The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

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GROUP 5
4 Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3 Frank Sinatra - My Way
2 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1 The Who - Baba O'Riley

GROUP 6
4 Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
3 Tom Waits - God's Away on Business
2 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1 Men at Work - Down Under

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
4 - Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
3 - The Who - Baba O'Riley
2 - Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

GROUP 6
4 - Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
3 - Foo Fighters - Walk
2 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
1 - Men at Work - Down Under
HM - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

[Placiej]

GROUP 5
3-Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
4-Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
1-Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
2-The Who - Baba O'Riley

GROUP 6

2-Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3-Foo Fighters - Walk
1-Men at Work - Down Under
4-Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 5 and 6 is closed.

GROUP 5
1. Old Time Rock and Roll - 11
2. Baba O'Riley - 9
3. Once in a Lifetime - 6 (R3 last year)
4. Southern Cross - 6 (R2 last year)
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 5
6. My Way - 4 (one 3-point vote)
7. Under Pressure - 4 (no 3-point votes)
8. Feel Good Inc. - 3
9. The Alien - 2
10. België (Is er leven op Pluto...?) - 0

-Under Pressure, #6 last year, becomes the highest-ranked song to be eliminated so far.

GROUP 6
1. Walk - 9
2. Telegraph Road - 8 (one 4-point vote)
3. Down Under - 8 (no 4-point votes)
4. The Gambler - 6
5. The Impression That I Get - 5 (R3 last year)
6. Green Onions - 5 (R2 last year)
7. High Hopes - 4
8. God's Away on Business - 3
9. Boogie Wonderland - 2
10. Birdland - 0

-I believe Down Under is the first song this year to get at least one point from every voter.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 2 - GROUPS 7 AND 8

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, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in Round 4 last year, 1 song ranked between 11-20 last year, and 1 song ranked between 1-10 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
Aerosmith - Dream On
Blur - The Universal
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
KISS - Black Diamond
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Supertramp - School
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem Mass in D minor

GROUP 8
Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Ludwig von Beethoven - 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement
Passion Pit - Take a Walk
Queen - Innuendo
Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

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)
- 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.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
4 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
3 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
2 - Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
1 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
HM - Aerosmith - Dream On

GROUP 8
4 - Passion Pit - Take a Walk
3 - Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
2 - Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire
1 - Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
HM - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 7

4. Black Diamond-Kiss
3. Devil Went Down To Georgia-Charlie Daniels Band
2. Dream On-Aerosmith
1. Sympathy For The Devil-The Rolling Stones

Group 8

4. Innuendo-Queen
3. Same Old Song And Dance-Aerosmith
2. How Deep Is Your Love-Bee Gees
1. Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones

[Placiej]

GROUP 7
4 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
3 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
2 - Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
1 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil


GROUP 8
1-Earth Wind and Fire - September
3 - Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
4 - Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire
2- Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance

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GROUP 7
4 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem Mass in D minor
2 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
1 - Aerosmith - Dream On

GROUP 8
4 - Ludwig von Beethoven - 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement
3 - Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
2 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

[Glüc]

The Universal - 4
Sympathy for the Devil - 3
Sweet Dreams - 2
School - 1

Innuendo - 4
Gimme Shelter - 3
Adagio - 2
Ohio - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 7 and 8 is closed.

GROUP 7
1. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - 9
2. One More Day Above the Roses - 8 (two 4-point votes)
3. Sympathy for the Devil - 8 (no 4-point votes)
4. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 6
5. The Universal - 4 (one 4-point vote, R2 last year)
6. Black Diamond - 4 (one 4-point vote, new this year)
7. Wanted Dead Or Alive - 4 (no 4-point votes)
8. Requiem Mass in D minor - 3
9. Dream On - 3
10. School - 1

GROUP 8
1. Gimme Shelter - 13
2. Innuendo - 8
3. Seven Nights in Eire - 6 (one 4-point vote)
4. Same old Song and Dance - 6 (no 4-point votes)
5. 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement - 4 (R2 last year)
6. Take a Walk - 4 (R1 last year)
7. September - 3
8. Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) - 2 (one 2-point vote, random chance)
9. How Deep is Your Love - 2 (one 2-point vote, random chance)
10. Ohio - 2 (no 2-point votes)

Gimme Shelter certainly appears ready to defend its #1 spot, getting 2.6 points per voter

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 2 - GROUPS 9 AND 10

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, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in Round 4 last year, 1 song ranked between 11-20 last year, and 1 song ranked between 1-10 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
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Foghat - Slow Ride
Frank Sinatra - Blue Moon
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Muse - Uprising
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

GROUP 10
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
Clamavi De Profundus - The Song of Durin
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Police - Message in a Bottle
Rammstein - Haifisch
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

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)
- 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.

[Glüc]

9.
Bohemian Rhapsody - 4
Uprising - 3
Sirius/Eye in the Sky - 2
Kashmir - 1

10. Very strong group. Sad about leaving certain songs pointless.
Haifisch - 4
You Can't Always Get What You Want - 3
The Chain - 2
Solsbury Hill - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
4 - Muse - Uprising
3 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
2 - Foghat - Slow Ride
1 - Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

GROUP 10
4 - Rammstein - Haifisch
3 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
2 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Two strong groups.

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GROUP 9

4 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
3 - Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
2 - Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
1 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

GROUP 10

4 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
3 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2 - Police - Message in a Bottle
1 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want