Hottest 100s and 1000s

Hottest 100s and 1000s

Since 1993, the Hottest 100 has been the largest annual music poll in the world. Countless acts have graced the chart, from Dido to Depeche Mode. We're going to talk about all of them. Hottest 100s and 1000s is a Sydney-based podcast hosted by longtime friends Adam Buncher, Andrew McDonald, David James Young and Nathan Harrison. They look back at every Hottest 100; and every song that has been deemed hot enough to be a part of it over the course of 20+ years.

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April 26, 2024 121 mins

We were Hottest 100s and 1000s.

These are the final songs of the triple j hottest 100 of 2001.

We love you and we appreciate you.

Everything is good for you.

SONGS COVERED:

5. John Butler Trio - Betterman
4. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At?
3. System of a Down - Chop Suey!
2. Something for Kate - Monsters
1. Alex Lloyd - Amazing

Theme music by Sweet Potato (aka Wax Ecstatic)

LIKE HOTTEST 100S AND 1000S ON FA...

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We want some bands that end up farming.
We want some bands who know what's best.
We want an eagle that's unparalleled in comfort.
We want a song with the rock 1 preset.

We want an ep with some hot takes and some loooooooooooooooong... Tom Waits impressions and discussions on whether or not band names are good? Do we?

Featuring Jack R Reilly.

SONGS COVERED:


10. Cake - Short Skirt Long Jacket
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Very Coach Shirley Manson voice: Ok, let's go, bases loaded, we got five songs to go before we're in the top 10 of the Hottest 100 of 2001, let's act like a Tool time signature and MAKE IT COUNT! Just don't accidentally anger Tom Petty's ghost. I'm tellin' you, we're as strong as a gorilla - I think, there's really no way of knowin'. C'MON BABY, LET'S GO!

With special guest Elliot Jay O'Neill from the Simpsons Index

SONGS CO...

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There's no book for the kinds of things we cover in this episode. Complex feelings about your teenage self, snails, music criticism, NFTs, Al Pacino - where are the books on those things? 

But don't worry. We're all the experts you need. 

20. Weezer – Hash Pipe 
19. george – Special Ones 
18. Rage Against the Machine – Renegades of Funk 
17. Ben Folds – Rockin' the Suburbs 
16. 28 Days and Apollo 440 – Say What? 

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March 31, 2023 71 mins

In the podcast justice system, the songs of the triple j hottest 100 of 2001 are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the four voices you'll be hearing for the next hour or so, and the listeners who never plus 15 and always give us five stars. These are their stories.

Special guest stars Adam Buncher, Christopher Walken, Greta Thunberg and Dr Michael Morbius, the living vampire. It is, after all, still M...

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March 4, 2023 71 mins

Unlike Graham... listeners, we wouldn't lie to you. Yes, there's a lot happening here. There's kilts. There's cream. There's tabloids and tantrums. There's lesson on bagpipe etiquette. There's all kinds of machines and machine guns alike. But there's also some excellent takes on the songs of the 2001 triple j hottest 100.

We wouldn't lie to you.

 SONGS COVERED:

30. Machine Gun Fellatio – The Girl of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmar...

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February 23, 2023 69 mins

Awwww yeeaaaah. Who's ready for some adult contemporary comfort? Any fans of yoghurt in the house? Can I get a 'woop woop' from the gorls in the crowd? And put your hands up if you like horse tranquillizer and incestuous Beach Boys threesooooomes!

Hello? Is this thing on? 

SONGS COVERED:

35.   Dido - Thank You    
34    Eskimo Joe - Who Sold Her Out
33    James - Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)       
32    Pla...

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February 16, 2023 65 mins

This is evil Hottest 100s and 1000s, we want the Five Stars…you are surrounded.

Old friends and frenemies make their return, bringing drugs, anxiety, and bizarro flying evil versions of themselves. Jump into the river, and what do you see? That's right -  a mole.

(Recorded March, 2022)

SONGS COVERED:

40. U2 - Elevation (Tomb Raider Remix)

39. The Cruel Sea - Cocaine

38. New Order - Crystal

37. Something for Kate - Twenty Years

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Don't let the fact we're talking about twenty year old songs from the triple j hottest 100 of 2001 fool you. We ain't here to reflect. We're future focused, babies. We've got plans. We're plotting bank jobs. We're perfecting our tight fives. We're starring in sitcoms. We're getting justice for art students. And we're doo-dooing. We're doo-dooing HARD INTO THE FUTURE. Your kids will love it. 

Fresh poddy. Yummy yummy. 

(Recorded Mar...

