Ambiorix Top 40 – 2025-10

For the second time this year, David Byrne (#1 with “A Door Called No”) walks away with the gold medal! Where typical 80s and 90s devotees like The Saints (#2 “Empires – Sometimes We Fall”) and Men Without Hats (#3 “In Glorious Days”) suddenly reappear out of nowhere remains a mystery to me! The fact is, the material they’ve delivered stands shoulder to shoulder with their glory days. Hence the exceptionally high scores!

Bernie Leadon of The Eagles reveals himself, at an advanced age, to be a gifted solo artist (#7) with “Too Late To Be Cool.” Half a century after leaving The Eagles, his album count only stands at two! Mirror was his solo debut back in 2004, and only this month comes the follow-up, the album Too Late To Be Cool.

For the very first time in her illustrious career, Taylor Swift has managed to convince me of her musical talent (and not just a little). In my quest for more elevated creations by—or from the mouth of—Miss Taylor, I remain, for now, stuck on that one class song.

Just outside the top 10, there’s a half-dozen Belpop songs shining gloriously, such as “Ik wil niet dat je het koud hebt” (#11) by De Mens, “End Scene” (#12) by the supergroup Glitterpaard, and at #15 the return of Fred Angst with “Misschien,” one of many fine creations from Stockholmsyndroom. Stef Kamil Carlens and The Poem hold position #17 with “A Thousand Kisses Deep.” Augustijn is also fully back with “Relatief” (#19), already his eighth single release of 2025. The Ghent-based Dressed Like Boys closes this homegrown and intimate row with “Finger Trap” (#20). Only Admiral Freebee drifts just below them at #26 with “Q&A With Myself.”

Rapper Gael Faye makes his debut at #34 with “A Trop Courir,” brought to me via my better half—madly in love as she dances her way through life to French hip-hop.

For the rest, it’s about time to look forward to the final chords of this monstrous past year.
In the Year 2025, an AI wonder that man is still alive!

(Jan VH)

Playlist

1. David Byrne ft Ghost Train Orchestra – A Door Called No
2. The Saints – Empires (Sometimes We Fall)
3. Men Without Hats – In Glorious Days
4. Ezra Furman – One Hand Free
5. Bruce Springsteen – Lonely Night in the Park
6. Levellers – Alive (Edit)
7. Bernie Leadon – Too Late to Be Cool
8. The Dears – Tears of a Nation
9. Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia
10. Bear’s Den ft Ciaran Lavery – Timbuktu
11. De Mens – Ik Wil Niet Dat Je Het Koud Hebt
12. Glitterpaard – End Scene
13. Serj Tankjan – Kneeling Away from the Sun
14. Miles Kane – Without You
15. Fred Angst ft Jonathan Vervaeke – Misschien
16. Eagle-Eye Cherry – Just Because
17. Stef Kamil Carlens & The Poem – A Thousand Kisses Deep
18. Paul Weller – Nobody’s Fool
19. Augustijn – Relatief
20. Dressed Like Boys – Finger Trap
21. Divine Comedy – Invisible Thread
22. Black Lips – Kassandra
23. Other Lives – Read My Mind
24. Foo Fighters – Asking for a Friend
25. Tom Smith – Leave
26. Admiral Freebee – Q&A with Myself
27. Chrissie Hynde ft Cat Power – First of the Gang to Die
28. Gorillaz ft Trueno & Proof – The Manifesto
29. Alex Cameron – Short King
30. Cigarettes After Sex – The Crystal Ship
31. Geese – Cobra
32. Of Monsters and Men – Tuna in a Can
33. Sparks – Porcupine
34. Gael Faye & Orch. Philharm. de Radio France – À Trop Courir
35. Ash – Which One Do You Want
36. Jake Bugg – Oblivious
37. Ásgeir – Smoke
38. Guided by Voices – Phantasmagoric Upstarts
39. Charlatans – Deeper and Deeper
40. Ciel – Stay Along/ Sail On

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