2022 Talossan Music Top 20 [Results]

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Nominations closed. Round 1 soon

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Six spots left

When will the final list be released? Just curious LOL

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Nominees
Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Adult Cinema - Dreamt The Other Night
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
After the Dust - Heartsick Lullaby
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Alex Schofield - Desperado and Troubadour
Ali Handal - You're Worth More
Amadou & Mariam (feat. Manu Chao) - Sénégal Fast Food
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
B-52's - Roam
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - My Wheels Won't Turn
Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Beatles - Let it Be
Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love
Björk - Unison
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Blur - The Universal
Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Boney M. - Rasputin
Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
Bush - Letting the Cables Sleep (the N.O.W. Remix)
Carbon Leaf - The Donnybrook Affair
Cardigans - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Ceann - Old Dun Cow
Charli XCX - Boom Clap
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Charlie Parker - Cool Blues
Chicago - Look Away
CHVRCHES - Killer
CHVRCHES ft. Robert Smith - How Not to Drown
Clamavi De Profundus - The Song of Durin
Coldplay - Fix You
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
David Bowie - Starman
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Eagles - Midnight Flyer
Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Ed Welch and Robert Hartshorne, Trap Geek - Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Main Theme Trap Remix
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Falco - Der Kommissar
Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
Foghat - Slow Ride
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Foo Fighters - Walk
Frank Sinatra - Blue Moon
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Het Goede Doel - België (Is er leven op Pluto...?)
Hooverphonic - Out of Sight
Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Devil Pays In Gold
Jason Boland and the Stragglers - If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
KISS - Black Diamond
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
Lights ft. Josh Dun - In My Head
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Ludwig von Beethoven - 9th Symphony in D minor, Op. 125, 4th movement
Luther Vandross - Superstar
Manchester Orchestra - The Alien
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Manhattan Transfer - Birdland
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Matia Bazar - Elettrochoc
Men at Work - Down Under
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Mork and Mindy ft. Billy Nomates - Sleaford Mods
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Muse - Uprising
Nathan Evans ft. 220 KID and Billen Ted - Wellerman
New Order - Blue Monday
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Paramore - Still Into You
Passion Pit - Take a Walk
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Police - Message in a Bottle
Police - Roxanne
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band - Boomer Sooner
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Queen - Innuendo
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Ramin Djawadi - Light Of The Seven
Rammstein - Haifisch
Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Raise a Little Hell
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Rush - Subdivisions
Rush - Marathon
Sarah Jarosz - Run Away
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Spinners - Rubberband Man
Stromae - Santé
Supertramp - School
System of a Down - Chop Suey!
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make it
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Tom Waits - God's Away on Business
Toto - Africa
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
Whiskey Myers - On The River
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem Mass in D minor

[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 1
Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Ceann - Old Dun Cow
David Bowie - Starman
Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Ramin Djawadi - Light Of The Seven
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

GROUP 2
Beatles - Let it Be
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
Chicago - Look Away
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Nathan Evans ft. 220 KID and Billen Ted - Wellerman
New Order - Blue Monday
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Raise a Little Hell

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 - Ceann - Old Dun Cow
2 - Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out
1 - Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

GROUP 2
3 - Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
2 - Nathan Evans ft. 220 KID and Billen Ted - Wellerman
1 - Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
HM - Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Group 1

3 Ramin Djawadi-Light Of The Seven
2 Grimethorpe Colliery Band-Adagio (Concierto de Aranjuez)
1 Ceann-Old Dun Cow

Group 2

3 Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band-Raise A Little Hell (fun tune)
2 Glen Campbell-Wichita Lineman
1 Beatles-Let It Be (tough decision between this and Green Onions)

[xpb]

GROUP 1
3 Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
2 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
1 David Bowie - Starman

GROUP 2
3 Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
2 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
1 Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

GROUP 1
3 Pts: David Bowie - Starman
2 Pts: Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
1 Pt: Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another

GROUP 2
3 Pts: Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
2 Pts: New Order - Blue Monday
1 Pt: Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Raise a Little Hell

[Glüc]

Group 1 is a tough group to start with. No absolute must-go-throughs, but a lot more than three songs that deserve points.
Went with two of the instrumentals, after listening reminded me how beautiful the Aranjuez adagio in particular is. I'm quite surprised nobody has given points to ABBA yet. Amazingly catchy song. That means no points left for Stressed Out and I Ran So Far Away sadly.

Group 2 isnt quite so strong. Most of these arent really my cup of tea, but there are still 4 point worthy songs. 3 and 2 points go to two absolute classics. Let's Get it Started just missed out, though I am really excited about the TMT getting started again.

I am a bit worried about the other groups this round, because I feel the nomination round was quite strong this year and there were also several unfortunate eliminations in round 2 last year, so there are gonna be some tough choices to make.

1:
3 - Adagio (Concierto the Aranjuez)
2 - Gimme Gimme Gimme
1 - Light of the Seven

2:
3 - Blue Monday
2 - Let it Be
1 - Safety Dance (Link not working for me btw)

[esbornatfiglheu]

GROUP 1
3 David Bowie - Starman
2 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
1 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

GROUP 2
2 Beatles - Let it Be
1 New Order - Blue Monday
3 Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Raise a Little Hell

[Placiej]

3 Ceann - Old Dun Cow

2 Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another

1 Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)


GROUP 2
2 Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions

1 Chicago - Look Away

3 Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

[NRB]

group 1
3   David Bowie - Starman
2   The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
1   Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Group 2
3   New Order - Blue Monday
2   Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions
1   Beatles - Let it Be

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

GROUP 1
3 - Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
2 - Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
1 - Ramin Djawadi - Light Of The Seven

GROUP 2
3 - New Order - Blue Monday
2 - Beatles - Let it Be 
1 - Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

With over a day left to vote, we already have nine voters, which might be a record.

[King Txec]

Group 1
3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 Abba - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
1 Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another


Group 2
3 Beatles - Let it Be
2 New Order - Blue Monday
1 Panic! At the Disco - High Hopes