TMT202020 [Final voting]

[Glüc]

'Sensitive Boys' is probably my favourite song. It has some kind of sonic quality that just never diminishes for me.

fwiw, it was a nice discovery for me, so I'm glad you nominated it. There are just too many good songs in each group to give points to all of them.

[xpb]

G1
3 -- Frank Sinatra, 'My Way'
2 -- Blue Öyster Cult, 'Burnin For You'
1 -- Tom Waits - God's Away on Business


G2
3 – Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
2 – Elle King - Shame
1 – The Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

[C. M. Siervicül]

GROUP 1
3 - Frank Sinatra - My Way
2 - Aerosmith - Dream On
1 - Billy Idol - Whiskey and Pills

GROUP 2
3 - Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
2 - The Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
1 - Coolio (feat. L.V.) - Gangsta's Paradise

[Glüc]

Closed.

5 votes were received.

In group 1

My Way (9),
Dream On (5),
God's Away On Business (4),
Controlling Crowds (3), and based on tiebreakers 2,3, and 4(random)
Slow Ride (2)

have qualified for round 2, which means Burnin'For You, A Solitary Reign, and Photograph, which also received 2 points, have been eliminated.


In group 2,

Paranoid Android (5),
Holiday in Cambodia (5),
Big Love (4),
Sensitive Boys (4), and based on tiebreaker 3
Ringling Road (3)

have qualified for round 2, which means Live in the Moment, which also received 3 points, has been eliminated.

[Glüc]

GIVE 3,2,1 points!
Voting will take 72 hours (3 days). 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.
You must give points to no more/less than 3 songs per group.
You may vote on one or both groups.

GROUP 3
Blair Crimmins and the Hookers - Old Man Cabbage
Chvrches - The Mother we Share
Cody Jinks - Hippies and Cowboys
Don McLean - American Pie
Ennio Morricone - Main Theme from Cinema Paradiso
John Lennon - Imagine
Madness - Night Boat to Cairo
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Ricky Skaggs - Uncle Pen
Tom Waits - Step Right Up

GROUP 4
Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend
Ennio Morricone - Man with a Harmonica
Éovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement)
Gaelic Storm - The Night I Punched Russell Crowe in the Head
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Grimes - We Appreciate Power
Kurt Schneider, Sam Tsui, Alex G & Alyson Stoner - I'll Think Of You
Little Big - Uno
Lolo Zouaï - Alone With You
Smash Mouth - All Star

Tiebreakers:
- nr of voters giving 3 points
- nr of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (round 2 > other)
- random chance

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC, IS VERY WELCOME.

[Éovart Andrinescù]

Group 3 – Abstain

Group 4

3 – Ennio Morricone, 'Man with a Harmonica'
2 – Smash Mouth, 'All Star'
1 – Green Day, 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Oh no! I can't believe I forgot to vote  :'(

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 3
3 - Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
2 - Ricky Skaggs - Uncle Pen
1 - Cody Jinks - Hippies and Cowboys

GROUP 4
3 - Gaelic Storm - The Night I Punched Russell Crowe in the Head
2 - Kurt Schneider, Sam Tsui, Alex G & Alyson Stoner - I'll Think Of You
1 - Éovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement)

[esbornatfiglheu]

Group 3
3-Blair Crimmins and the Hookers- Old Man Cabbage
2-Tom Waits- Step Right Up
1-Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes

Group 4
3-Little Big- Uno
2-Smash Mouth- All Star
1-Billie Eilish- Bury a Friend

[C. M. Siervicül]

Some hard choices this time.

GROUP 3
3 - Ricky Skaggs - Uncle Pen
2 - Don McLean - American Pie
1 - Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

GROUP 4
3 - Éovart Grischun - Stand Tall Talossans (Grischun Arrangement)
2 - Kurt Schneider, Sam Tsui, Alex G & Alyson Stoner - I'll Think Of You
1 - Grimes - We Appreciate Power

[Glüc]

3
The Mother We Share - 3
Night Boat to Cairo - 2
Imagine - 1

4
Bury a Friend - 3
We Appreciate Power - 2
Man With A Harmonica - 1
HM: Stand Tall Talossans

[Glüc]

Closed.

4 votes in group 3, 5 in group 4.

In group 3,

Uncle Pen (5),
High Hopes (5),
The Mother We Share (3),
Old Man Cabbage (3), and based on tiebreaker 3,
American Pie (2)

have qualified for round 2, which means Night Boat to Cairo and Step Right Up, which also received 2 points, have been eliminated.


In group 4,

Stand Tall Talossans (4),
Man with a Harmonica (4),
Bury a Friend (4),
All Star (4), and
I'll Think Of You (4)

have qualified for round 2.

[Glüc]

GIVE 3,2,1 points!
Voting will take 72 hours (3 days). 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.
You must give points to no more/less than 3 songs per group.
You may vote on one or both groups.

GROUP 5
Carbon Leaf - The War Was in Color
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Foo Fighters - Walk
Girl Ultra - Discreción
Passion Pit - Take a Walk
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Ramin Djawadi - Light Of The Seven
Rammstein - Haifisch
Rush - Territories
The Manhattan Transfer - Birdland

GROUP 6
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo
AwolNation - Here Come the Runts
B-52's - Roam
Barry Manilow - Copacabana
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Jamey Johnson - In Color
Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Devil Pays In Gold
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Pink Floyd - Run like Hell/Waiting for the Worms
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)

Tiebreakers:
- nr of voters giving 3 points
- nr of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (round 2 > other)
- random chance

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC, IS VERY WELCOME.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 5 (A very strong group for me)
3 - Passion Pit - Take a Walk
2 - Carbon Leaf - The War Was in Color
1 - Coldplay - Viva la Vida

GROUP 6
3 - Jason Boland and the Stragglers - Devil Pays In Gold
2 - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
1 - Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven

[Glüc]

5 (a very strong group indeed):
Haifisch - 3
Territories - 2
Light of the Seven - 1
HM: Walk

6:
Ring of Fire - 3
Wave of Mutilation - 2 (although the Doolittle version would have scored even higher)
Here Come the Runts - 1