2024 TMT20: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza

[Glüc]

If I understand correctly, voting on 9 and 10 ends in 24 hours (minus 5 minutes) from now.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
3 - Zitti E Buoni
2 - Johnny B. Goode
1 - The Gambler

GROUP 10
Lots of good new discoveries here

3 - Somebody
2 - Ambitions
1 - Tri Martolod

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 9
3- Agnes Obel - Riverside
2- Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
1- Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

GROUP 10
3- Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod 
2- Dagny - Somebody
1- Donkeyboy - Ambitions

for those interested, here a cover of Breton classic song 'Tri Martolod' by some French rappers :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80hMEKlLVgQ

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 9
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
2. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
1. Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place

GROUP 10 (weak sauce tbh)
3. Coldplay - Fix You
2. Devo - Freedom of Choice
1. Steve Dinner - Action Reaction

[Placiej]

GROUP 9

3 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

1 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

2 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

GROUP 10
3 Coldplay - Fix You

1 Devo - Freedom of Choice

2 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 9
3- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
2- Britney Spears - Toxic
1- Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni

GROUP 10
3- Coldplay - Fix You
2- Devo - Freedom of Choice
1- Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod

[Glüc]

Everyone except Ely thinking they're too cool to vote for Britney. Tssk...

Group 9 - Difficult choices. Not much to separate the best 6 here.

Stairway - 3
Toxic - 2
Psychosocial - 1

HMs: Jigsaw, Riverside, Gorillaz, Maneskin

Group 10

Fix You - 3
Ambitions - 2 (Nice discovery)
Tri Martolod - 1 (I guess this is forced as a Cézembrean)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Voting is now closed. Results and Round 2 later.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
1. Take Me Out - 13
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 10
3. Hold the Line - 9
4. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 8
5. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 5
6. Sweet Simona - 4
7. Christmas Eve / Sarajevo - 3
8. Burnt Toast and Coffee - 2
9. Despre Tine - 0 (random chance)
10. Dragostea Din Tei - 0 (random chance)

GROUP 8
1. Breakfast in America - 9 (three 2-point votes)
2. Black Hole Sun - 9 (two 2-point votes)
3. Live in the Moment - 7
4. Hello Again - 6 (two 3-point votes)
5. Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) - 6 (no 3-point votes)
6. Marathon - 4 (one 3-point vote)
7. Heart-Shaped Box - 4 (no 3-point votes)
8. Instant Street - 3 (one 3-point vote, random chance)
9. Want to Be Free - 3 (one 3-point vote, random chance)
10. Eleanor Rigby - 3 (no 3-point votes)

GROUP 9
1. Stairway to Heaven - 14
2. Johnny B. Goode - 11
3. Zitti E Buoni - 10 (three 3-point votes)
4. The Gambler - 10 (one 3-point vote)
5. Riverside - 5 (one 3-point vote)
6. Clint Eastwood - 5 (no 3-point votes)
7. Toxic - 4
8. I'm Beautiful - 3 (one 3-point vote)
9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 3 (no 3-point votes)
10. Psychosocial - 1

GROUP 10
1. Fix You - 16
2. Tri Martolod - 9
3. Ambitions - 8 (one 3-point vote)
4. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 8 (no 3-point votes)
5. Somebody - 7 (one 3-point vote)
6. Freedom of Choice - 7 (no 3-point votes)
7. Action Reaction - 4
8. One Kiss Later - 3 (one 3-point vote)
9. Fanfare for the Common Man - 3 (no 3-point votes)
10. Solace of You - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Of the 52 new nominations in Round 1, 18 made it through.

Round 1 Heatseekers (PPV)
1. Down Under - 1.700
2. Fix You - 1.455
3. Take Me Out - 1.444
4. Roxanne - 1.300
5. Stairway to Heaven - 1.273
6. Dream On - 1.182
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 1.111
8. Ring of Fire - 1.100
8. A Quiet Life - 1.100
10. Subdivisions - 1.091
10. Here Comes the Rain Again - 1.091

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2024 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 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 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 0-1 songs 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 1
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
New Order - Blue Monday
Rammstein - Haifisch

GROUP 2
B-52's - Private Idaho
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Gazpacho - The Walk
Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen - Innuendo
Supertramp - Breakfast in America

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)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- 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.

[xpb]

GROUP 1
4 - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
3 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
2 - Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 - Rammstein - Haifisch

GROUP 2
4 - Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
3 - B-52's - Private Idaho
2 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
1 - Queen - Killer Queen

[King Txec]

Group 1

4 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
3 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 - Earth, Wind, and Fire - September
1 - New Order - Blue Monday

Group 2

4 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
3 - B-52's - Private Idaho
2 - Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Southern Cross
1 - Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 1
4 - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
3 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 - Foo Fighters - Everlong

GROUP 2
4 - Deep Purple - Child in Time
3 - Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
2 - B-52's - Private Idaho
1 - Queen - Killer Queen

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

UPDATED to add a 4th option in each group (:

Group 1
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) 1 point
Marty Robbins - Big Iron 2 points
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five 3 points
New Order - Blue Monday 4 points

Group 2
B-52's - Private Idaho1 point
Queen - Killer Queen 2 points
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 3 points
Supertramp - Breakfast In America 4 points

Youtube recommended me another video, a song so sad and so ingrained in mexican culture that I feel bad now for never posting it in TMT20 before, I'll wait for the next one