Irish Aris's Walrus: The Reveal

Irish Aris

Gru wrote: »

i think its a name given to Russian grandmothers!?!?

I reckon the inspiration was from that word - I think it is written slightly different, babushka or something like that.

ShaneU

ShaneU wrote: »

How is Babooshka a name?

The character in the song uses it as a pseudonym, so in that context it is a name.

Gru

Irish Aris wrote: »

I reckon the inspiration was from that word - I think it is written slightly different, babushka or something like that.

ah right, we were just looking up grandmother in different languages recently and i remembered the song from it....

ShaneU

Deleted User wrote: »

The character in the song uses it as a pseudonym, so in that context it is a name.

Well in that case Mr Boombastic should qualify too

Electric Nitwit

ShaneU wrote: »

Well in that case Mr Boombastic should qualify too

Please let that be number one now :pac:

Irish Aris

In 20th place, submitted by

Gru

, Foo Fighters-Hey, Johnny Park

I never cared for Foo Fighters and this song didn’t change my mind. This is what I consider a very generic rock sound with nothing to make it stand-out - I kept forgetting the song the minute it ended.

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ShaneU wrote: »

Well in that case Mr Boombastic should qualify too

Well yeah, it's a name. Anything can be a name, so as long as its used in that context, why wouldn't it be accepted.

Irish Aris

ShaneU wrote: »

Well in that case Mr Boombastic should qualify too

This is Shaggy, right?
I liked it back in the day, very very 90s.
Not sure how it would have done, but not too bad I reckon, probably mid table. ..:P

ShaneU

ShaneU wrote: »

Well in that case Mr Boombastic should qualify too

Excuse me, my wife Babooshka Fong and our son Mr. Boombastic J. Fong would thank you kindly to stop casting aspersions on their perfectly legitimate names.

Gru

Irish Aris wrote: »

In 20th place, submitted by

Gru

, Foo Fighters-Hey, Johnny Park

I never cared for Foo Fighters and this song didn’t change my mind. This is what I consider a very generic rock sound with nothing to make it stand-out - I kept forgetting the song the minute it ended.

that hurts! :eek:


beaten by Joe Dolan?!?

ShaneU

Irish Aris wrote: »

This is Shaggy, right?
I liked it back in the day, very very 90s.
Not sure how it would have done, but not too bad I reckon, probably mid table. ..:P

Electric Nitwit

Irish Aris wrote: »

I never cared for Foo Fighters

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Irish Aris wrote: »

submitted by

Gru

, Foo Fighters-Hey, Johnny Park

Great choice. One of my favourite Foo Fighters songs.

Gru

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Great choice. One of my favourite Foo Fighters songs.

soooooo when is your next Walrus?!? :pac:

Irish Aris

In 2nd place, submitted by

Mustang Shelly

, Blondie-Maria

One of the best Blondie songs ever. And what a comeback after a 17-year break. Debbie Harry looks better than ever and her voice sounds so amazing, I don’t think I have ever heard her hitting these low notes so great before – at least as part of Blondie anyway. Another song that I haven’t listen to a lot lately, and plan to reintroduce in my playlist.

Irish Aris

Gru wrote: »

that hurts! :eek:


beaten by Joe Dolan?!?

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Guilty as charged. I just can't warm to their music at all.

I know it is absurd that Joe Dolan is higher, it's just that I couldn't find anything interesting in the song :o

Edit: I think there will be some more people that will hate me in the next reveal tomorrow. . .

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Gru wrote: »

soooooo when is your next Walrus?!? :pac:

Not anytime soon.

There's one Foo Fighters song (it's not Hey Johnny Park, although same album) that would almost be guaranteed the number one spot from me if it was submitted to a Walrus of mine, just like a certain Fleetwood Mac song, it would essentially be activating a cheat code...

s1ippy

Wow that Kate Bush song was absolutely unreal as well. Gotta drop in here and say that Foo Fighters are absolutely class but that particular song doesn't go to the heights that a lot of their other ones do.

