The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 3

3-Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead Or Alive
2-Rolling Stones-Sympathy For The Devil
1-Manhattan Transfer-Birdland

Group 4

3-Supertramp-School
2-The Beatles-Let It Be
1-Éovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement)

[Placiej]

GROUP 3
1-Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
2-Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
3-Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 4

1-Foo Fighters - Walk
2-Punch Brothers - Julep
3-Sarah Jarosz - Run Away

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Group 3 might be the most stacked group (for my taste) of any group I've ever voted on in TMT20. It includes all of my initial three nominations this year, as well as four other songs I'd also love to give points to (three of which were also my nominations at some point).

GROUP 3
3 - Up We Go
2 - Why Did You Run?
1 - I'm Shipping Up to Boston

GROUP 4
3 - Walk
2 - Through the Fire and Flames
1 - Fool

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 3
2- Dua Lipa - Levitating
1- Jaroslav Beck (feat. Sqeepo) - Country Roads (Sqeepo Remix)
3- Manhattan Transfer - Birdland

GROUP 4
3- Blair Crimmins and the Hookers - Old Man Cabbage
1- Foo Fighters - Walk
2- Sarah Jarosz - Run Away

[xpb]

Group 3
3 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
2 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
1 - Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo

Group 4
3 - Foo Fighters - Walk
2 - Sarah Jarosz - Run Away
1 - Éovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement) on general principles but I can't seem to make the link work at https://soundcloud.com/user-220622569/stand-tall-talossans-grischun-arrangement%20class=%22link%22

EDIT - this one seems to work https://soundcloud.com/user-220622569/stand-tall-talossans-grischun-arrangement for Stand Tall Talossans just remove the trailing info

[Glüc]

5. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix - 4
6. Spieluhr - 3 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year)

This has to be the most painful result in TMT history  :'(

(For me, anyway, but then again I unironically think Spieluhr is one of the most beautiful songs ever created.)

[Glüc]

Sympathy for the Devil - 3
Wanted Dead or Alive - 2
Levitating - 1

The Universal - 3
School - 2
Walk - 1
HM: Run Away

Also couldn't find the anthem anymore sadly.

[King Txec]

Group 3

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Group 4

Beatles - Let It Be
Blur - The Universal
Eovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 3 and 4 is closed. Seven voters again! Every advancing song so far has received votes from at least two voters, which is nice.

GROUP 3
1. Sympathy for the Devil - 9 (two 3-point votes)
2. Wanted Dead Or Alive - 9 (one 3-point vote)
3. I'm Shipping Up To Boston - 6
4. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - 5
5. Birdland - 4
6. Up We Go - 3 (one 3-point vote)
7. Levitating - 3 (no 3-point votes)
8. Why Did You Run? - 2
9. Country Rounds (Sqeepo Remix) - 1
10. Queen Jane Approximately - 0

GROUP 4
1. Walk - 9
2. Run Away - 7
3. Let it Be - 5 (R2 last year, random chance)
4. The Universal - 5 (R2 last year, random chance)
5. School - 5 (new this year)
6. Old Man Cabbage - 3 (one 3-point vote)
7. Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement) - 3 (no 3-point votes)
8. Julep - 2 (random chance)
9. Through the Fire and Flames - 2 (random chance)
10. Fool - 1

Group 4 is the first group in which all ten songs got at least one point.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 1 - GROUPS 5 AND 6

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 5
Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
Het Goede Doel - België (Is er leven op Pluto...?)
Idles - Danny Nedelko
Ricky Skaggs - Uncle Pen
Smash Mouth - All Star
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
U.K. Subs - Sensitive Boys

GROUP 6
Archive - Controlling Crowds
B.T. Express - Express
Don McLean - American Pie
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
KISS - Black Diamond
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Queen - Killer Queen
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Raise a Little Hell
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Vostok Lake - Cut and Run

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.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Stand Tall Talossans did not make it through despite being tied for the most one-point votes (3) so far this year.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
3 - Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
2 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
1 - Ricky Skaggs - Uncle Pen
HM: September
HM: All Star

GROUP 6
3 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
2 - Queen - Killer Queen
1 - KISS - Black Diamond

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 5

3. Fleetwood Mac-The Chain
2. Earth, Wind and Fire-September
1. Ricky Skaggs-Uncle Pen

Group 6

3. Kiss-Black Diamond
2. Queen-Killer Queen
1. Don McLean-American Pie

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 5
1- Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend
2- Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
3- Het Goede Doel - België (Is er leven op Pluto...?)

GROUP 6
3- Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Raise a Little Hell
1- The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
2- Vostok Lake - Cut and Run

[Placiej]

GROUP 5
1-Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3-Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
2-Gaelic Storm - Rum runners

GROUP 6
2-Don McLean - American Pie
1-Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
3-Queen - Killer Queen