Triple M has followed through on its pledge to spend Australia Day counting down its own bastardised version of Triple J’s Hottest 100, ‘The Ozzest 100’.
And much like the countless backyard BBQ’s it soundtracked, the countdown was a total sausagefest.
To absolutely no one’s surprise, ‘Khe Sanh’ by Cold Chisel came in at #1, while the dad rockin’ top five was rounded out by Men at Work’s ‘Down Under’, Barnsey again with ‘Working Class Man’, Icehouse at #4 with ‘Great Southern Land’ and AC/DC’s ‘Long Way To The Top’ at #5.
Also in news that will shock approximately no one, Acca Dacca featured in the M’s “perfect Australia Day soundtrack” no less than 7 times, which was incidentally also the same number of times that women of any kind made an appearance.
As one Twitter user pointed out, 3 of those 7 times were thanks to songs by the Divinyls.
Of the 100 songs in @TripleMMelb‘s #Ozzest100 only 7 of the songs featured female performers. 3 of those songs were by The Divinyls. https://t.co/6yMrNRvNqu
— ChristopherJohnson (@Dream_Brother_) January 26, 2018
Srsly, not even any Baby Animals, The Superjesus or Spiderbait???? Rude.
Meanwhile, despite their best efforts to hijack the countdown, A.B. Original’s change-the-date anthem ‘January 26’ did not end up getting a Guernsey.
ICYMI: Triple M got savaged (by both punters and its own jocks) for the decision to cash-in on the removal of triple j’s Hottest 100 from the contentious date of January 26th with the whole ‘Ozzest 100’ thing, after the ABC youth station made the decision to shift their much-frothed countdown to a less politically charged day that all Aussies could enjoy.
The long-awaited decision by triple j was made following a long public consultation process and marked a landmark show of support for Indigenous Australians, who’ve long associated January 26th with the trauma of the British invasion and the massacres and cultural genocide it engendered, but the M’s still nonetheless mocked the J’s for robbing ‘Straya of its annual barbie soundtrack.
“So, the taxpayer funded FM has decided that there’ll be no soundtrack for Australia Day,” they wrote.
“Let’s face it, that’s usually full of hipsters or kids making music on a Mac. At Triple M, we’re going to give you what you’ve asked for. The perfect Australia Day soundtrack.”
However, despite the massive initial backlash, the social media response to Triple M’s countdown since it aired has been fairly meh. The biggest complaint seems to be that Daryl Braithwaite’s ‘The Horses’ didn’t chart higher:
Horses at 14??????
#Ozzest100
— Nathan Martin (@kendriklaMARTIN) January 26, 2018
Serious @TripleMSydney Horses isn’t even top 5?! Unaustralian #ozzest100
— Calum (@whitceraff) January 26, 2018
Catch Triple M’s 2018 ‘Ozzest 100’ in full below, and stay tune to Music Feeds for real time triple j Hottest 100 updates all day today.
Triple M’s 2018 ‘Ozzest 100’
100. The Go Betweens – The Streets Of Your Town
99. Ian Moss – Tucker’s Daughter
98. Gotye feat Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
97. Powderfinger – On My Mind
96. The Cruel Sea – The Honeymoon Is Over
95. AC/DC – High Voltage
94. Vance Joy – Riptide
93. Midnight Oil – Redneck Wonderland
92. Models – Out Of Mind Out Of Sight
91. Pete Murray – So Beautiful
90. Killing Heidi – Mascara
89. Little River Band – Cool Change
88. The Saints – Just Like Fire Would
87. Savage Garden – I Want You [Album Version]
86. The Sports – Don’t Throw Stones
85. Flowers – Can’t Help Myself
84. The Whitlams – Blow Up The Pokies (I Wish I…)
83. Divinyls – Boys In Town
82. Warumpi Band – Blackfella/Whitefella
81. AC/DC – T.N.T.
80. Alex Lloyd – Amazing
79. Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls – Before Too Long
78. Australian Crawl – Things Don’t Seem
77. Powderfinger – These Days
76. Midnight Oil – Dead Heart
75. The Masters Apprentices – Turn Up Your Radio
74. Silverchair – Straight Lines
73. Mondo Rock – Come Said The Boy
72. Skyhooks – Living In The 70s
71. Hunters & Collectors – When The River Runs Dry
70. Kev Carmody – From Little Things Big Things Grow
69. INXS – Need You Tonight
68. Rose Tattoo – We Can’t Be Beaten
67. Hoodoo Gurus – What’s My Scene
66. Richard Clapton – Deep Water
65. Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
64. TRIFFIDS – Wide Open Road
63. AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
62. Mental as Anything – The Nips Are Getting Bigger
61. Cold Chisel – When The War Is Over
60. Divinyls – I Touch Myself
59. Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief
58. INXS – Original Sin
57. The Church – The Unguarded Moment
56. Screaming Jets – Helping Hand
55. Midnight Oil – U.S. FORCES
54. Paul Kelly – Firewood And Candles
53. Jimmy Barnes – Driving Wheels
52. Australian Crawl – Errol
51. Boom Crash Opera – Dancing In The Storm
50. The Angels – No Secrets
49. Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs – Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy
48. The Sunnyboys – Alone With You
47. Skyhooks – Horror Movie
46. Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon
45. Slim Dusty – A Pub With No Beer
44. INXS – New Sensation
43. Divinyls – Pleasure And Pain
42. Sherbet – Howzat
41. Cold Chisel – Cheap Wine
40. AC/DC – Highway To Hell
39. Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine
38. Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
37. Moving Pictures – What About Me
36. Silverchair – Tomorrow
35. The Angels – Take A Long Line
34. Russell Morris – The Real Thing
33. The Church – Under The Milky Way
32. The Living End – Prisoner Of Society
31. Powderfinger – My Happiness
30. Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail
29. Midnight Oil – Power And The Passion
28. INXS – Don’t Change
27. John Williamson – True Blue
26. Paul Kelly – To Her Door
25. The Easybeats – Friday On My Mind
24. Choirboys – Run To Paradise
23. Australian Crawl – Reckless (Don’t Be So)
22. AC/DC – Back In Black
21. Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock
20. Redgum – I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green)
19. Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me
18. INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
17. Stevie Wright – Evie (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
16. Cold Chisel – Bow River
15. Screaming Jets – Better
14. Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses
13. Goanna – Solid Rock
12. Cold Chisel – Flame Trees
11. The Angels – Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
10. Yothu Yindi – Treaty (Filthy Lucre Radio Remix)
9. Midnight Oil – Beds are burning
8. AC/DC – Thunderstruck
7. GANGgajang – Sounds Of Then
6. John Farnham – You’re The Voice
5. AC/DC – It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N’ Roll)
4. Icehouse – Great Southern Land
3. Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Man
2. Men At Work – Down Under
1. Cold Chisel – Khe Sanh
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