There are many things in life that hold power over us. The genre of music we play dictating our pants choices. The alphabets we are familiar with limiting how we apply sauce. Children on too much sugar at a party. A commitment to reviewing every song that has ever made it into a triple j hottest 100. But as we near the half way point of 1999, the question we are faced with is- could our own ideas of ourselves be the most limiting thing of all? Or is it still the pants thing? SONGS COVERED: 60. V...
May 16, 2019•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 9
We're just humble heat farmers, slaving away to bring you that fresh, organic, quality heat you deserve in the form of the another 5 songs from triple J's hottest 100 of 1999 and our takes thereof. Come hump around at the adult's table where we talk cruise control rock, hocking CDs for beer and a new funk-based religion. It's a podcast just like mama used to make. SONGS COVERED: 65. Ben Harper - Burn to Shine 64. Frenzal Rhomb - We're Going Out Tonight 63. Jamiroquai - Canned Heat 62. Regurgitat...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 8
The number 69 entry of the 1999 hottest 100 and two songs with swears in the title? Oh, behave. Conspiracies about beloved TV journos? Very grrrrrr. Adopting endangered birds? YEAH BABY! How about the denial of absolute truth and death? Does that make you randy? It's the 90s. It's the 60s. It's the 60s in the 90s. This kind of thing is our bag, baby. SONGS COVERED: 70. Something for Kate - Whatever You Want 69. Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers Inc. 68. Powderfinger - Good Day Ray 67. Madonna - Beau...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 7
You wouldn't be able to tell from looking from outside a window, but we have a spring in our step as we continue through the 70s of triple js 1999 hottest 100. Some unexpected things are certainly keeping us on our toes- a far too familiar voice in a far too unfamiliar place, homages to glam rock, unearthing a trend your mum was surely all about and a surprisingly compelling conservation message. Can't you hear us pumping on YOUR podcast ap of choice? You can. And should. SONGS COVERED: 75. Frie...
Apr 25, 2019•57 min•Season 7Ep. 6
We're exiting the 80s in style: crashing cars, cancelling faves, cashing in on movie tie-ins, considering just how much nostalgia actually does rot your brain and of course, critiquing another tight five tracks from triple j's hottest 100 countdown of 1999. Geez, we even quote from an ACTUAL BOOK at one point here. Real content. No gimmicks. SONGS COVERED: 80. Moloko - Sing It Back 79. Moby - Bodyrock 78. The Cardigans - My Favourite Game 77. Funkstar Deluxe and Bob Marley - Sun is Shining 76. E...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 5
You know, attempting to cover off on every song that made it into every triple j hottest 100 countdown, it takes a lot of time. That's why we don't mess around. We get straight to it. We keep our conversations lean and to the point- and no episode better demonstrates that than this one. Ben Harper makes us question the merits of beat boxing. Custard allows us to examine reflexive irony and band identity. Skunkhour shows us how audience feedback can be a driving force for creative confidence. It'...
Apr 11, 2019•51 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Today, we bid farewell to the 90s of our last season of the 90s... does that make sense? Read it back. Anyway. We got some weird ones wriggling about in here, including two covers of famous 80s bands, a return of two alt-rock heroes of the decade and the debut of everybody's favourite straight-edge vegan DJ. Come with uuuuuussssssss. SONGS COVERED: 90. Rammstein - Stripped 89. Green Day - Nice Guys Finish Last 88. Moby - Run On 87. Placebo - You Don't Care About Us 86. Orgy - Blue Monday Theme M...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Forget about your normally great Gatsby and forget about your normally great podcast episode. We're taking it up a notch with spooky micro-genres, Men at Work sing-a-longs, more major breakthroughs in Andrew's literary career and a whole new set of metrics to judge music with. Dedicated to a great Australian and the great people of Perth. SONGS COVERED: 95. Public Image Ltd - The Order of Death (Blair Witch Mix) 94. Turnstyle - Spray Water on Your Stereo 93. Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 (XO) 92. Macy...
Mar 28, 2019•56 min•Season 7Ep. 2
If you want to go back to 1999. If you want to be a passenger for 100 hot takes on democratically-nominated songs. If you want to see if we have what it takes to make it in the literary or film worlds, even... good news. We're back, baby. This week, we take a ride through our old neighbourhood: Brisvegas, then to Perth, a quick detour to SoCal and then express to Finlay. Coming in hotter than Mark McGrath sunbathing on the beach. SONGS COVERED: 100. Powderfinger - Passenger 99. Eskimo Joe - Ruby...
Mar 21, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Some hot takes on the top ten songs of the 1998 triple j hottest 100 countdown in an episode laden with f words? That's what we're giving to you, baby. Uhuh Uhuh. SONGS COVERED 10. The Living End - Save the Day 9. You Am I - Heavy Heart 8. Powderfinger - The Day You Come 7. Jebediah - Harpoon 6. Regurgitator - ! (the Song Formerly Known As) 5. KoЯn - Got the Life 4. Hole - Celebrity Skin 3. Custard - Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) 2. Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You 1. The Offspri...
