Continuing as I am with updating the Wyrmlog with all the things that were missed for the last almost-year of down time, we come to my votes in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019.
There was actually some really good music in 2019. I’d actually say it was one of the best years since 2010, which is the last year I can recall having trouble paring down my list of songs to just ten votes. I ended up with a shortlist of eleven this time round, but since the previous almost-decade had me scrabbling to come up with ten decent songs, that’s not all at bad.
Posting my votes months after the actual countdown also gives me the advantage of being able to note where they came in the Hottest 100 – or indeed the Hottest 200, since that’s a regular thing now. Of course some of them didn’t come in at all because [people have no taste in decent music these days|I’m old and no longer with it] (delete as necessary).
So here we go…
Alex Lahey – Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself
Came in at 117 which is dumb because it features the best saxophone content of the year.
Tones And I – Johnny Run Away
Came in at 26.
Cry Club – DFTM
Would have expected this to do better, but it didn’t get in at all.
Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
I felt like a terrible cliche voting for this, but it came in at number 1, so who am I to argue?
Grimes — So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth
Didn’t get in, clearly too subtle for the common palate
Lana Del Rey — The Greatest
Indulgent and Beatlesque but I can’t help liking it. Got in at 157.
Of Monsters and Men – Alligator
Nowhere to be seen despite being an absolute banger. Everyone who didn’t vote for it should be eaten by a gharial!
SOAK — Deja Vu
No sign of this one which is simply criminal.
Vampire Weekend — Harmony Hall
My second favourite song of the entire year. Placed at 109.
Peking Duk — Ur Eyez {Ft. Al Wright}
My absolute favourite song of the year! It didn’t show up at all conclusively proving that the youth of Australia have lost their way.
And finally the song that would have been my number 11 if they let us have a number 11…
The Naked and Famous – Sunseeker
Didn’t get in. People are dumb.
That’s it. I’ll see you in January for more complaining about the young people.
