[TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20

[Audrada Roibeardet]

Group 5
3 - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
2 - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
1 - Voyage Voyage

Group 6
3 - Take Me Out
2 - Hajime
1 - The Thunder Rolls

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 5
3. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
2. Rush - Subdivisions
1. Gazpacho - The Walk

GROUP 6
3. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2. Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1. Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

Group 5
3 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
2 Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
1 Rush - Subdivisions

Group 6
3 points Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2 points Supertramp - Fool's Overture
1 point UVB76 - Hajime

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 5
3- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

GROUP 6
3- Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1- Agnes Obel - Riverside

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

Dang I think I missed the 72 hours..
if not too late :

GROUP 5
3- Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

GROUP 6
3- Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2- Agnes Obel - Riverside
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

[Glüc]

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Dang I think I missed the 72 hours..
if not too late :

GROUP 5
3- Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

GROUP 6
3- Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2- Agnes Obel - Riverside
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Unfortunately I cannot count this.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5
1. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - 13
2. I'm Shipping Up To Boston - 12
3. Strawberry Fields Forever - 10
4. Voyage Voyage - 8
5. Subdivisions - 6
6. Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors - 5
7. Beautiful Girl - 4
8. Day to Day - 3
9. The Walk - 3
10. Plastic Love - 2

GROUP 6
1. Take Me Out - 15
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 14
3. Lyin' Eyes - 8
4. One More Day Above the Roses - 7
5. Fool's Overture - 5
6. Avril 14th - 4
7. The Thunder Rolls - 4
8. Pizza - 3
9. Hajime - 3
10. Riverside - 3

[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 7
Blur - The Universal
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Cockeyed Optimist - Black Hole
Donatella Rettore - Splendido Splendente
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Maenad Veyl - Riot Patrol
Pale Waves - Jealousy
Robert Wyatt - Alife
Stromae - Santé
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco

GROUP 8
Clash - Rock the Casbah
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
Fontaines D.C. - I Love You
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)
Karolina Czarnecka - Hera koka hasz LSD
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Terrace in Trance - Roses
Tom Waits - Step Right Up

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.

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

Dang I think I missed the 72 hours..
if not too late :

GROUP 5
3- Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

GROUP 6
3- Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
2- Agnes Obel - Riverside
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Not gonna lie, it's sad to see how close was Aphex Twin to reach next round

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Group 7

3-Cockeyed Optimist-Black Hole
2-Johnny Cash-Hurt
1-Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Group 8

3-The Clash-Rock The Casbah
2-Grimethorpe Colliery Band-Adagio (Concerto de Aranjuez)
1-Soundgarden-Black Hole Sun

[Glüc]

Group 7: Very diverse group. I enjoyed the contrast between some of the picks and I like most of the new nominations.

The Universal - 3
Santé - 2
Alife - 1


Group 8: Too strong. I could list all the songs (old and new ones) I also wanted to give points to but then Id be listing 9 out of 10 songs which would be a bit awkward. I will note Hera Koka Hasz LSD might be one of my favourite discoveries this year.

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

[xpb]

GROUP 7
3 - Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 - Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

GROUP 8
3 - Tom Waits - Step Right Up
2 -Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 7
3 - Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
2 - Blur - The Universal
3 - Robert Wyatt - Alife


GROUP 8
3 - Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
1 - Tom Waits - Step Right Up

[Placiej]

GROUP 7
1 Blur - The Universal
3 Johnny Cash - Hurt
2 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco

GROUP 8
1 Clash - Rock the Casbah
2 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
3 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun