[TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 7
3. Donatella Rettore - Splendido Splendente
2. Stromae - Santé
1. Blur - The Universal

GROUP 8
3. Clash - Rock the Casbah
2. Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
1. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
3 - Jealousy
2 - Peace, Love, and Understanding
1 - Santé

GROUP 8
3 - Knights of Cydonia
2 - Rock the Casbah
1 - Black Hole Sun

[King Txec]

Group 7

3 - Hurt
2 - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 - The Universal

Group 8

3 - Black Hole Sun
2 - Knights of Cydonia
1 - Rock the Casbah

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 7
2- Johnny Cash - Hurt
1- Maenad Veyl - Riot Patrol
3- Robert Wyatt - Alife
 

GROUP 8
3- Fontaines D.C. - I Love You
1- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2- Terrace in Trance - Roses

[Audrada Roibeardet]

Group 7
Riot Patrol - 3!
Black Hole - 2
Hurt - 1

Group 8
Black Hole Sun - 3
Concierto de Aranjuez - 2
I Love You - 1

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Group 7
Riot Patrol - 3!
Black Hole - 2
Hurt - 1

Group 8
Black Hole Sun - 3
Concierto de Aranjuez - 2
I Love You - 1

Unfortunately this vote is too late, and I have been very delinquent in posting results. Working on that now.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
1. Hurt - 13
2. The Universal - 8
3. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 7
4. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 6
5. Alife - 5 (one 3-point vote)
6. Santé - 5 (no 3-point votes)
7. Jealousy - 3
8. Splendido Splendente - 3
9. Black Hole - 3
10. Riot Patrol - 1

GROUP 8
1. Black Hole Sun - 15
2. Rock the Casbah - 14
3. Knights of Cydonia - 8
4. Step Right Up - 4
5. Holiday in Cambodia - 4
6. I Love You - 3
7. Man with a Harmonica - 2
8. Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez) - 2
9. Roses - 2
10. Hera koka hasz LSD - 0

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2025!

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 one 6th 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place song from a Round 2 group last year, and 5 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 9
Against the Current - jump
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Dagny - Somebody
Ghost - Mary on a Cross
John Grant - Marz
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Toto - Hold the Line

GROUP 10
Air - You Make it Easy
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Charlie Reager - Think About That
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Flatland Cavalry - Dancin' Around a Fire
Gåte - Ulveham
House of Pain - Jump Around
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Madrugada - Majesty

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.

[xpb]

GROUP 9
3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 John Grant - Marz
1 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead


GROUP 10
3 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
2 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
1 Gåte - Ulveham

[Glüc]

Group 9
Mary on a Cross - 3
Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
Vacanze Romane - 1

Group 10
Ulveham - 3
Majesty - 2
Jump Around - 1

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 9
3 - Dagny - Somebody
2 - John Grant - Marz
1 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

GROUP 10
3 - Madrugada - Majesty
2 - House of Pain - Jump Around
1 - Gåte - Ulveham

[Placiej]

GROUP 9
1 Marty Robbins - Big Iron
2 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
3  Toto - Hold the Line

GROUP 10

1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3 Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
2 Jefferson Starship - Jane

[King Txec]

Group 9

3 - Simon and Garfunkle - The Sound of Silence
2 - Marty Robbins - Big Iron
1 - Toto - Hold the Line

Group 10

3 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
2 - Jefferson Starship - Jane
1 - House of Pain - Jump Around

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 9

3-Marty Robbins-Big Iron
2-Toto-Hold The Line
1-Simon & Garfunkel-Sound Of Silence

Group 10

3-Charlie Reager-Think About That
2-Flatland Cavalry-Dancin' Around A Fire
1-Jefferson Starship-Jane

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

This was a very hard group, I went through all the emotions in a very short span of time. Liked all of them, really enjoyed 6 of them.

Group 9
3 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
2 Marty Robbins - Big Iron
1 Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane

I wasnt sure if Vacanze Romane or Cheri Cheri Lady, given Cheri Cheri Lady was in my top 20 of Spotify last year but oh well.


Group 10

3 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
2 Jefferson Starship - Jane (Like the comment in the video said, what a great intro)
1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name