The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

We now know what songs will be in this year's Top 20.

9 were in the Top 20 last year
Gimme Shelter
Bohemian Rhapsody
Ring of Fire
Telegraph Road
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Sultans Of Swing
You Give Love a Bad Name
What a Wonderful World
Crazy Train

1 was elimated in R4 last year
Knights of Cydonia

6 were elimated in R3 last year
Roam*
One More Day Above the Roses
Haifisch*
Seven Nights in Eire
Once in a Lifetime
On The River

2 were elimated in R2 last year
The Chain
Jane

2 are new this year
Old Time Rock and Roll
I'm Shipping Up To Boston

*In addition to the new nominations, Roam and Haifisch have never been in the Top 20 before.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 5
Round 5 consists of one group of ten songs (the 3rd place song from each of the five groups of Round 3 and the 6th-10th place songs from Round 4). The top five songs advance to the Final. The bottom five receive Ranks #16-#20 of the 2021 TMT20, respectively.

The 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).

Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 4 (if applicable)
- PPV in Round 3
- PPV in Round 2
- 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]

4 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses

Both of those have at one point been my favorite song.

2 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
1 - Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll

[Glüc]

Knights of Cydonia - 4
Telegraph Road - 3
Sultans of Swing - 2
Crazy Train - 1

Imho the songs that came from round 4 are a lot stronger than the songs that made it into round 5 directly. Overall the top 20 ended up pretty strong this year, despite the usual overdose of classic rock (which is partly my own fault).

[xpb]

4 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3 - Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
2 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

4. Old Time Rock And Roll-Bob Seger
3. Sultans Of Swing-Dire Straits
2. What A Wonderful World-Louis Armstrong
1. Crazy Train-Ozzy Osbourne

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

I hate to say it because it may reflect on my intelligence but i am having major problems keeping track of which round is the current round from day to day...it seems very confusing to have multiple rounds with the same numbers to me.

[Placiej]

2-Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3-Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
1-Jefferson Starship - Jane
4-Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting on Round 5 is closed. The following songs are through to the Final:

Telegraph Road
You Give Love a Bad Name
One More Day Above the Roses
Sultans Of Swing
Old Time Rock and Roll

The positions of the other songs will be announced in the coming days.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

FINAL TMT20 VOTING
The final round consists of one group of fifteen songs (the 1st and 2nd place song from each group in Round 3 and the top five songs from Round 5).

The voting period will last one week. 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.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE. SEND ME YOUR VOTE IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE.

Give your top ten songs 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly ten songs.

B-52's - Roam
Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rammstein - Haifisch
Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Whiskey Myers - On The River

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 12 points
- Number of voters giving 10 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 5 (if applicable)
- PPV in Round 4 (if applicable)
- PPV in Round 3
- PPV in Round 2
- 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]

2021 TMT20 #20

Jefferson Starship - Jane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmrMMYpQL4

Released 1979
From the album Freedom at Point Zero

First nominated by Munditenens Tresplet in 2016
Previously #9 in 2019

Round 5 Points - 3

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Removed

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Removed

I have used my admin powers to hide this vote, as final round votes should not be made public. I have logged your vote and it will be recorded.

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Sorry, i didn't read the instructions fully.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2021 TMT20 #19

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VZjE6JdHg

Released 1980
From the album Blizzard of Ozz

First nominated by Ian Plätschisch in 2017
Previously #13 in 2017, #10 in 2018, and #19 in 2020.

Round 5 Points - 4