2024 TMT20: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza

[Placiej]

GROUP 1
3 Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
1 Noga Erez - End of the Road

GROUP 2
3 Jefferson Starship - Jane
2 Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate,    3rd movement
1 Police - Roxanne

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
3 - Bad Suns - Cardiac Arrest
2 - Rammstein - Haifisch
1 - Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
HM - Noga Erez - End of the Road

GROUP 2
3 - Colourist - Little Games
2 - Eagles - Midnight Flyer
1 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
HM - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2- Bad Suns - Cardiac Arrest  (url leads to unavailable video for me ? should use this one)

That one is unavailable for me :P

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 1

3-Boston-More Than A Feeling
2-Johnny Cash-Ring Of Fire
1-Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead Or Alive

Group 2

3-Johnny Guest & The Automatics-Sweet Tooth
2-Jefferson Starship-Jane
1-Simon & Garfunkel-Sound Of Silence

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 1
3 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
1 - CMAT ft. John Grant - Where Are Your Kids Tonight

GROUP 2
3 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
2 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
1 - Colourist - Little Games

[Glüc]

Already some cool discoveries in the first two groups. Good start. Unfortunately that also already means theres songs I want to give points to but can't.

Group 1 is stronger than group 2 imho.

1.
The Walk - 3
Haifisch - 2
Death of Me - 1 Very nice discovery for me

Honourable mentions: Where Are Your Kids Tonight, Acida

2.
Roxanne - 3
Mondscheinsonate - 2
Ti Sento - 1

HM: Man-Size

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 1
3- Prozac+ - Acida
2- Rammstein - Haifisch
1- CMAT ft. John Grant - Where Are Your Kids Tonight

GROUP 2
3- Police - Roxanne
2- Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
1- Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
HM- Jefferson Starship - Jane

[King Txec]

Group 1

3 - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
2 - Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
1 - Boston - More Than a Feeling

Group 2

3 - Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2 - Police - Roxanne
1 - Simon and Garfunkle - The Sound of Silence

[Sir Lüc]

I almost didn't notice voting had started AND I spent too much time writing TCAT recaps so I almost missed the deadline 🙃 Anyway:

GROUP 1 (very tough to place that last point, at least 2-3 HMs, I ultimately went with the most interesting one)
3. Prozac+ - Acida
2. CMAT ft. John Grant - Where Are Your Kids Tonight
1. Noga Erez - End of the Road

GROUP 2
3. Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
2. Police - Roxanne
1. Jefferson Starship - Jane

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
1. Ring of Fire - 11
2. More Than a Feeling - 10
3. Haifisch - 7
4. The Walk - 6 (random chance)
5. Acida - 6 (random chance)
6. Cardiac Arrest - 5 (one 2-point vote)
7. Death Of Me - 5 (no 2-point vote)
8. Where Are Your Kids Tonight - 4 (R2 #9 last year)
9. Wanted Dead Or Alive - 4 (R2 #10 last year)
10. End of the Road - 2

GROUP 2
1. Roxanne - 13
2. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 9 (three 2-point votes)
3. The Sound of Silence - 9 (two 2-point votes)
4. Jane - 7
5. Ti Sento - 5 (random chance)
6. Little Games - 5 (random chance)*
7. Sweet Tooth - 3 (one 3-point vote, random chance)
8. Man-Size - 3 (one 3-point vote, random chance)
9. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - 3 (one 3-point vote, random chance)
10. Midnight Flyer - 3 (no 3-point votes)

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2024!

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 0-1 6th place songs from a Round 2 group last year, one 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5-6 new nominations.

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 3
Brandi Carlisle - The Story
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio
Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Cure - A Forest
Gaelic Storm - Rum Runners
House of Pain - Jump Around
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Pitura Freska - Papa Nero
Rush - Subdivisions

GROUP 4
Aerosmith - Dream On
B-52's - Private Idaho
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Foo Fighters - Walk
Franco Battiato - Centro di Gravità Permanente
John Fogerty - Centerfield
Joost Klein - Europapa
Laama - Talossa
MEUTE - Vermis
The Houses Are Silent - I'm Not a Communist

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- 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]

Oof. Group 3 is so strong. Especially for round 1

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 3
3 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
2 - Cure - A Forest
1 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

GROUP 4
3 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2 - B-52's - Private Idaho
1 - The Houses Are Silent - I'm Not a Communist

[Glüc]

Group 3 - Honestly the top 3 could be in any order depending on my mood when listening and all three of them would have gotten 3 points in groups 2 and 4, and likely 1 as well.

The Mercy Seat - 3
A Forest - 2
Subdivisions - 1

HM: The Impression That I Get


Group 4:

Europapa - 3 (Obviously nominated before all the drama ruined everything. At least we still have the song...)
Я Не Коммунист - 2
Walk - 1

HMs: Centro di Gravità Permanente, Here Comes the Rain Again

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 3

3. Rush-Subdivisions
2. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Ohio
1. Mighty, Mighty Bosstones-The Impression That I Get

Group 4

3. Aerosmith-Dream On
2. John Fogerty-Centerfield
1. Eurythmics-Here Comes The Rain Again