JJJ's Hottest 100 Of All Time

2009-07-12 by Aaron | 80 Comments
Australian radio station Triple J [JJJ] polled listeners for their favorite songs of all time. Over a half-million people voted, and the results have been published

Top 5:

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
3. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
4. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
5. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Full 100: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_01.htm

Tagged: Various Artists

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drasticaction74
July 13th 2009
1946 Comments


4 of these 5 songs are masterpieces. Too bad none of them won.

TheNewWhack
July 13th 2009
1660 Comments


3 might make my top 10.

TakeWarning
July 13th 2009
24 Comments


Hilltop Hoods at number 17 is a joke.

Jim
July 13th 2009
5110 Comments


idk man nosebleed section is pretty awesome

list is better than most, but i expected more aussie stuff tbh

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
July 13th 2009
22503 Comments


As much as I like The Hilltop Hoods, I agree that none of their songs should be that high. It is one of only a few glaring oddities.

Jim
July 13th 2009
5110 Comments


@davey. it was massive when it came out. a lot of j listeners loved it, although i do agree it is placed amongst some true classics.

disappointed it outranked any powderfinger

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
July 13th 2009
22503 Comments


Yeah, there was always going to be some Aussie stuff ranked higher than it probably should. I didn't think it would be the Hoods though. As always, I thought it would be 'My Happiness'.

I also thought Acca Dacca would do better considering the timing of their tickets going on sale.

As I saod on Dougie's list though, I really think the overal Top 100 list is very very good.



Spare
July 13th 2009
5567 Comments


list was ok. forgot to vote, but i doubt it would have made a difference. if anything, if my and my friends votes, paranoid android would have been higher.

Douchebag
July 13th 2009
3626 Comments


Smells like teen spirit may be over rated, but it's still an amazing song

Captain North
July 13th 2009
6793 Comments


^He's got a point. It's still possibly the best example of teenage angst ever put to record. Provides nostalgia for older people as well.

scyther
July 13th 2009
1606 Comments


Unconditional hatred eh, thats a new one.

cvlts
July 13th 2009
9944 Comments


i just hate grunge period... and thats sad cause i live in seattle lol

Aaron
July 13th 2009
686 Comments


SLTS is another one of those songs that's sadly become obsessed over because one of the parties involved in its writing has died. Sure it represents the time period of its release perfectly, but I doubt it'd be as high on the list if he hadn't gone the way of the dodo.

Spare
July 13th 2009
5567 Comments


it's almost like you don't realize how big that song was, even before kurt cobain died.

scyther
July 13th 2009
1606 Comments


Its probably that high because its basically the catchiest song ever written.

Captain North
July 13th 2009
6793 Comments


Yeah, Nirvana are seen as saints because Cobain topped himself, but that song was always massive.

Aaron
July 13th 2009
686 Comments


Pretty Fly For A White Guy was massive at it's release too.

It's almost like you don't realize how big that song was, even before kurt cobain died.

It's almost like I've got a developed alternating opinion to your own, that you can't accept.

Spare
July 13th 2009
5567 Comments


It's almost like I've got a developed alternating opinion to your own, that you can't accept.
nonono you're wroooongggggg

also did you correct my grammar in your quote?

Jim
July 13th 2009
5110 Comments


great article here on the results.

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-women-no-cry-hottest-misognyist-poll-of-all-time/


Soon after the list was finalised, the penny dropped over the Twitterverse that apart from a guest female vocal on Massive Attack’s trip-hop ballad Teardrop and Jeff Buckley singing like a whiny bitch, not one artist in the list for the ages was forced to sit down to pee.


But for my mind, all the talk about gender inequality on the Hottest 100 is a complete red-herring, diverting attention from the real result of the poll – which seems to be that in one fell swoop the once great bastion of all things progressive, exciting and alternative, Triple J have confirmed the rumour that the only thing that stands between them and mainstream rock stations like Triple M is the absence of an ad break.


interesting about the lack of female artists in the poll.

