[TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

4 Cure - A Forest
1 Deep Purple - Child in Time
3 Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2 Rammstein - Haifisch

1 Blur - The Universal
2 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 Police - Roxanne
3 Queen - Killer Queen

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 9
4. Toto - Africa
3. Deep Purple - Child in Time
2. The Cure - A Forest
1. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
HMs: Everlong and While My Guitar Gently Weeps

GROUP 10
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3. Police - Roxanne
2. Falco - Der Kommissar
1. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
HM: Blur - The Universal

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 9
1. A Forest - 18
2. Africa - 14
3. Here Comes the Rain Again - 12
4. Everlong - 12
5. Haifisch - 11
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 10
7. Child in Time - 9
8. Jane - 7
9. Fool's Overture - 4
10. Hold the Line - 3

GROUP 10
1. Roxanne - 19
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 17
3. On The River - 12
4. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 10
5. Lyin' Eyes - 9 (one 4-point vote)
6. Killer Queen - 9 (no 4-point votes)
7. The Universal - 8
8. Long Train Runnin' - 7
9. Der Kommissar - 5
10. Ambitions - 4

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Five new nominations remain.

Two songs from last year's Top 20 were eliminated.

VIRTUAL TOP 20 (R2 PPV)
1. Rock the Casbah
1. September
3. Roxanne
4. A Forest
5. Message in a Bottle
5. Telegraph Road
5. The Chain
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
9. Under Pressure
9. Wish You Were Here
11. Paranoid Android
11. Paranoid
13. Down Under
13. Roam
13. Sympathy for the Devil
16. Wuthering Heights
16. Stairway to Heaven
16. Black Hole Sun
16. Africa
20. Acida
20. The Gambler

[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 four days (96 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
Clash - Rock the Casbah
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Police - Message in a Bottle
Prozac+ - Acida
Queen - Innuendo
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Toto - Africa

GROUP 2
Boston - More Than a Feeling
David Bowie - Starman
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Men at Work - Down Under
Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
Rammstein - Haifisch

GROUP 3
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Muse - Uprising
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Police - Roxanne
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Supertramp - Breakfast in America

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]

To account for the extra group, voting on this set of groups will last four days instead of the usual three.

[xpb]

GROUP 1
6 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4 Le Tigre - Deceptacon
3 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2 Prozac+ - Acida
1 Police - Message in a Bottle

GROUP 2
6 Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
2 Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
1 David Bowie - Starman

GROUP 3
6 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
4 Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
3 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
2 Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1 Muse - Uprising

[King Txec]

Wow this was a tough round to choose!

Group 1

6 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
4 - Eton John - I'm Still Standing
3 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 - The Police - Message in a Bottle
1 - Toto - Africa

Group 2

6 - Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
2 - David Bowie - Starman
1 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September

Group 3

6 - Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
4 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
3 - Muse - Uprising
2 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
1 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

[Glüc]

Nearly every song is worth points at this stage. Only group 2 appears a bit weak. Its a strong third round as usual. Still Im a bit worried about groups 4 and 5 because it appears most personal favourites have ended up in there. Difficult choices ahead.

Innuendo - 6
Black Hole Sun - 4
Stairway to Heaven - 3
Im Still Standing - 2
Acida - 1

Haifisch - 6
Sweet Dreams - 4
Down Under - 3
Live in the Moment - 2
Everlong - 1

Wuthering Heights - 6
Sympathy for the Devil - 4
The Chain - 3
Under Pressure - 2
Uprising - 1

[Glüc]

VIRTUAL TOP 20 (R2 PPV)
1. Rock the Casbah
1. September
3. Roxanne
4. A Forest
5. Message in a Bottle
5. Telegraph Road
5. The Chain
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
9. Under Pressure
9. Wish You Were Here
11. Paranoid Android
11. Paranoid
13. Down Under
13. Roam
13. Sympathy for the Devil
16. Wuthering Heights
16. Stairway to Heaven
16. Black Hole Sun
16. Africa
20. Acida
20. The Gambler

I like these stats either way, but wow this would be a very strong (semi)final

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 1
6- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4- Police - Message in a Bottle
3- Le Tigre - Deceptacon
2- Prozac+ - Acida
1- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

GROUP 2
6- Foo Fighters - Everlong
4- Rammstein - Haifisch
3- Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1- David Bowie - Starman

GROUP 3
6- Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
4- Police - Roxanne
3- Muse - Uprising
2- Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1- Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
   

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 1
6 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
4 - Toto - Africa
3 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Police - Message in a Bottle

GROUP 2
6 - David Bowie - Starman
4 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
3 - Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
2 - Earth, Wind and Fire - September
1 - Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment

GROUP 3
6 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
4 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
3 - Police - Roxanne
2 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
1 - Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

[Placiej]

GROUP 1

4 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
6 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1 Police - Message in a Bottle
3 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2 Toto - Africa

GROUP 2
6 Boston - More Than a Feeling
2 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
4 Earth, Wind and Fire - September
3  Foo Fighters - Everlong
1 Men at Work - Down Under


GROUP 3
6 Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
3 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
4 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
2 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
1 Police - Roxanne

[Glüc]

Le Tigre - Deceptacon

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 1
6. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
4. Queen - Innuendo
3. Prozac+ - Acida
2. Toto - Africa
1. Elton John - I'm Still Standing



HM: Clash - Rock the Casbah 

GROUP 2
6. David Bowie - Starman
4. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
3. Men at Work - Down Under
2.  Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
1. Earth, Wind and Fire - September

GROUP 3
6. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
4. Police - Roxanne

3. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
2. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain