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Andre

OK, here are 3 more nominations from my side:
4. Little Children - By Your Side
5. Ben Watt - Hendra
6. Ex Hex - Waterfall

Hup Holland Hup!

Andre

Henrik wrote:So this is the 10th week for "Water Fountain". Am I right to think that it needs to make the top 10 to become a member of the Hall of Fame?

Yes, I would say so too.

And I second the nomination for My Silver Lining from First Aid Kit (currently #54 in my preliminary top 100 2014 songs).

Andre

I repeat my 3 nominations from last week:
1) The Men - Settle Me Down
2) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Impossible (second track on the Simple and Sure single)
3) Omi Palone - Architecture

Andre

Andre, as you said, the chart is much more fun when we exchange opinions. So there's no need for you to apologize for "Johnny and Mary's" sudden departure, even if it influenced the voting (which I doubt). My comment on "Under the Pressure" probably sounded like a revenge, but I...

Andre

It is fun to do this, but turns out to be more work than expected. I decided to split the playlists, see the playlist for C above. Here is the list for D: http://open.spotify.com/user/andre.hendriksen/playlist/1To6pdFkWs0dBiTjU85TpF * Corrections / Remarks 5949 - Could not find "Dashiell Hedaya...

Andre

Let me be clear and not forget to leave this compliment: This AMF Chart is absolutely great! Who cares about if a song reaches the HoF or not, it is all about discovering new interesting songs and exchanging our opinions about it! I have been following this forum more or less actively over many year...

Andre

I don't understand why "Under the Pressure" is in a big lead. IMO the first 2 minutes are very good, the next 3 minutes are just ok, and the last 3 minutes are boooring. Why did War on Drugs choose to lose momentum like that before "Red Eyes" kicks in? I'm definitely over the su...

Andre

My favorite albums (see also https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrDre/2014__so_far_/ ) as of June 1st: The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (Heartland Rock) Moss - We Both Know The Rest Is Noise (Indie Pop) Wild Beasts - Present Tense (Art Pop) Future Islands - Singles (Synth Pop) Damien Jurado - Brothe...

Andre

My 3 nominations:
1) The Men - Settle Me Down
2) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Impossible (second track on the Simple and Sure single)
3) Omi Palone - Architecture

Andre

Mindrocker wrote: 41. DRS. P.-DE DODENRIT (from Over Land En Zee-Dutch novelty)

Fantastic Dutch classic, "daar klinkt weer dat gehuil ..."

Andre

Setherex, thanks for the results and new line up for this week! Please be aware, that Di-Rect is available on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/6fEiVtKzQvgzrsFZX2YBO3 The song doesn't appear to be available in my neck of the woods :( Shame too, considering how great it is. I'll keep a tab on i...

Andre

Setherex, thanks for the results and new line up for this week!

Please be aware, that Di-Rect is available on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/track/6fEiVtKzQvgzrsFZX2YBO3

Andre

Thanks for your feedback, docbrown. Regarding the turnover, it currently looks like 3 newcomers will make it to top 10!

We still need more nominations, ladies and gentlemen.

To be on the safe side, here's my third nomination: The Men - Settle Me Down.

Andre

Henrik, I'm sorry to be living in Germany. There are already 3 songs from C-E that are in Spotify, but I can not listen to

Luckily, next week I am in Holland, so I hopefully can check these songs by then.

Should really get a discount for paying 10 Euros per month ...

Andre

After having won 3 times and smoothly heading towards the Hall of Fame, it seems like "Johnny and Mary" is not gonna make it this week. We should vote songs based on what we like or dislike ourselves, not based on what other people like or dislike. If my critical note from last week has an...

Andre

We need more votes and more nominations, please.

My second nomination: Morrissey - Istanbul.

Andre

Sketch wrote:Even stronger than last week IMHO.

Nominating: Owen Pallett - The Riverbed

Great song, good nomination!

