TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100 OF ALL TIME

[brod]

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

[Bum Crack]

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

Billie Jean????? WTF?????????????????

[LMA]

Looking more like a Mix 102 top 100 after some of those last 10

[Leaping Lindner]

You might have been contemplating suicide after reading that LL.

I just acted bored instead.

[Leaping Lindner]

Looking more like a Mix 102 top 100 after some of those last 10

Maybe people voting thought it was Triple Mnot Triple J.
Beatles, Beach Boys, Wacko, Guns and Roses that is so not what Triple J is supposedly about.

[mick]

one thing is for sure after reading this thread opinions are like arseholes everyone's got one. elitist 3j sounding like bogan 3m what a **** tragedy

[Leaping Lindner]

one thing is for sure after reading this thread opinions are like arseholes everyone's got one. elitist 3j sounding like bogan 3m what a **** tragedy

It's not a matter of sounding elitist as you put it Mick, but Triple J was set up to provide an alternative to mainstream radio. This was why it was founded and funded initially back in 1975 (as double J) and the grounds on which it continues to be funded. Besides surely there are enough mainstream/commercial FM stations without Triple J adding to the pile.

[mick]

one thing is for sure after reading this thread opinions are like arseholes everyone's got one. elitist 3j sounding like bogan 3m what a **** tragedy

It's not a matter of sounding elitist as you put it Mick, but Triple J was set up to provide an alternative to mainstream radio. This was why it was founded and funded initially back in 1975 (as double J) and the grounds on which it continues to be funded. Besides surely there are enough mainstream/commercial FM stations without Triple J adding to the pile.

fair enough, but maybe it suggests that the listeners of 3j just happen to like the mainstream stuff (but are perhaps unwilling to admit publicallyto the fact) unfortunately voting for a a top 100 is a democratic process that doesn't always yield the result one wants or expects. Given the valid reasons for setting up 3j that you very eloquently explained even if something is mainstream i.e. popular, makes money etc. is it any less worthy for inclusion? Don't get me wrong I think the philosophy of promoting non-mainstream bands/performers is desirable, but what happens if the struggling band you listen to in a pub in St Kilda suddenly becomes hugely popular are they then excluded from the top 100? Maybe 3j should not indulge in what is a meaningless exercise a la mainstream radio?

[Q.]

Given the publicity I would have thought there would have been a large proportion of votes from people who don't listen much to JJJ (more mainstream), but wanted to vote anyway.

I didn't vote on principle, I think it's a stupid idea. Nevertheless I'm curious to see the results and ponder the variables that lead to its composition.

[silicone skyline]

one thing is for sure after reading this thread opinions are like arseholes everyone's got one. elitist 3j sounding like bogan 3m what a **** tragedy

It's not a matter of sounding elitist as you put it Mick, but Triple J was set up to provide an alternative to mainstream radio. This was why it was founded and funded initially back in 1975 (as double J) and the grounds on which it continues to be funded. Besides surely there are enough mainstream/commercial FM stations without Triple J adding to the pile.

fair enough, but maybe it suggests that the listeners of 3j just happen to like the mainstream stuff (but are perhaps unwilling to admit publicallyto the fact) unfortunately voting for a a top 100 is a democratic process that doesn't always yield the result one wants or expects. Given the valid reasons for setting up 3j that you very eloquently explained even if something is mainstream i.e. popular, makes money etc. is it any less worthy for inclusion? Don't get me wrong I think the philosophy of promoting non-mainstream bands/performers is desirable, but what happens if the struggling band you listen to in a pub in St Kilda suddenly becomes hugely popular are they then excluded from the top 100? Maybe 3j should not indulge in what is a meaningless exercise a la mainstream radio?

Sensational

[Dissident]

Great list
Some songs I love - some songs that changed my life, some songs that I don't like and some I can't listen to...

But I don't care - it's all music

Top 10 will include Alive and/or Black by Pearl Jam
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (unfortunately. don't like it at all)

Maybe Last Goodbye
Maybe a silverchair song, who knows.

[Dissident]

Noticed a few artists coming in with what I wouldn't consider a song even in their top 5.
Common though - that's the way it is.

[brod]

Noticed a few artists coming in with what I wouldn't consider a song even in their top 5.
Common though - that's the way it is.

Like who Diss?

[brod]

Keep bloody missing the first half an hour, cos I listen on the interent and turn on at 10am

[Dissident]

Blur, Song 2
Pearl Jam, Betterman
Faith No More, Epic
Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire (by virtue of the fact they don't HAVE five good songs )

I like Song 2, and Epic. Far better Blur and FNM songs though.
I have a massive Pearl Jam fan - though Betterman would be in my bottom 5% of songs of theirs.

[Q.]

No. 47 was 'Betterman' by John Butler Trio.

[Dissident]

It was - but the Pearl Jam song of the same name is too

[Q.]

Oops. I missed 38-40. Didn't realise Pearl Jam got in there.

[Dissident]

Big Metallica fan ...

..but Sandman isn't top 5 either

[Dissident]

No doubt that Master of Puppets will be in there.