Comments on: Visualizing the Hottest 100

By: Rolling Stone vs Triple J | Stubborn Mule

Rolling Stone vs Triple J | Stubborn Mule — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:27:22 +0000

[...] about Rolling Stone, its readers and the compilers of the list. A while ago I wrote a post about Triple J’s Hottest 100 of All Time where I noted that the Triple J’s list was heavily skewed to the 1990s. This chart shows the [...]

By: nabha

nabha — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:46:04 +0000

i hate nirvana
i want to die

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:11:15 +0000

The code for the charts is now in github.

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:37:13 +0000

Carlos: I have been meaning to add this code to my github repository. I will do it as soon as possible.

By: Carlos Ortega

Carlos Ortega — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:30:17 +0000

Hello,

I’d like to know if you could post the code you used at R to program the graphics in this post, because I need a graph like the one you did with the names of the songs but I don’t know how to do it.

Thanks so much

By: The Triple J Hottest 100 « Mike Pickard’s Blog

The Triple J Hottest 100 « Mike Pickard’s Blog — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:16:52 +0000

[...] – not perfect, but pretty darned close; and to @seancarmody for his excellent quantifiable stats. on the final results. Good stuff. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Triple J Hottest [...]

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:32:15 +0000

For a different sort of demographic, I've analysed the Guardian's 1000 songs to hear before you die.

By: Love is Old-Fashioned | A Stubborn Mule's Perspective

Love is Old-Fashioned | A Stubborn Mule's Perspective — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:49:11 +0000

[...] on from my post on Visualizing the Hottest 100, I noticed that the UK’s Guardian newspaper has published a list of 1000 songs to hear before [...]

By: get big, little kid

get big, little kid — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:26:24 +0000

[...] Hottest 100 of all time? No, I didn’t think so.. To jog your memory, here is a neat way of visualising the list. (via [...]

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:46:58 +0000

Rob, you make an interesting point about 1997 rating so well in the list. I make the top years as follows:

1997: 11 (of which 2 are Radiohead)
1994: 9 (of which 4 are Jeff Buckley)
1991: 7 (of which 3 are Nirvana)
1995: 5 (of which 1 is Radiohead)
2000: 5

So, once you count for the high ranking acts, 1997 is a standout winner. But, the best single year of music ever? Now that’s a big call. According to Radio 2 listeners in the UK it was 1967. Being a bit older than you, I’d probably pick a year in the late 70s or early 80s. But, I’d have to agree that there’s certainly something to explain there about 1997. For those wishing to reflect on that question, here is the list, complete with Hottest 100 rank:

5. Paranoid Android, Radiohead
9 . Everlong, Foo Fighters
14. Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve
15. Karma Police, Radiohead
34. Prisoner of Society, The Living End
36. Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
57. Forty-Six & 2, Tool
58. Around the World, Daft Punk
61. Song 2, Blur
67. Brick, Ben Folds Five
75. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Green Day

Meanwhile, here is a mini-poll on best year of music ever.