Pmsl at IA not knowing Joe Dolan - in a lot of ways I envy you...

Signed,
S1ippy Babushka Barabajagal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvl9fE_4qxA

the purple tin

Nobody picked Sylvia's Mother? It might come out yet.

Irish Aris

In 21st place, submitted by

osh

, Blonde Redhead-Melody

There is one reason that this song ended up in the last spot: I don’t like Kazu Makino’s voice at all. She has that. . . whining quality that grates on me and based on this song I wouldn’t have any interest to listen to any other of their songs (But I have said that before and changed my mind later on, so you never know. . .)

Gru

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Not anytime soon.

There's one Foo Fighters song (it's not Hey Johnny Park, although same album) that would almost be guaranteed the number one spot from if it was submitted to a Walrus of mine, just like a certain Fleetwood Mac song, it would essentially be activating a cheat code...

Irish Aris

And in 1st place, submitted by

lassykk

, Suzanne Vega-Luka

One of my favourite 80s song, it would have been in the top 3 for sure if it had been nominated in the 80s category. I love everything that Vega did in the 80s and early 90s. Another one that the lyrics really tell a story (I guess back then I was really paying attention to the words) and Suzanne Vega’s matter-of-factly singing style makes it very effective. An excellent choice, another worthy category winner.

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the purple tin wrote: »

Nobody picked Sylvia's Mother? It might come out yet.

Tune. Especially the Dustin cover.

Gru

just saw it's Kate Bush's birthday today....does that earn her bonus points? :pac:

Irish Aris

A change in the leaderboard with LeVar taking the top spot - but only 11 points separating the top 7, so still a lot to play for

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Total Points
Also Starring LeVar Burton 14 20 11 19 64
beakerjoe 15 21 17 10 63
s1ippy 16 19 10 16 61
JP Liz V1 12 17 16 12 57
phatkev 18 6 21 9 54
Zaph 19 9 14 11 53
Homer J. Fong 20 10 6 17 53
Shane U 11 11 9 14 45
Gru 17 5 20 2 44
Mustang Shelly 6 4 13 20 43
Necro 21 12 5 4 42
fixXxer 4 18 15 5 42
Kolido 5 15 8 13 41
Electric Nitwit 8 3 12 18 41
lassykk 1 14 4 21 40
Osh 9 8 19 1 37
the purple tin 10 2 18 6 36
Green&Red 13 7 7 8 35
Sawduck 7 16 1 7 31
JohnGreenFan 2 13 3 3 21
RasTa 3 1 2 15 21

s1ippy

Irish Aris wrote: »

In 21st place, submitted by

osh

, Blonde Redhead-Melody

There is one reason that this song ended up in the last spot: I don’t like Kazu Makino’s voice at all. She has that. . . whining quality that grates on me and based on this song I wouldn’t have any interest to listen to any other of their songs (But I have said that before and changed my mind later on, so you never know. . .)

That's another stunner, I think she has one of the nicest voices of any artist I've ever heard. There are too many imitations of Florence Welch and Fiona Apple knocking around these days. It's really nice to hear someone different!

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Gru wrote: »

just saw it's Kate Bush's birthday today....does that earn her bonus points? :pac:

ShaneU

Just thought of this one, an Irish classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ps9wj8ukJY

Irish Aris

and here is the YouTube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUaRXycpvvkH9j7XvgAquLVltwN05gfOi

I have finished the rankings for the next category (although I haven't checked yet who submitted what and haven't updated the leaderboard), so I plan to do another reveal tomorrow evening at our usual time

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Irish Aris wrote: »

I have finished the rankings for the next category (although I haven't checked yet who submitted what and haven't updated the leaderboard), so I plan to do another reveal tomorrow evening at our usual time

Will have to catch-up the replay of tomorrow's reveal later on, but I'm sure you'll be giving me 1st place in my absence, so thanks in advance for that...

