilliant Smashing Pumpkins get a decent look in...
08 Jul 2009 7:28:30pm
am i mistaken or is there not any female artists so far considering girls sell 50% of all records what the fuck.
08 Jul 2009 6:57:57pm
I want all you geeks to keep your retarted opinions to yourselves, quite seriously no one gives a shit.
08 Jul 2009 6:57:47pm
Jackson whinging about music is my life it all i have i will judge you by what you listen as taste in music speaks louder then false personality. whinging and being judgementle about misic it is how i feel supperior a lame and crappy crown i wear oh so proudly
08 Jul 2009 6:57:01pm
Brick sucks more than an electrified sucking machine, commonly know as a Vaccuum Cleaner.
How did this song get in? If every song had a Tuba would everyone just vote for it to have a laugh?
STOP WHINING .....that goes for the singers too! .....where's the real songs at????
08 Jul 2009 6:56:39pm
I think its about time for some Sublime
08 Jul 2009 6:55:13pm
Yay hottest 100! Some I don't agree with..? Some are just what I needed to hear 'Closer' go NIN!
08 Jul 2009 6:52:42pm
Not neccesarily in order, but these are some of the songs i hope to see come in. Timeless classics! :D
Perfect Day - Velvet Underground
Kissing the lipless - The Shins
The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
Waterloo sunset - The Kinks
Ever Fallen in Love - The Buzzcocks
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
Here, there and everywhere - The Beatles
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
The Diamond Sea - Sonic Youth
Forty Six and Two - Tool
Jesus, etc. - Wilco
That's How Strong My love is - Otis Redding
Lounge Act - Nirvana
Tumblin Dice - The Rolling Stones
Lucky Man - The Verve
I Got You - Split Enz
Set You Free - The Black Keys
I Wanna Be Your Dog - Iggy Pop and The Stooges
Penguins and Polar Bears - Millencolin
08 Jul 2009 7:17:07pm
Eclectic...
I Like your style ...Very eclectic, with some absolute GOLD inthere
08 Jul 2009 7:24:06pm
Thanks man! I was expecting to get slammed by some ppl for posting this list. Some diehard KOL fan or somethin.. hehe!
08 Jul 2009 7:32:58pm
Actually ...The dark prince and skip james got me
As I said ..very eclectic and that is what this is all about. Cheers
08 Jul 2009 9:52:21pm
perfect day is a lou reed song.
not the velvet underground.
08 Jul 2009 10:15:30pm
Sorry 'bout that. I often get my lou reeds/velvet U n iggys/stooges n whatever else mixed up. And sorry for any spelling mistakes etc. i might also have made...
09 Jul 2009 1:17:29pm
and i wanna be your dog will be there fore sure even pushin top spot
08 Jul 2009 10:34:50pm
gimmie shelter was on the countdown earlier
08 Jul 2009 6:42:06pm
can everyone stop farking whinging!!!!!!
08 Jul 2009 6:40:53pm
Gahhh i ahve been pretty disappointed by the list so far. Whats with Nirvana - Lithium coming in so low should have atleast made top 50.
08 Jul 2009 6:40:10pm
hahahahaha,
whats with all the talk of linkin park, arent they a bunch of 30 something hasbeens still trying to sing songs of teenage angst...
whats with ragging on the content of the countdown, how many 100 000 people voted, i think its a fair representation of what folks like.
08 Jul 2009 6:56:02pm
agreed. have linkin park ever been played on JJJ?
08 Jul 2009 6:37:46pm
I will drown myself in the Mississippi if Jeff Buckley comes in at number one... But i'm getting my bathers ready as we speak... Can some one please tell me what's so great about Jeff-overrated-Buckley??? If he was still alive would he even be getting a look in? Jeff is such a pretentous vote.
08 Jul 2009 6:45:51pm
sounds a bit like wah wah wah
08 Jul 2009 6:47:39pm
PLEASE!
who votes for pretention? that is totally ridiculous! but funny! Thanks "PLEASE" I just had a chuckle at your woes
08 Jul 2009 6:53:21pm
Don't just laugh - HELP ME! What is so great about Jeff Buckley???
08 Jul 2009 7:12:47pm
Sorry mate, I am not a big fan of Jeff Buckley although he had a lovely voice... he is not really my cup of tea! I think some people must just like that type of music ... I am enjoying the variety of the countdown! There are songs I am surprised by too! But it is all fun ;-)
08 Jul 2009 8:44:10pm
Its like how people become obessed with Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar. They've got talent but only ever produced one piece of work so everyone who fell in love with had to concentrate on that, not spread to love out over all their works.
08 Jul 2009 10:01:44pm
Jeff Buckley was an incredible singer, and quite a good guitarist, especially in his live shows. I'll admit there are a few of his songs that are not so great, but songs like "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" make up for that:)
08 Jul 2009 7:53:13pm
His father (Tim) was way better.....
08 Jul 2009 8:38:43pm
You obviously didn't see him live!
08 Jul 2009 6:29:28pm
This is not top 100 artists of all times, its top 100 songs - user voted songs - so if your favourite 100 songs are not in here, just means more people out there like different music to what you do! SHOCK!!!
personally i wanna see some weezer get in here
08 Jul 2009 6:28:54pm
yeah i agree, the best acts votes will be sepperated over there multiple great songs Take radiohead for example what song do you vote for where as a band with just one stand out song will go further. if "jessies girl" makes it im going to kill someone
08 Jul 2009 7:17:32pm
This is a fantastic point, that is that bands with less hits will probably have more votes per song as the voters have less songs to choose from. It's unavoidable though.
08 Jul 2009 10:16:03pm
They should have just made it the Hottest 100 artists of all time and played a random popular song for each.
Actually, that'd be really interesting to see.
08 Jul 2009 6:25:29pm
It annoys me when a song gets into a list like this when it has had a 'second wind'. Tiny Dancer wouldn't come anywhere near this 100 if not for 'Almost Famous'. In 5 years it wouldn't make it - though I do remember being on a Croatian cruise recently and every man and his dog was singing it because of that movie. The others all have JJJ cred however.
08 Jul 2009 6:23:13pm
"one hit wonders" trashy? which one of the artists for numbers 61-70 is a one hit wonder? news to me!
I am pretty happy so far, and thanks heaps triple j for getting out the hot 100 of all time again! you rock!
08 Jul 2009 6:22:00pm
im really happy with the countdown so far....and i reckon that if u did vote for Elton John then good on ya...not my cup of tea.. but it doesnt make u an inbred!!!!
08 Jul 2009 6:20:51pm
Go Ben Folds Five.
08 Jul 2009 6:13:12pm
I actually don't like Jeff Buckley, but am horrified that he could be beat by Blink, as for this list i believe it can never please everyone, as one other person said its all about the one hit wonders not great artists. And i can also see that nothing i voted for has been chosen... Maybe i picked the top 10?
08 Jul 2009 6:13:12pm
thats twice for ACDC
let the rock begin
its good to see some of the true pioneers of rock shinning through like rolling stones
beatles
bob
ACDC
bowie
cant wait 4 more
bring it on
and i think we will be hearing more from ACDC
rock on
08 Jul 2009 6:12:14pm
Blister in the sun is the worst song ever made! People who voted for it are rubbish
08 Jul 2009 5:59:03pm
I hate Elton John, what sort of inbred would vote for that crap!
08 Jul 2009 6:36:38pm
Elton John is a pretty weird person but an amazing song writer. This batch of 10 is the best so far. Prodigy and Under world rock on !! NIN and ACDC, worthy as always. Struggling a bit with Dammit, just seems like idiot-rock to me and the femmes seem like repetitive - boring - rock. Love this countdown! Go Pink Floyd!!
