2008 saw the highest ever number of votes in the world's largest music poll. But has democracy been saved?
Here are the results (Bawley 100 2008 rankings in brackets):
#100 - Dukes of Windsor - It's a War (99)
#99 - Muph & Plutonic - Don't Worry About Nothin' (--)
#98 - Lyrics Born - I like It, I love It (72)
#97 - Cog - Are You Interested (--)
#96 - Dizzee Rascal - Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex) (--)
#95 - Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (--)
#94 - Bliss n Eso - Woodstock 2008 (--)
#93 - Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook (86)
#92 - Pendulum - Propane Nightmares (--)
#91 - Lisa Mitchell - Nepolitan Dreams (--)
#90 - Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman? (Aka F**ck You) (--)
#89 - Kanye West - Love Lockdown (80)
#88 - Metallica - The Day That Never Comes (--)
#87 - Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die (--)
#86 - Muph & Plutonic - Beautiful Ugly (--)
#85 - Gyroscope - 1981 (--)
#84 - Rise Against - Re-education (Through Labor) (--)
#83 - The Grates - Carve Your Name (--)
#82 - Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (--)
#81 - Weezer - Pork and Beans (--)
#80 - The Grates - Aw Yeah (--)
#79 - Sparkadia - Jealousy (7)
#78 - The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go (--)
#77 - Drapht - Falling (--)
#76 - Yves Klein Blue - Polka (--)
#75 - Tame Impala - Half Full Glass Of Wine (--)
#74 - Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (94 - in 2007)
#73 - The Killers - Spaceman (--)
#72 - Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You (5)
#71 - Vampire Weekend - One(Blake's got a New Face) (--)
#70 - Kings of Leon - Crawl (--)
#69 - Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor (63 - in 2007)
#68 - Empire of the Sun - We are the People (43)
#67 - Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros (--)
#66 - Children Collide - Farewell Rocketship (--)
#65 - Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (15)
#64 - Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Dawn of the Dead (93)
#63 - The Herd - 2020 (--)
#62 - Faker - Sleepwalking (--)
#61 - Bliss N Eso - The Sea is Rising (--)
#60 - Flight of the Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room (--)
#59 - The Getaway Plan - Where the City Meets The Sea (--)
#58 - Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (51)
#57 - Santogold - L.E.S Artistes (71)
#56 - The Presets - Yippiyo- Ay (--)
#55 - Ween - Your Party (--)
#54 - Pnau - Baby (--)
#53 - The Butterfly Effect - Window and the Watcher (--)
#52 - The Killers - Human (77)
#51 - Birds of Tokyo - Wild Eyed Boy (--)
#50 - Ash Grunwald - Breakout (--)
#49 - Mystery Jets - Young Love (feat. Laura Marling) (--)
#48 - Something With Numbers - Stay With Me Bright Eyes (--)
#47 - Little Red - Coca Cola (--)
#46 - Lily Allen - The Fear (92)
#45 - Muscles - Ice Cream {triple j live acoustic version} (--)
#44 - Art vs Science - Flippers (--)
#43 - Laura Marling - Ghosts (--)
#42 - Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum (--)
#41 - Soko - I Will Never Love You More (--)
#40 - Bliss N Eso - Eye Of The Storm (--)
#39 - Ida Maria -I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (-)
#38 - Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me (--)
#37 - British India - I Said I'm Sorry (--)
#36 - Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart (24)
#35 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (--)
#34 - The Grates - Burn Bridges (--)
#33 - The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be (--)
#32 - Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (51)
#31 - Cog - Bird Of Feather (--)
#30 - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (--)
#29 - Josh Pyke - Make You Happy (--)
#28 - Architecture In Helsinki - That Beep (29)
#27 - Josh Pyke - The Lighthouse Song (--)
#26 - Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning (6)
#25 - Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat (--)
#24 - Kings of Leon - Closer (--)
#23 - The Living End - White Noise (--)
#22 - Birds Of Tokyo - Silhouettic (78)
#21 - Bon Iver - Skinny Love (18)
#20 - Birds Of Tokyo - Broken Bones (--)
#19 - Flight Of The Conchords - Business Time (--)
#18 - MGMT - Time To Pretend (1)
#17 - Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me (feat Calvin Harris and Chrome) (-)
#16 - Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) (--)
#15 - Cut Copy - Lights and Music (36)
#14 - The Rapture - No Sex For Ben (13)
#13 - The Herd - The King Is Dead (--)
#12 - Pnau - Embrace (14)
#11 - Ladyhawke - My Delirium (25)
#10 - Drapht - Jimmy Recard (--)
#9 - The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (89)
#8 - The Presets - This Boy's In Love (2)
#7 - Pez - The Festival Song(feat. 360 and Hailey Cramer) (--)
#6 - The Presets - Talk Like That (21)
#5 - MGMT - Kids (40)
#4 - Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream (16)
#3 - Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (--)
#2 - MGMT - Electric Feel (65)
#1 - Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire (98)
So just 30 of Bawley's 100 made the list (plus 2 from 2007), and only one of Bawley's 10 made the Hottest 100 top 10. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 3 acts - Kings Of Leon, MGMT and The Presets - dominated the higher reaches of the charts, each occupying two spots in the top 10.
But no Lambchop? No British Sea Power? No Elbow? No The Cure? No Nine Inch Nails? No Crystal Castles? No Deerhunter? No Bloc Party? Not even any TV On The Radio????? What's wrong with these people????
Ah well. Join us soon for a game of 'how mainstream are you?'
2 comments:
1. I am really surprised that Electric Feel rated so high - It would be my least favourite song on the MGMT album.
2. Am even more surprised that there is nothing from Bloc Party, they were always triple j favourites plus with last years shows still fresh in the mind I thought they would have got a few tracks in.
3. Kings of Leon blah blah blah
Hadn't even noticed the lack of Bloc Party: That IS surprising. It seems the total lack of love for 'Mercury' has really hurt them.
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