JohnGreenFan

I'm in an intense battle for the wooden spoon in this competition!

Electric Nitwit

Irish Aris wrote: »

I have finished the rankings for the next category (although I haven't checked yet who submitted what and haven't updated the leaderboard), so I plan to do another reveal tomorrow evening at our usual time

I presume the points scale with the number of different body parts mentioned in the song?

Chest, genitals, arms...

Irish Aris

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Will have to catch-up the replay of tomorrow's reveal later on, but I'm sure you'll be giving me 1st place in my absence, so thanks in advance for that...

the purple tin

Some songs i expected to pop up there but didn't like Lola, Rosalie, Rhiannon, Hey Joe, Whole Lotta Rosie etc.

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I presume the points scale with the number of different body parts mentioned in the song?

Chest, genitals, arms...

Irish Aris

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I presume the points scale with the number of different body parts mentioned in the song?

Chest, genitals, arms...

Interestingly enough there was a big variety of body parts mentioned in the titles, the most popular appears in 4.

ShaneU

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I presume the points scale with the number of different body parts mentioned in the song?

Chest, genitals, arms...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhlLs_-KgE

I win

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I presume the points scale with the number of different body parts mentioned in the song?

Chest, genitals, arms...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYb8Wm6-QfA

The kneebone's connected to the.....something,
The something's connected to the.....red thing,
The red thing's connected to my wristwatch....

Electric Nitwit

ShaneU wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhlLs_-KgE

I win

I raise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54m6XOpRgU

Irish Aris

this thread has become very entertaining!!!!

Necro

Irish Aris wrote: »

this thread has become very entertaining!!!!

But more importantly, educational.

Zaph

ShaneU wrote: »

Just thought of this one, an Irish classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ps9wj8ukJY

That is an absolute classic. I had Songs for the Tempted on cassette years ago, but I happened across it in Tower or somewhere a couple of years ago and bought it. Still sounds great, some really good songs on it.

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

You submitted Jolene by Dolly Parton, didn't you?

Can't believe no one did!

Irish Aris

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Can't believe no one did!

the funny thing is that though I'm not a fan of country I have a soft spot Dolly Parton and the song would have done well in this list.

Electric Nitwit

Irish Aris wrote: »

the funny thing is that though I'm not a fan of country I have a soft spot Dolly Parton and the song would have done well in this list.

I'm not a country fan and would never have liked Dolly really, but my wife dragged me to see her at Glastonbury and she was phenomenal! I've got a soft spot for Dolly now

JP Liz V1

Irish Aris wrote: »

In 2nd place, submitted by

Mustang Shelly

, Blondie-Maria

One of the best Blondie songs ever. And what a comeback after a 17-year break. Debbie Harry looks better than ever and her voice sounds so amazing, I don’t think I have ever heard her hitting these low notes so great before – at least as part of Blondie anyway. Another song that I haven’t listen to a lot lately, and plan to reintroduce in my playlist.

What a great tune, very underrated

JP Liz V1

No one picked Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

Also Miley Cyrus does a decent version of Jolene (Dolly is her godmother)

beakerjoe

Sorry I missed this but happy with my middle of the road placing.

Some tracks Ive never heard of, pmus ones I had forgotten about. Luca is a great, nostalgic track. Good vibes.

Stan does scream Necro right..... them so did Iris. Sorry big man.

I also had Laura by the Scissor Sisters as my second choice but went with Jacko. A great toe tapping hit, wonder if it would have placed higher.

the purple tin

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

No one picked Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

Also Miley Cyrus does a decent version of Jolene (Dolly is her godmother)

The White Stripes do a good verion and all. And there is this slowed down version which weirdly works too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrfM711vXI

beakerjoe

the purple tin wrote: »

The White Stripes do a good verion and all. And there is this slowed down version which weirdly works too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrfM711vXI

Would you believe I heard the Whote Stripes version first before Dolly..... I inow right