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THE ROCK 2000. MY 2023 PICKS. GET YOUR VOTES IN!
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THE ROCK FM 2000, 2020. BANDS AND BEST SONG LISTS. CHEERS TO CARLSBERG BEER!
STILL SLAVES ON MONDAY. THE TYRANNY OF TOOL ‘THE ROCK 1000’. 2014.
This is a skill In have tried to learn in the past yet with no real success.
This is the first video that I have seen that shows a simple technique.
I will give it a try…
Cast your votes here… The Rock 2000
*The Rock* is the greatest Radio station in the Universe!
That’s not just my opinion… it’s an Objective Fact!
Looking forward to the countdown!
Below are some links to Blog articles I’ve written about the Rock 2000 and other stuff… including 2020 when I won VIP tickets etc to the Live Rock Countdown and Concert at Victor Arena headlining Devil Skin… thanks to Sponsors Carlsburg Beer!
That article also contains an 800 unit song title list… by bands… I have spent literally months writing… to help people to pick their own 20 songs they would like to win….
THE ROCK FM 2000, 2020. BANDS AND BEST SONG LISTS. CHEERS TO CARLSBERG BEER!
Tim Wikiriwhi
Bogan Headbanger!
More Rock stories from Tim….
THE ROCK 2000. MY 2022 PICKS….
STILL SLAVES ON MONDAY. THE TYRANNY OF TOOL ‘THE ROCK 1000’. 2014.
TOOL KICKS ARSE! THE ROCK 1000 2013.
HEAD GAMES. THREE DOG NIGHT, FOREIGNER, AND HEART ROCK OUT IN WHITIANGA NEW ZEALAND 25-1-15
Falling to Pieces …. Thank’s for the music Scott Weiland
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell. Nek Minnit!
Alice Cooper; ‘My life is dedicated to follow Christ’
Megadeths Dave Mustaine is a Christian.
Brian Welch: From Korn to Jesus
Peter Steele Type 0 Negative. ‘Dead again Hipo-Christian’.
Its that time of the year again my Peeps!
Cast your votes here… The Rock 2000!
Here are my picks…..
Looking forward to the countdown!
Here is some Blogs I have written about the Rock 2000 and other stuff… including 2020 when I won VIP tickets etc to the Live Rock Countdown and Concert at Victor Arena headlining Devil Skin… thanks to Sponsors Carlsburg Beer!
This post also contains an 800 unit song title list… by bands… I have spent literally months writing… to help people to pick their own 20 songs they would like to win….
THE ROCK FM 2000, 2020. BANDS AND BEST SONG LISTS. CHEERS TO CARLSBERG BEER!
STILL SLAVES ON MONDAY. THE TYRANNY OF TOOL ‘THE ROCK 1000’. 2014.
It’s been a while.
Today, all being well, Transmission Gully opens to traffic. I look forward to driving along it for the first time this weekend.
I thought it opened yesterday, when I read the headlines on Google News. But then I remembered that we live in the post-truth era. “Officially opened” just means opened to government officials, in particular, opened to the current Prime Minister and her cronies. Plebs like us have to wait until the very early hours of this morning.
The official name of the new road is Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata. Te Rangihaeata was a Ngāti Toa chief and nephew of the Ngāti Toa warlord Te Rauparaha. In August 1846 he led the Ngāti Toa forces at the battle of Battle Hill, which overlooks the new road roughly halfway between Paekakariki and Pauatahanui. Te Rangihaeata is also famous for having been a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi in June 1840, and for his involvement with his uncle Te Rauparaha in the Wairau Affray in June 1843. During the latter confrontation, which was the first major skirmish of the Land Wars, a stray bullet killed Te Rangihaeata’s wife, Te Rongo. In an act of vengeance, Te Rangihaeata bludgeoned to death the nine special constables of the New Zealand Company who had been taken prisoner. Later, the newly appointed second Governor of New Zealand, Robert Fitzroy (former captain of the HMS Beagle), investigated the incident and exonerated Te Rangihaeata and Te Rauparaha, on the grounds that the New Zealand Company had attempted an illegal land grab.
These days New Zealand is a less bloody interesting place, but still a place blighted by corporate grift, government graft and endemic low-level corruption. Here’s a timeline of the Transmission Gully project’s 103-year history. Have a read of the history of the project, especially since construction commenced in 2014, paying particular attention to the steady stream of delays, build errors, cost overruns, and silt running into the harbour. I think it’s hardly plausible to deny that some of those involved are on the make.
Someone once said, never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. But why not both?
I finally submitted my 20 songs for this years Rock 2000.
It is never an easy choice.
I decided against just listing 20 Tool songs… or any double ups for that matter.
I also thought that the songs chosen had to have a bit of a ‘party beat’ rather than simply being Epic ‘musically’.
I also did not want to be restricted by the fact that some of my pics may not even make the 2000 list.
These were self imposed ‘rules’, everyone being free to make their picks howsoever they please.
I only write them here to explain how I arrived at my particular 20 from a longer pick list of 60… and why even this longer list excluded some of my favorite sounds… such as Pink Floyd… whose music tends to the darker side rather than upbeat party sounds…
It certainly is starkly different from last years list… and knowing my own disposition to modify my own standing… next years list no doubt will be different again…. and I will be willing to justify myself with a completely different set of concerns…. not that any of this matters to anyone other than myself.
It simply amuses me to record such thoughts to be able to review them later so that in retrospect I can smile at my own musical mystery tour….
Last year I won tickets to the main event down town Auckland… which was a blast.
I wrote about that here…. THE ROCK FM 2000, 2020. BANDS AND BEST SONG LISTS. CHEERS TO CARLSBERG BEER!
That post also includes a band/song list of over 800 which I put together as a prompt for future Rock 2000 voting.
It could help people write their list.
Cheers!
Rock On!
Tim Wikiriwhi
Update: The show has started… and it’s EPIC!
I cant believe the quality of the songs that only made it into the 2000-1500 range of the first week, but then again some blow your mind that people still love them after 30,40,50 years!
The first song that got played off my list was…
Steppin Wolf…. Born to be wild. *1804.
The Who…. We don’t get fooled again…. *1731
The White Stripes…. The hardest Button to Button. *1711.
Golden Earing Radar Love *1158
Black Sabbath Children of the Grave. *748
Deep Purple Child in Time *476
Alice in Chains. The Rooster. *51
Tool. The Pot ****8****
One special mention is Monster Magnet Space Lord made it to 1761!
Mind blown!
Apparently 7000 songs got voted for this year yet any songs that got less than 5 votes automatically get axed even before the list gets tabulated, and 5000 songs got 5 or more votes.
Other Stats….
Alice in Chains got 18 songs in.
Black Sabbath had 15.
Ozzy sang in 27 songs in total.
Shihad had 26 songs.
Metalica’s ‘One’ made it to number 10 and is the Rock’s best performing song over the years.
It has been number 1 four times, number 2 four times, and 18 times in the top 10.
It was their 52 song in this years countdown!
1.5 million votes cast.
Update 14-9-21.
NOTHING makes me feel more happy at being a Bougan Westy and reminds me of why I love music more than listening to the Rock 2000!
It really is a celebration of My Culture.
Tim Wikiriwhi.
Update 24-9-21.
Top 10 Tracks for 2021.
10….. Metalica. One.
9…… The Dudes. Bliss
8……. Tool. The Pot.
7……. Queen. Bohemian Rhapsody.
6……. Slipknot. Duality.
5……. Pearl Jam. Black. Same as last years countdown!
4…… Blindspot. Nil by mouth.
3…… Lynyrd Skynard. Simple Man.
2…… Metalica. Enter Sandman.
1…… Rage Against the Machine. Killing in the name of.
