seeing in a mirror dimly

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

In July this year, Triple J will announce the Hottest 100 of All-Time! The last time they did this was back in 1998 (the good old days of music!) and Nirvana came out on top!  

Here’s the top-10 from the last All-Time Hottest 100 (flippin’ awesome collection of songs!):

1 Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit 
2 Hunters And Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me 
3 Pearl Jam – Alive 
4 Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye 
5 Radiohead – Creep 
6 Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven 
7 Metallica – One 
8 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 
9 Metallica – Enter Sandman 
10 Pearl Jam – Black 

But the question for you is: Who is going to take #1 this time round? 

I was really struck by this beautiful hymn at church this morning, and was so blown away by it, that I thought it absolutely necessary to blog it!

The author – Samuel Stone – wrote it in response to the unorthodox teachings of Bishop of Natal, South Africa – Bishop Colenso.  Now, what really blew me away was that I had recently been reading the history of the Anglican Church in SA from a great book, A Candle Burns in Africa which mentioned exactly this story of Bp. Colenso!

These 3rd and 5th verses really got me longing for the day when the Lord would put everything aright.  I hope they leap out at you too!

Though with scornful wonder

the world sees her oppressed,

by schisms rent asunder,

by heresies distressed,

yet saints their watch are keeping,

their cry goes up, “How long?”

and soon the night of weeping

shall be the morn of song.

Yet she on earth has union

with God the Three in One,

and mystic sweet communion

with those whose rest is won.

O happy ones and holy!

Lord, give to us the grace

like them, the meek and lowly,

in heaven to seek your face.

Have a listen to the song and you think about the lyrics:

http://media.songsandhymns.org/mp3/TheChurchsOneFoundation.mp3 

 

“I will build my church and the gates of Hell will not overcome it” – Jesus.  Matthew 16:18

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