Spare
July 13th 2009
5567 Comments


apart from a guest female vocal on Massive Attack’s trip-hop ballad Teardrop and Jeff Buckley singing like a whiny bitch
this made me lol even though i'm a massive jeff buckley fanboy

Mendigo
July 13th 2009
2299 Comments


4 of these 5 songs are masterpieces. Too bad none of them won.

this is so true.

AliW1993
July 13th 2009
7511 Comments


Love all of these 2 may be in my top 5 ever.

The problem with SLTS isn't that it's overrated, it's an incredible song, it's just been horribly overplayed, to such an extent people have grown bored of it. Nevermind is one of my fav albums ever, but SLTS is one of my least fav songs on it basically cos I'm sick of hearing it.

IsItLuck?
Emeritus
July 13th 2009
4959 Comments


I'm shocked Tool - 46 and 2 is on there. It's not a bad song, but it's also not one of the best of all time.

lauriej
July 13th 2009
1713 Comments


what the hell, slts is no way the greatest song of all time
perhaps within grunge, but holy shit they should expand their minds

Titan50
July 13th 2009
4588 Comments


Heart Shaped Box is better than SLTS

Anyway, this is a pretty solid list.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 51, 53, 54, 60, 61, 62, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 98, 100

lol at 90

Also, Joy Divison have better songs

Mr_Coffee
July 13th 2009
631 Comments


Didn't expect to see Joy Division.

Titan50
July 13th 2009
4588 Comments


Am I wrong in supporting Everlong's position?

Also, Blur have better songs as well

Romulus
July 13th 2009
9117 Comments


Yeah too much Nirvana for me

BludgeonySteve
July 13th 2009
558 Comments


Let's all vote on the best of a subjective artform, yeah that's a good use of our time.

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 13th 2009
28407 Comments


youre face is subjective

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 13th 2009
28407 Comments


subjective to my fist. heh.

Shrapnel94
July 13th 2009
2213 Comments


Them Aussi's sure like their Buckley. Didnt really expect to see any Tool on here.

thebbqshrimp
July 13th 2009
1207 Comments


The fact that a Beatles song didn't appear until #24 is absolutely outrageous.

thebbqshrimp
July 13th 2009
1207 Comments


Way to take what I said and completely take it to an extreme. That is nowhere near what I'm saying.

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 13th 2009
28407 Comments


the beatles are a ripoff of radiohead

Shrapnel94
July 13th 2009
2213 Comments


ya i no rite

Aaron
July 13th 2009
686 Comments


Just because an artist WAS huge, doesn't mean people enjoy listening to them now.

thebbqshrimp
July 13th 2009
1207 Comments


WAS huge? The Beatles are still and forever will be huge. I'm not saying they're my favorite band or anything and I'm not saying that I listen to them all the time, because I definitely don't. However, they have undeniably written some of the greatest music of all time, and, in my opinion, they absolutely have AT LEAST one or two songs that deserve to be in the top 20 of any greatest songs countdown.

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 13th 2009
28407 Comments


Their bad. heh

Shrapnel94
July 13th 2009
2213 Comments


If all of this Beatles hating continues Im going to have to choke a bitch.

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
July 13th 2009
22503 Comments


I like Volkswagon Beetles.

Shrapnel94
July 13th 2009
2213 Comments


clever

thebbqshrimp
July 14th 2009
1207 Comments


Agreed, Shrapnel.

And djdorama... they're*

Douglas
July 14th 2009
9303 Comments


I'm still suprised that One made it to the top 20, I was expecting it to be there, but not in the top 20!

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


I think he means "their" bad as in it was the list maker's mistake for not including the beatles.

Douglas
July 14th 2009
9303 Comments


Well, it was over 500,000 Australian peoples "mistake" for not involving the Beatles, since it was a public vote.

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
July 14th 2009
22503 Comments


By the way, this list badly needs some sugar poured on it.

Aaron
July 14th 2009
686 Comments


WAS huge? The Beatles are still and forever will be huge. I'm not saying they're my favorite band or anything and I'm not saying that I listen to them all the time, because I definitely don't. However, they have undeniably written some of the greatest music of all time, and, in my opinion, they absolutely have AT LEAST one or two songs that deserve to be in the top 20 of any greatest songs countdown.


They aren't huge, they were. Past tense. They broke up. Two are dead. Etc.

