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It's time for instalment n°47 of the Classics Chart, where YOU get to nominate and vote for the best songs ever in a tournament to the death ! Only the cream of the crop will go through the grueling EIGHT weeks of charting.

Thank you for your opinions. We move back to a weekly schedule. Get your votes and nominations in quickly !

108 votes last week (-22 votes)
At the top, back to N°1 : Simon & Garfunkel's The Boxer
2 new entries : Big Star & U2
The Beat & QOTSA are OUT !
No Hoffers this week




Enjoy voting for your favorite 10 songs... a difficult feat !

The AMF WC Classics Hall of Fame playlist :




Top Chart (number of weeks as n°1)

The Smiths - How Soon is Now (2)
Nina Simone - Feeling Good (2)
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (4)
Annie - Heartbeat (1)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (2)
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up (Extended Version) (2)
France Gall - Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son (1)
Janelle Monae - Cold War (5)
The Cranberries - Dreams (1)
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (2)
Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (1)
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (6)
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole (2)
U2 - With or Without You (2)
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (1)
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have) ? (4)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (3)
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (3)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (3)

I know this is my nomination, but please press play on the Buddy video. Rediscovered this through an NME compilation - a classic Kiwi Flying Nun tune.

"Snapper, the brainchild of Peter Gutteridge (founding member of The Clean, and The Chills), quickly became known for their swirling walls of distorted guitar and keyboards"

Adding it as a top 1000 song

Sade - The Sweetest Taboo

The Flaming Lips - 'Waitin' For A Superman'

The Nomads I'm 5 Years Ahead of My Time

Waxahatchee - Swan Dive

Tears For Fears - 'Sowing The Seeds Of Love'

Wire - Fragile

Chorus by Holly Herndon

Dominic A - Le Courage des Oiseaux (Electric Live Version)

7 votes for U2 + 2 votes for CAN = me mad

Brad wrote:7 votes for U2 + 2 votes for CAN = me mad

I am the second vote for CAN. I'm also bummed that Big Star won't likely survive this round.

CupOfDreams wrote:

Brad wrote:7 votes for U2 + 2 votes for CAN = me mad

I am the second vote for CAN. I'm also bummed that Big Star won't likely survive this round.

COD - agree completely. I fear our breed is dwindling...