NAS Walrus Reveal Thread

Electric Nitwit

I just googled the Thunderstruck video for the location and it was filmed in my local venue when I was young, Brixton Academy. I basically grew up there

kitten_k

Necro

The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Necro: Again an oldie, but rightly high in my list. I’ve fond memories of leading a troupe of classmates on a march around a nightclub on the night of our debs to this tune and just going absolutely bonkers to it. The deliberate over-selling of the Scottish accent in this song just works, I can’t think of another song it suits so well, it’s like the Scottish version of ‘When Joxer goes to Stuttgart’ for me in terms of really accentuating the words in the dialect.



Stu Redman: I loved this, once, a long time ago. Not only was that love brief, but it was swiftly chiseled away with far too many requests. Have to give it objective points though, it's a failsafe song to get a dead floor moving, one of those standard songs which do no harm for a cover band or DJ to have in the pocket for that 1/10 times you might need it.



Necro: 2nd
Stu: 9th



15 points and Third Place to

BAAAANNNNNNNJJJJJOOOOO diddle-ing ding ding

Tammy!

**** that 500 miles is envoking cringe moments at the end of nightclub sessions for me

Electric Nitwit

Oh ****, I'm getting flashbacks to karaoke in Krakow

Great tune though!

Never heard redracted before looking forward to it

Mollyb60

Who doesn't put on the fake most scottishy accent you can manage when you're singing it tho?

Ah would waaak feye hunnert meyells and ah would waaak feye hunnert more. :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I just googled the Thunderstruck video for the location and it was filmed in my local venue when I was young, Brixton Academy. I basically grew up there

Plus the album was recorded in Windmill Lane in Dublin.

Necro

Earth, Wind & Fire: September

Necro: What’s not to like? Cheesey, funky - and dance-worthy! Everybody together now - Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box! Haven’t heard it in years either which probably helps it’s ranking if I’m completely honest. Once again I’m not familiar with Earth, Wind and Fire but now I’m making myself acquainted with their back catalogue.



Stu Redman: Ah look, when you enter this song in a dance category, I go into Highlander mode: "There can be only one". I couldn't even name you more than 3 EW+F songs, I just love September.



Necro: 5th
Stu: 2nd



16 points and SECOND PLACE to

it's gotta be....partyjungle!!!!!

osh

Good choice PJ. Was another of my options that one

Necro

Meaning....

first place goes to...

Kolido

No 1 is going to be who let the dogs out isnt it?

kitten_k

Necro

Necro wrote: »

Earth, Wind & Fire: September

Stu Redman: Ah look, when you enter this song in a dance category, I go into Highlander mode: "There can be only one". I couldn't even name you more than 3 EW+F songs, I just love September.

*Completes playlist listen*

Nope, can't do it to my actual first choice. September is amazing, but one song in this category means more to me then all the rest.

^^^
The rest of my blurb that I submitted for September, so hopefully the "There can be only one" thing makes some sense. September/Redacted was my unbeatable #1 until 1999 came along.

Necro

Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer

Necro: One of my fave songs of all time.
Every time I think I’m getting a bit tired of it I hear that epic guitar solo and jump up on my coffee table in my underpants playing my air guitar - ok maybe a bit graphic.
Powerslide time… AH CARPET BURN!! Seriously though, this is an amazing song that just personifies exactly what I was thinking about when adding this category.



Stu Redman: I flung many a drink down on many a table to take to many a dancefloor when this song came on in my life. Sure, it's overplayed but for good reason, it's a top tune to get a dancefloor full and roaring.

Necro: 1st
Stu: 6th

17 points and FIRST PLACE to



(Actual picture of Molly with the winner on her lap)

kitten_k

Electric Nitwit

Living on a prayer is so good it's almost cheating

(coincidentally, as I read what was first I'm singing it quietly to an unsettled baby!)

Mollyb60

Necro wrote: »

Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer

Necro: 1st
Stu: 6th

17 points and FIRST PLACE to



(Actual picture of Molly with the winner on her lap) :pac::pac::pac::pac:

kitten_k

Excellent Excellent first place. Well deserved Kitten. And I'll have you know that my thighs are much much whiter than that persons. :pac::pac:

Tammy!

Well done Kitten

Congratulations Kitten,

Well done on the reveal Necro

Sheridan81

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm busy here consoling Chelsea Rodgers.

Thanks for bumping up my song Stu; you saved my bacon there.

kitten_k

Woohoo can’t believe that! One of my all time favourite songs, always makes me feel good!

And I can confirm Mollys lap is very comfy!

Necro

Lord/Lady of The Dance playlist for y'all


Thanks for the entries again folks. Not a bad song in the whole 17, I was really impressed with this category.


And that leaves one category... which will be co-hosted by both myself and Stu on a date TBC very shortly (ie this coming week at some point)

kitten_k

kitten_k wrote: »

Woohoo can’t believe that! One of my all time favourite songs, always makes me feel good!

