AMF Survivor, Season 1, Episode 1!

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Chose your LEAST FAVORITE of the following twenty songs!

Poll ended at Thu Apr 22, 2021 1:17 pm

Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
0
No votes
Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath
2
7%
Bon Iver | Flume
10
34%
Booker T. & the M.G.'s | Green Onions
1
3%
Leonard Cohen | Suzanne
0
No votes
Little Richard | Tutti Frutti
0
No votes
MGMT | Time to Pretend
0
No votes
Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance
1
3%
Neu! | Hallogallo
0
No votes
Patti Smith | Gloria
1
3%
R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe
1
3%
Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop
0
No votes
Steely Dan | Do It Again
7
24%
Suede | So Young
4
14%
The Animals | The House of the Rising Sun
0
No votes
The Avalanches | Since I Left You
0
No votes
The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There
1
3%
The Primitives | Crash
0
No votes
The Velvet Underground | Sunday Morning
0
No votes
Violent Femmes | Blister in the Sun
1
3%
 
Total votes: 29

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AMF Survivor, Season 1, Episode 1!

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Welcome to AMF Survivor! In this game, we slowly eliminate songs following a theme until we have a winner! You have a week to pick your least favorite of the following songs. This season's theme is the Best Opening Track from a Debut Album.

Here are your songs:

Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath
Bon Iver | Flume
Booker T. & the M.G.'s | Green Onions
Leonard Cohen | Suzanne
Little Richard | Tutti Frutti
MGMT | Time to Pretend
Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance
Neu! | Hallogallo
Patti Smith | Gloria
R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe
Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop
Steely Dan | Do It Again
Suede | So Young
The Animals | The House of the Rising Sun
The Avalanches | Since I Left You
The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There
The Primitives | Crash
The Velvet Underground | Sunday Morning
Violent Femmes | Blister in the Sun

Vote for your LEAST FAVORITE SONG! This is Survivor, so strategic voting is definitely allowed. Additionally, if you have an idea for a future theme, leave it below!

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There are only 19 songs, wasn't it supposed to be 20?
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Krurze wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:30 pm There are only 19 songs, wasn't it supposed to be 20?
Fixed! If you already voted, you'll have to vote again.
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All great songs, voted for Neneh Cherry, the weakest in my opinion.
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Never heard Hallogallo before this, it kind of rules.
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Holden wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:35 pm All great songs, voted for Neneh Cherry, the weakest in my opinion.
I'm only a little bit surprised to see the great negativity for the Steely Dan debut song.

Dad rock clearly does not hold much sway on AM :-)
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Henry wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:25 pm
Holden wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:35 pm All great songs, voted for Neneh Cherry, the weakest in my opinion.
I'm only a little bit surprised to see the great negativity for the Steely Dan debut song.

Dad rock clearly does not hold much sway on AM :-)
Unfortunately in an attempt to sway away from Flume I’ve voted for Steely Dan, though I do really like the song! Steely Dans debut is the only one I’ve ever really gotten into.
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Three days remain, and it looks like two frontrunners for elimination have emerged. Which will remain, and which will be eliminated?
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It's a strong selection, but Suede was an easy choice regardless. Never been all that much into their sound.

For future themes, one that I think could be fun would be the last song ranked on AM for every year. These tend to be acclaimed songs that are still generally overlooked. Since that's more than 20 songs, you could first eliminate them per decade (and we finally get some 1910's, 1920's, etc. mini-polls!) and then have the winners of each decade run against each other. Since that might run a bit long you could perhaps also chose for two or three eliminations per week (I wouldn't be against that for this poll already). This would work without nominations.

Another fun theme, based on the discussion above: dad rock or AOR.
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Rob wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:24 pm It's a strong selection, but Suede was an easy choice regardless. Never been all that much into their sound.

For future themes, one that I think could be fun would be the last song ranked on AM for every year. These tend to be acclaimed songs that are still generally overlooked. Since that's more than 20 songs, you could first eliminate them per decade (and we finally get some 1910's, 1920's, etc. mini-polls!) and then have the winners of each decade run against each other. Since that might run a bit long you could perhaps also chose for two or three eliminations per week (I wouldn't be against that for this poll already). This would work without nominations.

Another fun theme, based on the discussion above: dad rock or AOR.
That's a great idea (the last of each year). Also, I plan to have the polls take three days from here on out, just giving a week to familiarize everyone with the songs.
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One day remaining!
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