2023 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Glüc]

Group 1
The Mercy Seat - 4
Enjoy the Silence - 3
Der Kommissar - 2
Where Are Your Kids Tonight - 1

Group 2
How Soon is Now? - 4
Clint Eastwood - 3
Jigsaw Falling into Place - 2
Baba O'Riley - 1

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 1
4. Der Kommissar
3. Burnin' For You
2. Enjoy the Silence
1. Big Iron

GROUP 2
4. Africa
3. Layla
2. Everlong
1. Clint Eastwood

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 1
4- Falco - Der Kommissar
3- Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence
2- Aerosmith - Dream On
1- Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You

GROUP 2
4- Derek and the Dominos - Layla
3- Toto - Africa
2- Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
1- Boston - More Than a Feeling

[Glüc]

3. Take Five

BTW, if you haven't seen the "fake" video of Dave Brubeck playing "Golden Brown" based on the "Take Five" video, you need to see it. I posted it in a facebook group once and someone responded that they didn't know the Stranglers version was a Brubeck cover 😁

Ooh, checked this out and it's very nice. Thanks for the tip!

(I suspect the real Golden Brown would do well in TMT btw)

[Glüc]

Exactly half of the songs advancing to Round 2 are new (or from the Special Edition), which is 10 more than last year.

So a good year for new nominations then. I liked most new nominations this year, and so many nice discoveries too. (For example Im kinda sad I didn't give points to Golden Ticket and Danger! High Voltage, especially since they didn't make it.)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
1. Wish You Were Here - 17
2. Enjoy the Silence - 13
3. Der Kommissar - 12
4. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - 11 (two 4-point votes)
5. Burnin' For You - 11 (one 4-point vote)
6. Ring of Fire - 7
7. The Mercy Seat - 6 (one 4-point vote)
8. Dream On - 6 (no 4-point votes)
9. Where Are Your Kids Tonight - 4
10. Big Iron - 3

GROUP 2
1. Baba O'Riley - 19
2. Layla - 12
3. How Soon is Now? - 11 (two 4-point votes)
4. Africa - 11 (one 4-point vote)
5. Everlong - 9
6. Centerfield - 8 (one 4-point vote)
7. Clint Eastwood - 8 (no 4-point votes)
8. More Than a Feeling - 6
9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 5
10. Wanted Dead Or Alive - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2023 TMT20 ROUND 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 3
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Muse - Uprising
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Whiskey Myers - On The River

GROUP 4
B-52's - Roam
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Rammstein - Haifisch
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Stromae - Santé
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile

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.

[Glüc]

5. Clint Eastwood - 10
7. Everlong - 7

Shouldn't it be Everlong 9, Clint Eastwood 8?

(Of course I'd prefer the posted result.)

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 3
4 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio


GROUP 4
4 - Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
3 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2 - Stromae - Santé
1 - B-52's - Roam

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

5. Clint Eastwood - 10
7. Everlong - 7

Shouldn't it be Everlong 9, Clint Eastwood 8?

(Of course I'd prefer the posted result.)

You are right, I must have put a 2-point vote on the wrong line

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 3

4. Black Sabbath-Paranoid
3. Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Whiskey Myers-On The River
1. Simon & Garfunkel-Sound Of Silence

Group 4.

4. Led Zeppelin-Kashmir
3. Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco
2. Queen-Don't Stop Me Now
1. Mighty Mighty Bosstones-The Impression That I Get

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 3
4- Muse – Uprising
3- Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
2- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
1- Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill


GROUP 4
4- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
3- Stromae - Santé
2- B-52's - Roam
1- Rammstein – Haifisch

[Glüc]

I had to resist the temptation to give four points Solsbury Hill and Sante or Haifisch, but that wouldn't have been entirely honest.

Group 3
Bohemian Rhapsody - 4
Solsbury Hill - 3
Aranjuez - 2
Uprising - 1

Group 4
Gimme Shelter - 4
Santé - 3
Haifisch - 2
Moaning Lisa Smile - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 3
4. Muse - Uprising
3. Whiskey Myers - On The River
2. Jefferson Starship - Jane
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

GROUP 4
4. Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
3. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
2. Rammstein - Haifisch
1. B-52's - Roam

[Placiej]

GROUP 3
2 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3 Jefferson Starship - Jane
1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
4 Whiskey Myers - On The River

GROUP 4
2 B-52's - Roam
4 Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
3 Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression       That I Get
1 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter