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Hello and welcome to the start of a new Survivor Game on AMF! Here we will start with a list of 20 Songs, and vote out our least favorite, round by round, until a winner emerges! Hopefully this will be popular as a small game with fun nominations, and we can continue with a variety of themes!

Season One’s Theme:

Best opening track from a debut album

This is the nomination thread! Here you will have one week to nominate up to ten of your favorite songs within this category. These will be ranked, with first place getting ten points, second getting nine, and so on. The top songs will be entered into Season One of AMF Survivor!

Some points:
1. This means that only one song will be available per artist.
2. Artist groups will be counted individually. For example, Crosby, Stills, and Nash will be different than the individual members.
3. This will consider LPs only, not EPs or mixtapes.
4. Ties resulting in more than 20 entrants will be settled with a random number generator.
5. Albums with varied track lists will be entered considering the earliest release (so no Purple Haze!)
6. Intros can be ignored if they are overly short or can be considered a skit before a proper song. The xx's song Intro will be considered to be the first track on their debut.

List up to ten ranked nominations below before the end of April 14th!
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1. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
2. Alabama Shakes - Hold On
3. Eagles - Take It Easy
4. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
5. MGMT - Time to Pretend
6. The Doors - Break on Through (to the Other Side)
7. Temples - Shelter Song
8. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
9. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
10. Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over

Honorable Mention
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
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Hi,

Funny game!

Here are my suggestions. I tried to include some not too evident selections in order to make the game funnier.

1- Since I left you - The Avalanches
2- (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go - Curtis Mayfield
3- So young - Suede
4- Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
5- Crazy in Love - Beyonce
6- Radio free Europe - R.E.M.
(instead of No church in the wild - Jay Z & Kanye West which is not accepted)
7- Timeless - Goldie
8- Time to pretend - MGMT
9- Te estoy amando locamente - Las Grecas
10- Daddy fat sax - Big Boi

And another bunch of candidates I would have loved to include, but I had to choose.

Mojo pin - Jeff Buckley
Radio free Europe - R.E.M.
La noche inventada - Family
I wanna be adored - The Stone Roses
Human behaviour - Björk (is Debut considered her debut?)
Gloria - Patti Smith
Overcome - Tricky
Mansard roof - Vampire Weekend
Clandestino - Manu Chao
Talking bout a revolution - Tracy Chapman
Building Steam With a Grain of Salt - DJ Shadow
Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
Malamente - Rosalia
Only love can break your heart - Saint Etienne
Is this it - The Strokes
Surfin safari - Beach Boys
Lust for life - Girls
Palmitos park - El Guincho
Foxy lady - Jimmy Hendrix
Lost ones - Lauren Hill
Pío Pío - Single
Bad guy - Billie Eilish
...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears

Regards
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01 | Björk | Human Behaviour
02 | Violent Femmes | Blister in the Sun
03 | Lorde | Tennis Court
04 | Massive Attack | Safe From Harm
05 | Nine Inch Nails | Head Like a Hole
06 | Pixies | Bone Machine
07 | Portishead | Mysterons
08 | R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe
09 | Television | See No Evil
10 | The Postal Service | The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

And 39 other great potential choices:
ANOHNI | Drone Bomb Me
Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arctic Monkeys | The View From the Afternoon
Badly Drawn Boy | The Shining
Bon Iver | Flume
Bruce Springsteen | Blinded by the Light
Courtney Barnett | Elevator Operator
Death Grips | Get Got
Dizzee Rascal | Sittin' Here
Fontaines D.C. | Big
Foo Fighters | This Is a Call
IDLES | Heal / Heel
The Stooges | 1969
Interpol | Untitled
James Blake | Unluck
John Lennon | Mother
Joy Division | Disorder
Justice | Genesis
LCD Soundsystem | Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
Led Zeppelin | Good Times Bad Times
Leonard Cohen | Suzanne
MGMT | Time to Pretend
Nirvana | Blew
Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop
Sex Pistols | Holiday in the Sun
The Avalanches | Since I Left You
The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There
The Doors | Break on Through (To the Other Side)
The Stone Roses | I Wanna Be Adored
The Strokes | Is This It
The Streets | Turn the Page
The Velvet Underground | Sunday Morning
The xx | Intro
TV on the Radio | The Wrong Way
U2 | I Will Follow
Van Halen | Runnin' With the Devil
Weezer | My Name Is Jonas
Wolf Parade | You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son
Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Rich
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Heylazaro wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:28 pm
6- No church in the wild - Jay Z & Kanye West
Since Watch the Throne is a collab album (rather then them forming a new group), this song isn't eligible. Good picks though!
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1. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
2. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
3. Tropical Fuck Storm - You Let My Tyres Down
4. U2 - I Will Follow
5. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tupelo*
7. Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes
8. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
9. Björk - Human Behaviour
10. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
11. Lily Allen - Smile

* This is from 'The Firstborn is Dead' because 'From Her to Eternity' is credited to 'Nick Cave featuring The Bad Seeds'. If you think this is stretching the rules beyond breaking point, then please move everything else up one position.
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The Beta Band - The 3 eps (and with that Dry the Rain) is probably not eligible?
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1. Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia Theme
2. Steely Dan - Do It Again
3. Donald Fagen - I.G.Y.
4. Boston - More Than a Feeling
5. Joe Jackson - One More Time
6. Chicago - Introduction
7. Derek & the Dominos - I Looked Away
8. The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
9. Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week
10. Jackson Browne - Jamaica Say You Will
11. Blind Faith - Had to Cry Today
12. Third Eye Blind - Losing a Whole Year
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1) DJ Shadow | Building Steam With a Grain of Salt : so I'm on the fence on whether or not this should be eligible. I think in most cases, intros or skits should be excluded, except for The XX's Intro which I almost nominated. That would especially make sense for Kanye West or De La Soul for instance. I see heylazaro did the same for Big Boi, which is a trickier one, but Feel Me is at least subtitled "(Intro)". Endtroducing has the same issue : is "Best Foot Forward" an intro, a real track, a bit of both ? I'll let the jury decide !
2) Bloc Party | Like Eating Glass
3) Bon Iver | Flume
4) The Streets | Turn the Page
5) Klaxons | Two Receivers
6) Arctic Monkeys | The View From the Afternoon
7) Muse | Sunburn
8) Mogwai | Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home
9) Modest Mouse |Dramamine (another arguable one, I see that wikipedia doesn't consider Sad Sappy Sucker as a proper album, making Dramamine eligible... but I think Sad Sappy Sucker would usually be considered their debut)
10) Los Campesinos | Death to Los Campesinos
11) Dan Deacon | Woody Woodpecker
12) Sparklehorse | Homecoming Queen

Close calls nobody mentioned yet :
Frank Ocean - Strawberry Swing
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Chemical Brothers - Leave Home
Jamie XX - Gosh
Low - Words
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rumpdoll wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:27 am The Beta Band - The 3 eps (and with that Dry the Rain) is probably not eligible?
Yes, unfortunately!
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1. Neu! - Hallogallo
2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
4. Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions
5. 16 Horsepower - I Seen What I Saw
6. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put a Spell on You
8. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
10. Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
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Fun theme. I didn't search too deep, but here are some personal favorites, classics and a handful of left-field choices:

1. Bruce Springsteen – Blinded by the Light
2. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
3. David Wise – Theme (DK Jamz)
4. King Crimson – 21st Century Schizoid Man
5. Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes
6. The xx – Intro
7. The Sonics – The Witch
8. Courtney Barnett – Elevator Operator
9. The Slits – Instant Hit
10. Angel Olsen – Acrobat

I have to see if I have time to actually play, but I'm a sucker for special themes, so perhaps I'm won over.
DaveC wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:35 am * This is from 'The Firstborn is Dead' because 'From Her to Eternity' is credited to 'Nick Cave featuring The Bad Seeds'. If you think this is stretching the rules beyond breaking point, then please move everything else up one position.
It's not up to me, but I feel this is stretching the rules too much as it is completely the same people. Likewise I also wouldn't count artists who changed monikers, like Smog who later went by his actual name Bill Callahan or The Microphones that went Mount Eerie. Effectively the same artist under a new name.
Henry wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:19 am 1. The Who - Who's Next - Baba O'Riley
2. Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia Theme
3. Yes - Yes Album - Yours Is No Disgrace
4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Bridge Over Troubled Water
6. Stevie Winwood - Arc of a Diver - While You See a Chance
7. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
8. Steely Dan - Aja - Black Cow
9. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? - I Saw the Light
10. Journey - Infinity - Lights
These are generally not debut albums.
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Quickly threw this together, might change it if I think of an important one I forgot:

1 | Today Is the Day | "Black Dahlia"
2 | Bon Iver | "Flume"
3 | Faust | "Why Don't You Eat Carrots"
4 | Carla Bley & Paul Haines | "Hotel Overture" [first album for Haines]
5 | Klaus Schulze | "1. Satz: Ebene"
6 | Julius Hemphill | "Dogon A.D."
7 | Ash Ra Tempel | "Amboss"
8 | Patti Smith | "Gloria"
9 | New York Dolls | "Personality Crisis"
10 | King Crimson | "21st Century Schizoid Man"

