2024 TMT20: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

Group 1
4 pts: New Order - Blue Monday
3 pts: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five*
2 pts: Boston - More Than a Feeling
1 pt: Earth, Wind and Fire - September
HM: Big Iron

* Despite a lot of the stuff I've submitted being newer than this, it might surprise you to learn that I have a soft spot for postwar jazz. Probably something to do with growing up with a trumpet in hand...

GROUP 2
4 pts: Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
3 pts: Supertramp - Breakfast in America
2 pts: Queen - Killer Queen
1 pt: Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

[Glüc]

Group 1
Marty Robbins - Big Iron 1 point
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five 2 points
New Order - Blue Monday 3 points

Group 2
Queen - Killer Queen 1 point
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 2 points
Supertramp - Breakfast In America 3 points

For this round we get to give points to four songs.(4-3-2-1)

[Glüc]

Group 1 - Weak group, especially considering whats to come.

Haifisch - 4
Blue Monday - 3
Holiday in Cambodia - 2
I Will Survive - 1

Group 2 - Strong group. Sad that I can only give 2 points to Innuendo

The Walk - 4
Child in Time - 3
Innuendo - 2
Sultans of Swing - 1

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 1
4- New Order - Blue Monday
3- Foo Fighters - Everlong
2- Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1- Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

GROUP 2
4- Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
3- B-52's - Private Idaho
2- Gazpacho - The Walk
1- Supertramp - Breakfast in America

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

For this round we get to give points to four songs.(4-3-2-1)

Thanks! I updated my original comment

[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