[TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 5
4- Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
3- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1- Radiohead - Paranoid Android

GROUP 6
4- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
2- Muse - Uprising
1- Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
1. Paranoid Android - 16
2. Take Me Out - 13
3. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 12
4. Crazy Train - 11
5. Ti Sento - 10 (one 2-point vote)
6. Zitti E Buoni - 10 (no 2-point votes)
7. Last Train to Nowhere - 8
8. Majesty - 7
9. Ring of Fire - 7
10. Southern Gothic - 6

GROUP 6
1. Paranoid - 16
2. How Soon is Now? - 12
3. Uprising - 12
4. Voyage Voyage - 12
5. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - 11
6. Hurt - 10
7. Take Five - 10
8. Taxman - 8
9. Tri Martolod - 6
10. Big Iron - 3

[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 7
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
New Order - Blue Monday
Police - Message in a Bottle
Queen - Innuendo
Robert Wyatt - Alife
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

GROUP 8
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Boston - More Than a Feeling
David Bowie - Starman
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
The Who - Baba O'Riley

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.
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GROUP 7
4 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
2 Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
1 Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
4 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
3 Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2 David Bowie - Starman
1 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 7
4 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
3 - Robert Wyatt - Alife
2 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1 - New Order - Blue Monday

GROUP 8
4 - Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
3 - David Bowie - Starman
2 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

[King Txec]

Group 7

4 - Police - Message in a Bottle
3 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
1 - New Order - Blue Monday

Group 8

4 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
2 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1 - The Who - Baba O'Riley

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 7

4-Police - Message in a Bottle
3-Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2-Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1-Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Group 8

4-Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3-The Who - Baba O'Riley
2-Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1-Boston - More Than a Feeling

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 7
4- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
3- Police - Message in a Bottle
2- New Order - Blue Monday
1- Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
4- Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
3- Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
2- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
1- Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

[Placiej]

GROUP 7
2 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

1 Elton John - I'm Still Standing

3 Police - Message in a Bottle

4 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil


GROUP 8
4 Boston - More Than a Feeling.

1 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

2 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

3 The Who - Baba O'Riley

[Gjermund Higraff]

I know it says "Robert Wyatt - Alife". But I always read it as "Alfie", even though I know it isn't correct. That's all I had to say. Thanks for the attention.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 7
4 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
3 - Police - Message in a Bottle
2 - Muse - Knights of Cydonia
1 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
4 - Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
3 - The Who - Baba O'Riley
2 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
1 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 7
4- Queen - Innuendo
3- Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2- Elton John - I'm Still Standing
1- Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

GROUP 8
4- David Bowie - Starman
3- Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2- Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 7
4. Queen - Innuendo
3. Elton John - I'm Still Standing
2. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
1. Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life

GROUP 8
4. David Bowie - Starman
3. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
1. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

[Glüc]

Blue Monday would have gotten 4 points in group 8. A Quiet Life or Alife would have gotten 3. But in this megastacked group they get nothing :(.

Knights of Cydonia - 4
Sympathy for the Devil - 3
Telegraph Road - 2
Innuendo - 1

The Chain - 4
Holiday in Cambodia - 3
Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
Kashmir - 1

[Glüc]

I've update the TMT all time spotify playlist with the nominations of last year and this year (those I could find on spotify anyway):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HlnZVMlpgAXNhzkqHg9gY