[TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
4 - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
3 - Men at Work - Down Under
2 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

GROUP 2
4 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
3 - Aerosmith - Dream On
2 - Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
1 - Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky

[Placiej]

GROUP 1
2 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

3 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

1 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence


GROUP 2
1 Aerosmith -Dream on

2 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain

3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Tiebreakers:

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
2 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

3 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

1 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence


GROUP 2
1 Aerosmith -Dream on

2 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain

3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Tiebreakers:

Fair is fair, I can't count this

[King Txec]

Group 1:

4 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
3 - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

Group 2:

4 - Coldplay - Fix You
3 - Aerosmith - Dream On
2 - Looking Glass - Brandy
1 - Clash - Rock the Casbah

[xpb]

GROUP 1
4 Tom Waits - Step Right Up
3 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
2 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
tough group
HM Queen Dont Stop me now

GROUP 2
4 B-52's - Private Idaho
3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
1 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

[xpb]

oops perhaps the King and I were late!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u5iHzag120

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 1
1. Under Pressure - 13
2. Down Under - 12
3. Acida - 11
4. The Gambler - 11
5. Deceptacon - 9 (two 4-point votes)
6. Don't Stop Me Now - 9 (one 4-point vote)
7. Step Right Up - 5
8. The Sound of Silence - 4
9. Triangolo - 4
10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 2

GROUP 2
1. Rock the Casbah - 16
2. Wish You Were Here - 13
3. Private Idaho - 10
4. The Mercy Seat - 9
5. Vacanze Romane - 8
6. Dream On - 6
7. Sirius/Eye In The Sky - 6
8. Fix You - 4
9. Ghost of the Mountain - 4
10. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 4

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

2025 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 one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, 0-1 songs that received a special Round 1 bye, 2-3 songs eliminated in Round 3 last year, 0-1 songs eliminated in the semifinal last year, 0-1 songs ranked between 12-20 last year, and one song ranked between 2-11 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
B-52's - Roam
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
Rush - Subdivisions
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 4
3Teeth - Slum Planet
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Foo Fighters - Walk
House of Pain - Jump Around
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

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 Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
3 B-52's - Roam
2 Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
1 Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement

GROUP 4
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

[King Txec]

Group 3

4 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
3 - B-52s - Roam
2 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
1 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Group 4

4 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
3 - Earth, Wind, and Fire - September
2 - House of Pain - Jump Around
1 - Foo Fighters - Walk

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 3

4-Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
3-Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
2-Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
1-Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Group 4

4-Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3-Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
2-Derek and the Dominos - Layla
1-House of Pain - Jump Around

[Placiej]

GROUP 1
3 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

2  Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

4 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

1 Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence


GROUP 2
2 Aerosmith - Dream On

1 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky

3 Justin Johnson - Ghost of the Mountain

4 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 3
4 - B-52's - Roam
3 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
1 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement

GROUP 4
4 - House of Pain - Jump Around
3 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

[Placiej]

GROUP 3
2 B-52's - Roam

1. Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You

3Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

4.  Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 4


3 Earth, Wind and Fire - September

1 Foo Fighters - Walk

2 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

4 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

[Glüc]

7 hours left. I have a nagging feeling people are gonna be late again.

4. Once in a Lifetime
3. Subdivisions
2. Solsbury Hill
1. Mondscheinsonate

4. Wuthering Heights
3. Enjoy the Silence
2. Black Hole Sun
1. Stairway