08 Jul 2009 5:55:30pm
YAY, Born Slippy. My first and probably only vote in the Hot 100. Loving the countdown, so many songs I forgot about that need to be added to my music collection!
08 Jul 2009 5:54:37pm
Brick definitely derserved to be there and a perfect indication of triple j music. As for those dissin Born Slippy ive never heard a better dance track.
08 Jul 2009 5:53:31pm
ac/dc aren't anything. It doesn't even count as music. If pain was a sound their music would be it.
08 Jul 2009 5:52:26pm
so happy with blink. would of loved them to be a lot higher but still they're in it! and jeff buckley too
08 Jul 2009 5:50:04pm
Wrapped to see born slippy! list is startin to look better n better
08 Jul 2009 5:49:41pm
Love most of them so far, but I have to agree with Hairydog, Tiny Dancer??? Come on. Just my opinion... Better be some women sometime soon... Cornflake Girl (Tori)
08 Jul 2009 5:49:20pm
This is bollocks, nirvana's lithium should have beaten every one of the songs in this 10, but as i said in my last comment these lists can be stupid, as seen by Kings of leon taking out 90.
08 Jul 2009 5:47:23pm
i thought dammit would make it in a bit higher but am stil happy that it is on the list
08 Jul 2009 5:45:30pm
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08 Jul 2009 5:44:56pm
I hope there's some Radiohead, Tool and Bjork in the top 60.
08 Jul 2009 5:43:36pm
How on earth does that blink 182 get in there at all....or ever worse that brick by bff terrible
08 Jul 2009 5:40:19pm
very surprised jeff buckley- grace didnt make it higher thatn 69. surley better than blink 182...but loving the top 100!
08 Jul 2009 5:39:07pm
This is a much better list as it has mad people like Prodigy and Blink 182. Whilst I am disappointed there isn't more Kings of Leon or Linkin Park songs on here, at least they have moved on to the 90s.
Also what is Elton John doing there, let alone a song no one has heard of? They may as well put Queen Latifah.
08 Jul 2009 5:46:49pm
Its people like you that make me throw up in my mouth
08 Jul 2009 5:54:30pm
Tiny Dancer is one of the most famous songs of all time!!! Where have you been, under a rock?? I hate it too, but it IS a classic... and Linkin Park?? Man, you should listen to some commercial station.
08 Jul 2009 5:54:34pm
A song no-one has heard of? Have you seen Almost Famous?
Elton John isnt exactly my cup of tea usually but I do love Tiny Dancer, and its def the song that our generation knows best from him.
08 Jul 2009 5:56:34pm
How very different we are Schmuck....
08 Jul 2009 6:00:14pm
if any linkin park! or any more kings of leon gets in it will be the biggest disgrace!
08 Jul 2009 7:12:11pm
I'm going to pray that you are under 18 because Kings of Leon and Linkin Park aren't anywhere NEAR the calibre of Elton John, and this is coming from a guy who will admit to owning Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory and not being a fan of Elton John.
Linkin Park was gimmicky and didn't have any real substance, it was just another formulaic pop rock teen angst song with the 'novelty' of a rapper.
Elton John on the other hand.. Well I don't think I even need say anything, such a beautiful voice, simple melody, genuine emotion, a sound that's timeless, not 'trendy'.
08 Jul 2009 10:05:40pm
Agreed.
08 Jul 2009 10:45:10pm
I don't think you should feel guilty owning a Linkin Park album. There seems to be a lot of people who have a slight identity crisis just because they feel moderately in tune with the angst and emotion that Linkin Park can convey.
Once again though, is Triple J trying to be 'trendy' or 'timeless' when they rate or release music? Is something like Elton John really in the mold of something a Triple J person would listen to?
I think 'trendy' when I think Triple J, without being 'mainstream'
09 Jul 2009 12:20:45am
Do you really think Elton John, one of the most famous and accomplished singer/songwriters of all time, is a trend? I think trends don't typically last for decades.
