The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2021 TMT20 #5

Dire Straights - Telegraph Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bWGGA-5HM
Released 1982
From the album Love Over Gold

First nominated by Lüc da Schir in 2013
Previously #6 in 2015, #2 in 2017, #7 in 2018, #5 in 2019, and #4 in 2020.

Final Round Points - 27


Only Bohemian Rhapsody (7) has made it into the top 5 more times than this song. By standard deviation of number of points, this was the most divisive song, with two voters giving it second-place votes, but three voters giving it no points. The two second-place votes gave it the edge over The Devil Went Downt to Georgia in the tiebreaker and gave it yet another top-5 finish.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2021 TMT20 #4

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
Released 1975
From the album A Night at the Opera

First nominated by Eðo Grischun in 2009
Previously #1 in 2015, #4 in 2016, #1 in 2017, #2 in 2018, #4 in 2019, and #2 in 2020.

Final Round Points - 29


Talossa's favorite song, Bohemian Rhapsody has been on the TMT20 podium more often than it hasn't been. It missed this year by a single point, but one first-place vote along with three mid-range votes is good for another 4th place finish.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

No song in the top 3 received a 12-point vote.

[Glüc]

Oof. Hoped the Dire Straitses would have shown up in a different order. I had Telegraph Road second, so my top 3 is out now.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2021 TMT20 #3

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os
Released 1969
From the album Let It Bleed

First nominated by Xhordan Plätschisch in 2018
Previously #14 in 2018, #3 in 2019, and #1 in 2020.

Final Round Points - 30


Everyone gave this song points, but no one gave it more than eight (the same outcome, in fact, as The Devil Went Down to Georgia, and the second-place song this year).

Third place is very respectable for a defending champion. In fact, it is the second-highest ever finish for such a song (behind, as usual, Bohemian Rhapsody, which won in 2017 and came in second in 2018).

[Glüc]

Ooh, that's a surprise. I knew we never had a consecutive winner, but I thought Gimme Shelter would break the curse.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

DRUMROLL PLEASE

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2021 TMT20 #2

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDG2m5hN1vo
Released 1977
From the album Rumours

First nominated by Glüc da Dhi in 2018
Previously #20 in 2018.

Final Round Points - 32


By standard deviation of the number of points given, this was the least divisive song in the Final. Every voter gave it between three and eight points. That was enough for a great finish, but not enough to win.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2021 TMT20 #1

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIufLA7Bx2Q
Released 1978
From the album Dire Straits

First nominated by Erschéveþ da Schir in 2019
Previously #8 in 2019 and #8 in 2020.

Final Round Points - 36


Three top-3 votes, plus two mid-range votes, delivered this song the win.

I tried desparately to come up with a statistic for which Dire Straits would have Queen beat, but alas I am not sure it is possible (unless you ignore Under Pressure).

Total Top-20 finishes: 14 for Queen and 9 for Dire Straits (Bon Jovi is next, with 7).
Total Top-10 finishes: 10 for Queen and 9 for Dire Straits
Total Top-5 finishes: 9 for Queen and 5 for Dire Straits
Total Top-3 finishes: 5 for Queen and 2 for Dire Straits
Total wins: 2 for Queen and 1 for Dire Straits

The majority of Dire Straits' TMT20 success has come from Telegraph Road (it has made the Top 10 every year except 2016), so I guess it's surprising that Sultans of Swing was their first song to actually win.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Thanks to everyone who participated. I may be coming out with some more stats over the coming days.

[xpb]

Thanks to everyone who participated. I may be coming out with some more stats over the coming days.

Thanks for moderating the voting!

[Glüc]

Not surprised by the low sd for the Chain. Am somewhat surprised by Sultans winning, though it is a classic of course.

This was my full list btw:
12 - Once in a Lifetime
10 - Telegraph Road
8 - Haifisch
7 - Gimme Shelter
6 - Bohemian Rhapsody
5 - The Chain
4 - Sultans of Swing
3 - On the River
2 - Roam
1 - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Anyway, many thanks to Ian for taking over the organisation for this year. It was nice to just be a participant for once. I also very much enjoyed the stats you included.

[xpb]

Not surprised by the low sd for the Chain. Am somewhat surprised by Sultans winning, though it is a classic of course.

This was my full list btw:
12 - Once in a Lifetime
10 - Telegraph Road
8 - Haifisch
7 - Gimme Shelter
6 - Bohemian Rhapsody
5 - The Chain
4 - Sultans of Swing
3 - On the River
2 - Roam
1 - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Anyway, many thanks to Ian for taking over the organisation for this year. It was nice to just be a participant for once. I also very much enjoyed the stats you included.

Mine were

12 - B-52's - Roam
10 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
8 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
7 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
6 - Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
5 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
4 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
3 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
2 - Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire
1 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

but didn't really get much support for my top choice - your votes provided half of the additional!  We at least agree at the 10 point level.

[xpb]

Cool cover of 2021 #1
https://youtu.be/V7nsSysYfjU