2023 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Nominations closed

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2023!

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 from the 2022-2023 Special Edition.

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
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Buttertones - Matador
CHVRCHES - Final Girl
Frank Sinatra - Blue Moon
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Devil Pays In Gold
Laama - Talossa
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

GROUP 2
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Highasakite - Golden Ticket
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Manhattan Transfer - Birdland
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Special Edition > Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- 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.

[Glüc]

I think you need to remove the class="link" bits. That was necessary before, but it just messes things up now



(I know this because it sent me in a fit of rage when I was trying to figure this out for tmt special)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

After messing about for 10 minutes (before seeing your message) I think I got this fixed

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
3 - CHVRCHES - Final Girl
2 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1 - Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Devil Pays In Gold
HM - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

Group 2 is quite strong, which is something I don't usually say about groups that only contain one of my own nominations :P

GROUP 2
3 - Paramore - Crushcrushcrush (I had to get them represented in TMT20 again given that the current iteration of our Organic Law is named after one of their songs)
2 - Highasakite - Golden Ticket
1 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
HM - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
HM - Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

[Gjermund Higraff]

Group 1
3 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
2 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1 - Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)

Group 2
3 - Highasakite - Golden Ticket
2 - Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
1 - Manhattan Transfer - Birdland

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 1
3- Laama - Talossa (no need to rename this relaxing ambient song if we want it as the national elevator/meditation music ! may be a compulsory listening before Ziu discussions ?)
2- Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1- Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 2
3- Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (this one is good !)
2- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (this also !)
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (and this one too !)

[Zacrïeu Sverdeu]

TWRP- Groove Crusaders
https://youtu.be/XtnUvLfac7Y
Pine Grove- need2
https://youtu.be/zE_rK8PX83Q
Dr. Dog- Where did all the time go?
https://youtu.be/bmZQpbNK7t4

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TWRP- Groove Crusaders
https://youtu.be/XtnUvLfac7Y
Pine Grove- need2
https://youtu.be/zE_rK8PX83Q
Dr. Dog- Where did all the time go?
https://youtu.be/bmZQpbNK7t4

Unfortunately the nominations period just closed. However, you are still welcome to participate in the voting.

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 1

3. Black Sabbath-Paranoid
2. Frank Sinatra-Blue Moon
1. Antonio Vivaldi-Gloria In Excelsis Deo

Group 2

3. Jefferson Starship-Jane
2. Weird Al Yankovic-Eat It
1. Men Without Hats-Safety Dance

[Sir Lüc]

Group 1:
3. Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
HM: Gloria and Blue Moon

Group 2:
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
2. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1. Jefferson Starship - Jane

[Glüc]

Every year the first round leads to some painful choices, as there are often more than three songs in a round that deserve to make round 2. This year feels like it might be particularly difficult, as there are a lot of good new nominations and several good songs were eliminated in round 2 last year as well. Actually, I like every new nomination in these first two groups, which includes several very nice discoveries for me, so thanks to the nominators. Paranoid is a classic and definitely deserved points here, but at the same time this particular Chvrches song has really grown on me during tmt special.

group 1
Solsbury Hill - 3
Adagio (Aranjuez) - 2
Final Girl - 1
HM: Paranoid

group 2
Once in a Lifetime - 3
Jigsaw Falling into Place - 2
Eat It - 1
HMs: Take Me Out, crushcrushcrush

Favourite discoveries so far: Talossa, Golden Ticket

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

Group 1:
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
1. Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

Group 2:
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
2. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1. Jefferson Starship - Jane

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

GROUP 1
3 Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
2 Laama - Talossa
1 Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)

GROUP 2

3 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
1 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
1. Paranoid - 10
2. Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) - 9
3. Solsbury Hill - 8
4. Talossa - 5 (one 2-point vote)
5. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 5 (no 2-point votes)
6. Final Girl - 4 (Special Edition)
7. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - 4 (R2 last year)
8. Blue Moon - 2
9. Devil Pays In Gold - 1
10. Matador - 0

GROUP 2
1. Once in a Lifetime - 8
2. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 7
3. I Will Survive - 6 (two 3-point votes)
4. Jane - 6 (one 3-point vote)
5. Take Me Out - 6 (no 3-point votes)
6. Golden Ticket - 5
7. Crushcrushcrush - 3 (one 3-point vote)
8. Safety Dance - 3 (no 3-point votes, R2 last year)
9. Eat It - 3 (no 3-point votes, new this year)
10. Birdland - 1