The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Glüc]

5. Man this is is a difficult group to vote on. Have to leave three of my own new nominations pointless...
3 - The Chain
2 - Black Hole Sun
1 - Bury a Friend

6. Controlling crowds is a masterpiece. Amazing buildup. Sadly, the three points had to go elsewhere.
3 - Feel Good Inc.
2 - Controlling Crowds
1 - Cut and Run

[xpb]

GROUP 5
3 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

GROUP 6
3 - Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
2 - Queen - Killer Queen
1 - Don McLean - American Pie

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
3 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

GROUP 6
3 - Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
2 - Queen - Killer Queen
1 - Don McLean - American Pie

Unfortunately I will not be able to accept this vote as it was cast after the 72 hour voting period.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 5 and 6 is closed.

GROUP 5
1. The Chain - 11
2. Rum Runners - 7
3. België (Is er leven op Pluto...?) - 3 (one 3-point vote)
4. September - 3 (no 3-point votes)
5. Black Hole Sun - 2 (one 2-point vote)
6. Uncle Pen - 2 (no 2-point votes, random chance)
7. Bury a Friend - 2 (no 2-point votes, random chance)
8. Sensitive Boys - 0 (R2 last year, random chance)
9. All Star - 0 (R2 last year, random chance)
10. Danny Nedelko - 0 (new this year)

-The Chain turned in an absolutely monster performance, with 2.2 points per voter. 60% of voters gave it 3 points.
-I'm sad to see Uncle Pen narrowly eliminated after many years (it was first nominated in 2016).
-Four of the advancing songs are new this year.

GROUP 6
1. Killer Queen - 7
2. Feel Good Inc. - 4 (R2 last year)
3. Black Diamond - 4 (new this year, random chance)
4. Blinding Lights - 4 (new this year, random chance)
5. Raise a Little Hell - 3 (one 3-point vote)
6. American Pie - 3 (no 3-point votes, R2 last year)
7. Cut and Run - 3 (no 3-point votes, new this year)
8. Controlling Crowds - 2
9. Express - 0 (R2 last year)
10. Feel It Still - 0 (new this year)

-Had Sir Pol's vote been cast in time, American Pie would have jumped Raise a Little Hell to get the #5 spot.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 1 - GROUPS 7 AND 8

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 7
Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
Liquido - Narcotic
Marillion - Fugazi
Rush - Subdivisions
SKOLD - Here Comes The Thunder
Spinners - Rubberband Man
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
William Clark Green - Ringling Road

GROUP 8
Creed - What If
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Josh Ritter - The Curse
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Sigur Ros - Með Suð Í Eyrum
Tuba Skinny - Papa's Got Your Bathwater On

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.

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Group 7

3. Spinners-Rubberband Man
2. Rush-Subdivisions
1. Aerosmith-Same Old Song And Dance

Group 8

3. Marty Robbins-Big Iron
2. Kenny Rogers-The Gambler
1. Johnny Cash-Hurt

[Glüc]

Here Comes the Thunder link not working for me.

Also, for those who are not blocked by youtube from seeing eurovision performances, here is the Zitti e Buoni clip as intended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVH5dn1cxAQ

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 7
2-Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
3- Spinners - Rubberband Man
1- Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

GROUP 8
1- Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2- Sigur Ros - Með Suð Í Eyrum
3- Tuba Skinny - Papa's Got Your Bathwater On

[xpb]

OK trying this time to get my votes within the window...

Group 7
3 - Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
2 - Trammps - Disco Inferno
1 - Spinners - Rubberband Man

Group 8
3 - Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

[Glüc]

7.
Subdivisions - 3
Fugazi - 2
Narcotic - 1
HM: Here Comes the Thunder

8.
Clint Eastwood - 3
Zitti e Buoni - 2
Með Suð Í Eyrum - 1
HM: The Curse

(Though most songs in both groups deserve points tbh.)

[Glüc]

Just realised, based on what's left: the last two groups are gonna be ridiculously stacked  :o

[Placiej]

GROUP 7
3-Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
1-Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
2-William Clark Green - Ringling Road

GROUP 8

2-Derek and the Dominos - Layla
3-Johnny Cash - Hurt
1-Josh Ritter - The curse

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
3 - Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
2 - Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
1 - William Clark Green - Ringling Road

GROUP 8
3 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
1 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla

Zitti E Buoni is probably my favorite new discovery so far.
No points left for Big Iron unfortunatley.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 7 and 8 is closed.

GROUP 7
1. Rubberband Man - 7
2. Same old Song and Dance - 6
3. Green Onions - 5 (one 2-point vote, R2 last year)
4. Subdivisions - 5 (one 2-point vote, new this year)
5. Stressed Out - 5 (no 2-point votes)
6. Ringling Road - 3
7. Fugazi - 2 (random chance)
8. Disco Inferno (randome chance)
9. Narcotic - 1
10. Here Comes The Thunder - 0

GROUP 8
1. Hurt - 7 (two 3-point votes)
2. Zitti E Buoni - 7 (one 3-point vote)
3. Layla - 5
4. The Gambler - 4
5. Clint Eastwood - 3 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year, random chance)
6. Big Iron - 3 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year, random chance)
7. Papa's Got Your Bathwater On - 3 (one 3-point vote, new this year)
8. Með Suð Í Eyrum - 3 (no 3-point votes)
9. The Curse - 1
10. What If - 0

Big Iron becomes the first song to be eliminated by random chance.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 1 - GROUPS 9 AND 10

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 9
Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Blur - Song 2
Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
Chvrches - The Mother we Share
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Foghat - Slow Ride
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
OneRepublic - Preacher
Tom Waits - God's Away on Business

GROUP 10
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Clamavi De Profundus - The Song of Durin
Coldplay - Fix You
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Donny Benét - Santorini
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining
Genesis - Turn It On Again
Kurt Schneider, Sam Tsui, Alex G, and Alyson Stoner - I'll Think Of You
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

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.