2023 Talossan Music Top 20 [Final Voting]

[Glüc]

Group 5:
Ghost Love Score - 3 It's such an superhuman gigantic enormous piece of music. Some might find it over the top/pretentious, but I'm just a sucker for this kind of stuff.
Sonne - 2
Mondscheinsonate - 1

Group 6: Way too strong as mentioned.
Knights of Cydonia - 3
The Universal - 2
Master of Puppets - 1
HMs: Child in Time, Enjoy the Silence (both of these would have gotten points in every other group so far)

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 5
3 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
2 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
1 - Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man


GROUP 6
3 - Blur - The Universal (this is the first time I've disagreed with a version in TMT20. 2012 from Hyde Park, can't be beat. So I voted it top of my list based on that)
2 - Deep Purple - Child in Time
1 - Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence

[Placiej]

Group 5

1 Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance

2 Foo Fighters - Everlong

3 Larry Fleet - Where I Find God

GROUP 6
1 Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence

3 Metallica - Master of Puppets

2 Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 5 (Some of the weakest sauce in TMT20 history, I'm afraid to say)
3. Foo Fighters - Everlong
2. Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
1. Rammstein - Sonne

GROUP 6 (The most stacked group of this edition so far, but not quite 2023TMT20's first official stack alert. Extremely hard to rank these three.)
3. Blur - The Universal
2. Queen - Killer Queen
1. Deep Purple - Child In Time
HMs: Knights of Cydonia (easily worth 3 in the other group, but I ran out of points), and Boogie Wonderland.

3 - Blur - The Universal (this is the first time I've disagreed with a version in TMT20. 2012 from Hyde Park, can't be beat. So I voted it top of my list based on that)

Reminds me of the infamous Layla 2019 unplugged vs original debate :p

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

GROUP 5
3 Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
2 Charlie Parker - Cool Blues
1 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco

GROUP 6
3 Depeche Model - Enjoy the Silence
2 Queen - Killer Queen
1 Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
3 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
2 - Aerosmith - Same old Song and Dance
1 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
HM - Alex Schofield - Sweet Simona

GROUP 6
3 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2 - Queen - Killer Queen
1 - The Midnight - Gloria
HM - Reckless Kelly - Seven Nights in Eire

[xpb]

GROUP 5
3 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
2 Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
1 Charlie Parker - Cool Blues


GROUP 6
3 Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
2 Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland
1 Queen - Killer Queen

[Gjermund Higraff]

Reminds me of the infamous Layla 2019 unplugged vs original debate :p

To be totally honest, I would have given the album version 3 points too, so no biggie. I'm very happy I missed the Layla debate, though.

[Tric’hard Lenxheir]

Hope I get this in ontime.

Group 5

3. Alex Schofield-Sweet Simona
2. Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco
1. Aerosmith-Same Old Song And Dance

Group 6

3. Elvis Presley-Can't Help Falling In Love
2. Deep Purple-Child In Time
1. Queen-Killer Queen

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Hope I get this in ontime.

Group 5

3. Alex Schofield-Sweet Simona
2. Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco
1. Aerosmith-Same Old Song And Dance

Group 6

3. Elvis Presley-Can't Help Falling In Love
2. Deep Purple-Child In Time
1. Queen-Killer Queen

Unfortunately you were about 40 minutes late

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
1. Everlong - 12
2. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 10
3. Sonne - 6
4. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 4 (one 3-point vote)
5. Fanfare for the Common Man - 4 (no 3-point votes)
6. Ghost Love Score - 3 (one 3-point vote, R2 last year)
7. Where I Find God - 3 (one 3-point vote, new this year)
8. Cool Blues - 3 (no 3-point votes, #7 in R2 last year)
9. Same old Song and Dance - 3 (no 3-point votes, #8 in R2 last year)
10. Sweet Simona - 0

GROUP 6
1. The Universal - 8 (two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote)
2. Enjoy the Silence - 8 (two 3-point votes, no 2-point votes)
3. Killer Queen - 8 (no 3-point votes)
4. Knights of Cydonia - 6
5. Child in Time - 5
6. Master of Puppets - 4
7. Can't Help Falling in Love - 3 (one 3-point vote)
8. Boogie Wonderland - 3 (no 3-point votes)
9. Seven Nights in Eire - 2
10. Gloria - 1

[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 7
Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love
Bob Segar - Old Time Rock and Roll
Boston - More Than a Feeling
John Fogerty - Centerfield
KB ft. Lecrae - Church Clap
Nena - Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Supertramp - School

GROUP 8
Adult Cinema - Dreamt the Other Night
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Lonely Island ft. Nicki Minaj & John Waters) - The Creep
Lynn Taitt and The Jets - Pressure and Slide
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Police - Roxanne
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Sarah Jarosz - Run Away
Smiths - How Soon is Now?

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.

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 7
3 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
1 - Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)


GROUP 8
3 - Smiths - How Soon is Now?
2 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
1 - Police - Roxanne

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 7
3- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2- Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

THE GROUP 8
3- The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
2- The Police - Roxanne
1- The Adult Cinema - Dreamt the Other Night (I didn't know, it has an nice early Pink Floyd flavor)

[Placiej]

GROUP 7
1 Boston - More Than a Feeling

3 John Fogerty - Centerfield

2 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here


GROUP 8
3 Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic

1 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

2 Sarah Jarosz - Run Away