Ecto's Walrus Reveal

Pretzill

Has to be Necro (anon) no? Or maybe sKeith

Necro

I reckon it was Zaph. I think he'd be the type of guy who loves Ed Sheeran :P

Necro

Pretzill wrote: »

Has to be Necro (anon) no? Or maybe sKeith

:pac: I used one of the anon WW accounts to submit an entry

Pretzill

Ectoplasm

Right onto the top 5. These were really hard to separate out. They shifted around as I listened to them.

In fifth place was a song I liked instantly. If I was going based just on first impressions it would have taken top spot but the more I listened to the songs submitted the more others edged it out slightly. It's a great tune and one that has me looking at some of the artists' other work.

Artist: The Pharcyde
Song: Passin' Me By

5th place goes to

Osh

Ectoplasm

tritium wrote: »

God this is a really good category. Props to all the entries, they’re fantastic, don’t know if I could have separated some of them ecto fair play to ya

It's been agonising. I reckon on a different week there could be a totally different order.

Ectoplasm

The next song is the total opposite of the one in 5th place. On first listen I really didn't like it. It went on too long, it felt more like 3 different songs smushed into one. I didn't know the song or the artist. I was fairly sure it was going to finish near the bottom.



So naturally I've been wandering around singing bits of it for the last couple of days. A surprising (to me) 4th place finish

Artist: Al Stewart
Song: Nostradamus

Scooping up 16 points is

sKeith

Pretzill

Love Al Stewart I nearly went for Roads to Moscow sKeith!

Necro

I thought that said Alf Stewart for a minute :pac:

Pretzill

His most famous track, The Year of the Cat, also tells a good story - he is a storyteller. Great choice!

Ectoplasm

Top 3 Now. Hype! Excitement! Fireworks!

Ok, maybe no fireworks.

Green & Red, Electric Nitwit and Pretzill

all scored highly for different reasons. Which I shall explain as best I can.

Green&Red

I’m excited!

Pretzill

Green&Red wrote: »

I’m excited!

Me too!

Electric Nitwit

Me three!

Mollyb60

There's been some cracking songs so far but I have to say I hated the last 2.

Electric Nitwit

Love the little three way love-in in the thanks there!

Ectoplasm

Third place goes to an absolute belter of a tune. Honestly, top 3 were so difficult to separate out. I love the artist on this one but I only listen to a select few songs and this isn't (wasn't) one of them. I love the intro, I love how concise it is - this was probably one of the shortest tracks submitted for this category. It tells a story perfectly and does it in a short sharp and witty way.

Artist: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Song: The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane

3rd Place goes to

ElectricNitwit

in a tight fight at the top of the table, scoring 17 points.

tusk

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Love the little three way love-in in the thanks there!

Lol :pac:

Electric Nitwit

I'll take that

It's actually a b-side (to Where The Wild Roses Grow) so no surprise it's not on your rotation

It's a little personal for me, it was on a free cassette from NME. When I was young that's how I discovered music and this was the first time I heard The Bad Seeds, I loved it and it opened a whole new, wonderful world to me!

(...actually, that's what I wrote to Ecto, I since found it and it's a free CD from Vox, but the point still stands!)

Green&Red

Long time since I heard that song, great pick EN

Ectoplasm

In the tightest of races for the top spot comes an artist whose early work I loved. This song comes from an album that I never actually listened to which is why I don't know it. It reminds me of why I liked Josh Ritter so much to begin with. It's a great narrative song and I loved it.

Artist: Josh Ritter
Song: The Curse

Picking up 18 points and a very respectable second place is

Green&Red

Green&Red

Happy with that

Electric Nitwit

Didn't know The Curse, very good
Very quirky, the video is brilliant!

Ectoplasm

Which brings us to our winner in this category. The first time I heard it I liked it but didn't see it finishing top. The only other song I know by Dan Fogelberg is Same Auld Lang Syne and I thought that this might be a little too sentimental for my tastes. All I can say is, it's an absolute ear worm. I love his voice. It reminds me of the Eagles (I've since found out he hung out/worked with them). I just felt it fitted the category perfectly. It's a little darker than I expected. I loved it.

