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Title: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 14, 2025, 09:20:22 PM

Quote from: Glüc da Dhi S.H. on January 14, 2025, 04:01:56 PM(Elections in 2 months, so I guess it is that time again, hint hint)

For reference:
http://wiki.talossa.com/Talossan_Music_Top_20
https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=3199.0

2025 TMT20 Nomination Rules

Nominations are now open. Everyone (including guests and prospective citizens) is invited to nominate songs to form the 2025 edition of the Talossan Music Top 20.

The competition will consist of 150 songs. 100 songs have qualified automatically based on their performance in the 2024 TMT20. Therefore, there will be a total of 50 new nominations.

For now we will start with 3 nominations per person. If we don't have enough songs by Noon TST on January 26, everyone will be free to nominate one new song every 12 hours.

We are voting on the written combination artist (or composer) + title, rather than the specific version that is being linked to, in case people do not like that version.

If you can, please include a link to YouTube or some other video or audio file of the song. Otherwise I will find a link myself, but I might not always find the best version.

All genres of music are welcome. Nominating an entire symphony is probably not a good idea, but go for it if you want, I guess.

Do not worry about nominating songs because they are not popular enough (or because they are too mainstream). You do not get a prize if your song wins. If you get someone to listen to a song or genre he did not know or like before, that is nice too. We all seem to love our 70s rock classics, and if your all time favorite song happens to fall in that category, go for it! But if it does not, adding some diversity to the list is just as good. Just nominate whatever song you think deserves to be in the list for whatever reason.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 14, 2025, 09:23:20 PM

Existing Nominations
Aerosmith - Dream On (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54BCLYNkFKg)
Agnes Obel - Riverside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncyiuwwXQ)
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEwaS-lLk0Y)
B-52's - Private Idaho (https://youtu.be/yXmnmvDl-ao)
B-52's - Roam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4)
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (https://youtu.be/Yy9h2q_dr9k?si=059rm-V_P9qvQvib)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (https://youtu.be/BOTIIw76qiE)
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oYsdAbypTk)
Blur - The Universal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jmBCfbgZc)
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ)
Boston - More Than a Feeling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo)
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (https://youtu.be/0fy_bOeJGx8)
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4rxCB4lys)
Coldplay - Fix You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4V3Mo61fJM)
Colourist - Little Games (https://youtu.be/TAoT2ze_XHI)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBsnopTVmo)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68g76j9VBvM)
Cure - A Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT4V6JmINA)
Dagny - Somebody (https://youtu.be/c1ID3LK5C1M)
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3RjWJMOuSQ)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ)
David Bowie - Starman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw)
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA)
Deep Purple - Child in Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE&pp=ygUZZGVlcCBwdXJwbGUgY2hpbGQgaW4gdGltZQ%3D%3D)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY)
Derek and the Dominos - Layla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n92zksrhbc)
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TTAXENxbM0)
Donkeyboy - Ambitions (https://youtu.be/dr_zSyBB8AU)
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (https://youtu.be/CVsLEI-hCXw)
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston (https://youtu.be/pMgHX2dhVlE)
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (https://youtu.be/2dANDhfWU8g)
Earth, Wind and Fire - September (https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk)
Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (https://youtu.be/JhvAOt43p_g)
Elton John - I'm Still Standing (https://youtu.be/MJ_aPtt4U8M)
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MZw_Iv0wdU)
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohZ0dqaP64)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg)
Falco - Der Kommissar (https://youtu.be/8-bgiiTxhzM)
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTPvcPYaOo)
Foo Fighters - Everlong (https://youtu.be/eBG7P-K-r1Y)
Foo Fighters - Walk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PkcfQtibmU)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (https://youtu.be/h66dI0q_9As)
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1E9O7niZAM)
Gazpacho - The Walk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykqiIKfoepo)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (https://youtu.be/CRMvKFJ5fZM)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRys49BmWw)
House of Pain - Jump Around (https://youtu.be/jrL_LzX5wv4)
Jefferson Starship - Jane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmrMMYpQL4)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (https://youtu.be/Xq3hEMUeBGQ)
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4)
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (https://youtu.be/DVx8L7a3MuE)
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352qLWqKN-U)
Madrugada - Majesty (https://youtu.be/LE9AuZ35_AY)
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni (https://youtu.be/0Upt-ddaw04)
Marty Robbins - Big Iron (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzICMIu5zFY)
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento (https://youtu.be/qGkPK4ZK22k)
Men at Work - Down Under (https://youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s)
Muse - Knights of Cydonia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q)
Muse - Uprising (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog)
Neil Diamond - Hello Again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6KDuKJoB0)
New Order - Blue Monday (https://youtu.be/c1GxjzHm5us)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (https://youtu.be/Are2FK_P3xY)
Nickelback - How You Remind Me (https://youtu.be/Aiay8I5IPB8)
Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod (https://youtu.be/jTuBnZrLbq0)
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VZjE6JdHg)
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrTMc2i6Lzc)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8)
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage (https://youtu.be/zbpZFvrerHM)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (https://youtu.be/hjpF8ukSrvk)
Police - Roxanne (https://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ)
Police - Message in a Bottle (https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObL3L6MRvN4)
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment (https://youtu.be/Hha0bwVvGmY)
Prozac+ - Acida (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxyV_XLu-cg&pp=ygUNcHJvemFjKyBhY2lkYQ%3D%3D)
Queen - Killer Queen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM)
Queen - Innuendo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAgetDMMLk)
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I)
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android (https://youtu.be/Lt8AfIeJOxw)
Rammstein - Haifisch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GukNjYQZW8s)
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9sDn_2XkI)
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (https://youtu.be/GgnClrx8N2k)
Rush - Subdivisions (https://youtu.be/EYYdQB0mkEU)
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0)
Smiths - How Soon is Now? (https://youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg)
Stromae - Santé (https://youtu.be/P3QS83ubhHE)
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQb-0P320s)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGofoH9RDEA)
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life (https://youtu.be/OiPVgAhRE6E)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (https://youtu.be/r6DUwMnDxEs)
Toto - Hold the Line (https://youtu.be/htgr3pvBr-I)
Toto - Africa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY)
Whiskey Myers - On The River (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab3sWMXI12U)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 14, 2025, 09:26:16 PM

Reminder the Sultans of Swing was retired at the end of last year's contest (Layla will take the open R1 bye since it had the greatest PPV of the songs eliminated in R2 last year).

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on January 14, 2025, 09:58:42 PM

Thank you, @Sir Ian Plätschisch for starting this new edition.

I propose:

Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love (https://youtu.be/T_lC2O1oIew?si=UBv05d-1hoaQ97ve)

Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJdljxrvPqo&ab_channel=KlausNomi)

Le Tigre - Deceptacon (https://youtu.be/wjNln9mXuTI?si=xsejBZAKhUcWxAJF)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: M:sr Pôl dal Nordselvă, D.Div, M.Ed on January 14, 2025, 11:46:33 PM

So those are all from major recording artists, what about music written by Talossans? Maybe not as popular but I'll bet there may be a few nominations.

For example I have two albums released last year. Maybe not chart toppers but still good music (in my humble opinion).

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 15, 2025, 04:04:32 AM

Quote from: Pôl dal Nordselvă on January 14, 2025, 11:46:33 PMSo those are all from major recording artists, what about music written by Talossans? Maybe not as popular but I'll bet there may be a few nominations.

For example I have two albums released last year. Maybe not chart toppers but still good music (in my humble opinion).

We have had nominations of music written by Talossans before, especially citaxhien Miestră's band, Vostok Lake. Also a christmas carol made by Baron Hooligan actually made the top 20 in the first two editions. So you're very welcome to nominate your own music! Id be very interested to hear it. Of course it helps with the voting if the files are easily accessible (e.g. being on youtube). And you'd have to be comfortable with people judiging your music in comparison to say Neil Diamond...

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 15, 2025, 04:09:15 AM

Why does Who get a the but not the Cure?

Also I've probably said this before but every year Im really tempted to nominate "The The" just to see how that would be interpreted.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 15, 2025, 04:10:17 AM

Anyway, thanks Ian for organising this again. Looking forward to it!

1. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgmH5q9uNk

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on January 15, 2025, 06:08:08 AM

Thanks for getting this going again🙂

1. Mercury Rev - Goddess on a highway (https://youtu.be/1xJbEoc5sDw?si=A1krpjSsz6jxVI48)

2. Fay Wildhagen - ohmygod (https://youtu.be/OQkJvOa8tWY?si=6jqjYpNfrWP3PCas)

3. Weyes Blood - Something to believe (https://youtu.be/-CsvKUoGzXk?si=6HJgJAH1lKJU6DSJ)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 15, 2025, 06:33:52 AM

Quote from: Glüc da Dhi S.H. on January 15, 2025, 04:09:15 AMWhy does Who get a the but not the Cure?

Also I've probably said this before but every year Im really tempted to nominate "The The" just to see how that would be interpreted.

I remove the "the" unless (in my opinion) "the" is an integral part of the name.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Barclamïu da Miéletz on January 15, 2025, 06:56:31 AM

Time for me to nominate more songs that will never make it lol.

Maanam - Krakowski spleen (https://youtu.be/Yspb7Pu5fvc?si=g_E-PXBCLy5CQ7jS)
Karolina Czarnecka - Hera koka hasz LSD (https://youtu.be/i_yIxAsR534?si=83dQskzeGSXrWhGL)
Mirami feat. VovaZiLvova - Sexualna (https://youtu.be/Qsls0QB9yLw?si=_ZUMgwnoIKQh2CTf)

1 and 2 are from Poland, 3 is from Ukraine.
Second song is a Polish cover of "Heroine and cocaine" by The Tiger Lillies.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 15, 2025, 08:03:07 AM

I nominate

Sweet Simona by Alex Schofield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuRCiUjduXE

Think About That by Charlie Reager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA3TSYwYTNc

Cristy's Song by Chas Burtchett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HKqw2e-Qik

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 15, 2025, 08:03:33 PM

Against the Current - jump

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 15, 2025, 08:10:19 PM

Pale Waves - Jealousy

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 15, 2025, 08:13:12 PM

Beatles - Taxman

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 16, 2025, 10:40:28 AM

2. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on January 17, 2025, 08:07:52 AM

Tom Waits "Step Right Up" https://youtu.be/ByomIJf5n9w?feature=shared&t=87

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on January 17, 2025, 08:10:48 AM

Antelopen Gang - "Pizza" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiDBf2pTDvg

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 17, 2025, 03:50:03 PM

3. Robert Wyatt - Alife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFn33Poas8I

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on January 18, 2025, 12:55:22 PM

Fontaines D.C. - I Love You

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on January 18, 2025, 12:56:04 PM

HighSchool - New York, Paris and London

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on January 18, 2025, 12:57:18 PM

Terrace in Trance - Roses

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on January 19, 2025, 07:54:09 PM

The Who - The Music Must Change https://youtu.be/P_mb5BlcVEc?feature=share

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on January 22, 2025, 12:45:28 PM

Many thanks for organising another edition!

Going with doomed picks as my opening trio, as is tradition:

1. Matia Bazar - Vacanze romane

2. Donatella Rettore - Splendido splendente

3. Renato Zero - Triangolo

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on January 23, 2025, 11:11:36 AM

Justin Johnson
https://youtu.be/OvqJGBopcwc?si=ZzS8a4GnjMgBjl0X

Flatland cavalry
https://youtu.be/luRRGI3Jrkc?si=eTOnFhwW3tkJB-9A

GhostHounds
https://youtu.be/4Ejlj8PGbo0?si=7W84-TLCShAhdAZk

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on January 24, 2025, 04:00:29 PM

Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady

Modena City Ramblers - Bella Ciao

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 25, 2025, 07:13:24 PM

17 spots left

Extra nominations begin tomorrow.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Audrada Roibeardet on January 25, 2025, 09:04:35 PM

3Teeth - Slum Planet https://youtu.be/BMfwDoDWbB8?si=exzYQmRaFjNJIaB3

Maenad Veyl - Riot Patrol https://youtu.be/RRWHUIGeGjw?si=nclqj0JD4LFqccak

UVB76 - Hajime https://youtu.be/5xxTzQCC6vE?si=ERkT31YrSLPlrEpC

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 26, 2025, 01:10:14 PM

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 14, 2025, 09:20:22 PMIf we don't have enough songs by Noon TST on January 26, everyone will be free to nominate one new song every 12 hours.

