AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024

[Brad]

Which actually raises a good question: What is one song, made by famous musician(s), that only yourself and no one else would ever think of putting in an all timer song list ?

The Clash - Groovy Times
Favorite Clash song and #13 on my list

[StevieFan13]

If I made the rules, any list not containing "Banks & Steelz - Giant" would be considered void and not be taken into consideration when calculating the final tally, under suspicion that said list is made by AI and not a real human, because only AI, without actual sense and sensibility, would not include this great song.

Which actually raises a good question: What is one song, made by famous musician(s), that only yourself and no one else would ever think of putting in an all timer song list ?

I’m always surprised at the lack of love for Neko Case’s “I Wish I Was the Moon,” which has taken up permanent residence in my AT Top 10.

Another, even more obvious one: my favorite Billy Joel song of all time is "And So It Goes," I think it absolutely deserves to be considered a representative song of his up there with "Piano Man" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."
Others that probably count from my perspective: Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (somehow didn't make my list this time, but I wish I had room for it), Stevie Wonder's "Golden Lady," The Smiths' "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (some of my favorite Johnny Marr guitar playing on that one), Nina Simone's live cover of "Mr. Bojangles" (eons better than the more famous Sammy Davis Jr. version), and Outkast's "Spottieottiedopaliscious" (which I first heard through Pitchfork's original '90s songs list, but it never gets the shine of the more famous Outkast songs, and even gets overshadowed by "Rosa Parks" when it comes to Aquemini standouts).

[Sweepstakes Ron]

While we wait for the results, let's discuss the thing that's been on someone's mind: a video version of the list.

Remember when I made a video version of the 2015 poll? It's gotten quite a few views. Three years ago, I discussed the possibility of making another one for the 2021 poll. Obviously, that never panned out. However... during that time, I did manage to prepare over 500 six-second samples for songs in the top 2000. They weren't in ranked order, so there's no guarantee how many of them would be of use in the future. Still, I don't want all that hard work to go to waste.

Now, I certainly don't have as much free time as I did back when I made that first video. Especially considering a new one would have to be twice as long. But the spirit of collaboration seems to be in the air, with this poll having the roles of data aggregation and presentation split between two users. The point I'm making, is... if I were to take care of the audio portion, would someone else be willing to take on the video editing portion of a video version of the 2024 poll? Hell, if we want to include all the pretty pictures of the artists again, there could even be a third person to take care of those. Or even more people depending on how you want to divide the labor.

Don't worry about needing to volunteer right now or anything, because there's no way this would be able to get done this year. I just wanted to gauge interest. I'd probably do the audio clips myself anyways, because I've found them a useful way to get to know songs in the past.

[Live in Phoenix]

Thank you Cadavaca and Holden so much for handling this poll — is there a sort of estimated rollout time?

[Cadavaca]

Not sure — maybe end of November?

[panam]

Not sure — maybe end of November?

Will it be a top 2000 like in recent editions?

[Cadavaca]

Will it be a top 2000 like in recent editions?

I've finished the first pass through the data — at the moment it looks like #1700 would be the first song to have received two votes. Do we have a convention for what the cutoff should be?

[Nassim]

Will it be a top 2000 like in recent editions?

I've finished the first pass through the data — at the moment it looks like #1700 would be the first song to have received two votes. Do we have a convention for what the cutoff should be?

I think we never go for anything that could have made it with a single vote, so nothing below 100 points.

[Cadavaca]

No worries there — we've got ~3000 songs with at least 100 points.

[panam]

No worries there — we've got ~3000 songs with at least 100 points.

How many people voted? In 2021, 76 voted and it far exceeded more than 2000 songs with at least 2 matching votes (all top 2000 got 4 or more votes)

[Cadavaca]

I've got 61 ballots. But there are definitely more than 2000 songs with more votes, it's just that 1700 is where the highest-scoring song with two votes appears.

[Nassim]

No worries there — we've got ~3000 songs with at least 100 points.

How many people voted? In 2021, 76 voted and it far exceeded more than 2000 songs with at least 2 matching votes (all top 2000 got 4 or more votes)

3 songs in the top 2000 got only 2 votes, and 11 got only 3 votes.
So I'll guess we'll be fine with a top 2000 this time again.

[panam]

I've got 61 ballots. But there are definitely more than 2000 songs with more votes, it's just that 1700 is where the highest-scoring song with two votes appears.

In that case, and considering that there are more or less 3000 songs with more than 100 points, a Top 2000 could be the final list.

[panam]

No worries there — we've got ~3000 songs with at least 100 points.

How many people voted? In 2021, 76 voted and it far exceeded more than 2000 songs with at least 2 matching votes (all top 2000 got 4 or more votes)

3 songs in the top 2000 got only 2 votes, and 11 got only 3 votes.
So I'll guess we'll be fine with a top 2000 this time again.

Cool. I couldn't check that. But it's confirmed the possibility of top 2000 as you say.

[Elder]

And what stage of pregnancy is our baby at?

[Cadavaca]

Still on track for the due date of November 30th.

[Sweepstakes Ron]

I just happened across an error in a list, Slick listed "Under the Pressure" as #211 in the #411 position, while the actual #211 "Smokers Outside the Hospital Door" is listed correctly, so there must have been a typo. Don't worry, I'm not obsessively checking for errors or anything!

[panam]

Still on track for the due date of November 30th.

Today will be the day of release?

[Holden]

Still on track for the due date of November 30th.

Today will be the day of release?

I’m working on the rollout right now. Today will not be the day of release, no.

[Cadavaca]

Yeah, sorry — I gave November 30th as my due date. I did make it, but there's still more prep to be done. Thanks for patience!

[panam]

I understand. Thank you for letting us know.