Something that occured to me
Jan. 27th, 2006 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tommoOne of the things that bugs me the most about the Hottest 100, is the tendency of the voters to vote for the artist rather than the song. It seems that as long as they release a single, groups like The Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Powderfinger, etc are bound to make the Top 10.
I realise that these are all groups I don't particularly like, but they've had songs make the top 10 that were easily from the lower end of their own personal quality spectrum. The only reason they show up so high is because people vote for their favourite artists, and not so much for their favourite songs.
It's for the same reason that bands like Wolfmother get half a dozen songs in the top 10. I understand that they're a very popular group (yes, I think they suck), but I don't think anyone could realisticly argue that, on a song-by-song basis, they released 6% of the year's best music. It's fucking stupid, and it means that 4 or 5 other (most likely better) songs miss out on deserved airplay.
It's annoying, because it means the listening public will let these bands get away with running on autopilot, simply because they have name recognition.
I just wish people would be a little more demanding of musicians.
I realise that these are all groups I don't particularly like, but they've had songs make the top 10 that were easily from the lower end of their own personal quality spectrum. The only reason they show up so high is because people vote for their favourite artists, and not so much for their favourite songs.
It's for the same reason that bands like Wolfmother get half a dozen songs in the top 10. I understand that they're a very popular group (yes, I think they suck), but I don't think anyone could realisticly argue that, on a song-by-song basis, they released 6% of the year's best music. It's fucking stupid, and it means that 4 or 5 other (most likely better) songs miss out on deserved airplay.
It's annoying, because it means the listening public will let these bands get away with running on autopilot, simply because they have name recognition.
I just wish people would be a little more demanding of musicians.