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February 3, 2023 71 mins

It's a church service. It's a dance floor. It's a chanting circle. Now it's another dance floor. It's a book club. It's the CWA whipping up some banoffee pie... it's a 'dobro' club?
...But it's actually the timely and triumphant return of your favourite triple-j-hottest-100-covering-podcast about to crack into the second gd half of the 2001 countdown! And look, we've had this room booked for a while, so.... yeah, thanks... 

This...

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What do you get when you mix some era defining nu-metal, some reminiscing about old rock romances, high volume corner-store audio and too much snow? The halfway point of 2001's Hottest 100! Here we're getting our adenoids out, condemning pet shops, and giving some insider-trading tips on gaining the friendship of birds. Oh and also (for a change) talking about 5 goddamn songs from the 2001 triple j hottest 100 countdown! Hunker dow...

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Forward propulsion. Difficulty explaining things. Holes in the sky. We're delving deep into science and philosophy on this ep as well as treating you to a You Am I double-feature. Everything from accents to port-a-loos gets the hottest takes they deserve on this episode. Why should you recommend this episode to your friends and family? Well, it's hard to explain.mp3

SONGS COVERED:

60. At the Drive-In – Pattern Against User&nb...

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May 26, 2021 62 mins

It's all in the family on this week's episode of Hottest 100s and 1000s. We are exiting the swinging 60s in style with a brand-new mixed bag of faux-siblings, method actors, puppets, animated bands, weirdly-specific gunpoint threats and large hats. It gets real, it gets fake and it gets really, really good. We're gonna celebrate!

SONGS COVERED:

65. Ash - Burn Baby Burn
64. White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
63. Alex Lloyd - Dow...

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May 21, 2021 77 mins

Adult themes? Nudity? Sexual References and coarse language? Uh, yeah, we got all of those.. the following program also contains German theatre makers, obscure showbag chocolate, duck l'orange and takes on another five songs deemed hot enough to be in the triple j hottest 100 from the year 2001.

Delivered with love and admiration for the one, the only, the great, Robbie McGregor. 

SONGS COVERED:

70. Rammstein - Links 2 3 4
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Back with takes hotter than a corn chip for another five songs in the triple j hottest 100 of 2001. It's a perfect episode to listen to while you fry up some onion and... look, whatever else you do when you fry up onion, it's fine. 

SONGS COVERED:

75. Groove Armada - My Friend
74. Radiohead - Knives Out
73. Muse - Plug In Baby
72. The Living End - Roll On
71. Spiderbait - Outta My Head

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When reminisce on arpeggios you miss
When you say arrivederci to REM
When you sleep in a cave
or have an aussie-touch rave
You, mate, have a bloody dad day.

SONGS COVERED:

80. Muse - Bliss
79. REM - Imitation of Life
78. The Cruel Sea - A Simple Goodbye
77. Big Heavy Stuff - Hibernate
76. The Avalanches - Radio

Theme music by Sweet Potato (aka Wax Ecstatic)
Audio by Adam Buncher

No seriously, be ou...

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You'd have thought we'd have had enough of staying at home by now, but honestly, what's out there? Awkward discos? Festivals that are either too hot and/or too cold? Towns? Nah, too crazy.
Why deal with that when you can just stay at home, put the kettle on, watch the Matrix, make friends with a rat... now that's entertainment. 

...We're still cool. 

SONGS COVERED:

85. At the Drive-in - Invalid Litter Dept.
84. Supe...

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April 21, 2021 62 mins

Another five songs from the triple j hottest 100 of 2001? OH YEAH
Some long awaited returns and some new champs? ALRIGHT
Talk of sensible driving, yogurt, and the most evocative train songs? COME ON!

Now can I get a 'OO OO'? No. You can't. Put some shoes on. 

SONGS COVERED:

90. New Order - 60 Miles Per Hour
89. Muse - New Born
88. Spiderbait - Four on the Floor
87. Michael Franti - Rock the Nation
86. Rhubarb...

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April 15, 2021 61 mins

Yeah, this one is dedicated to all those artists who never returned to the hottest 100... to all those artists who haven't been featured in 8 long years... to those artists who are always compared to their siblings... to those artists who take punk rock and mix it with hip hop... and especially, especially, this one is dedicated to Costa from Gardening Australia. HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOO

SONGS COVERED:

95. Good Charlotte - Little Thing...

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure there was a jaguar in that opening bit of 2001: a space odyssey, right? He messes up one of the dudes in the ape suit, which i always wondered about because there were definitely no special effects used. Some dude in an ape suit straight up got attacked by a big cat. Maybe several. There would have to have been multiple takes... I mean, incredible movie, but Kubrick was a bit of a jerk, surely...

Oh, right - w...

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