Andre

My nomination: Di-Rect - You & I

Andre

I can do C-E, that's another 640 songs. Here is the list for C: http://open.spotify.com/user/andre.hendriksen/playlist/4UJGkePkhbE1TYnJgac7JZ * Corrections / Remarks 5697 - "Calvin Harris - Acceptable tn the '80s" should be "Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the '80s" 5708 - Could no...

Andre

* Albums 1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 2. Gram Parsons - GP 3. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Lou Reed - Berlin 5. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure 6. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Catch A Fire 7. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power 8. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 9. Paul McCartney & Win...

Andre

My wife and myself just got back from a week vacation in Tuscany. Yesterday, on the drive back, we listened to the following 66 songs, that are still in competition for my final selection of 15. We both preselected 15 songs, had some interesting discussions about the songs and in the end we only had...

Andre

I don't usually care for covers, but "Johnny and Mary" is a rare case where I've never really cared for the original, but the song turned into a huge favourite with Todd and Bryan. Add to that, that the song also borrows a lot from Vangelis "Chariots of Fire", another song I've ...

Andre

FYI, Brad, Seasons (Waiting On You) is back in my top 5, so I voted the song again. :happy-partydance: I like the last Todd Terje album and Roxy Music, but the "Johnny and Mary" cover was not my cup of tea from the beginning. After a few weeks I started to dislike it and now I don't even w...

Andre

Anyone else who agrees with me that this is the strongest week so far? I'm pleasantly surprised by the votes for "Rise Like a Phoenix". Yes, totally agree with you that this week is very strong. If anybody is looking for a best practice for getting to the 5 votes, I just started to use a ...

Andre

First, I nominate the following beautiful melancholic song, released as single in November 2013, so still eligible:
1. Broken Twin - Sun Has Gone

Secondly, I nominate the following nice Dutch dance song:
2. Di-Rect - You & I

Andre

Thanks for taking over the hosting role, Setherex, great work! After 14 weeks, we have exactly 50 songs who were in the chart at least 2 weeks. The following list is ordered by number of votes first, then number of weeks. For the 3 hall of fame songs, only their first 10 weeks are considered. Format...

Andre

I'd just like to say thanks to whoever nominated and voted for Under the Pressure, I'm completely obsessed! Shame it doesn't look like it'll make it to next week though. After two other songs from the album had already been in this chart, I nominated Under the Pressure, so sorry to have caused the ...

Andre

And right now we have 74 votes and not one single newcomer would make it to the next week ... My main interest for the chart is, to get to know new interesting songs. This would actually speak for having many newcomers per week, so in that sense I should be happy ... On the other hand, to see the sa...

Andre

The past few weeks have been frustrating with votes being split between new songs leaving the list little changed and inevitably I am bored with some of the popular choices. 5 weeks is too short. My feeling is that 12 of 13 weeks would be ideal but 15 weeks too long, so I'm voting B. 13 weeks is ab...

Andre

... again including only one of last week's new songs. Just a thought... perhaps to keep the chart rolling new tracks, maybe we need to add a limit on most-loved tracks. After x number of weeks, we could retire "Richard Ramirez", "Digital Witness", et al to the AMF Chart Hall of...

Andre

Nominations: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Fenix The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm Henrik, Sweden was also well up front with a 3rd place. I had tipped Austria and Sweden to be on top, so I was quite surprised to see Holland ending in second place. For the first time in the ESC history I eve...

Andre

Henrik, thank you for the new list. FYI, the Thievery Corporation song is also available on Spotify (actually the whole Saudade album). I'm gonna stick to 3 nominations per week, hopefully other members can also do some more nominations?! This week, as you requested, my nominations are all in the ca...

Andre

* My nominations
1. in the category "Wake up calls": Moss - Unilove
2. in the category "Perfect pop songs": Jeremy Messersmith - Ghost
3. in the category "Summer chills": Thievery Corporation - Sola In Citta (featuring Elin Melgarejo)

Andre

* Albums 1. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 2. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. 3. Neil Young - Harvest 4. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 5. Lou Reed - Transformer 6. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 7. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 8. Big Star - #1 Record 9. NEU! ...

Andre

I am discovering Milton Nascimento (better late than never).

According to RYM, Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser was already released in 1971 as a single.

It's a great song, so should I have waited and better written this post after May 1st?

Andre

Easter is over, so stop stuffing yourself full with eggs and submit your votes instead!

Andre

but now we are all against you :violence-duel: say it's not so! lol- sorry for the disruption guys. I guess it's safe to assume Richard Ramirez is dying of natural causes after all... That's right, and in case it should ever come to a court case to clarify that, we are all going to be digital witne...

Andre

My nominations:
1. Strand Of Oaks - Goshen '97
2. Thievery Corporation - Sola In Citta (featuring Elin Melgarejo)
3. Moss - Unilove

Andre

Brad wrote:
Andre wrote:I don't recall it ever seeing it have 7 votes.
yeah, I'm probably wrong, as usual... it's the conspiracy theory guy in me! (not that it's not okay anyway)

We used to be nice people,

but now we are all against you

Andre

Currently 9 songs tied at 1st place with 4 votes each. What a close race this week! I think there's some manipulation going on with the votes, making this more of a "strategic voting" contest in recent weeks. Just an observation - clearly votes are being re-appropriated more frequently. W...

Andre

Henrik, 11 votes is not a record. In week #4 Damien Jurado managed to get 12 votes. So we have Richard Ramirez on second place and Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal) from Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra got to 10 votes in week #1. My nominations for week 12: 1. The Antlers - Pala...

Andre

After 10 weeks, we have a top 100. Hurray! Position. Score-Weeks Artist - Song 1. 72-10 Warpaint - Love Is To Die 2. 69-10 St. Vincent - Digital Witness 3. 51-8 Sun Kil Moon - Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes 4. 41-5 Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy 5. 33-7 Young Fathers - Get Up 6. 30-6 B...

Andre

Most of us have favorites just outside the top 15s, which is quite frustrating. I started thinking that maybe we could include everything that got at least (or more than) 100 points. For 1970 and 1971, that would mean 20-25 albums/songs per year. I know it will be difficult enough to rank 150 items...

Andre

Top 10 so far: 1. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream 2. Wild Beasts - Present Tense 3. Beck - Morning Phase 4. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness 5. Damien Jurado - Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son 6. St. Vincent - St. Vincent 7. Rosanne Cash - The River & The Thread 8. Sun Kil...

Andre

Please don't forget the Neu! album with the beautiful opener Hallogallo:

and the following Dutch classic:

Andre

whuntva wrote:Black Keys-Fever was eligible last week, but I'm nominating it for next week.

Thanks for renominating!

Andre

Nominations:
1. Ray LaMontagne - Supernova
2. Lisa Alma - Oh Darling
3. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers

Andre

guigs2910, how come Carla Bozulich (#12) and Angel Olsen (#11) are still in? Should we have nominated more songs? Yes Andre, after applying all the rules of the chart, there were only 18 songs. Angel Olsen's one would still be in according to the rules, but Carla Bozulich's and the least voted one ...

Andre

guigs2910, how come Carla Bozulich (#12) and Angel Olsen (#11) are still in? Should we have nominated more songs? Anyway, I hope The New Edition song can kick Warpaint from the throne ... ;) Nominations: 1. The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure 2. Ray LaMontagne - Supernova 3. The Black Keys - Fever

Andre

Henrik, thanks to your Spotify top 100 list I got to know and fell in love with the Jeanette song. Very sweet. Indeed! Have you heard Jeanette's more famous and upbeat "Porque te vas"? It will be even higher in my list (1974). No, Jeanette was completely unknown to me. Now listening to th...

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