And I can confirm Mollys lap is very comfy!

Well done Kitten, long way from 13th place!

kitten_k

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Well done Kitten, long way from 13th place!

Probably be last next category as I submitted one of my favourite songs but it probably wouldn’t be classed as the best song ever by most

Necro

Scores for this round:

Ranking Song Name Combined Score Walrus Score Entrant
1 Livin On A Prayer 29 17 kitten_k
2 September 29 16 partyjungle
3 I'm Gonna Be 25 15 Banjo
4 Thunderstruck 25 14 Kolido
5 1999 24 13 osh
6 Gouryella 23 12 Electric Nitwit
7 Let's Dance To Joy Division 22 11 Pretzill
8 Tango 19 10 Rikand
9 We Are Young 17 9 MicksJaguar
10 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 16 8 Mollyb60
11 Chelsea Rodgers 16 7 Sheridan81
12 Yeah! 15 6 sullivlo
13 Born This Way 13 5 Homer J. Fong
14 Slow Hands 10 4 fixxxer
15 Catch & Release 9 3 Green&Red
16 Sexy Bitch 8 2 Tammy!
17 Hips Don't Lie 7 1 Barney92

Few ties at the top settled by my preferences this round

Not sure what we'll do next time out.

Sword fight to the death to settle ties sound good to you Stu? :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Fun fact: Bon Jovi almost cut LOAP from the album because they didn't think it was good enough

Congrats Kitten, great choice.
Loads of good tunes this evening

Thanks again Stu and Necro, great work


If I may, while all you fine musos are here...
If you'd like to show off your musical knowledge by identifying album covers, my quiz closes for entries tomorrow. Reveal on Tuesday evening. Go on, you know you want to...
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058010817

Necro

Necro wrote: »

Scores for this round

Few ties at the top settled by my preferences this round

Not sure what we'll do next time out.

Sword fight to the death to settle ties sound good to you Stu? :pac:

Random.org? :pac:

Necro

Necro wrote: »

13th Place: Lady Gaga -

Necro: Ok so I love me some Lady Gaga. Pokerface, Just Dance, Bad Romance and I’m front and centre on the dancefloor doing stupid moves. Born This Way doesn’t fall quite into that category though.

I did consider submitting Bad Romance, as I figured that would score better than Born This Way, but the latter just gives me more of a feelgood nostalgia vibe so I decided to go with the more "honest" submission. I am a Gaga fan in general, though I have to be in the right mood for her.

The only other thing I could think of submitting was Macarena, as it's one of the few dances I actually know; no idea where you would have ranked that Necro but I can safely assume that Stu would not have been impressed! :pac:

Necro

Macarena would have probably scored a bit higher, maybe 6th or 7th I'd reckon... though maybe also would have lost points from Stu :pac:

I like Born This Way, I just don't love it I think that's the best way I can describe it.

Tammy!

Anyway can we all agree that this is the most atrocious song that anyone...ever at a function, 21st, 40th, wedding etc was ever expected to dance to...

Necro

If I was submitting for this category this is 100% what I would have entered.

Now it's time for the judge to become the judged

Love that song. Get more ass than a toilet seat. What a line.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I did consider submitting Bad Romance, as I figured that would score better than Born This Way, but the latter just gives me more of a feelgood nostalgia vibe so I decided to go with the more "honest" submission. I am a Gaga fan in general, though I have to be in the right mood for her.

The only other thing I could think of submitting was Macarena, as it's one of the few dances I actually know; no idea where you would have ranked that Necro but I can safely assume that Stu would not have been impressed! :pac:

Macarena as well as the likes of Saturday Night and Mambo #5 are the kind of things which would have...

Scored excellently with me in this round!

Gaga just not my bag, but she is quite a talent.

Electric Nitwit

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Macarena as well as the likes of Saturday Night and Mambo #5 are the kind of things which would have...

Scored excellently with me in this round!

(oh that's not a shocked emoji. Don't know how to do them on my phone )

Necro

I think it's

: eek : (no spaces)

Necro

Necro wrote: »

If I was submitting for this category this is 100% what I would have entered.

Now it's time for the judge to become the judged

Is there three different voices in that song? Eminem rapping, Nate Dogg singing and someone else with a low voice? Who is that?

Electric Nitwit

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Macarena as well as the likes of Saturday Night and Mambo #5 are the kind of things which would have...

Scored excellently with me in this round!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

(thanks Necro!)

Tammy!

Tammy! wrote: »

Anyway can we all agree that this is the most atrocious song that anyone...ever at a function, 21st, 40th, wedding etc was ever expected to dance to...

For me that "honour" goes to either Rock the Boat (for that stupid sitting-down dance) or Come On Eileen (which is just hugely irritating and inexplicably popular shîte)

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there three different voices in that song? Eminem rapping, Nate Dogg singing and someone else with a low voice? Who is that?

