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Triple J Hottest 100 Part 10 to 1

ID Song Comment The Call
10 HilltopHoods – ‘I Love It’ (Ft. Sia) Called it for one later than it appeared. 9: That indistinguishably similar Australian hiphop sound which wasn’t the popular one
9 @TheJezabels – ‘Endless Summer’ (Cure x Nirvana)^Souixe and the Banshees
8 360 (@3ree6ixty) – ‘Boys Like You (Ft. Gossling)’ Gorrillaz + Hilltop Hoods * BlueJuice. I think it might be a bit derivative 9: That indistinguishably similar Australian hiphop sound which wasn’t the popular one
7 San Cisco (@SanCiscoMusic) – ‘Awkward’ Damn. Someone in the party voted for this – can’t get the nobody knows score on this one. 6 or 7: A band nobody in the room recognises. Everyone feels that little bit older. Somebody makes a “Get orf my lawn comment and means it”
6 @LanaDelRey – ‘Video Games Urgh to go all toasters in the bath. Hide the sharp objects again. 8: Something stonerish and so painfully slow, that Wolfmother seems preferable.
5 M83 – ‘Midnight City’ I seem to have this one right. It’s quite nice work, but it does feel like the end of the electronic music selection 5: The last electronic song of the count down. The drum and bass members of the party realise they can go home, but they’re giving a lift to the guitar band fan so they have to stick around.
4 @BoyAndBear – ‘Feeding Line’ 5 piece indie guitar band. Close :) 4: Guitars, three piece, drummer and gimmick.
3 @Matt_Corby – ‘Brother’ 3: A band being given the TripleJ push. Critically acclaimed, and no discernable record sales.
2 TheBlackKeys – ‘Lonely Boy’ Yes, well, now let’s see what takes the prize shall we? 2: The actual winner, with iTunes sales and CD purchases included.
1 Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know (Ft. Kimbra)’ Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You as interpreted by Sting, which closes me out with a double – the 1 pick plus the Kimbra four pack 1: Goyte. Something really slow, downbeat and depressing so the entire TripleJ nation feels bad about themselves

 

Join us again next year, when more than 71 artists will be in the Top 100.

Triple J Hottest 100 Part 20-11

20-10: Songs that legitimately won Top 10 placings but who aren’t in the spirit of the music direction of 2012 Triple J.  This are the tracks that will get you to cough up for the Triple J Hottest 100 CD (despite your resolve to never buy it again after last year)

 

id song comment
20 Bluejuice (@thisisbluejuice) – ‘Act Yr Age’ Given I thought Bluejuice was a parody act from their first single "Broken Leg", I’m not actually surprised they’ve reappeared. IT’s like a summary of guitar riff msuic from the Rolling Stones to The Police.
19 #19 Nero (@NeroUK) – ‘Promises’ #Hottest100 Rome’s on fire. Nero takes the floor. The "Last Dubstep for 1000 miles" sign looks like it’s about to light up
18 @TheWombats – ‘Jump Into The Fog’ Wombats close up a fourth…I start to think that maybe I should have called the 4 from 5 higher up the card.
17 Seeker Lover Keeper (@seeklovekeep) – ‘Even Though I’m A Woman’ Another double, and a keyboard depreess-a-thon forthcoming not-quite a love song, not quite a toasters in the bath. Still, switch to blunt objects for a bit.
16 Grouplove – ‘Tongue Tied It’s a bit like a diet Wombats, with a bit of chorus lifted from MGMT/Foster the People playbook.
15 FosterThePeople – ‘Helena Beat’ Foster the People appear. Yup, the prediction that this going to be the song set that gets people to buy the TripleJ albums is loooking strong. Still, thinking this might be the apology for Pumped Up Kick ending up at 33
14 @FosterThePeople – ‘Call It What You Want’ Foster the People continue. Even they seem embarassed. Although this is the better of the two tracks, it’s sort of bonus payment for getting the cover version in the list higher than the original
13 Florence + The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’ Must not comment on all songs of this genre with "Where’s the drop?" Also, three-peat for the Machine and Florence
12 Architecture In Helsinki (@aihmusic) – ‘Contact High Best described as the filler track that lets everyone get ready for the top 10,
11 @CalvinHarris – ‘Feel So Close’ Starting to get a real sense of middle of the road music with this track. Enough beat for a dance floor, room for a remix, but lacking any punch. Big beats to give it the recognisable hook for onsale to a television commercial

Addendum: The big call: 80-61: First of the Triple Play “Oh my god, will they get to 5 songs in the countdown?”. They won’t, but the fourth song won’t appear until the Top 20: Wombats just banked their fourth in the 18th spot.  Only the appearance of Kimbra can make this more accurate,.

Triple J Hottest 100 Part 29-20

30-20: They call the “Will they be in the charts again”? Now admittedly, I’d called it for the 80-100 bracket, but there they went with the line around the Kimbra track which was in the 100-81 bracket.

id song comment 29 Drapht – ‘Sing It (The Life Of Riley) Is this the Ring My [...]

Triple J Hostess Pies presents…

 

So I got distracted along the way to final 20.  Have an amazing Hostess Pie moment.

Triple J Hottest 100 The Longest Mile #43-30

Half the party is playing Tiny Towers. The other half doesn’t have phones that support Tiny Towers.

Two people down for the nap. One awakes enough to decry the #30. But that’s okay, just bounce.

40-21: Okay, so Kingsmill will never openly admit it, and after the year of the audit discovering significant discrepancy [...]