The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

https://youtu.be/O5CthPJU2N0

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Assuming I counted correctly, that is all the nominations we need.

Round 1 will probably start tomorrow or Monday.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2021!

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 last year's Round 2, 4-5 new nominations, and 0-1 songs eliminated by random chance in Round 1 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 three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 1
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
Ennio Morricone - For A Few Dollars More
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Rammstein - Spieluhr
Tom Waits - Step Right Up

GROUP 2
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Ludwig von Beethoven - 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement
Passion Pit - Take a Walk
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere but not Here
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Regina Spektor - Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
Sully Erna - Sinner's Prayer

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > other)
- 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.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
3: Burnin' For You
2: Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
1: Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix

GROUP 2
3: Take a Walk
2: Jane
1: Sinner's Prayer
HM: Don't Leave Me

[Glüc]

Spieluhr - 3
Holiday in Cambodia - 2
For a Few Dollars More - 1

Honourable Mention:  Freedom of Choice

Paranoid Android - 3
Arriving Somewhere but not Here - 2
Big Love - 1

Honourable Mention: Don't Leave Me/Ne Me Quitte Pas

Eagles link didn't work for me

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

How about this:

https://youtu.be/2dANDhfWU8g

[xpb]

GROUP 1
3 - Tom Waits - Step Right Up
2 - Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
1 - Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

GROUP 2
3 - Ludwig von Beethoven - 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement
2 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
1 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android

[Glüc]

How about this:

I found a different version earlier, but yeah this one works too.


Also, just noticed Paranoid Android is gone too. Perhaps you could use this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8AfIeJOxw

Also, Beethoven isn't working for me either.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

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

[King Txec]

Group 1

Blue Oyster Cult – Burnin' For You
Frank Sinatra – My Way
Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In

Group 2

Eagles – Lyin' Eyes
Fleetwood Mac – Big Love
Radiohead – Paranoid Android

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 1

3. Looking Glass-Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
2. Blue Oyster Cult-Burnin' For You
1. Frank Sinatra-My Way

Group 2

3. Jefferson Starship-Jane
2. Eagles-Lyin' Eyes
1. Ludwig von Beethoven-9th Symphony in D Minor, Op. 125, 4th Movement

[Placiej]

GROUP 1
1-Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
3-Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
2-Frank Sinatra - My Way

GROUP 2
3-Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
1-Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
2-Sully Erna - Sinner's Prayer

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 1
3 Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
2 Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In
1 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

GROUP 2
2 Passion Pit - Take a Walk
1 Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere but not Here
3 Regina Spektor - Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 1 and 2 is closed. There were seven voters, which is a very good number to start.

GROUP 1
1. Burnin' For You - 11
2. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 7
3. Holiday in Cambodia - 5 (one 3-point vote)
4. My Way - 5 (no 3-point votes)
5. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix - 4
6. Spieluhr - 3 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year)
7. Step Right Up - 3 (one 3-point vote, new this year)
8. Just Dropped In - 3 (no 3-point votes)
9. For A Few Dollars More - 1
10. Freedom of Choice - 0

GROUP 2
1. Lyin' Eyes - 10
2. Jane - 5 (one 2-point vote, R2 last year)
3. Take a Walk - 5 (one 2-point vote, R1 last year)
4. Paranoid Android - 5 (no 2-point votes)
5. 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement - 4 (one 3-point vote)
6. Big Love - 4 (no 3-point vote)
7. Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas) - 3 (one 3-point vote)
8. Arriving Somewhere but not Here - 3 (no 3-point votes, random chance)
9. Sinner's Prayer - 3 (no 3-point votes, random chance)
10. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - 0

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 1 - GROUPS 3 AND 4

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 last year's Round 2, 4-5 new nominations, and 0-1 songs eliminated by random chance in Round 1 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 three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

GROUP 3
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Bob Dylan - Queen Jane Approximately
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Dua Lipa - Levitating
Jaroslav Beck (feat. Sqeepo) - Country Roads (Sqeepo Remix)
Judah and the Lion - Why Did You Run?
Lights - Up We Go
Manhattan Transfer - Birdland
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

GROUP 4
Beatles - Let it Be
Blair Crimmins and the Hookers - Old Man Cabbage
Blur - The Universal
DragonForce - Through the Fire and Flames
Éovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement)
Fitz and the Tantrums - Fool
Foo Fighters - Walk
Punch Brothers - Julep
Sarah Jarosz - Run Away
Supertramp - School

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > other)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance 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.