4. Gåte - Ulveham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn5P9YsnxGM

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on January 26, 2025, 01:20:54 PM

4. John Grant - Marz (https://youtu.be/GcRCp4EpVtk?si=S2PjiDb3icgS5l-Q)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 26, 2025, 01:39:57 PM

4. All That Remains - The Thunder Rolls

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on January 26, 2025, 03:07:26 PM

4: Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on January 26, 2025, 04:32:22 PM

Ghost - Mary On A Cross

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on January 26, 2025, 06:22:37 PM

4. Strawberry Guy - Mrs Magic

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on January 26, 2025, 09:03:34 PM

4 Air - You Make It Easy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHjuYDloDtE&ab_channel=AIRfrenchbandofficial)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 26, 2025, 09:21:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wjedmp2hKM

Christian Collin-Day To Day

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 27, 2025, 01:57:04 AM

5. Supertramp - Fool's Overture
https://youtu.be/TLbYL10c1zo?feature=shared

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on January 27, 2025, 03:11:19 AM

5. George Harrison - Beautiful girl (https://youtu.be/RaSAPhXOJuY?si=IKQ-BA6y1T400mme)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 27, 2025, 05:50:41 AM

5. Tessa Violet ft. lovelytheband - Games

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 27, 2025, 05:51:17 AM

3 spots left

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on January 27, 2025, 07:44:45 AM

5. The Clash - Rock the Casbah (a previous special edition nomination, but never in TMT20, so it passes my personal criteria. Also there's no other Clash songs in TMT atm.)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 27, 2025, 08:17:27 AM

Cockeyed Optimist-Black Hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBuYxBhykAk

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on January 27, 2025, 01:06:42 PM

La Femme - Antitaxi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3W6Jnx-0mk)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 27, 2025, 01:14:41 PM

Nominations closed. Round 1 soon.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 27, 2025, 07:24:13 PM

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2025!

Many thanks to everyone who nominated songs. Of course, people who did not are still very welcome to participate.

Round 1 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 2 (and are given entry into next year's TMT20).

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 6th 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5 new nominations.*

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 1
Colourist - Little Games (https://youtu.be/TAoT2ze_XHI)
Donkeyboy - Ambitions (https://youtu.be/dr_zSyBB8AU)
HighSchool - New York, Paris, and London (https://youtu.be/DDUuuvtgXU4)
Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain (https://youtu.be/OvqJGBopcwc)
La Femme - Antitaxi (https://youtu.be/D3W6Jnx-0mk)
Maanam - Krakowski Spleen (https://youtu.be/Yspb7Pu5fvc)
Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod (https://youtu.be/jTuBnZrLbq0)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8)
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage (https://youtu.be/zbpZFvrerHM)
Weyes Blood - Something to Believe (https://youtu.be/-CsvKUoGzXk?si=6HJgJAH1lKJU6DSJ)

GROUP 2
Aerosmith - Dream On (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54BCLYNkFKg)
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (https://youtu.be/CVsLEI-hCXw)
Falco - Der Kommissar (https://youtu.be/8-bgiiTxhzM)
Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere (https://youtu.be/4Ejlj8PGbo0)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (https://youtu.be/Xq3hEMUeBGQ)
Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJdljxrvPqo&ab_channel=KlausNomi)
Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway (https://youtu.be/1xJbEoc5sDw)
Modena City Ramblers - Bella Ciao (https://youtu.be/X_SjXpsJHGU)
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life (https://youtu.be/OiPVgAhRE6E)
Tessa Violet ft. lovelytheband - Games (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne5AQiEFvBI)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

* One of the 6th ranked songs from R2 last year got a first round bye due to the retirement of Sultans of Swing, and there was also one song eliminated in R1 last year by random chance which thus qualified. To keep the groups as even as possible, I treated the R1 elimination as a 10th place song, then moved the highest PPV-getter in each place up to the next place.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 27, 2025, 07:29:34 PM

Is there a reason Little Games by Colourist is in both groups?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 27, 2025, 07:33:34 PM

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 27, 2025, 07:29:34 PMIs there a reason Little Games by Colourist is in both groups?

Thanks for catching that, I had some Excel formulas mixed up.

This has been corrected.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 28, 2025, 09:21:09 AM

Peter Gabriel-My Body Is A Cage says video is unavailable

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 28, 2025, 12:26:17 PM

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 28, 2025, 09:21:09 AMPeter Gabriel-My Body Is A Cage says video is unavailable

Works for me, so I guess it's a geoblocking issue.

Bella Ciao doesnt work for me.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on January 28, 2025, 01:10:51 PM

Right, here we go. Some interesting new nominations I might come back to in the future, although none of them getting any points unfortunately.

Group 1
Solsbury Hill - 3
My Body is a Cage - 2
Tri Martolod - 1

HM: Ambitions

Group 2
A Quiet Life - 3
Der Kommissar - 2
Dream On - 1

HM: Bella Ciao

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on January 28, 2025, 02:03:26 PM

GROUP 1
2 - Colourist - Little Games
3 - Donkeyboy - Ambitions
1 - Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod

GROUP 2
3 - Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway
2 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
1 - Modena City Ramblers - Bella Ciao

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 28, 2025, 04:10:34 PM

Group 1

Justin Johnson-Ghost Of The Mountain 3 points
Peter Gabriel-Solsbury Hill 2 points
Nolwenn Leroy-Tri Martolod 1 point

Group 2

Ghost Hounds-Last Train To Nowhere 3 points
Aerosmith-Dream On 2 points
The Doobie Brothers-Long Train Runnin' 1 point

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on January 29, 2025, 06:22:03 AM

GROUP 1
3 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain
1. Maanam - Krakowski Spleen
2. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

GROUP 2
1 Aerosmith - Dream On
3 Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere
2 John Fogerty - Centerfield

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on January 29, 2025, 10:07:49 AM

GROUP 1
3- HighSchool - New York, Paris, and London
2- Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
1- Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod

GROUP 2
3- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
2- Falco - Der Kommissar
1- Modena City Ramblers - Bella Ciao

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on January 29, 2025, 12:17:06 PM

GROUP 1
3. Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
2. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1. HighSchool - New York, Paris, and London

GROUP 2
3. Falco - Der Kommissar
2. Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
1. Modena City Ramblers - Bella Ciao
HM: Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on January 29, 2025, 08:03:48 PM

3 Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
2 Donkeyboy - Ambitions
1 Maanam - Krakowski Spleen

3 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
2 Falco - Der Kommissar
1 Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Audrada Roibeardet on January 29, 2025, 08:14:10 PM

Group 1
3 - Antitaxi
2 - Ghost of the Mountain
1 - My Body is a Cage

Group 2
3 - Games
2 - Der Kommissar
1 - A Quiet Life

Honestly, the only song I enjoyed was "Antitaxi".

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 29, 2025, 08:30:19 PM

GROUP 1
3 - Colourist - Little Games
2 - Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
1 - Donkeyboy - Ambitions

GROUP 2
3 - Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere
2 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
1 - Tessa Violet ft. lovelytheband - Games

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on January 30, 2025, 03:50:39 PM

GROUP 1
3- Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
2- Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1- Donkeyboy - Ambitions

GROUP 2
3- Falco - Der Kommissar
2- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
1- Modena City Ramblers - Bella Ciao

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on January 30, 2025, 06:15:17 PM

GROUP 1

3 Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
2 Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1 Maanam - Krakowski Spleen

GROUP 2
3 Falco - Der Kommissar
2 John Fogerty - Centerfield
1 Aerosmith - Dream On

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 31, 2025, 07:31:12 AM

GROUP 1
1. Solsbury Hill - 13
2. Tri Martolod - 12
3. My Body is a Cage - 11
4. Ghost of the Mountain - 8
5. Ambitions - 7
6. Little Games - 5
7. New York, Paris, and London - 4
8. Antitaxi - 3
9. Krakowski Spleen - 3
10. Something to Believe - 0

GROUP 2
1. Der Kommissar - 17
2. A Quiet Life - 11
3. Last Train to Nowhere - 9
4. Long Train Runnin' - 8
5. Dream On - 5
6. Games - 4
7. Centerfield - 4
8. Bella Ciao - 4
9. Goddess on a Highway - 3
10. Lightning Strikes - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on January 31, 2025, 07:34:33 AM

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2025!

Many thanks to everyone who nominated songs. Of course, people who did not are still very welcome to participate.

Round 1 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 2 (and are given entry into next year's TMT20).

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 6th 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5 new nominations.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 3
3Teeth - Slum Planet (https://youtu.be/BMfwDoDWbB8)
Alex Schofield - Sweet Simona (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuRCiUjduXE)
Beatles - Taxman (https://youtu.be/gMdcE8jdz70)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68g76j9VBvM)
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3RjWJMOuSQ)
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni (https://youtu.be/0Upt-ddaw04)
Mirami ft. VovaZiLvova - Sexualna (https://youtu.be/Qsls0QB9yLw)
Neil Diamond - Hello Again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6KDuKJoB0)
Queen - Innuendo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAgetDMMLk)
Strawberry Guy - Mrs Magic (https://youtu.be/3dZczoNnFWI)

GROUP 4
Boston - More Than a Feeling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo)
Chas Burtchett - Cristy's Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HKqw2e-Qik)
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4rxCB4lys)
Fay Wildhagen - ohmygod (https://youtu.be/OQkJvOa8tWY)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g)
Nickelback - How You Remind Me (https://youtu.be/Aiay8I5IPB8)
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment (https://youtu.be/Hha0bwVvGmY)
Rammstein - Haifisch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GukNjYQZW8s)
Renato Zero - Triangolo (https://youtu.be/Ej9__NTLgAc)
The Who - The Music Must Change (https://youtu.be/P_mb5BlcVEc)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on January 31, 2025, 10:12:34 AM

GROUP 3

1 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

3 Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic

2 Queen - Innuendo

GROUP 4
3 Boston - More Than a Feeling

2 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

1 The Who - The Music Must Change

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on January 31, 2025, 10:40:35 AM

GROUP 3
3 Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2 Beatles - Taxman
1 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

GROUP 4
3 Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
2 The Who - The Music Must Change
1 Rammstein - Haifisch

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on January 31, 2025, 01:03:19 PM

Group 3

3 - Neil Diamond - Hello Again
2 - Beatles - Tax Man
1 - Queen - Innuendo

Group 4

3 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 - Nickelback - How You Remind Me
1 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on January 31, 2025, 03:23:41 PM

Group 3
3. Queen - Innuendo
2. Strawberry Guy - Mrs Magic
1. Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

Group 4
3. Renato Zero - Triangolo
2. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
1. Rammstein - Haifisch

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Audrada Roibeardet on January 31, 2025, 04:50:59 PM

Group 3
3 - Slum Planet
2 - Zitti E Buoni
1 - Sexualna

Group 4
3 - Haifisch
2 - Life in the Moment
1 - Johnny B. Goode

I'm starting to think my musical tastes are vastly different from everyone else. Haha!

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 31, 2025, 10:10:14 PM

Group 3

3. Alex Schofield-Sweet Simona
2. Dan Tyminski-Southern Gothic
1. Neil Diamond-Hello Again

Group 4

3. Chas Burtchett-Cristy's Song
2. Boston-More Than A Feeling
1. Chuck Berry- Johnny B. Goode

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 01, 2025, 07:49:02 AM

Is lobbying allowed LOL

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 01, 2025, 08:05:23 AM

GROUP 3
3- Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2- 3Teeth - Slum Planet
1- Beatles - Taxman

GROUP 4
3- Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2- Rammstein - Haifisch
1- Nickelback - How You Remind Me

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 01, 2025, 12:39:08 PM

GROUP 3
3 - Beatles - Taxman
2 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
1 - Queen - Innuendo

GROUP 4
3 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
1 - Fay Wildhagen - ohmygod

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 01, 2025, 04:19:13 PM

I should note that Antitaxi from the previous group is still stuck in my head somehow.