Dec 20, 2018•2 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Gun to your head, if you had to, like, had to, pick a podcast episode where five friends choose the songs they think should have been in the 1998 Hottest 100, no time to think, first thing that comes to mind - it's gotta be this one. Featuring the wonderful Elliot J O'Neill from the equally wonderful Simpsons Index Podcast. Plus we dive into hot takes from the editorial you. Theme Music by Sweet Potato (aka Wax Ecstatic) Editing and audio engineering by Adam Buncher LIKE HOTTEST 100S AND 1000S O...
Dec 06, 2018•1 hr 28 min•Season 6Ep. 19
On the outskirts of the top ten of the hottest 100 of 1998, there are still many undiscovered lands and customs. Punks with imaginary girlfriends. Subterranean interpretations of the torah. Sissy punk rockers turned serious songwriters. And walls of death. Always walls of death. We think this episode is VERY NICE. But we can handle criticism. SONGS COVERED 15. The Living End - Second Solution 14. Blink 182 - Josie 13. They Might Be Giants - Dr Worm 12. Ben Folds Five - Brick 11. U2 - The Sweetes...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 18
We have a lot of fun on this podcast, but sometimes the triple j hottest 100 reminds us of how rough it was back in 1998: cartoon children running wild over even the best of hip hop tracks, a rampant bass epidemic, impending banjo-related financial crises. We were really on a knife's edge- and perhaps we would have slipped if not for a couple of new wave time travellers (dun-dun). You get this will make sense once you've heard the ep, right? SONGS COVERED 20. Chef - Simultaneous 19. Wyclef Jean ...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 17
We smell giant robots and pizza wheels. We smell pub meals and percussion aliens. We smell some of the biggest songs of the whole 1998 hottest 100 and... some whose scent leave us a bit confused. Come hang around with us. SONGS COVERED 25. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic 24. Custard - Music is Crap 23. Massive Attack - Teardrop 22. Grinspoon - Black Friday 21. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy Theme Music by Sweet Potato (aka Wax Ecstatic) Editing and audio engineering by Adam Buncher LIKE HOTTEST 1...
Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Thank you for your order of this official Hottest 100s and 1000s merchandise! If you find anything unsatisfactory about your product, please contact us via a 5 star review. Please note it may take us several weeks to get back to you. CONTENTS: 3x sequential hits from a favourite frontman, 1x terrible idea for merch, 20x hot takes on songs from the triple j hottest 100 of 1998. Some assembly required. See instructions. SONGS COVERED 30. Cake - Never There 29. Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants Y...
Oct 11, 2018•53 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Our four digital champions once again face the digital challenges posed by the triple j hottest 100 of 1998 (only semi-digital at best); including keeping agony and irony fresh, fixing up some sartorial nomenclature and giving some Australian comedians tips on how they could cover a heartfelt Aussie classic. It's been one big week. SONGS COVERED 35. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 34. Bare Naked Ladies - One Week 33. Eskimo Joe - Sweater 32. Regurgitator - Black Bugs 31. Paul McDermott - Throw Yo...
Oct 04, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 14
@Hottest100s: I'm now hearing this meme that the top 40 of the 1998 triple j hottest 100 countdown features some really weird shit. @Hottest100s replying to @Hottest100s: Like, a "really probbo" Ben Folds cut, a song deliberately out to polarise the people of Australia, something hectic sad, A SKA SONG and literally 2 minutes taken from an Adam Sandler film. @Hottest100s replying to @Hottest100s: Guys. It's time for some game theory. SONGS COVERED: 40. Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped 39. Ad...
Sep 27, 2018•58 min•Season 6Ep. 13
It ain't just Harry anymore. Corgan, Manson, Molko- they're all wizards now in this show. But will your hosts fall for their illusions like the voting public of the 1998 Hottest 100 did? SONGS COVERED: 45. The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore 44. Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show 43. The Whitlams - Melbourne 42. Jebediah - Teflon 41. Placebo - Pure Morning Theme Music by Sweet Potato (aka Wax Ecstatic) Editing and audio engineering by Adam Buncher LIKE HOTTEST 100S AND 1000S ON FACEBOOK: hottest100san...
Sep 20, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Judging the hotness of democratically voted hits from 1998? Sure. Judging the hotness of entire nations? Now you're talking. We also lay down the cardboard for some break-dance battles, set fire to some surfboards and get way too wound up by some anxiety-rock. Yeah, but mostly we just get horny for Wales. SONGS COVERED: 50. RUN DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That 49. Hole - Malibu 48. Catatonia - Road Rage 47. Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution 46. Powderfinger - Don't Wanna Be Left Out Theme Music b...
Sep 13, 2018•51 min•Season 6Ep. 11
In a bitter, jaded world, it's an episode to make you believe again. Maybe our imaginary friends aren't so imaginary. Maybe we'll stay punk forever. Maybe life is worth living. Maybe all the songs in the triple j hottest 100 of 1998 really are connected in some cosmic way. And most importantly, maybe when our host says he's conducting some dangerous and elaborate stunt live in our studio he actually is and how dare you say otherwise. SONGS COVERED: 55. Radiohead - No Surprises 54. Frenzal Rhomb ...
Sep 06, 2018•59 min•Season 6Ep. 10
As is well documented, music was first created when our neanderthal fam noticed how good donking their mates on the noggin with large bones sounded (its no coincidence we use words like 'beat' and 'hits', after all). We pretty much clocked it then. When you get down to it, all music has been pretty much the same since, as we document with this episode- same ol instruments, same ol feels, even a few of the same ol bands. Feel free to have a listen anyway. As many times as you like. SONGS COVERED:...
Aug 30, 2018•51 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Just (dʒʌst), adj., adv. - what is morally right and fair / deserved or appropriate in the circumstances /simply; only; no more than. Cut /kʌt/, n. - the way or style in which something is cut / a result of cutting something And whether it's songs, samples, hair, shirts that may or may not be made of silk or tasty slices of critical discourse, this episode is cut from only the most just content slab around. Check it out now. SONGS COVERED: 65. You Am I - Rumble 64. Antenna - Come on Spring 63. F...
Aug 23, 2018•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 8
We dedicate this episode to the real star of the show: the 108 metre tall building-chomping lizard we all know and love. It's a celebration of everything he's done- the time he fought fascism in the Spanish civil war, his hard-line stance against advertising and, of course, his numerous musical cameos. This one's for you, big G. SONGS COVERED: 70. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 69. Pollyanna - Cinnamon Lip 68. The Dandy Warhols - Every Day Should Be a Ho...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 7
Everyone has a price, right? You dish out the right scrilla and you'll get a car with arms, you'll get to play as Deej in your favourite video game, you might even get us to stop making this podcast. But can you ever get your favourite 90s French house project to release more music? In solidarity with the French government, we dedicate this episode to that hope. SONGS COVERED: 75. Rob Zombie - Dragula 74. Foo Fighters - My Hero 73. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 72. Frenzal Rhomb - Mr C...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Gimme songs, gimme friends, gimme PEDAL TO THE METAL HIGH OCTANE MUSICAL DISCOURSE. Yeeheeeaaaaah. SONGS COVERED: 80. Babybird - Bad Old Man 79. Grinspoon - Don't Go Away 78. Fuel - Shimmer 77. Metallica - Fuel 76. Marcy Playground - Saint Joe on the School Bus Theme Music by Sweet Potato (aka Wax Ecstatic) Editing and audio engineering by Adam Buncher LIKE HOTTEST 100S AND 1000S ON FACEBOOK: hottest100sand1000s FOLLOW HOTTEST 100S AND 1000S ON TWITTER: @Hottest100s AND YOUR HOSTS: @AndrewM138 |...
Aug 02, 2018•56 min•Season 6Ep. 5
We're drawing a line on morality. Australian 90s bands that love each other? Goodies. The cast of Seinfeld? Baddies. Kangaroos? Goodies. One certain song we won't mention here but is in this episode? Maybe the biggest baddie of the season. Heck, we're probably baddies for this one too. SONGS COVERED: 85. Something for Kate - Harpoon 84. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) 83. Superjesus - Now and Then 82. Drugstore - El President 81. Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA Theme Music by Sweet ...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 4
ooooooo yeah, baby. We've been wanting to make this kind of episode for you for a looooong time. We've been saving our most sensual banter and horniest songs just for this kind of episode. I think you know what kind of episode this is. The kind that calls for those other headphones. You know the ones. Go ahead, slip those on. Let's get down to it. Right after we both input the right pairing codes. SONGS COVERED: 90. Chef - No Substitute 89. Garbage - Special 88. Pearl Jam - Wishlist 87. Garbage ...
Jul 19, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Alright, new season, new direction for communication: two-way, baby. In a bold and shamefully transparent strategy for more engagement, we're putting the call out on all kinds of things: Beck-fruit pairings, Godzilla, and who does the best cover versions and why is it Tom Jones? You know what to do. SONGS COVERED: 95. Beck - Tropicalia 94. Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect 93. Silverchair - Untitled 92. Space & Cerys Matthews - The Ballad of Tom Jones 91. Jebediah - Benedict Theme Music by Sweet P...
Jul 12, 2018•58 min•Season 6Ep. 2
They're back! Well, 3/4 of them anyway (and the replacement for the one missing is a pretty good stand in.) And although we start at the bottom of another hundo, there are still big songs and big things happening: we get David to Eurovision, we put black metal on the main stage at big day out, we write a hit heartwarming family film and yes, we dare to do the impressions nobody ever should. #season6 #1998 #freeAndrew #lockAndrewup SONGS COVERED: 100. Not From There - Sich Offnen 99. The Superjes...
Jul 05, 2018•58 min•Season 6Ep. 1
This is how the 1997 hottest 100 countdown ends- not with a bang, not with a whimper; but with lawsuits, woohoos, classifieds, whiskeys/vodkas/lagers/ciders and, most of all, songs that remind us of the good times. Allegedly. Still gargantuan, still iconic, still unmistakable. It's the second half of THE BIG TEN. SONGS COVERED: 5. Pauline Pantsdown - Back Door Man 4. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony 3. Chumbawumba - Tubthumping 2. Blur - Song 2 1. The Whitlams - No Aphrodisiac Theme Music by Swe...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 22
