Hottest 100

[Godz Illa]

I'm inclined to agree with c_eagle's appraisal. Ghey all the way.

 

[Alex28]

Please...tell me exactly how Triple J are like Triple M or 2Day FM or even Nova? I can't imagine I'd be hearing Sufjan Stevens or Okkervil River or Iron & Wine on commercial radio...

 

[Alex28]

In fact, this sh*t pisses me off so much I went and had a look at what the commercial stations are playing compared to Triple J:

Nova - http://www.nova969.com.au/music/MUS_nova_playlist.aspx - this playlist is awful - nothing even close to Triple J.

Triple M - don't have a playlist, however they are pushing concerts by Coldplay and Bernard Fanning. Now whilst Triple J do play these artists, it is pretty well known that they play more Cold Chisel and Bon Jovi than anything else. So whilst you can compare Triple M to Triple J - wouldn't you say that Triple M has changed to be closer to Triple J (Coldplay and Powderfinger were played by Triple J well before Triple M jumped on the bandwagon...)

2Day FM - don't have a playlist, but given they are pushing concerts by Backstreet Boys, Rob Thomas and Kylie Minogue, it's fair to say that Triple J is nothing like this station...

Triple J - Here is the current hitlist:

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music/hitlist_artist.htm

The Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good...
Youth Group - Forever Young
Love Outside Andromeda - Bound By Hurt Dissolved
Mattafix - Big City Life
London Elektricity - The Strangest Secret...
Coldcut - Everything Is Under...
Cat Power - The Greatest
Bertie Blackman - Television
Datarock - Fa-Fa-Fa
Pharrell Williams - Can I Have It Like That
The Morning After Girls - Shadows Evolve
The Strokes - Juicebox
The Golden Age - Dirty Bird
Wolf Parade - Grounds For Divorce
Infadels - Jagger 67

No doubt the other stations are playing The Strokes - I mean thats a guaranteed hit. They will be playing Arctic Monkeys soon - they are gonna be huge. Youth Group will be on soon, as they will play whatever is played on The OC the week after it's been on. Can't imagine much of The Morning After Girl's will be played...

People who call Triple J commercial are just talking out of their arse and have no tolerance for music they don't like being played. They also have no idea how many genre's and how big an area the station has to cover.

 

[choc_soldier]

Nova usually will start playing stuff that has become popular on the J's... I have heard them play Lior, Faker and The Bloc Party, amongst others.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Triple J dictate what the commerial stations play to some extent. You hear on commerial what was played on JJJ three months prior.

Also how is JJJ a sell out? For playing more Australian music than any other station? Playing live sets every week? Unearthing new bands?

Sure they play a little too music Aussie hip hop at the moment, but I can't stand anymore than 2 minutes of commerial FM after listening to JJJ.

And they have Ross and Terri coming back next week!

 

[choc_soldier]

My picks:

All The Young Facists - Shihad
Forget Myself - Elbow
E Talking - Soulwax
Juicebox - Strokes
No Way Back - Foo Fighters
Fa-Fa-Fa - Datarock
Stuff & Nonsense - Missy Higgins
Wishbone - Architecture In Helsinki
In Denial - End Of Fashion
Radio Kill - 67 Special

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

I was going to go E Talking, but ended up going NY Excuse instead. Fa Fa Fa is cool, but Camp Computer Love is wicked.

 

[raiders_lover_18]

My voting is really slow.. really really slow? anyone experiencing this problem?

 

[raiders_lover_18]

seemed to be working today...

here are my votes:

Never Meant To Fail - Alex Lloyd
Outside 109 - British India
Run - Cog
Message - Grates
I Was Only 19 - Herd
Forget To Remember - Mudvayne
Are You The One? - Presets
Oh Yeah - Subways
Dont Go To Sleep - Vasco Era
Dimension - Wolfmother

 

[HevyDevy]

:lol:

Sacrilege!!! How dare I insult the beloved Triple J!!

I don't believe either myself or Sydraider ever compared the Js to Triple M, 2Day or Nova, we merely stated that it was far more commercial than it used to be and also happens to be crap. Less crap perhaps than other stations but still crap.

Now let's sit back and await the coming flood ...

 

[Godz Illa]

Bravo Alex28 on a sequence of excellent posts, but the following paragraph was easily the pick of the bunch, and well worth repeating:

People who call Triple J commercial are just talking out of their arse and have no tolerance for music they don't like being played.

Cynicism = rectal cranial inversion

 

[Alex28]

please...if you are calling Triple J a "commercial station" you are then comparing them to all other commercial stations and their playlists. so if you aren't comparing Triple J to Nova, or Triple M, or 2Day FM (or insert the relevant Austereo station), then who are you comparing them to?

Or do you just like bagging Triple J for the sake of bagging Triple J with no real basis?

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

I voted a few days ago, but i vaguely remember voting for: (In no order)

Bloc Party - Positive Tension
Ween - Gabrielle
Editors - Munich
MC Lars - Mr Raven
Kings Of Leon - King Of The Rodeo
The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing - Thrills
It's 5! - Architecture In Helsinki

 

[blackfriday]

triple j used to be good and i listened to it all the time. then adam and wil left, now the chaser boys are gone so ive got nothing left to listen to. you realise how repetitive the playlist is when you have no entertainment in between the tracks.

Luno - Bloc Party
An Honest Mistake - Bravery
Lounger - Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Spongebob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy - Flaming Lips
Best Of You - Foo Fighters
Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
Fast Girl - Gyroscope
Wonders Never Cease - Morcheeba
Doctor Pressure - Mylo Vs Miami Sound Machine

 

[CC_Eagle]

All The Young... - Shihad
Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave
Epro - Beck
Landed - Ben Folds
The Time - British India
My Enemy - Cog
No Way Back - Foo Fighters
Love Everybody - Presidents Of The United States Of America
Dimension - Wolfmother
Tales From The Forest Of The Gnomes - Wolfmother

 

[HevyDevy]

please...if you are calling Triple J a "commercial station" you are then comparing them to all other commercial stations and their playlists. so if you aren't comparing Triple J to Nova, or Triple M, or 2Day FM (or insert the relevant Austereo station), then who are you comparing them to?

Or do you just like bagging Triple J for the sake of bagging Triple J with no real basis?

Do you praise Triple J for the sake of praising Triple J with no real basis?

 

[sydraider]

All you have to do to find jjj pretentious is to talk to their fan base!
They are so proud of being fans of so called indy bands that are signed to major labels.
Pretty much, if you are a jjj listener you like bands that have actually had their songs recorded but never played outside the domain of the annandale or hombake, if they are international bands, then its big day out!
To be a jjj fan means, you must be particular, must sound like sh*t, must have artist who couldnt even play with themselves, on top of that dress like sh*t!
Its the 90's stigma that has crept over with jjj fans and they are holier than though than the rest of the music fraternity.

What that means is, If you dont listen to the bands/artist that are on jjj then you dont know what you are talking about!

 

[sydraider]

LONG LIVE METAL! We were underground way before you jjj f**ks thought of the concept!

 

[Bomber]

Technically, hasn't every band that's ever recorded a song with a record company "sold out"?

Wonder what the JJJ people think about that?

 

[c_eagle]

At the end of the day, Metal is a really awful genre. It doesn't matter what angle you look at it from.