With regards to the current groups, the links for Ohio and Johnny B Goode aren't working for me.

Group 3

Innuendo - 3
Ohio - 2
Slum Planet - 1

HM: Mrs Magic

Group 4

Wuthering Heights - 3
Haifisch - 2
Live in the Moment - 1

HMs: Triangolo (enjoyed the random piano solo), ohmygod

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 01, 2025, 06:07:46 PM

Group 3

3 points - Strawberry Guy - Mrs Magic
2 points - 3Teeth - Slum Planet
1 point - Queen - Innuendo

Really enjoyed Maneskin et Tminiski

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 01, 2025, 07:28:14 PM

GROUP 3
3 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2 - Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
1 - Beatles - Taxman
HM - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

GROUP 4
3 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
2 - Rammstein - Haifisch
1 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
HM - Nickelback - How You Remind Me

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 01, 2025, 07:28:42 PM

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 01, 2025, 07:49:02 AMIs lobbying allowed LOL

Sure thing. Whether it works is another matter.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 01, 2025, 07:33:11 PM

Group 4
3 points - Boston
2 Points - Kate Bush
1 Point - Fay Wildhagen

Enjoyed Portugal. The Man and Cristy's song as well

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 02, 2025, 07:35:03 AM

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 01, 2025, 07:28:42 PM
Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 01, 2025, 07:49:02 AMIs lobbying allowed LOL
Sure thing. Whether it works is another matter.

My guess is most people would be like me and be inclined to vote against anyone who lobbied.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 03, 2025, 07:34:26 AM

GROUP 3
3- Queen - Innuendo
2- Neil Diamond - Hello Again
1- Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

GROUP 4
3- Renato Zero - Triangolo
2- Nickelback - How You Remind Me
1- Rammstein - Haifisch

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 03, 2025, 07:50:18 AM

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 03, 2025, 08:48:19 AM

GROUP 3
1. Innuendo - 14
2. Zitti E Buoni - 13
3. Taxman - 9
4. Slum Planet - 8
5. Southern Gothic - 7
6. Hello Again - 6
7. Ohio - 6
8. Mrs Magic - 5
9. Sweet Simona - 3
10. Sexualna - 1

GROUP 4
1. More Than a Feeling - 14
2. Wuthering Heights - 12
3. Haifisch - 12
4. Live in the Moment - 9
5. Triangolo - 6 (two 3-point votes)
6. Johnny B. Goode - 6 (no 3-point votes)
7. How You Remind Me - 5
8. Cristy's Song - 3
9. The Music Must Change - 3
10. ohmygod - 2

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 03, 2025, 08:50:20 AM

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2025!

Many thanks to everyone who nominated songs. Of course, people who did not are still very welcome to participate.

Round 1 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 2 (and are given entry into next year's TMT20).

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 6th 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5 new nominations.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 5
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (https://youtu.be/HtUH9z_Oey8)
Christian Collin - Day to Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wjedmp2hKM)
Desireless - Voyage Voyage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgmH5q9uNk)
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston (https://youtu.be/pMgHX2dhVlE)
Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (https://youtu.be/JhvAOt43p_g)
Gazpacho - The Walk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykqiIKfoepo)
George Harrison - Beautiful Girl (https://youtu.be/RaSAPhXOJuY)
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (https://youtu.be/DVx8L7a3MuE)
Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love (https://youtu.be/T_lC2O1oIew)
Rush - Subdivisions (https://youtu.be/EYYdQB0mkEU)

GROUP 6
Agnes Obel - Riverside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncyiuwwXQ)
All That Remains - The Thunder Rolls (https://youtu.be/36Vs_JoIvjA)
Antelopen Gang - Pizza (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiDBf2pTDvg)
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th (https://youtu.be/MBFXJw7n-fU)
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (https://youtu.be/2dANDhfWU8g)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (https://youtu.be/h66dI0q_9As)
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1E9O7niZAM)
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrTMc2i6Lzc)
Supertramp - Fool's Overture (https://youtu.be/TLbYL10c1zo)
UVB76 - Hajime (https://youtu.be/5xxTzQCC6vE)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 03, 2025, 09:07:05 AM

Oof, group 5 is really strong for a first round...

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 03, 2025, 12:15:29 PM

Group 5

3 - Looking Glass - Brandy
2 - George Harrison - Beautiful Girl
1 - Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

Group 6

3 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (I saw he Eagles perform this and other songs several years ago before Glen Frey died and they sounded amazing!)
2 - Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1 - Agnes Obel - Riverside (in honor of the city where the current Royal Palace is)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 03, 2025, 01:30:37 PM

GROUP 5
3 Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

2 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

1 Rush - Subdivisions

GROUP 6

3 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
1 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2 Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the roses

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 03, 2025, 02:14:49 PM

Group 5
3 - Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2 - George Harrison - Beautiful Girl
1 - Desireless - Voyage Voyage

Group 6
3 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
1 - Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 03, 2025, 05:41:52 PM

GROUP 5
3 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
2 - Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
1 - Rush - Subdivisions

GROUP 6
3 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
2 - All That Remains - The Thunder Rolls
1 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
HM - UVB76 - Hajime

I looked up the English translation of "Pizza" and found out that it endorses thin crust...definitely can't vote for that.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 03, 2025, 05:48:39 PM

Group 5:

Picking between these songs was harsh, and judging by the votes so far the results will be pretty harsh as well.

Subdivisions is a very good song with poignant lyrics. I love the anger in the first synthesizer chords, I love the bass and I especially love the drums. Not giving any points is a crime, and yet here we are.

Voyage Voyage is super catchy and reminds me of driving to France on vacation last year, which incidentally will be happening again in two weeks. It's also my third most played song last year according to spotify.

The Walk is a song based on the book of some guy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry) who crashed his plane in the desert. It's a tale about finding beauty even in a hopeless situation. I love the buildup, the way the middle section captures the desolateness of the desert, and I really love the payoff at the end which make the full 14 minutes well worth listening to.

"The long haul back
In no direction
And no one knows we're ok
And the curve of the horizon
A masterpiece
Survival on adrenaline it's over soon
Doesn't everyone have their own walk to walk"

And yet, I can't give full points to that, because there is also Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors. I'm a sucker for this kind of music. It's both melancholic and yet very exciting. Seeing Editors live is still one of the most enjoyable concerts Ive ever been to. They are so good. The singer has an amazing voice. Also when the choir joins in it's pure bliss.

Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors - 3
The Walk - 2
Voyage Voyage - 1
HM: Subdivisions

Group 6: Also quite strong

Fools Overture - 3
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 2
Riverside - 1
HM: Take Me Out

I also found Pizza to be quite amusing (Thin crust is very much ok.) and I enjoyed April 14th as well.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 03, 2025, 06:19:52 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit-style_pizza

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 03, 2025, 06:49:40 PM

Group 5

3-Christian Collin-Day To Day
2-Looking Glass-Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
1-Rush-Subdivisions

Group 6

3-Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2-Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
1-All That Remains - The Thunder Rolls

Group 6 is the toughest one so far for me.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 03, 2025, 11:19:31 PM

GROUP 5
3 - Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
1 - Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

GROUP 6
3 - Antelopen Gang - Pizza
2 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1 - Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Audrada Roibeardet on February 04, 2025, 07:39:39 PM

Group 5
3 - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
2 - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
1 - Voyage Voyage

Group 6
3 - Take Me Out
2 - Hajime
1 - The Thunder Rolls

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 05, 2025, 11:42:24 AM

GROUP 5
3. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
2. Rush - Subdivisions
1. Gazpacho - The Walk

GROUP 6
3. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2. Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1. Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 05, 2025, 07:57:49 PM

Group 5
3 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
2 Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
1 Rush - Subdivisions

Group 6
3 points Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2 points Supertramp - Fool's Overture
1 point UVB76 - Hajime

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 06, 2025, 05:20:57 AM

GROUP 5
3- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 6
3- Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1- Agnes Obel - Riverside

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 06, 2025, 11:46:26 AM

Dang I think I missed the 72 hours..
if not too late :

GROUP 5
3- Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

GROUP 6
3- Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2- Agnes Obel - Riverside
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 06, 2025, 01:38:39 PM

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 06, 2025, 03:15:40 PM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 06, 2025, 11:46:26 AMDang I think I missed the 72 hours..
if not too late :

GROUP 5
3- Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

GROUP 6
3- Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2- Agnes Obel - Riverside
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Unfortunately I cannot count this.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 06, 2025, 03:20:42 PM

GROUP 5
1. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 13
2. I'm Shipping Up To Boston - 12
3. Strawberry Fields Forever - 10
4. Voyage Voyage - 8
5. Subdivisions - 6
6. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors - 5
7. Beautiful Girl - 4
8. Day to Day - 3
9. The Walk - 3
10. Plastic Love - 2

GROUP 6
1. Take Me Out - 15
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 14
3. Lyin' Eyes - 8
4. One More Day Above the Roses - 7
5. Fool's Overture - 5
6. Avril 14th - 4
7. The Thunder Rolls - 4
8. Pizza - 3
9. Hajime - 3
10. Riverside - 3

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 06, 2025, 03:22:14 PM

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2025!

Many thanks to everyone who nominated songs. Of course, people who did not are still very welcome to participate.

Round 1 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 2 (and are given entry into next year's TMT20).

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 6th 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5 new nominations.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 7
Blur - The Universal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jmBCfbgZc)
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (https://youtu.be/0fy_bOeJGx8)
Cockeyed Optimist - Black Hole (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBuYxBhykAk)
Donatella Rettore - Splendido Splendente (https://youtu.be/wlzpDOSqVCg)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI)
Maenad Veyl - Riot Patrol (https://youtu.be/RRWHUIGeGjw)
Pale Waves - Jealousy (https://youtu.be/bRQBaJ8wu6M)
Robert Wyatt - Alife (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFn33Poas8I)
Stromae - Santé (https://youtu.be/P3QS83ubhHE)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (https://youtu.be/r6DUwMnDxEs)

GROUP 8
Clash - Rock the Casbah (https://youtu.be/bJ9r8LMU9bQ)
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA)
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MZw_Iv0wdU)
Fontaines D.C. - I Love You (https://youtu.be/Ty9Pcg3qrmU)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRys49BmWw)
Karolina Czarnecka - Hera koka hasz LSD (https://youtu.be/i_yIxAsR534)
Muse - Knights of Cydonia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg)
Terrace in Trance - Roses (https://youtu.be/qSyGL2QWfDk)
Tom Waits - Step Right Up (https://youtu.be/ByomIJf5n9w?t=87)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 06, 2025, 04:08:24 PM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 06, 2025, 11:46:26 AMDang I think I missed the 72 hours..
if not too late :

GROUP 5
3- Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

GROUP 6
3- Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2- Agnes Obel - Riverside
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Not gonna lie, it's sad to see how close was Aphex Twin to reach next round

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 06, 2025, 08:14:44 PM

Group 7

3-Cockeyed Optimist-Black Hole
2-Johnny Cash-Hurt
1-Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Group 8

3-The Clash-Rock The Casbah
2-Grimethorpe Colliery Band-Adagio (Concerto de Aranjuez)
1-Soundgarden-Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 07, 2025, 04:14:40 AM

Group 7: Very diverse group. I enjoyed the contrast between some of the picks and I like most of the new nominations.

The Universal - 3
Santé - 2
Alife - 1

Group 8: Too strong. I could list all the songs (old and new ones) I also wanted to give points to but then Id be listing 9 out of 10 songs which would be a bit awkward. I will note Hera Koka Hasz LSD might be one of my favourite discoveries this year.