Douchebag
July 14th 2009
3626 Comments


That it does DaveyBoy!

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


Def Leppard. Ew.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


love #2...

I believe Weird Al did a parody on #1

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnuHJZMdako

Douglas
July 14th 2009
9303 Comments


What Shrapnel said

thebbqshrimp
July 14th 2009
1207 Comments


Just because they're broken up and/or dead does not mean that they aren't huge. At the risk of sounding ridiculously lame, the music lives on forever. The Beatles' music will never go away and it will forever be popular. Kids in the generation below us and below them will know The Beatles.

So, once again, they ARE huge.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


who Def Leppard? when I joined sputnik, I rejoiced to see someone had even heard of Def Leppard!!

Aaron
July 14th 2009
686 Comments


Just because they're broken up and/or dead does not mean that they aren't huge.


Well it does if you understand the english language correctly.

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


I couldnt find any errors in his grammar.

thebbqshrimp
July 14th 2009
1207 Comments


I love how you insult my understanding of the English language in a grammatically poor sentence. (Not too bad, just missing a comma and a capitalization). Anywho, you clearly just chose to ignore the rest of my comment about how I'm speaking about the music and how the music will forever be huge and will forever live on and thus the band will forever be huge, so I'll just let it drop.

Aaron
July 14th 2009
686 Comments


Stop painting them as gods. They're just a band that wrote a bunch of songs that were immensely popular for a period, then they broke up and others released more relevant music.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


I believe his avatar concertedly points out that he's currently eating a shrimp in one hand and typing with his other.

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


Wow you guys really dont get it at all.

By "huge" bbq means that the artist is popular. If a band is listened to a lot, like the Beatles, then they are popular.

Seriously, what does grammar have to do with that.

Aaron
July 14th 2009
686 Comments


A half-million people disagree that they're still relevant.

thebbqshrimp
July 14th 2009
1207 Comments


Exactly, Shrapnel.

Also, there are very, VERY few bands (if any at all) that can unequivocally NOT cite The Beatles as an influence. They essentially changed the world (or came as close to doing so as any band ever has/will/can) with their music. If that doesn't put them up there in music-god status, then I don't know what will.

I'm not even that big of a fan of The Beatles. I'm simply speaking to the essentially objective facts of their influence/popularity/greatness.

And, Aaron... 500,000 is not that many people in the grand scheme of things.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


most popular band of all time, indubitably.

thebbqshrimp
July 14th 2009
1207 Comments


Pigletoothpet... indubitably is far and away my favorite word. Kudos.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


lol. Indubitably just seems pretenctious and philosophical is all

thebbqshrimp
July 14th 2009
1207 Comments


But it's just so fun to say out-loud!

"Mmm. Yes. Indubitably." (In a posh British accent, of course).

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


Well I guess that is just your opinion.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


Shrapnel, I swear I heard you say you like turtles somewhere... *off topic*

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


I remember that.

Considering that the conversation was about being off topic, it was pretty on topic. I think it was on a Brand New thread.

Piglet
July 14th 2009
8513 Comments


iunno, I swear it was on a review.

Shrapnel94
July 14th 2009
2213 Comments


Twas.

RandyfromPennywise
July 14th 2009
752 Comments


Full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J_Hottest_100 then go down to 2009.

No U2 was a surprise, I thought One was a certainty.

Aaron
July 14th 2009
686 Comments


Yeah I was suprised by that too.

kitsch
July 14th 2009
5117 Comments


thats like nirvanas worst song

kitsch
July 14th 2009
5117 Comments


fackin aussies

Meatplow
July 14th 2009
5523 Comments


not a bad list overall, considering its one of these fan voted things which ends up with everybody complaining.

Douglas
July 14th 2009
9303 Comments


You should read the threads under each song. There is a load of complaining there. aha

Meatplow
July 14th 2009
5523 Comments


I briefly glanced at it as I was reading though, can't please everyone.

At least this was a list I could agree with for the most part. :]

Douglas
July 14th 2009
9303 Comments


true that

Mendigo
July 14th 2009
2299 Comments


BEATLES-HATERZ GO DIE



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