The 2021 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Group 9

3. Bob Seger-Old Time Rock-n-Roll
2. Nightwish-Ghost Love Score
1. Foghat-Slow Ride

Group 10

3. Genesis-Turn It On Again
2. Clamavi De Profundis-Song Of Durin
1. The Beach Boys-I Get Around

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Group 9
3 Tom Waits - God's Away on Business
2 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
1 Nightwish - Ghost Love Score

Group 10
3 Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2 Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
1 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
3 - Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
2 - Foghat - Slow Ride
1 - Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
HM - Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

Another tough group, in which I was not able to give points to one of my own new nominations.

The Mother We Share is not one of my favorite CHVRCHES songs. I must have forgotten when Clearest Blue was eliminated because I didn't realize this is the only song of theirs in the competition. Remind me next year to show them some love.

GROUP 10
3 - Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
2 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
1 - Beach Boys - I Get Around
HM: Kurt Schneider, Sam Tsui, Alex G, and Alyson Stoner - I'll Think Of You

I too was surprised to find Let's Get It Started at the top of my list.

[Glüc]

Have to disagree with Ian. There's plenty of Chvrches songs I like, but The Mother We Share is the one that got me addicted and it's still on another level for me. Also sadly I feel a lot of the newer material is just more of the same and not really going anywhere new. Gun or Tether (or Clearest Blue) would definitely get points from me in most groups though.

Group 9:
3: The Mother We Share
2: Ghost Love Score
1: Song 2
HM: Frontier Psychiatrist.
Also sad about not having points left for Virtual Insanity. Bob Segar also a strong new nomination (even though I do not share his nostalgia).

Group 10: I don't even know where to start here. Way too many personal favourites in one group. Choosing between the best of Peter Gabriel and the best of Genesis without Gabriel was particularly difficult.
3: Fix You
2: My Silver Lining
1: Solsbury Hill
Song of Durin, Ohio and obviously Santorini may well have gotten points in a weaker group as well.

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 9
2- Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
1- Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
3- Tom Waits - God's Away on Business

GROUP 10
1- Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
3- Clamavi De Profundus - The Song of Durin
2- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio (this is about the University where I work)

[Glüc]

Also sadly I feel a lot of the newer material is just more of the same and not really going anywhere new.

Really shouldn't have posted this before listening to How Not to Drown, cause I just did and now I immediately have to eat my words.

[Placiej]

GROUP 9
1-Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
2-Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
3-Foghat - Slow Ride

GROUP 10

1-Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
2-Coldplay - Fix You
3-Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 9 and 10 is closed.

GROUP 9
1. Old Time Rock and Roll - 7
2. God's Away on Business - 6 (two 3-point votes)
3. Slow Ride - 6 (one 3-point vote)
4. Ghost Love Score - 6 (no 3-point votes)
5. Southern Cross - 5
6. The Mother we Share - 3
7. Frontier Psychiatrist - 2
8. Song 2 - 1
9. Virtual Insanity - 0 (R2 last year)
10. Preacher - 0 (new this year)

GROUP 10
1. Ohio - 8
2. Let's Get It Started - 7
3. Fix You - 5 (R2 last year)
4. The Song of Durin - 5 (new this year)
5. Solsbury Hill - 4
6. Turn It On Again - 3
7. My Silver Lining - 2 (one 2-point vote)
8. I Get Around - 2 (no 2-point votes)
9. I'll Think Of You - 0 (R2 last year)
10. Santorini - 0 (new this year)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TOP ROUND 1 HEATSEEKERS (BY POINTS PER VOTER)
1. The Chain - 2.2
2. Burnin' For You - 1.571
3. Lyin' Eyes - 1.429
4. Rum Runners - 1.4
4. Killer Queen - 1.4
6. Ohio - 1.333
7. Sympathy for the Devil - 1.286
7. Wanted Dead Or Alive - 1.286
7. Walk - 1.286
10. Rubberband Man - 1.167
10. Hurt - 1.167
10. Zitti E Buoni - 1.167
10. Old Time Rock and Roll - 1.167
10. Let's Get It Started - 1.167

New nominations in bold

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

The top song by PPV not to advance to round 2 is American Pie, which received .6 PPV

The bottom song by PPV to advance to round 2 is Black Hole Sun, which received .4 PPV

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 2 - GROUPS 1 AND 2

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 1
Carbon Leaf - The Donnybrook Affair
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Ramin Djawadi - Light Of The Seven
Rush - Subdivisions
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Spinners - Rubberband Man

GROUP 2
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
B-52's - Roam
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - My Wheels Won't Turn
Beatles - Let it Be
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Toto - Africa

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.

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Round 2 Group 1

4-Dire Straits-Sultans Of Swing
3. Ozzy Osbourne-Crazy Train
2. Rush-Subdivisions
1. Spinners-Rubberband Man

Round 2 Group 2

4. Johnny Cash-Hurt
3. Toto-Africa
2. The Beatles-Let It Be
1. Antonio Vivaldi-Gloria In Excelsis Deo

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

If anyone would like additional stats on Round 1, I may be able to provide depending on how hard it would be to calculate them

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
4 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
3 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
2 - Carbon Leaf - The Donnybrook Affair
1 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
HM - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

GROUP 2
4 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive - My Wheels Won't Turn
3 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2 - Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
1 - Toto - Africa
HM - Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix

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Group 1
4 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
3 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
2 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

Group 2
4 Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
3 B-52's - Roam
2 Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
1 Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo