[TMT20] 2026 Talossan Music Top 20

[xpb]

Humans as Ornaments, Scared of Nothing

https://youtu.be/IHzUEnPb0tI?is=Sa-jlcHMvhzBxZN6

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Tom Waits Step Right Up https://youtu.be/JAx2vMRXskQ?is=imDfHNU6D8BS-kNl

[Glüc]

Tom Waits Step Right Up https://youtu.be/JAx2vMRXskQ?is=imDfHNU6D8BS-kNl

Unfortunately nominations were already full and we're already voting on the first round.


The good news on this particular nomination is that it was already in the list and is currently being voted on.

See:

Round 1 of the Talossan Music Top 20 - 2026!

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Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 1
3Teeth - Slum Planet
Ásgeir - Sugar Clouds
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Foo Fighters - Walk
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
MGMT - Pieces of What
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Talk Talk - Such a Shame
TheFatRat - Unity
Tom Waits - In The Neighborhood

GROUP 2
Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Celtic Worship - Come Thou Fount
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
MGMT - Boogie Down
Renato Zero - Triangolo
Stromae - Papaoutai
Tom Waits - Step Right Up
Toto - Hold the Line

(Only 15 hours left to vote)

[Erschéveþ da Schir]

GROUP 1
3 - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
2 - Dave Brubeck - Take Five
1 - Foo Fighters - Walk

GROUP 2
3 - Renato Zero - Triangolo
2 - Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
1 - Toto - Hold the Line

[Glüc]

8 voters for the first two groups

GROUP 1
1. Walk - 10 (2 voters giving 3 points)
2. Don't Stop Me Now - 10 (1 voter giving 3 points)
3. Such a Shame - 8 (2 voters giving 3 points)
4. Take Five - 8 (0 voters giving 3 points)
5. Ring of Fire - 6
6. Sugar Clouds - 3
7. Slum Planet - 1
8. In The Neighborhood - 1
8. Unity - 1
10. Pieces of What - 0

GROUP 2
1. Hurt - 10
2. Triangolo - 7 (2 voters giving 3 points)
3. Hold the Line - 7 (0 voters giving 3 points)
4. Papaoutai - 6 (special edition nomination)
5. Nothing Else Matters - 6 (new nomination)
6. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - 5
7. Come Thou Fount - 3
8. Step Right Up - 3
9. Boogie Down - 1
10. The Battle of New Orleans - 0

[Glüc]

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.

Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 3
Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn
Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Gigi Perez - Sailor Song
Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow
Supertramp - Fool's Overture
Wombo - Dreamsickle


GROUP 4
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Deodato - Also sprach Zarathustra
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Iron Maiden - Children of the Damned
MGMT - Love Always Remains
New Order - Blue Monday
Robert Wyatt - Alife
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Taxman


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.

[Glüc]

Group 4 is upsettingly strong for a first round. Difficult choices ahead. (And I cant even pretend to blame Ian for bad draws anymore...)

Ive updated the spotifylist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

I will try to generate another youtube playlist tomorrow if there is demand for it (although not sure anyone used it)

[Glüc]

The playlist generator thingy I used doesnt seem to work anymore. If anyone wants to create a playlist for ytmusic theyd be very welcome to.

[Gjermund Higraff]

GROUP 3
3 - Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn
2 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
1 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

GROUP 4
3 - The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
2 - The Beatles - Taxman
1 - Deep Purple - Child in Time

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

GROUP 3
3- Wombo - Dreamsickle
2- Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn
1- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow

GROUP 4
3- New Order - Blue Monday
2- Deep Purple - Child in Time
1- The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

[Glüc]

Group 3: Pretty strong. I still like Zitti e Buoni and Wombo was a nice discovery. Either of these could have gotten the final point.

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill - 3
Supertramp - Fool's Overture - 2
Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn - 1


Group 4: Oof. I was really exicted about the Iron Maiden nomination. Blue Monday is a banger that I would like to see in the final again. I don't have points for either. Deodato was a nice discovery and I liked this MGMT more than the previous two. Neither Beatles song is among their best work imho.

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill - 3
Deep Purple - Child in Time - 2
Robert Wyatt - Alife - 1

[Glüc]

24 hours left to vote on groups 3&4

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

GROUP 3
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow (3)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (2)
Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni (1)

GROUP 4
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (3)
New Order - Blue Monday (2)
Deodato - Also sprach Zarathustra (1)

[xpb]

GROUP 3
3 - Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads
2 - Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni
1 - Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

GROUP 4
3 - The Beatles - Taxman
2 - Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
1 - Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

[King Txec]

Group 3

3 - Peter Gabriel
2 - Supertramp
1 - Wombo

Group 4

3 - New Order
2 - Chris Izaak
1 - Gorillaz

-Txec R

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

GROUP 3
3 - Zitti e Buoni
2 - One More Day Above the Roses
1 - Long Train Runnin

GROUP 4
3 - Taxman
2 - Blue Monday
1 - Children of the Damned

[Sir Lüc]

GROUP 3
3. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
2. Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
1. Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn

GROUP 4
3. Deep Purple - Child in Time
2. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
1. New Order - Blue Monday

[Glüc]

8 voters again

GROUP 3
1. Solsbury Hill - 14
2. Nýfallið regn - 7
3. Zitti e Buoni - 6
4. Dreamsickle - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points, random chance)
5. Energy Flow - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points)
6. Fool's Overture - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
7. Long Train Runnin' - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
8. Fish Heads - 3
9. One More Day Above the Roses - 2
10. Sailor Song - 0

GROUP 4
1. Blue Monday - 11
2. Taxman - 8 (2 voters giving 3 points)
3. Child in Time - 8 (1 voter giving 3 points)
4. Wicked Game - 7 (2 voters giving 2 points)
5. On Melancholy Hill - 7 (1 voter giving 2 points)
6. Strawberry Fields Forever - 4
7. Alife - 1
8. Also sprach Zarathustra - 1
8. Children of the Damned - 1
10. Love Always Remains - 0

[Glüc]

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.

Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 5
Blur - The Universal
Cissy Houston - The Lord Is My Shepherd
Cocteau Twins - Fifty-fifty Clown
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Falco - Der Kommissar
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomland
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.



GROUP 6
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Keith Urban - Blue Ain't Your Color
MGMT - The Youth
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Plastilina Mosh - Let U Know
Sugar - Believe What You're Saying
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Utada Hikaru - Simple And Clean (Marrzaan Remix)



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.