NAS Walrus Reveal Thread

Necro

Ooops.

I missed one scrolling through my document.

sullivlo

sullivlo wrote: »

But not enough to place it first :pac:

Well, it was a really good round with much enjoyment to be had in the listening.

I won't have that difficulty in the next round though

Necro

Ok so I'm going to edit the others but apologies sully...


6th Place - Rent - Seasons of Love

Necro: This song suffers probably undeservedly simply because the ones above it are just on another level for me. I like this tune a lot, love the start and the way the groups voices work so well together. Unfortunately I just can’t move one of the ones above down for it.



Stu Redman: Didn't recognize the song by name and Rent is a musical which has so far eluded me. Listening to that syncopated piano/org intro, I instantly love it. Fcuk, gospel choir too? Yeah bring this on. Oh wait, I know this song well but just never knew the name. It was used in Scrubs or something similar on TV? Anyway, pure happy vibes from this. Yeah, the chorus is a bit too 'Broadway Encore', and is the weaker part of the song for me, but that '525600' hook over the descending chords, this song's got my number. <<<< That was my reaction while listening for the first time. Ever since, it has been a pure pleasure to hear this spin on the playlist.

Scores:
Necro: 11th
Stu: 2nd

12 points to

sullivlo

Another discrepancy, this time my side

Was always gonna happen.

Stu's number 3 and 2 have dropped though...

sullivlo

I’m happy with that. It was a risky pick for me!

Necro

So after some minor silliness by Necro, normal programming has resumed


TOP 3 HYPE for

Kolido
Tammy!
fixxxer

Necro

3rd Place - Queen - The Show Must Go On

Necro: Queen and Necro are a funny combination. On one hand, I absolutely love Freddy Mercury and his voice. Along with that my mum is a massive fan and went to see Queen live more than any other band, so it’s kind of part of my musical DNA if that’s a thing. On the other hand… I find myself turning off early cos Queen is massively overplayed in my house. Show Must Go On is not among my fave ones either. Great song, but there are better submissions imo.



Stu Redman: An anthem and a mantra in my life. I've missed too much just because the show must go on, most recently the latest FG beers! Unfortunately though, this was written because Freddie Mercury was soon to miss life due to illness. Between the likes of this song, Barcelona, the Made in Heaven album, it's just astounding and inspiring what Freddie achieved and pushed himself through in order to work his craft until the very end. Dramatic, epic, right there in your face, The Show Must Go On is Queen at their anthemic best.



Scores:
Necro: 7th
Stu: 4th

15 points to

fixxxer

Pretzill

Great choice Fixxer

Necro

2nd Place - Guns’N’Roses - November Rain

Necro: I mean this is one of my favourite songs ever. Absolute belter of a tune and I don’t give a damn how long it is! Dat guitar solo… Ah I’m just gonna let you listen to this great great track, no review required. But for a few more words - purple monkey dishwasher I guess? I just love Guns’N’Roses and November Rain in particular.



Stu Redman: Ah look, it's November Rain. This category could probably be called 'The November Rain Round', whoever submitted it has basically entered a cheat code Tbh though, I'm a little November Rained out of it at this point in my life. The song is objectively a masterpiece, that 'I'm coming to fcuk all your sh1t up' intro to the epic outro, it's absolutely one of my favorite GnR songs. However, there's nothing new for me to mine there. That's not the fault of whoever submitted this, so I will keep objectivity in mind when scoring this. In this category, I guess we were looking for the likes of Slash riffing in the desert in front of a church, Richie Sambora on top of a fcuking mountain So hair and rock ballads score well in my world for the most part, November Rain the best of them for this round.

Scores:
Necro: 3rd
Stu: 5th

16 points to

Kolido

fixXxer

Very pleased that got so high. Love Queen so much. My house would have been similar to yours so Necro, mum had them on all the time.

Necro

So that leaves just one.

And individually both of us came to the same conclusion on this song.

I hope you will all agree :pac:

Necro

1st Place - Lynryd Skynyrd - Simple Man

Necro: Ok so I’ve never heard this song before - and it’s completely blown me away. I can’t stop listening to it. Initially I was considering it for around mid-table but man the song just sinks in and I love it. That guitar riff, that chorus - the lyrics, it’s just the whole package. Thank you so much for this entry.
You know sometimes when a song just hits you right in 'that' spot and just becomes something you want to replay over and over and over and... well you get the point.

But that's how the entry was for me anyways.




Stu Redman: One of the greatest ever for me. This is a love song, but also a powerful anthem for many a man. I've seen some tough and stoic bastards shed tears and chant aloud to this as they fall into a world of their own once that chorus takes hold. It also seems to be a pillar of strength for some friends of mine who lost their mothers way too early in life. Can't deny that power and emotion, that's what music is all about for me and that is why Simple Man is my Number 1 in this category. I love the likes of November Rain, Bed of Roses, Kiss From a Rose, but I wholly relate to Simple Man.



Scores:
Necro: 1st
Stu: 1st

17 points to

Tammy!

tusk

Absolute choons tonight lads. Very good category. Congrats tammy!

Pretzill

Great first place choice Tammy and deserved the unanimous judgement.

Really enjoyable category overall, some brilliant choices. Thanks Stu and Necro great reveal.

Electric Nitwit

Congrats Tammy!

Don't know it but I've lost control of the TV now, I'll have to catch up in a bit

Thanks Necro and Stu, great reveal

Necro

And for your easy perusal...

The Ballad of Chasey Lain

Hoping to be back on Wednesday with some Irish songs selected by you

Congrats to the top 3.

Tammy though - you stared into my soul with that pick Thanks again.

Thanks for all the entries!

Ectoplasm

Some great tunes and a worthy winner there. Well done tammy!

Necro

Necro wrote: »

3rd Place - Queen - The Show Must Go On

Necro: Queen and Necro are a funny combination. On one hand, I absolutely love Freddy Mercury and his voice. Along with that my mum is a massive fan and went to see Queen live more than any other band, so it’s kind of part of my musical DNA if that’s a thing. On the other hand… I find myself turning off early cos Queen is massively overplayed in my house. Show Must Go On is not among my fave ones either. Great song, but there are better submissions imo.



Stu Redman: An anthem and a mantra in my life. I've missed too much just because the show must go on, most recently the latest FG beers! Unfortunately though, this was written because Freddie Mercury was soon to miss life due to illness. Between the likes of this song, Barcelona, the Made in Heaven album, it's just astounding and inspiring what Freddie achieved and pushed himself through in order to work his craft until the very end. Dramatic, epic, right there in your face, The Show Must Go On is Queen at their anthemic best.



Scores:
Necro: 7th
Stu: 4th

15 points to

fixxxer

Bit confused how this works. How did this get 3rd if you both ranked it 4th and 7th individually?

Necro

After Category 1 the table looks like this:

Name Ballad of Chasey Lain
Tammy! 17
Kolido 16
fixxxer 15
Barney92 14
Banjo 13
sullivlo 12
Electric Nitwit 11
Mollyb60 10
partyjungle 9
osh 8
Pretzill 7
Green&Red 6
kitten_k 5
Homer J. Fong 4
Rikand 3
MicksJaguar 2
Sheridan1 1


Still a long way to go yet though

kitten_k

Ah well at least it wasn’t last. Was gonna submit everything I do but thought it might be over played and have scored lower

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Bit confused how this works. How did this get 3rd if you both ranked it 4th and 7th individually?

Ah I'm glad you asked - we both ranked them out of 17, and then combined the scores to give a top tier.

Ties are decided by who picked the category and where the song ranked for them.

So the combined score table looks like this

Entry Combined Score Walrus Score
Simple Man 34 17
November Rain 28 16
Show Must Go On 25 15
Kiss From A Rose 25 14
You Knows I Love You 24 13
Seasons Of Love 23 12
Bed of Roses 22 11
Raise Your Glass 22 10
Don't Stop Believin 20 9
I Wanna Know What Love Is 17 8
Make It With You 14 7
Butterflies 13 6
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman 13 5
Grapefruit Moon 11 4
Wasn't Expecting That 6 3
Paul Brady 6 2
It Can't Rain All The Time 3 1

And Show Must Go On was higher in my ratings than Kissed By A Rose so earned third place.
Ditto with any other ties.

Thanks to everyone for their submissions and participation tonight, it was a really enjoyable round to score. Well done to Tammy for a severe winner.

I have some welcome new avenues to explore with GLC and Kacey Musgraves. It was great to get a bit of Tom Waits and Paul Brady in there, even if they didn't score too well in the round. I really welcome Sheridan's submission even if it placed last overall. I spent time with the song and listened to something way out of my comfort zone, but it was just too tough a nut for me to crack.

Rikand...your absence is concerning me, this one is for 'us' bud, very apt...

And remember Solsbury Hill

osh

Good reveal guys, certainly different having two judges and interesting to see how different some of the scoring positions were between you

Well done Tammy, great start! Hopefully catch the next reveal live.

Rikand

Thought I was onto a winner with that one after you submitted that fecker whatshisface to my one. Capaldi chap. Figured they were very similar sort of songs

Ah well. it's still a song that tugs on my heart strings when I hear it, so no regrets with that one

My favourite song from Tom Waits. The prelude is funny

Banjo

Tom Waits is never better than when he sheds his skin and gets on with being his true, cookie craving self

Necro

Rikand wrote: »

Thought I was onto a winner with that one after you submitted that fecker whatshisface to my one. Capaldi chap. Figured they were very similar sort of songs

Ah well. it's still a song that tugs on my heart strings when I hear it, so no regrets with that one

It was grand, nothing wrong it at all imo, just up against the epic belters it was always going to struggle for me

At least I didnt savage it like Stu :pac:

Necro

Necro wrote: »

It was grand, nothing wrong it at all imo, just up against the epic belters it was always going to struggle for me

At least I didnt savage it like Stu :pac:

Tbf, I think Passenger came out the worst from that!

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Tbf, I think Passenger came out the worst from that!

How much fun would it have been if someone submitted this to every category Stu :pac:

Tammy!

