Hottest 100 Votes of the Past

2010-12-19

As it comes once again to Hottest 100 voting time, this year I think I am unqualified to vote. Having been overseas for 6 months, I have not been keeping up with the music released in Australia and popular post-June. On the other hand I am happy that the list this year will provide me with lots of new music to listen to. But before I start to look at what I am going to vote for, I wanted to look back on what I voted for in the past. The first time I voted was in 2003, and my pick for number 1 was "I Love Work" although I was happy enough with Seven Nation Army and Hey Ya taking out the top 2 spots. In that year I didn't even use up the full 10 votes you are allowed, I think I only used 7. In years after that I took it much more seriously and always used my ten votes carefully.

So I am going to try and find copies of my lists from past years, although this could prove an impossible task. I posted my votes somewhere each year, but 6 years ago was before Facebook and the posts from my Myspace account are long since deleted. I will update this post then with my past votes as I find them (if I find them).

2009

• Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
• Flight Of The Conchords - Hurt Feelings
• Middle East, The - The Darkest Side
• Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
• Muse - Uprising
• NOFX - Creeping Out Sara
• Paul Dempsey - Out The Airlock
• Phoenix - Lisztomania
• Temper Trap, The - Fader
• Washington - How To Tame Lions

2009 - All Time

This is the 10 songs that I voted for in the Hottest 100 of all time. It's a fairly modern list, and not necessarily the greatest songs of time, but the one's that I felt deserved my vote at the time.

• The Chariot - The Cat Empire
• The Nosebleed Section - Hilltop Hoods
• Who's Gonna Save Us? - The Living End
• No Aphrodisiac - The Whitlams
• Butterflies And Hurricanes - Muse
• Hey (Live A Version) - Eskimo Joe
• The Special Two - Missy Higgins
• So Beautiful - Pete Murray
• The Widow - The Mars Volta
• The Shake - Kisschasy

Also, here are just some of the MANY songs that didn't quite make the 10:

• Life On Mars? - David Bowie
• Paranoid Android - Radiohead
• Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
• Hey Ya! - Outkast
• Love Your Way - Powderfinger
• Jacqueline - Franz Ferdinand
• Life Being What It Is - Kaki King
• Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
• Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols
• Float On - Modest Mouse
• Memory Lane - Elliot Smith
• Glamourous Indie Rock & Roll - The Killers
• Taper Jean Girl - Kings of Leon
• When Doves Cry / Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Like A Version) - Damien Rice
• I Love Work - Butterfingers
• New Slang - The Shins
• Bow River - Cold Chisel
• Tribute - Tenacious D
• Don't You Think It's Time - Bob Evans
• The Zephyr Song - Red Hot Chili Peppers

2007

• Powderfinger - Black Tears
• Dead Letter Circus - Disconnect And Apply
• Eskimo Joe - Hey (Live)
• Muse - Knights of Cydonia
• Cat Empire - No Longer There
• Hilltop Hoods - Recapturing The Vibe (Restrung)
• Silverchair - Reflections Of A Sound
• Kisschasy - Strings And Drums
• Josh Pyke - Vibrations In Air
• Missy Higgins - Warm Whispers

2006

• 'Til The End - The Living End Have to vote for Living End of course. They have had a song in the countdown since 1997. They were awesome live! Chose this song over Long Live The Weekend and Wake Up, also good songs.
• This Bed - Kisschasy There albulm actually came out like 2 years ago now I think, but anyway. It was in the list of songs you can vote for so why not. The shake was also on the list, but this is better.
• Call Me Anytime - The Cops Only just came out, so haven't given it a chance to get annoying yet, but so far I still love it.
• Don't You Think It's Time - Bob Evans This song sounds really nice, even if the Harmonica riff is a rip-off of a Billy Joel song. ALMOST voted for Nowhere Without You instead, another great song.
• Changing Emily - Special Patrol I really have no idea why I like this song. I just do.
• Distance - Ellington This vote is kinda a waste, cause they have no chance of getting in the list. But I love this song. It's Rohan's cousins band (he told me to download). There other EP songs are good too, but not as good as distance.
• Starlight - Muse
• Black Fingernails, Red Wine - Eskimo Joe Hmm, not there best album. But the chorus still makes this a good catchy song.
• Here It Goes Again - OK Go Perhaps not the greatest song in the world, but the video clip more than compensates for any doubt in whether it should get a vote.
• When You Were Young - The Killers Despite the fact that it was on Sarah's So Fresh CD, this is still a good song.

Honourable Mentions.......

• One Crowded Hour - Augie March
• Get Up Outta The Dirt - Butterfingers
• Wasting My Time - The Dirty Secrets
• Tonight! (There's A Party Going Down) - Dallas Crane
• The Others - Dukes Of Windsor
• Hearts A Mess - Gotye
• The Hard Road - Hilltop Hoods
• Bodies - Little Birdy
• Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
• Tell Me Baby - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Slide In Next To Me - Red Riders
• I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters
• Liar (It Takes One To Know One) - Taking Back Sunday