Knights of Cydonia - 3
Black Hole Sun - 2
Rock the Casbah - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 07, 2025, 06:20:29 PM

GROUP 7
3 - Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 - Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
3 - Tom Waits - Step Right Up
2 -Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 08, 2025, 03:52:45 AM

GROUP 7
3 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
2 - Blur - The Universal
3 - Robert Wyatt - Alife

GROUP 8
3 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Tom Waits - Step Right Up

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 08, 2025, 08:23:10 PM

GROUP 7
1 Blur - The Universal
3 Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco

GROUP 8
1 Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
3 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 09, 2025, 05:02:31 AM

GROUP 7
3. Donatella Rettore - Splendido Splendente
2. Stromae - Santé
1. Blur - The Universal

GROUP 8
3. Clash - Rock the Casbah
2. Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
1. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 09, 2025, 07:11:50 AM

GROUP 7
3 - Jealousy
2 - Peace, Love, and Understanding
1 - Santé

GROUP 8
3 - Knights of Cydonia
2 - Rock the Casbah
1 - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 09, 2025, 08:15:06 AM

Group 7

3 - Hurt
2 - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 - The Universal

Group 8

3 - Black Hole Sun
2 - Knights of Cydonia
1 - Rock the Casbah

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 09, 2025, 08:26:01 AM

GROUP 7
2- Johnny Cash - Hurt
1- Maenad Veyl - Riot Patrol
3- Robert Wyatt - Alife

GROUP 8
3- Fontaines D.C. - I Love You
1- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2- Terrace in Trance - Roses

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Audrada Roibeardet on February 10, 2025, 07:04:49 PM

Group 7
Riot Patrol - 3!
Black Hole - 2
Hurt - 1

Group 8
Black Hole Sun - 3
Concierto de Aranjuez - 2
I Love You - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 10, 2025, 07:20:49 PM

Quote from: Audrada Roibeardet on February 10, 2025, 07:04:49 PMGroup 7
Riot Patrol - 3!
Black Hole - 2
Hurt - 1

Group 8
Black Hole Sun - 3
Concierto de Aranjuez - 2
I Love You - 1

Unfortunately this vote is too late, and I have been very delinquent in posting results. Working on that now.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 10, 2025, 07:53:32 PM

GROUP 7
1. Hurt - 13
2. The Universal - 8
3. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 7
4. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 6
5. Alife - 5 (one 3-point vote)
6. Santé - 5 (no 3-point votes)
7. Jealousy - 3
8. Splendido Splendente - 3
9. Black Hole - 3
10. Riot Patrol - 1

GROUP 8
1. Black Hole Sun - 15
2. Rock the Casbah - 14
3. Knights of Cydonia - 8
4. Step Right Up - 4
5. Holiday in Cambodia - 4
6. I Love You - 3
7. Man with a Harmonica - 2
8. Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) - 2
9. Roses - 2
10. Hera koka hasz LSD - 0

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 10, 2025, 07:57:47 PM

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2025!

Many thanks to everyone who nominated songs. Of course, people who did not are still very welcome to participate.

Round 1 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 2 (and are given entry into next year's TMT20).

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 6th 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5 new nominations.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 9
Against the Current - jump (https://youtu.be/0rLL-1Rw_GE)
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (https://youtu.be/Yy9h2q_dr9k?si=059rm-V_P9qvQvib)
Dagny - Somebody (https://youtu.be/c1ID3LK5C1M)
Ghost - Mary on a Cross (https://youtu.be/k5mX3NkA7jM)
John Grant - Marz (https://youtu.be/GcRCp4EpVtk)
Marty Robbins - Big Iron (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzICMIu5zFY)
Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane (https://youtu.be/Hzr-0XIk0no)
Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady (https://youtu.be/lyWqQ4KzlzQ)
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0)
Toto - Hold the Line (https://youtu.be/htgr3pvBr-I)

GROUP 10
Air - You Make it Easy (https://youtu.be/mHjuYDloDtE)
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ)
Charlie Reager - Think About That (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA3TSYwYTNc)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBsnopTVmo)
Flatland Cavalry - Dancin' Around a Fire (https://youtu.be/luRRGI3Jrkc)
Gåte - Ulveham (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn5P9YsnxGM)
House of Pain - Jump Around (https://youtu.be/jrL_LzX5wv4)
Jefferson Starship - Jane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmrMMYpQL4)
Le Tigre - Deceptacon (https://youtu.be/wjNln9mXuTI)
Madrugada - Majesty (https://youtu.be/LE9AuZ35_AY)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 10, 2025, 11:50:48 PM

GROUP 9
3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 John Grant - Marz
1 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

GROUP 10
3 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
2 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
1 Gåte - Ulveham

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 11, 2025, 01:51:03 AM

Group 9
Mary on a Cross - 3
Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
Vacanze Romane - 1

Group 10
Ulveham - 3
Majesty - 2
Jump Around - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 11, 2025, 03:57:35 AM

GROUP 9
3 - Dagny - Somebody
2 - John Grant - Marz
1 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

GROUP 10
3 - Madrugada - Majesty
2 - House of Pain - Jump Around
1 - Gåte - Ulveham

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 11, 2025, 01:10:03 PM

GROUP 9
1 Marty Robbins - Big Iron
2 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
3 Toto - Hold the Line

GROUP 10

1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
2 Jefferson Starship - Jane

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 11, 2025, 01:33:08 PM

Group 9

3 - Simon and Garfunkle - The Sound of Silence
2 - Marty Robbins - Big Iron
1 - Toto - Hold the Line

Group 10

3 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
2 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
1 - House of Pain - Jump Around

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 11, 2025, 04:06:18 PM

Group 9

3-Marty Robbins-Big Iron
2-Toto-Hold The Line
1-Simon & Garfunkel-Sound Of Silence

Group 10

3-Charlie Reager-Think About That
2-Flatland Cavalry-Dancin' Around A Fire
1-Jefferson Starship-Jane

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 12, 2025, 12:37:13 AM

This was a very hard group, I went through all the emotions in a very short span of time. Liked all of them, really enjoyed 6 of them.

Group 9
3 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
2 Marty Robbins - Big Iron
1 Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane

I wasnt sure if Vacanze Romane or Cheri Cheri Lady, given Cheri Cheri Lady was in my top 20 of Spotify last year but oh well.

Group 10

3 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
2 Jefferson Starship - Jane (Like the comment in the video said, what a great intro)
1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 12, 2025, 11:46:55 AM

GROUP 9
3. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
2. Ghost - Mary on a Cross
1. Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady

GROUP 10
3. Le Tigre - Deceptacon
2. Jefferson Starship - Jane
1. Madrugada - Majesty

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 12, 2025, 12:49:24 PM

GROUP 9
2- Against the Current - jump
3- Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
1- Dagny - Somebody

I saw Peter Murphy some years ago on his Bauhaus 35 years tour, one of my best concerts, I instantly remembered all lyrics of the records I used to play non-stop in 82/85 while studying maths

GROUP 10
1- House of Pain - Jump Around
3- Le Tigre - Deceptacon
2- Madrugada - Majesty

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 12, 2025, 09:18:29 PM

GROUP 9
3 - Against the Current - jump
2 - Toto - Hold the Line
1 - Dagny - Somebody
HM - Marty Robbins - Big Iron

GROUP 10
3 - House of Pain - Jump Around
2 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
1 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
HM - Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 13, 2025, 05:30:57 PM

GROUP 9
3- Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
2- Ghost - Mary on a Cross
1- Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady

Obv HM The Sound of Silence and Hold the line

GROUP 10
3- Jefferson Starship - Jane
2- Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
1- Le Tigre - Deceptacon

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 14, 2025, 07:17:51 AM

GROUP 9
1. The Sound of Silence - 10
2. Bela Lugosi's Dead - 9
3. Vacanze Romane - 8
4. Hold the Line - 8
5. Big Iron - 8
6. Mary on a Cross - 7
7. jump - 5
8. Somebody - 5
9. Marz - 4
10. Cheri Cheri Lady - 2

GROUP 10
1. Jane - 13
2. Deceptacon - 12
3. You Give Love a Bad Name - 9
4. Majesty - 8
5. Jump Around - 8
6. Southern Cross - 6
7. Ulveham - 5
8. Think About That - 3
9. Dancin' Around a Fire - 2
10. You Make it Easy - 0

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 14, 2025, 07:22:54 AM

ROUND 1 HEATSEEKERS (PPV)
1. Black Hole Sun - 1.667
2. Rock the Casbah - 1.556
3. Der Kommissar - 1.545
4. Hurt - 1.444
5. Take Me Out - 1.364
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 1.273
7. Solsbury Hill - 1.182
7. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 1.182
7. Jane - 1.182
10. Innuendo - 1.167
10. More Than a Feeling - 1.167

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 14, 2025, 07:23:47 AM

14 of the 50 new nominations made it to Round 2.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 14, 2025, 07:49:24 AM

2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in the semifinal last year, 0-1 songs ranked between 12-20 last year, and one song ranked between 2-11 last year.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three or four songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 1
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo)
Le Tigre - Deceptacon (https://youtu.be/wjNln9mXuTI)
Men at Work - Down Under (https://youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s)
Prozac+ - Acida (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxyV_XLu-cg&pp=ygUNcHJvemFjKyBhY2lkYQ%3D%3D)
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I)
Renato Zero - Triangolo (https://youtu.be/Ej9__NTLgAc)
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0)
Tom Waits - Step Right Up (https://youtu.be/ByomIJf5n9w?t=87)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (https://youtu.be/r6DUwMnDxEs)

GROUP 2
Aerosmith - Dream On (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54BCLYNkFKg)
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEwaS-lLk0Y)
B-52's - Private Idaho (https://youtu.be/yXmnmvDl-ao)
Clash - Rock the Casbah (https://youtu.be/bJ9r8LMU9bQ)
Coldplay - Fix You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4V3Mo61fJM)
Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain (https://youtu.be/OvqJGBopcwc)
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (https://youtu.be/DVx8L7a3MuE)
Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane (https://youtu.be/Hzr-0XIk0no)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (https://youtu.be/Are2FK_P3xY)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (https://youtu.be/hjpF8ukSrvk)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 15, 2025, 07:24:21 AM

GROUP 1
4- Le Tigre - Deceptacon
3- Prozac+ - Acida
2- Tom Waits - Step Right Up
1- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

GROUP 2
4- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3- B-52's - Private Idaho
2- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
1- Clash - Rock the Casbah

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 15, 2025, 12:46:26 PM

GROUP 1
4 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
3 - Tom Waits - Step Right Up
2 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
1 - Le Tigre - Deceptacon

GROUP 2
4 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
3 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
1 - B-52's - Private Idaho

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 15, 2025, 01:48:30 PM

Under Pressure 4
Down Under 3
Acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido acida acido 2
The Gambler 1

Fix You 4
The Mercy Seat 3
Rock the Casbah 2
Private Idaho 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 16, 2025, 07:04:36 AM

Group 1

4-Men At Work-Down Under
3-Kenny Rogers-The Gambler
2-Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco
1-Queen-Don't Stop Me Now

Group 2

4-Justin Johnson-Ghost Of The Mountain
3-Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
2-Looking Glass-Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
1-The Alan Parsons Project-Sirius/Eye In The Sky

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 16, 2025, 05:17:27 PM

GROUP 1
4- Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
3- Prozac+ - Acida
2- Renato Zero - Triangolo
1- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

GROUP 2
4- Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
3- Clash - Rock the Casbah
2- Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
1- Aerosmith - Dream On

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 16, 2025, 08:09:00 PM

deceptacon 4
The gambler 3
dont stop me now 2
down under 1

private Idaho 4
wish you were here 3
dream on 2
rock the casbah 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 17, 2025, 05:17:29 AM

GROUP 1
4. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
3. Prozac+ - Acida
2. Renato Zero - Triangolo
1. Men at Work - Down Under

GROUP 2
4. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
3. Clash - Rock the Casbah
2. Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
1. B-52's - Private Idaho

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 17, 2025, 07:39:14 AM

GROUP 1
4 - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
3 - Men at Work - Down Under
2 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

GROUP 2
4 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
3 - Aerosmith - Dream On
2 - Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
1 - Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 17, 2025, 08:07:47 AM

GROUP 1
2 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

3 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

1 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

GROUP 2
1 Aerosmith -Dream on

2 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain

3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Tiebreakers:

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 17, 2025, 08:09:20 AM

Quote from: Placiej on February 17, 2025, 08:07:47 AMGROUP 1
2 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

3 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

1 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

GROUP 2
1 Aerosmith -Dream on

2 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain

3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Tiebreakers:

Fair is fair, I can't count this

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 17, 2025, 09:29:33 AM

Group 1:

4 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
3 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

Group 2:

4 - Coldplay - Fix You
3 - Aerosmith - Dream On
2 - Looking Glass - Brandy
1 - Clash - Rock the Casbah

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 17, 2025, 10:20:55 AM

GROUP 1
4 Tom Waits - Step Right Up
3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
tough group
HM Queen Dont Stop me now

GROUP 2
4 B-52's - Private Idaho
3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
1 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 17, 2025, 10:24:08 AM

oops perhaps the King and I were late! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u5iHzag120

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 17, 2025, 09:46:05 PM

GROUP 1
1. Under Pressure - 13
2. Down Under - 12
3. Acida - 11
4. The Gambler - 11
5. Deceptacon - 9 (two 4-point votes)
6. Don't Stop Me Now - 9 (one 4-point vote)
7. Step Right Up - 5
8. The Sound of Silence - 4
9. Triangolo - 4
10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 2

GROUP 2
1. Rock the Casbah - 16
2. Wish You Were Here - 13
3. Private Idaho - 10
4. The Mercy Seat - 9
5. Vacanze Romane - 8
6. Dream On - 6
7. Sirius/Eye In The Sky - 6
8. Fix You - 4
9. Ghost of the Mountain - 4
10. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 4

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 17, 2025, 09:47:24 PM

2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in the semifinal last year, 0-1 songs ranked between 12-20 last year, and one song ranked between 2-11 last year.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three or four songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 3
B-52's - Roam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4)
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oYsdAbypTk)
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ)
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston (https://youtu.be/pMgHX2dhVlE)
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352qLWqKN-U)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8)
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment (https://youtu.be/Hha0bwVvGmY)
Rush - Subdivisions (https://youtu.be/EYYdQB0mkEU)
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQb-0P320s)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGofoH9RDEA)

GROUP 4
3Teeth - Slum Planet (https://youtu.be/BMfwDoDWbB8)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY)
Derek and the Dominos - Layla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n92zksrhbc)
Earth, Wind and Fire - September (https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk)
Foo Fighters - Walk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PkcfQtibmU)
House of Pain - Jump Around (https://youtu.be/jrL_LzX5wv4)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4)
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTZQ2IB_x7c)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 17, 2025, 10:16:50 PM

GROUP 3
4 Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
3 B-52's - Roam
2 Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
1 Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement

GROUP 4
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 18, 2025, 07:01:03 AM

Group 3

4 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3 - B-52s - Roam
2 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Group 4

4 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
3 - Earth, Wind, and Fire - September
2 - House of Pain - Jump Around
1 - Foo Fighters - Walk

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 18, 2025, 09:45:54 AM

Group 3

4-Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
3-Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
2-Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
1-Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Group 4

4-Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3-Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
2-Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1-House of Pain - Jump Around

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 18, 2025, 06:26:46 PM

GROUP 1
3 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

2 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

4 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

1 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

GROUP 2
2 Aerosmith - Dream On

1 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky

3 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain

4 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 19, 2025, 03:42:54 AM

GROUP 3
4 - B-52's - Roam
3 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement

GROUP 4
4 - House of Pain - Jump Around
3 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 19, 2025, 06:22:13 AM

GROUP 3
2 B-52's - Roam

1. Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You

3Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

4. Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 4

3 Earth, Wind and Fire - September

1 Foo Fighters - Walk

2 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

4 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 20, 2025, 02:51:26 PM

7 hours left. I have a nagging feeling people are gonna be late again.

4. Once in a Lifetime
3. Subdivisions
2. Solsbury Hill
1. Mondscheinsonate

4. Wuthering Heights
3. Enjoy the Silence
2. Black Hole Sun
1. Stairway

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 20, 2025, 03:56:17 PM

GROUP 3
4. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
3. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1. Rush - Subdivisions

GROUP 4
4. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
3. Derek and the Dominos - Layla
2. Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
1. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 20, 2025, 04:37:20 PM

Group 3 was tough for me.

GROUP 3
4 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
2 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
1 - B-52's - Roam

HM - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
HM - Breakfast in America
HM - Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You

GROUP 4
4 - House of Pain - Jump Around
3 - Foo Fighters - Walk
2 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 20, 2025, 04:38:59 PM

GROUP 3
4- Supertramp - Breakfast in America
3- Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2- Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1- Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 4
4- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
3- Derek and the Dominos - Layla
2- Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1- Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on February 20, 2025, 09:05:12 PM

GROUP 3
2 B-52's - Roam
1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
4 Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
3 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 4
1 3Teeth - Slum Planet
3 Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
2 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
4 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 21, 2025, 10:14:37 AM

GROUP 3
1. Roam - 15
2. You Give Love a Bad Name - 12
3. Once in a Lifetime - 12
4. Live in the Moment - 11
5. Breakfast in America - 10 (two 4-point votes)
6. I'm Shipping Up To Boston - 10 (one 4-point vote)
7. Solsbury Hill - 10 (no 4-point votes)
8. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 9
9. Burnin' For You - 7
10. Subdivisions - 4

GROUP 4
1. September - 20
2. Wuthering Heights - 14
3. Stairway to Heaven - 14
4. Black Hole Sun - 14
5. Jump Around - 11 (two 4-point votes)
6. Layla - 11 (no 4-point votes)
7. Enjoy the Silence - 7
8. Walk - 5
9. My Body is a Cage - 3
10. Slum Planet - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 21, 2025, 10:15:37 AM

2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in the semifinal last year, 0-1 songs ranked between 12-20 last year, and one song ranked between 2-11 last year.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three or four songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 5
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3RjWJMOuSQ)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (https://youtu.be/h66dI0q_9As)
Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere (https://youtu.be/4Ejlj8PGbo0)
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY)
Madrugada - Majesty (https://youtu.be/LE9AuZ35_AY)
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni (https://youtu.be/0Upt-ddaw04)
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento (https://youtu.be/qGkPK4ZK22k)
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VZjE6JdHg)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android (https://youtu.be/Lt8AfIeJOxw)
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9sDn_2XkI)

GROUP 6
Beatles - Taxman (https://youtu.be/gMdcE8jdz70)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (https://youtu.be/BOTIIw76qiE)
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ)
Desireless - Voyage Voyage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgmH5q9uNk)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI)
Marty Robbins - Big Iron (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzICMIu5zFY)
Muse - Uprising (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog)
Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod (https://youtu.be/jTuBnZrLbq0)
Smiths - How Soon is Now? (https://youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 21, 2025, 11:46:40 AM

GROUP 5
4 - Madrugada - Majesty
3 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
1 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

GROUP 6
4 - Beatles - Taxman
3 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2 - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
1 - Desireless - Voyage Voyage

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 21, 2025, 11:59:41 AM

GROUP 5
4 Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
3 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
1 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

GROUP 6
4 Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
3 Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
2 Beatles - Taxman
1 Johnny Cash - Hurt

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 22, 2025, 03:18:08 AM

GROUP 5
4- Radiohead - Paranoid Android
3- Madrugada - Majesty
2- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1- Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

GROUP 6
4- Smiths - How Soon is Now?
3- Johnny Cash - Hurt
2- Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
1- Desireless - Voyage Voyage

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 22, 2025, 10:39:00 AM

Group 5

4 - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
3 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
2 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Group 6

4 - Muse - Uprising
3 - Smiths - How Soon is Now
2 - Johnny Cash - Hurt
1 - Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 22, 2025, 11:31:08 AM

GROUP 5
3 Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic

4 Ghost Hounds - Last Train to nowhere

1 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

2 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

GROUP 6
4 Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

2 Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

3 Johnny Cash - Hurt

1 Marty Robbins - Big iron

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 23, 2025, 08:23:25 PM

GROUP 5
4 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
3 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2 - Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
1 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
HM - Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere

GROUP 6
4 - Muse - Uprising
3 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
2 - Beatles - Taxman
1 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
HM - Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 24, 2025, 04:02:03 AM

GROUP 5
4. Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

GROUP 6
4. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
1. Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 24, 2025, 04:05:22 AM

Paranoid Android 4
You Cant Always Get What You Want 3
Ti Sento 2
Take me Out 1

How Soon is Now? 4
Voyage Voyage 3
Uprising 2
Paranoid 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 24, 2025, 08:14:10 AM

Group 5

4-Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere
3-Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2-Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
1-Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic

Group 6

4-Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3-Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
2-Marty Robbins - Big Iron
1-Johnny Cash - Hurt

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 24, 2025, 09:48:37 AM

GROUP 5
4- Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
3- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1- Radiohead - Paranoid Android

GROUP 6
4- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
2- Muse - Uprising
1- Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 24, 2025, 06:22:51 PM

GROUP 5
1. Paranoid Android - 16
2. Take Me Out - 13
3. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 12
4. Crazy Train - 11
5. Ti Sento - 10 (one 2-point vote)
6. Zitti E Buoni - 10 (no 2-point votes)
7. Last Train to Nowhere - 8
8. Majesty - 7
9. Ring of Fire - 7
10. Southern Gothic - 6

GROUP 6
1. Paranoid - 16
2. How Soon is Now? - 12
3. Uprising - 12
4. Voyage Voyage - 12
5. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - 11
6. Hurt - 10
7. Take Five - 10
8. Taxman - 8
9. Tri Martolod - 6
10. Big Iron - 3

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 24, 2025, 06:23:43 PM

2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in the semifinal last year, 0-1 songs ranked between 12-20 last year, and one song ranked between 2-11 last year.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three or four songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 7
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (https://youtu.be/0fy_bOeJGx8)
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TTAXENxbM0)
Elton John - I'm Still Standing (https://youtu.be/MJ_aPtt4U8M)
Muse - Knights of Cydonia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q)
New Order - Blue Monday (https://youtu.be/c1GxjzHm5us)
Police - Message in a Bottle (https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObL3L6MRvN4)
Queen - Innuendo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAgetDMMLk)
Robert Wyatt - Alife (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFn33Poas8I)
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (https://youtu.be/GgnClrx8N2k)
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life (https://youtu.be/OiPVgAhRE6E)

GROUP 8
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (https://youtu.be/Yy9h2q_dr9k?si=059rm-V_P9qvQvib)
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (https://youtu.be/HtUH9z_Oey8)
Boston - More Than a Feeling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo)
David Bowie - Starman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw)
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA)
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTPvcPYaOo)
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1E9O7niZAM)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (https://youtu.be/CRMvKFJ5fZM)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.
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Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on February 24, 2025, 10:56:30 PM

GROUP 7
4 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
2 Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
1 Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
4 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
3 Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2 David Bowie - Starman
1 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 25, 2025, 06:11:17 AM

GROUP 7
4 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
3 - Robert Wyatt - Alife
2 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1 - New Order - Blue Monday

GROUP 8
4 - Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
3 - David Bowie - Starman
2 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on February 25, 2025, 06:42:21 AM

Group 7

4 - Police - Message in a Bottle
3 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
1 - New Order - Blue Monday

Group 8

4 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
2 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1 - The Who - Baba O'Riley

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on February 25, 2025, 07:19:33 AM

Group 7

4-Police - Message in a Bottle
3-Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2-Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1-Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Group 8

4-Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3-The Who - Baba O'Riley
2-Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1-Boston - More Than a Feeling

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on February 25, 2025, 07:30:41 AM

GROUP 7
4- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
3- Police - Message in a Bottle
2- New Order - Blue Monday
1- Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
4- Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
3- Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
2- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
1- Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on February 26, 2025, 11:27:20 AM

GROUP 7
2 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

1 Elton John - I'm Still Standing

3 Police - Message in a Bottle

4 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

GROUP 8
4 Boston - More Than a Feeling.

1 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

2 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

3 The Who - Baba O'Riley

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on February 26, 2025, 03:36:36 PM

I know it says "Robert Wyatt - Alife". But I always read it as "Alfie", even though I know it isn't correct. That's all I had to say. Thanks for the attention.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 26, 2025, 04:29:26 PM

GROUP 7
4 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
3 - Police - Message in a Bottle
2 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
1 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
4 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
3 - The Who - Baba O'Riley
2 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
1 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on February 27, 2025, 02:12:49 PM

GROUP 7
4- Queen - Innuendo
3- Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2- Elton John - I'm Still Standing
1- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

GROUP 8
4- David Bowie - Starman
3- Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2- Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on February 27, 2025, 04:01:37 PM

GROUP 7
4. Queen - Innuendo
3. Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1. Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

GROUP 8
4. David Bowie - Starman
3. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 27, 2025, 04:47:32 PM

Blue Monday would have gotten 4 points in group 8. A Quiet Life or Alife would have gotten 3. But in this megastacked group they get nothing :(.

Knights of Cydonia - 4
Sympathy for the Devil - 3
Telegraph Road - 2
Innuendo - 1

The Chain - 4
Holiday in Cambodia - 3
Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
Kashmir - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 28, 2025, 02:09:17 PM

I've update the TMT all time spotify playlist with the nominations of last year and this year (those I could find on spotify anyway):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HlnZVMlpgAXNhzkqHg9gY

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 28, 2025, 07:02:11 PM

GROUP 7
1. Message in a Bottle - 17
2. Telegraph Road - 17
3. Sympathy for the Devil - 15
4. I'm Still Standing - 12
5. Innuendo - 9
6. Knights of Cydonia - 8
7. A Quiet Life - 8
8. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 7
9. Blue Monday - 4
10. Alife - 3

GROUP 8
1. The Chain - 17
2. Starman - 13
3. More Than a Feeling - 11
4. Kashmir - 11
5. Holiday in Cambodia - 10 (one 4-point vote, two 3-point votes)
6. Strawberry Fields Forever - 10 (one 4-point vote, one 3-point vote)
7. Baba O'Riley - 10 (no 4-point votes)
8. Bela Lugosi's Dead - 7
9. I Will Survive - 7
10. One More Day Above the Roses - 4

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on February 28, 2025, 07:03:29 PM

2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in the semifinal last year, 0-1 songs ranked between 12-20 last year, and one song ranked between 2-11 last year.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three or four songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 9
Cure - A Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT4V6JmINA)
Deep Purple - Child in Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE&pp=ygUZZGVlcCBwdXJwbGUgY2hpbGQgaW4gdGltZQ%3D%3D)
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohZ0dqaP64)
Foo Fighters - Everlong (https://youtu.be/eBG7P-K-r1Y)
Jefferson Starship - Jane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmrMMYpQL4)
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrTMc2i6Lzc)
Rammstein - Haifisch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GukNjYQZW8s)
Supertramp - Fool's Overture (https://youtu.be/TLbYL10c1zo)
Toto - Hold the Line (https://youtu.be/htgr3pvBr-I)
Toto - Africa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY)

GROUP 10
Blur - The Universal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jmBCfbgZc)
Donkeyboy - Ambitions (https://youtu.be/dr_zSyBB8AU)
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (https://youtu.be/CVsLEI-hCXw)
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (https://youtu.be/2dANDhfWU8g)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg)
Falco - Der Kommissar (https://youtu.be/8-bgiiTxhzM)
Police - Roxanne (https://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ)
Queen - Killer Queen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM)
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc)
Whiskey Myers - On The River (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab3sWMXI12U)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on February 28, 2025, 08:18:18 PM

Two more very strong groups

A Forest - 4
Child in Time - 3
Haifisch - 2
Fool's Overture - 1

Street Spirit - 4
The Universal - 3
Sweet Dreams - 2
Roxanne - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 01, 2025, 06:32:36 AM

Group 9

4-Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3-Jefferson Starship - Jane
2-Toto - Africa
1-Deep Purple - Child in Time

Group 10

4-Whiskey Myers - On The River
3-Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
2-Police - Roxanne
1-Queen - Killer Queen

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 01, 2025, 06:39:43 AM

GROUP 9
4- Cure - A Forest
3- Foo Fighters - Everlong
2- Supertramp - Fool's Overture
1- Rammstein - Haifisch

GROUP 10
4- Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3- Police - Roxanne
2- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1- Blur - The Universal

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 01, 2025, 07:34:55 AM

I don't know if anyone cares but due to participating in this I have discovered a few artists I was not aware of before and bought a couple of CD's (yes I'm old and I like CD's LOL). So far I have bought CD's by Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Ghost Hounds, Whiskey Myers is on my list for a future purchase. Listening to my new Ghost Hounds CD right now and enjoying the hell out of it LOL

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 01, 2025, 08:05:24 AM

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 01, 2025, 07:34:55 AMI don't know if anyone cares but due to participating in this I have discovered a few artists I was not aware of before and bought a couple of CD's (yes I'm old and I like CD's LOL). So far I have bought CD's by Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Ghost Hounds, Whiskey Myers is on my list for a future purchase. Listening to my new Ghost Hounds CD right now and enjoying the hell out of it LOL

I used to collect CD's about when I was about 15-20. I got to about a 100 -Incidentally one of the first two being "The Colour and the Shape" by the Foo Fighters, which contains Everlong.-

Unfortunately then came Spotify and bluetooth speakers and cars have bluetooth radio now and I can listen to whatever I want on any device now so I stopped using them and eventually stopped collecting them as well. I'm not even sure if I have a working CD player anymore. So it's basically like a stamp collection now. And unlike books it's not like you can use them on a desert island without equipment, so I don't think CD's will make a comeback when civilisation collapses. And to make matters worse all the fashionable vintage people go for vinyl. Best we can hope for is the collapse of all digital infrastructure, but not electricity. Oh well.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 01, 2025, 09:05:16 AM

Quote from: Glüc on March 01, 2025, 08:05:24 AM
Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 01, 2025, 07:34:55 AMI don't know if anyone cares but due to participating in this I have discovered a few artists I was not aware of before and bought a couple of CD's (yes I'm old and I like CD's LOL). So far I have bought CD's by Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Ghost Hounds, Whiskey Myers is on my list for a future purchase. Listening to my new Ghost Hounds CD right now and enjoying the hell out of it LOL
I used to collect CD's about when I was about 15-20. I got to about a 100 -Incidentally one of the first two being "The Colour and the Shape" by the Foo Fighters, which contains Everlong.-

Unfortunately then came Spotify and bluetooth speakers and cars have bluetooth radio now and I can listen to whatever I want on any device now so I stopped using them and eventually stopped collecting them as well. I'm not even sure if I have a working CD player anymore. So it's basically like a stamp collection now. And unlike books it's not like you can use them on a desert island without equipment, so I don't think CD's will make a comeback when civilisation collapses. And to make matters worse all the fashionable vintage people go for vinyl. Best we can hope for is the collapse of all digital infrastructure, but not electricity. Oh well.

I currently have 23,281 songs downloaded onto my computer, I had to buy an external CD player to put them on this computer because computers don't come with them anymore. I fear that digital music will eventually be the downfall of the music industry. I mean, what is the incentive to practice hard and become great at what you do unless you can make money doing it? (FYI I also have a turntable and quite a vinyl collection, some of which I am converting to CD and installing on my computer as well)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on March 01, 2025, 09:17:47 AM

GROUP 9
4 - Cure - A Forest
3 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2 - Toto - Africa
1 - Deep Purple - Child in Time

GROUP 10
4 - Donkeyboy - Ambitions
3 - Blur - The Universal
2 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1 - Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on March 01, 2025, 11:14:12 AM

Group 9

4 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
3 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
2 - Toto - Africa
1 - Rammstein - Haifisch

Group 10

4 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
3 - Police - Roxanne
2 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)
1 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on March 01, 2025, 03:40:17 PM

GROUP 9
2 Foo Fighters - Everlong

3 Jefferson Starship - Jane

1 Toto - Hold the Line

4 Toto - Africa

GROUP 10
2 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running

3 Police - Roxanne

1 Queen - Killer Queen

4 Whiskey Myers - On The River

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 01, 2025, 04:03:06 PM

GROUP 9
4 Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
3 Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2 Rammstein - Haifisch
1 Supertramp - Fool's Overture

GROUP 10
4 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3 Falco - Der Kommissar
2 Queen - Killer Queen
1 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 02, 2025, 09:30:43 PM

GROUP 9
4 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
3 - Rammstein - Haifisch
2 - Toto - Hold the Line
1 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
HM - Toto - Africa

GROUP 10
4 - Whiskey Myers - On The River
3 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
2 - Queen - Killer Queen
1 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 03, 2025, 02:57:22 AM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 01, 2025, 06:39:43 AM3- Police - RoxanneDonkeyboy - Ambitions

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Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 03, 2025, 03:27:50 AM

Quote from: Glüc on March 03, 2025, 02:57:22 AM
Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 01, 2025, 06:39:43 AM3- Police - RoxanneDonkeyboy - Ambitions

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Yes i keep Roxanne, thanks Glüc

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on March 03, 2025, 04:05:07 PM

4 Cure - A Forest
1 Deep Purple - Child in Time
3 Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2 Rammstein - Haifisch

1 Blur - The Universal
2 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 Police - Roxanne
3 Queen - Killer Queen

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on March 03, 2025, 04:25:35 PM

GROUP 9
4. Toto - Africa
3. Deep Purple - Child in Time
2. The Cure - A Forest
1. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
HMs: Everlong and While My Guitar Gently Weeps

GROUP 10
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3. Police - Roxanne
2. Falco - Der Kommissar
1. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
HM: Blur - The Universal

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 03, 2025, 08:51:29 PM

GROUP 9
1. A Forest - 18
2. Africa - 14
3. Here Comes the Rain Again - 12
4. Everlong - 12
5. Haifisch - 11
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 10
7. Child in Time - 9
8. Jane - 7
9. Fool's Overture - 4
10. Hold the Line - 3

GROUP 10
1. Roxanne - 19
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 17
3. On The River - 12
4. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 10
5. Lyin' Eyes - 9 (one 4-point vote)
6. Killer Queen - 9 (no 4-point votes)
7. The Universal - 8
8. Long Train Runnin' - 7
9. Der Kommissar - 5
10. Ambitions - 4

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 03, 2025, 08:56:08 PM

Five new nominations remain.

Two songs from last year's Top 20 were eliminated.

VIRTUAL TOP 20 (R2 PPV)
1. Rock the Casbah
1. September
3. Roxanne
4. A Forest
5. Message in a Bottle
5. Telegraph Road
5. The Chain
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
9. Under Pressure
9. Wish You Were Here
11. Paranoid Android
11. Paranoid
13. Down Under
13. Roam
13. Sympathy for the Devil
16. Wuthering Heights
16. Stairway to Heaven
16. Black Hole Sun
16. Africa
20. Acida
20. The Gambler

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 03, 2025, 09:02:35 PM

TMT20 ROUND 3

Round 3 consists of five groups of ten songs each. The top two songs from each group advance directly to the Final, while the next three songs from each group advance to the Semifinal. Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains two 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place songs from Round 2.

We will vote on groups 1, 2, and 3 and then groups 4 and 5. Each voting period will last four days (96 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top five songs 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four or five songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 1
Clash - Rock the Casbah (https://youtu.be/bJ9r8LMU9bQ)
Elton John - I'm Still Standing (https://youtu.be/MJ_aPtt4U8M)
Le Tigre - Deceptacon (https://youtu.be/wjNln9mXuTI)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (https://youtu.be/hjpF8ukSrvk)
Police - Message in a Bottle (https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObL3L6MRvN4)
Prozac+ - Acida (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxyV_XLu-cg&pp=ygUNcHJvemFjKyBhY2lkYQ%3D%3D)
Queen - Innuendo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAgetDMMLk)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg)
Toto - Africa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY)

GROUP 2
Boston - More Than a Feeling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo)
David Bowie - Starman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw)
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (https://youtu.be/2dANDhfWU8g)
Earth, Wind and Fire - September (https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg)
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohZ0dqaP64)
Foo Fighters - Everlong (https://youtu.be/eBG7P-K-r1Y)
Men at Work - Down Under (https://youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s)
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment (https://youtu.be/Hha0bwVvGmY)
Rammstein - Haifisch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GukNjYQZW8s)

GROUP 3
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw)
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTPvcPYaOo)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo)
Muse - Uprising (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog)
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VZjE6JdHg)
Police - Roxanne (https://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I)
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (https://youtu.be/GgnClrx8N2k)
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQb-0P320s)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 6 points
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 03, 2025, 09:02:56 PM

To account for the extra group, voting on this set of groups will last four days instead of the usual three.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 03, 2025, 09:11:19 PM

GROUP 1
6 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
3 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2 Prozac+ - Acida
1 Police - Message in a Bottle

GROUP 2
6 Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
2 Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
1 David Bowie - Starman

GROUP 3
6 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
4 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
3 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2 Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1 Muse - Uprising

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on March 04, 2025, 07:38:38 AM

Wow this was a tough round to choose!

Group 1

6 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
4 - Eton John - I'm Still Standing
3 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 - The Police - Message in a Bottle
1 - Toto - Africa

Group 2

6 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
2 - David Bowie - Starman
1 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September

Group 3

6 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
4 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
3 - Muse - Uprising
2 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 04, 2025, 08:02:58 AM

Nearly every song is worth points at this stage. Only group 2 appears a bit weak. Its a strong third round as usual. Still Im a bit worried about groups 4 and 5 because it appears most personal favourites have ended up in there. Difficult choices ahead.

Innuendo - 6
Black Hole Sun - 4
Stairway to Heaven - 3
Im Still Standing - 2
Acida - 1

Haifisch - 6
Sweet Dreams - 4
Down Under - 3
Live in the Moment - 2
Everlong - 1

Wuthering Heights - 6
Sympathy for the Devil - 4
The Chain - 3
Under Pressure - 2
Uprising - 1

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 04, 2025, 08:06:05 AM

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 03, 2025, 08:56:08 PMVIRTUAL TOP 20 (R2 PPV)
1. Rock the Casbah
1. September
3. Roxanne
4. A Forest
5. Message in a Bottle
5. Telegraph Road
5. The Chain
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
9. Under Pressure
9. Wish You Were Here
11. Paranoid Android
11. Paranoid
13. Down Under
13. Roam
13. Sympathy for the Devil
16. Wuthering Heights
16. Stairway to Heaven
16. Black Hole Sun
16. Africa
20. Acida
20. The Gambler

I like these stats either way, but wow this would be a very strong (semi)final

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 04, 2025, 12:22:10 PM

GROUP 1
6- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4- Police - Message in a Bottle
3- Le Tigre - Deceptacon
2- Prozac+ - Acida
1- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

GROUP 2
6- Foo Fighters - Everlong
4- Rammstein - Haifisch
3- Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1- David Bowie - Starman

GROUP 3
6- Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
4- Police - Roxanne
3- Muse - Uprising
2- Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1- Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on March 05, 2025, 06:47:33 AM

GROUP 1
6 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
4 - Toto - Africa
3 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Police - Message in a Bottle

GROUP 2
6 - David Bowie - Starman
4 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment

GROUP 3
6 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
4 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3 - Police - Roxanne
2 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
1 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on March 05, 2025, 07:23:41 AM

GROUP 1

4 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
6 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1 Police - Message in a Bottle
3 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2 Toto - Africa

GROUP 2
6 Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3 Foo Fighters - Everlong
1 Men at Work - Down Under

GROUP 3
6 Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
3 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
4 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
2 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1 Police - Roxanne

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 05, 2025, 06:32:13 PM

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 03, 2025, 09:02:35 PMLe Tigre - Deceptacon (https://youtu.be/wjNln9mXuTI)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on March 06, 2025, 09:21:37 AM

GROUP 1
6. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
4. Queen - Innuendo
3. Prozac+ - Acida
2. Toto - Africa
1. Elton John - I'm Still Standing

HM: Clash - Rock the Casbah

GROUP 2
6. David Bowie - Starman
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3. Men at Work - Down Under
2. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
1. Earth, Wind and Fire - September

GROUP 3
6. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
4. Police - Roxanne

3. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on March 07, 2025, 12:40:30 AM

GROUP 1
4 Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 Elton John - I'm Still Standing
6 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
3 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
1 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

GROUP 2
6 Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 Foo Fighters - Everlong
2 Men at Work - Down Under

GROUP 3
6 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
1 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
3 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2 Police - Roxanne
4 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 07, 2025, 03:29:24 AM

Looks like Kate Bush is going to the final! Wonder if we can get @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC to start participating in TMT now :p

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 07, 2025, 06:25:55 AM

Group 1

6-Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4-Elton John - I'm Still Standing
3-Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
2-Police - Message in a Bottle
1-Toto - Africa

Group 2

6-Boston - More Than a Feeling
4-Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
3-Men at Work - Down Under
2-David Bowie - Starman
1-Earth, Wind and Fire - September

Group 3

6-Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
4-Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3-Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2-Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1-Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 07, 2025, 04:20:11 PM

GROUP 1
6 - Police - Message in a Bottle
4 - Toto - Africa
3 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
1 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

GROUP 2
6 - Rammstein - Haifisch
4 - Men at Work - Down Under
3 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
2 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September

Group 3 is a big stack.

GROUP 3
6 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
4 - Muse - Uprising
3 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
2 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on March 07, 2025, 05:44:32 PM

GROUP 1
6- Queen - Innuendo
4- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
3- Toto - Africa
2- Prozac+ - Acida
1- Elton John - I'm Still Standing

GROUP 2
6- David Bowie - Starman
4- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3- Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2- Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1- Men at Work - Down Under

GROUP 3
6- Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
4- Police - Roxanne
3- Supertramp - Breakfast in America
2- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1- Muse - Uprising

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 09, 2025, 08:04:56 PM

GROUP 1
1. Wish You Were Here - 28
2. Stairway to Heaven - 23
3. Black Hole Sun - 20
4. Message in a Bottle - 17 (one 6-point vote)
5. Africa - 17 (no 6-point votes, R2 PPV = 1.4)
6. I'm Still Standing - 17 (no 6-point votes, R2 PPV = 1.2)
7. Innuendo - 16
8. Rock the Casbah - 15
9. Deceptacon - 13
10. Acida - 10

GROUP 2
1. More Than a Feeling - 26
2. Starman - 24
3. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 20
4. September - 20
5. Down Under - 17
6. Haifisch - 16
7. Lyin' Eyes - 15
8. Everlong - 14
9. Here Comes the Rain Again - 13
10. Live in the Moment - 11

GROUP 3
1. Wuthering Heights - 27
2. Sympathy for the Devil - 22 (two 4-point votes)
3. Under Pressure - 22 (one 4-point vote)
4. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - 21
5. Roxanne - 18
6. The Chain - 17
7. Crazy Train - 15
8. Uprising - 13
9. Breakfast in America - 11
10. The Gambler - 10

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 09, 2025, 08:10:48 PM

TMT20 ROUND 3

Round 3 consists of five groups of ten songs each. The top two songs from each group advance directly to the Final, while the next three songs from each group advance to the Semifinal. Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains two 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place songs from Round 2.

We will vote on groups 1, 2, and 3 and then groups 4 and 5. Each voting period will last four days (96 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top five songs 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four or five songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 4
B-52's - Private Idaho (https://youtu.be/yXmnmvDl-ao)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (https://youtu.be/BOTIIw76qiE)
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA)
Desireless - Voyage Voyage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgmH5q9uNk)
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TTAXENxbM0)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (https://youtu.be/h66dI0q_9As)
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento (https://youtu.be/qGkPK4ZK22k)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (https://youtu.be/Are2FK_P3xY)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android (https://youtu.be/Lt8AfIeJOxw)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGofoH9RDEA)

GROUP 5
B-52's - Roam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4)
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ)
Cure - A Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT4V6JmINA)
House of Pain - Jump Around (https://youtu.be/jrL_LzX5wv4)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc)
Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane (https://youtu.be/Hzr-0XIk0no)
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc)
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9sDn_2XkI)
Smiths - How Soon is Now? (https://youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek)
Whiskey Myers - On The River (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab3sWMXI12U)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 6 points
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 09, 2025, 11:13:01 PM

GROUP 4
6 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
4 B-52's - Private Idaho
3 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
2 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 5
6 B-52's - Roam
4 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
3 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2 Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
1 Cure - A Forest

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on March 10, 2025, 06:19:39 AM

Group 4

6 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
4 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetie
3 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2 - B-52's - Private Idaho
1 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

Group 5

6 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
4 - Smiths - How Soon is Now
3 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
2 - Led Zeppelin- Kashmir
1 - B-52's - Roam

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Iac Éovard Valadeir on March 10, 2025, 11:10:56 AM

GROUP 4
6. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
4. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

GROUP 5
6. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
4. House of Pain - Jump Around
3. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2. B-52's - Roam
1. Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 10, 2025, 11:16:46 AM

Azul Jack! Nice to see a new face participating. (Excellent choices too ;) )

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: þerxh Sant-Enogat on March 10, 2025, 01:10:38 PM

GROUP 4
6- The Radiohead - Paranoid Android
4- B-52's - Private Idaho
3- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2- Nick Cave and Bad Seeds - Mercy Seat
1- The Desireless - Voyage Voyage

GROUP 5
6- Smiths - How Soon is Now?
4- Cure - A Forest
3- The Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2- B-52's - Roam
1- Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Bråneu Excelsio, UrN on March 10, 2025, 01:54:56 PM

GROUP 4
4 B-52's - Private Idaho
3 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
6 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 5
3 B-52's - Roam
1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
6 Cure - A Forest
2 Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
4 Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Gjermund Higraff on March 10, 2025, 02:43:53 PM

GROUP 4
6 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
4 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
3 - Desireless - Voyage Voyage
2 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

GROUP 5
6 - Cure - A Forest
4 - B-52's - Roam
3 - Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
1 - House of Pain - Jump Around

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Tric'hard Lenxheir on March 10, 2025, 07:22:30 PM

Group 4

6-Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4-Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3-Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2-B-52's - Private Idaho
1-Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

Group 5

6-Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
4-Whiskey Myers - On The River
3-Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
2-Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
1-House of Pain - Jump Around

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Placiej on March 11, 2025, 05:27:33 AM

GROUP 4
6 Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

2 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

4 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

1 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 5
2 B-52's - Roam

1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

4 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

3 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

6 Whiskey Myers - On The River

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 12, 2025, 04:52:44 PM

GROUP 4
6 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
4 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2 - Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 - Desireless - Voyage Voyage

GROUP 5
6 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
4 - House of Pain - Jump Around
3 - Whiskey Myers - On The River
2 - B-52's - Roam
1 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Lüc on March 12, 2025, 05:21:05 PM

GROUP 4
6. Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
4. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

GROUP 5
6. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
4. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
3. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2. Cure - A Forest
1. Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Erschéveþ da Schir on March 12, 2025, 05:58:36 PM

GROUP 4
6- Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
4- Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

GROUP 5
6- Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
4- Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
3- Cure - A Forest
2- Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1- Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 12, 2025, 06:09:31 PM

Ending on two very strong groups, especially 4. Looking forward to the (semi)final!

6. Paranoid Android
4. The Mercy Seat
3. Once in a Lifetime
2. Telegraph Road
1. Voyage Voyage

6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
4. A Forest
3. How Soon Is Now?
2. You Can't Always Get What You Want
1. On the River

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 14, 2025, 09:49:24 PM

GROUP 4
1. Paranoid Android - 31
2. Paranoid - 31
3. Once in a Lifetime - 27
4. Telegraph Road - 23
5. Take Me Out - 17
6. Private Idaho - 16
7. Holiday in Cambodia - 13
8. Ti Sento - 12
9. Voyage Voyage - 12
10. The Mercy Seat - 10

GROUP 5
1. A Forest - 26
2. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 24
3. Kashmir - 23
4. Roam - 22
5. How Soon is Now? - 20 (two 4-point votes)
6. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 20 (no 4-point votes)
7. You Give Love a Bad Name - 17
8. Vacanze Romane - 16
9. On The River - 14
10. Jump Around - 10

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 14, 2025, 09:54:59 PM

TMT20 SEMIFINAL

The Semifinal consists of one group of 15 songs (the third, fourth, and fifth place songs from each group in Round 3). The top five songs advance to the Final, the next five (in order) are #16 - #20 of the 2024 TMT20, and the last five are the final five songs to be eliminated.