Others, some older, some new:
Babylon Orchestra | "Babylonia Paranoia"
Black Country, New Road | "Instrumental"
Bonny Light Horseman | "Bonny Light Horseman"
The Congos | "Fisherman"
Miles Davis Quintet | "'Round Midnight" [First Great Quintet]
Miles Davis Quintet | "E.S.P." [Second Great Quintet]
Kaja Draksler | "Mirabile Mysterium / Births"
Keeley Forsyth | "Debris"
Hans-a-Plast | "Rock 'n' Roll Freitag"
Lauryn Hill | "Lost Ones"
Lil Darkie | "rap music"
The Modern Lovers | "Roadrunner"
Niels Munk | "Laboratory Music"
Nina Hagen Band | "T.V. Glotzer (White Punks on Dope)"
Pere Ubu | "Non-Alignment Pact"
Purple Mountains | "That's Just the Way That I Feel"
Roxy Music | "Re-Make/Re-Model"
The Specials | "A Message to You Rudy"
Television | "See No Evil"
This Heat | "Horizontal Hold"
Ton Steine Scherben | "Ich will nicht werden, was mein Alter ist"
Konstantin Wecker | "Mein linker Arm"
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1 | Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop
2 | Wire | Reuters
3 | Aphex Twin | Xtal
4 | Joy Division | Disorder
5 | The Stone Roses | I Wanna Be Adored
6 | The Doors | Break on Through (to the Other Side)
7 | The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There
8 | SALEM | King Night
9 | Tocotronic | Freiburg
10 | Neu! | Hallogallo
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lets say:

01 | Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance
02 | Violent Femmes | Blister in the sun
03 | NEU! | Hallogallo
04 | Mercury Rev | Chasing a bee
05 | N.W.A | Straight outta Compton
06 | Au Pairs | We're so cool
07 | The Go! Team | Panther Dash
08 | The Feelies | The boy with the perpetual nervousness
09 | The Cardigans | Sick & Tired
10 | Rage against the machine | Bomb Track

Left out because of Intro/Maybe not first album:
DJ Shadow | Building steam with a grain of salt
dEUS | Suds & Soda
Modest Mouse | Dramamine

And some not yet mentioned:
Blumfeld | Ghettowelt
Boards of Canada | Sixtyniner
Eels | Novocaine for the soul
Guns n' Roses | Welcome to the jungle
Air | La femme d'argent
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1 | Brian Fallon | A Wonderful Life
2 | Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes | I Don't Want to Go Home
3 | The Magic Numbers | Mornings Eleven
4 | R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe
5 | They Might Be Giants | Everything Right is Wrong Again
6 | Bruce Springsteen | Blinded by the Light
7 | Britney Spears | ..Baby One More Time
8 | ABBA | Ring Ring
9 | The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There
10 | Emmy the Great | Absentee

others I considered..
Bleachers | Wild Heart
Dave Hause | Time Will Tell
Sam Fender | Hypersonic Missiles
Sugar | The Act We Act
Keane | Somewhere Only We Know
Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell
The Fratellis | Henrietta
The Shins | Caring is Creepy
Alphabeat | 10,000 Nights of Thunder
Childish Gambino | Outside
The Shires | Tonight
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Cool concept, but I think ppl will get rid of songs they've never heard first and therefore very little chance they will get past the first few rounds.
Never mind, I'll play !

Long Fin Killie - (A) Man Ray
The Coral - Spanish Main
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Jellyfish - The Man I Used To Be
Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin
DeUS - Suds & Soda (I ignored the 25s intro)
Million Dead - Pornography for Cowards
A Tribe Called Quest - Push It Along
The Moles - Bury Me Happy
Monster Magnet - Pill Shovel
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spiritualized wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:25 pm Cool concept, but I think ppl will get rid of songs they've never heard first and therefore very little chance they will get past the first few rounds.
Never mind, I'll play !
That’s always a fear with games like this, hopefully people will be willing to listen to twenty songs. Ultimately, what one could do is just rank the twenty songs after one listen and then vote for their least favorites until they are eliminated, so it really doesn’t need to be a huge commitment.
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I had omitted Time to Pretend, so I just updated my list. There are tons of great songs to choose from here.
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rumpdoll wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:19 pm
DJ Shadow | Building steam with a grain of salt
dEUS | Suds & Soda
Modest Mouse | Dramamine
You can include any/all of these if you would like!
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Ones that haven't been mentioned:
1. Kae Tempest - Marshall Law
2. The Beautiful South - Song for Whoever
3. Oasis - Rock and Roll Star
4. Betty Davis - If I'm in Luck (I Might Just Get Picked up)
5. Warren G. - Regulate [obviously featuring Nate Dogg but it was the first track on Warren G's debut]
6. Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
7. All Saints - Never Ever
8. Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach for My Revolver [Signals, Calls & Marches EP predated their debut album]
9. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
10. The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

Adding my name to the following:
1. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
2. Goldie - Timeless
3. Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions
4. The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
5. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
6. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
7. Joy Division - Disorder
8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues

On the verge of my top 10:
- Amy Winehouse - Stronger than Me [if Intro is ignored]
- Everything but the Girl - Each and Every One
- Plan B - Kidz
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mileswide wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:57 pm Ones that haven't been mentioned:
1. Kae Tempest - Marshall Law
2. The Beautiful South - Song for Whoever
3. Oasis - Rock and Roll Star
4. Betty Davis - If I'm in Luck (I Might Just Get Picked up)
5. Warren G. - Regulate [obviously featuring Nate Dogg but it was the first track on Warren G's debut]
6. Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
7. All Saints - Never Ever
8. Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach for My Revolver [Signals, Calls & Marches EP predated their debut album]
9. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
10. The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

Adding my name to the following:
1. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
2. Goldie - Timeless
3. Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions
4. The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
5. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
6. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
7. Joy Division - Disorder
8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues

On the verge of my top 10:
- Amy Winehouse - Stronger than Me [if Intro is ignored]
- Everything but the Girl - Each and Every One
- Plan B - Kidz
Hello! Great list, but which ten are you specifically giving your points to?
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Holden wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:58 pm Hello! Great list, but which ten are you specifically giving your points to?
The latter 8 (Tunnels to GY!BE) for the purposes of consensus :)
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I updated my list to include Radio free Europe - R.E.M. instead of the non acceptable No church in the wild by Jay Z & Kanye West

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Glad to see everyone else is taking to the theme! I remember the discussion once sparked between me and an old roommate when we were listening to "Good Times Bad Times" and thinking how it totally encapsulates the band's sound, right from the very start. And I can only imagine what it would have been like hearing a song that heavy for the first time in 1969. My own list focuses on songs like that, that seem to be artist mission statements as much as they are great tracks.

1. St. Vincent - Now Now
2. Modest Mouse - Dramamine
3. Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
4. Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
6. Patti Smith - Gloria
7. HAIM - Falling
8. Sharon Van Etten - I Wish I Knew
9. Japandroids - The Boys Are Leaving Town
10. Boards of Canada - Wildlife Analysis
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I see some people nominating the same songs. I don't think there is any point to that or am I understanding it wrong?
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Rob wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:07 pm I see some people nominating the same songs. I don't think there is any point to that or am I understanding it wrong?
It's point based. Your first song gives ten points to that song, and second song gives nine, and so on.
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1. The Cars - Just What I Needed
2. Roxy Music - Remake / Remodel
3. Patti Smith - Gloria
4. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
5. The Clash - Janie Jones
6. Brian Eno - Needle In A Camel’s Eye
7. The Damed - Neat Neat Neat
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady
9. Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
10. Eels - Novocaine For The Soul
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1 | Jorge Ben | Mas, que nada!
2 | Leonard Cohen | Suzanne
3 | Steely Dan | Do It Again
4 | Erykah Badu | On & On
5 | Patti Smith | Gloria
6 | The Sound | I Can’t Escape Myself
7 | The Primitives | Crash
8 | Martha and The Muffins | Echo Beach
9 | Ginuwine | Pony
10 | Tracy Chapman | Talkin' Bout a Revolution
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Revised post (changes in place 7-10)

1 | Jorge Ben | Mas, que nada!
2 | Leonard Cohen | Suzanne
3 | Steely Dan | Do It Again
4 | Erykah Badu | On & On
5 | Patti Smith | Gloria
6 | The Sound | I Can’t Escape Myself
7 | Studio | Out There
8 | The Primitives | Crash
9 | Martha and the Muffins | Echo Beach
10 | Tracy Chapman | Talkin' Bout a Revolution

I went through my all-time songs list to get the list above. Going through my all-time albums list instead, I also found these songs of which most are bubbling just under the top 10.