Yay thanks Necro and Stu I love that song!

Will listen to the song entries I don't know from the playlist when I get the chance.

Necro wrote: »

Interestingly no one decided to go for the song that inspired the name of this category

NSFW, folks:

I was seriously considering it!

Yep, Rikand's pissed with me

Rikand

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep, Rikand's pissed with me

no, no Pissed with Necro. It wasnt you who submitted Lewis Capaldi to me

Necro

Rikand wrote: »

no, no Pissed with Necro. It wasnt you who submitted Lewis Capaldi to me

You'll probably be more pissed in a minute

Next up, coming Wednesday evening...

Favourite Irish Song: As song-writing goes, we're a nation which punches well above its weight and competes with the world's best. Give us a song that you love which is written by an Irish songwriter/band.
The song has to be written by a songwriter from the Republic or Northern Ireland, but the version you like/submit can be performed by a singer/band of any nationality.

I wouldn't have minded hearing some of these for entries...

or these...

That'll do, pig.

fixXxer

Ah Therapy? how did I forget ye :-/

Electric Nitwit

You mentioned the band I picked in that list at least

I didn't myself on the end, but if anyone's voted Fight Like Apes they'll become my favourite player!

Banjo

A LiveDrive stalwart! Can't remember a single song of theirs but their album names were class. " Body of Christ and legs of Tina turner"

****! I forgot Ham Sandwich!

Tammy!

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I love Van Morrison in The Last Waltz. The suit he wears looks kind of like a onesie and the way he just dissapears off stage! He's like a giant baby off his face

Electric Nitwit

Banjo wrote: »

A LiveDrive stalwart! Can't remember a single song of theirs but their album names were class. " Body of Christ and legs of Tina turner"

****! I forgot Ham Sandwich!

Great song names too. For example, that album had "Pull Off Your Arms and Let's Play In Your Blood" on it

I saw them so often they recognised me, I may have been a bit OTT. Ah damn it, I should have been true to myself and picked them

Pretzill

Some great choices there Stu but I'm fearful because I don't see anything new there (gulps)

Mollyb60

Guys I'm gonna be honest here, I've had so much going on that I completely forgot I had entered this. Oops! I've no idea what I submitted even. I'll have to go looking back through my PM's.

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote:

Guys I'm gonna be honest here, I've had so much going on that I completely forgot I had entered this. Oops! I've no idea what I submitted even. I'll have to go looking back through my PM's.

Well Pink for round 1 anyways if that rejogs your memory in anyway

Mollyb60

Necro wrote: »

Well Pink for round 1 anyways if that rejogs your memory in anyway

I just had a look at my PM there. Makes sense now. I stand by past Molly's choices.

I had 2 songs in mind for this forget which one I entered I do really like both but one is by an artist a lot of people dislike and one not. If I finish last I'll stand by the singing ability and and what I find to be meaningful but simple song writing.

Tammy!

Tammy! wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I love Van Morrison in The Last Waltz. The suit he wears looks kind of like a onesie and the way he just dissapears off stage! He's like a giant baby off his face

He's gas, that kick out of him :pac:

Apparently up until just minutes before taking the stage at The Last Waltz, Van was across the street in his hotel room absolutely bricking it with nerves. As talented and famous as he is, he is known for bad stage fright.

As well as that, by the time Van went on-stage, the concert had hit a bit of a lull and the crowd were starting to become a bit jaded and unresponsive. Van's performance of Caravan lit the thing back up and The Band's Robbie Robertson was in awe of Van. Just look at Robbie's expression as Van drops the mic and walks off stage...pure idolatry. Oh and cocaine...lots of it

For anyone interested, this is some nice insight from Robbie Robertson on Van at The Last Waltz, and he even has a laugh about Van's onesie...

http://www.oocities.org/tracybjazz/hayward/van-the-man.info/reviews/lastwaltz.html

Pretzill

Pretzill wrote: »

Some great choices there Stu but I'm fearful because I don't see anything new there (gulps)

Yeah I had a few newer ones to post, but felt I was getting to spam levels with the videos last night so there should have been one more post with these in it...

Not 'new', but a few gems from the 00s...

Coronas, Delorentos, Ham Sandwich etc. are not really personal favourites of mine.

Rikand

Deleted User wrote: »

I had 2 songs in mind for this forget which one I entered I do really like both but one is by an artist a lot of people dislike and one not. If I finish last I'll stand by the singing ability and and what I find to be meaningful but simple song writing.

Ronan Keating ?

Rikand

Rikand wrote: »

Ronan Keating ?

I mean how can you ever pause for thought about life and not think its like a roller coaster.

You just got to ride it..

I've spent many hours mulling over the lyrics of it...

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I mean how can you ever pause for thought about life and not think its like a roller coaster.

You just got to ride it..

I've spent many hours mulling over the lyrics of it...

I wouldn't have accepted it anyway. 'Life is a Rollercoaster' was written by Greg Alexander of the New Radicals and was intended for their second album, but they broke up.

/Buzz 'Dwight Shrute' Killington