2024 TMT20: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Hello and welcome to the 10th Anniversary 2024 Talossan Music Top 20

For reference:
http://wiki.talossa.com/Talossan_Music_Top_20
https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=2559.0

We have had TMT20s every year since 2015 (which was technically only nine years ago, but I'm calling this the 10th anniversary anyway). Thanks to everyone who has participated so far, and especially to @Glüc da Dhi for getting it going.

We have also been discussing whether some songs need to be retired, how to determine those songs, and how to replace them. After considering different criteria, I realized the only reason we are talking about this is because of the dominance of only two songs (for new citizens, those are Bohemian Rhapsody and Gimme Shelter). These are the only multiple-time winners, so I am instituting a new rule to retire multiple-time winners into the TMT20 Hall of Fame.

The two extra spots will be filled via the normal nomination process. The two newly available first round byes will be awarded to the two songs eliminated in last year's Round 2 with the greatest PPV (which are Southern Gothic by Dan Tyminski and Innuendo by Queen).

Also, Rounds 4 and 5 will be replaced by a single Semifinal round (see last year's thread for the details)


2024 TMT20 Nomination Rules

Nominations are now open. Everyone (including guests and prospective citizens) is invited to nominate songs to form the 2024 edition of the Talossan Music Top 20.

The competition will consist of 150 songs. 98 songs have qualified automatically based on their performance in the 2023 TMT20. Therefore, there will be a total of 52 new nominations.

For now we will start with 3 nominations per person. If we don't have enough songs by 17:00 TST on May 5, everyone will be free to nominate one new songs every 12 hours.

We are voting on the written combination artist (or composer) + title, rather than the specific version that is being linked to, in case people do not like that version.

If you can, please include a link to YouTube or some other video or audio file of the song. Otherwise I will find a link myself, but I might not always find the best version.

All genres of music are welcome. Nominating an entire symphony is probably not a good idea, but go for it if you want, I guess.

Do not worry about nominating songs because they are not popular enough (or because they are too mainstream). You do not get a prize if your song wins. If you get someone to listen to a song or genre he did not know or like before, that is nice too. We all seem to love our 70s rock classics, and if your all time favorite song happens to fall in that category, go for it! But if it does not, adding some diversity to the list is just as good. Just nominate whatever song you think deserves to be in the list for whatever reason.

[Barclamïu da Miéletz]

Hello and welcome to the 10th Anniversary 2024 Talossan Music Top 20

For reference:
http://wiki.talossa.com/Talossan_Music_Top_20
https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=2559.0

We have had TMT20s every year since 2015 (which was technically only nine years ago, but I'm calling this the 10th anniversary anyway). Thanks to everyone who has participated so far, and especially to @Glüc da Dhi for getting it going.

We have also been discussing whether some songs need to be retired, how to determine those songs, and how to replace them. After considering different criteria, I realized the only reason we are talking about this is because of the dominance of only two songs (for new citizens, those are Bohemian Rhapsody and Gimme Shelter). These are the only multiple-time winners, so I am instituting a new rule to retire multiple-time winners into the TMT20 Hall of Fame.

The two extra spots will be filled via the normal nomination process. The two newly available first round byes will be awarded to the two songs eliminated in last year's Round 2 with the greatest PPV (which are Southern Gothic by Dan Tyminski and Innuendo by Queen).

Also, Rounds 4 and 5 will be replaced by a single Semifinal round (see last year's thread for the details)


2024 TMT20 Nomination Rules

Nominations are now open. Everyone (including guests and prospective citizens) is invited to nominate songs to form the 2023 edition of the Talossan Music Top 20.

The competition will consist of 150 songs. 98 songs have qualified automatically based on their performance in the 2023 TMT20. Therefore, there will be a total of 52 new nominations.

For now we will start with 3 nominations per person. If we don't have enough songs by 17:00 TST on July 21st, everyone will be free to nominate one new songs every 12 hours.

We are voting on the written combination artist (or composer) + title, rather than the specific version that is being linked to, in case people do not like that version.

If you can, please include a link to YouTube or some other video or audio file of the song. Otherwise I will find a link myself, but I might not always find the best version.

All genres of music are welcome. Nominating an entire symphony is probably not a good idea, but go for it if you want, I guess.

Do not worry about nominating songs because they are not popular enough (or because they are too mainstream). You do not get a prize if your song wins. If you get someone to listen to a song or genre he did not know or like before, that is nice too. We all seem to love our 70s rock classics, and if your all time favorite song happens to fall in that category, go for it! But if it does not, adding some diversity to the list is just as good. Just nominate whatever song you think deserves to be in the list for whatever reason.

I am currently working on a parody of a song that was very popular, released in 2004. The original is in Romanian, so I think you can guess which song I mean

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Existing Nominations
Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Aerosmith - Dream On
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
B-52's - Roam
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Blur - The Universal
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
CMAT ft. John Grant - Where Are Your Kids Tonight
Coldplay - Fix You
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
David Bowie - Starman
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Eagles - Midnight Flyer
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Falco - Der Kommissar
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Foo Fighters - Walk
Franco Battiato - Centro di Gravità Permanente
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Jefferson Starship - Jane
John Fogerty - Centerfield
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Laama - Talossa
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Men at Work - Down Under
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Muse - Uprising
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
New Order - Blue Monday
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Police - Message in a Bottle
Police - Roxanne
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Queen - Innuendo
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Rammstein - Haifisch
Rammstein - Sonne
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Rush - Marathon
Rush - Subdivisions
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Stromae - Santé
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Toto - Africa
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo
Whiskey Myers - On The River
Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile

[Glüc]

Yay, looking forward to it!

(Pls can we get Braneu back just to participate in this again)

[Glüc]

Doesn't everyone have their own walk to walk?

1. Gazpacho - The Walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykqiIKfoepo

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

1. High Fade - Burnt Toast and Coffee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yes26RTWTD0

2. The Protomen - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UkbPLnt-JY

3. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cts0VN1-wgk

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Trying to give some love to some indie artists. The first one is a local boy from my home area, the second is a Scottish band and the final one is also a local band from my area.

Alex Schofield-Sweet Simona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuRCiUjduXE

Ashton Lane-One Kiss Later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10PX9q_V3e4

Johnny Guest & The Automatics-Sweet Tooth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROTKQASgIhk

[xpb]

Tri Martolod (traditional) version by Nolwenn Leroy https://youtu.be/jTuBnZrLbq0

Private Idaho - B52s https://youtu.be/yXmnmvDl-ao

The Story - Brandi Carlile https://youtu.be/o8pQLtHTPaI

[Glüc]

Continuing on the journey/travel theme

2. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgmH5q9uNk

Edit: withdrawn

[King Txec]

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Bette Midler - I'm Beautiful
Neil Diamond - Hello Again

[Barclamïu da Miéletz]

Hello and welcome to the 10th Anniversary 2024 Talossan Music Top 20

For reference:
http://wiki.talossa.com/Talossan_Music_Top_20
https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=2559.0

We have had TMT20s every year since 2015 (which was technically only nine years ago, but I'm calling this the 10th anniversary anyway). Thanks to everyone who has participated so far, and especially to @Glüc da Dhi for getting it going.

We have also been discussing whether some songs need to be retired, how to determine those songs, and how to replace them. After considering different criteria, I realized the only reason we are talking about this is because of the dominance of only two songs (for new citizens, those are Bohemian Rhapsody and Gimme Shelter). These are the only multiple-time winners, so I am instituting a new rule to retire multiple-time winners into the TMT20 Hall of Fame.

The two extra spots will be filled via the normal nomination process. The two newly available first round byes will be awarded to the two songs eliminated in last year's Round 2 with the greatest PPV (which are Southern Gothic by Dan Tyminski and Innuendo by Queen).

Also, Rounds 4 and 5 will be replaced by a single Semifinal round (see last year's thread for the details)


2024 TMT20 Nomination Rules

Nominations are now open. Everyone (including guests and prospective citizens) is invited to nominate songs to form the 2023 edition of the Talossan Music Top 20.

The competition will consist of 150 songs. 98 songs have qualified automatically based on their performance in the 2023 TMT20. Therefore, there will be a total of 52 new nominations.

For now we will start with 3 nominations per person. If we don't have enough songs by 17:00 TST on July 21st, everyone will be free to nominate one new songs every 12 hours.

We are voting on the written combination artist (or composer) + title, rather than the specific version that is being linked to, in case people do not like that version.

If you can, please include a link to YouTube or some other video or audio file of the song. Otherwise I will find a link myself, but I might not always find the best version.

All genres of music are welcome. Nominating an entire symphony is probably not a good idea, but go for it if you want, I guess.

Do not worry about nominating songs because they are not popular enough (or because they are too mainstream). You do not get a prize if your song wins. If you get someone to listen to a song or genre he did not know or like before, that is nice too. We all seem to love our 70s rock classics, and if your all time favorite song happens to fall in that category, go for it! But if it does not, adding some diversity to the list is just as good. Just nominate whatever song you think deserves to be in the list for whatever reason.

I am currently working on a parody of a song that was very popular, released in 2004. The original is in Romanian, so I think you can guess which song I mean

Forget it, the original song is Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

1. Paramore - Looking Up

2. Bad Suns - Cardiac Arrest

3. AJR - Bang!

[Gjermund Higraff]

1. Madrugada - Majesty

2. Van Morrison - Bulbs

3. Dagny - Somebody

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

Here we are again ! My nominations are :


1: dEUS - Instant Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBRLSHI6Gpc

2: Молчат Дома - Я Не Коммунист
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asl0p5Hwbg0

3: Agnes Obel - Riverside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncyiuwwXQ

[Glüc]

Ooh dEUS. Didn't expect that to get picked here