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Triple J Hottest 100 '07
E. Spaceman:
Some people have touched on this and it is something that i find really interesting as far as cultural differences go: The complete absence of LCD Soundsystem. In a lot of places, Sound of Silver was one of the if not the best ranked record of the whole year and many of its tracks recieved huge praise. But it is nowhere to be found on this list.
gardenhead_:
It probably has a lot to do with the length of LCD Soundsystem songs. Triple J's general audience doesn't really have the longest attention spans.
They also don't venture much outside of what Triple J feeds to them, so stuff that doesn't get played on there will not get on the list. I'm not making assumptions or trying to make out that I'm so much better than them, as I used to be exactly like this. I pretty much listened exclusively to music played on Triple J.
I'm really surprised there weren't more Operator Please songs on there (this is a very good thing). I was expecting they would dominate the list like Wolfmother did last year.
McTaggart:
You also have to remember that it's individual tracks rather than albums. I'm sure the album was really good and all as an album, but none of the singles really stood out (other than North American Scum, but I've already said how I feel about that one).
E. Spaceman:
see, All My Friends topped a whole lot of lists.
from wikipedia:
--- Quote ---In late 2007 the song was picked by the journalists of influential online music site Pitchfork Media as the #1 track of 2007[1] and it was selected by Guardian Unlimited readers as the best single of 2007[2].Time magazine named "All My Friends" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #4. Writer Josh Tyrangiel praised the “magic” in the song, saying that the song’s “straightforward repetition of the same guitar, keyboard and bass lines, combined with lyrics about life without regret, and life with all kinds of regrets pays off with a punch about what we lose as we get older."[3][4]
--- End quote ---
I also remember Spin, Q, Rolling Stone, Uncut and a whole bunch of other magazines heaping praise on it.
McTaggart:
I really don't think that got much airplay. It took me a long time to figure out which song it was. I'll agree that it's a good song though, and in my mind better than a lot that's on the list. I think it's one of the songs that you will notice if you're actively listening, rather than just having the radio on in the background which I think is how most people listen to the radio.
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