If I didn't know better, I'd suspect a definite undercurrent of homophobia in these comments.
09 Jul 2009 9:54:09am
You're not listening!
Elton John would be classified as 'timeless'. Therefore, he doesn't belong in Triple J's sacred Top 100.
If you are homophobic good luck to you in your future life interactions with other males.
09 Jul 2009 10:02:49am
Oh, now I see what you meant...
Well, if I was homophobic why would i be listening to Linkin Park still years later?
09 Jul 2009 10:41:37am
Schmuck NEEDS an Education
08 Jul 2009 5:38:48pm
Elton John - Tiny Dancer pffffttt!
I voted for DJ Ironik (ft Chipmunk & Elton John) version.
Looking like a definite top 50 showing if Elton got in at 66
08 Jul 2009 5:56:00pm
The re-mixed song makes me want to cut my ears off, its terriby.
The original Elton version rocks! Lets pray that the re-mix doesnt make it anywhere near the top 100!
08 Jul 2009 5:36:16pm
Stone Roses - Fools Gold still should have been in the top 50!
08 Jul 2009 5:28:30pm
not very impressed, considering the calibre of songs we've had before this bunch.
with the exception of NIN and buckley - sounds like a party mix compilation.
08 Jul 2009 6:56:04pm
whats wrong with playing NIN at a party? haha i do.
but other than 'Sex on Fire' and 'Blister in the Sun', im happy with the countdown so far and i look forward to finding out who takes the top spot.
besides, why whinge at JJJ, its us who voted for these songs. and if you didnt, maybe you should have
08 Jul 2009 5:23:58pm
Grace should have been higher, Jeff Buckley was perfect.
Closer was good, Breathe was good.
08 Jul 2009 5:23:42pm
I am not an Elton fan and think it strange that he would appear on jjj but Tiny Dancer is an all time classic.
08 Jul 2009 5:23:02pm
Good 2 c gr8 songs like Thunderstruck and Dammit in their much better then some songs Born slippy? Closer? whaaaaaaaaaa?
08 Jul 2009 7:04:10pm
according to you, i on the other hand much prefer the latter. it's kind of nice to see that there's quite a mix, having said that i still don't particularly like the list so far. i'm not sure if it's already been said but i'd love to see how many votes each song actually did get.
08 Jul 2009 5:19:03pm
i love the way my heart skips a beat when one of my top 10 comes up.
08 Jul 2009 5:17:54pm
Good to see Underworld's Born Slippy get a place in there, classic britpop. Surprised at how high Brick was but I cant argue its a good song. I thought song 2 should be higher but good to see australia hasnt forgotten about blur.
08 Jul 2009 5:16:31pm
Does anyone think that The Pancis "Dont Fight It" will make an appearence?
08 Jul 2009 5:22:20pm
i really hope so, but maybe a little too mainstream. sorry to burst your bubble...
08 Jul 2009 7:04:12pm
too mainstream this poll sounds like some of you r mmm listeners whats with the elton john song
09 Jul 2009 1:34:59pm
2007 j award went to the panics so they are supported, mainstream no one would be able to give me a definition of mainstream if they tried its just a limitation created to pidgeon hole bands and artists who are willing to try and promote themselves. The panics have potential to be great and iconic to Australia they can not do this singing to 5000 wannabe indie rock affiliates sitting on wet grass waving their lethargic hands through the air to show involvement. Dont fight it deserves to be there more then alot of other songs so far, am i supported on this thesis?
08 Jul 2009 5:16:20pm
I have lost my faith in the human
race...
Breath..?? Dammit..?? Thunderstruck..??
WTF!!! I really hope this is as bad as it gets.
08 Jul 2009 5:21:45pm
if you've been in a Prodigy concert you wouldn't be saying that about breathe!
Agree with the other two, what are they thinking!
08 Jul 2009 5:31:39pm
If this is enough to make you lose faith in the human race you need to get a life
08 Jul 2009 5:14:47pm
where will kanye feature i wonder...
08 Jul 2009 5:21:02pm
Hopefully nowhere.....
Kanye SO does not deserve a spot.
08 Jul 2009 5:24:22pm
hopefully never...
08 Jul 2009 5:51:19pm
probably in the $2 bin at your local k-mart...
08 Jul 2009 7:17:06pm
kanye should honestly be on the same shelf as boys to men, but no doubt he will end up here!!
08 Jul 2009 5:10:36pm
GO ELTON!
08 Jul 2009 5:10:20pm
70 to 61 were a brilliant ten!! Especially Closer by Nine Inch Nails brings back so many memories...
08 Jul 2009 5:09:51pm
Elton John.what the
Is it not Triple J's Hottest 100 of all time no the pop princess of the UK Hottest 100
08 Jul 2009 5:39:42pm
Bayman, it's the Triple J listeners' Hottest 100, not the - Triple J "choose your favourite songs, but only songs that we approve of" Hottest 100. The songs making the list are indicative of who listens to Triple J and what a broad taste in music those listeners have - appealing to everyone and anyone.
08 Jul 2009 5:53:44pm
Here Here! Well spoken selina.
08 Jul 2009 5:58:01pm
thanks for the reality check. let the circus continue with songs selected then
08 Jul 2009 7:25:00pm
selina.... That is THE MOST SENSE that anybody has shown so far... Please stop it, it may be infective :)
good on you girl for sticking up for what is really when we look at it... A view on our society.
10 Jul 2009 5:20:10pm
Agree with most of that, but I haven't seen much here that reflects "a broad taste in music"
08 Jul 2009 5:09:01pm
any more AC/DC and I am out of here!
08 Jul 2009 5:13:33pm
I'm with you! Glad to see some Buckley in amongst it all though.
08 Jul 2009 5:14:31pm
agreeing with Brad...
08 Jul 2009 5:16:07pm
AC/DC are legends of rock, and are massively associated with it's history. However, in saying that, i must agree. Jimmy Barnes is also a legend of rock, yet if i see any of his songs on here i will start tying the noose.
08 Jul 2009 5:35:13pm
Look I have to say i don't mine the odd Aca daca in here - but I mean really - Thunderstruck? Give anythiung from Bon/Dirty Deeds albumn anytime over this!!!
08 Jul 2009 8:19:11pm
Good call. Some Jailbreak would of also been nice or something off Highway to Hell ahead of the Brian Johnston days.
08 Jul 2009 11:21:36pm
Indeed, legends of aussie rock and everything, but picking Thunderstruck is like saying your favourite Metallica song is off Load. Shocking, people from western sydney should be barred from voting.
10 Jul 2009 5:03:54pm
Thunderstruck? You have got to be kidding me. The Bon Scott era kills Brian Johnson any day of the week, but if you were going to include anything from there it would come off Back in Black. And you would stop there. There is mention of a drinking game in the little synopsis, I am assuming that is what garnered the votes.
And don't get me started on Enter Sandman!
08 Jul 2009 5:35:31pm
Unfortunately there will be more AC/DC... bloody bogans!
08 Jul 2009 6:07:47pm
i wish the whole 100 was acdc songs just to piss off you guys that are whining about acdc.
08 Jul 2009 8:37:06pm
Didn't get to catch all of the hottest 100 played today but did manage to hear some on the way home in the car and what drive it was, radio cranked up all the way...underworld, violet femmes, ac/dc, nine inch nails...loved it!!
08 Jul 2009 10:21:22pm
Is it just me or are we all wondering where are all the female artists on this list?? Aretha Franklin, Tracey Chapman to name two?? I agree that recent songs shouldn't be up there as we don't yet know if they will stand the test of time.
09 Jul 2009 9:50:18am
Newsom?
Alanis?
Bjork?
Burgers anyone?
09 Jul 2009 12:29:33pm
Don't forget Dolly!!!
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