Well it’s Australia Day, and I’m slaving away in the office. This sounds bad, but I actually decided to take Monday off instead and come in today and get a good slab of work done without distractions. Well, apart from the Triple J Hottest 100 anyway.
They’re up to number 88 and so far I’m not too impressed. Of course this could very well mean that all the really good songs have come in in the low numbers, which would be great, but we’ll see.
Only one song I voted for has come in so far, the Bedroom Philosopher at number 91. I’ll update the post as the results continue to trickle in…
Hmmm, according to the Wikipedia page we should all “seriously get to Jimmy’s” in Victoria Street in Brunswick, Melbourne. It also informs us that Jimmy is “a knob jockey”, although someone else thinks this is “unnecessary slander”. Fascinating…
Megan Washington at 84? I thought she’d get much higher…
Number 82. This is the music you tighten up to!…
Number 76. Ah, so that Kings of Leon song is named Radioactive. No wonder it makes me nauseous…
Ah Rosie Beaton! My long-time radio crush! Yey! 🙂
Number 74: I’ve always wondered what would happen if you put Tame Impala in a room with Leader Cheetah…
Number 71: Gypsy and the Cat have now popped up twice. No Jona Vark yet though…
Number 64: Ah! There it is. Should have got much higher if you ask me…
You know, there have been no songs yet that I really really hate? Interesting…
Number 56: Bring Night only got 56? What’s wrong with you people?!…
Ambling Alp at number 51. That takes the total-so-far of songs I voted for to 4…
Number 42: Gorillaz! Yey! (there were also at 78, just for the record)…
Number 36: Chiddy Bang! And they’re pretty much amazing!…
Number 31: Bloodbuzz Ohio by the National. So much for no songs I hate…
Did I mention that my prediction for number one is Cee Lo Green?..
Number 22: The counter-curse is “Unjellify”…
Number 15: Never thought I’d see the day that Barbara Streisand got into the Hottest 100. Well, live and learn…
Number 11:I also never thought the ABC News Theme would get a look in. Awesome!!…
Number 10: And now Boy George. Curiouser and curiouser…
Number 7: SEVEN!? Cee Lo only got number SEVEN!? Wow! Wonder what piece of crap took number one then?..
Number 5: Crowded House at five. Sort of :)…
Number 3: Ou Est Le Swimming Pool. It’s a great song, but I can’t help but wonder if it’s ranked so high due to sympathy votes…
And Number One….. Big Jet Plane by Angus and Julia Stone. Well, I certainly didn’t see that coming. But then it did win song of the year at the ARIAs, so I suppose it’s not that surprising.
OK, I’m out of here. More nuanced analysis will appear later (maybe :D)
