Australian music industry legend and owner of record label Ivy League, home to Hottest 100 chart-toppers The Rubens, says topping the national music poll is better than winning an ARIA or APRA award.
Speaking recently to News Corp, the man behind Australian music monoliths like Frontier Touring said seeing The Rubens’ ‘Hoops’ beat out the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Major Lazer was a pleasant surprise.
“It blew my mind to be completely honest,” Gudinski told Confidential. “The band were completely ignored by ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) and by APRA (Australian Performing Rights Association).”
“I think the Triple J Hottest 100 is worth more than an ARIA [award] or an APRA [award]. I thought they would finish top five (in the JJJ chart), but to see a band that has worked so hard, and the excitement on their faces… there is a lot more to come from them.”
The Rubens’ Hottest 100 win will certainly mean big things for the band going into 2016, but when asked by SPIN why they thought they came out on top, they gave a refreshingly humble and sober answer.
“I’m a massive fan of Tame Impala,” said frontman Sam Margin. “If I’m honest, I think if Tame Impala just had one song people could choose from, they would have won. I think everyone liked a different song of theirs.”
“I think I’ve only sort of really come to terms with it now, a few days [later],” Margin told the magazine. “We weren’t obviously expecting to win. Originally I think we were hoping for a top ten.”
“We ended up closer in some predictions, and we seemed to be up in the top five… but I definitely wasn’t thinking about number one.” Speaking of number one, Gudinski was recently given another number one to celebrate.
As Tone Deaf reported yesterday, the Seven Network’s Molly Meldrum bio-series Molly came out on top in the ratings on Sunday night, with its premiere episode besting competition like The X Files and 60 Minutes.
According to his interview with News Corp, Gudinski is currently in discussions about a television series based on his own life. “It won’t be a conventional two-part miniseries. We are in talks, but it’s still a long way off,” he said.
