LeVar-ovision aka. SURLAW aka. Reverse Walrus; a Eurovision Style Contest

Mollyb60

machineheart's album is on today's playlist for me. (I've already submitted my choices)

Rothko

Cool, I'll give this a try

This is a cool idea.

Electric Nitwit

I've had a ruthless first listen and culled 7!

The highlights of my notes so far are

• good start... opens up well... builds momentum... ooh, brass... like it...
• kind of Madness meets Symposium, good for a bop
• bit poppy but I kinda like it, riff is ripped off though...
• ooh, rocky, like their early stuff
• good cadence once it gets going
• nice guitar, good voice, good swearing!
• obviously it's great

Necro

So in other words... EN is running a Walrus soon and this is good practice

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I've had a ruthless first listen and culled 7!

The highlights of my notes so far are

• good start... opens up well... builds momentum... ooh, brass... like it...
• kind of Madness meets Symposium, good for a bop
• bit poppy but I kinda like it, riff is ripped off though...
• ooh, rocky, like their early stuff
• good cadence once it gets going
• nice guitar, good voice, good swearing!
• obviously it's great

"good swearing" is my favourite bit of your notes...

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

So in other words... EN is running a Walrus soon and this is good practice

I will be heading back to work eventually, once I have a commute to fill I'll definitely do one

Electric Nitwit

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"good swearing" is my favourite bit of your notes...

Swearing can be a delicate art, when it lands well it's a great touch

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Forgot to post this the other day...

Surlaw Eht Ma I - Seltaeb Eht

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

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Have 13 sets of results submitted, with a good few others confirmed to be working on their own ratings. Open for at least another week anyway, so plenty of time left.

There's already been interest from others about running their own Surlaw, so Necro has set up a sign up table over in the Walrus Sign-Ups thread for anyone who's interested

Necro

I only did it so I could be next on the sign up sheet, and subject y'all to my own torture chamb.... err I mean music catalogue

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Necro wrote: »

I only did it so I could be next on the sign up sheet, and subject y'all to my own torture chamb.... err I mean music catalogue

Irish Aris

Necro wrote: »

I only did it so I could be next on the sign up sheet, and subject y'all to my own torture chamb.... err I mean music catalogue

Should we expect some Blondie and Guns'n'Roses hidden gems?

(jokes aside, the Use Your Illusion albums had some brilliant album tracks/that were never released as singles)

Necro

Irish Aris wrote: »

Should we expect some Blondie and Guns'n'Roses hidden gems?

(jokes aside, the Use Your Illusion albums had some brilliant album tracks/that were never released as singles)

Hmmm... looking at my work in progress playlist I don't think there will be many hidden gems
It will be quite diverse though... at least that's the intention

The definitive list has just been entered.

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

I only did it so I could be next on the sign up sheet, and subject y'all to my own torture chamb.... err I mean music catalogue

I was thinking an interesting take could be everyone enters one song and then marks them all. Have a pretty broad category, like 2020 songs, or something. Might need to be a fairly closed shop though, which maybe isn't what we really want

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I was thinking an interesting take could be everyone enters one song and then marks them all. Have a pretty broad category, like 2020 songs, or something. Might need to be a fairly closed shop though, which maybe isn't what we really want

What you're suggesting is a LAWWAL... that's a different competition entirely...

Kolido

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I was thinking an interesting take could be everyone enters one song and then marks them all. Have a pretty broad category, like 2020 songs, or something. Might need to be a fairly closed shop though, which maybe isn't what we really want

Jaysus, you're keen

Electric Nitwit

Submitted my ten!
I listened to the top eleven (10th/11th was close) three times each, the top five had five listens and were still moving after the fifth

Couple of good new ones in there LeVar, plus a couple of surprises from artists I knew

Now to try to fit in 350 songs with female singers

Sawduck

Sent. My top 3 remained at the top but they did change order, there was a few songs i wouldn't of put in my top ten upon first listen but some grew on me and ended up with decent placements.

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17 lots of results in now, and each new set of rankings result in big changes on the leaderboard.

Still plenty of time to get your lists in, if you haven't already. The plan is still to close up Sign-Ups on Thursday and have the reveal on Friday or Saturday evening.

Electric Nitwit

This post from the Netflix forum seems like something you guys might like!

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

First look at the new Eurovision movie starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdW6BBF22AY

lassykk

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I had one of those. In the bottom half till I listened to it a few times. And it just kept getting better and better.

Hey Molly, sorry I thought I was following this thread but I wasn't so sorry for ignoring you

It wasn't near the bottom - right up near the top Made it on to my regular playlist

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20 lots of points now in and a few more on the way that I know of

Deadline to get them in to me is this Thursday, May 21st by 11pm

The reveal will either be Friday or Saturday evening from 7pm... Probably Friday, but not 100% certain yet

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Its just under 54 hours until the deadline, for any of those still deliberating...

JP Liz V1

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Its just under 54 hours until the deadline, for any of those still deliberating...

Well my 10 pm'd that's it no changes

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24 Hours left to get your Rankings in

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Last call for submissions. 12 Hours to Go!

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Submissions are now closed.

Reveal will be tomorrow evening at 7pm.

Will post reveal thread here tomorrow, once I've bothered to set it up...

Tell me how

^^^

One of the most memorable elements of Eurovision contests has been the interval acts and even though I seem to remember Ireland doing something which was received quite favorably in 1994, this is my favorite performance.

Also one of the best examples of the flash mob phenomenon which had its detractors but given the last few months and the likely future of social distancing seems like a very enjoyable experience.

Anyone else care to nominate a suitable interval act (maybe in keeping with the thread, it should be something which wasn't actually associated with the Eurovision). Maybe a Mariah Carey solo performance perhaps.

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Tell me how wrote: »

Maybe a Mariah Carey solo performance perhaps.

Still plenty of time for me to conveniently lose your results...

Kolido

Tell me how wrote: »

^^^

One of the most memorable elements of Eurovision contests has been the interval acts and even though I seem to remember Ireland doing something which was received quite favorably in 1994, this is my favorite performance.

Also one of the best examples of the flash mob phenomenon which had its detractors but given the last few months and the likely future of social distancing seems like a very enjoyable experience.

Anyone else care to nominate a suitable interval act (maybe in keeping with the thread, it should be something which wasn't actually associated with the Eurovision). Maybe a Mariah Carey solo performance perhaps.

To keep it Irish, a Mariah Westlife duet maybe.

ShaneU

Necro

Kolido wrote:

To keep it Irish, a Mariah Westlife duet maybe.

You mean the Phil Collins cover they did?

Great call.

Kolido

Necro wrote: »

You mean the Phil Collins cover they did?

Great call.

Phil can be on drums as I know you're a big fan

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Reveal Thread Is Now Live, Results @ 7pm

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058080073