[TMT20] 2025 Talossan Music Top 20

[Placiej]

GROUP 4
6 Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3 Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

2 Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

4 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

1 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

GROUP 5
2 B-52's - Roam

1  Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

4  Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

3 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

6 Whiskey Myers - On The River

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 4
6 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
4 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2 - Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 - Desireless - Voyage Voyage

GROUP 5
6 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
4 - House of Pain - Jump Around
3 - Whiskey Myers - On The River
2 - B-52's - Roam
1 - Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 4
6. Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
4. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

GROUP 5
6. Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
4. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
3. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
2. Cure - A Forest
1. Smiths - How Soon is Now?

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 4
6- Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
4- Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2- Desireless - Voyage Voyage
1- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out


GROUP 5
6- Matia Bazar - Vacanze Romane
4- Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
3- Cure - A Forest
2- Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1- Smiths - How Soon is Now?

[Glüc]

Ending on two very strong groups, especially 4. Looking forward to the (semi)final!

6. Paranoid Android
4. The Mercy Seat
3. Once in a Lifetime
2. Telegraph Road
1. Voyage Voyage

6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
4. A Forest
3. How Soon Is Now?
2. You Can't Always Get What You Want
1. On the River

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 4
1. Paranoid Android - 31
2. Paranoid - 31
3. Once in a Lifetime - 27
4. Telegraph Road - 23
5. Take Me Out - 17
6. Private Idaho - 16
7. Holiday in Cambodia - 13
8. Ti Sento - 12
9. Voyage Voyage - 12
10. The Mercy Seat - 10

GROUP 5
1. A Forest - 26
2. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 24
3. Kashmir - 23
4. Roam - 22
5. How Soon is Now? - 20 (two 4-point votes)
6. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 20 (no 4-point votes)
7. You Give Love a Bad Name - 17
8. Vacanze Romane - 16
9. On The River - 14
10. Jump Around - 10

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 SEMIFINAL

The Semifinal consists of one group of 15 songs (the third, fourth, and fifth place songs from each group in Round 3). The top five songs advance to the Final, the next five (in order) are #16 - #20 of the 2024 TMT20, and the last five are the final five songs to be eliminated.

The voting period will last until Sunday, March 23rd at 12:00 PM, Talossan Daylight Time.

Give your top eight songs 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly eight songs.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE, SEND IT TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!

B-52's - Roam
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Men at Work - Down Under
Police - Message in a Bottle
Police - Roxanne
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Toto - Africa

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 10 points
- Number of voters giving 8 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 3
- Rank in Round 3
- 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.

[xpb]

I voted by PM, posting to avoid an inquiry by a current Lord Warden Senator into lack of effort by former Lord Warden Senators in this important activity.

[King Txec]

I voted by PM, posting to avoid an inquiry by a current Lord Warden Senator into lack of effort by former Lord Warden Senators in this important activity.

I read and re-read this post several times before I realized it had nothing at all to do with the election haha. Nice one Sir X. Pol!

-Txec R

[xpb]

I voted by PM, posting to avoid an inquiry by a current Lord Warden Senator into lack of effort by former Lord Warden Senators in this important activity.

I read and re-read this post several times before I realized it had nothing at all to do with the election haha. Nice one Sir X. Pol!

-Txec R

Actually, in a sense it does indirectly - via https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=3901.0 - then again you had the popcorn out in that thread.  Also good to bump this thread so that voters are reminded to get their selections in via PM

[Glüc]

Spotify playlist for the (semi)final:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0OP3URNzanHoihTjiZFJhK

(I've included the final so you can listen ahead)

[Glüc]

Sent Ian my vote. I think theres less than 7 hours left to vote on the semifinal!

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

We had 11 voters in the semifinal

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

TMT20 FINAL

A total of 2,949 points have been awarded so far; this compares favorably to last year's pre-final total of 2,643. Thanks to everyone who has participated so far; of course, you are still welcome to vote now if you haven't before.

The voting period will last until Tuesday, April 1st at 12:00 TDT. A pre-election night countdown of the Top 20 on Discord will start at 15:00.

Give your top ten songs 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly ten songs.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE, SEND IT TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Cure - A Forest
David Bowie - Starman
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Police - Message in a Bottle
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Toto - Africa

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 12 points
- Number of voters giving 10 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Rank in Semifinal (if applicable)
- PPV in Round 3
- Rank in Round 3
- 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.

[xpb]

sorry to to see my favorites hopefully shunted to part of #16-20 range TBD as a mystery inside an enigma.  Voted (privately as instructed)