The voting period will last until Sunday, March 23rd at 12:00 PM, Talossan Daylight Time.

Give your top eight songs 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly eight songs.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE, SEND IT TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!

B-52's - Roam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4)
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw)
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TTAXENxbM0)
Earth, Wind and Fire - September (https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (https://youtu.be/h66dI0q_9As)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc)
Men at Work - Down Under (https://youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s)
Police - Message in a Bottle (https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObL3L6MRvN4)
Police - Roxanne (https://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I)
Smiths - How Soon is Now? (https://youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGofoH9RDEA)
Toto - Africa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 10 points
- Number of voters giving 8 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 3
- Rank in Round 3
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 17, 2025, 11:42:09 AM

I voted by PM, posting to avoid an inquiry by a current Lord Warden Senator into lack of effort by former Lord Warden Senators in this important activity.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: King Txec on March 17, 2025, 02:30:05 PM

Quote from: xpb on March 17, 2025, 11:42:09 AMI voted by PM, posting to avoid an inquiry by a current Lord Warden Senator into lack of effort by former Lord Warden Senators in this important activity.

I read and re-read this post several times before I realized it had nothing at all to do with the election haha. Nice one Sir X. Pol!

-Txec R

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 18, 2025, 11:35:52 AM

Quote from: King Txec on March 17, 2025, 02:30:05 PM
Quote from: xpb on March 17, 2025, 11:42:09 AMI voted by PM, posting to avoid an inquiry by a current Lord Warden Senator into lack of effort by former Lord Warden Senators in this important activity.

I read and re-read this post several times before I realized it had nothing at all to do with the election haha. Nice one Sir X. Pol!

-Txec R

Actually, in a sense it does indirectly - via https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=3901.0 - then again you had the popcorn out in that thread. Also good to bump this thread so that voters are reminded to get their selections in via PM

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 18, 2025, 06:01:30 PM

Spotify playlist for the (semi)final:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0OP3URNzanHoihTjiZFJhK

(I've included the final so you can listen ahead)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 23, 2025, 05:12:39 AM

Sent Ian my vote. I think theres less than 7 hours left to vote on the semifinal!

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 24, 2025, 06:47:44 AM

We had 11 voters in the semifinal

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 24, 2025, 06:54:18 AM

TMT20 FINAL

A total of 2,949 points have been awarded so far; this compares favorably to last year's pre-final total of 2,643. Thanks to everyone who has participated so far; of course, you are still welcome to vote now if you haven't before.

The voting period will last until Tuesday, April 1st at 12:00 TDT. A pre-election night countdown of the Top 20 on Discord will start at 15:00.

Give your top ten songs 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly ten songs.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE, SEND IT TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (https://youtu.be/BOTIIw76qiE)
Boston - More Than a Feeling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo)
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw)
Cure - A Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT4V6JmINA)
David Bowie - Starman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (https://youtu.be/hjpF8ukSrvk)
Police - Message in a Bottle (https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObL3L6MRvN4)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android (https://youtu.be/Lt8AfIeJOxw)
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (https://youtu.be/GgnClrx8N2k)
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9sDn_2XkI)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg)
Toto - Africa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY)

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 12 points
- Number of voters giving 10 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Rank in Semifinal (if applicable)
- PPV in Round 3
- Rank in Round 3
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 24, 2025, 09:47:30 PM

sorry to to see my favorites hopefully shunted to part of #16-20 range TBD as a mystery inside an enigma. Voted (privately as instructed)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 26, 2025, 12:30:14 PM

hopefully they made something #16-20 will be in my town on April 1(https://images.discovery-prod.axs.com/2025/01/uploadedimage_67991ff28df6c.jpg)
https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/franz-ferdinand-2025-bt?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRGCBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYdXXvb6QEdPTexkk60TKaqFY5P9g8DrOYT8ViW2m7Zh1_2ju0GlNjBZbCm56eAfo14_aem_fPyxyUlnlkOsxLS_a3ONgA (https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/franz-ferdinand-2025-bt?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRGCBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYdXXvb6QEdPTexkk60TKaqFY5P9g8DrOYT8ViW2m7Zh1_2ju0GlNjBZbCm56eAfo14_aem_fPyxyUlnlkOsxLS_a3ONgA)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 26, 2025, 02:29:06 PM

another one hopefully in the 16-20 spots, will be in my area in August. (https://media.9news.com/assets/KUSA/images/18f6c583-662f-430b-8471-d30b43423e78/18f6c583-662f-430b-8471-d30b43423e78_1140x641.jpg)

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 28, 2025, 05:51:06 PM

Quote from: xpb on March 26, 2025, 12:30:14 PMhopefully they made something #16-20 will be in my town on April 1(https://images.discovery-prod.axs.com/2025/01/uploadedimage_67991ff28df6c.jpg)
https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/franz-ferdinand-2025-bt?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRGCBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYdXXvb6QEdPTexkk60TKaqFY5P9g8DrOYT8ViW2m7Zh1_2ju0GlNjBZbCm56eAfo14_aem_fPyxyUlnlkOsxLS_a3ONgA (https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/franz-ferdinand-2025-bt?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRGCBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYdXXvb6QEdPTexkk60TKaqFY5P9g8DrOYT8ViW2m7Zh1_2ju0GlNjBZbCm56eAfo14_aem_fPyxyUlnlkOsxLS_a3ONgA)

So are you going to see them?

I'm afraid I have to admit I fumbled my chance to do so. We were at a festival in Belgium and for some reason they were scheduled in a tent and not at the main stage. We had actually seen the band that was scheduled at the same stage before (another scottish band incidentally. One that sir Ian also likes.), but there was an hour in between so we left the tent. Outside was a big screen showing the worldcup quarterfinal between Belgium and Brazil. Belgium was leading by one goal and everyone was getting quite excited, so we wanted to see the end of it, but then when we got back to the tent to see Franz Ferdinand, it was full :(. There were screens outside and you could still sort of hear them from outside, but thats not really the same experience. We did regret that.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 28, 2025, 06:19:53 PM

My favourites from the semifinal didn't make it, but even so the final is really strong this year. Close to my favourite TMT final so far.

Lots of nice discoveries this year too. The ones that stuck with me the most were
- I Love You (I definitely overlooked how good this was when voting on round 1, partly because I don't usually pay much attention to lyrics)
- Mary on a Cross
- Hera Koka Hasz LSD (amazing performance)
- Antitaxi (I went to France in february with family and I made sure this was included in our driving playlist)
- Vacanze Romane (at least I think this was a discovery?)
, but I also liked Pizza, Slum Planet, ohmygod, Games (but the version without lovelytheband), Black Hole, Cheri Cheri Lady, Triangolo and several others. Unfortunately, automatic nominations include several of my all time favourite songs and it usually takes me several listens, and some time, to really appreciate something I didnt know before, so often I don't get around to giving these points (just like Death of Me, which according to spotify ended up being my most listened to song of 2024, but at the time I think I just gave it a single point in round 1).

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 28, 2025, 06:23:49 PM

Quote from: xpb on March 26, 2025, 02:29:06 PManother one hopefully in the 16-20 spots,

Too early for predictions maybe, but I was surprised Roam didn't make the final. I'd be even more surprised if it didnt make the top 20

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on March 28, 2025, 07:58:11 PM

Quote from: Glüc on March 28, 2025, 05:51:06 PM
Quote from: xpb on March 26, 2025, 12:30:14 PMhopefully they made something #16-20 will be in my town on April 1(https://images.discovery-prod.axs.com/2025/01/uploadedimage_67991ff28df6c.jpg)
https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/franz-ferdinand-2025-bt?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRGCBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYdXXvb6QEdPTexkk60TKaqFY5P9g8DrOYT8ViW2m7Zh1_2ju0GlNjBZbCm56eAfo14_aem_fPyxyUlnlkOsxLS_a3ONgA (https://www.z2ent.com/events/detail/franz-ferdinand-2025-bt?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRGCBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYdXXvb6QEdPTexkk60TKaqFY5P9g8DrOYT8ViW2m7Zh1_2ju0GlNjBZbCm56eAfo14_aem_fPyxyUlnlkOsxLS_a3ONgA)

So are you going to see them?

I'm afraid I have to admit I fumbled my chance to do so. We were at a festival in Belgium and for some reason they were scheduled in a tent and not at the main stage. We had actually seen the band that was scheduled at the same stage before (another scottish band incidentally. One that sir Ian also likes.), but there was an hour in between so we left the tent. Outside was a big screen showing the worldcup quarterfinal between Belgium and Brazil. Belgium was leading by one goal and everyone was getting quite excited, so we wanted to see the end of it, but then when we got back to the tent to see Franz Ferdinand, it was full :(. There were screens outside and you could still sort of hear them from outside, but thats not really the same experience. We did regret that.

Going to try, although my wife is ambivalent about going...

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 31, 2025, 06:37:11 AM

A bit over a day left to vote

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on March 31, 2025, 07:26:28 AM

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 31, 2025, 06:37:11 AMA bit over a day left to vote

How is turnout so far?

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 31, 2025, 10:01:57 AM

Quote from: Glüc on March 31, 2025, 07:26:28 AM
Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 31, 2025, 06:37:11 AMA bit over a day left to vote
How is turnout so far?

Eight so far

Still waiting on a few people that usually vote though

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Xheralt Del’Encradeir on March 31, 2025, 08:14:07 PM

Nomination the first:

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Xheralt Del’Encradeir on March 31, 2025, 08:17:47 PM

Nomination the second:

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Xheralt Del’Encradeir on March 31, 2025, 08:21:17 PM

Nomination the third and final:

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 31, 2025, 08:34:28 PM

Unfortunately we can't take any more nominations this year, since we are currently voting on the final round. The good news is that you still have about 15 hours left to vote on that.

Make sure to save these for next time.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Xheralt Del’Encradeir on April 05, 2025, 12:59:26 PM

Quote from: Sir Ian Plätschisch on March 31, 2025, 08:34:28 PMUnfortunately we can't take any more nominations this year, since we are currently voting on the final round. The good news is that you still have about 15 hours left to vote on that.

Make sure to save these for next time.

Oh, doggone it. Will do.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: Glüc on April 13, 2025, 03:43:14 PM

Results of the 2025 Talossan Music Top 20 (in case anyone missed the broadcast):

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (62)
2. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (57)
3. David Bowie - Starman (57)
4. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (56)
5. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (56)
6. Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (52)
7. Boston - More than a Feeling (48)
8. Radiohead - Paranoid Android (48)
9. Toto - Africa (46)
10. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (43)
11. The Police - Message in a Bottle (40)
12. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (36)
13. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (35)
14. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (31)
15. The Cure - A Forest (29)

16. The Smiths - How Soon is Now (31)
17. B-52's - Roam (29)
18. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (29)
19. Earth, Wind and Fire - September (27)
20. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (25)

Eliminated in the semifinal
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (24)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (22)
Franz Ferdinand - Take me Out (20)
The Police - Roxanne (20)
Men at Work - Down Under (15)

This is the first time Wish You Were Here tops the list, so they won't be added to the hall of fame just yet. Black Hole Sun is the highest newcomer to the list. Wuthering Heights is the best place new nomination this year.

Title: Re: [TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20
Post by: xpb on July 07, 2025, 11:36:12 AM

just got done with 3 days of Phish at Folsom Field (http://boulder1%20recap:%20fire%20on%20the%20mountains%20-%20phish.net%20https://share.google/VpQJqpMlfHxuw3xVw) (I was working security drone)

Next, I'd like to find a way to get to the B52s/Devo tour (//http://://share.google/jYBLwD7GV6VmbMC0E)

Wittenberg

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