2024 TMT20: 10th Anniversary Extravaganza

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

By the way, now that we've changed up the format of the rest of the rounds (specifically proceeding directly from Round 3 to the semifinal), I'm considering the following point allocations:

Round 3: 6, 4, 3, 2, 1
Semifinal: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Final: 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (same as before)

[xpb]

GROUP 9
4 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
3 - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
2 - Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

GROUP 10
4 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
3 - David Bowie - Starman
2 - Aerosmith - Dream On
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

[Glüc]

Oof. Truly worst case scenario draw. Both Paranoid Android and Street Spirit in one group ! And quite a strong group as well :(

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 9
4 - Donkeyboy - Ambitions
3 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
2 - Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1 - Blur - The Universal

GROUP 10
4 - David Bowie - Starman
3 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

[Glüc]

4. Paranoid Android
3. Street Spirit
2. Universal
1. Mondscheinsonate

4. Chain
3. Black Hole Sun
2. Under Pressure
1. Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Adico Acida Adico Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Adico Acida Adico Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 9
4. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1. Blur - The Universal
HM: Aranjuez (sorry little buddy)

GROUP 10 (megastack)
4. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
3. Prozac+ - (Acido) Acida (Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida Acido Acida)
2. David Bowie - Starman
1. Falco - Der Kommissar
HM: Paranoid, The Chain, (edit: and BHS too)

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 9
4- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
3- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
2- Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
1- Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

GROUP 10
4- Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
3- Prozac+ - Acida
2- David Bowie - Starman
1- Falco - Der Kommissar
HM: almost all the other songs

[Placiej]

GROUP 9
2 Blur - The Universal

4 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

3 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

1 Queen - Don't Stop Me now


GROUP 10
3 Aerosmith - Dream On

2 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

1 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

4 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 9
4- Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3- Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
1- Donkeyboy - Ambitions

GROUP 10
4- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
3- Prozac+ - Acida Acido x 50
2- David Bowie - Starman
1- Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

Group 9
4 points - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
3 points - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
2 Points - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
1 point - Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

Group 10
4 points - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun   
3 points - Black Sabbath - Paranoid     
2 points - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
1 point - Falco - Der Kommissar

[Glüc]

12 points for Soundgarden after the deadline!

Pretty sure thats a record :p

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Unfortunately, votes cast after the deadline cannot be counted.

GROUP 9
1. Don't Stop Me Now - 13
2. Stairway to Heaven - 11 (two 4-point votes)
3. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 11 (one 4-point vote)
4. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 8
5. Paranoid Android - 7
6. Long Train Runnin' - 5 (R3 last year)
7. Ambitions - 5 (new this year)
8. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 4 (two 2-point votes)
9. The Universal - 4 (one 2-point vote)
10. Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) - 2

GROUP 10
1. Under Pressure - 13
2. Starman - 11
3. Paranoid - 10
4. The Chain - 9
5. Acida - 7
6. The Sound of Silence - 6 (one 4-point vote)
7. Black Hole Sun - 6 (no 4-point votes)
8. Hello Again - 3 (one 3-point vote)
9. Dream On - 3 (no 3-point votes)
10. Der Kommissar - 2

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 ROUND 3

Round 3 consists of five groups of ten songs each. The top two songs from each group advance directly to the Final, while the next three songs from each group advance to the Semifinal. Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains two 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place songs from Round 2.

We will vote on groups 1, 2, and 3 and then groups 4 and 5. 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 five songs 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four or five songs (awarding the 1-point vote is optional).

GROUP 1
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen - Killer Queen
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 2
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
David Bowie - Starman
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Foo Fighters - Walk
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
Police - Message in a Bottle
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

GROUP 3
B-52's - Private Idaho
Cure - A Forest
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Muse - Uprising
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Whiskey Myers - On The River

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 6 points
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- 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.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

7 new nominations have made it to Round 3.

Hurt was the only song from last year's Top 20 to be eliminated in Round 2.

[xpb]

GROUP 1
6 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
3 - Deep Purple - Child in Time
2 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
1 - Queen - Killer Queen

GROUP 2
6 - Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
4 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
3 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
2 - David Bowie - Starman
1 - Police - Message in a Bottle

GROUP 3
6 - B-52's - Private Idaho
4 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3 - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
2 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America