Well, this is a pretty awesome list. My highlights:
- Nirvana takes out #1 with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and gets three songs in the top 100
- Radiohead and Jeff Buckley get four songs in there each.
- Hilltop Hoods make #17 with the Nosebleed section.
- And RATM get #2 position with “Killing in the Name of”
- Quite a few Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam tracks
- It pretty much confirms that the 90′s was a high-point in awesome music!
Here’s the breakdown from the Triple J site:
* 1. * Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
* 2. * Rage Against the Machine – Killing In The Name
* 3. * Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
* 4. * Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
* 5. * Radiohead – Paranoid Android
* 6. * Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
* 7. * Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
* 8. * Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
* 9. * Foo Fighters – Everlong
* 10. * Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
* 11. * John Lennon – Imagine
* 12. * Oasis – Wonderwall
* 13. * Radiohead – Creep
* 14. * The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
* 15. * Radiohead – Karma Police
* 16. * Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
* 17. * Hilltop Hoods – The Nosebleed Section
* 18. * Muse – Knights Of Cydonia
* 19. * Metallica – One
* 20. * White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
* 21. * Powderfinger – These Days
* 22. * Massive Attack – Teardrop
* 23. * Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me
* 24. * The Beatles – A Day in the Life
* 25. * Pearl Jam – Alive
* 26. * Michael Jackson – Thriller
* 27. * Powderfinger – My Happiness
* 28. * Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
* 29. * Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
* 30. * Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
* 31. * Metallica – Enter Sandman
* 32. * New Order – Blue Monday
* 33. * Silverchair – Tomorrow
* 34. * The Living End – Prisoner Of Society
* 35. * Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
* 36. * Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms
* 37. * Tool – Stinkfist
* 38. * The Killers – Mr Brightside
* 39. * Pearl Jam – Better Man
* 40. * Nirvana – Come As You Are
* 41. * Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
* 42. * Bloc Party – Banquet
* 43. * The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
* 44. * The Beatles – Hey Jude
* 45. * Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
* 46. * Faith No More – Epic
* 47. * John Butler Trio – Betterman
* 48. * Beastie Boys – Sabotage
* 49. * Guns ‘N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
* 50. * Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
* 51. * Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
* 52. * You Am I – Berlin Chair
* 53. * Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
* 54. * The Cure – Close To Me
* 55. * Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
* 56. * Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should Have Come Over
* 57. * Tool – Forty Six & 2
* 58. * Daft Punk – Around The World
* 59. * Augie March – One Crowded Hour
* 60. * Johnny Cash – Hurt
* 61. * Blur – Song 2
* 62. * Nine Inch Nails – Closer
* 63. * AC/DC – Thunderstruck
* 64. * Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
* 65. * Underworld – Born Slippy
* 66. * Elton John – Tiny Dancer
* 67. * Ben Folds Five – Brick
* 68. * Blink 182 – Dammit
* 69. * Jeff Buckley – Grace
* 70. * The Prodigy – Breathe
* 71. * The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
* 72. * The Shins – New Slang
* 73. * The Clash – London Calling
* 74. * Nirvana – Lithium
* 75. * Green Day – Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
* 76. * The Stone Roses – Fools Gold
* 77. * Gotye – Hearts A Mess
* 78. * Smashing Pumpkins – Today
* 79. * David Bowie – Life on Mars
* 80. * The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
* 81. * Pulp – Common People
* 82. * System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
* 83. * Placebo – Every You Every Me
* 84. * Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry
* 85. * The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
* 86. * The Beatles – Come Together
* 87. * Coldplay – Yellow
* 88. * The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
* 89. * Rage Against the Machine – Bulls On Parade
* 90. * Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
* 91. * AC/DC – Back In Black
* 92. * Bon Iver – Skinny Love
* 93. * Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
* 94. * Modest Mouse – Float On
* 95. * Stevie Wonder – Superstition
* 96. * Daft Punk – One More Time
* 97. * Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
* 98. * Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
* 99. * TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
* 100. * Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
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3 comments
jimmy says:
July 17, 2009 at 3:28 pm (UTC 10 )
this is a good list.
triple j listeners are good people.
word.
psychodougie says:
July 27, 2009 at 2:58 pm (UTC 10 )
i take it It pretty much confirms that the 90’s was a high-point in awesome music! is tongue-in-cheek?
it was a fun exercise, but i don’t know why they had to have the stupid title of ‘best of all time’ – maybe best of the 90′s, or fave songs of people who were teenagers in the 90′s – but best of all time?
the more i think about the poll the stupider it seems.
and as for smashing pumpkins – most overrated band of all time. guns and roses without the hair.
Mark says:
August 4, 2009 at 11:05 am (UTC 10 )
hahaha…. dude, come on you know the 90′s rocked. I know it’s cool and all to reminisce about the good old days before we were born. but hey, I’m running with the 90′s.
but I’m sure you’re right. It’s a little bizarre to claim an all-time music high. Mozart would find it a little unfair I’m sure.
re: pumpkins. totally disagree. Siamese Dream rocked out, even if Melacholy went a bit downhill. though I’ll admit that 1979 was a highly overrated song. it should have never made the album!