It sounds like it but I can't find any other featured artist on the track.

There's a remix with Obie Trice and Bobby Creekwater alright though

Tammy!

[Deleted User] wrote: »

For me that "honour" goes to either Rock the Boat (for that stupid sitting-down dance) or Come On Eileen (which is just hugely irritating and inexplicably popular shîte)

I sit for Rock the Boat Homer but Come on Eileen, I make an exception

Necro

Tammy! wrote: »

I sit for Rock the Boat Homer but Come on Eileen, I make an exception

I was very surprised nobody entered The Prodigy here or in the Forever Young category actually.

Tammy!

Necro wrote: »

I was very surprised nobody entered The Prodigy here or in the Forever Young category actually.

Ye! I never thought of The Prodigy... even afterwards!

It's just how people interpret the questions I guess

Sure The Lost Boys as much I love the film is not the best horror film ever

Kolido

Tammy! wrote: »

Ye! I never thought of The Prodigy... even afterwards!

It's just how people interpret the questions I guess

Sure The Lost Boys as much I love the film is not the best horror film ever

Might not be the best horror movie ever but its the best movie ever!

Tammy!

Kolido wrote: »

Might not be the best horror movie ever but its the best movie ever!

I know Kolido! Its one of my childhood staples...

osh

Necro wrote: »

I was very surprised nobody entered The Prodigy here or in the Forever Young category actually.

I was half thinking of entering the prodigy or moby.

Rikand

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Bravo! Excellent and unexpected choice.






Ooh that's a hard no from me now. Had to turn it off half way through.

i'm going to need a serious dig out from your husband so or I'm totally coming last in your walrus

osh

Kolido wrote: »

Might not be the best horror movie ever but its the best movie ever!

Aside from bttf2?

Rikand

Necro wrote: »

Scores for this round:

Ranking Song Name Combined Score Walrus Score Entrant
1 Livin On A Prayer 29 17 kitten_k
2 September 29 16 partyjungle
3 I'm Gonna Be 25 15 Banjo
4 Thunderstruck 25 14 Kolido
5 1999 24 13 osh
6 Gouryella 23 12 Electric Nitwit
7 Let's Dance To Joy Division 22 11 Pretzill
8 Tango 19 10 Rikand
9 We Are Young 17 9 MicksJaguar
10 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 16 8 Mollyb60
11 Chelsea Rodgers 16 7 Sheridan81
12 Yeah! 15 6 sullivlo
13 Born This Way 13 5 Homer J. Fong
14 Slow Hands 10 4 fixxxer
15 Catch & Release 9 3 Green&Red
16 Sexy Bitch 8 2 Tammy!
17 Hips Don't Lie 7 1 Barney92

Few ties at the top settled by my preferences this round

Not sure what we'll do next time out.

Sword fight to the death to settle ties sound good to you Stu? :pac:

Em

I was the one who submitted Gouryella, not EN. He hated it in fact.

Though I dont mind being credited with Tango, that was beautiful. I would totally badly dance the Tango on the dancefloor to that

Rikand

Really glad you guys both enjoyed my submission. Your reviews did make me laugh though

Necro wrote: »

6th Place: Gouryella – Gouryella


Necro: Yeah so I love 90s dance. The beat is grand, if a bit repetitive. A bit too electro as well if I’m honest, it ain’t a patch on Gigi D’Agostino or Tiesto for example. But the thing about this song that made me want to rank it bottom is that horrifically annoying nodding person in the video. I want to punch their face repeatedly and tell them to stop!! Tyre irons, baseball bats, golf clubs, assault rifles, nuclear bombs are all acceptable methods of ridding that creature from my life. So in order to not rank this song due to hatred of that… thing, I started listening to it without watching the video. And do you know what? I can see myself in a club after 5 or 6 vodkas or whiskeys just absolutely going bonkers to this. In fact I most likely have, I just can’t remember it… might be the alcohol :P It continues to grow and grow on me, as long as I don't watch the video :pac:


Stu Redman: Yokes! Now! Let's go! I thought this tune was new to me until the 'chorus' kicked in. I wouldn't be the biggest Tiesto fan, but this is sublime.


Necro: 6th
Stu: 8th


12 points to

Rikand

@Necro - not a patch on Tiesto, except it is Tiesto, only in a duo with Ferry Corsten

@Stu - I'm not a fan of Tiesto myself, but I have to say that this was hands down(or up, if you will) the best thing he ever had any part in The Gouryella moniker was a nice opportunity for him to get this kind of Good Trance out of his system and when he left it, he started making rubbish

Necro

Rikand wrote:

I was the one who submitted Gouryella, not EN. He hated it in fact.

Hmmm do not know how that happened. The reviews were correct anyways. I'll fix it in the morning.