2023 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 7
4- Queen - Innuendo
3- Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
2- Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1- Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

GROUP 8
4- Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
3- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2- Nickelback - How You Remind Me
1- Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
1. Telegraph Road - 15
2. Under Pressure - 13
3. Paranoid Android - 11 (two 4-point votes)
4. Sympathy for the Devil - 11 (one 4-point vote)
5. Long Train Runnin' - 10
6. Innuendo - 8
7. Take Me Out - 5
8. My Body is a Cage - 4
9. Talossa - 2
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 1

GROUP 8
1. Crazy Train - 17
2. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors - 14
3. I Will Survive - 9
4. How You Remind Me - 8
5. You Give Love a Bad Name - 7
6. Lyin' Eyes - 6 (two 3-point votes)
7. Fix You - 6 (one 3-point vote, one 2-point vote)
8. Zitti E Buoni - 6 (one 3-point vote, no 2-point votes)
9. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 5
10. Midnight Flyer - 2

You Give Love a Bad Name is the first song to get out of Round 2 this year with fewer than one point per voter.

[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 9
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
David Bowie - Starman
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Franco Battiato - Centro di Gravità Permanente
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Police - Roxanne
Rush - Subdivisions
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

GROUP 10
Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Foo Fighters - Walk
Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
New Order - Blue Monday
Queen - Killer Queen
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo

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.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
4. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3. Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2. Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross

GROUP 10
4. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo
3. Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
2. Foo Fighters - Walk
1. Earth, Wind and Fire - September
HM. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
HM. Queen - Killer Queen

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 9
4- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
3- Johnny Cash - Hurt
2- Police - Roxanne
1- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

GROUP 10
4- New Order - Blue Monday
3- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2- Foo Fighters - Walk

[Glüc]

GROUP 9
4. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3. Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2. Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross

Can I borrow your one point, so I can give it to one of the many good songs in group 9 Ill have to leave pointless? 😇

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 9
4 - David Bowie - Starman
3 - Police - Roxanne
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain


GROUP 10
4 - New Order - Blue Monday
3 - Queen - Killer Queen
2 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
4. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3. Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2. Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross

Can I borrow your one point, so I can give it to one of the many good songs in group 9 Ill have to leave pointless? 😇

I wish I could have it for myself to use it Group 10 😁

[Placiej]

GROUP 9
4 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
3 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
1 Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun


GROUP 10
3 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
4 Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
2 Queen - Killer Queen
1 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Group 9

4. Fleetwood Mac-The Chain
3. Johnny Cash-Hurt
2. Rush-Subdivisions
1. David Bowie-Starman

Group 10

4. Alan Parsons Project-Sirius/Eye In The Sky
3. Kenny Rogers-The Gambler
2. Queen-Killer Queen
1. Earth, Wind & Fire-September

[xpb]

GROUP 9
4 David Bowie - Starman
3 Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross

GROUP 10
4 Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
3 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
2 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 9 - Almost as much of a stack as 7 :(
4. Starman
3. Centro di Gravità Permanente
2. Roxanne
1. Knights of Cydonia

GROUP 10
4. Sirius/Eye In The Sky
3. September
2. Killer Queen
1. Walk

[Glüc]

Group 9: Way too strong
Knights of Cydonia - 4
Subdivisions - 3
The Chain - 2
A Quiet Life - 1
Black Hole Sun/Roxanne/Battiato/Hurt - HM

Group 10: Not that strong
Once in a Lifetime - 4
Blue Monday - 3
Sirius / Eye in the Sky - 2
Walk - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
1. The Chain - 14
2. Starman - 13
3. Hurt - 10
4. Knights of Cydonia - 8
5. Southern Cross - 7 (one 4-point vote)
6. Roxanne - 7 (no 4-point votes, one 3-point vote)
7. Black Hole Sun - 7 (no 4-point votes, no 3-point votes)
8. A Quiet Life - 5 (one 4-point vote)
9. Subdivisions - 5 (no 4-point votes)
10. Centro di Gravità Permanente - 3

GROUP 10
1. September - 12
2. Blue Monday - 11 (two 4-point votes, one 3-point vote)
3. Sirius/Eye In The Sky - 11 (two 4-point votes, no 3-point votes)
4. Once in a Lifetime - 11 (one 4-point vote)
5. Killer Queen - 9
6. Rum Runners - 7
7. Walk - 6
8. Christmas Eve / Sarajevo - 5
9. Fanfare for the Common Man - 4
10. The Gambler - 3

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Round 2 stats and Round 3 later.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Virtual Top 20 (by Round 2 PPV)
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Crazy Train
4. Baba O'Riley
5. Sultans Of Swing
6. Wish You Were Here*
7. Telegraph Road
8. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors*
8. The Chain
10. Santé
11. Under Pressure
11. Starman
13. I'm Still Standing*
13. Message in a Bottle
13. September
16. Enjoy the Silence**
17. Take Five
17. Paranoid Android
17. Sympathy for the Devil
17. Blue Monday
17. Sirius/Eye In The Sky
17. Once in a Lifetime

* New
** From Special Edition

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Of the 25 new nominations that entered Round 2, only 8 are moving on to Round 3. Enjoy the Silence is the only song remaining from the Special Edition. Last year, only three new nominations got to Round 3.

Five of last year's Top 20 were eliminated in Round 2, the highest ranked being The Sound of Silence (#11).

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Take the virtual standings with a grain of salt; last year's eventual winner (as well as #4 and #5) were not in last year's virtual Top 10 after Round 2.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Time to bring this out again

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 3 - GROUPS 1, 2, AND 3

Round 3 consists of five groups of ten songs each. The top five songs from each group advance according to the flowchart above. Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains two 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place songs from Round 2.

We will vote on groups 1, 2, and 3 and then groups 4 and 5. 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
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Falco - Der Kommissar
New Order - Blue Monday
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Stromae - Santé
Toto - Africa
Whiskey Myers - On The River

GROUP 2
Blur - The Universal
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Muse - Uprising
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Radiohead - Paranoid Android

GROUP 3
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 2
- 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.