Congratulations to

Pretzill

on your first place finish this evening.

tusk

Well done Pretzill.


Great work Ecto

quickbeam

Great stuff Pretzil.

Necro

Congrats Pretzill, you finished ahead of everyone

Pretzill

Delighted you liked this Ecto, one of my favourite artists, who went too soon and had more to share musically. This and forefathers two of his best storytelling tracks! Whoop! 1st placed track!

Pretzill

Thanks Ecto great reveal and brilliant category

Electric Nitwit

Congrats Pretzill!

Great Reveal Ecto, well done
First time I've been able to follow the whole reveal live, makes a real difference, really enjoyed it

Looking forward to tomorrow

Well done pretzil.

Thanks ecto

Ectoplasm

Ok...so in a slight adjustment to the posted scores, here is how things stand right now.

PLAYER NAME Tell Me a Story
LadySkunk 1
Clarabel 2
BuileBeag 3
MicksJaguar 4.5
Kolido 4.5
Tritium 6
Strawberry Milkshake 7
Necro 8
Quickbeam 9
Tusk 10
Baggly 11
partyjungle 12
Rikand 13
Mollyb60 14
Barney92 15
Osh 16
sKeith 17
ElectricNitwit 18
Green&Red 19
Pretzill 20

Necro

Thanks Ecto Really enjoyed that, great category.

Gonna put this in a playlist now and have it make me drift off to sleep

Ectoplasm

Hopefully this'll work for you

Ectoplasm

Right folks, that's it for tonight. I maybe slightly later tomorrow night but I'd say around 8.30pm and we should be good to go again.

Thanks so much for submitting. Although ranking them was really hard it was brilliant fun listening to all the tunes.

osh

Must remember not to enter any hip hop songs in molly’s walrus

osh

And thanks ecto, great reveal. Fair play attempting to do the entire reveal this week. That’s a lot of music! Congrats pretzill too

Electric Nitwit

Couldn't remember the order. In case anyone else is the same, tomorrow is the Whitney round...

Give me one moment in time

Necro

For those without Spotify, here's a Youtube playlist (hopefully it works):

Tell Me A Story

Mollyb60

osh wrote: »

Must remember not to enter any hip hop songs in molly’s walrus

Ah the right song could be a winner. I just thought that one was dire. Different strokes etc...

Green&Red

Great job Ecto, some great songs, I thought Molly's was my favourite. Fair play on the diversity in the top 5

Rikand

Just in from an exciting love island finale and only catching up with this now

Whenever I hear the frays song, I always hear the Ray Foley skit song, how to shave a wife that he did which was brilliant and much better than the original IMO lol

Great category on the whole though. Loved a lot of the songs

Delighted to top 10. Wasn't wholly happy with the choice because its so well known, I have since remembered the perfect song, but it'll have to be used in another walrus somewhere

Nice song pretzill, a worthy winner

My name is Sue, how do you do

Necro

Listening to this playlist all morning

Trying to quickly get it converted so I can listen to it in full on the drive to work!

Ectoplasm

This category was a brilliant mix of tunes. I'm busy listening to the next batch here.

tusk

Ectoplasm wrote: »

Hopefully this'll work for you

It's gone

PM pls ?

tusk

Nevermind. found it

sKeith

Pretzill wrote: »

Love Al Stewart I nearly went for Roads to Moscow sKeith!

Loads of his song fit this category, and are awesome.

Seen him a couple of times, the smaller the venue, the better, is my experience.

Mam of 4

Necro wrote: »

For those without Spotify, here's a Youtube playlist (hopefully it works):

Tell Me A Story

Thanks for that , I don't have spotify

You all have great taste in music !

Necro

My next two are sooooo dodgy . But I shall explain after they're posted :pac: