Hottest 100 Votes of the Past

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Hottest 100

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