PJ's Odobenus rosmarus reveal

Pretzill

Some more great 80's throwbacks - Mr Kingsley well done for the top spot!

MrKingsley

That’s one of my favorite songs regardless of the decade. Also my karaoke jam

MrKingsley

MrKingsley wrote: »

That’s one of my favorite songs regardless of the decade. Also my karaoke jam

Same. Well not the karaoke part. Keep the brown envelopes coming.

Choc Chip

Well done Kingsley!

osh

An unprecedented run of first place finishes here by mr Kingsley!

Deleted User

Scoreboard after round 4:

Player Song improved by video Song for running/exercise Dance music without lyrics Song from the '80's Total
MrKingsley 11 18 18 18 65
MicksJaguar 14 17 11 3 45
Ectoplasm 15 11 2 17 45
Strawberry Milkshake 10 8 14 12 44
tritium 12 4 12.5 14 42.5
osh 13 7 15 7 42
Pretzill 17 2 12.5 10 41.5
fixxxer 18 1 16 6 41
Choc Chip 7 13.5 2 16 38.5
Green&Red 3 16 17 2 38
Homer J. Fong 8 12 10 8 38
Baggly 6 13.5 2 15 36.5
Electric Nitwit 9 10 7 9 35
GreeBo 2 15 9 5 31
tusk 16 5 8 1 30
Barney92 4 9 4 13 30
Rikand 5 3 5 11 24
Necro 1 6 6 4 17

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Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes; Love this track. Will always remind me of a summer spent in California. We found her name on the Hollywood walk of fame (or whatever its called, its a horrible place with lookalikes badgering you like beggars for a dollar). My friend with particularly small hands fit perfectly into Betty Davis' hand-prints; Ever since, he and this have been known as Betty Davis Hands.

1st place and 18 points for

MrKingsley

Absolute CHOOON. Love her voice.
Bit of a bittersweet one for me as the memory I have connected with it involves someone I'd rather not think about (and I don't mean Bette Davis!) Still a brilliant song though.

Three top scores in a row is mad, well done MrKingsley; if you haven't chosen something completely ridiculous for the remaining two categories I think your odds on winning are *pretty* good.

MrKingsley

Can only remember the video game one. What was the last one?

Guilty pleasure, I think?
No idea what to expect for that one, it might end up with pj just giving out eighteen 1's.

Pretzill

My guilty pleasure has already aired.

quickbeam

Can't believe PJ doesn't know Paul Young, John Mellencamp and Chris Isaak!

Some massive tunes all told here!

(I love Paul Young's Love of the Common People - guilty pleasure).

Electric Nitwit

Pretzill wrote: »

^^
Great track REM are brilliant.

In the 80s all I listened to was what my mum listened to. Most of which I naturally rebelled against later but REM I always adored. First gig I ever went to, albeit mid-90s. Just look at the support...

GreeBo

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I've never heard of Paul Young.

Too late to declare shenanigans for this whole thing?!:eek:

Pretzill

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

First gig I ever went to, albeit mid-90s. Just look at the support...

Wow I'd go for the support alone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs

^^
One of their best, for me. Andy Kaufman was a comic genius, the movie of the same name is a must see too.

Pretzill

Pretzill wrote: »

Wow I'd go for the support alone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs

^^
One of their best, for me. Andy Kaufman was a comic genius, the movie of the same name is a must see too.

You need to see the documentary about Jim Carey making that film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kkFV0tgZxQ

Rikand

Love love love the stone roses They really were a super group and Ian Brown is fantastic

Zaph

quickbeam wrote: »

Can't believe PJ doesn't know Paul Young, John Mellencamp and Chris Isaak!

I think for those of us who do remember them, we're officially old. :pac:

quickbeam wrote: »

(I love Paul Young's Love of the Common People - guilty pleasure).

No need to feel guilty about that, it's a great song.

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

In the 80s all I listened to was what my mum listened to. Most of which I naturally rebelled against later but REM I always adored. First gig I ever went to, albeit mid-90s. Just look at the support...

First gig I ever went to was U2 in Croke Park in 1985. The very first support act on were REM - it was around the time of Radio Free Europe just starting to get airplay - and they were shockingly bad. It probably didn't help their performance that nobody really knew them and didn't pay a lot of attention to them.

As an indication of how little known they were at the time, the bands that came after them were In Tua Nua (a particular favourite of mine at the time, and only partly because I had a major crush on Leslie Dowdall ), The Alarm (who were surprisingly excellent) and Squeeze (Jools Holland was just starting to make a name for himself on TV and basically tried to take over the show from the two main guys).

Pretzill

My first big gig were Simple Minds (hence my choice) 1986 and In Tua Nua were on the bill too as well as The Smith's.

Zaph

Pretzill wrote: »

My first big gig were Simple Minds (hence my choice) 1986 and In Tua Nua were on the bill too as well as The Smith's.

My father worked for a company that sponsored the traffic news on some radio station at the time. They had a guy in a helicopter flying over Dublin reporting on the traffic, and my dad and brother got to go in the chopper one morning. The stage was being set up for Simple Minds in Croke Park, and apparently the pilot came in over the other end of the stadium, dropped to what they said felt like about 20 feet off the pitch and headed for the stage. Obviously he pulled up and went over the top of it in time, otherwise you would have had a different first gig.

Pretzill

It was a terribly stormy night at it turned out - the finale from Simple Minds was Don't you...with fork lightening across Croker and I nearly got squashed leaving the Stadium. So it was eventful enough - (low flying helicopter sounds scary)

And in last place in the video game category...

18th place, 1 point and a big lol from

Strawberry Milkshake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYzjjs6d1s

osh

Really gets going in the second half

fixXxer

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18th place, 1 point and a big lol from

Strawberry Milkshake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYzjjs6d1s

Love The Bloodhound Gang version

Pretzill

Deleted User wrote: »

18th place, 1 point and a big lol from

Strawberry Milkshake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYzjjs6d1s

:pac:

It reminded me of this. It's almost as anxiety inducing

https://youtu.be/9Yw5jkAHgME

I've yet to order any of the other songs so that's it for now

Green&Red

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Whereever I lay my hat - Paul Young; I've never heard of Paul Young. A bit cheesey on my first listen. Never fully warmed to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_a2-Pve4g

14th place and 5 points for

GreeBo

You’ve never heard of Paul Young? What the actual f**k? He’s on live aid man!

It’s funny the two songs I was sure would do well you scored low and the two I was meh about did well

Dammit. I knew I should have gone with space invaders instead

Choc Chip

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Dammit. I knew I should have gone with space invaders instead

That is like nails on a blackboard! How did you even find it? :pac:

Choc Chip

Deleted User wrote: »

It reminded me of this. It's almost as anxiety inducing

https://youtu.be/9Yw5jkAHgME

I've yet to order any of the other songs so that's it for now

That honestly makes me want to cry as soon as I hear it.:(

Green&Red

Green&Red wrote: »

You’ve never heard of Paul Young? What the actual f**k? He’s on live aid man!

It’s funny the two songs I was sure would do well you scored low and the two I was meh about did well

Had a flick through his most popular songs on Spotify... I don't recognise if any of them. Sure this was the point of the 80's category!