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AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Here are the results of the second round, or the final P&J songs of 2008 poll results if you like.

They will be presented in three steps:
1 Songs ending at #26 to #45: coming up right after.
2 Songs ending at #11 to #25: tomorrow evening.
3 Songs ending in the top 10: Tuesday.

(tight schedule, since Wednesday I'm on vacation)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

# 45: Lights Out


Artist: Santogold

Score: 16 (3 Scores, 3 Nominations)




# 44: Black River Killer


Artist: Blitzen Trapper

Score: 17 (3 Scores, 3 Nominations)




# 43: Live Your Life


Artist: T.I. (featuring Rihanna)

Score: 22 (3 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: sonofsamiam (11)




# 42: I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You


Artist: Black Kids

Score: 25 (2 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Penguin (15), Nassim (10)

Release year (according to RYM): 2007




# 41: Perfect Timing


Artist: Drive-By Truckers

Score: 26 (3 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: nicolas (16)

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# 40: Midnight Man


Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Score: 28 (2 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Michel (23)




# 39: The Gardener


Artist: The Tallest Man On Earth

Score: 35 (3 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Stephan (19), nicolas (11)




# 38: DLZ


Artist: TV On The Radio

Score: 35 (4 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Michel (1




# 37: Blue Ridge Mountains


Artist: Fleet Foxes

Score: 38 (5 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Jonah (13), pop elton (10)




# 36: You Better Ask Yourself


Artist: Femi Kuti

Score: 39 (4 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: sonofsamiam (1

(no embeddable youtube video found)

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# 35: Dounia


Artist: Rokia Traoré

Score: 40 (4 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Honorio (15), Henrik (15)




# 34: L.E.S. Artistes


Artist: Santogold

Score: 41 (5 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: sonofsamiam (14)




# 32/33: Scratch The Surface


Artist: The Week That Was

Score: 43 (6 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Mitchell Stirling (13)




# 32/33: Soul On Fire


Artist: Spiritualized

Score: 43 (6 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Honorio (16)




# 31: Sabali


Artist: Amadou & Mariam

Score: 45 (5 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: sonofsamiam (13), Andre (12), netjade (10)

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# 30: Re: Stacks


Artist: Bon Iver

Score: 46 (7 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: pop elton (11), Penguin (10)

Release year (according to RYM): 2007




# 29: Supernatural Superserious


Artist: R.E.M.

Score: 49 (6 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Toni (1




# 28: Chemtrails


Artist: Beck

Score: 50 (6 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Jonah (13), VanillaFire1000 (12), VGRD (10)




# 27: Dancing Choose


Artist: TV On The Radio

Score: 51 (5 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Fred (15), BillAdama (15)




# 26: Mr. Carter


Artist: Lil Wayne (featuring Jay-Z)

Score: 54 (5 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: John (20), Alex D (11), Nassim (10)


Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

That's it for now, more results coming up tomorrow / later today ...

Two additional remarks:
- If you're listed as fan, it means you sponsored the song with 10 or more points
- By default, the release year is 2008. If, according to RYM, it is not 2008, it is mentioned specifically.

Good night!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Excellent presentation, André!!
It seems that the battle Seattle-Brooklyn (I mean Fleet Foxes-TV on the Radio) has a winner already on this forum

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

The battle Brooklyn vs. Seattle isn't over. TV on the Radio seems to be losing but there is still left MGMT with three songs.
And four Vampire Weekend songs too (probably not from Brooklyn but from New York).

To be serious it's amazing that Fleet Foxes have 6 songs in top 25.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Thanks, Honorio.

Yep, even for being a great admirer of Fleet Foxes, their dominance in this poll still seems a bit exaggerated to me as well.

But keep in mind, that TV On The Radio still have two songs in competition!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

I even surprised myself voting for 3 Fleet Foxes songs... (with less points than most of the others, but 3 songs anyway)

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# 25: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa


Artist: Vampire Weekend

Score: 55 (6 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: VanillaFire1000 (30)

Release year (according to RYM): 2007




# 24: Nothing Ever Happened


Artist: Deerhunter


Score: 56 (6 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Harold Wexler (1 , Michel (13), Fred (10)




# 23: Halfway Home


Artist: TV On The Radio

Score: 56 (8 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Nassim (15), VGRD (10)




# 22: M79


Artist: Vampire Weekend

Score: 59 (6 Scores, 5 Nominations)

Fans: Rocky Raccoon (16), Andre (12), Fred (10), John (10)

Release year (according to RYM): 2007




# 21: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!


Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Score: 61 (7 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: John (20), Honorio (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Due to lack of time tomorrow, I might present the remainder of the results already tonight ...

But since we've reached the last 20 songs, the pace is now lowered from 5 to 2 songs at a time.

Back after dinner ...

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Really awesome, Andre!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Thanks, Henrik. And here we continue our journey with the next two songs:

# 20: Kids


Artist: MGMT

Score: 63 (7 Scores, 6 Nominations)

Fans: pop elton (17), Penguin (11), Michael (10), Moonbeam (10)

Release year (according to RYM): 2005




# 19: Clowns


Artist: Goldfrapp


Score: 66 (7 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: netjade (20), Fred (10), VGRD (10), Moonbeam(10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Clowns is one of 3 songs in the top 20, that only got 3 nominations. As many others among us, I did not know this song until the recommendations thread came along. It is a beautiful song that keeps growing with every listen ... and nice to see it end up at #19!

It's getting really bizarre: 6 Fleet Foxes songs left for the last 18!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Correction, Clowns is one of 4 songs in the top 20, that only got 3 nominations...

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

The next two songs share the 17th spot:

# 17/18: A-Punk


Artist: Vampire Weekend

Score: 67 (8 Scores, 5 Nominations)

Fans: Nassim (15), Klauw (11)

Release year (according to RYM): 2007




# 17/18: Ragged Wood


Artist: Fleet Foxes


Score: 67 (8 Scores, 8 Nominations)

Fans: Jonah (15), Miguel (13), Andre (10)

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# 16: Oxford Comma


Artist: Vampire Weekend

Score: 68 (6 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Rocky Raccoon (19), Toni (15), Michael (10), VGRD (10)

Release year (according to RYM): 2007




# 15: Electric Feel


Artist: MGMT

Score: 70 (7 Scores, 5 Nominations)

Fans: ako (20), Alex D (13), Klauw (10)

No embeddable youtube video found, here's the link instead: MGMT - Electric Feel

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# 14: Sequestered In Memphis


Artist: The Hold Steady

Score: 73 (6 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Greg Maurer (30), Rocky Raccoon (14)




# 13: Golden Age


Artist: TV On The Radio


Score: 74 (7 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: netjade (15), Harold Wexler (15), sonofsamiam (13), Rocky Raccoon (11)

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For what it's worth, here are some correlation stats again for you:

* 5 lowest pairwise correlations
1. VGRD and Klauw: -0,240
2. sonofsamiam and Penguin: -0,237
3. BillAdama and Penguin: -0,235
4. Honorio and Andre: -0,234
5. Fred and Toni: -0,232

* 5 highest pairwise correlations
1. Fred and BillAdama: 0,633
2. Andre and Miguel: 0,613
3. Miguel and Jonah: 0,557
4. Michael and Stephan: 0,505
5. Miguel and Moonbeam: 0,483

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High time for some Fleet Foxes songs again:

# 12: He Doesn't Know Why


Artist: Fleet Foxes

Score: 77 (7 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Klauw (16), Jonah (15), Toni (14), Miguel (12), Penguin (10)




# 11: Your Protector


Artist: Fleet Foxes

Score: 77 (8 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: John (20), ako (20), Henrik (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Which leaves us with the top 10!

But first some more of those fine correlation stats

* 5 lowest average overall correlations
1. Michel -0,087
2. sonofsamiam -0,066
3. John and Greg Maurer -0,049
5. Rocky Raccoon -0,032

* 5 highest average overall correlations
1. Michael 0,093
2. Alex D 0,074
3. Miguel 0,069
4. Moonbeam 0,061
5. Klauw and Harold Wexler 0,052

Let's see, we have a Michael, Michel, Miguel and a Mitchell among us. I betcha, they're all one and the same person!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

One of the last voters gave the maximum of 30 points to 2 songs, upsetting the standings quite a bit.

Greg, one of the songs stranded at #14, but the other one makes it to the best 10:

# 10: Kim & Jessie


Artist: M83

Score: 79 (7 Scores, 4 Nominations)

Fans: Greg Maurer (30), VanillaFire1000 (10), BillAdama (10), VGRD (10)

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From the brilliant EP Sun Giant, here comes another fine FF song:

# 9: Mykonos


Artist: Fleet Foxes

Score: 85 (7 Scores, 6 Nominations)

Fans: ako (25), VGRD (20), Mitchell Stirling (12), Henrik (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

And what about this gorgeous song and video? Electro-disco at his best, accompanied by a unique voice:

# 8: Blind


Artist: Hercules And Love Affair (featuring Antony)

Score: 89 (9 Scores, 7 Nominations)

Fans: Mitchell Stirling (17), BillAdama (15), Nassim (15), Moonbeam (12), Fred (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

The next song got only 3 nominations in round 1 and is THE BIGGEST SURPRISE in the end list:

# 7: Machine Gun


Artist: Portishead

Score: 94 (8 Scores, 3 Nominations)

Fans: Henrik (20), netjade (1 , pop elton (1 , Klauw (11), BillAdama (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

The remaining 6 songs all got 100 or more points. What have we got left? Three UK and three US songs!

In alphabetical order: Coldplay, Duffy, Fleet Foxes (2x), MGMT and Portishead.

Curious? Well, I'm gonna reveal it all ...

... tomorrow!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

That "Machine Gun" only got 3 nominations was a bigger surprise to me. Apparently it was just outside a lot of the nomination lists.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Awesome job so far, Andre!

I heard a great number of new songs through this, which is excellent, as I wasn't nearly as on top of things in 2008 as I was in 2007.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Correct, Henrik, although the points from netjade and Klauw, both not participating in round 1, also made a difference.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Thanks, Moonbeam, but most of the credits go to yourself though: The recommendations thread was the big catalyser!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

I'm gonna continue with a few more songs, before crashing into bed ... so here comes number 6.

This song was leading at the beginning, but only got 2 more votes by the last 13 submitters. It is the second song from the artist in the end list, and called:

# 7: Machine Gun


Artist: Portishead

Score: 100 (9 Scores, 7 Nominations)

Fans: Mitchell Stirling (22), Fred (15), BillAdama (15), Harold Wexler (12), VGRD (10)

No embeddable youtube video found, so here's a link: Portishead - The Rip

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Oops, a mistake ... that should read:

# 6: The Rip


Artist: Portishead

Score: 100 (9 Scores, 7 Nominations)

Fans: Mitchell Stirling (22), Fred (15), BillAdama (15), Harold Wexler (12), VGRD (10)

No embeddable youtube video found, so here's a link: Portishead - The Rip

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Hhmm, need to go to bed before making more mistakes ...

Good night!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Good morning!

Here is the list with songs presented so far:

6 - Portishead - The Rip
7 - Portishead - Machine Gun
8 - Hercules And Love Affair - Blind [feat. Antony]
9 - Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
10 - M83 - Kim & Jessie
11 - Fleet Foxes - Your Protector
12 - Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why
13 - TV On The Radio - Golden Age
14 - The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis
15 - MGMT - Electric Feel
16 - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma [2007]
17 - Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
18 - Vampire Weekend - A-Punk [2007]
19 - Goldfrapp - Clowns
20 - MGMT - Kids [2005]
21 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
22 - Vampire Weekend - M79 [2007]
23 - TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
24 - Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
25 - Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [2007]
26 - Lil Wayne - Mr. Carter [feat. Jay-Z]
27 - TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose
28 - Beck - Chemtrails
29 - R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
30 - Bon Iver - Re: Stacks [2007]
31 - Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
32 - Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
33 - The Week That Was - Scratch The Surface
34 - Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
35 - Rokia Traoré - Dounia
36 - Femi Kuti - You Better Ask Yourself
37 - Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
38 - TV On The Radio - DLZ
39 - The Tallest Man On Earth - The Gardener
40 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Midnight Man
41 - Drive-By Truckers - Perfect Timing
42 - Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You [2007]
43 - T.I. - Live Your Life [feat. Rihanna]
44 - Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
45 - Santogold - Lights Out

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# 5: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song


Artist: Fleet Foxes

Score: 113 (9 Scores, 7 Nominations)

Fans: Andre (15), Fred (15), BillAdama (15), nicolas (14), VanillaFire1000 (13), Miguel (12), Alex D (11), Nassim (10)

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# 4: Time To Pretend


Artist: MGMT

Score: 113 (11 Scores, 8 Nominations)

Fans: Michael (17), Penguin (17), Stephan (16), pop elton (14), Moonbeam (12), Nassim (10)

Release year (according to RYM): 2005

No embeddable youtube video found, here's a link instead: MGMT - Time To Pretend [2005]

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Duffy in the top 3! Glad to know that she gets a lot of love here, if not from the critics.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Some facts about the song at #3:

1) This song was never mentioned in the recommendations thread!!!

2) This song did get acclaim from the critics and even won a couple of awards as best song of 2008 (Grammy too I think)

So, Moonbeam, still no Duffy, but Chris Martin instead:

# 3: Viva La Vida


Artist: Coldplay


Score: 118 (9 Scores, 5 Nominations)

Fans: Stephan (20), Michael (17), Klauw (17), Alex D (17), Honorio (13), Penguin (11), VanillaFire1000 (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

So, we got 1 'Motown' song and 1 Folk 'A-Capella' song left ...

... and on the very last day of voting, it all got really close. Even stronger, the very last voter, Toni, gave points to both songs! In the end, the difference between the two is 3 points only!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Another highlight of 2008:

# 2.5: The Presidents Dance


Artist: DJ Obama & Dr. McCain

Score: 150 (28 Scores, Wildcard)

Fans: Too many

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And here come the best two songs, as voted by you (if I had just given 4 points more to my personal favourite ...):

# 2: Mercy


Artist: Duffy

Score: 137 (9 Scores, 6 Nominations)

Fans: Moonbeam (30), Miguel (25), Andre (20), Henrik (20), Toni (14)

No embeddable youtube video found, here's a link instead: Duffy - Mercy


# 1: White Winter Hymnal


Artist: Fleet Foxes

Score: 140 (11 Scores, 8 Nominations)

Fans: Michael (20), nicolas (20), Alex D (17), Jonah (15), Harold Wexler (14), Miguel (12), Honorio (11), VGRD (10)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Here is the list with all 45 songs and their scores again:

1 - 140 (11) - Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
2 - 137 (9) - Duffy - Mercy
3 - 118 (9) - Coldplay - Viva La Vida
4 - 113 (11) - MGMT - Time To Pretend [2005]
5 - 113 (9) - Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
6 - 100 (9) - Portishead - The Rip
7 - 94 ( - Portishead - Machine Gun
8 - 89 (9) - Hercules And Love Affair - Blind [feat. Antony]
9 - 85 (7) - Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
10 - 79 (7) - M83 - Kim & Jessie
11 - 77 ( - Fleet Foxes - Your Protector
12 - 77 (7) - Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why
13 - 74 (7) - TV On The Radio - Golden Age
14 - 73 (6) - The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis
15 - 70 (7) - MGMT - Electric Feel
16 - 68 (6) - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma [2007]
17 - 67 ( - Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
17 - 67 ( - Vampire Weekend - A-Punk [2007]
19 - 66 (7) - Goldfrapp - Clowns
20 - 63 (7) - MGMT - Kids [2005]
21 - 61 (7) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
22 - 59 (6) - Vampire Weekend - M79 [2007]
23 - 56 ( - TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
24 - 56 (6) - Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
25 - 55 (6) - Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [2007]
26 - 54 (5) - Lil Wayne - Mr. Carter [feat. Jay-Z]
27 - 51 (5) - TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose
28 - 50 (6) - Beck - Chemtrails
29 - 49 (6) - R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
30 - 46 (7) - Bon Iver - Re: Stacks [2007]
31 - 45 (5) - Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
32 - 43 (6) - Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
32 - 43 (6) - The Week That Was - Scratch The Surface
34 - 41 (5) - Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
35 - 40 (4) - Rokia Traoré - Dounia
36 - 39 (4) - Femi Kuti - You Better Ask Yourself
37 - 38 (5) - Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
38 - 35 (4) - TV On The Radio - DLZ
39 - 35 (3) - The Tallest Man On Earth - The Gardener
40 - 28 (2) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Midnight Man
41 - 26 (3) - Drive-By Truckers - Perfect Timing
42 - 25 (2) - Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You [2007]
43 - 22 (3) - T.I. - Live Your Life [feat. Rihanna]
44 - 17 (3) - Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
45 - 16 (3) - Santogold - Lights Out

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Excellent stuff, glad that the top ten didn't end up only having two names on it, Thanks again Andre!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Great work Andre. And an excellent list, too.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 2 Results

Great, the first 3 were in my top 10 as well! And it was excellent seeing He Doesn't Know Why going so far!