Dave Graney: Hottest 100 Pt 2
DAVE GRANEY belatedly weighs in on triple j’s fiercely debated Hottest 100 Of All Time. Parts one (1-50) here.
51. Smashing Pumpkins: ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’
All time!
52. You Am I: ‘Berlin Chair’
I applaud any Australian act who has penetrated the mob skull this far. I love going to their gigs and the tension as the audience wants this song and the band try not to enjoy playing it. It’s got energy!
53. Pink Floyd: ‘Comfortably Numb’
Get out! More pretend-y stoner stuff from the accountants rock band of choice.
54. The Cure: ‘Close To Me’
The singer never got over puberty. Sad sack!
55. Bob Dylan: ‘Like A Rolling Stone’
Yes, it's almost worth all the bullshit talk about it.
56. Jeff Buckley: ‘Lover, You Should Have Come Over’ His third entry! Of all time!
57. Tool: ‘Forty Six & 2’
Great band name.
58. Daft Punk: ‘Around The World’
Not bad if you’re stoned or watching a sports show.
59. Augie March: ‘One Crowded Hour’
I applaud any Australian act who has penetrated the mob skull this far.
60. Johnny Cash: ‘Hurt’
I applaud all his early rockabilly and pop work. All of which shits on that awful late period creepy deathbed stuff.
61. Blur: ‘Song 2’
Why not?
62. Nine Inch Nails: ‘Closer’
Yeah, it’s nasty!
63. AC/DC: ‘Thunderstruck’
Rubbish! Bring back Bon!
64. Violent Femmes: ‘Blister in the Sun’
Too many songs about wanking. Leave it out!
65. Underworld: ‘Born Slippy’
Dopey drug shit.
66. Elton John: ‘Tiny Dancer’
Elton crap ouweighs the Elton good. Get him out of here.
67. Ben Folds Five: ‘Brick’
A triple j fave. Not real good, not real funny.
68. Blink 182: ‘Dammit’
Yankee punk. Lousy.
69. Jeff Buckley: ‘Grace’
Number four. Go away!
70. The Prodigy: ‘Breathe’
Yeah, they’re nasty too.
71. The Smiths: ‘How Soon Is Now?’
Their best song. Great Bo Diddley grooves. Where's Bo?
72. The Shins: ‘New Slang’
Never heard of them.
73. The Clash: ‘London Calling’
Not as funny as their best. Before Joe got his teeth fixed.
74. Nirvana: ‘Lithium’
Number three already.
75. Green Day: ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’
Nursery rhyme goofy shit.
76. The Stone Roses: ‘Fools Gold’
Yes. A real one-off classic.
77. Gotye: ‘Hearts A Mess’
I applaud any Australian act who has penetrated the mob skull this far.
78. Smashing Pumpkins: ‘Today’
They are not that charming really.
79. David Bowie: ‘Life on Mars’
I would have had five or six Bowie tracks. Can’t argue with this. “All time”, remember?
80. The Rolling Stones: ‘Paint It Black’
This is a weird one. The Brian Stones. Why not?
81. Pulp: ‘Common People’
Yeah, Jarvis is a cat. It’s got drama.
82. System Of A Down: ‘Chop Suey!’
No idea about this.
83. Placebo: ‘Every You Every Me’
Bad goth copy several generations later.
84. Bob Marley & The Wailers: ‘No Woman, No Cry’
A sentimental track, I would have gone for something more bouncy by The Wailers.
85. The Dandy Warhols: ‘Bohemian Like You’
Yeah, they’re groovers.
86. The Beatles: ‘Come Together’
Not bad. For the Beatles.
87. Coldplay: ‘Yellow’
Too big already.
88. The Rolling Stones: ‘Gimme Shelter’
Great chord sequence. Great vibe.
89. Rage Against the Machine: ‘Bulls On Parade’
They’ve already got a guernsey. Jersey for you NSW people.
90. Kings of Leon: ‘Sex on Fire’
Good subject and they look better since they dropped the fake beards.
91. AC/DC: ‘Back In Black’
No.
92. Bon Iver: ‘Skinny Love’
No. Yankee bearded woodcore sad sack. His girlfriend left him and he went to a cold barn. How lame a story is that?
93. Massive Attack: ‘Unfinished Sympathy’
Yes, a classic.
94. Modest Mouse: ‘Float On’
No. Mediocre Yankee schmindie pop. The Floaters had a hit called this. Every member of the band stepped forward to introduce himself and say what his starsign was. They're black though. No entry here!
95. Stevie Wonder: ‘Superstition’
A stone-cold classic – from the groove to the bass sound to the lyrics. Written for Jeff Beck, but so good Stevie had to do it himself.
96. Daft Punk: ‘One More Time’
Of all time?
97. Midnight Oil: ‘Beds Are Burning’
I applaud any Australian act who has penetrated the mob skull this far.
98. Led Zeppelin: ‘Kashmir’
Great drums and the mellotron. Of course!
99. TV on the Radio: ‘Wolf Like Me’
No.
100. Franz Ferdinand: ‘Take Me Out’
Yeah, they ripped off a lot of good people and sold it all over again.
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Dave Graney started to write songs in the post-punk period when ideology and self expression and mythology were all screwed up and meeting head on. He currently plies his trade in the Lurid Yellow Mist and recently released a solo album, Knock Yourself Out. His column appears monthly.
Good onya Dave.
101. flim flam
It's tenuous
It's deja-vu all over again.
This is genuinely funny.
This is a weird comment. In what universe is ''Paint It Black'' not going to appear in a top-whatever list? Why's it weird, Dave?
I get that some people care about Dave Graney, but I just don't think there's enough humour there, and you know, the stuff he doesn't know is quite surprising, and I just don't care whether he doesn't like TVOTR, or does like Massive Attack.
I'm not a Dave Graney fan, never have been, I still reckon it's amusing.
hmmm on Kashmir. Look ok Kashmir rocks but I don't gettit. Like stairway when Bonham kicks in and the drum stool is squeeking and he's pushing that baby down the road I still melt. shit fuck listening to the song or the guitar or the words, it's just that beat. Kashmir is good but it's tighter than stairway, man and the stairway fills fuck me!.
anyway fuck knows what I'm saying but ok stairway is the cliche of all times but well fuck I love dem drums. so I dunno about slagging stairway, yeah slag it, but those drums!
yeah and mellotron rules. so ramble on...
i agree with a bunch here
What an anti-climax.
chuckled at the tool thing. less shit than the first 50.
Only good bit. I laughed.
oh yeah that was great.
What's a Dave Graney? I cannot applaud any Australian act who has failed to penetrate the mob skull this far.
It's funny you should say that, I always thought he was from Sydney, until it was pointed out that he lived in Melbourne.
well no, we eagerly await untold/animals' response.
It isn't coming.
i love the way that every time he complains about no black artist representation one pops up straight under.
he's from Mt Gambier, originally. I guess that means Adelaide to us Eastern-staters.
Of all time!
I agree... I was expecting more whinging and moaning in this thread
not funny. not clever. not insightful. not anything
You are...
just more on kashmir and stairway..and enter blah blah for 20 paragrphs.
blah blah les paul blah double neck sg blah b;lah
ha ha ha.
OF ALL TIME!
nice work dave. forget the haters. its the internet! pointless lists are what this thing is invented for!
Awwww!
I like that Dave can't be bothered researching those he doesn't know.
so much for writing about australian music
It's a compilation released by ''Australia's Youth Broadcaster'', and a list voted for by Australians. It includes some Australian music.
Dave Graney loves applauding any Australian act who has penetrated the mob skull this far.
Funny stuff. The list is an absolute joke.
I think ben was referring to the comment Dave applied to each and every Australian song, hence not actually writing anything about australian music.
someone oughta fwd the H100 to mark prindle
yep.
also, if dave fancies himself a columnist for this fine publication, he'd better start learning how to use a fucking apostrophe.
pfft, some of these soundbites are gold. if it was someone less douchey writing this you'd all be all over it. c'mon...
GOLD, i say.
boner m. said 8 hours ago:
pfft, some of these soundbites are gold. if it was someone less douchey writing this you'd all be all over it. c'mon...
Yankee bearded woodcore sad sack.
GOLD, i say.
AGREED
yep, perfect.
yes.
Placebo - ''Bad goth copy several generations later''
Not entirely true but LOL
Once again, i love DG.
Yes, I was blake
Well, I'd be hardpressed to come up with anything more to say about the above-mentioned releases. They exist - fair enough.
''Yankee bearded woodcore sad sack. His girlfriend left him and he went to a cold barn. How lame a story is that?''
This is a big win.
Ha!
I know i'm late to the party but happy i found this list - it reminds me that critics generally aren't funny enough. Oi critics, loosen up! No one gives a shit if studied journalism at uni or you're trying to write a novel, just keep it real, eh?
these are really funny. nice to re-read. Woodcore stuff is still hilarious