Musicians don't listen to TripleJ. They listen to records and they go looking online and elsewhere for music. They go see lots of concerts by people who they admire and can learn from. They listen to old stuff, unhyped stuff, interesting stuff... good stuff. They don't listen to Australia's youth music station.
A quick scan of the Hottest 100 Top Ten tunes will show you why.
10. 'I love it'
Generic hiphop with all the angsty punch of a Hillsong sermon. Dull.
9. 'Endless Summer'
Sub-U2 stadium bland. Instantly forgettable.
8. 'Boys like you'
Pretendy tough-guy's self-obsessed raving meets nursery-rhyme. Dopey.
7. 'Awkward'
Throwaway gimmick tune made even worse by incompetent vocals. Use-by date...?
6. 'Video Games'
Leaden, ponderous, faux ballad. Contrived emotion, didn't work.
5. 'Midnight City'
Soul-less electro dance, suitable only for TV soapie theme. Snore.
4. 'Feeding Line'
Too restrained to be pop or rock; too much drums to be folk. Whistling solos and 'whoa, ho' backing vocals everywhere. Are these fellows Snow White's housemates?
3. 'Brother'
Weird animal sounds do not make a song. Somebody get this dude a vet.
2. 'Lonely Boy'
Sanitized pseudo blues-rock. Repetitive without being catchy.
1. 'Somebody that I used to know'
Just watch a live version of this tedious dirge. Baa, baa, black sheep. Musical black hole.
Not one of these "amazing" (TripleJ's favourite term of assessment - apart from "awesome" of course) tracks will be still played or covered in years to come.
See, it's not really about music: it's about fashion. Like you didn't already know that?
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