Triple J hottest 100, Second weekend in july

Yo triple J has a hottest 100 of all time this year! Been trying to nail down a list and down to around thirty so just a bit of kulling to go.  Interested to know what other cats on here are going to or would vote for?

What do peeps think will be number 1?

The Easy beats Friday on my mind
Bizarre love triangle by frente
Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo
Billie Jean
and Around the world are all definates so far.

I have no doubt number one will be either Smells Like Teen Spirit or Love Will Tear us Apart.

But will hunters and collecters still get in the top three?

Nirvana getting top spot would be an outrage in my book. They most certainly haven't made the best song of all time!

Hear lots of Cure and Shinns votes.

Holiday in Cambodia best be up high too

Usually is one of these 2 when they do all time 100's

With how lame Triple J has been for well over ten years It'll probably be Missy Higgins.

If it's not them, then I'm sure whichever band does get top spot wouldn't have made the best song of all time either. Top 100's generally suck by default.

i don't have the highest hopes

That would be pretty funny. Or one crowded hour!

Salmon Hater for#1

Seeing as one of their presenters thinks that the greatest song of all time is something from My Chemical Romance I don't exactly expect much from the line up!!

pretty sure thats why they open up voting to the public not just a list of peers.

Pretty sure that voting public you speak of is responsible for what hits the top of the charts now. And IMO, that aint good!

and thats why after the first two 'hottest 100s' they became year specific, because Love will tear us apart came #1 twice in a row

I think throw your arms around me has been in the top three in nearly every one.

comes #1 every Oz Only vote

If it was oz only, still be going Frente Bizare love triangle

love that song, but there's something fundamentally wrong in voting a cover number 1

I'd have a johnny cash cover too and maybe even a Jimmy Little cover.

I dont have an issue with covers as long as they're done well. I think its great if you can improove on quality.

Serious? Doesn't even come close to the original.

god i hate agreeing with u

I think I just came a little.

Its been 10 years since they had the last hottest 100 of all time.
One would hope for some different stuff than what was voted 10 years ago.
Fuck I didn't even vote 10 years ago, and the internet wasn't setup for ease of voting like it is now.

I sure won't be voting for Smells Like Teen Spirit or Love Will Tear us Apart.

We'll see I guess.

Love will tear us apart is definately one of the best songs ever. It deserves to be up there!

I think joy division and New Order had some fantastic music but I think Angie Hart made that song her own and I enjoy it more than the origional. NO's version was still good but I think Frente really achieved something which most other covers don't and that is to make the song better(at least in my opinion anyway)

Ummm... no.

2JJ had the Hot 100 running for years.

The first Hottest 100 was held in 1989, after the station went national. It had to change the name of the show due to copyright.

Joy Division won the first two years (89 & 90), Nirvana the next (91). Then there was a year break, and then from 1993 the vote changed to songs in the last 12 months.

The reason they went to the 12 month is more to do with the expanding listener base and change in music directors than a stagnant list.

if i were gonna vote a "triple J type vote" I'd either go Cold Chisel's Flame trees or The Stranglers, Golden Brown

Go the Stranglers or don't worry about it lol

I would never listen to JJJ again if chisel makes the top ten

Khe Sahn has in the past so you better tune out

If Chisel don't make the top 100 I'll be upset.

Best songwriters this country has produced. Period!

Agree they deserve a spot in the 100 but not top 10

Did they get into the ten or 100?  Is Khe Sahn they're highest scoring track.  I think Flame trees is better.

What I don't like about it is you can only have ten song votes.

I can think of about 100 songs I'd want to vote for!

Hmmmmm... maybe I'll just make my own Hottest 100...

was third in the All time Oz 100 if memory serves correct

So are you guys going to/have voted? If not why?

They did a hottest 100 of all time in '98, that year they also did a 12 month hottest 100
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1998.htm#h100-all-time

Not yet. Too many songs to choose from.

Prolly not

lazy

Come on. Otherwise Missy Higgins could actually take it! Or kings of leon!

 I won't vote, basically cos I don't care.

 I would rather make up a playlist of my top 100 tracks on put it on my Ipod.

 The wider population has shithouse taste.

I agree but hope that if enough people actually vote then a few deserving tracks might get through!

and kudos to them if they do

Still trying to narrow down my top ten. At present it looks like:

Johnny Cash - Hurt (also one of the great music videos of all time - just amazing)
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Bjork - Joga
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Orbital - Belfast
Portishead - Glory Box
Cold Chisel - Flame Trees (although this may be changed to Cheap Wine - both are so good)
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Ride - Vapour Trail
Massive Attack - Tear Drop

But there are so many more deserving of a spot & almost have to be in my list. Ten is just nowhere near enough.

Exactly!

Well if everyone thought like you guys and didn't care to vote. No wonder it all turns to shit.

I like the idea of the countdown, not knowing whats next, who cares if its a shit song I'll just sit a talk cod shit with the lads.
Having a few brews with mates making a fun day of it.

I've culled it down to
Friday on my mind -the easy beats
Billie Jean - Jacko
Anemia- Tool
Bizare love triangle -frente
Hurt-Johnny Cash (tossing up between this and cover of personal Jesus)
Around the world- Daft  Punk
The Rut- Delta
Mexican Radio- Wall of voodoo
Crazy Mary Pearl Jam
Golden Brown- Stranglers

Impossible to name the ten best songs of all time so I've just gone with those that mean the most to me and those that have changed my very perception of music.


Honorable mention to Bo Didley, Nine Inch Nails, AC DC and Jimmy Little

exactly

yeah spot on.

vote or not. you can't deny it's a great day.

even you have to admit that spanky. did you pay for quaz's dry cleaning after the last one?

 

 It's only a great day cos people have a bbq, the music has nothing in it for me. Would be better off listening to CD's. I probably liked 5 tunes out of last years hottest 100.

This.

Also, the only way the top 100 will change is if more people vote. Although I've never really had a huge problem with what tunes were picked for the various top 100's.

hahaha

"Did Spanky just throw up on my leg?" - Me

Very similar to what mine would probably end up like.

I'd replace Chisel with AC/DC and Oribital with Blur, and I'd probably choose Leave Them All Behind rather than Vapor Trail, Begging You for I Wanna Be Adored, and Transmission instead of Atmosphere.

Oh, and I'd switch the Johnny Cash version for the NIN original, or more likely choose Ring of Fire.

And I'd put try and put PWEI in there somewhere. And Beastie Boys. And Chemical Brothers. And Cure (early stuff like Killing An Arab). And Depeche Mode. And possibly New Order and Happy Mondays.

Yeah you're right... 10 isn't enough.

I reckon the Johnny Cash version is just so much better than the NIN version. Both are fantastic but the JC version just does it for me so much more.

The live version by Trent is pretty fuckin heartfelt!

So is the Johnny Cash version. Especially considering the time which he recorded it.

I would like The Smiths - How Soon Is Now to be right up there.  Fucking LOVE that song!

I would think that is a guaranteed entry. Great song but I could only fit one Smiths tune in my list and this Charming Man is my fave of theirs.

so i haven't actually looked at the JJJ website, do they have a list of songs to vote from, or is it really just a free for all voting scheme?

Free for all I believe.

It's a free for all from what I saw.

You type in an artist (or part of) and a song (or part of) and it will show a list to choose from.

So for example you type "Pop Will Eat Itself" and "Dance of the Mad" and it lists all the remixes and so on, as well as some other tracks with the word "dance" in them.

I see.

My problem with these things is that half the time I forget which songs I love, unless I'm prompted! Vague-o!!

They have all the previous hot 100 listed plus heaps of peoples top 10's (some really bad). for a memory jog


Oh yeah JC's version is heartfelt and was recorded on his death bed two weeks before he died I think and a song about addiction is definately up his alley and I'll be voting for it but the original especially the live version is still a really good song. The entire downward spiral was an amazing album and I'm still trying to work out what to drop to get a little bit of trent in the mix. Got two email addys so thinking of making two lists just so I don't have to make too many judgement calls

i have a list of 47 tracks and i am just going to do a lucky dip and then vote for those 

I started with a top 50 and whittled them down to ten. Still songs that desrve to be in there but gonna have to reley on others votes

well clearly, as per all music it's a taste thing cos i think they are a fantastic band and voted for them myself.

 

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Have you heard this yet mate?

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LOL I just was about to post that J!



Plus I still rate the Offsprings first album! It was raw energy and is still some great music!

lol prefer this one

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i hope sex is on fire wins. just to piss you music buffs off.

sorry drew, its already been and gone...

    

Gunners were in with Sweet Child O' Mine at #49!

This Bloc Party stuff is pretty average though.

Another Beatles track popped in too.

And Jacko just in now - I'd say he won't get any higher than this because Billie Jean is probably his most loved/popular track...

Last few have been

50. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
49. Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
48. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
47. John Butler Trio - Betterman
46. Faith No More - Epic
45. Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
44. The Beatles - Hey Jude
43. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
42. Bloc Party - Banquet
41. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Definately my pick but beat it was really popular and thriller gets alot of kudos too.

epic by faith no more is a great track but not their best imo.

Thought Johnny Cash would get higher than 60! and close to free thought woulda made 50

Decent selection of songs this morning. The last 30 has been pretty damn good in fact except for maybe Bloc Party & The Beach Boys.

I bet you were excited to hear the Sandman knocking at number 31 then!


I think its been a pretty good list so far. The order maybe a little out of whack but some quality tunes.  Killers wtf?

yeah, i quite enjoyed it this morning!  looking forward to this arvo!

Well I was wrong...Thriller just came in at 20 something.

Hendrix's cover of Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower' was at #30!

was saying to the missus how shocked to not have heard Radiohead. lol

Being on the other side of the world I'm not quite understanding this. So it's not all on one weekend day then? How are they rolling it out?

Have they played Honeybucket by The Melvins? If not I'm not interested in this so called list.

they played fake plastic trees!

edit:

they've been playing 10 songs between 10-11am, and 4-5pm, then they'll do 50 each over saturday and sunday... kinda lame that it's not all in 1 day, but makes for a bit of interesting daily listening!

Yeah they played it right before I posted.

You're not interested in this so called list

Massive Attack - Teardrop in at 22.

Stoked.

i really enjoyed todays 20!

Same

First chick singer for this list yeah?

can't stream it

You should be able to - I can over here.

my pc struggles to stream anything, it's playing now but it doesn't hold up for long...

edit - streamed for about 10 seconds

Huge letdown for number 1 IMO but I guess with the direction the poll took in general it was hardly surprising. It's reflective of the voting demographic I guess and while it was a song that captured the feeling of that generation there are so many better ones out there that did the same for their respective generations. I don't hate the song at all, just that musically there is so much more out there.

Good to see RATM get almost there too!

I can't believe there was no INXS out of the entire 100 though. Disgraceful!

I had to lol a this snippet from the bit about #12, Oasis' Wonderwall:


 

Smells Like?

 I think that is a pretty damn good Top 10.

 

Couldn't fault the top 20.

Pretty much exactly what I expected.

Pretty average and predictable if you ask me - but hey, so are most Triple J listeners, so what else can you expect?

And am I really the only person who would vote for good songs, rather than simply songs I like?

you're having a go at people that voted for their all time fave songs?

fkn hell. Slow day at the Bridge Club?

It is a youth radio station which means it's about as far away from Funky J as you can get.

 

Just looked over the list... 
Now if only triple j would play more of these songs on a regular basis as opposed to the crap they normally play I might actually start listening again.

that was an absolutely wicked top 20, even with that number one

had a ball listening to the top 50 with a good bunch of mates - top notch

By the way, I'm not saying these are bad songs or anything.

Back in 1989 I would have known 20 people who even knew who Joy Division were, let alone knew any of their songs, so it was an absolute shock and surprise to me to discover people liked them so much Love Would Tear Us Apart got to number one of a national music poll.

Is it a shock to anyone Nirvana got 1, Rage got 2, and Buckley got 3?

Maybe I am naive, maybe I'm bitter, I don't know... I just expected people to be less predictable, given the expansion of popular music and how the way in which we access it has changed in the last 20 years.

:shrug:

wow! I didn't predict Nirvana at nuber one. Didn't think the kids got into Nirvana these days.
I may be jaded but where is Ghost Town where is message to Rudi where was Golden Brown where were the classics( and I don't mean teen spirit) I knew Killing in the name of would get in but Nirvana?  I mean really? What a piece of shit for number one! Fine a bunch of stoned kids loved it but best song of all time? wtf?

I'm devo there was no Portishead. I really wanted glory box up there

smells like teen spirit will always be up there for a while still imo, because its not a huge song that only belongs to one particular generation (us children of the 90's), but a huge song that appeals/speaks to to a certain age group, regardless of the generation.

PS - im a huge nirvana fan and i think its one of their worst songs

 

You would have loved the 60 minutes report on gen Y last night FunkyJ lol.

top 20 was decent.

picked paranoid android to be higher up, but 5 was a fair effort. they seriously dominated the countdown.

Yeah it was good to see more Radiohead up there, and less Nirvana.

no Chisel!!??

shame Australia, shame!

Some Niravana is okay and a few of their tracks(lithium,heart shaped box and the like) deserve a posie but Smells like teen spirit as number one song of all time is borderline ridiculous especially considering Ghost Town, Message to Rudi, Golden brown.... didn't even make the hundred!  Smells like Teen spirit almost seems like the Nirvana song that peeps who don't like Nirvana vote for!

Yeah, I suspect that a big proportion of people voted on 'what they think will be no. 1' as opposed to their own no. 1 song. I reckon triple j should have announced how they will draw the winner; they implied on the air that the winner would have voted for the top song several times before voting had closed.

If they stated clearly the winner would be randomly drawn from a ballot, perhaps we would have heard a different song at the top.

Dunno.

for the reading ticks you mean?  I thought it was drawn out if a barrel! Did you have to pick the number one song to win? If so that is utter shit!

Well that what they have eluded to over the past month on the lead-up. If I had known otherwise, I would have voted!

edit: yes, and barrel, yeah.

Not one single women singers/bands landed in the top 100 either...

And I voted for Samantha Fox's "Touch me" at least 100 times.

Teardrop Massive Attack was the first female to appear I think

massive attack is a group made up of two blokes.

teardrop features a guest vocalist, but its a bit of a stretch to say massive attack was the first female anything imo...

 Wait till the Top 100 recipes of all time

 

see even that reign is slipping-look at all the famous celeb chefs...

Mixing Bowl-Check
Chef Knife-Check
Scrotum and testicles-Check!

Think it was the first female to feature though. Guest vocalist or not

I would have thought some Old Offspring would have got in the 100.
Thought Self Esteem would be top 50 for sure.
But left right out for them, interested to see the top 200 list and total votes each song got.