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[RaiDK]

For those out of the loop, http://www.abc.net.a...time/countdown/

There's a stream somewhere on there if you're overseas and wanna listen.

Thoughts so far:
Sex on Fire is unbelievably overrated
Hearts a Mess at 77 was surprising but awesome

Edited by RaiDK, 08 July 2009 - 00:23.

[Alias]

I'm going to have a good laugh if we see any Astley in the top 20.

So far mostly good, except Kashmir should be higher than 97 and Sex on Fire should be completely banished.

Biggest music poll in the world, yeeeeeaaaaaaaah.

Edited by Alias, 08 July 2009 - 00:22.

[RaiDK]

Green Day - Good Riddance at 75.

Hopefully the only song of theirs we see today.

[NOPE]

Appalling, but I suppose I expected that.
as a fan of Kings of Leon, I can say Sex on Fire is NOT one of their best songs. I actually find it to be extremely boring.. I feel the same way about Float On - Modest Mouse, actually..
I also think it's rather upsetting that Daft Punk - One More Time ranked so low.
Hate on me if you like, but I always lol at the concept of Rage Against the Machine being on a list like this. They've always had a sort of "HAY LOOKIT US WE'RE *REBELS!*" feel IMO.

[Alias]

List thus far for those who can't be bothered to click the link:

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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

61-70 will begin airing in just under 4 hours.

General comments: Beds are Burning, Back in Black and Come Together should be higher, going to see a stack of The Cure soon, inb4 Smells Like Teen Spirit at #1.

Edited by Alias, 08 July 2009 - 02:10.

[Sgt. Nuker]

How in the bloody hell is Kashmir so far down that list? The same goes for Back in Black and...wait a tick....a Beatles' song that low?! o.O What gives? As for Bowie's Life on Mars, he had better hits, such as Rebel, Rebel and Space Oddity. Paint it Black should also be higher.

[Major Fuckup]

god why is System Of A Down on there they are terrible

[RaiDK]

Major Fuckup, on 8 Jul 2009, 14:28, said:

god why is System Of A Down on there they are terrible

Plus one. Anyone who thinks Choy Suey is in the top 100 best songs of all times is in need of a lobotomy.

I think it's cool to see some good songs in there, but at the same time worrying to see them so low on the list.

The next 10 were:
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

[Sgt. Nuker]

As much as I like Song 2, what's it doing at 61? I don't believe it deserves to be that high on the list. I'm surprised Elton John's Tiny Dancer only placed in the low 60's. I would've expected it to be in the 40's or 30's.

[Dauth]

Stairway to Heaven will be number 1.

[RaiDK]

I'd say it'll be Smells Like Teen Spirit in all honesty :-/

[Alias]

I'm surprised where Closer is, it was top 20 last time.

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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

Comments: Comfortably Numb, Like a Rolling Stone and Hurt should all be at least 20 places higher, too much Smashing Pumpkins.

Edited by Alias, 09 July 2009 - 01:32.

[Sgt. Nuker]

Johnny Cash should be up a bit higher, but "Hurt" wasn't his best. What's up with all of the Smashing Pumpkins stuff?

[Ion Cannon!]

RaiDK, on 9 Jul 2009, 2:01, said:

I'd say it'll be Smells Like Teen Spirit in all honesty :-/

Ugh horribly over-rated, heard it to many times...

[NOPE]

Around the World placed higher than One More Time? Oh, you're shitting me.
also, prodigy! Yey!

[RaiDK]

Hopefully the general voting populace agree with you.

Also for those who weren't listening, at 55 they started playing Never Gonna Give You Up, but went onto the real 55 at about a minute in.

The announcer afterwards tipped it for top 10

[Rich19]

RaiDK, on 9 Jul 2009, 3:38, said:

The announcer afterwards tipped it for top 10

I'd agree with that. This is a music poll on the internet, what do you expect?

[Alias]

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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

Continued.
Comments: Don't Dream It's Over and Hey Jude should be higher, good to see some John Butler Trio.

[Rich19]

Sweet Child O' Mine should be higher too.

[Wizard]

£5 says an MJ track is #1

[Alias]

Wizard, on 9 Jul 2009, 21:50, said:

£5 says an MJ track is #1

The voting concluded before Michael Jackson died, so I wouldn't be so sure about that.

[Wizard]

Oh well, buggered that idea then.

[Sgt. Nuker]

Rich19, on 9 Jul 2009, 7:40, said:

Sweet Child O' Mine should be higher too.

Actually, for once I agree with the masses where a song has placed. Sweet Child O' Mine is good, but the Beatles, Jackson, and Beach Boys did have better songs.

[RaiDK]

Banquet, while a good song, is one of those current songs that doesn't belong in the list IMO.

Either way, you honestly can't say it's better than Hey Jude.

Edit: Update:

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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

Edited by RaiDK, 11 July 2009 - 21:00.

[Alias]

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15. Karma Police - Radiohead
16. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
17. The Nosebleed Section - Hilltop Hoods
18. Knights of Cydonia - Muse
19. One - Metallica
20. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes