Well it is coming up to that time of the year again, with voting beginning on New Years Day for what I believe is still the only countdown of its kind in the world. I have been regularly listening to this since 1996 (pre-Powderfinger domination ), personally I think it has gone down significantly. I don’t know I think that, it has just felt that the actual music quality has gone down over the years – or maybe it just my music taste – I don’t know.

Originally it was the 100 best songs of all time – voted by phone or mail I guess – what was the internet in 1989, now it is the 100 best songs for the year – voted by a funny thing called the internet – voting opens Jan 1 & other information here. Now I dont know about you but can you name the best 100 songs for the last year – is the list too long, looking back maybe not – there has been some songs I think are great in the bottom 50 – just last year Jesus of Suburbia (I reckon it was the longest song in the history of Hottest 100s). 2005 was the Wolfmother v Bernard Fanning fight with Bernard coming out on top of the countdown, but he only had 2 songs on the list whilst Wolfmother had 6 – 2 in the top 10.

I think we are having a party – and of course it luckily falls on the same day as a one day cricket game against England so we can watch the Aussie’s win that at the same time as listening to the Hottest 100 – although I hear there maybe some JTV stuff on ABC2 during the countdown?

Some of my Tips

• Living End – perennial visitors to the Hottest 100 – since entering the countdown in 1997 they haven’t missed a countdown and will definitely be getting a vote from me
• Wolfmother – again
• Bernard Fanning – again (2007 will be back to Powderfinger no doubt)
• Hill Top Hoods (The Hard Road – my tip for a top ten finish)
• Ben Lee
• The Audreys
• Youth Group
• Rouge Traders – shiver

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