2022 Talossan Music Top 20 [Results]

[Glüc]

Dreamt the Other Night was a nice discovery, but I don't have points left. I'm still amazed at the existance of the Cardigans Black Sabbath cover, but sadly no points left there either. Group 8 is very strong imho, as I have to leave School pointless as well. Paranoid Android is probably my current favourite of all the songs participating in the tmt.

Group 7:
Fix You - 3
Chan Chan - 2
I Will Survive - 1

Group 8:
Paranoid Android - 3
Rearviewmirror - 2
Chop Suey! - 1

[Sir Lüc]

That group 7 is like

[King Txec]

Group 7

3 - Coldplay - Fix You
2 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1 - Kool & the Gang - Celebration

Group 8

3 - Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
2 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
1 - System of a Down - Chop Suey!

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 7

3 Charlie Parker - Cool Blues
1 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
2 Kool & The Gang - Celebration

GROUP 8
2 Clamavi De Profundus - The Song of Durin
1 Supertramp - School
3 Tom Waits - God's Away on Business

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 7

3. Adult Cinema-Dreamt The Other Night
2. Kool & The Gang-Celebration
1. Earth, Wind & Fire-September

Group 8

3. Supertramp-School (despite video no longer available)
2. Clamavi De Profundus-The Song Of Durin
1. Pearl Jam-Rearviewmirror

[Glüc]

Perhaps the unavailable School video could be replaced with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_q5Th10ls

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Lots of songs in Group 7 that I like, too bad I can't give points to all of them

GROUP 7
3 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive - My Wheels Won't Turn
2 - Jason Boland and the Stragglers - If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma
1 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
HM - Derek and the Dominos - Layla (would have gotten a point had I only been voting on the first three minutes; the four-minute instrumental section at the end is a tad boring)
HM - Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
HM - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

GROUP 8
3 - Passion Pit - Take a Walk
2 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1 - Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
HM - Hooverphonic - Out of Sight

[Placiej]

3 Charlie Parker - Cool Blues
2 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1 Jason Boland and the Stragglers - If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma


GROUP 8
3 Hooverphonic - Out of Sight
1 Passion Pit - Take a Walk
2Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

GROUP 7
3 pts: Derek and the Dominos - Layla
2 pts: Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 pt: Kool & The Gang - Celebration

GROUP 8
3 pts: System of a Down - Chop Suey!
2 pts: Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1 pt: Hooverphonic - Out of Sight

[Glüc]

Almost forgot...

TMT songs in Weird Al Polkas counter: 3

Chop Suey! -> Angry White Boy Polka

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 7 - big stack, not so much for the number of songs which I would have given points to, but rather for the sheer strength of individual songs. Each of my votes + HMs is a three-pointer in the right group.
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
2. Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1. Earth, Wind and Fire - September
BPs: Chan Chan, Celebration

GROUP 8
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1. Clamavi De Profundus - The Song of Durin

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting for Groups 7 and 8 is closed. Nine voters; hopefully we don't continue to see a fall-off from the beginning

GROUP 7
1. Cool Blues - 9 (three 3-point votes)
2. Layla - 9 (one 3-point vote)
3. September - 7
4. Fix You - 6 (two 3-point votes)
5. I Will Survive - 6 (one 3-point vote)
6. Celebration - 6 (no 3-point votes)
7. My Wheels Won't Turn - 3 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year)
8. Dreamt The Other Night - 3 (one 3-point vote, new this year)
9. If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma - 3 (no 3-point votes)
10. Chan Chan - 2

GROUP 8
1. Live in the Moment - 9 (three 2-point votes)
2. Rearviewmirror - 9 (two 2-point votes)
3. Paranoid Android - 8
4. God's Away on Business - 5 (one 3-point vote, one 2-point vote)
5. School - 5 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year)
6. Chop Suey! - 5 (one 3-point vote, new this year)
7. The Song of Durin - 5 (no 3-point votes)
8. Take a Walk - 4 (R2 last year)
9. Out of Sight - 4 (new this year)
10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 0

Group 8 is the first group in which both #1 and #2 are new nominations.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2022!
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 a Round 2 group last year, 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
Aerosmith - Dream On
Alex Schofield - Desperado and Troubadour
Boney M. - Rasputin
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
Het Goede Doel - België (Is er leven op Pluto...?)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Trammps - Disco Inferno

GROUP 10
Ali Handal - You're Worth More
Björk - Unison
Carbon Leaf - The Donnybrook Affair
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Rush - Marathon
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make it

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 9
3 - Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
2 - Aerosmith - Dream On
1 - Boney M. - Rasputin

GROUP 10
3 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2 - Carbon Leaf - The Donnybrook Affair
1 - Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
HM - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
HM - Marty Robbins - Big Iron
HM - Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

GROUP 9
3 - Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
2 - Boney M. - Rasputin
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

GROUP 10
3 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2 - Carbon Leaf - The Donnybrook Affair
1 - Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
HM - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
HM - Marty Robbins - Big Iron
HM - Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland

Good sir, are you aware that Group 9 only has 9 artists?