Triple J are running a poll for the hottest 100 songs of all time. I would really like to vote, if only for the chance to be in the winning for tickets to the Reading Festival in the UK. But I'm afraid I take these music polls way too seriously...
You can only vote for 10 songs. How is that possible? It would take me days to come up with all my favourite of favourites, let alone whittle it down to ten! But the other day I thought "just vote for any", I mean, what does it really matter. So I started a list of songs I would possibly vote for. I didn't get very far before I gave up completely.
So, here is a completely dodgy list that I may or may not use to vote for songs before the poll ends this weekend. I should note, that the list doesn't contain anything too recent, but it should, because songs like "Empire of the Sun's - Walking on a Dream" or "Little Birdie's - Brother", I think will definitely be on my list in years to come.
The Shins - New Slang or Gone for good
Prince - When doves cry or 7
INXS - Never Tear us apart
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Sinead O'connor - The Emporer's new clothes
Tori Amos - Cornflake girl
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury hill
Elliot smith - Waltz #2
ABBA - Super Trouper
David Bowie/Queen - Under pressure (and cover two artists with one song)
Bob Dylan - Lay lady lay
Radiohead - High and dry or Fake plastic trees
The Verve - Bittersweet symphony
U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Scar Tissue
Joni Mitchell - Both sides now
Ben Harper - Burn one down (or pick any random song from the Ben Harper collection)
Kate Bush - Running up that hill
Blondie - Atomic
Crowded House - Don't dream its over (or anything at all by Crowded House...)
Madonna - Like a prayer
Hoodoo Gurus - My girl
Hunters and Collectors - Throw your arms around me
Johnny Nash - I can see clearly now
Midnight Oil - Blue sky mine
Neil Diamond - Beautiful noise
Paul Kelly - To her door
Bee Gees - Spicks and specks
REM - What's the frequency, Kenneth? (or pick any random song from their collection)
Silverchair - Anthem for the year 2000
Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
The Church - Under the milk way
The Waifs - London Still
The Beach Boys - God only knows
Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my head or Did it again
Wendy Matthews - Day you went away
George Michael - Freedom 90
Blur - Boys and girls
Chirs Isaak - Wicked game
Nirvana - Come as you are
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
The Cranberries - Zombie
Fastball - The Way
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Alex Lloyd - Amazing
The Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
Damien Rice - Blower's daughter
Eskimo Joe - From the sea
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
The Pogues - Dirty old town
Gotye - Heart's a mess
Four Seasons - Oh what a night
Jebediah - Leaving Home
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Jack Johnson - Flake
Yeah, I won't be going to the Reading Festival.
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1000 votes for Violent Femmes! (1 out of 50 ain't bad). Off the top of my head I have to cry:
Patti Smith - Gloria (why she ever let Van have a go at it I'll never fathom)
Tom Waits - Ruby's arms
Nick Cave - Into my arms (and everything else)
I kinda like lists.
I can't believe we only have ONE in common! And to be completely controversial, I don't really like Nick Cave (although I do like Into in my arms).
Love lists.
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