2024 TMT20: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 1
4- Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3- Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
2- Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
1- Foo Fighters - Everlong

GROUP 2
4- Queen - Innuendo
3- Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
2- Queen - Killer Queen
1- Supertramp - Breakfast in America

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 1
4. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
3. Foo Fighters - Everlong
2. Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1. New Order - Blue Monday

GROUP 2
4. Deep Purple - Child in Time
3. Queen - Innuendo
2. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
1. Supertramp - Breakfast in America

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
4 - Rammstein - Haifisch
3 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
2 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 - Marty Robbins - Big Iron

GROUP 2
4 - Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
3 - Queen - Killer Queen
2 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
1 - Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

None of the songs coming from Round 1 made it through Group 1.

GROUP 1
1. Blue Monday - 17 (three 4-point votes)
2. Take Five - 17 (two 4-point votes)
3. September - 16
4. I Will Survive - 12
5. Everlong - 11
6. Haifisch - 9
7. More Than a Feeling - 8
8. Holiday in Cambodia - 6
9. Big Iron - 3
10. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 1

GROUP 2
1. Sultans Of Swing - 18
2. Private Idaho - 12
3. Child in Time - 11 (two 4-point votes)
4. Killer Queen - 11 (no 4-point votes)
5. Breakfast in America - 10
6. Tri Martolod - 9 (two 4-point votes)
7. Southern Cross - 9 (one 4-point vote, R3 last year)
8. Innuendo - 9 (one 4-point vote, R2 last year)
9. The Walk - 6
10. Lyin' Eyes - 5

[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 3
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
John Fogerty - Centerfield
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Men at Work - Down Under
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

GROUP 4
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Coldplay - Fix You
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Muse - Uprising
Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Stromae - Santé
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Toto - Hold the Line

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 3
4 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
1 John Fogerty - Centerfield

GROUP 4
4 The Who - Baba O'Riley
2 Stromae - Santé
2 Toto - Hold the Line
1 Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 3
4- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
3- Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
2- Men at Work - Down Under
1- Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

GROUP 4
4- The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
3- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
2- Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
1- Muse - Uprising

[Glüc]

Two very strong groups

4. Knights
3. Mercy Seat
2. Telegraph Road
1. Solsbury Hill

4. Fix You
3. Quiet Life
2. How Soon is Now
1. Sante

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 3
4 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
3 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1 - Men at Work - Down Under

GROUP 4
4 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
3 - Smiths - How Soon is Now?
2 - The Who - Baba O'Riley
1 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 3
4 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
3 - John Fogerty - Centerfield
2 - Men at Work - Down Under
1 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

GROUP 4
4 - Muse - Uprising
3 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
2 - Toto - Hold the Line
1 - The Who - Baba O'Riley

[Placiej]

GROUP 3
1 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2 John Fogerty - Centerfield
3 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
4 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train


GROUP 4
1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad name.
2 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
4 The Who - Baba O'Riley
3 Toto - Hold the Line

[King Txec]

4 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
3 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
2 - Men at Work - Down Under
1 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Group 4

4 - Coldplay - Fix You
3 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
2 - Muse - Uprising
1 - The Smiths - How Soon is Now

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

ROUP 3
4 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
3 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2 Men at Work - Down Under
1 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat


GROUP 4
1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
2 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
4 Smiths - How Soon is Now?
3 The Who - Baba O'Riley

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 3
1. Crazy Train - 16
2. The Mercy Seat - 12
3. Telegraph Road - 10
4. Kashmir - 9 (one 4-point vote)
5. Down Under - 9 (no 4-point votes)
6. Knights of Cydonia - 7
7. Centerfield - 6
8. Solsbury Hill - 5
9. My Body is a Cage - 3 (one 3-point vote)
10. Ohio - 3 (no 3-point votes)

GROUP 4
1. How Soon is Now? - 14 (#5 last year)
2. Baba O'Riley - 14 (#12 last year)
3. Fix You - 8 (two 4-point votes)
4. The Gambler - 8 (no 4-point votes)
5. Uprising - 7 (one 4-point vote, R3 last year)
6. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 7 (one 4-point vote, R2 last year)
7. Hold the Line - 7 (no 4-point votes)
8. A Quiet Life - 6
9. You Give Love a Bad Name - 5
10. Santé - 4

[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 5
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
B-52's - Roam
Dagny - Somebody
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
Police - Roxanne

GROUP 6
Agnes Obel - Riverside
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
House of Pain - Jump Around
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
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
- 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 5
4 - B-52's - Roam
3 - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni
2 - Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
1 - Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 6
4 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
3 -Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
2 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1 - Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

[King Txec]

Group 5

4 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing
3 - Police - Roxanne
2 - Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
1 - Jefferson Starship - Jane

Group 6

4 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
3 - House of Pain - Jump Around
2 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
1 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again

[Placiej]

GROUP 5

4 Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic

1 Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

3 Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

2 Jefferson Starship - Jane


GROUP 6
4 Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

3 Derek and the Dominos - Layla

2  Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

1 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

Group 5
4. Elton John - I'm Still Standing
3. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
2. B-52's - Roam
1. Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni


Group 6
4. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
3. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
2. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
1. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 5
4- Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
3- Police - Roxanne
2- B-52's - Roam
1- Måneskin - zitti e buoni

GROUP 6
4- Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
3- Agnes Obel - Riverside
2- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1- Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want