Goldfrapp | Lovely Head
Portishead | Mysterons
King Crimson | 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kings of Convenience | Winning a Battle, Losing the War
Julee Cruise | Floating
Low | Words
Tori Amos | Crucify
Rage Against the Machine | Bombtrack
Mary Margaret O’Hara | To Cry About
The Doors | Break on Through (To the Other Side)
Jimi Hendrix | Foxy Lady
Nick Drake | Time Has Told Me

Since ”Nostalgia, Ultra” is a mixtape, I suppose ”Thinkin Bout You” is an eligible choice(?). However, ”Channel Orange” doesn’t feel like Ocean’s debut album to me, so it didn’t get my nomination.
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Henrik wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:31 am
Since ”Nostalgia, Ultra” is a mixtape, I suppose ”Thinkin Bout You” is an eligible choice(?). However, ”Channel Orange” doesn’t feel like Ocean’s debut album to me, so it didn’t get my nomination.
I was thinking about that one too and came to about the same conclusion.
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1. HAIM - Falling
2. Madonna - Lucky Star
3. Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes
4. MGMT - Time to Pretend
5. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
6. Le Tigre - Deceptacon
7. The Primitives - Crash
8. Patti Smith - Gloria
9. Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
10. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. Patti Smith - Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
3. Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
4. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
5. The Strokes - Is This It
6. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
8. Belle & Sebastian - The State I Am In
9. Suicide - Ghost Rider
10. My Bloody Valentine - Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)

Also big thumbs up to Heylazaro for including Daddy Fat Sax, that was my #11!
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1. Tom Waits | Ol' 55
2. a-ha | Take on Me
3. The xx | Intro
4. Crowded House | Mean to Me
5. The Bats | Treason
6. Talking Heads | Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
7. Air | La femme d'argent
8. The Cars | Good Times Roll
9. Foals | The French Open
10. The Decemberists | Leslie Anne Levine
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I've just picked ones of other people's lists:

1. The Primitives - Crash
2. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
3. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
4. Suede - So young
5. Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over
6. a-ha - Take on Me
7. Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
8. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
9. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
10. Tori Amos - Crucify

Next 10:
11. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
12. Nine Inch Nails | Head Like a Hole
13. Britney Spears | ..Baby One More Time
14. The Doors - Break on Through (to the Other Side)
15. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
16. Tom Waits | Ol' 55
17. Oasis - Rock and Roll Star
18. Patti Smith - Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
19. The Cardigans | Sick & Tired
20. Alabama Shakes - Hold On
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Madzong wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:53 pm 1. The Cars - Just What I Needed
This is not the first song from their debut, that'd be Good Times Roll.
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Our final day for nominations!
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Holden wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:09 pm
Madzong wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:53 pm 1. The Cars - Just What I Needed
This is not the first song from their debut, that'd be Good Times Roll.
Whoops! Could I change it to ‘Good Times Roll’ please :)
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The results!
Here is all of the songs that got more than one vote:

1 | Patti Smith | Gloria | 34
2 | Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) | 30
3 | The Avalanches | Since I Left You | 23
4 | Leonard Cohen | Suzanne | 21
5 | R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe | 20
6 | Neu! | Hallogallo | 19
6 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 19
8 | The Velvet Underground | Sunday Morning | 18
8 | Violent Femmes | Blister in the Sun | 18
8 | Little Richard | Tutti Frutti | 18
11 | Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | 17
11 | Steely Dan | Do It Again | 17
11 | Bon Iver | Flume | 17
11 | Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance | 17
11 | The Primitives | Crash | 17
16 | MGMT | Time to Pretend | 16
16 | The Animals | The House of the Rising Sun | 16
18 | Booker T. & the M.G.'s | Green Onions | 15
18 | Bruce Springsteen | Blinded by the Light | 15
18 | The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There | 15
18 | Suede | So Young | 15
22 | HAIM | Falling | 14
22 | a-ha | Take on Me | 14
24 | Björk | Human Behaviour | 13
24 | Goldie | Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah | 13
24 | Santigold | L.E.S. Artistes | 13
24 | The xx | Intro | 13
24 | The Cars | Good Times Roll | 13
29 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | The Dead Flag Blues | 11
29 | Joy Division | Disorder | 11
29 | Modest Mouse | Dramamine | 11
32 | The Beat | Mirror in the Bathroom | 10
32 | The Doors | Break On Through (To the Other Side) | 10
32 | Britney Spears | ...Baby One More Time | 10
35 | Stiff Little Fingers | Suspect Device | 9
36 | King Crimson | 21st Century Schizoid Man | 8
37 | Florence + the Machine | Dog Days Are Over | 7
38 | Saint Etienne | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | 6
39 | Martha and the Muffins | Echo Beach | 5

The four-way tie at 18 will be broken with a random number generator. See you for the first 'episode' later today!
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