Our correspondent from the Love Den of Albion reminds us that it's Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time time again, with voting concluding midnight tonight AEST. The Jays haven't tried this stunt since 1998, which itself was their first attempt at running same since they shelved the '...Of All Time' concept on introducing the year-specific countdowns in 1993. Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit cleaned up in '98, as they had in the last of the All Timers before that in '91, proving that you don't need to have a recently dead lead singer to win the day, but it helps. Any money on MJ for a sentimental (if heavy on the mental) numero uno this time round?
The thing about the H100OAT is that unlike the yearly countdowns there's really no point in voting for what you think will win, because fuck knows who that'll be. The Gen Y nuff-nuffs are just as likely to band together and put MGMT or the fucking Ting Tings into first place as the elderlies of the 90s and the Double J era are to get their weathered old warhorses up the pointy end. Still I figure you can probably pencil in most of the same names from the '98 show into the '09 edition.
For the record, here's my shortlist. If 48 songs is a shortlist. It was interesting to see what stuff made the Jays' pre-culling regime (i.e. the songs available for voting upon) and what didn't. There were a bunch of songs - the Gurus' The Right Time, the Monarchs' 2001, the Hives' Main Offender - that I'd have voted for, or at least shortlisted, had they been there.Anyhoo here 'tis. Actual voted-fors bolded. Judge's decision is final, and all formal correspondence will be used as emergency bum fodder.
AC/DC - Back In Black
Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Ben Harper - Faded
Black Crowes, The - Remedy
Black Keys, The - Hard Row
Blur - On Your Own
Bomb the Bass - Bug Powder Dust
Breeders, The - Cannonball
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian like you
Datsuns, The - MF From Hell
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Elastica - Connection
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Foo Fighters - The One
Frank Zappa - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Fratellis, The - Chelsea Dagger
Frenzal Rhomb - Russell Crowe’s Band
Grinspoon - Ready 1
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Jimi Hendrix Experience, The - Red House
Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song
Living Colour - Love Rears Its Ugly Head
Living End, The - Prisoner Of Society
Midnight Oil - The Real Thing
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
Powderfinger - On My Mind
Presidents of United States of America, The - Naked And Famous
Primal Scream - Rocks
Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Radio Birdman - New Race
Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name
Regurgitator - Blubber Boy
Rolling Stones, The - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rose Tattoo - Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw
Scatterbrain - Don't Call Me Dude
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Shihad - Wait And See
Spiderbait - Buy Me A Pony
Stooges, The - Search And Destroy
The Easybeats - Good Times
TISM - Greg! The Stop Sign
Van Halen - Panama
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Vines, The - Outtathaway
White Stripes, The - Fell In Love With A Girl
Wolfmother - Woman
Yeah, bit of an emergent theme there I realise. Eleven IS one louder than ten, it's true.
Anyway bugger that. Let's sledge the Poms about being shit at rugby instead. Join me here at this morning's post for further discussion.
The Doctor is OUT.
